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SATURDAY. DHORMERE 50, 1818.

THE

WAR.

LATEST -- TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.}

THE

BATTLE OF THE

SOMME.

'SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S DETAILED DISPATCH.

LONDON, Dec. 29.

Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch on the Bettle at the Sorame, dated December 23, is published. It consists of about 10,000 words and deals in "bare out- line with the importance of the cccurrences" of the British part in the Battle of the Somme, one of the grestest, if not the greatest, straggles which have ever taken place."

Allies are fighting will be attained,

but the

Battle of the Somma

THE CHINA MAIL.

false

STRONG GERMAN ATTACK.

BROKEN BY FRENCH FIRE.

PARIS, Dec. 29. A communiqué states: After an intonia bombardment, the Germans strongly attacked on a front of over three kilometres from the west of

Hill 304 to the cast of Deadman Hill

The attack was broken by our dro. Only some fractions of the enemy penetrated a trench youth of Deadma Hill

Five enemy zeroplanes were brought down on the 27th inst..

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· GERMAN CLAIM.

LONDON, Dec. 29.

TSAR'S MESSAGE TO HIS TROOPS.

WHEN PEACE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

Perudaran, Dec. 29. The Tsar in an Order to his Army anil Nary says:-The enemy strength is apparently waning while that, of the Allies is confinially growing Germany feels that com- plete defeat and retribution are near, as when her war strength W43 superior she suddenly declared war bus now, feeling her weakness, she placed beyond doubt the ability of the suddenly effers, peace, particularly Allies to gain these objects. The desiring to begin negotiations befor German Army is the mainstay of the her military talent is exhausted.. Central Powers. Full half of that Army, simultaneously creating a despite all the advantages of a defensive topression of strength by her tem supported by the strongest fortificationa, | porry success against Runni suffered defeat. Noither the rictors who is inexperienced in modern nor the vanquished will forget this, and wariare. though, bad weather has given the But the Allies now in their turn enemy a respite, there undoubtedly will be able to negotiate peace as will be many thousands in his ranks a time favourable to themselves.. who will begin a new campaign with This time has not yet arrived. The

A French communiqué says:-- little canidence in their ability to resist enemy is not yet driven out of the

Thirteen British Naval,ocroplanes [occupied provinces, Russia's attain dropped a ton of "bomba" on blast

meat of the tasks created by the furnaces at Dillingen. war-the regaining of Constantinople | French aeroplanes heavily bombed One of the features of the despatah is and the Dardanelles, and the creation the railway stations at Montmedy and the marked sobriety of the language of a free Poland is not yet guar. Fierrepout, east of Longuyon; factories. No units, brigades or divisions are parti nnteed. Who dares to think that at Thiouville and Joeaf in Briey; and a cularised, in order not to give informahe who began the war shall have the coalfield and blast furnaces at Rombach,

and Hagoudangy." tion to the enemy. The General mys: power to conclude it when he

Two dirigibles bombed factories at Prace is only possible Eagoudangy and ironworks at Neunker Suffice to say that the troops.comprised chooses? rien from every part of the United after the enemy has been driven out chen- Kingdom and Empire."

oar assaults,"

" OTHER FEATURES OF THE

DESPATCH.

It begins by explaining why the offensive was to long delayed, namely because of the necessity for rest numbers of men and munitions, and also because of the fact that a large pro- portion of the officers and men were far

The only names mentioned are those of from, being fully trained. For these remaons the longer it was delayed, the General Sir R. Rawlinson and "General "better, but it was evident from the H. Gough, commanding the 4th and 5th German attack at Verdun and the Aus-Armies respectively; and Creneral Sir E. trian offensive on the Trentino that Allenby, who carried out the subsidiary the strain might become too great attack at Gommecourt on July ist. The to be horne izatea timely relief action

despatch states that the preparations for the battle were taken,"

carried were

out The despatch mentions the stupen.

General Rawlinson's orders dous preparations, including the e-under

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frem borders and has given real guarantees of permanent peace.

MORE

PEACE NOTES. SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES SUPPORT, AMERICAN NOTE.

gerents

A (terman. oficial message by wireless claims to have penetrated the French | second and third lines on Height 304, and the southern slope of Mort Homme It also states that they took 222 pri soners and repulsed counter-attacks.

SUCCESSFUL WORK BY AIRCRAFT.

LONDON, Dec. 29.

THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE IN RUMANIA.

BATTLES IN PROGRESS.

A. Rian

LONDON, Dec. 29. official communiqué

received by wireless states:

The enemy advance continues in the Oituz Valley,

Battles are proceeding for the heights

Scandinavia's expressing

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 00." Sweden. Norway and Denmark cumniation of vast stores of all kinds and that General Sough was placed in have each sent a Note to the belli. Į bear the front, the construction of new charge of a portion of the front after railways of different guages, un July 1st in order to enable General strongest adherence to President emplacements, trench tramways and Rawlinson to concentrate in the main Wilson's proposals. The Notes say dug-outs for ammunition, food, water,

materials; end engineering zumerous well horings had to be sunk and 120 miles of water mains laid

OBJECTS OF THE OFFENSIVE.

180

Sir Douglas Haig defines the threefold object of the affansive da, first, to relieve Verdun; second, to assist the Allies in other theatres by stopping the transfer of enemy troops from the west; and thirdly, to wear down the strength of

the enemy.

battle aren

enst of Sesmeko.

The enemy has pressed back the

CLIMAX OF GERMAN SAVAGERY.

"OUTRAGE IN "THE MEDITER" RANMAN.

LONDON, Dec. 29. AA Admiralty communiqué narrates an outrage in which German savagery

in the torpedoing of merchantmen appears to have reached its climax.

The British steamer Festminster, pro- ceeding to Port Said, was twice struck without warning by a submarina 'when 180 miles from land. Four persons were killed:

The Il'estminder sank in four minutes. The submarine proceeded to shell the officers and crew while escaping from the ship în boasa: The Mastor and Chief Engineer were killed outright. Their boat was sunk and five other occupants are presumed to have been drowned.

The commaniqué scathingly de nounces the act of the submarine grow. The order was carried out in cold blood.

SUFFERINGS OF BRITISH PRISONERS IN AFRICA.

BRUTAL TREATMENT BY GERMANS.

A

LONDON, Dec.2g. The Rev. Mr. Spanton, Principal of St. Andrew's College, Zanzibar, who Germans in East Africa from the prisoner with the

outbreak of war Ell the Germans cap-; tured Taboru" has arrived in Eng- fand.

Interviewed by Reuter he gave a moss painful account of the sufferings of the prisoners.at Tabora. including men and women of superior rank and education. The Germans pursued a deliberate policy of degmd. ing them before the natives, made the clear. the native latrines, drag lorries, and act as labourers to native Workmen. A neur relative of an Indian Maharajah was similarly treated. English women and men

The despatch refers to the dread. But the Governments of these Rumanians a verst north and south of were, herded together in iron sheds |

countries' consider that they would

GERMAN CLAIMS.

ful weather during October and he wanting in their duty to their the Kasino river, west of Govesha November timing the trenches into peoples and to Humanity if they

We repulsed attacks north of deep mud-channels, and preventing failed to support any action con- Rimnikserat, on the left bank of the the taking of full advantage of the tributing to end the ever-growing Hionik railway near Rimnikserat, a favoumble situation created by the moral and material sufferings and far as Belou near Filipeshti advances made at a time when there losses entailed by the war. was good ground for hoping to achieve get more important aue cesses. The General pays tribute to the splendid co-operation" throughout thie hotties of the artillery and the ging corps: and points out that

story of the air entails a constant and liberal supply of machines.

GERMAN COMMENT ON PEACE

EFFORT.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 29.

without the smallest sanitation and with pative sentries inside throughout the night. This brutal treatment

was only relaxed when the Germans say that defeat was irruminent.

A wireless message says a German ACCELERATION OF SHIPBUILDING. official announcement states:

We stormed positions OD the Transylvanian Eastern front, and took 1,400 prisoners, 8 cannon and The Koelnische Zeitung says there 18 machine-guns and advanced, as ere indications that efforts to restore far as Dumistresti, twenty kilometres He peace will be unsuccessful because the Entente will not autept the (termin conditions, ramely no dis- nasion of the responsibility for the war, and no subjection of Germany.

FRENCH SOCIALISTS AND THE

WAR.-

Sir Douglas Haig then describes the actual operations, necessarily covering a good deal of ground in his previous briefer despatches. He emphasises the three main phases of the battle-1)

Considerable confusion and disorganis speaks of the great part played by ation in the enemy's ranks," caused by machine guns, chiefly defensively; the attacks beginning on July and also of the usefulness of the "tanks, second, the operations from the 14th to and he affirms that we maintain a the 17th July, which gave us the superiority in tunnelling, thus safe- The skill, coramand of the southern crest of the guarding our trenches. ina plateau between Deville Wood enterprise and courage of the tunnel- and Bezentia-le-Petit, with the suber is remarkable. "Thanks to! sequent prolonged struggle for mastery; them the enemy has nowhere ch

PAE35, Dec. 20 wherein, though progress was slow and tained an important mining sucerss. The National Congress of French resclution difficult, the confidence of the men in He tells how the enemy's use of Socialists has passed u their ability to win was never shaken, liquid fire and gas compelled ns in scouting the Feace Note and emphasis By September 1st they had established all-defence to retaliate and saying that the Allies must rigorously fighting superarity which has left it the Army owes inaca to distinguished continue their effort for national de mark on the enemy"; and, thirdly, the

fonce. chemists physiologists and physic phase in which we pushed down the lower ridge and extended our flanks. from Morval to Thiepval -

AN ITALIAN REPUBLICAN

MANIFESTO.

ists who enabled us to surpass the enemy in the use of means which

Our Sir Dougles Haig claims that all three surprised the civilized world.

ROME, Dec. 29. objectives of the battla were achieved experiences in this connection proved!

The Republicans have issued a mani Any one of these results in itself," he that the German employment of such says, justified the battle of the methods was not the result of feato urging the continuation of the Somme. The attainment of the three desperate action but was prepared war until Italy's national aspirations are amply compensates for the sacrifices made by ourselves and our allies bringing us a long way towards final victory.".",

deliberately"; and adds "that the antisfied. evidence of prisoners and captured documents, also our own observation

show that the enemy suffered heavily from our gas, while ou means of protection from bis was effective.

Sir Douglas Haig saya the fact that the strength of the enemy in November on the Western front was greater

Finally, Sir Douglas pays & Bri than in July, despite their bute to the unfailing co-operation of sbandonment of the Verdun offensive,

the French. Their splendid fight- justifies the first two claims.

Regarding the third objective, Siring qualities, kindness and good. Douglas Haig admits that any state feeling universally displayed toward us bave won our gratitude, respect ment must depend in some degree upon estimates: Nevertheless there and admiration.”

show insuficient evidence to it to be undoubted that the enemy's losses in men and material were con viderably higher than those of the Allies. while morally our advantage was grentar- Four-fifths of the enemy Divisions on the Western front were thrown succes sively into the battle some twice, and same three times. Undoubtedly, towards

ENEMY'S. TRENCHES GREATLY DAMAGED.

north-west of Himniculsamt.We advanced and captured positions between Rimnicul and Buzaul river.

We took on the 28th inst. 1.100

prisoners and the guns,

We have captured Rachel, in Dobrudja.

THE RUMANIAN ARMY..

JASSY, Dec. 29.

M. Braiano, the Fremier, has issued proclamation stating that the Ruman ian Army has only withdrawn in order to reorganise and will be again at full strength in a few months. It is still receiving munitions and war material.

THE BLOCKADE OF GREECE,

A GREEK REQUEST.

"LONDON, Dec. 29. The Greek Government has presented Note to the Entente requesting the

ANGLO-FRENCH CONFERENCE IN raising of the blockade.

LONDON.

LosDox, Dec. 20. The Shipping Controller bas ap- pointed are Advisory Committee com- posed of shipping experts to consider the acceleration of shipbuilding and for the general administration of a new shipbuilding programme which will be undertaken by the controller.

AMALGAMATION OF SCOTTISH FIRMS.

LONDON, Dec. 29, The amalgamation is announced of the Scottish fireds of David Colville, Steelmakers, and Archibaki Russell, coal owners, employing 14,000 hands.

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HARASSING THE ENEMY.

LONDON, Dee -29. Although no operations on a big scale Telegrams from the Venczelistare at present being carried out on the quarters at Salonika state that the British front, the Germans are never Royalists are actively and system pondent on the British front relates that given a moment's peace & corres ARRANGEMENTS FOR INCREASEDatically extirpating pro-Ententiam never a day elapses without a raid being

WAR EFFICIENCY.

Prominent residents at Volo have made on the German lines, inflicting been subjected to indignities. Those heavy losses on the enemy. They are keeping the Germans on tenterhooks, who supported the Venezelist cause the enemy never knowing where the at the last election have been next blow will fall. The result of this arrested, and their premises looted. harassing has exceeded all expectations. Besides raids, the British artillery Are The Greaks in Egypt are enthuis over heavier, and big guns are m don between the British Goversiastically supporting the National ceasingly showering.abella behind the ment and M. Ribot (French Minister Defence Army.

enemy front, purticularly on his lines of

In Land and Water Mr. Belloe of Finance), M. Thomas (French

The Provisional Government at communication, seriously hampering his Minister of Munitions) and other

supply services and this is what the deals at length with Germany's Balonika forming Labour batta- «Tommies" mil an “off-season.” French representatives. A full dis

power, and be summarises his sonclusions tions.

as follows cussion showed complete agreement.

LONDON, Dec. 29. The Press Bureau announces that during the past three days continuous conferences have been held in Lon-

CAFRICA.

LOURENCO MARQUES, Dec. 29.

THE SOMME FRONT.

BRITISH TAKE OVER NEW.

LA PORTION

THE GERMAN REBERYER

The total number of men in the establishment of the German falt present force and its noxiliaries Je somewhat over five millions

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or who is sick can be replaced bui next one cannot.

TV_This round figure of: 1 R10,000 fe 1,820,000 is arrived at by the considero

of four patogories 1.The depota

~—The men capable of service balore uz summer not rot called fo

6.The men now ha bospital who will return cured

4Men capable of. bearing urine, ba kept back for necessity work within country, o

LONDON, Dec. 80.. General Sir Dougins Ksig reports: A successful raid was carried out The Minister of Munitions has ap eastward of Le Sars. The enemy's pointed a committee to consider the PORTUGUESE PROGRESS IN EAST trenches were found to have been best means, to secure adequate greatly damaged by our artillery supplies of alcohol for, war purposes

LOSOON Dec 29 the end of the operations the enemy's We repulsed an attempted raid and the requirements of essential

The Portuguese have occupied the A French war correspondent indientes power of resistance had very seriously eastward of Armentieres.

trades. The munitions, transport posts of Milchemba and Nangadi, that the taking over by the British of this greatly increased force, avellable up of these fear categories only the fitt diminished. These results by troops, There is intense reciprocal artillery and air services will be greatly The Germans have retired to the the new partion of the Somme front was to, ay, Anguet of vert

left bank of the Boyum river where completed by Christma the Portuguese bold the factory, zalsed and trained during the war activity southward of the Arcre and increased, constitutó a feat of which the history of in the neighbourhood of Berles. our nation contains no equal

the vast majority of whom had been

THE LESSON OF THE BATTLE,

Sir Douglas Haig concludes:

The

LONDON FOG.

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