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`MONDAY, JULY 29, 1918

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Puga I.)

THE GREAT BATTLE.

AMERICANS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.

Tosoos, Auly 20, 3:30; a.m.

An American communique" states: Between the Aisne and the age we continue to progress.

THE GERMAN RETREAT ACROSS THE MARNE.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

BRITISH LINE IN METEREN SECTOR PUSHED FORWARD.

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A GAIN OF 4,000 YARDS.

„Fosbox, July 20, 2.24.p.. Held-Marshal Sir Boughs [reports:

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE ITALIAN FRONT. ITALIANS CAPTURE KT. STABEL.

NUMEROUS PRISONERS AND WAR MATERIAL CAPTURED.

Lesbos, July A. - An Italian official report “states :---- Histunut Mont Stabel.

Our detachments at Adamello cup

As a result of our operations on the 9th our "lipe in the Meteren Sector was adtanced on a front of

We completely re-occupied

di-Cavents.

and

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, GENERAL ATTACK NOT RENEWED.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END. AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S

PREDICTION.

LONDON, July 20. The R Hoo. W. M. Hughes, st Cardiff, responding to the toast of the faity of Wales' dinner, yesterday evening "Honorary Graduates at the Univer said that General Boch's abroke the utterly. The great American Republic beginning of the end of the war. If the Germans failed now, they failed. could not be beaten, nor could Great Britain, unless some creeping paralysis attacked, the will of the poeble, we only

LONDON, July 17. Beuters Correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraphing at 11.30 Isat evening, says: Corno-to-day, operations being of locul The general attack was not renewed character with the balance of ancoess with the French. It expected the stabilisation of the line will be reached in a low days.

Today's operations were dictated by the positions in which various German reaterday's failure and herein the battle Commanders found themselves after difers entirely from that of the second day of the March and May offensives when the Germans pursued their original plan most vigorously for several on days before they were checked..

The chers left many dead about 40 yards and the vilagenerous prisoners in cur rarula of Meteren with a group of buildings

besides a large quantity of war to the south-west is now bell by the

material.

British, "

On the extreme left the ehemy offend considerable resistanICE. AL other points our objectives were LABORIOUSLY EXPLAINED BY gained impidly without difficulty.

We took go

prisoners.

ENEMY.

LONDON, July 20,

19.30 p

this

The femiar retrat Mure is coastinapal by a Gematr selui official" message, which kabur ously explains that the object of the first passing of the Marne se få livert the French, for.

As this was achieveel it was unbessary, to further all the ground seath gr,she | river, Therefore, the troops were with-drawn to "fulfil important tasks,

IL

A GERMAN REPORT.

WETREDRAWAL KUROSS THE

MARNE.

9

The British curried out a success- ful night mid near Beunions Hant

Further north the British, after Mitarp fighting, pughed their line for wird front of about a mile this with of Sieberterne,

There was hesstile artillery fring in the Righbourhoods of St. Versanti and Ypres.

ENEMY PURSUED.

CAPTURES IN METEREN.

Toxos, July 21

12.00 am. Piet-1-Marshal Sir Dongh Haig

- "Minor operations. In the Heniterne

Lopes, aly 21,

1.Sun.

sreto mẹt with continued dess.

Dur pressam compelled the enemy

ENEMY ATTACK IN MACEDONIA.

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ONLY A TEMPORARY SUCCESS

LONDON, July 20,

An Italian official report state; —— The enemy attacked? westwant ot Hill 1050, if Macedonin." We firmly hekop the thrust and counters attacking, compelled the meryto resie in disorder.

BULGARS HEAVILY ... DEFEATED.

Losnos, July 20 A French Eastern communque

sintes

The enemy in the Cenia" bend attempted several aid or Italian positions but was brilliantly repulsed.

The Bulgarians lost heavily, THE

CARPATHIA" TORPEDOED.

ALL SAVED EXCEPT FIVE ENGINE-ROOM MEN.

The Cunard

Lextos, July 1Ò. ner-Carpathia, 18,000||

German guna cast of Bhaims to-day fired from their old positions, the enemy to Anding it worth while to advance them

SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACK, BY FRENCH AND AMERICANS

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BRITISH ARMY'S ADMIRATION.

LONDON, FOly 15. The Press Bureau announces that Sir Douglas Haig has sent a mensage to President Poincare on the occasion of LONDON, July 1. the Nations Anniversary expressing, ean Headquarters, telegraphing on Franco, a feeling beyond admiration for Router's Correspondent at the Ameri-jon behalf of the British. Armies in Tuesday evening," Mys:----

the magnificent French Army, The Combined French and American Field-Marshal sayThe rallying of in the morning between St. Agnan sad fight for civilization and the closer forces launched a heavy counterattack free nations during the past year in the Chapelle Mont Hodon. So far we have cohesion of the Allies' military forces, driven back the enemy for varying affords assurance of victory. We look distances on the whole sector, capturing forward to the future with absolute the villages of St. Aguan and Chapelle confidence. Mont Hodoo, and Hill 233

Comparatively large forces of Ameri cans were engaged

We increased the number of prisoners materially and the whole operation is progressing most satisfactorily.

The Germans fought most stubbornly,

that the American Artillery was too Allies' onrush. The prisoner complain active and the troops fierce.

A wireless Ternuan official report to withslraw, irour Besignol Woodstons, outward bound, was torpedoed f; but were quite unable to withstand the

between Hobubene and Ruequoy, and sunk in the Atlantic on the 17th The enemy again attempted to This inipo tant lecil feature is now

· LATER.

bear the whole of cur, front from

Mãe. Aște to the-Marne, Tanks

in our posicion.

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We followed us the ineing, who

rly penetrated our foremost lines, suffered a number of "ensualties, Jis the Erst one this was de

The total ruptures in Meteren arë

machine-guns.

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Teatrui by wear on the heights south-453 men, 10 trench-martups and. 50 westward of Soissons and westward of Hart'ones St. Neuilly, und north- westword of 'lateau Thiefry, "Purtfier attacks in the evening Trufflarn

"We drew bark the „ward of Hartines, original libe

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my, north you

their

We withdrew, anoticed to the north lunk, of the Marne during the

night.

"...

THE AMÉRICAN @ADVANCE.

EXEMY'S RESISTANCE AGAIN BROKEN.'

LONDON, July 21.

9,50 am." An American communiqué, issued yesterday, says

Between the Aisne and the Mamme wo again broke the enemy's resiste an and continued to advance taking many, additional prisoners..

AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL REVIEW.

WASHINGTON, July 21.

AERIAL EXPLOITS. Aeroplanes on the 19th dupped 17 tons of bombs on hostile "dumps, railway stations and serodromes,

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The Carpataia was texpredoed three- times...

All were saved except five engine- room zen.

The survivors and being brought in.

—

AMERICAN CRUISER SUNK.

NO CASUALTIES,

WASHINTON, July 1 America has announced that a

ur aviators ou one occasion dropped bombs on an aerodrome front & height cruiser has been sunk, without ang of 100 to 500 feet. Ona pilot landed loss of life,

on an aerodrome and machine-I

gunned the hangars before riging: JAPANESE INTERVENTION

We brought down ten aeroplanes | nud six balloons. Seven British inchines are missing,

IN SIBERIA

TOKIO DEGIDES ON ACTION.

raight-flies, despite the wea her, dropped 14 tons of bombs on

TORTO, July 20. railway between Mons and Valen has decided to intervene in Siberia. It is reported that the Government cicaues and on the stations of Cam-Necessary measures are being taken. brai, Lille and Satlin. A direct hit. was obtained que train at Saelin. i

AIR-RAIDS ON GERMANY.

DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY WORKS:

and

THE "EX-TSAR.

REPORTED TO BE SHOT.

LONDON, July 20, A wireless Russian official message states:-

The Central Executive Committee issues a message made public from the Ural Regional Council concerning the shooting of the ex-Car. Ekaterinburg is being seriously threatened by the approach of Czecho-Slovaks and simuly taneously a Counter-Revolutionary cons- piracy to wrest the ex-Czar from the Council's authority was discovered.

The Ural Regional Council, therefore, decided to shoot the Czar Nicholas,

LONDON, Jul 21. The Air Ministry announʊ RI~~~- General March, in his weekly! Our squadrons on the night of the statement, says the objective of the 17th bombed the chemont works and French and Americans between the docks, of Mamheim. A fire broke Aise and the Mame is the Soissons-cut in the Badische aniline works. Chateau Thierry railway, the control We abo effectively bombed two Sof, which will impede the German acrodroznes, and bonbed

retreat from south of the Marae. nachine-kunned tons and roud

General March believes the Get truusport. One of our machines didhich decision was carried out on July mans prepared an offensive against not return. the British, northward of the French

16th, We attacked Offenburg and Ohem- front simultaneously with the offendorf on Saturday and hit an engĺžie sive of July 15th but for some rea whed in the formes place... Bursts -son it failed to materialise.

Avere observed in factories and rail- General March expresses the "ways in the hitten, place. opinion that the fall of Soisons is

Our formations were heavily at- We destroyed one and

imainent, and. saya the significance tacked.

of the events in Fance is not that drove down two hostile trebines.

"SERIOUS FOOD TROUBLES:IN

AUSTRIA. SCHOOL CHILDREN CALLOUSLY SHOT.

ZURICH, July 20 Details of the brutal murder of five

on the June 21st have only now become known through an interpellation in the

the Allies are holding the German Three of our machines have not school children and six others at Pyben or gaining ground, but are taking the -returned.

offensive, which is of the greatest

noral value. For t

(COL, ROOSEVELT'S SON KILLED.

CO-OPERATION OF NAVAL AIRCRAFT.

Loxpox, July 20.

WASHINGTON, July 21

The Admiralty status:-

A German" aviator has confrnix]

Beichtrat.

It appears that a crowd of women and children who were watching the loading of bread waggon for the Skoda works began to cry "We aro

We inflicted extraordinary beary Casualties during the attack, which continues with increasing violence.

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It is ascertained that the enemy bas Great Britain, France and Japan regard. largely used up his reserves sinceing the character of the aid to be yesterday morning.

given to Bessis- A small enemy local attack on the Americans west of Chateau Thierry was soon repulsed.

GERMAN LOSSES ESTIMATED AT

100,000.

LONDON, Jely 17. Reuter, is authoritatively informed that von Einem's army is now definitely engaged on the German left and yester day delivered five attempts between the valley of Suippe and Mossiges, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses.

The estimated German losses in the offensive, so far,ars nearly 100,000,

:

FRENCH LOSSES LIGHT.

PARIS, July 16,

A semi-official mesangs says While the enemy losses are frightful, ours are quite light, especially, eart of Rheims. If it were allowed to state the figure it would be most reassuring,

Whereas in the previous offensive wea had to send for reinforcements from other parts of the Frost, this time those This is partly due to the constant on the spot suticed to sustain the shock.. afflux of Americans stery day reducing the disproportion of the forces

THE COMMANDER OF THE SOUTHERN ARMY,

LONDON, July 20 Correspondents in France mention the new French General De Gonatte a commanding the Southern Army in the present battle.

GERMAN' HEPORTS."

No agreement has been reached.".

BRITISH LAND ON MURMAN. COAST.

AMSTERDAM, July 15 --The Frausfurler Zeitung says that the British troops who landed on the Murman coast advanced and occupied Kem Station on the White Sea.

CZECHOSLOVAKS CAPTURE KAZAN.

ANSTERDAM, July 15.

The Tageblatt announces that the Czecho Slovak, despite very heavy'; resistance by the Red Guards," have captured Kazan.

The Tegelicit addeBy the occupa tion of this important railway, and water-way junction the Czecho-Slovaka the Lower Volgs. become masters of the Government of

CZECHOSLOVAKS UTILISE AN, TROTZEY'S, TROOPS.

LONDON, July 15.

connection with the capture of Kamu The German nowspapers state in by the Czocha Sloval, that the latter are atilising. Trotzky's mobilization f the Grals, on the Folga and in West Siberia for their own purposes by "form- ing from the recruits, the so-called Black Guards, which are being need and other counter revolutionary forces. for "strengthening the Czecho-Slovak

NEW GOVERNMENTS IN BIBERIA.

LONDON, July 1M

The Daily Mails Correspondent, at Harbin sya that General Horvath's Governmentineludes Cadeta, Liberalsand LONDON, July 19.

Socialists and all the prominent men of A wireless German official message life in Eiberia. General Horvath is the commercial, industrial and agricultural

enemy renewed his attacks with and his Government must not be con

bead of the Chinese Eastern Railway The great violence enstward of Villers fused with the so called Government Bretonneux. A grast united enemy of autonomous-Siberia, which the counter-attack against our whole front Bolaberiks dissolved and whose leader, with very heavy lowes. Our counter railway car in Hari southward of the Marne broke down Derber has his headquarters in a attack throw the enemy out of small Another Socialist Government is that- place south eastward, of Marin of Nikolask which is negotiating with which he had temporarily penetrated the Czecho-Slovaks before proclaiming We stormed the ridge southward of itself Pourcy capturing the defenders and several guna.

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A German evening official me Atates Aeroplanes despatched from a starving we, aleo, want.","bread.”

Between the hiene and the: Harus Beli Quentin Roosevelt's death Presi- detachment of the Grand Fleet Suddenly an infantry patrol appeared the Franch attacked with strong Larees dent Wilson has sent a message, of

operating off the Jutland Coust on and, without an order to disperse or and Tunis, captoring some groded. Our syinpathy to Colonel Boosevelt.

the morning of the 19th carried out single word of warning, fired a volles reserves participated in the battle. BRITISH BOMB ZEPPELIN STATION two attacks on Zeppelin sheds at from behind into the crowd, killing

POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THE

ACOUNTER-STROKEANI

AT TONBERG.“

Tonberg und Schleswig. All machines but one reached the

TWO ZEPPELINS, DESTROYED. objective;

COPENHAGEN July 20 British arinan daringly Zeppelin station at Tonberg at

five children between the ages 10 and 15 and severely wounding four men Ek, and two WOMBI-- Ong'man diede

CHOLERA IN MOSCOW AND PETROGRAD.

We secured direct hits on a large double shed, which was completely

on the maning of the eyed Two other sheds were

eye-witness waw threo

hits but owing to fierce anti-aircraft

LONDON, July, 20

A fire und the volume of smoke-emissed A Russian official wire sines from one it was impossible to ob- mention that, ther bomb the suuheds. Between 20 to serve whether the destruction w 80 bombs were dropped ife? of complete. The attacks were made in Moscow and 120 cassa

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