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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1918. -

THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.

THE CHINA MAILAS

BELQIANS BOMBARDED WITH

POISON GAS.

Losnos, Mar. 22.

A Berlin communiqué states:- There was lively artillery activity

ENEMY'S LOSSES EXCEEDINGLY HEAVY. yesterday. During & Naval engage-

(Continued from, Bagɛ 1.)

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORTS.

"POWERFUL ATTACK ON

30-MILE

FRONT.

ENEMY OBJECTIVES,

-UNATTAINED.

Logos, Mar. 2.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

a jusetion of both armies, ent off a considerable slice of the British Front, and recover all the Hinden burg trenches kurt four months ago.

Mr. Philip Gibbs, another Press Correspondent in

France, says t At the moment there are only (scraps of news, Infirmed rumours and vaga Alings of men hurd. repeated onsanghts. pressed, but holding out against

MONTH About right o'clock this morning, the ehetay has gained or failed to pass before it is clear how ruch after an intense boabartinent of gin hy his first blow: Our tops gaschells and high explosives on the are fighting not merely for their own forward peptions and Fick areus, the lives but for the fate of England and enemy kimched a powerful infantry all our mus To-day's battle is not, attuck on a front of over 50 miles, bluff, but apparently the real thing Between the river Dise, near Lat Fen in all its brutal forer. One thing and the river Senses, near Croisilles, certain is the supreine valour of our

There was hostile artillery activity fren whatever may happen,

Deports

1

must

The battlefield of Cumbri is the

on a wide front, northward of the VIEWS OF THE EXPERTS La Bassee Canal and on the Ypres sector where it has been known for Bour line past, an attack was being prepared.

scene of the opening of the great tiera offensive which the enemy The enemy pressed, the attack with its been endeavouring to mask by Me greatest vigour and determina-subsidiary attacks at several points, on the day long and broke through ely, the Belgian sector, Rheims, butpost positions and penetrated Battle positions in certain parts.

The enemy attucked in musees and Lis losses, were exceptionally heavy. Severe fighting sentinues on the

liale front.

Large moles of reinforcements Breno observed, advancing behind the Enemy's Ines and several Divisions, which have been specially trained for this great attack, were identified,

melaling the Prussian Guards.

as not attained his objectives on any part of the Front.

ENEMY'S EXCEEDINGLY HEAVY LOSSES, Field-Marshal Haig, in a further

message, says;-

:

Champagne and Verdun, without deceiving Field-Marsh Haig who!

wis thoroughly prepared to meet the main onslaught when launched yes day on the British right between the rivers Scarpe and Oise in the neighbourhood of St. Quentin." The probable object of the Germans is

There was a violent bombankment with poison gas-shells against batteries on the whole front. luated throughout to-day,

THE DUTCH SHIPPING.

STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF

COMMONS.

LONDON; Mar.-21..

TREATMENT OF KRITISH WAR PRISONERS-

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In the House of Commons, Lord Hope, Secretary to the Treasury, tabod In the House of Commons Ma, J. F roent last night off Dunkirk, enemy Bobert Cécil, in a statement regard that the Government was determined vessels bombarded our cost towards ing the Dutch shipping, said the to ensure redress for British wa Lapenne..

Allies deeply regretted that any prisoners who had been improperly Government should have appeared treated. He also stated that it had elust received. our to assist the objects of German sub- been thought desirable to transfer a Imarine warfare by not making the number of German officers from the fullest use its stripping. The Allied West of England to the East Count. bad been endeavouring for months This was not a reprisal or a punishment, pa by negotiation and agreement and the climate of the Kent and Eavex to induce every country to use its conste was probably better than that of shipping to the fullest extent. Be

a namber of the prison camps in Ger. many-(Cheers). ferring to the abortive negotiations with Holland cabled on March 14th, Lord Cecil said one of the Inteh coalitions then wistitkat the ships should not enter the danger zone.

he Alfies, however, recognised t

DESTROYER -ACTTIONS. FOUR OR FIVE EREMY SHIPS SUNK.

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Twn enemy destroyers and two torpedo bests are believed to have been sunk. Survivors of two torpedo beats were picked.

THE PRISONERS OF WAR.

THE ANGLO-TURKISH NEGOTIATIONS.

LONDON, Mar. 21.

In the House of Commons,

NO ALLIED SHIPS LOST.

Lospor, Mar. 21. An Admiralty communiqué states Two British and three French destroyers off Dunkirk, between four five o'clock this morning, engaged even if an agreement, including that German destroyers which had precondition were accepted, Germany visusly bombnailed, the town for ten could have rendered it nigatory by replying to Sir R A. Cooper minutes.

extending the danger zone, ....

Mr. G. F. Hope said it had bean conditions cabled on the 14th inst. the internment in a neutral country After mentioning the Allies Liberal found impracticable to mange for and, outlined in President Wilson's of British and Turkith prisoners of war proclamation, he stated that another owing to lack of accommodation in any Dutch condition was that shipvailable neutral country, and the should not carry war material. Asdfficulties of transporting a large num almost everything at present washers of Turks thereto from Egypt, India war material this condition also was

and Burma. not acceptable. Therefore the Allies to reply to Mr. Pato, Mr. Hope said. felt the only course was to exernise an agreement for reciprocal repatriation their unquestionable right of requisi-made on the grounds of health, not on

of British and Türkish prisoners wa tining the use of the Dutch ships length of captivity. It had been signed. under the right of Angars. He em- and was awaiting ratification by Turkey, phasised that Great Britain was most in the least obnoxious way. anxious to act most carefully and

No Allied vessels were sink. A | British destroyer was damaged but

renched Tarixir.

The British casualties were slight. There were no French casualties.

FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT..

Losion. Mar. 2. A French official announcement states:

destroyers fought a detachment of A division of French and British

German torpedo bouts in the North Sea between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning, sinking two.

Mr. Hope said a lot of recent informa

Replying to Mr., Gershom StewaSTI,

tion from repatriated prisonera respect creas, who would be treated with showed that conditions were not more The repatriation of the Dutch ing the Turkish internment campe the utmost courtesy and considera-unfavourable than was expected. There Shortly afterwards the sune divi-tion, had been provided for. was a slight tendency towards better to drive a wedge between the British large destroyers which had previously Datch ships henceforth saving the increasing scarcity and dearnese of sion fought a second action with five Land Cecil confirmed that the treatment of prisoners in Turkey, but and the French and advance to Paris bombarded Dunkirk.

her difficulties were growing owing to

Turkish paper currency. One German Dutch ports would not be brought provisions and the depreciation of the

by the valley of the Oise sinultare-destroyer was sunk, and two others into the Allied service except by ously turning the whole French Lelt.probably lost.

Expects enipate that the We captured socze prisoners.

to bombaril Dunkirk, Lapanne and Brayduris,

BRITISH MONITORS, HOMBARD OSTEND.

agreement. The Allies had under- plied with 50,000 tons of wheat or

NEARLY 30,000 MAJORITY - AGAINST "COMBOUT.”

plnied with 50,000 tons of, wheat or THE NATIONAL MINERS' BALLOT. four in a North American port, us soon as posible, and a similar quan- | tity in a South american port. He hoped Holland would immediately send ships for it. The Allies, were

LONDON, Mar. 21. anxious to meet, Holland in every

The National Miners' Ballot resulted)

barded Ostend his afternoon,

The Admiralty announces:

way. There were approximately in a majority of 28,756 votes ngainat British monitors successfully bon-450,000 tons of Dutch shipping in combingout 50,000 miners for the Army A naval air squadron destroyed five

American porta and 300,000 in other as demanded by the Government. ports.

THE PREMIER'S REPLY. enemy aircraft.

LONDON, Mar. 22.

LONDON, Mar. 22.

Alape captured, depicting the ency's intentions, show that they's tremendous rush is te gain It appears that, three flotillas were

ground at certain points and that ordered he will strike har in other sectors in order to pin down the Anglo- French reserves and endeavour to find 2

weak point in the line; but every confidence is felt in the ability of the British troops to sangüinarily certainty that the advance will be repulse the enemy. In view of the

Our troops continue to hold the finally checked, after preliminary sney in their buttle positions." ais, experts in London find the During yesterday's attacks the German actions in putting everything enemy's mussed infantry offered to hazard inexplicable, unless on the remarkable targets to rifles, machine EUS and artillery of which we took full advantage.

Fighting continued att tast night slong the whole front from the river

Os to the river Senace,

A reports testify to the enerny's execedingly heavy losses.

No serious attack has yet deve Joped this morning, but heavy fight- ing 'must still be expected.

PRESS CORRESPONDENTS'

REPORTS...

ENGAGEMENT GENERAL ON 25-MILE FRONT.

round that the situation in Ger many is more serious than has been supposed, and her rulers driven to u desperate venture.

THE FRENCH FRONT.

VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON FRENCH SECTORS.

LONDON, Mar. 21.

A French communiqué states Towards the end of the night,

British seaplanes recorinoitring in the Heligoland Bight, machine- gunned mine-sweepers.

There were no British casualties. All our aeroplanes returned.

THE OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.

FURTHER POINTS OCCUPIED.

LONDON, Mar. 21.- An official message from Palestine states:

We consolidated and improved our

PUBLIC OPINION;

LATER

Mr. Lloyd George, yesterday, told who presented the figures of the ballot the Executive of the Miners' Federation.

All comment on the taking over of the hitch slapping emphasises that apart from the fact that Holland the subject of combing out, that the will not lose by it, the Allies men required would be recruited for by their action have relieved the Dutch Government from making

what would have been a mapat dif-

ficult decision. The Dutch Govern-

the Army.

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ment probably is very thankful for COMPOSED OF;" INSIGNIFIC this because Germany cannot now

use Holland, of acquicscing.

there was an intense and prolonged positions and occupied El Musabes THE SHIPPING POSITION. politicians, and includes only one and south-east of Rheirs and also and the high ground to the east, and

bombardment on the sectors.north

obtained.

!!

LoxDos, Mar. 22. Mr. Hamilton Fyffe, the War

three miles to the north of the Wadi at various points in Champagne, Correspondent, telegraphing from France, says the Germans

where the Germans made several Ouja, and also Beitrima and Kefrtut, Bad

near Bearbullut. -- abortive attempts. assembled an enormous number of

The Australian flying corps drop- The enemy bombardment on the guma for the preliminary bombard-

ped 470 bombs on El Kutrani station right of the Meuse became very ment, but this was not of long dun-violent yesterday evening; a strong

and

Direct hits were on trains. tion. It begun at five o'clock in the

attack following. between Caurieros moming, and at saven o'clock some Wood and Bezonvaux. After violent THE OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA. Germain its had already left their hand-to-hand fighting, we drove back trenches and attacked with heavy the enemy from some points where, and light machine-guns. The en in the first rash, he had succeeded gagement becaine general between in penetrating. We took some pri nine and ten o clock on a front ofsoners. After lively artillery activity,

Lospos, Mar. 21, 25 inilce.

An official message from Rust the enemy attacked; at 1.80 this Africa states:

.

FRESH COLUMN ADVANCES INLAND.

The right of the German attack morning, in the region of Momény,We have made contact with a was aimed at Croiselles, Bullecourt in Lorraine. Our fire repulsed him, strong enemy force in the Medoboins and Lanicourt, while the left wing with serious losses; the attack being coastal area. posled in the direction of Rondsoy

and - Hargicours, Everywhere, the enemy, aufered severely.

The fighting in the afternoon,

developed into hard local struggles

for points of vintage, such as s

reaultless..

HEATY ATTACKS ON FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, Mar. 22.

A French communiqué states

brickfield bear Crgieilles and ruined During the day meiprocal artillery farm houses and canal locks, but ut activity was very violeut between

A fresh column, disembarking at Mosainbique, bar cccupied Nampula, which is 110 miles talund.. BRITISH AND GERMAN BOMBING.

Lunnos, Mer 22,

AR ADMIRALTY/SUMMARY.

LONDON, Mar. 22. The Press Bureau staten: The Admiralty statement mimmarises as follows the shipping position to the end of last year

Lcases (tons). 7,079,000 4,750,000 By British Foreign.

Gains (new cou-

struction)3,031,000 3,500,000 Enemy tonnage

captured

POLITICIANS.

PRIZES:

JAssy, Mar. 22.

The Marghiloman Cabinet has been formed. It consists of insignificant If $500,000 is available for distribution-

ex-Minister.

WAR CHARITIES will receive

$125,000

It is expected that peace pourpadler's will immediately be reained

FIRST PRIZE-

$187,500

SECOND PRIZE

56,250

THE SPANISH MINISTRY,

"ANOTHER REFUSAL TO FORM A CABINET.

THIRD PRIZE.

$ 37,500

100 PRIZES of $1,000 -$50.

$.93,750

MADRID, Mar. 21. Senor Maara has been instructed to

Total

$500,000

LATIE

780,000 1,800,000 form a Cabinet. Total gains 3,800,000 8,383,000

PUBLIC OPINION.

Senor Maurs refused to form YOUR $5 TICKET

Cabinet as Sebo La Cierva insisted The Tines says Sir Eris Geddes" ca the House of Cormons and will to which Senot Maurs would not agree statement had med morption upon remaining in the War Ministry,

make a mixed itspresso abide.

The summary of the male of British INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS. losses is not reassuring. The great- est hiatus inthe statement is Sir Eric, Geddes silence on the condi tons in the shipyards

LONDOM, Mar. 2014 In the House of Commode, replying The Daily New Any Public to Mr. Gate, the Hon. Andrew anxiety will not be alleviated by the Fisher stated that arrangements wwald figures which did little to enlighten be announced in India shortly for put

tion of 22 years' ser

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A Press Bureau communique the position. If the situation is to sing into effect, the provisions of the IDLE ENERT STEAMERS IN THE present it is ineless to attempt to Mistte and the Aisne, the region of says:---Excluding raids in Germany, be redeemed, a thousand toen om Royal Warrant of December 12, 1917, give details. One thing that is clear Rheims, the heights of Champagne the Britab and Australian airmen the Army whom the shipbuilders is that the enemy, for the first time and Ville-sm-Tourbe."

on the West Front in February demanded in October must return including the extension of the period dropped 6,200 bombs in the day time to the shipyards, for electing to take pensions on comple and 8.652 in night time. The enemy told by the First Lord is not plan

The Daily Express sure the story dropped 28 in the day time in the cant and is not improved by the plain ared occupied by the British and demonstration that shipbuilding has lacked a strong guiding expert band. Lord Pizzie should be made the autocrat of the shipyards,

in two years, has begun an attempt Three successive attacks in the to break through.

Hurlu sector banks down, under our Mr. Percival Phillips, another fire or were thrown back by counter Tress Correspondent in France, attucks. writes: The German Army south of Raiding attempts cast of Suippe 1,768 in the night time.

defented. Ou

the Scarpa

pa seems to have delivered were completely

HUGE GERMAN WAR'

EXPENDITURE.

its first blow principally in the artillery caught and dispersed corne triangle of Arraa-Cambrai and the German columan which, ware ad Bapaume-Cambrai rouda, while, the varying south of the mouth of the NEARLY £200,000,000 MONTHLY Amly south of Cambrai is striking Oise,

AMSTE

A FAMILY NECESSITY. FAVERY family, should be,, provided

"with Chamberlain's Pain

Loxes, Mar 2018 In the House of Common Mr. U. Bellairs Unionist Member for Maid. stone, complained that the large enemy steamers, the Bindenfels the From Ferdinand, in the Far last, were used.

stationary, halks for thaty months

The it. Hop, Andraw

The Daily Mail says the factorare che less time when prompty treated, although the vessels were in perfect

all times. Sprains may be cared serious enougs, but it faced in the Lame backene moulder, pains in the condition right spirit they need not conserdiside and abrat and may. We have been more success som Mar. 21ful in destroying submarines, but

Try this Finakilala bave lost ground bullyin

inted with its And become scal and you will never wish to bes

all Chemists and

aguret our trene systems in the On the Hght of the Blauso and In the Reichstag region west of the Scheldt Canalome points in Woevre the enemy Secretary stated that Germany seronthing lost slips. The enemy doubtless bopes to effect intensely bombarded, our first linear costs were now £167,500,000ment is a weld

that he had no information in this con pection and enquiries,

from the Raas

Stoze-were under the cont

of Indike

tld be, ma

GATWICK HAGER.

THE WAR NATIONAL

Mar. 21,

The War st Gatwick

The