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ADVANCE POSTS RECAPTURED.

Loxos, Sept. 2. Field Marshal Sir Doughts Haig reports:

The seneng heavily bombed and ¦ | uptacked risange posts to the south-

West of Invrincourt, which he failed, to racle the previsais night. W. were compered to withdraw but re- capture the position later.

SIR DOUGLAS MAIG'S LATEST

REPORT.

Lastes, Sept 2 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Baig

reports a

CHEMINS-DES-DAMES..

FIVE MONTHS OF FIGHTING ENEMY BEATEN AS 'SIGNALLY AS AT VERDUN.

LONDON, Sept. 2..

Heuter's Correspondent at French

Headquarters says that the battle at Clamisdes Danes," in which the French Army has been engaged for five months, is at least as severe a !test as ar Verdun last year.

The lengths of the fonts are approx: imately the same unit 19.German Divisions were engaged at. Chernins-1

Danies, from May 5th to August 2, as compared with 25 Diviziona at Verdun for the aime period last year-- when the fighting at Verdum was most heavy. The fact that the

We repulsed mails to the north, west of Lens and to the south-west of La Bassu

The aftillery on both sides was French have taken 8.552 prisoners ab active to the Past of Ypres,

Chernins-lys Dames, during the

Our aeroplanes, botubed auftdrones ! period mentioned, as compared with: and railway stations on Friday. The 4,86 prisoners for the corresponding weather hindered flying on Saturday. period at Verdun, clearly suggeste We brought down one touchine, and that the wastage of the Germana, two of ours are missing:

effectives at Cheminis-des-Dames Vis: aliest twice na"gront ns nt Verduns ENEMY ATTACK AT HURTEBISE even allowing for the fact that the fighting strength of the German Losmos, Sept. 2. "

Division is considerable less than last A French communiqué states;-- There was very lively triprocal artit ours, it isegident the battle at lery activity, in the night, a theins-des-Dames has been more

costly to the queiny than, Verdun,

The strain of the battle at Chemins-des-Dames on the nerves)

Alone.

Our arcuate fire completely stashed up another ching attack on the positions we captured on

of the German troops, is shown by

August 31st, to the north-west of the fact that only one out of 49 Hartebie. The attackers were 07- German Divisions re-appeared in the

able to reach our lines.

fighting line after the withdrawal, Two German aeroplanes

were The

Divisions which participate brought down by gifire, fron never remain more than twelve days heights of 2,000 metres and out, the Front. metres, respectively.

There is every reason to believe that the fertuans have between 450 and LONDON, Sept. 2500 batteries at Chemins-des-Dames

A French communique states:—

certainly na many as they had af There was considerable artillery Verdun last year. They have ten to activity at Hurtebise, in the direction twelve butteries for every 1,000 yards of Maison de Champagne,.at. Verdim, of front and have often employed 200 in the sectors at Hill 304, at Sarung batteries on a narrow sector for, a

single attack.

beúx and Beaumont-

GERMAN REPORT.

| ¦ A Geruma official message, mitted by wireless, states :--

por-

The French captured a small tion of our foremost line at Hurtehise Farin

There have been 40 big attacks. trans-half by the Germans and half by the

French, at Chemins des-Danies in |107 days, besides minor attacks and

counter-attacks. The bicodiest hand^" to-hand fighting ever seen occurred." at the crest line of Ceray and Craonne where the area to be won was so furrow and the necessary advance so short that 50'defeats hav

BRITISH NAVAL AEROPLANE" RAID.

LONDON, Sept. 2.

The Admiralty announces that not yet cured the Bosche of the illy, Naval aeroplanes midel, Chistellexsion that he can re-conquer it. Prob aurorirong last night of several bly, the enemy's strongest motive direct hits were made on the sheds for keeping the battle at Chemins and fire was started. Bombs were exploded on the adjoining Ostende Thourout railway line and many tons Lof explosives were dropped...

All the machines returned.

THE BRITISH ATTACK ON GERMAN

MINĘ TRAWLERS..

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

OF THE CREW..

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 2.

ex Dames live is the vain hope of curing down the courage of the French, who have bouten him as sigrully at Chemins-des-Dames us at Verdun.

DR. BETHMANN-HOLLWEG ON MR. GERARD'S MEMOIRS.

'

"NEW YORK, Sept. 2 Dr. van Bethinenn-Hollweg, inter viewed regarding Mr. Gerard's dia The creas of the destroyed German closures, declared that Mrrard mine trawlers, interviewed ut Ring bud given his imagination somewhat kothing, and that they suddenly dis. free rein. He has attributed to Dre covered that they were surrounded by von Bethant-Hollweg utterances British Wur strips, which were attack which were not his and be denied ing die west, the north and the that he ever unfolded to sfr. Gerard south and the only way of escape the German war aims, such as the was toward Denmark

military and commercial dominion of Belgium.

The British warkhips fired over 1,500 shots, the towlers sinking just before they could be run aground.

ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS-

GERMAN REPORT.

The French strongly stacked near Mónastá but we wipeti out or took, tisoners those penetrating our ines, Serbian-attacks. at-Deyropol broke down

Dr von Bethany Hollweg cped the publication of the tions ut the present. titne. Aleeve diplomacy,

Continued on Pago 6.)

Mr Belair's the incapacitad so)

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