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HONGKONG. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1917.

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TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

{Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

GERMAN “HIT AND RUN ** TACTICS.

LONDON, Nov, 118, 4.50 a..

So far there is no further sccunce.

SEVERE FIGHTING

ITALY.

ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

LONDON, NOV.

An Italian official message statest We completely broke up four ment regarding the naval enguge attacks of extreme violence in the mens of Heligoland. Details are direction of Zomo, eastward cf. unlikely to be received until the Gallio. British ships have returned to port. Wo recaptured the advanced Testerday morning's bald official elements in the direction of Casem announcement indicates that theureletta-Davanti,taking 100 pri Germans have followed their usual soners. hit-and-run tactice.

!

The enemy presure is increasing

A telegram from the Dutch island between the Brenta and the Piaver of Ameland states that heavy can-After a Berce resistance and brilliant" nouading was heard all Saturday counter-attacks we effected an order- morning,

ly withdrawal from some of the advanced positions....

A felegram from Copenhagen says that's most, violent cannonade in the North Sea was keurd between 8.30 and 10 o'clock in the morning several tiles off Manche. Great explosions were heard at intervals. Firing from several warships was observed on the borizon.

We completely swept the enemy in the Fagare Zone and repulsed an attack on Zenson driving back the enemy on the River Lop. We frus trated enemy attempts to cross the river elsewhere.

The prisoners we captured on the

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GERMAN REPORT.

A German official message states thas strong Italian forces fruitlessly... attempted to recapture the heights to the north-east of Asiago.

UNITY OF WAR CONTROL.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S

INSTRUCTIONS."

LONDOS, Nov. 19. Reuter learns that President

The Admiralty states that there is no further information of the opera- tions in Heligoland Bight.beyond the fact that the enemy's light cruisers were chased to within thirty miles of Heligoland until they were under the protection of the Battle Flect and mine-fields, when we retired. An enemy light cruiser was geen afire Wilson has cabled to Colonel Houss and another appeared to have its Chief of the American Mission in ruchinery daranged. An enemy Europe, that the United States con- mine-sweeper was sunk. We had no siders that unity in plan and control res and only slight durage to between all the Allies and the United ships. The casualties were slight.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

ANOTHER VICTORY"

A German naval communiqué

stutes:

Strong British Naval forces at tempted to break into the German Bight on the moming of the 17th. Our guardships located them on the line Horn's Reef-Terschelling An immediate counter-thrust by our ad. vanced forces repulsed them easily. We had no losses.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, Nov. 18. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Huig reports:

States, is essential in order to secure permanent peuce and to use, to the best advantage,

, the grent resources of the United States. President Wilson requested Colonel House to confer with the Allies with a view to uchieting the closest co-operationa

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS- CRITICS.

LONDON, NOV 180% The Parliamentary correspondents of the Sunday pappis state that Mr. Lloyd George is in a most militant mood and welcomes the opportunity of disposing of his Radical and Con servative critics and is expected to clear up the raisconception that his Paris speecli lebted on the Army loaders.

A JAPANESE-AMERICAN-PROTE

·SIONAL AGREEMENT UPSET,

The Lancashires and Highlanders- successfully carried out a raid in the neighbourhood of Mauchy-le-Preux and took a few prisoners. INACCEPTABILITY OF TERMS,

There has been reciprocal artillery activity on the battlefront the enemy's fire principally being direct- ed on our positions at Fasschendaele, Langemarck, and to the south of Polygon Wood.

LONDON Nov 18.

TORIO, Nov. 1822 It is officially announced that the American Japanese provisional; agreement for the exchange of 175,000 tons of Americ

steel fort 250,000 tons of Jap

shipping

seept

A French communiqué states thats been Upset owing to there has been fairly great reciprocal ability of America further condi tions regarding the age limit of the Artillery activity to the north of shipe and the price per com Chemins des Dames and on the right

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