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FRIDAY, AUGUST

THE

LATEST

CouryMillenço

1916.

WAR.

TELEGRAM S.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail.

A

SCENE OF THE WESTERN OFFENSIVE.

mus Carle Villers

Morcoun

Kancourt Fafes Mois.

The above is a p comprir pecuction of a rection of a long reale French motor road may, in which will be found most of the names mentioned in the "com muniquer."

Being only a section, some of the nomes,, ns for instange Peronne, will be found cut off in the middle. The phiầy black moderately thick lines represent railways, and the hacker fines with variona urbing the main roads. Ifinor ronde tre indicated by thin double lives. The senle is 3 miles to the inch, roughly.

THE ANGLO-FRENCH

OFFENSIVE.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, August 9.. General Sir Douglas Haig reports The work of consolidating the ground we have gained continues."

Our guns were actife and the

THE ZEPPLELIN RAID,

2

SIX ZEPPELINS DROP AT LEAST 80 BOMBS.

DAMAGE ASTONISHINGLY

SMALL

+

LONDON, August '3. Unoticiul reports state that it is enerny retaliated briskly root. Maltz-believed three. Zeppeline visited the horn Farm to Longueval; also at Eastern counties and remained for Mametz, Fricourt and, Becourt some bours. They dropped explosive

Woods, and at Poziores.

slackened at dawn.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GERMAN BRUTALITEIS.

PROPOSED ALLIES GRIMINAL!

COURT.

LONDON, Aug. A A Blue-book has been published on the German brutalities in the Cameroons and in Damaraland.

A French Yellow-book has been published describing the German alare raids of Lille and Roubaix.

These, in conjunction with the murder of Captain Fryatt and the revival of Zeppelin raids, form the text of articles and letters in the papers discussing the punishment of the German criminals,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

ON THE WAT TO XOYEL. STANISLAU AND HALICZ

THREATENED.

BRITISH ARMY ACT AMENDMENT.

ALLEGTIONS AGAINST A HIGH WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL

LONDON, Aug. 3.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd ALSOeorge has given notice of an amend- ment to the Army Act, enabling civilians to sit on a court martial, which according to the newspapers will War Official." "investigato allegations against a high

THE OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA.

PANGANT OCCUPIED

PETROGRAD, August 3, The Russians have advanced ten miles towards Kovel since they crossed the Stokhod bend. Experts are confident that General Lesh will deal affectively with the German tank attacks north of in this region covers a five-mile front the Kovel Saray Railway. The fighting eight miles north of the railway, but the

LONDON, Aug. 3 harshy country between the Stokked country south of the Umbarn Railway. Major-General Hoskina is clearing the Italian papers state that preliminary and Tarina rivers, does not permit of The port of Fangani has been occupied, action was long since taken with a view/rapid evolutions by masses of troops, and minor columna ara operating be and the scarcity of roads prevents thetween the bills and the coast, pressing extensive employment of the German the enemy southwarda heavy artillery.

to establishing all Allied Tribunal

Professor Morgan in a letter anys that a British Government Committea bas

long been collecting evidence of German

The Russian crossing of the Koropet Stanialau and Halisz, bes Jes further river in southern Galicia threatens atrocities.

-turning General Boehmer's forces from Bishop Boyd Carpenter in a letter the sout, while General Sakbarofi urges an immediate announcement by advance south-west of Brody bas in the Allies of the establishment after therased the predicament of both positions

from the north.

war of an independent Criminal Court which might be attached to. The Hague to deal with crimes not covered by belligerent rights, with power to execute sentences regardless of the dignity or the sovereign position of the offender..

MA. BALFOUR REVIEWS THE

· NAVAL WARFARE.

GERMAN FLEET» SUNK INTO “

IMPOTENCE.

Loxbox, August. 3. Mr. Bulfour First Lord of the Admiralty, realewing the Naval war. fare of the past two years. says the tide has been flowing strongly in our favoir singe the Battle of Jutland, after which the German Fleet sunk | into impotence..

The German wrath against the British is to be accdunted for in the failure of Germany'a submarine Ware fare. This had driven the enemy to

Frutt the most stupid murder of Captain

MOST FURIOUS FIGHTING EVERYWHERE,

at the porta of Lake Victoria are pro The British and Belgian forces based ressing well

CASEMENT HANGED.

LONDON, Ang, 3. Roger Casement was hanged at nine fo'clock this morning.

The Times correspondent with the Russian Headquarters on the Stokhed MORE TALES OF THE TRADE. reports

NORTH SEL

There is the most furicans fighting. BOATS MIDSUMMER BAĞ"IN everywhere. The Germans have been driven to desperation through losses in men awi guas They are ceaselessly eounter-attacking and are pairing in fresh livisions, which are marched from

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the trains to the battlefields, where they British boaring sarvico hud bera" are mowed down by the Russian bre. dubbed in a circles, décording to All their attacks have been repulsed. Mr. Kipling-were related in the Prize There is a continuous cannonade clay Court recently, ant night. The enemy's position on are indications that the Germans will the Stokhod is very strong and there hold out to the last

bombing hospitals has enraged the The persistence of enemy airmen in Russians.

TRENCHES CAPTURED BY, THE FRENCH.

200 PRISONERS TAKEN.

PARIS, Aug. 3 A sobeniuniqué, states-There t been no infantry, action north of the Somme.

Two enemy cunter attacks on trench at Deniscourt, south of the Somme, were regulsed

1

We made several echelon natacks on the right of the lense from the river to the south of hepar crannies at strong points.

THE KING AND THE VRYATT MURDER.

LONDON, August 8. His Majesty the King has writtenĮ to Mrs. Fryett conveying his con dolences and expressing his 'abborbombe rence at the shooting of her husband,

We took 800 prisoners and ten machine guns.

We repulsed on

inter-attack with

and at the same time paying a splen. | ANOTHER AIR HAID ON ENGLAND. did tribute to the services rendered by the mercantile muring.

SUBMARINES LOOTING ENGLISH TRAWLERS...

LONDON, "Aug, German submarines continue to His fire and incendiary bombs. Anti-aircraft and sink English trawlera.

guas were used.,

THE FRENCH FRONT..

FUTILE ENEMY COUNTER-

ATTACKS.

PARIS, August 3.

We repulsed several enemy attacks

A communiqué states:

LATER.

NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINES.

scen

Only two Zeppelins were returning by way of Holland, though four crossed to England.

The steamor had a valuable cargo.

LONDON, Aug

1

claimed prize bounty in respect of. the destruction of two German ment war in the North Sea.

The commanders and crews of E15 and

Commander Maxwell H. Anderson, E.N., barrister, appeared in support of the claims, and read ap affidavit by Con- mander, Cecil Ponsonby Talbot, D.SO., of the E16, 10 the effect that on July 20 Jago, in puruand, to ordéry received tom superior authority." He was 'crnis-

in the North Sea. He observed a

silla of four enemy torpedo-boat destroyers, and, maneuvring my vessel Into a position favourable for attack, fed a torpedo at and Rank nas of the destroyers."

No prisoners were, taken by the sub- marine, auch survivors as escaped from the vessels of the flotilla. The destroy.

and she was believed to have DAK al vessel was the German destroyer“ V.

of the vessel was brought about solely by the E18, no other of his Majesty's high or vessels being in sight or assist-

el a crew of 03 hands. The destruction

"

The President declared that the bounty

to be distributed amongst the officers and

head of

As official, statment issued at 1.30crew of the E18 was £465, boing at the this morning annoupees that a mimber of airships crossed over the East Coast at midnight

I

Their objective has not yet been Fascertained as the rald is still proceed

1.

looting

rate of £5 tessel's crew.

PICKED UP SURVIVORS.

destroyed

Commander Ernest William Leir, of the Et, in a sfidavit, stated that on Bombs have been dropped at various Se when he observed a German Patrol July 20 lant he was cruising in the North places.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Another official report issued et 3.30 this morning sу: Six or seven STOCKHOLM, Aug. Bairships apparently participated in the The Swedish steamer Hudsvall raci It is unofficially stated that one been torpedoed in the Baltic by dropped on the Eastern and South

A considerable number of bombe wore raider on the south-east coast was German submarine. The crow, includ-Fustern Counties. picked up by searchlights and fired ing five women, were landed in boste, on hy land batterieg. Many believe that the Zeppelin was hit; at least she appeared to be crippled when fast

She dropped no bombs.

LATER... oficially announced that the were broken, the enemy sustaining damage caused by this morning's air heavy losses by our curtain fire and mid is astonishingly small. Hifle fire.

6 Monacu Fern.

An enemy counter-attack south of Entrees broke down under our fire.

Several violent enemy, counter- attacks or the trenches we yesterday on 'the right of the Mouse

seen.

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ORIGIN OF THE FERISCOPE.

The origin of the periscope is now From survivors he ascertained that the under discussion, and the following ex- Zane of the vessel was the Senator on tract from the writings of the well-known maaned by a crew of 2, comunnded by credit to the clerical profession Pepper Timberg Gosier, and that she was inventor of " Peppers Ghosts" gives the

warrant officer of the German Naval robe soon after tha. Crimean War Beierse. Ho further ascertained that During the siege of Sebastopol uum the armament of the ven consisted of hers of our best artillerymen were.com tinually picked off by the enemy's rides Mr. C. B. Dunlop for the Crown, as well as by cannon shot, and, in order sdded that the aubmarine picked up 11 to pus stop to the foolhardiness and survivors, bus, being unable to carry so

There is no debnite information No military damage is reported." Many anti-aircraft guns were in It is reported that two other Swedishtion and it is reported that, at least a revolver gang and two Finnish steamers were sunk at one airship was hit the exme spot.

Other ships reported sunk are the British steamer Heighinglon, the Italian steamer Lelimbro, an Italian sailing ship and two Norwegian sailing ships.. Nine

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BRITISH PRISONERS-OF-WAR

SHOT.

TWO IRISH SOLDIERS WHO REFUSED TO JOIN CASEMENT.

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incautiousness of the mén, s verý ingent.

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many additional men, placed eight of ou contrivance was invented by the Hongkong. Ang. 4, 1519, them aboard the lightship, from which Reverced William Taylor, the coadjutor they were afterwards transferred to this of: Mr. Denison in constructing the first country. A consort of the patrol boat Big Ben bell It was called the re fed, but first lowered a host into which feeling spy-gless, and by its simple con LONDOS, Aug. 3er aurvivors got. Only six lives were station rendered the exposure of the ADVERTISING MANAGERA In the House of Lords, Lord, Newton

lost...

sailors and soldiers, who would look over, proaching finality of progress in IMPORTANT MISSION TO ITALYstated that to Irish prisoners of war

The President, in awarding bounty to the parapet or other paria of the work will find opportunity for wider sco

present post. change where be have been shot at Limburg. One was the amount of £15, expressed the hope to observe the effect of their slapt, per-f and greater responsibility. Eight up alleged to have been drunk and had that the survivors were duly grateful,

fectly unnecessary while another form in present portion, fourteen years in attacked, the guard Regarding the

was contracted for the purpose of allow. India Fuller particulars from Box other the German Commandant refused

No.111 ing the gunner to *lay / or sim his guz in safety, The instrumente were shown

C/O CHINA MATE O to Lord Panmule, who was so convinced Honghods, Aug 1 2016

horses were killed and three injured MR. RUNGIMAN'S Following up our gains, we pri

The military object of the raid is gressed considerably south of Fleury, not apparent. reaching the immediate surroundings of the village and advancing beyond

the station.

***

We organised our now positions

Wood.

It appedra, that no fewer than six airships attacked the counties of

"

LONDON, August 3. It is stated that Mr. Runciman, Norfolic, Suffolks and Essar for halt President of the Board of Trade, has an hour. Except at one point they recovered from a prolonged illness between Bicnacu Farm and Hem did not. penetrate very far inland and is proceeding to Rome on an

Their bombs were mostly droppedconomic mission. into the sea...

It is proposed to subiidise a new A raider making the coast of Kent, Anglo-Italian Corportion which will zalioved owing to their sorious losses. it is claimed, was hit once aźd

finance Italian railways and com- Since July 80 we have taken 1,100 possibly twice- prisoners on the right of the Meuse. Up to the present eighty bombs

Since the 1st inst. there has been have been accounted for.

It is confirmed that the German -units at Monca Farm had to be

a violent artillery duel on the Vaux

Chapitre-Chenois line (Verdun re

gion), but no infantry attacks."

Three Geraan aeroplanes have been brought down."

THE ITALIAN 'FRONT,

ROME, August 3?. Nine Italian asroplanes bombed the Piero baracks" and "aerodrome at Durazzo. Repeated hits were observed.

· KING'S GIFT DEVOTED TO GENERAL WAR PURPOSES."

LONDON August 8,

announced anthe mons" that the Kiara

A DAMAGED ZEPPELIN,

AMSTERDAM, August 8.

merce hitherto financed by Germany,

"

to afford any information to the Ameri can diplomatic investigators

Lord Newton pointed out that both hard refused to join Casement

“TWO BRITISH STEAMERS "IN"

COLLISION.

LONDON, Aug. 3.

CHAPLAIN'S DEFIANCE.

ORDERED BY THE GERMANS TO

PRAY FOR THE KAISER.

of the importance of the invention" that

he trimediately commissioned the Rever

end William Taylor to have a number of FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION these telescopes constructed; and, if the

The Rev. T. Dent, British chaplain at siege had not terminated fast at the time Libau, in Russia, until lately interned by the invention was to have been used, no

the Germans, gavo an account at the doubt a great saving of the valuable lives The steamer City of Lahore from Church House, London, of his experiences of the skilled artilleryman would have Sir Courtensy Ilbert, reliable Rangoon, collided in the Downs with win, in May last year, the port fell into Been effected

the British steamer Mongares

Authority on the history of Parliament finda the beginnings of the modern Cabinet in the 17th century compromise Zeppelin LII flow off the coast the King's executive power was for the between King and Parliament, whereby It was apparently damaged and not first time exercised by Ministers who under proper control. The motors had seats in Parliament, and whose position depended on the good will of the

The City of Lahere's forepenky occupation.

flooded

FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.

TORONTO, Ang. 3

ware working badly. The cost party that provided supplies. The It is estimated that 500 have perished guards fired and hit the airship process by which this change was carried in the forest fires.

out he says," has been described, as

which disappeared westwards with a noiseless revolution, and it is not to ENEMY COMMANDS REARRANGED. heavy list

THE LIFE OF THE BRITISH

· PARLIAMENT.

The Dalit

be found embodied in any Acts of Par Hament. It may be treated as having began under William III. between 3BST and 1000 but it extended over long period of time

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HINDENBURG COMMANDS. ARMIES ON EASTERN FRONT.

AMSTERDAM, Acg S

The Germans required him, it he con tinued to hold English services, to pray, Det for King George, but for the German Emperor Ile refused to submit to such osadition, and instead of holding the artice in the aunt, place, ho held it In a private house, the Grenaan orderly

city chapel in expectation of a service. meanwhile waiting all the time in tra

The next day the chaplain was arrested, bat subsequently released, being & priest, and ovoz military ogo.

It socially announced in Berlin and SUPPE

jenns that the command of the Armes

front has been re-arrang:

in Russian offenzivese

753 Cho Kaiser, who fi

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