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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1916.

THE

WAR.

LATEST TELEGRAM S.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).

THE LATEST RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

BOTHMER'S ARMY IN RETREAT.

Losnes, Aug. 13.

The latest Russian successes con- atitite a gain of from four to eight miles on a front of 33 miles against Genemi Bothmer's Austro-German Array, which constitutes Austria's bentre in Galicia.".

STRONG POSITIONS IN CARSO AREA

CARRIED

15,393 PRISONERS IN A WEEK.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE OPERATIONS, IN EAST AFRICA.

SENEMY'S' MAIN-FORCE AGAIN,

DEFEATED.

LONDON Aug 19

Fertile, well-watered, tract near the Your mountains. Stubborn actiona developed, resulting in the defeat of the enemy at Matamondo and Tschunge, whence they were parmed. The enemy's lones were relatively heavy': sure were mall

GERMAN "ATTICKA"ET POSTERES,

REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES

LONDOS, Aug. 1 General Sir Douglas Haig, in a CONT Brunud states

The enemy renewed an efforts to recapture trenches lately arrested from

Elsewhere there is no change.

TONDON, Aug. 13 General Sir Douglas Haig, in o core musique, statesBetween the Ancre and the Somme there has been no change.

South-east of pres the enemy attempted to leave the trenches to attack but the attempt was defeated."

SCOTTISH LETTER.

{Prona Chur Own › Correspondent, J

Esrauzon, July 12.

THE SCOTTISH SECRETARYSHIP... The retiring Secretary for Scot land, Mr. M'Kinnon Wood, is mem- ber for the Se. Hollox Division of

his

It is officially announced that General Smuts with various fortes commented him on tha high ground north of Pozieres, Glasgow'; by a coincidence Mr. H. J multaneously on the 5th inst. & for delivering & strong infantry attack last Tennant, his successor in the office, ward movement against the main enemy was repulsed with heavy anemy is one of the Teunants of St. Rollos: might apported by heavy artillery, force which since its defeat unless. He succeeded nowhere in piercing the

great chimney known "us June 28ch on the. Lukigura. river, our positions.

"Tenriant's Stack is one of the THE GREAT VICTORY OF has occupied strong pealtions on a

landmarks of Glasgow. Mr. M'Kinnon THE ITALIANS.

Wood's parents were Scots, put father settled in London is an export merchant and shipowner, and it was there that he was born. As a young man he spent some time in Edin- burgh engaged in literary work, contributing articles to

the "Emoyalopaedia Brittannica." After wards he joined his father in busi- - news, and became an active momber of the commercial world of London and Liverpool. It cannot be suid that Mr. M'Kinnon WoodwON atccess As Scottish Minister; he worked hard and honestly; but there was something wanting, especially that touch of national sympathy which the position requires. There seems to be "Do

» ROME, Ang,, 13.

It is officially announced that strongly defended positions in the Camo aren'

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

Its northern and southern wings/have been carried and that 1,365 pri THE PROGRESS OF THE are already dangerously outlanketsoners and some guns were taken.

WAT

by the Russian salients at Tatak and Since the 6th inst, 15,393 prisoners, Stanislau, and, with his commumicireluding 330 officer,16 gs, a tians now nenaced, General Backmer

quantity of machine guns and bas avidently begun to retreat aling

materials have been giken. . the whole front which extended from north-west of Tarnapol to B point west of Buczucz.

RUSSIAN CAPTURES.

A FORTNIGHT'S HAUL.

PETROGRAD Aug. 14.

Á ammuniqué states that since the 1st inst, the Russians have captured

$4,000, Austro German prisoners GX

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besides mortars and much booty,"

LATER gà ̈ communiqué shows that the Russians are pouring across the ributaries of the Dueister and are

building bridges "under fire. and dislodging the enemy from fortified positions.

RUSSIANS.

AUSTRIANS IN FLIGHT.

PETROGRAD, Aug. 12.

"FURTHER ÍTALIAN PROGRESS.

THE VALLONE CROSSED.

ROME Aug 1 A communique state:The Italians have crossed the Vallone, capturing two | strongly-defended-heights...

They occupied Oppacchiaselle at dawn, capturing 270 prisoners and three field guns..

altogether a

A communiqué states :-The Rus-The Austrians are holding cut on the dans are pressing onward in Galicia, bills to the eastward of Gorizia, support-doubt that, from his thorough know- following the enemy, who is aban-ed by artillery from Bainsiama plateau. dening prepared positions. across

MR. RUNGIMAN'S. MISSION TO ITALY.

LATER The rupture of the entire fortified zone of Carso west of the Vallou

rivers dowing into the Dniester. Fassis serai-officially described equal in importance to

"STANISLAU UNDAMAGED. the fall

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of Gorizia · Both positions were pivots Stanislau; on being occupied by of the Austrian Isonzo défence. The the Russians, was found, to he whole of the Carso zone had beer undamaged. transfornier by a year's work into a formidable redoubt. Trenches were

sunk leep in the rocks and prere | armour-plated and defew led by entangle ments and mine fields, connected by an kamene system of communication trenches Aul natural eares which sheltered swarms of trope.

There was a most murderous tire, perfect telephone and telegraph in

sidered the position Impregnable.

CAUCASUS.

Obstinate fighting continges north- ward of Bitlis.

FROM THE PRIPET TO ROUMANIA.

MILAN, Aug. 13:" Mr. Rubeiman received an ovation on his arrival here, ‘after a two days' Economic Conference at Pailanza with the Italian Ministers of Railways. and Commerce.

marine.

ledge of bigh finance, he will be more at bone in his position as Financial | Secretary to the Treasury, an office which he filled for a year before going

efore you to Dover House.

In being appointed to the Scottish Secretaryship, Mr. Tennant attains, one of the known ambitions of his politicul career. Brother of Mrs. Asquith and of Lord Glenconuer, ho is a thoroughgoing Scot, proud of the traditions of his native land bod keenly interested in its welfare. He has been member for Berwickshire since 1894.

At one point of his

M. Runcimus, in a speech, said that the Conference had settled a number of difficulties. The supply of coal and other necessaries to Italy would probably be shortly assured, with a reduction in the price of cool. France had intimated career he took an independent line her willingness to facilitate the transit on Scottish land legislation, and it LAST SECTOR OF FORTIFIED was prepared to support any

of Italian produce to England. Great was confidently prophecied that this would lose bir his seat. But the ENEMY RAMPARTS TAKEN.

efforts to develop the Italian mercantile war has thrown all such matters into the background, and his re-election at Minister Depava said that the Con the present tune is a foregone con- ference was most cordial, and was clusion. Mr. Tenant's prinction further step in the development of receives approval from all parties hoth in and out of-Parliament. It is said of him; that he is the most popular person on the Treasury Bench In times of peace the duties of Under Secretary for War are not onerous, and when hostilities broke cut most people charitably assumed that he would be unequal to the responsibility. But, to the surprise" even of his friends, he was not found

PETROGRAD, Aug. 13... A bqmmuniqué statesAfter

SEAPLANE RAID ON 'DOYER.

· ONE OFFICER, AND ŞIX MEN

Generel Vaherbatchoff's success installations, enabling the curand to seven weeks the efforts of General breaking the enemy's Strypa front regulate the fire of hundreds of guns Saberbatchioll and General Sak. Anglo-Italian relations.

in the rear. The Austrians hard eonharoff, under the direction of General Brussiloff, culminated today in the capture of six fortified villages and woods, the whole line of the river Strypa and the enemy's winter base front-Tamopel to Bucacz, the whole. constituting the last sector of fortified enemy ramparts from the river Pripet to the Roumanian frontier.

facilitated General Sakharoff's ‚ad- vance along the Upper Sereth by forcing the enemy to evacuate a series of positions. Grenem Voher- batcheff's force took 55,000 prisoners out of the total of 84,000:

The communiqué adds that the

Russians are advancing in the Car

pathian forests south of Delayta,

offensive.

LATEST.

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THE FRENCH FRONT.

Pans, Aug 13.

The night was comparatively quiet

..

Yertifying the heights and repulsing worth of the Sonurns. We consoli. all opery attempts to take theated our new positions:

A German attack from Combles against the church and cemetery occupied by us ut" Maurepas was repulsed by machine-gun fire with heavy loss.

The evening communiqué saya Our passage over the rivers Strypa, -Ogmpetz and Ziota Lipa continues.

The towns of Pedhaitze, Marinin pol have been captured and another 1,012 prisoners taken when enemy were dung back arross river Bystritza.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

STEADILY ADYANCING:

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Loxbos, Aug. 13. General Sir Douglas Haig reporta; North-west of Bozen-le-Petit we A Gengan attack between Man have gained ground towards Martire repas and Clery broke down under puich, "and north-west of Pozieres we our fire...": have, further advanced about 100 yards on a frorit, of a inte

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IMPORTANT CAFTURE

LATER

The Russians have wccupied the

miles south-west of Stanislau. important town of Nadwoma, twenty

NEW FRENCH FRONT.

VIGOROUS ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED,

PARIS, Aug. 12.

WOUNDED.

A unique statesTwo bostile feeaplanes flew over Dover to-day at roon. Four bombs were dropped, but no

material damage was done, nga wanting. For months' past, despite The raiders were bombarded by antithe heavy burden of work throwa aircraft guns, and being pursued by upon him, he has been the life and aeroplanas, they made off senward

soul, of the Commars during ques- One officer and six raen were wounded. tions. He had to bear most of the (Continued on page 34) pi heat and worry of that trying hour," and he rarely, if ever, lost his temper. The keenest heckler never cought *JackTM Tennant napping. The most subtle supplementary was met with ready and good humoured wit. The House "would often hava excused him had he turned more sharply on some indiscreet enquirers but he chose the better part and foiled the attacks with neat irony and

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We progressed slightly south of the Fleury." the French air squadrons dropped 120

A German lieutenant, wounded in large bombs

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the fighting on the Somme, gives in the station, the railway workshope and

"Voracic Zeitung" a description of A communique states:We have the Allies. He mentions various im grateful courtesy. Mr. Tennant has The regret whichi Sir Edward Grey harocks at Meta.

organised our new front north of the provements in the military appliance on expert knowledge of social and feels at leasing the House of Com Somme: PARIS, Aug. 12.

during the war, and continue "In labour questions, and in these mons is shared by practically every A vigorous German attack on the this respect the Franco-British offensive inatters will have the able assistance one of its members. He was only once ONE TWO The French captured the southern quarry north of Hem Wood captured is the lust word. The greedy best of his wife (Mise Abraham) who was 29 years of age when he first took his A HOUSE, Tower bill district c part of the village of Maurepas, and by un yesterday was repulsed with begins eating at the back line of the Chief Lady Inspector of Factories seat, and I well remember the hill district. Near Botanical Garden the cemetery.

losses to the enemy..

German front. The third and seend The lot of us Scottish Secretary, as interest in his maiden meech, and preferred. An amy attack on La Maisonette trenches were bombarded with the Mr. Tempant will find, is not a part-the regret axpressed by Mr. Clad↑ Apply to- was driven back by curtain fire.

MITSUT BUSSAN KAISHA, Lo concentrated fire of unprecedented cularly happy one. He is the head stone at hot being present to listen Our reconnaissances have pene. riasses of heavy artillery to prevent of every branch of the Scottish to the son of his old Parliamentary Hongkong. Aug. 14, 1916- trated Hem Wood and east of the the bringing up of reserves. In all Executive. He is officially respon- friend. The speech was a good one, station at Ham, where we discovered places up to ten miles behind the troops sible for education, for which there but not in any striking fashion. A great many German corpses.

supplies going up, had to pass through several lines of fire. The plan of is a separate Minister in England; he Indeed he is not in the crimary sensa FRENCH TAKE ENEMY'S destroying the German front necessitatis responsible for local government, either a brilliant orator or debater, ed gaining the ascendency in the air for which, again, there is a separate He hacks Mr. Asquith's power of There has been an intense artillery!

THIRD POSITION.

A large number of inased neroplance English Minister-Besides he has torse lucid, exact argument. He (formerly Eglinton Fellow, Glasgow daily directed the artillery fire. When the control of agriculture and land has nothing of Mr. Lloyd George's

Univernty), Head master, which resppens. PARIS, Aug. 18, the incessant fire began dozens of administration and fisheries, and a eloquence or gift of repartee. Eis on 4th September cart, provides st

·PARIS, Aug, 14.

A communique states: The French aeroplanes flew over the German tren host of other matters which in Eng method more resembles that of Mr. moderate cost complete HIGH Last night's communiqué states: north of the Somme attacked the ches, and every second great squadrons land are divided up between different Balfour, for although he has none SCHOOL EDUCATION in all Depart North of the Scrme the "onomy third German position from east of went beyond the lines bomb-dropping Departmenta. And yet the rank of of that statesman e dialecticalments from 10 years of age upwards.

Ulustrated Prospectuses may be had on did not attempt u counter-attack Hardecourt to the Somme, opposite The lattering down of the advanced Secretary of State is denied him, and subtlety or incisive skill, he gives his application to the HEADS Minor isolated actions habled the Buscourt

trenches was left almost exclusively to his Department suffers and Scotland bearer the same impression, that his or to THON J» YOUNG French to advance up the slopes of fortified works on a front of ôf kilo-mortara,

We captured all the trenches and the heavy artillery and the trench suffers. He has not enough authority speech is taking shape as it is being Secretary, or at the "CHINA MAIL

The French have greatly in the Cabinet to warrant demands uttered. The two are also alike in Ofice, Hongkong metres to a depth of 800 to 1,030 improved the latter, and worked for time and facilities for the con this respect that their speeches are Hongkong, Aug. 14. 1918. --

them uninterruptedly, throwing acrial metres.

We captured enemy trenches, on the plateau north-west of Bazen-le- Petit.

The French executed numerous

destructive bombardments south of the Somme.

Our advance north-west of Pozieres duel east of Verdon. was important.;

Our Josses were, light, despite a heavy enemy barrage

Last night we made three success: ful raids on enemy trenches south west of La Folio Füro, Vimy Ridge,!

the hill" south-east of Maurepas... opposite Calonne, and east of Armen

A strong German attack on the tieres, and inflicted many casualties.

The enemy attempted a raid on left of the Mouse, south of Avocourt Wood, was ropulsed by shell fire and

the Hohenzollern, Redoubt but were repulsed with, heavy loss.

LONDON, Aug. 14. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: An enemy bomb attack south-east. of Guillemont was repulsed.

North of Fazieres the enemy wore observed to be concentrating in large, numbers. British artillery effectively scattered them

bombs....

There was quiet elsewhere.

THE EGYPTIAN FRONTIER

~1,000 PRISONERE TAKEN.

LONDON, Aug 13, -General: Moray reports that our cavalry has driven back the Turks enst of Birtolamane, and the puzenit con tinues,

AERIAL ACTIVITY Our airmen yesterday carried out another long-distance raid. Great

No material or stores, but large hespr damage was done to railway works and sidings. There were also several of arkes were found at Birel Abd. short ruids and reconnaissances. The

CAIRO, Aug 13 hostile aircraft were fairly active but The situation in the Finai regica avoided combat Ao enemy machine is most satisfactory. Since the 4th inst was felled, and a British machine is the Turks have boon driven out of ther missing

positious, and pursued for fifty miles from the Suez Canal.

ASA MÄSTER. AFMEDYAM HAMBERLAIN Cofc, Choler, and

Intrrhoea. Bemedy is master overestimated eramp colie, dysentery, and all intestinal paloy. One dose relieven, a second dose rarely necessary to effect a cuceFor

The total enemy losses recently art 7,000, of which 3,354.

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Wo took 1,000 prisoners and captured 30 machine guns

The French captured the southern part of the village of Maurepas and

the cemetery, b

A German counter-attack between

Maurepas and Clery broke down

under our fire.

The French executed numerous destructive bombardments, south- the Somine.

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torpedoes. They tore up our wire sideration of Scottish interests. And, often for from faultless in point of obtacles from the ground, poles and all above all, his Department has not the form, and yet leave a greater effect very short time a great portion of our equipment for work which accom than mors polished ontious Bir trenches,lind beep flattened out. This panies, the higher status of a Secre Edward Grey as by debater owes much of his power to his faculty of con- lasted woven days. Finally came a gas tary of State. attack, also of an improved kind."

THE NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE vincing his audience that he is speak The Earl of Crawford, the new ing his whole mind, that he is using no verbar subterfuges. His avoidance President of the Board of Agriculture of rhetoric, of cheap points of all and Fisheries, is very popular in kinds of appeals to passion or cr Sectland, particularly in Fifeshire, judice, give him a unique position, damaged packageh where Baleares, the sent from which has been said of him with tenth Consignees of Carly he takes one of his many titles, is that he is one of the few speakers of requested to have repres situated. He is the Premier Earl of the House who can tum votes from present,

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A lady citizen of a neutral country who Bootland, and is descended from one the one lobby into the other. This BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, recently had a consecration with the bit of the oldest families in the Kingdom power was the more easily concised Agents, Ocean Steam gomater of an important German desport The House of Linday was in posses as the topics with which he had to ays the latter declared that the populsion of large territories in England deal have not, as a rule, been matters tion in Germany in attering from lack and Bockland soon after the Norman of party controversy When he of food in a way scarcely imaginable by Conquest, and ever since that time intervened in debate it was 14-tuo neigbouring countries.

members of the family have occupied tone not of a partisan, but of a man high public offices. The new Minister of Olympian tempezam has had considerable Parliamentary cool and

TERDUN SECTOR. ZE

PARIS, Aug. 12. We have advanced south of the Thiaumont work, and two enemy attacks at Fleury were entirely repulsed

Most people be anys, including the rich PAs, Aug. 13. have lost 10 to 25 per cent in weight There was in intense artilery, duel mince the war, and the whole eust of Verdun.

alarming. If the har sverge, faming

GERMAN SEAPLIKES OYER: CONSTANZI,

According to the tions in Austris az ere commissioners”

align experience, and for some time, when two rival points of view

Balcaries

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