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THE GREAT

RETREAT.

SENSATIONAL REPORTS.

tion between Achiot-le-Potit and Grevillers: also at night-time "uftar heavy fire on both sides of the Bucquey. They were heavily re- pulsed. We took 30 prisoners.

In the Champagne, battles con-

THE BEGINNING OF VERY GREAT in south of Ripout with varying

EYENTS.

PARIS, March 14.

The great German retreat' before the British is the sply topic here.

French thrusts "neur Sa. Mihiel fallet.

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THE RUSSIAN, FRONT.

We captured: 250 Bussians and

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The air is fall of sensational reportasi seral” aschine-guns

Narajowku.

BALKAN FRONT. French thrusts between Ochrids

that the retreat is turning into a debacle under the aaremitting activity

of the pursuers, whe-are-superior both in imaterial and initiative.

It is impossible at present to say how far these reports are true, but undoubted- ly the British continué advancing to the

north-east and eat of Gotamecourt.

We are probably witnessing the

and Prespa Lake and strong enemy attacks north of Monastir fuiled.

MESOPOTAMIA.

beginning of very great events involving | ADVANCED DETACHMENTS"

more than the fall of Bapaume.

THE ADVANCE ON BAPAUME.

IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS

PENDING.

80 MILES BEYOND BAGDAD

BRITISH GUNS LOST AT KUT RECOVERED.

Luxpos, March 14. An official report from Meso potamia states:

LONDON, March 13.

Our advanced detachments are the British thirty miles up stream from Bagdad. "Currespondents at Headquarters report that the British Steps we being taken to prevent gum ride the fortified Loupart the flexding of the city during the Wood untenable. When our patrols coming rise in the river. advanced after & sustained bombard-} The small-arms factory in Bagdafi mens on March & they found the bus been left in good repair. wood empty. Passing through, they The railway workshops contain entered the fortress at Grevillers, uninjured, good and serviceably meeting with but slight opposition, machinery, five locornotives and Field howitzers and bombing patrols rolling stock.

followed up the Germans, who were Our guns. lost at Kub in 1915 have retiring from Bapuume ridge very been recovered in Bagdad. speedily, warning on their heelk duy and night, pressing them back, to the railway

Our troops were very enthusiastic on entering what is practically un- damaged country. From Grevillers they would see the still unbroken roofs and chimneys be half a dozen villages west and north of Bapaume, surrounded by green Felds and undamaged roads. The next drive Ahould take the British there.

Theme of this panorama stirred the imagination of our troops. Never since 1914 have the infantry so intereatedly watched the work of our gunners.

AMERICAN STEAMER

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SHELLED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.

LONDON,- March” 14. ⠀ The American steamer Algonquin,

1800 tons, bound from New York to London, and flying the American fag, and carrying foodstaff, has been sunk by shell-fire and bombs by a German

submarine.

The submarine 'opened fire at a range of three miles firing twenty shells with out warning...

The commander refused to tow the

The Correspondents agree that im portant movements are impending tifeboats towards land. The crew were in which the enemy are likely to be saved, damaged severely.

GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS AGAINST THE FRENCH.

ENEMY SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES

LONDON, March 14.

A French communiqué statos :.. Between Butte-du-Misnil and Maisons- de-Champagne the Germans delivered two violent counter attacks against the works we captured to the left of the sector. The enemy were unable to reach our positions anywhere and sustained heavy losses.

Throughout the night, an obstinate grenade struggle continued between Hill 185 and Malaons-de-Champagne where we captured more trenches.

COUNT BERNSTORF' REACHES

GERMANY..

LONDON, March 14, Connt Bernstorf, ex-Arabassador to Washington, has arrived in Berlin.

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN GENERALS 'CONFER,

OF

Baxx, March 12. A 'Berlin Correspondent states that Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludenborf are conferring with bac Austrian Generzia Hoetzendorff and von Arg at the German Headquar- ters, regarding the unpending opera="

Between the Meuse and Apremonttion on the Italian western fronts... our troops penetrated the German. trenches at four points ranching their socord line and capturing some prisonera

GERMAN LEPORT.

THE WESTERN FRONTY

A Berlin communiqué etater In the Acro region, the English stacked, without artillery prenem

THE SUPPLEMENTARY YOTE OF CREDIT.

LONDON, March, 18,

It is understood that the supple

vote of edit announced mentary by Mr Bonar Law, Chancellor pelle Exchequer, will be for 460,000,000

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