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SATURDAY. AUGUST 26, 1916.

THE

WAR.

LATEST · TELEGRAM S.

(Reuter's Service

A DAY OF BIG EVENTS.

** HUT-CRACKERS

to the China Mail.)

ORIPPING AND THE CRACK IS IMPENDINO.

THE AIR RAID ON ENGLAND.

FURTHER OFFICIAL DETAILS.

LONDON, Aug, 23

Laspos, Aug. 13.

Official. Reuter's Correspondent at Head- quarters writing on the 24th inst says:

Several small-fres in the outskirt This has been another day of hig

of London were promptly, extinguish avants--just how big I cannot tell youed and several rescues were made by "because what promises to be one of the most important features of the war "programa is now only developing

We are at several points repeating the the invariably succesful tactics, namely short hurricane bunlardment and then an infantry rush. Even if the fare hiding in the depths of their dug-out an dazed are they by the thunderous Concussion that they have no atemach

fremen

The airship which was fired on and inmediately altered her course was possibly a second raidar on London.

Two or three riders came over the Eastern counties and dropped over thirty bombs. There were no casual. ties and no damage.

Another attempted to approach' for resistance. This all spells proseuport town but was heavily fired gress. The nutcrackers are gripping and the inflications suggest an importing crack.

GERMAN ABUSE OF THE RED CROSS:

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An raped British prisoner smphati cally merts that all the German machine-gunners he saw wore Red Cross bands on their arms

THE BRITISH ATTACK AT THIEPVAL

A MODEL OPERATION.

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un by nati-uiremit guns and driven off enstward after dropping nineteen boobs into the sen.

Another on the south-east coast was similarly driven off and com. pelled to drop bombs harmlessly into the sea,

THE BALKAN FRONT.

SATISFACTORY SERBIAN ·

PROGRESS.

SALONIKA, Ang 25.

The news of the Serbians.is most satisfactory. They have re-won the hill dominating Lake Ostrove and also progressed farther north.

There have beer no important develop ments elsewhere. The Bulgarians have not hitherto shown any desire to butt their heads against our defeacca, and are apparently more "concerned to stablish therrelves in Greek MacedoniL

EAST AFRICA.

HOW KILOSSA WAS OCCUPIED,

LosDON, Aug. 25.

Losnos. Aug."30." Correspondents at Headquarters describe the British attack at Thiép- val la a model operation. It was preceded by the most intense bom bardment over a small area, that bas Bitherto taken place; It was seen thas the ground heaved itself into the air the one great dust-stormi until the smoke blotted out the chaos. Then klaki figures streamed in thin evenly-spaced waves cross "no-man's land." Occasionally a min fell out. but others went on unwavering and soon reached the margin of the smelte and scrambled. jumped and climbed the parapets,

· Looming" heroically in the haze one -conld see an officer directing his men with out-stretched arm, others run ning along the edge of trenches, and dropping down and disappearing. Venter. The more was successful, Then appeared parties of the enemy Kilosa was occupied and the enemy bolding up their hands.

is now retiring south-costwards.

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There were altogether 98 British casualties in the capture of this strong fortress, whereas 200 prisoners were taken, 400 German dead were found in the trenches, and probably the Gennan casualties were in the teighbourhood of a thousand.

THE ATTACK AGAINST THE BRITISH.

REGIMENTS BROUGHT FROM VERDUN.

LoNDox, Aug 25.

It is stated that the attack against the British south of Thiepval was made by two Bavarian regiments Belonging to a division which is at Verdun.

FAILURE OF GERMIN ATTACKS.

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PARTS, Aug. 25.

A communiqué says:- A violent enemy counterattack on E 121, south of Maurepas, hos been repulsed with heavy loss.

German attacks on Fleury and in the Forest of. Apreinous failed utterly,

Oficial... General Van de "Venter's column attacked Kilosa on the 21st-inst. Fighting continued day and night. A column was detached and attacked twenty miles eastward of Kilossa in order to assist General Vin de

Official.

MESOPOTAMIA.

LONDON, Aug. 25.

The situation in Mesopotamia is unchanged.

THE SITUATION IN

GREECE.

DISASTER TO ĦATIONAL

HONOUR,

Arusas, Aug. 25 3. Venezelos, receiving a Labour deputation on the bject of the Bulgar invasion, said it was a dia- aster to national honour and advised then to hold a meeting to show the Government that the Greeks were

not a dead riution. THE GROWTH OF THE VOLUN

-TEER MOVEMENT.

A telegram from Salmika says the growth of the Volunteer movement is Several affecting the Government. thousands are already armed and preparing to fight.

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THE FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.

THE GREAT EXTENT OF THE

DAMAGE

OTTAWA, Ang **

The Commissioners report that the forest fires in North Outario were due to settlers lighting fires to clear the and. Nearly 1,700,000 actes were burred, 300 lives were lost, timber valued at 46,000,000 and other property worth several million dollars were destroyed. The firm are still smouldering in places..

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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THE WESTERN FRONT.

BRITISH PROGRESS NEAR THIEPYXI..

LONDON, Aug. 23. cum wahjud states:-South of Thiepval three hundred yawls by four hundred yards deep of an enemy truch

were taken.

Many prisoners were exptured.

FRENCH ADVANCE LINE BEYOND

THE CHINA MAIL.

ITALIANS CAPTUFE I POSITION.

Boum Aug. 24. A communiqud states-We occupied position at the head of the Fosserica Talley. The enemy violently counter attacked and retook the position, bat Hnally he was driven off.

We carried the trenches at the head of the Cla Valley.

„IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ÀT CALAIS.

LONDON, Aug. 25. It is officially announced that a Con ference held at Calais yesterday, attended by Mr. Asquith, Mr. McKeane, Hon R. Montagu, Mr. McKinnon Wood, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Governor of the Bank of England, and M.M. Brian and Ribot, and the Cavernor of the Bank of France, concluded an arrangement with regard to payments abroad and the maintenance of exchange

between the two countries.

The Conference, reached a complete upon all the subjects Agreement discussed.

DR. LIEBKNECHTS BENTENCE INGREIBED.

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THE RESULT OF AN APPEAL AMSTERDAM, Aug. 25. The Supreme Court-Martial, sitting at Berlin, ha dismissed the appeal by Dr. Liebknecht against the sentence of 3 years' penal servitude for war treason, and has increased the sentence to four years and ous month. Dr. Liebknecht is also deprived of all civil rights fḍt a period of six years.

ZEPPELINS OVER ENGLAND.".

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LONDON, Aug. 25. "It is officially announced that several airshipa crossed the East and South-East coasts of England at midnight.

SLAVE RAIDA IN`FRANCR.

AS, CONDUCTED BY THE GERMANI.

The Allowing amplides telegram-

receat

The military commander at Lille bas posted a notice in the houses stating- all the inhabitants of this house, ox- cept children under 14 years of age, their nibthers sud old, men mom be ready to leave in an hour-and-a-half. They must. collect in front of their houses. If the weather in bad they may remain indoors, bat the doors must be open. Any appeal will be taless No inhabitant may leave his house before 8 o'clock in the morning anyone who tries to cape and is taken will be pitilessly punished." The nation is sugered by the nową, slowly dhering to Paris, of the slave raids the Germans conducted during Eastertide inLilla and other towns. That lasted for three weeks and were carried out with the refinements of moral tor ture which only Germana are capable of devising as they were too kindly to take whole families, from one to five of the members where selected. The towns were raided quarter by quarter without notices this prolonging the anguish

An eye-witness a Lile writes: This Easter, our women bare not slept for eight days wondering what would be their fate during the night."

Other inhabitanta tell that bodies of soldiers came at daybreak and tor children from their mothers and pursch,“ not even advising them where they wan going. Other victims were seized in the streets and trams and their relatives never saw them again.

A German officer on Good Friday evening passed through one quarter of Lille, picking out his victims, who werd immediately taken, to a church.or. school, where innocent girls were borlal with women of the top, and a number given to cach, as though so many cattle. From 1,300 to 2,000 were thus taken daily

many being girls of 17 years of age until the temporary concentration campa resembled slave markets. This continued throughout Easter week. The brutality of the business ever disgusted some German officers. Thoen at Roubaix refused to obey orders to take the children in the night time. Many victims were transported to the Aisne depart So far no casualties or damage hava and to Ardennes on the pretext of being required to carry out agricul- been reported.

tural pursuits, but some were obliged to work se' officers' orderlies in the Aisne district

A pumber of bombs were dropped,

LATER.

Of the six air-raiders only one travel led far inland..

Up to the present it is reported that nine persons have been injured, some fatally.

An aeroplane fired on a midler at close Fringe, but the raider cacapect.

The French Government, intending to informa neutrals as to the details of Ger crimes against civilians in the in- raded countrics, preparing a Yellow book, describing the inasmun measures taken against women, girls, and infants, It is stated that 25,000 between the age The air-raiders. came at intervals of 1 years and 35 years were taken from between midnight and three in the Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lille and trans- ported at midnight. They were ten morning.

Several bombe are reported to haveights in the streets guarded by machine. German officers entered the houses guns been aimed at ships.

and requisitioned who they chose and The damage inflicted includes two these were concentrated indiscriminate houses wrecked, and a railway station ly in churches and schools pending their and several houses damaged Two departure. Even after they had been torn from their homes and families the horses were killed.

Anti-aircraft-guns were in action both victim ung the Marseillaise A communiqué states:-North of the Somme we attacked the German posin land and from ships, and seroplanes tions, in the Maurepas region and eat up in pursuit. captured in single rash part of the village still held by the Germans, and the adjoining trenches. We carried our line 200 yards beyond on a front of two. kilometres, and captured 200 prisoners and ten machine-guna

HAUREPAS..

PARIS Ang. 25.

South of the Somme there has been an artillery duel.

THE MEUSE REGION: *. East of the Meme several German counter-attacks on our new front be tween Thiaumont and Fleury were repulsed.

We advanced slightly beyond Fleury, A total of 300 prisoners was taken yesterday and today in the Fleury

sector.

BRITISH CLOSE TO THEIR OBJECTIVES.

PARIS, Aug. 93. The continual British progress in the Somme region has now brought us close to our original objectives, namely, the THE ISLAMIC REVOLT. village of Guillemont, Giuchy, Mar- tinpuich, Courcelette, and Thiepval A PROCLAMATION BY THE ORANDfooting has been gained in the first- nained where a desperate struggle has SHERIF OF MECCA.

been proceeding for three days against the Brandenburger, whom we are CAIRO, Aug 25.

gradually wearing down. We are only The Grand Sharif of Mecca has half a mile from Thiepva, where the seda procination to Lam do-ituation of the Gennans le becoming nouncing the Yong Turks for raia-precarique,

ag Turkey, departing from the RUSSIAN PROGRESS IN CAUCASUS. precepts of the Koran, perpetrating cruelties and tyrannies, selling the RUSSIANS REOCCUPY MUSEL ancient house which God has chores for His house setting are to the Holy Carpet, striking the tomb of Abraham, and killing the faithful at prayer.

The Proclamsilon adds: “Our in- dependence is complete and absolute. Our aim is the preservation of Islam. We trust our brethren in all parts of the world will each do his duty so that the bonds of the brotherhood of Islam may be confirmed We depend on Cod the All Powerful, whone defence is sufi.

We consolidated our new positions north and north-east of Maurepas. ciest for us."

The enemy which attacked Hill

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121 was swept, by artillery and machine-gun fire and was unable to approach our lines anywhere

We have taken 350 prisonern hers Ficce" yesterday.

BYE-ELECTION IN WALES.

LONDON, Aug, 25 Mr. Mallalieu, a Coalitionist, he bien returned unopposed for the Colne Valley Division of Yorkshire, The artillery was very active on the bye-election having been ren both sides in the region of the dered necessary owing to the resigna

tion of Mr. C. Lench (L) through

Thisumont works.

FRENCH DEFEAT THE PRUSSIAN GUARD.

KOTABLE SUCCESS:

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it was agama the

the Prüssion Guaru come by Prince ibel #Prader-ch.

"THE" POLITICAL" SPLIT, IN

HUNGARYM

ANOTHER INDICATION.

LUNDON, Aug, 25. further indicatičky vo ungary B

Count

ofensive,

* PrTROGRAD, “ång, 25. The Russians have re-occupied Mash, capturing 2,300 prisoners.

TURKISH STRENGTH. ·

́GERMANY'S SUPER-ZEFFELINS.

LONDON, Ang. 35. Lord Montagu of Beaulien, spesking at Bury St Edmunds, stated that he had information that the new German super-Zeppelins would be 780 feet long, with a maximum speed of 65 miles an hour, a radius of 3,000 miles, and a bomb-carrying capacity of five tons. They would be available in October.

THE BRITISH WOUNDED.,

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75% RETURN TO THE FRONT.

LONDON, Aug. 25..

The Commandant of a London Hospital states that 75 per cent of the wounded trented in the United Kingdom ara able to return to service

GERMANY A PARIAH AND AN OUTCAST.

THE BRITISH VIEW.

BRITISH ATTACK WITH "UNHEARD OF VIOLENCE.""

THEIR COLOSSAL SUPERIORITY.

LOKALANZEIGER DISPATCHES BY

KARL ROSSED.]

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INFANTILE PAKALYSIS IN AMERICA

RE-OPENING OF PRINCETON POSTPORTED

Washington, August 19..

The English, who have colcasal States was carried in American slip The trustees of Princeton Universit aumerical superiority, hurt attacking this despite the fact that domceti vessel at their meeting yesterday voted to wave after wave, division after division, owners lave.. had all the encouragement against our delense, staking everything they could possibly receive, and a field on & renewed embittered effort to wipe

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From Sept. 30 to October 10. This action was taken as a precaution againat in fantile paralysis

LONDON, Aug. 25. Commenting upon the speech

The national health authorities have delivered by Mr. Birkett at the annual

for A committee of businessinen consist also issued an urgent vaining to the ground meeting of the Bombay Chamber of out the failure of the first offensive weak almost devoid of competition. Commerce, The Timir believes that his by widening the strip of

jout the grave danger to the country

in the infantile paralysis epide declaration, that Germany must be gained by them, in order to give the ing of President Farrel of the U.S. Steet people of the United States pointing treated as a pariah and an outcast until wedge driver into our Enes a broader Corporation, Vice President Franklin of

New York she has re-won the right to recognition front.. as a civilised nation, expresses well the Wast our troops have performed in the International Mercantile Marine, now attacking the school childre view which has been firmly adopted by stemming this attacking food and what Habert Dollar of San Francisco recently representative business bodies through shey still are doing every moment belongs appeared before the congressional com out Great Britain, and certainly strongly to the most glorious deeds of this war. mitted having the administration's chip- held in the city of London.

Repeatedly in the course of these charges

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DANISH WEST INDIRA.

DANISH PARLIAMENT OPPOSES THEIR SÅLE

"It is officially believed that between 13 ||

COPENILIGEN, Aug. 25. and 16 Turkish divisions are operating The Danish Parliament has rejected in the Erzingan region, about two corps the proposed sale of the Danish Weat are engaged in the Lake Van region, or Indies to the United Senter the Ellie Mash line, and that there are All afforts of the King to constitute's between four and is divisions in Cosition Cabinet to pass the sale have Mesopotamia

Military authorities are of the opinion. that the Turkish initiative on the Caucasian fronty more particularly in Persia, north-eastward of Hamadan, is i on the verge of collapse

The Russian successes southward of Lake Urmin are the most important strategically be

The Turkish object in diverting the Russians from the Erzingen-Sitas line has igually not been realised

The Russian pans on the Caucasian front embrace immense distances, but they are slowly and surely developing

THE BALKAN FRONT.

THE SERBIAN OFFENSIVE

thus failed

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of unbeard-of embitteredness, which con- ping bill in its charge to ask that theMMEDIATE rehef is necessary a tinus day and night, the English have most harmful features of the bill a succeeded in temporinly getting a foot-withdra ing on the edge of positions they strove to take, but so far we have invariably succeeded in "tearing their achieved me coss arey from them by our counter attacks

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NOTICE, BY, THE SANITARY BOARD.

This committee stated that between ay and ten mullious of gross tonnage would have to be provided if only sixty per cent. of America's foreign commerce wa The French ara mainly pressing for handled under the American fag. Eng. ward in-the region of Extrees and Balloy, and as her best has sever exceeded the and also against Harleux-in other words, they stated, and it is a recognized against cur defensive dames on our south that no nation could engage in expert and south-east flanks. Here, too, the tradu if it were limited to its own ship- attacks follow one another like waves, & ping pagpapahay a thea stubborn battle rages incessantly in The value of this sesumed additional which the enemy's embittered passion six to ten millions of tonnage would be for gaining ground and the loyal and somewhere between 100 and $100 per H RISK OF INFECTIO There has been a recurrence of the glories firmness of our defenders mea dead-wault fons, a total cost of from from the practice of allowing person forest fires in Mortnera Ontario nze srength. Particularly, Hill 7 and 10 millions, which would need to who are not in the householder's employ Twenty farmers in the Hudson towa faisonette continue to be beraturna get sixty million dollars a year to sleep in the servants quarters

have perished

favourite goal of the French, Thely at the loweas in order to cover deprecis Any person (whether adult or child

in at any The Caney Cobalt Mine, near New parts to storm them continus to be tion, and pay six per cent on the in- without the householder perma Laskeard, has been destroyed. A checked by our hamise ne Likewise. Testment. The government's proposed may be detained by the house women and six children have been that wass stores in the sector for 50,000,000 bond Ise to belld ship and binded over burned

FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.

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OTTAWA, Aug 20

„Other mines are threstend.

The intensity of the fire is indicated by the presence of dense smoke at Cittawa, 200 miles distant.

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The English and French canly repulsed HYSIO several snomy attempts to retake pon tions north of Palmi, in the Doiran Remedy?

the stomach Rector

The Sermans are developing the offer faive on the whole of the mountainou

front west of the⠀

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Br he battle continues, and thead two sectors in the enemy's offense have perhaps not yet reached their art bore rible elimax of intensity

WARNING TO HOUSEHOLDERS,

OUSEHOLDEES are wamed of the

Belloy to Berleux lapsed, with fright would aut build one twentieth of the position under the Hervanta Cat

number ships required, even if private Ordinance, 1907.

It is drianfol any ful losses, in our fre

shipyards could be found to brild them allow any room in his or Chy this very point Admiral Bezson siso to be occupied by adora Enformed congress that the best that could one adult (or two children and ba-dous in the government yard would every 30 square feet of habita

russid on add 330 oublie eet of clear unobstructed air spaca.

If the room contains a cubicle; the ada square feet of floor space, and 360JEZI

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