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SONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 1917.

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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.

THE FLANDERS BATTLE

FRONT.”:

LONDON, Oct. 7.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hag teport:-

There was considerable artillery activity on the battle front all night

loug

gained the whole of their objectives without a stop, and took 80 prisoners. The Derons had stubbor Sghling at Reutelbeek valley where the ground was a mere bog, the vi frequently sinking shoulder deep.

of the wastage of Gennaa man

As an indication of the seriousness

Zunners

We successfully carried out a raid to power, the Ullans have recently con. the south east of Broodscinde, inflicting Ferted their infantry into machine- enanalties and taking 20 prisoners.

We repulsed an attempted raid to the south of the Ypres-Comines canal.

The Leicestershires auccessfully

· carried out a raid to the west of Cite St. Elfe

The weather is "showery, and, colder,

CONSOLIDATING THE "GAINS.

LONDON, Oct. 7. Renter's Correspondent at Hand quarters telsgraphing on Saturday, "stales :— The infantry has been inactive

GERMAN REPORT

Loxbox, Oct. 7. A German official message stater: There was continuous and most destrictive attillery fire between Polecapelle and Zandvoorde.

Photographs show that there was great destruction at Dunkirk, in con sequence of our air raids,

THE EMPIRE AND THE WAR,

for the past 24 hours and we are steadily THE PRIDE OF NATIONALITY. consolidating our gains.

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Loydon, Oct. 7. Much attention is bestowed on the figures published by Reuter showing the proportions of the British troops engaged in the fighting since July 31. namely: English, 70 per cent, Overseas It is understood that out of the six troops, 16 per cont; Scottish troops, enemy Divisions, including one Division per cent and Irish troops, 6 per cent of Guards, which have been at (heurelt also the proportions of the casualties village and Passchendele, 40 battalions the English, 76 per cent; the Overcas xn suffered that they are incapable of troops, 8 per cent; the Scottish troop

# fighting for some time.

10 per cent and the Irish troops The bayonet was conspicuota i per cens.. repelling the conter-allacks and a large The Olanter says:-"The generoim progestion of the enemy wounded at prominence given in the communiquér our casualty stations, are bayonet cares to the exploits of the Dominical

One Scottish platoon, attacking

troops and the Scottish, Welsh And large concrete emplacement, killed 37 frish, in England, is an instinctive Germans with the bayonet,k response to the keen pride of the The proportion of officers captured nationality, which, in the past, has been since Thursday morning is one to every the histone hirthright of ber neigbours 10 meit

ia the United Kingdom, and to the zest

DISORGANISATION:

EVIDENCES OF BERIOUS ENEMY of youth in the Dominions. English- men do not grudge or misunderstand the disproportionate frequency with which the troops are mentioned, but whon this i mention is made the founda tion of a peculiarly foul goomy slender, it is necessary to state the facts.

GERMAN PRISONERS DELI

BERATELY KILLED",

BY GERMANS.

LONDON, Oct 7. The German propagandists in Russia Reuter's Correspondent at Hend and America have spread the insertion quarters-writes —

that England thrusts the main burden Since Friday there have been no of the war ou other parts of the Empire. counterattacks and our troops are It was full time that the official agencies steadily consolidating and improving grappled with a falsehood so poisonous. the new positions.

Nothing is more vital to the enemy's

LONDON, Oct.

A French communiqué statea; There was artillery dueding on the Vauxhaillou Lacur and Hartelise

sectors and on the left bank of the Mouse, notably to the north of Hul 344

nd towardly Bezenyaux

We repulsed a powerfal mid against Navaria farm in Chan enemy's losses were appreciable,

*This abandonment of the tradi-purposes than to disparage the credit tional counter-attacks evidences the and to weaken the authority of England, serous etemy disorganisation, which in the ranks of the Grand Alliance is ecurned by the continuous and ⠀⠀ THE FRENCH FRONTAL extrusive movement of troops bebind the German lines, indicating relief of the sinttered regiments.

It appears that the Boche, on Thursday hoped to regain the initia tive by an attack planned against Zonnebeke, which our offensive tinely broke up. The confused manner in which the reserves were flung in showed that no definite pre parations had been made for un extensive counter attack in response to a further advance on our part."

The German Command in using desperate efforts to prevent us pri Boering men alive, have aroused, the most bitter resentment among the Germans, promising sequelsen:

A report from Masindy the prisoners return to the Father the Belgians, Ble Dow find after the WET MERLON BURMA BREA

the enemy on a nine miles front During Thursday a number of Mahenge. prisoners were told off as stretcher bearers. A Boche seroplane, frying very low machine-gunned them deli berately thing severs! Germans.

Similarly the

were re

quently suipmeƐ or Inac.

nued by

their per men

the chance of s

bolmets

EAST AFRICA.

SUCCESSFUL "INDIAN CATAERT, OFERLTIONE:

Indian Cavalry in the bars captured or destro titles of fooristaffs, clearing bare tract of enemy country.

INTERNED: SUE