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DESPERATE ENEMY

ATTACKS FAIL.

BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

LONDON, June 2

The Birthday honours influ

FIVE ATTACKS ON FRENCH FRONT. THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER

Losses, June 3,

A. „French contouniqué stares; —

The enemy unintained a vigent

OF ST. PATRICK. Viscount-French of Ypres.

VISCOUNTS.

bonibardinent in the Crone region Lont Devonport,

the whole night long and then made Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar. three attacks on the California) Mr. Waldorf Astor, M. P. Plateng and two on the Vauclere

Platenu.

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BARONS.

The Rt. Hon. Cul. A. . M. Lock

They were everywhere repulsed! wocel, M. F.

with important losses, especially "mn] Cot. & G. W. Chaloner MP. the eastern portion of the California Sir Frederick Herry Smith. Platom where the storming troops Major-General Sir Ivor Herbert M. P. were stuttered by our fire, and left| Sir William Lever..

mothers of bodies in front at our trenches.

A number of prisoners were taken.j Various enemy attenìpts at coupe de-main in Champagne and the Vosges failed.

ANOTHER BRITISH ATTACK.

GOOD PROGRESS ALREADY MADE

LONDON, June 3. Fick-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:--

We attacked on the front to the south of Souchez River last dight.

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Mr. H. W. Forster, M.P

Lord Chand Hamilton, M.P. Mr E G. Prety M.P.. Mr. F. Cecil, M.P..

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The Hon. Neil Primrose, M.P.

Mr. Thomas Ashton (Secretary of the

Miners Ferleration);

BARONETCIES..

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Sir Thomas Dewar

Airquily good "progress has been Colonel Allan J. Sykes, M.P. made and we have taken a number | Sir W. H. Dunn, Lord Mayor of London. of prisoners.

KNIGHTHOODS. The enemy attacked our advanced Forty-six Knighthoods, including posts, during the night, to the south M WH. Cowan, M.P. west of Cheriny, and, mude some | Mr.. R. H. Barran, M.P. progresa; but our counterattack Mr. W. Barton, M. P. regained the whole of the leat ground

except one post.

We successfully carried out a raid to the south of Ypres.

Major W. H. H. Gastrell, M.P..

Mr. E. Parkes, MP.

Mr. S. Boberce, M.,P.

Mr. Marshall Hall, K. C.

The Gerroan artillery is active at Mr W. H. Thornycroft, RA, (the

Bullecourt..

LATER.

Renter's correspondent at Headquar- | ters sends details of the most brilliant little advance on the Souchez River re- ferred to in Sir Douglas Haig's despatch. -The Canadians stormed and occupied the central electric power generating station and brickatacks butwear Avion and Eleadit-le-Anyette, crossed the rivers established a post on the north bank and took 80 prisoners,

These gains rob the enemy of several strong machine gun positions.

The Eght still continues. There is great reciprocal artillery work and the airmen are very busy.

LATER:

Field-Mandal Sir Douglas Huig

reports

There has been fighting all day with varying fortones southward”,” of the Souchez River

Seulptor.)

Mr. A. S. Cops, RA, (the Portrai

Painter.

Professor Thomas Holland, K.OLE Mr. William Watson, (the Poet) Mr. John Foster Fraser, (Journalist) Mr. Alfred Robbins (Journalist) ( Mr. Grimwood Meurs (Secretary of the

the Dardanelles Commission.)

EASTERN HONUURS.

KINGHTHOODS.

The following Kinghthooda hayo bean conferred:--

Mr. Justice Beaman of the High

Court of Bombay,

Mr. Justice Chaudhuri, Calcutta High Court.

Mr. Vachha, of the Corporation.

Bomb

Mr. Bray, President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Henry Stanyon, C. L, E

The enemy lost heavily by our first Barrister-at-Law: Attack.

He subsequently delivered u nun ber of counter-attacks with consider able forces, owing to which we were unable to maintain the progress" made this morning.

We took 92 prisoners in these operations.

Our patrols and raiders took pri soners to the east of Leverie and south of: Wytechacte

We brought down ten enemy arco- planes. Four of ours are tnissing, r

Mr. Nethersole, C.S.L. The Chairmen

of the East India section of the London Chamber of Commerce.

Indian Students at the India Ofics.

Mr. CE Mailet, ex-Secretary for the

Mr. Ellis Kadoorie, Hongkong.

HONORARY KOM.G

The Sultan of Perak

HONORARY C.M.G.. The Emir of Kanu,"

K CM. GA Mr. Dering H. M. Minister at Bang kok...

GERMANG ARRESTED IN CLICKĜO.

WOLINDIA.

THE REASON FOR THE LULL FOMENTING REBELLION IN

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