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SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1918,

THE

LATEST

WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

·BRITISH PROGRESS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE PROSPECT OF VICTORY.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH WAR SECRETARY ON THE

SITUATION.

LONDON, July 14.

***BATTLE OF THE WOODA."''

LONDON, July 14

HONGKONG GYMKHANA. CLUB.

The think Gpinkhana Meeting of

HARPER'S

this season, postponet from I PRICKLY HEAT POWDER

Saturday on socount of the heavy rains, was held this afternoon as the Race Course, Happy Valley, in bril The chief characteristic of the fighting hant sunshine. As must be expected SCIENTIFICALLY COMPOUNDED FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A NATURAL EMOLLIENT AND ABSORBENT DUSTING POWDER

at Mametr Wood and Contalmaison was the determined effort of the British to at this time of year it was war take and bold a number of copies and in the enclosure at the commence small foresta between the first Andment, bus in the stands provided

Mr. Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War, presiding at a conference at

ALL ITCHING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF THE SKIN." the War Ofice, attended by represan Cean lines, bence the engage with electric fans it was compara PREVENTION(

HE. the Governor attended the

OF This results up to time of going SORE FEET to press were

Tanee-quarren. Mina HlavníñÁP,

sentatives of France, Russia, and Italy,menta have been called the "Battle of tively cool, emphasise the considerabla change in the Woods." Of these Trone's Wood the fortunes of the Allies that had taken constantly changed hands. It was meeting. place since the last conference and paid christened by the Tommies Heil-hole tribute to the splendid achievements of but has been so frequently shelled that Wood." It was originally a dense copto, THE FRENCH FRONT.

the Allies. Ha declared that the com-cover is now impossible. The Germans bited ofensive, goat and west, thie to when the original possessors, never forty- PARIS. July 14.

thest output of munitions, had fed it, thus it was easy to concent- A communiqué says that arbillary deprived the energy of the initiative rate an annihilating shellfire on its has been very active at Souville.We have crossed the watershed," he hinders the development of the British

occupanta. But the wood no longer Dr. Forsyth's Sunshine BRITISH BREAK INTO ENEMY'S To attempted enemy attacks north said, "and now victory is beginning to advance.

of tho Aisue were immediately. dow in our direction." 'stopped by machine gun ür,

NEWS" MOST FAVOURABLE SINCE

PUSH BEGAN."

SECOND LINE. "

LONDON, July 14. Router's Correspondent at the Press Camp says y

The latest reports are that we have paptured the villages, of Longueval and Bazentin-le-Grand, and cleared | Troze's Wood of the enemy.

The weather is favourable....

LATER

There has been nothing important, elsewhere...

Pants, July 44.

A rammunique sags:-There is nothing to report except a somewhat lively bombardment in the Souville sector on the right of the Meus:

THE GERMAN LOSSES.

|

AUSTRIA AND PEACE

OPINION IN RUSSIAN CIRCLES.

"LONDON. July 1

-..

·IN· MESOPOTAMIA.

MINOR- ENCOUNTERS. /

LONDON, July 13-

It is officially announced that reports from Mesopotamus show thers have been minor encounters in which we punished brigade

The Morning Post Correspondent in Petrograd ya the departure of the Council of Ministara for the Imperial |

Enemy artillery and aircraft havé Headquarters is much commented upon, ineffectually bombarded our lines at

There is a strong feeling in inuential Sannaiynt. arters that when Austria again issues

PARIS," July 14. Reuter's Correspondent a Host stated that the Germans lost quartera mays later reports, confina į 12,000 in their unter-attacks, at Confecters for un separate pened they should" the success of this morning's attack. talmaison. This shows the importante

We have suffered but small losses.··

is sendering freely.

The enemy

A regimental commander and his

staff are among the inptures.....

Tip to nine o'clock fitis, morning. im addition to the villages previously mentioned we captured. Bazenrin-le-

they attached to the position."

KITCHENER'S CONSCRIPTS ·

SURPRISE THE ENEMY.

A German prisoner who was formerly

be welcomed, and by the Allies also, and that the time has come for the Allies to agree upon a basis of future peace terms.

a waiter in London mid the German RUMANIA'S INTENTIONS.

officers tohi them that the British "Kitchener Conscripts". knew nothing

of soldiering and would throw down their rifles directly they came to close Petit which was taken by storm.quarters. The Germans consequently Fighting is proceding around expected a walk-over: bar "it was other- Ovillers, practically the whole of the wise place being in our hands.

Several cunterattacka on Wil newly-won positions

have, heen repulsed.

We are now" consdichting one The trips are in high

gains

apirits.

||

RUSSIANS HURLING BACK THE TURKS.

PETROGRAD, July 14.

A check in pique states :---- The Turks have been hurled back from the heights of Enibuct and arc now retreating

.....

Our offensive west of Mamakhaturis progressing successfully. A series of heights were occupied after a desperate night battle.

LATEST, The latest news from the British front is the most favourable since the puth began. Jongudval, just north of Tmone's Wool is more than six miles north-east of Albert and nearly fire railes east of our original line:

Bazentin-le-Grand is two miles THE FRENCH NATIONAL

east of Longueval, while Bazentin-ie. Petit which Renter's Correspondent!

at Headquarters now gives as" cap- tured, is a mile further north and nearer Bapaume.

The German position at Pozieres, a mile and a half north of 'Contal- maison, is most critical owing to our)

Pozieres recent successer.

ifes

athwart the main road from Alliest to Bapaume."

The possession of Longueval brings our advance in this sector into line with tho Freath at Hardecourt.

GENERAL HAIG'S REPORTS

LONDON, July 14. Gabel Sir Douglas Haig reports that there was réciprocal artillery ahtivity throughout yesterday,

"As a result of sharp infantry fight- ing we not merely maintained our

An attempted Turkish offensive south east of Maniskastun har been repulsed

advancing

We

are

FETE.

BRITISH PARTICIPATION,

LONDON, July 14. Troops of the Allies participated in the impressive national celebrations at Paris:

The British detachment consisted of the Guarda,

South Highlanders, Africans, Anzacs Canadians and Indians, led by a Band of Pipers from willest enthusiasm. the Royal Scots. They aroused the

INTERESTING EXCHANGE OF

MESSAGES.

General Sir Douglas Haig on the occasion of the French National celebra. tion, telegraphed to President Poincare ns follows:

"The British Army, fighting by the side of the brava French, expresses admiration of the French Army and unshakeable confidence in the realisa tion cf cur common hopes." President Poincare replied heartily reciprocating and saying that the

AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS FERTURBED.

LONDON July

?

OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS,

SATISFACTORY STATEMENT BY THE DRITISH AR MINISTER.

|

I

fe. Duguid's Cligvya (Owner) 1 Mr.. D.M. Ross's Birdwood

11

Time-1.30

GYMRHANA STAKEA,

(Mr. Anolly (

(Mr. Sodgwick) 8

Mr. W. Logan's King Jack (Mr. Kroll) 1 MEC. U, Boyd's Matchbox

(Mr. Sedgwick) ** Sir Paul's. Standard Dahlia did not finish.

Time: 2.08.3-5.

THE VERDUN STRUGGLE.

GERMAN SOLDIERS VIEWS ON THE FIGHT

Me H. Warner Allen, special repr sentative of the British Press with the French Armies, writes from Paris ou 3Lay 305--

17

The following extracts from letters written by German soldiers, before Ver- dun, and taken from their pockets when ths writers were captured by the French, provide an account of the battle- from

German point of view;

April 3-You can form

LONDON, Jy 14 Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech, de-

From the 6th Reserve Infantry a letter writen by Lieutenant scribed the efforts of the Allien to in- Flingen, crease the output of munitions." The Regiment, and tearled for despatch to work of supplying the Navy occupies a another lieutenant belonging to the million men, but in addition Great deserve Regimentides of Britain hul evolved out of nothing our position from the fact that all our arsenals to supply the huge Army More ofheers have been repewed. The losses A Rukharest telegram says the Aus of the factories completed were turning of the regiment are high, for its position trians and Germans are very perturbed out hundreds of guns and heavy gune on the plateau of Yaux is simply dis

Our battalions relieve one over the Allied offensive and are enden were rolling in at a great rate. The gusting

new factories had not yet attained one. soother, but our positions when in re- vouring to discover Rumania's intentions thint of their full capacity, but the out- serve or rusting receive, with few excep Opinionis strengthening that the in-turn was increasing daily. The main tions, as any ehells as the first line. terests ofRamania demand speedy entry dificulties had been solved, and our into action. The Press is optimistic of supplies in a short time would be over- the prospects of the Allies.

PRESIDENT POINCARE ON THE

WAR.

s-

whelming.

*

From a letter, dated April 11, written by a private solder named Schroder, of

Mr. Lloyd Georgi concluded by the soth Infantry Regiment urging a close examination of the reThe artillery fire night and day.

We ure zhaohitely in a hell bolg here. I never quirements of the various, Armies, as imagined it would be like this." Yester- with mutaal help victory anywhere day a shell fell quite near the church would-be victory everywhere.”

and killer three men and wounded nine others. You should have seen is run only this wretched war would come. to an end. No reasonable man "éan

the north-east of are at presen Verdon in a position that is distinctly This morning they have been smoking us cut with asphyxiating. shell and other 'diabolical inventions.. It is all kultur.

THE IRISA QUESTION.

SPEECH.

such a butchery

re of men.

Pajus: July 14. "President Foincaré, when tributing diplomas and honours to relatives of officers and men killed in the war, zaade a speech in which he LORD LANSDOWNE DEFENDS. Is critical said that Frenchmen had revealed themselves us capable of frustrating

LONDON, July 13. the plans of predatory Powers. He Lord Lansdowne, in reply to Mr. Pulogised the Allies and especially the Redmond'a manifeste, says that he British whose splendid young armies believes that be (Lord Lansdowne) had sprung from the grond "The represented the views of the Govern-had clorie this we should have had peace ment in the statement, which he made.

questich is," he said : To be or not to be under the Gerraan heel? Therefore we shall not wesken. "'

THE DUTCH AND THE WAR,

THE HAGUE, July 14.

LABOUR BANQUET TO' OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES.

Loxton, July 13. The Chamber has adoptól a Bill

The Labour Members of Parliament extending the Landsturmp The gave a languat in honour of the Minister for War said the more the which Mr. Henderson, Minister of representatives of the Dominions, over idea of peace was penetrating the Education, presided

belligerents the more careful must!

the Dutch be to defeat attempts at their integrity.

FIRE IN A ROYAL" FOREST IN

GREECE."

· KING'S CHATEAU DESTROYED.:

FRENCH LOAN IN U.S.A.

New You, July 18. |

Though we have not been long in the firing-line we have all had enough of it, and are longing for peace. We should like to send to the front all these gentlemen who caused the war and who profit from it. If we

long ago.

*

From a letter written by a soldier name Schnele, of the 20th Reserve Regiment, dated April 15:

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MORE CASUALTIES, MORE COFFER. A postcard written by a soldier named Reitsch of the 3rd Grenadier Regiment of Landsturm, to his son, Fritz, dated April 30

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LATER.

General Sir Douglas Haig reporta that at dawn today we attacked the enemy's second line of defence and broke in the front four miles. We captured several strongly defended localities.

Heaty fighting continues.

The period July 11 and 12 was mainly spent in bombarding the

onemy's formidable second positions and other preparation for a further ad-tice.

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assault was launched at 3:25 this moming after an intensive bombardment. The ens

enomy 7/08 driven out of his tranches along. the whole front, and in the attack we took many prisoners..

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that day was sufficient proof of public sentiment.

President Poincare in a message to Great Britain on the occasion of the National Fete says:

The French people unboundedly admire the deeds of Britain's glorious Navy and the development of the Empire's mighty resources.

France sends greetings of everlast- ing brotherhood to Britain and har Dominions Overseas.”

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Following are extracts from letters found on prisoners, which had been LONDON, July 14

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Ittlingen, March 2-We suppose that Mr. Redmond, replying to Lord

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DEATH OF A FAMOUS FOOTBÄLLEN.

LONDON, July 14 The famous English international Rugby player, R. Pillman, has died of wounds.

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