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MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1916.

THE

WAR.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE FIGHTING ON THE

SOMME.

S

BRITISH OAINS EXTENDED.

LONDON, Sept. 10: Bir Douglas Haig's latist communiqué

states:

All the ground, gained has been maintained and the gains extended,

An enemy counterattack north-east of Pozieres was beaten off..

Our line advanced from 300 to 3,000 realt yards on, à 6,000 yardi front as a of the week's fighting.

The spirit and dah of the troops were magui firent.

The fil from Connanght, Lienster and Manster continued to do fine work yesterday in the attack at Glucky, and

the

THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

ENEMY RETREATING FROM HALICE.

BLOWING UP FORTS 'AND BRIDGES.

PETROGRAD, Sept. 10, The enemy is blowing up the fort of Halica, prior to his retirement, A great bridge over the Dnaister hus bear blown up.

The Russians hold the left bank and are cannouading the retreating eneiny. Two trains were wrecked.

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LONDON, Sept. 10, Russian communiqué states that in the wooded Carpathians from August as to the 6th inst. the Russians captured rifle regiments of Warwick, Kent, officers and 1,889 men, two guns Devon, Gloucester, Surrey and Cornwall and much war, material.. and the Welsh and Scottish regimente were also engaged in all the week's fighting and have done splendid work.

LONDON, Sept. 11.

Sir Dongles Haig reports:— An enemy counter-attnek was deliver-

ail at poon..

350 prisoners and three machine guna were brought in during the 24 hours.

Our attacks yesterday were closely followed by our airmen who engaged the enemy, with machine-gun fire.

There were numerous serial combate in which three hostile machines, were destroyed and others damager.

THE FIGHTING ON THE FRENCH FRONT

PARIS, Sept. 10.

communique states: Strong" enemy counter-attacks diferent points between Balloye en Santorro and Barlens gained a footing in one of our new trenches, but our vigorous counter-attack regained all the ground momentarily occupied by the "enemy.

An enemy aeroplane bombed Belfort There were no fatalities and the damage dena was unimportant.

A French seroplane again bombed the powder factory at Rottweil on the night of the 8th last, causing explosions, and volumes of smoke..

Enemy bomb attacks south-west of Barney, cast of Deniscourt, and south of Verman d'Ovüllers were thrown back Averywhere with heavy losses.

We took a hundred prisoners as a result of a brilliant action east of Fleury, making a total of 300 here:

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THE BALKANS,

·BULGARIANS ABANDON TRENCHES AND MATERIAL..

PARIS, Sept. 10 Salonika communiqué reports that eat of Vetronik the Bulgarians aban-

donel kéremål trenches and material.

BULGARIANS REPULSED...

Loxpos, Sept. 10,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE SOMME BATTLE.

STEADY PROGRESS BY BRITISH AND FRENCH..

AMAZING EFFECTS OF THE

ALLIES ARTILLERY,

LONDON, Supt. 10: General Sir Douglas Haig reportai A German trench was captured last night at High Wood, after sharp band to hand fighting

Wo.attacked this afternoon ou a front of 6,000 yards between High Wood, and Leurs Wood This resulted in the capture of the whole of Ginchy, after severe fighting. The prisonera and the enemy casualties, were very heavy.

The casualties of the enemy were also very heavy north-east of Poreres, whers he was caught by our artillery while massing for a counterattack

There has been artillery setivity else where on the front.

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There have been numerous air-fights, and our air-craft bombed another enemy nerodrome, destroying two hangars

We took prisoner two Bavarian officers Rnd 19 men and inflicted heavy casualties on the, enemy,

There has been considerable artillery. activity on the part of the enemy north of Pozores and in. the neighbourhood of Mouquet Farm, where a small enemy attack was easily repulsed.

We raided enemy trenches in "the neighbourhood of Arras, the Höhen- zollern Redoubt and Neuve Chapolle. took prisoners and inflicted casualties.

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THE FRENCH FRONT.

PARIS, Sept. 9. A communique states-There was lively artillery, firing on the Somme.

An enemy counter-attack north-east of Berny was repulsed with heaviest losses to the enemy.

French bombers rushed the trenches east of Belloy, capturing 30 prisioners.

A counter-attack at Berny was pre ceded by a furious bombardment....

We made a further advance on the enemy trenches cast of Deniecourt.

French aircraft dropped 24 bombs at

A Buckharest, official announceEtain and Confiane station and on the

Rombach works.

ment, dated the 6th inst., states that

Russo Bucranian forces repulsed the STUPENDOUS ARTILLERY FIRE Bulgarijne at Bazarjik.

BULGARIANS CAPTURE. A ROMANIAN 'TOWN.

'LONDON, Sept. 10. [ "I announced in Berlin that

fulgarians Eave raptured the Rumanian town of Silistria. on the south bank of the Danube.

BRITISH ACTIVITY.

LONDON, Sept. 10. Britishcmcial report from Sulonika 84551

On the Strump front we abolled at Jemiekoz and Nerolf an enemy patrol and working parties, were dispersed

A füccessful raid was carried out

A German attack west of Yaux Fort on the Doiran front. road failed.

COUNTER-ATTACK DIRECTED BY

HINDENBURG.

ORDERED BY THE KAISER”

PARIS, Sept. 10.

The enemy counter-attack on the hight of the 8th inst. is said to have been ordered by the Kaiser and directed

by, Field Marshal von Hindenburg per.. “onally.

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OUTRAGE AT ATHENS,

ROUGHG FIRE ON ENTENTE

MINISTERS.

ATHENS, Sept. 15, A party of roughs or Saturday even At least three Divisions, consisting of ing fired revolvers into the French Wurtembergers, Mecklenburgers and Legation where conference of the the Sarona, made four most furious Entente Ministers was being held,

M. Zaimis, the Premier, immediately mass attacks in seven hours. They were -drivets back by artillery and machine apologiad gun fire. with enormous,

The Ministers demanded the gaining an inch of ground punishment of the persons who fired A combatant says, the Germans fell the shots and the officials responsible like "fies the ranks behind had to for the preservation of ordez, and also scramble over the bodies of their com the suppression of the socalled Re rates before falling in their turn. servists Leagues. Apparently Generalevon-Hindenburg M. Zaimis complied with these de took no account of the losses. Themands. Twelfth Saxon Division suffered most severely. One regiment of this Division. swiped out. Four hundred corpses : were counted on a length of 200 yards.

“MR."ARQUITH'S VISIT TO THE.. FRONT

LONDON, Sept 10. Reuter's Correspondent at Head quarters atates that Mr. Asquith's visit se the front, so far as is known, was purely inspectional and without any political significance. -

The Fremist evinced much intarest in the Blendymariars, of the Flying Corps and made a regular tour of the nmmuni- tion dumpe

exoming our shells, and

so specimens of those captured from the Germans.

Asquith had

had an excellent oppor. of witnessing the colossal expen dummtunzon boy taking place. good deal of time in the aring station talking to

The Premier also vinted Fricourt,

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SOUTH AFRICAN NAVIYES FOR

DOCK LABOUR IN FRANCE. T

PRETORIA, Sept. 10 General Botha has announced that in view of the frequently expressed desire that natives be allowed to help vartens, the Government, at the request of the Imperial Government, has arranged that five boulons each of 2,000 men, should proceed to Frage to do dock labour, 1 CN

ACTIVITY OF BRITISH NAVAL

"AEROPLINESKA

Nava)

way siding LaLightervelde Feturned infek

INDON, Bett 10

announced that attacked the rail tomumtion dumps the 6h ist, and

PARD Sept. 10. The cannonade on the Somme has reached a degree of unprecedented in tensity, the Allied batteries showering thousands and thousands of projectiles over a thirty roiles' live.

Military eye-witnesses graphically de- seribe the tremendous effects of the artillery Ere on the German positions

THE BOMBARDMENT. AT. GUILLEMONT.

LONDON, Sept. 10. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters says the terrible character of our bombardment at Guillemont is shown by the fact that the ground easi of the village was strewn with naked corpses, many unwounded having been killed and stripped by the intense con- cussion, which also killed the occupants of some of the dugouts. The Germans were completely demoralised and sur- rendered freely

It seems that the Germans, withdrew their field-artillery from Guilleroot either in order to prevent capture or aa a preliminary to 4 general withdrawal

GERMAN CORRESPONDENTS

GREATLY, IMPRESSED. EN

LONDON, Sept 10. German Correspondents are frankly surprised at the of the British and French attacks on the Somma They were especially impressed by the serial activity, and speak of the great swarms of Eritish aeroplanes hovering the Franco-German frontier, where ten aquadrons bombarded the German communications.

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MR. ASQUITH AT THE FRONT.

LONDON, Sept. 9. Beuter's Correspondent, telegraphing to-day, states that Mr. Asquith has been spending a few daya in the area of the British offensive. The visit con- clude to-day

HINDENBURG AND THE CROWN PRINCE OF THE SOMME,

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 10, General Hindenburg has arrived cu the Semme Front, accompanied by the Crown Prince.

FRONT,

THE CHINA MAIL.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

RUSSIANS GARRY' CARPATHIAN HEIGHTS.

PETROGRAD, Sept. 9. In an official communiqué it is stated that south of Barany, in the Car pathians, the Russians carried a series of heights papturing 500 prisoners and site machine-guns.

The enemy threw a mountain battery and other guns down a farine.

All the furco-German counter-attacks at Halicz were repelled

THE BALKANS.

KINO FERDINAND CONFERS WITH

KLISER.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10. the Eastern Front to confer with the The King of Bulgaria has arrived at

Kaiser.

·WOUNDED 23 TIMES.

HONG KONG POLICEMAN'S ANXIOUS MOMENTS.

Rifeman EL. Philips, who was a policeman in Hongkong, has written an

interesting letter to Sergt.-W. Spear in which he mentious that he was wounded 93 times by a bombexplosion, in France.

was the night before the great path' he writes from a Leicester Hospital. “I have got a pretty good packet, seventeen small wounds in my legs, a severe wound

three in the right shoulder, 23 in all- on my thumb, one in the forehead and

hat I must say that I am going along well hero in a hospital in Leicester and

Bloor, Allchurch, Carpenter and Painting its very nice I war with Booker,

but I cannot say if they are alive. I sa Carpenter when I was making my way to the Frossing Station and when I was at the Clearing Station I heard that nothing had been seen of Bloor, Painting and Allehorch and I cannot. get ahy information about them." I have hat no reply to my letter, 20 Carpenter. I can assure you that the ads have done their best on behalf of the HF.P. and they are always in the The Russians bombarded Badtjak,frent when anything dangerous_bog to on the Bulgarian conat.

BRITISH SILENCE ENEMY BATTERY,

RUSSLANS BOMBARD BUL GARIAN TOWN.

LONDON, Sept. 10.

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A Salonika communiqué states-The artillery duel at Dairan front, continues We silenced an enemy battery on the Stroma front.

ANGLO-FRENCH MUNITION MINISTERS CONFER.

LONDON, Sept. 9.

It is officially announced that Con- ferences were held during the week as Paris between the French and British Ministers of Munitions. Views were ex changed on the recent operations and measures were discussed for the most effective employment of the joint military resources. Satisfactory con- clusions were reached.

The Hon. E. Montaga has returned to England.

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- FRENCH WAR CREDITS.

PARIS, Sept. 10. The French Budget Committee have adepted a Bill for credits amounting to £333,000,000 for the final quarter of

916..

V.C. AWARDS.".

LONDON, Sept. 10. The Gazette announces that the Victoria Cross has been awarded to the following:

Temporary Major Stewart Walter Loudon Shand

Captain Adrian Carton Da Wiart, temporary.

Lieutenant Geoffrey St. Georgo Cather.

Temporary Second-Lisuretient Donald Simpson Bell.

Sergiant-Major Nelson Carter, of the Sussex Regiment.

Corporal George Sanders, of the West Yorks

Private James Hutchinson of the Lancashire Fusiliers.

Private Whom McFadzean, and Private Robert Quigg, of the Irish Rifles.

- Private James Miller, of the Royal Lancasters

Private William Short of the York-

shires

Private Thomas Curs of the Worcesters.

Private Theodore cale of the Devon

Drummer Walmer Ritchie, of the Seaforth Highlanders

Frivate William Frederick Faulds, of

be done, "such as repairing wire entanglements, etc. We have spent | many a weary bour talking about Hong- kong and won't be sorry when we get i back.

Might I tell you a little of what was doing on June 30th. We had orders to charge and take the Germera, first line and then bomb our way up the communication trenches and hold them. Weil I was with a Lewis machine gun a nice little thing indeed, and something that Fritz does not like. Well, we had barricaded the trench and we were making it safe when a botab dropped in the middle of seven of us. Only two of us got away-myself and the sergeant. in charge. I don't know how I got out of it, it was simply hell.*"

[It should be added that Painting is dead Allehurch is reported dead; and Carpenter has been wounded since the *Great Pish."]

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

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12 PER CENT. DIVIDEND.

The local branch of the Yokohama Speci Bank in receipt of a tele fram from the Head Office to the affect that at the half-yeurly meeting of the shareholders held at the head office of the bank at Yokohama on the 9th instant, it was resolved to pay a dividend of 12 per cent. p.a. for the half year ended the 50th June, 1016, to add to the reserve fund Yen 100,000 and to carry forward the sum of, Yen 487,000 to the dext Account.

FIRE ON CHINA COASTER.

skipped

The Taikoo coasting steamer as Sing- tiang, arrived at Shanghai last week. the South African Infantry, also to the from the south and reported a confta following Australian Infantrymen gration aboard while on her northward Second Lieutenant. Arthur Sen-forth trip. The outbreak the Shanghai Mer Blackburn, Privates Thomas Cooke, rury says, was very fortunately discover-

edh

shortly after the Singkang bad put put William Jackson, John Lask and Martin out from Amoy an the

ickly returned to port. started among a cargo of sager VAA burning fercben first noticed. officers and crew got to work on the flames and soon had it under control, end the ship was again, able to rezame her journey. A general average of the cargo is advertised.

THE AIRMAN ›Y,C.

LONDON, Sept. 10 His Majesty the King has presented the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Robin- son, the aviator who destroyed the Zap- pelin near, London.

THE COMMANDEERING OF THE POLITICAL-CLUBB.

LONDON, Sept. 10.) The commandearing of the National Liberal Club and the Constitutional Club has created consternation in club-| land Deputations have visited the War Office to protest

BRITISH CLAIMS AGAINST

PVENEKIES.

LONDON, Sept. 10 A Proclamation has been issnod ro FRENCH SUCCESSES ON TERDUM quiring returns to be mele of a British property in enemy territory and of claimaby British subjects against enemy peractis and enemy governments.

AEROPLANES RAID EL MAZAR.

PARK Sept. 10. communiqué states:

French carried by assault the stem of trenches beyend Douanment.

whole

several machine-guns at Dousumont

The French captured 200 prisoners and

The Cermane again attacked the positions captured on the 6th inst in the Vaux Chapitre sector, but were scattered by the French curtain fire.

ENEMY AERODROMES BOMBED BY BRITISH KEROPLINES:

LONDON, Sept. Toa Admiralty announces that Naval acroplanes carried out an attack this morning on the enemy's herodromes a Chestellen and Handanemo

A large number of bombs weredropped with satisfactory resu

"All the machines returned safely

LONDON, Sept. 9. El Mazar with good effect.

Our seroplanes on the 8th inst. raided

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