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THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.

THE FIGHTING AROUND LENS.

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The Dunegul carried light wounded men. 20 of whom are use ing and also twelve of the crew.

The illegal and inhuman submaris- ing of hospital ships is the culmina tion of the savagery which bas brought the world face to face with Bitimtion. unparalleled in civilised warfare. It has no justification in Grenade fighting secured to they conceivable distortion of inter-

national law or the most brutal creed" west of Navarin.

of necessity Following the sinking theran aeroplanes. yesterday

of the Asturias and the Gloucester » evening, bonibed the region of |

Custle. Great Britain decided to Dunkirk. The people were in jurel.

wanspors the wounded in vessels not bearing distinctive markings and notified Gerniany of the withdrawal ot certain hospital ships. The fight- ing on the western front is leaving. LONDON, Aprit 22. a very large number of wounded H.M. The King has telegraphed Germans in our hands, and practic to President Poincaré waruly en-ully all the ships bringing

Found gratulating him "on the successes England were bound to carry a crowning the French efforts. His proportion of Gemaus. It remains Majesty said that he is convinced to be seen whether the knowledge dž that the victories of the united this will defleer the German Govern

ment from its abominable course. armies presage continued progress.

KING'S CONGRATULATIONS TO FRANCE.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, April

The Lanfranc curried 284 British wounded, 107 German wounded. 52.

enthers of the Medical Staff and 123 grew. Twenty-three British and 15 Germans are missing.

A German official message, transbout, at. hominent risk of

mitted by wireless, reports

torpedoed, rescued 102 GenAN The artillery activity to the north wounded. of the Scarpe has increased to the

The statement reviews the progress most extreme violence. Our destrict the German campaign again tive fire caught some mosing troops hospital ships, and points out that. A counter-attuck repulsed the Germany's original accusation that "English" advance on the north bank the hospital ships, of the Allies and of the Scurpe.

of Great Britain in particular, were Our storraing troops blew up aployed or the purpose of garrison blockhouse near Betry auring troops and military supplies was based on the evidence of wis resses the majority of whour were and the remainder Engagements at Bruye and Hurte- unonymous

Geroan. Great Britain, denying bise Farm. and-along the Rheims-

the charges, showed that Gerranay Yeuricistal Road to the northward had an obvious remedy in cases of

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of Prownes, of the west bank, of the suspicion, namely the right to visit. Suippes, resulted in heavy enemy and-search any hospital ships en

countered on the high seas.

From the German refusal to W repulsed a French advance to tolerate hospital ships within certain the south of Bipont. The enemy limit only one conclusion could be lost six aeroplanes and our navul drawn, namely that it is the inten aviators brought down an airshiption of Germany to add yet another which fell in Bames into the sea, at and more unspeakable crime to flie

long list that disgraces their record? Nieuport

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Fighting has revived on the bank of the Cemur to the southwest of Take Doiran,

GERMAN ALLEGATIONS REPUDIATELY

GERMAN PRETEXT FOR TOR- PEDOING RELIEF SHIPS

The statement further recalls bow the German Government gloatingly ships, while the German nation announced the torpedoing of hospitul appears to have accepted the indel igence with composure, it not tha faution

Wamings being useless orders werk giver for the Freiburg zaprisal mid. The statement contrasts the attitude of the Gernians towards that mid with the spirit in which the Allies had exicted retribution by puruly INDON, April 22 miliary measures. The airmen who The Press Bureau announces that carried out that ruid were exposed German wireless message accuses to, and did in fact.incur, precisely the Brite and the French of em defences as they would have in the the same dangers from the foen

ploying vessels carrying the inurkings course of an ordinary uction

of Belgiun relief ships for the purpose. It in plain, however, that reny" of attacking submarines,

to history messures which ath ope The bllegutton

nerery

STOUT

1 untrue and is to f the equally asertion that the Entente

the Government in upherding the

siples of humanity and

ould not prove deterent to many in future. Such reprisals could be culy, punitive in effects Its

der the ship in tha;

an abitudes