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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

THE TIMES " MILITARY COR- ›› RESPONDENT'S VIEWS,

-ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN WINTER CAMPAIGN AN

"ADVANTAGE.

AIR RAID ON

ENGLAND.

SEVEN GROUPS OF MACHINES.

SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE.

LONDON, Nov. 1.

THE CHINA MAIL

THE NAVAL SITUATION.

REVIEWED BY SIR ERIC GEDDES.,

Losaos, Nov. 1.

the British Nary_hud-e

THE SIDMARINE" FIRICY. FRENCH SHIPPING RETURNS

Lastbar, Nov. 1.

week are:

The French shipping returns for last

Arrivals, Sailings

338 794

Sunk (above 1,600-tons): Sunk (under 1,600 tons): Unsuccessfully attacked

ITALIAN SHIPPING RETURNS. Rous, Nov. I.

week ending October 28, state ---

The official shipping returns for the Arrivals Departures

:439 ..376

into the depths. The British lossen through submarines had steadily decreased since April, and latterly. markedly during. September, it was Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the most intisfactory. Datober was only Admiralty, made his maiden speech alightly worse than September, but in the House of Commons this alter:was 30 per cent better than any noon the occasion for a long and other month since unrestricted-war important statement in which Fa reviewed the Naval situation. He

fure began.. said the present Board now consiste A TEST OF DETERMINATION: It is officially Announced that civilians, including himself, but it made in combating submarinism, Sir of eight Naval officers and three Lopos, Oct. 30,

After summarising the progress hostile aircraft determinedly and was intended to include an addiE Beckles referred to the state The Times Military Correspondent states that the souson is approaching repeatedly attacked London, lust

[pional Civil Lond. The Bound was ment that the Germans were build- when the operations in France and night.

grouped into two formal cornmittees, ing submarines faster than they had and the Maintenance Committee. yes obtained their Sir Erie Geddes described the strength. specific functions of the Board and Nerefore becoming a test of said that the Committees met at determination, grit and ingenuity least once a week and other sub-between two contending forces. He HERTLING REFUSES THE GERMAN committees were formed as it became concluded by saying that submurine necessary. These and other changes wartare at present was going well

CHANCELLORSHIP. in the procedure tended to improve for us, and one was justified in paign hut for the Germ stroke.. Ti thin low clouds rendered the organisation and control exer regarding the future with courage and The Allies can aid each other on the observation difSeelt. whole of the Western Front, includ. the altitude of the riders was culsures had been taken to increase the that the German Mercantile marine, Nevertheless cised by the Tourd. Special mea confidence. He recalled the fact "bug Italy, withou; son transport. Welated and they were broken up by power and to strengthen the control before the war, which totalled owing to objections mised by the Left

outskirts of Loudon, where houbstions and a Four barge, on the outh-easteri fof the Naval Stuff in planning opera-3,000,000 ton, was to day nearly new section had been ball sunk or in the hands of the were dropped.

added to the Operations side of the Entente.

Submarine warfare was

in Flanders usually die down, as in The first group of machines crossed namely the Operations Committee done before and that they had tot the Alps, but there is nothing to the Kent coast at 10.45 pm, making prevent fighting on the Italian plains for London. They did not penetrate throughout the winter, nat it is to far inland, but turned eastward and the advantage of the side with the dropped bombs on various ajue in greutral resources to fight during the the vicinity of the coust. winter. We should probably have Medwhile, two more groups, back the advantage of an Italinsteering for London, tów along the participation in such a winter month bank of the Thames.

bave now good positions in France And in Flanders with a superiority in men and a guns there; and while this winter terpomarily suspends the fighting in Flanders, we enn, with out undur risk. niake things lively

Thames extiary, was turned back officers with recent experience, in the A fourth group, coming along the Naval StuĦ, "consisting of younger her half way to London. "Meanwhile, a Hith group crossed

Grind Flegt, under a Flag Officer'

Some penetrating the southeast of

THE POSITION IN THE BALTIC.

PETROGRAD. Nov. 1. Owing to the refusal of the Fin- nish authorities to co-operate in

Vessels sunk (over 1,500 tona) (2 m. Tessalsatink (under 1,500 tons): 1 Que vessel which

escaped.

was attacked

AMSTERDAM, Nov. I. The Weser Zeitung states that 'Count

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SAMEN'S WAGES.

JEAMEN'S

LONDON, Nov. 1. The Press Bureau announces that the National Board to deal with the matter of seamen's wages is now estab- shed. The Shipping Controller will appoint a Chairman, `a

in Italy, during the winter." by the. Esucky Gust at 12.15 a the/ Who hudi heft the Grand Fleet to take j forcing the pace with important moming, and steered for Louloup the position. It was this hoped forces of troops, and ships, forching the north fans of the Thames, mos can be done, front the naval

to add to the ripe and valuable ex- SUPREME POWERS FOR RUSSIAN Cur outer defences turned back some,

perience of long service, dispen

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. point of view, in the Adriatic Sea but one or more penetrated the south sable, to the Admiralty, officers with than has hitherto been attempted. east of London and Iropped bobsledge of naval warfare, in its evet- Our confidence, in General Cukorni

the latest and most up-to-date know is entirely unchanged, but the AllAd

A sixth group followed the same Governments, before deeply engaging use, a quarter of an hour later, aging aspects, alemselves, dust make sure that the new Italian loverment will give j “explicit assumerates that day powers more machines Turanwhile, dropping

from the fact that the Naval Stiff supreme control of Fetrograd, Kron-through enemy action. which General Cadorna requires for bombs on the south-westem with the Grand Fleet and other Naval

would be in ingreasing personal touch start and the whole of Finland. Kit... Suppressing Cerian or other agents skirts

The Germans have completely who have bang tampong with the Our gunfire dispersed a

sventh commands,

evacuated the Werder peninsula Joyalty of his armies, are inmediately group before it reached the uter

after devastating the whole area. neroniel him. It must not he as-defences. amned that we propose abandoning Individual raiders attacked the the pign in the West: the Rent cost between midnight and Italian sector rust remainsubord-1.30 in the morning.

PARCEL MAILS LOST.

LONDON, Nov. 1. Hir Brie Geddes said he anticipatedrying out onders for the evacua

tion, the Commander in Chief on the trails, dated Cyprus October 3 and The Post Office announces that parcel

Toado and dropping bomis, one or feat advantage would be gainedNorthern Front has been given Malta: October 18th, have been lost |

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rate and secondary. There are only Each group consisted of three or 4 few German Division's there, and four Tuachines and the total number one reason for the presence in to of raiders was about 30. Only three tetapi us to relus our grip in Flip- penetrated to the heart of London. " OTS. We nel, not therefore, alter Our gunfire barrassed the raiders our determination to pursue our plans in Fringe and in Flanders to their logien conclusion, at moment.

the right

THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, Nov. 1. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Halg - reports: ----

There was hostile artillery activity all night custwani and north-east

wank of Ypres.

Or fire dispersed a uoncentration i ..of troups in the neighbourhood of

Passchendaele.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY,

Loshes, Nav. 1. The Admiralty snounces that Naval aircraft borbed Sparappelbock aerodrome yesterday. The clonds made the results difficult to observe,

We curried out many offensive patrols and shot domi pno enemy machine. All ours returned.

FRENCH RAIDS

LONDON, Nov. 1.

and our aircraft also attacked then

It is believed that the casualties and damage, are light, considering the nature of the attack..

· THE CASUALTIES.

LATERL

THE LOST SHIPPING,

Sir, Eric. next dealt with the question of the desirability of pub

shing the tonnage, of the British indrantile vessels sink owing to enemy action. He stated that she tonnage figueres published by the enemy led to the conclusion that the enemy did not know what was being unk. but would very h like to obtain such information as a periodic pilblication would afford.

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The eenig is organising strong. bases at Oesel and Dago with a view to seizing Revil

ENEMY WITHDRAWING IN RIGA REGIÓN.

ENEMY DESTROYER SUNK.

Lobos, Nov. 1:

communiqué

A Russian effeink says:

The enetry at some points in the

Riga region is withdrawing to pre- He therefore, considered sufficient viously prepared positions. justification existed for not publish- are no possible grounds, however, There ing the tonnage. He was, however, for supposing that the enemy can uble to supplement Mr. Elord tmnsfer troops to It is officially stated that the total George's information which would

any other, front. casualties in all districts from last show that we were making reason by two of ours in Tilia Bay. We An enemy torpedo-boat was sunk night's air raid are eight killed and fably satisfnetory progress in over also burnt two steamera. 21 injured, and the material damage coming the submarine menace, was very light...

The

No naval, munitions or military speaker prefaced his remarks by the THE SAND AND GRAVEL establishments were injures and all quotation of certain figures and by

our machines are safe.

BRITISH CAPTURE BEERSHEBA

DETERMINED'. RESISTANCE BY

TURKS

مخمل

LONDON, Nov. 1.

explaining and justifying the transfer.

of men and material from one branch of war industry to another, whether naval, military or aircraft, on the ground of concentrating activity as circumstances demanded.

ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF SUBMARINES SUNK.

QUESTION.

A DUTCH PAPER'S STATEMENT,

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1.

The Telegraaf publishes details of "the utilisation of sand and gravel t'mde ported through the Dotch waterways from Germany to Belgium. It says the cobble road from. Middelkerke to Westander has been broken up and smoothed with sand and gravel. From Westende the German troops entar the tranches. The Germans have broken up the tramlines everywhere in Belgium

JAPANESE FINANCE COMMISSION IN AMERICA.

WANBINGTON, Xov, L

A Japanese Finance Commission has arrived at a Pacific port The formation of a Japanese-American Chamber of Commerce is announced as one probable result of the Mission.

THE TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL.

LONDON, Oct. 31. Ministry of Munitions is inviting the The Press Bureau announces that the

Cornwall, and Devon to establish “6. owners of tin and tungsten mines in research association with a view to con- ducting experiments, under first class experts, to increase the output

It is pointed out that 35 per cent of

tin, and a higher percentage of wolfram, in the ore, has so far been löst.

A conference on the subject has been convened for November 7.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY THE BRITISH

LONDON, Nov. 1 port: On Tuesday, north of the Ypres Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig te Roulers railway, we captured 191 prisoners, including three officers.:

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An official report from Egypt says:

He said that since the beginning Beersheba yesterday morning.

After a night march we attacked

of the war between 40 and 50 per dent of the enemy submarines, While infantry attacked, the west-operating in the North Ses and in

the neighbourhood of the Ypres Steden There was local fighting to-day in ern and south-western defences, our the Atlantic and Arctic oceans had to construct new Night railways to the railway, as a resalt of which we slightly mounted troops made a wide turn-been sunk. The enemy, last quar front, employing deported civilians in improved our line. ing movement through the desert and ter, lost as" many submarines on transporting materiala. The concrete approached from the euit.

during the wacke of 1916. Sir Eric is being manufactured between Bruges Beersheba was occupied in the confidently asked the House and Ostend for the construction of evening despite determined resist that was not satisfactory record pill-box, while sand and gravel are

for the Navy and the Mercantile used along the coast for the construe-froat, and they carried out a number of

Uur artillery were active on the battle ANOTHER AIR RAID OF ENGLAND. | Marine.

tion of aerodromes and écart defences. destructive bombartiment on hostile

positions and batteria, NORWAY AND GERMANY.

ance.

"A French communiqué states:- We rided the German lizes in the. direction of Borthenicourt, south cast of St. Quentin, the sector. of Sousin, the Champagne region prisoners and nine gure were cap- GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS.

LATER

It is officially reported that 1,800

Bolande, Argonne, north of Firey tured at Beersheba..

and Woeyre!

We took 10 prisoners and inflicted

The British losses were compared with the results.

AMERICA'S SHIPBUILDING

PLANS

serious losses on the enemy..

LEAVE FOR BRITISH TROOPS.

LONDON, Nov. 1M. In the House of Commons, Mr. Hao phoriou, Parliamentary Secretary of the War Office, stated in the course of the debate on the Voto of Credit that by the end of November there would not be a soldier on the Western Front who Shipping Board, addressing a meet

CISTIANIA, NOT. L A STRONG PROTEST.

The Government has strongly pro

carried out a successful maid northeast

The North Staffords, in the afternoon, ward of Looe, sad, besides inflicting other losses they captured forty prisoners. Our casualties were light.

**LONDON, Nov. 1..

Bombing squadrons, at night time, The Press Bureau announces that ai dropped two tons of explosives on the craft crossed the south east court in Roulers and Ingebmunster stations, relays, between 10.45 and 11.30 Init moving trains, and billets

night, making towards London.

The raid continues.

slight 808,000 tons of shipping of all The Germans claimed to have supk |

nationalities, during last August.

Our machines attacked the steel They'sunk little more than one-third

Germany. They were rewarded with works and station of Vollangen, in of that amount of British tonnage tested to Germany regarding the excellent results, direct hits on a furnace, and httle more than half for all the 30th alt. The Government of The weather was brilliantly fire at sinking of the canyo cabled on a power house and a train being obtained. nationalities. The German figures of Norway, reminds Germany of its the outset, but it turned later to rain for. September were 672.000 tons but former protests and asys the continued and snow. thioy wank far less than one-third of inkings of neutral ships not carrying that amount of all nationalities:

contraband, disregarding the fate of the Dealing with the German claim erews, has created deep indignation that our foncage was so diminishing among the Norwegian people. that there were not enough ships on had been more than twelve months with-ing of shipbuilders, Government the sea to enable the submarines to oat leave. It was practically impossible

SCANDINAVIAN KINGS TO MEET to give leave from Mesopotamis at officials, and labour representatives, maintain the bag, Sir Erin Geddes convened to discuss the acceleration pointed out that last April, which

COPENHAGEN, Nor. 1 prescat although every effort was made to meet urgent cases, and a certain of shipbuilding, said the American was the heaviest month

King Gustav will visit King Christiep British

next week.

6,000,000 TONE IN 1918.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 Mr. Hurley, Chingan of the

number were given leave to India Aut

shipyards would be able to complete shipping lossen, our regards Egypt and Salonika the case a million, tore by March 1 They sumably flowed too was not so-bul bat had enough omringent to build 6,000,000 tons in the enemy, Last to cransport dificulties

1918. It was an abnormal task requiring every ounce energy:

ehemy's. lowest mont

Our OTETICS sailings

INCENDIARIKK AT BALTIMORE-

DAMAGE A MILLION STERLING,

Que machine did not return

THE INDIAN TEX, CROP.

The

LONDON, NOY- 1 mes understands that a definite has been prepared for the ment acquiring: abutantial Hon of the

BRITISH NATAL AIR RAID

AND LONDON, Nov. 1. Air Service on Monday might raided The Admiralty announcer that the Sperappelboek and Vasenaere aerod romes. The visibility was excellent and ahooting accurate. All the machinas

returned eNO

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

GERMAN REPORT

LONDON, Nov. 1. A German official report states: There have been successful engagements on the Tagliamento plain

Our prisoners have now increased to 120,000, and the guns captured 1,000

DURBAN FLOODED.

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE

Four months of abnormallysvet weather have culminated in a rainstorm THE BATTLE OF THE LISTE.

in which inches fell in wen hourThe most extensive reported The Umgent 11,157 PRISONERS IN FOUR DAYS causing much damage in.

in the an

flooded

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