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The China Mail.

INDIAN desiring to love the

Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the Fours of 8 AM to 1'ra, and 8r. to 4 PM. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persona, with certain arceptions, whe 'comain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them Beires ander the REGISTRATION of FERSONS ORDINANCE 1914. Forms. of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.F.O. and at a Polico Stations.

The Pensity for non compliance'is s. |- One not needing $50

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO

"WHICH ARB YaWXED THE SHAAMS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, Lan

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANOR 00.

TOTAL FUNDS AT S1ST DECEMaxx, 1914,

£33,970,557%.

I-Authored Capital £8,000,000

£2,437.500

Subscribed Capital £4,000,000 Paid-up Capital -Fire Fonda....... 3,837,047 -Lo & Azanity Fund... 17,667,500. Sinking Fund Asconat ...... 128,20

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我十二月七年八十壹百九千英

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1918.

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BUSINESS NOTICES

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W. S. BAILEY & CO.,

LTD.

A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for «

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY.

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HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MIÃQAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIDATION QOMPANY, LIMITED,

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

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Sailings :-To Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays 'oxcepted) and 10 p.m. From: Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundays excopted) and 4 p.m.

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£13,970,387

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HONGKONG-MACAO LINE. Sallings-To Macso daily ut 8 a.m. (Sundays. § am) and

2. p.m. (Sundays I p.m.).

From Macao daily at 7.30 am. and 2 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Revenue Firs Eranch.......... £2,281,466. Further information may be obtained at the Company's Orzicz, Hotel Mansions,

Life and Annuity

LI

Branches..... Revenue Marine Department.... Other Receipts

2,141,593

337,239

$78,940

25.939,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branch are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, sro set aside to moot the claims coder the respective Depart mente of the Company's Business.

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NIGHT CARS,

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COUNTER-ATTACKING.

(Beuter's Service to the China Maš)

FRENCH ATTACK IN AISNE REGION..

Lavoox, July 18.

Esequence of his admirable defensive"

preparations.

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Over 20enemy Division have beets. identified in the first line on this Bector, of the front akaie. By the

A French communiqué tates We attacked, this morning, from end of the first day's fighting. Ill

the region of Fontenoy, on the Ass, of

these Divisions had been so bady as far as the region of Belleau. We handle that they lost part of their advancevi) at certain ponts, from two valuas fighting amite for time. to three kikanetres, and have taken The precautions the French had prisoners,

taken before the offensive begues". The situation did not change dur- werd such that the Germans were+" ing the night on the Marne and in unable to capture a single prisoner Champague

in Champagne for several days prgerij South-west-of Nanteuil "la Eesseeeling the attack. They were thus

violent ey deprived of the possibility of obtain

ing information regarding the Frencir plans,"

| we stopped-lend "a

attack.

North of Prsin an attack by the ency guinhops failed com- pletely.

AN ADVANCE OF NEARLY EIGHT MILES.

!!

AMERICANS ADVANCE THREE MILES FURTHER SOUTH

FINE WORK BY FRENCH ADVANCE POSTS.

When the German artillery pre- pamtion started on the night of Fulg 14th the French replied with equally powerful fire and everything, for nany mis, trembled until dawn when the Gerung infantry came LONDON, July 18.

over. The vulvancing waves, were of Stop, pross news, received this great density," giving hundreds of evening concerning the French French seventy-fives a point-blank" counter-offensive shows the attack target. At the same time, gall begun at 4.30 in the morning, on centres of resistance, comprising a font of 27 miles. Tanks partic" French advance "posts, opened for pated at there was no artillery with machine-gun which did terrific prepunition.

execution, these isolated "detach- On the extreme left, the French tents holding up the enemy musse captured the heights overlooking for several hours and giving ample Fontenoy and progressed to Monttime to their comrades holding the de-Park, which is within a mile of line of resistance to organize and Fossats, and reached the vine of bring into play all their means of the river Crise, dose to Soissons, on defence. The perfect execution of frous of five miles to Brozaney-General. Gounrud's defence plana This is a maximum advance of nearly prevented the enemy, muking a eight railes at the deepest point.. breach at any point of this sector, It is reported, that 4,000 prisoners although during the 24 hours the were taken and 30 guy captured Crown Prince, threw incessantly ro..." bestiga other anaterial

newed waves of Eis heat troops for The Americans participated and ward in his determination to get further south the Americas captured through to Chalons. Vierzy and advanced three miles beyond

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overlooking the valley of the Oure,

ATTACK INTENDED AS MAIN EFFORT.

ENGAGED.

the enemy reacted just in a some-ELITE OF THE GERMAN ABM what Tasty counter-attack. (sic). No information has yet been received as to what decurred there.

"Pins, July, 17.

Still further south, the French are More information now to "bund on the western outskirts of Cbony shows the iraportance of the Divi Nenilly-SFront and from there to sions engaged by Germans in the Belleu, the average depth of the number and it helps to the conclu

present battle regarding quality and advance being about three tales. sion that the attack was intended a East of Rheims the French recap-& main effort. tured Prunay

ENEMY'S HEAVY LOSSES

LONDON, July 18.

About 20 Divisions have been in action between Rheims and Chatoam Thierry and the same number be tween Pheims and Mossiger.

Numerous corps, being all first quality. troeps and representing tho Reuters Correspondent at the elite of the German Army, have been French Headquarters, telegraphing have been sorely ted in the attack

identified. The fine Divisions" this morning, cay-1

and so reduced in numbers that they Filty German Divisións xere will not, for some time, appear again brought up on the 15th inst Some on the battle-field of them were not engaged, so it is

It is fully confirmed that the open to the enemy to pursue the enemy Jorse have been terrible." Eyen before the attack was launched attack.

their ranks were thinned by the The enemy suffered very heavily French counter-preparation fire which in the Maronvillen massif, where caught them mussed in their trenches they advanced under the eyes of the for the attack.

French artillery observers." Piles of ENEMY "ANTICIPATED EASY dead can be detinguished on

slopes of the hills,

VICTORY.

The Burprise to the German troops

A notable feature in castern Cham- has been, according to the prisonera pagne is the smooth working of the statements very great Following carrier pigeon service under the their usual custom, the offosrs had Gennan bombardment.

been putting belt into thon with talk of easy victory and telling them they wouk find in front of them only thin demoralised line of troops. The affofisive, with the sange object, has been dubbed Frieden Stur meaning Peace Offon- Rive The Germans were so sore of success that they counted on

THROUGH THE HAVAS AGENCY-

FRENCH GENERAL'S CLEVER TACTICS.

PARIS, July 18 reaching Conde-en-Brie mid-day on the first day and on spending the

An Associated Prese the New Yorke Herald Ceremi Gauraud, the nu

of the Dardanelled haired the Prince's road in Champagne, Fust ward of Rheiras and brought Germans to a standstill in one day with comparatively

losse smong his own men, ss, conz

Ranting

the enemy a situation on tha wouth bank of the fame te very precarious, the Mifficulties of supply

Bg enormous They may be able

local attacks points, but their great offen is already completely broken

(Oontinued on Lark)