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SATURDAY, AUGUST 34: 1918

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

THE

GREAT BATTLE.

FRENCH OCCUPY MANY NEW

POINTS. “

SURVEY OF BATTLE

POSITION.

SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S

· HAPPENINGS.

Loydox, Aug. 22. The intensely interesting battle position continues to be the one great topier

Evolita, are moving so fast that it is difficult to keep puce with them, but a summary of the week's, happenfigs mes be useful.

Thanines and Roye are nos yet A French germanique states:captured, hut are oksely invested for the sight, our maps by the combined operations of "tains routier with the enemy by Literal Rawlinson's Fourth Army wen ta Matz, and the Dig and General Debeney's First Frettch east at the Dise

Army and General Humbert's Third Wederpät Es Plomant. The French Army,

LONDON, Aug. 94.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

shint the Austrian losses on the Bri- tish front in Italy between June 15th and August 15th is extimalech - ad 20,200, whereas the total British casualties in the sine period were only 2.544.

RENEWED OFFENSIVE.

THE BRITISH ATTACK PROGRESSES.

Loxpòs, Aug 2 Fiehl-Marshal Sie Douglas Haig The Russian situation is somewhat reports obscure, but it may be mentioned At 4.45 this morning, we attacked that the Japanese force which is the enemy's positions between the landed at Vladivostock is consider-on Wednesday our patrols had pro Somme and the Anere. By night-fall

able..

Rressed on the left bank of the Ancre,

and In Persia on the Canents the southward -south-eastward of only clung thering the week Beaucourt. We maintained the positions been the defeat of the Jelis in the Ancre against strong counter-attacks, amined yesterday (northward" of the

uren, westward of Lake Urumish by in the afternoon and evening, on the Turks who have taken the town the Miraumont: Acbiet-le-Grand front of Uruminh. This led to wholesale morning opposite Mimumont and Irles. Fresh counter-sttacks, developed this migration by the Jelu population who feared massacre. They were closely pursued by the Turks until a free enemy and escorted the fugitives

TWO FRENCH STEAMERS SURE.

-POLYNESIEN SUNK BY

A MINE

PARIS, Ang

The Messageries Maritimes Her Pilynesien, 6,373 toos, en route from Bizerte to Salonika with Serbian troops, was mined on August 10th and ask.

Nineteen people are missing,

The French steamer Ballon, 1,709 toas, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on August 15 and sank within minute,

So far 102 have been saved,

BARON SCHROEDER.

Mr. Turtos in, the House of Commons We captured two to three thousand asked if prisoners and a low guns on Wednesday "A German baron called Schroeder,

ent. Nemninestegait and Ville unify - Between the 13th, and 17th inst. of British esvalry dispersed the north eastward of Marville We reached the war, bar for the past three years |

reached the Divette. We are on the these Frince-Bitish forces advanced edge of the Vise, east of Noyon, froth astritiv the £nion«-Raye and to the Setupigny to Bretigny,

western outskirts of Roye, while the Further rest, we expired Bones hipertont key point of fussigny, on: guignon and St. Paulaus-Bois and the Tassigny Massit, was captured, by are pushing northward of these vik itself had been capturt, by Genonil lages.

Hubert, niter a strenuous struggle. We reached the Ailette tapey Sert, aftern strenuais struggle,

Between the Matz word the Ave Betws a lie Alette and the Mand the Gemans, stubborily rewistarithmi there has been to change except in French,offensive on the 19th, arul |

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and further progressed eastward and Baturalised since the commencement of

to captured a strong point northward of consignments of coal for his house sad the outskirts of Naul Berquin and been in the habit of receiving immerse gardens at Englefield. Green, a. large portion being consigned in the name of ne gardener, Shill, prior to the war called Schiller, whether, in April last, Baron Schroeder received at Egham: Station 120 tons of anthracite from New and Comfortable Cars

LONDON STRIKE ENDED...

Loxnos, Aug. 22. The brand and bus strikem are re- stituing work t>n>rrow,

GERMAN COLONIES IN THE PACIFIC.

Lostos, Aug. 2. Interviewed by Reuter, the Rt. Hon. v. G. Massey, Premier of New Zealand, replying to Dr. Sulfa demand that Germany's colonial possessions should correspond to the measure of protection the Germans had accorded to coloured races, mid he had no personal knowledge of Africa, but no regards the Pacifie Islands, he was able to any that Germany is hated and detested by the native races who, on the other hand, have shown in a most practical form their sympathy with, Great Britain. The natives of New Zealand, Fiji, Nuie Raratonga, the Gilbert Islands and other places had made the supreme sacrifice for the Allied cause. On the other hand, Mr. Maxey said he had never heard of any native of any island occupied by Germany before the War, who wanted to fight for Germany.

the region of Poustors, of which 15th and prevented the French tank GERMANY HATED & DETESTED, we hold the western outskirts,

ing nucl progress here. Tiks was GOOD AERIAL WORK BY FRENCH. exnetly what Marshal Foch uined at, as it lived the enemy's attention on Jospos, stug. 2, this part of the field, while a new A “Pepel comanniqué states: -- development was materialising Yesterday we brought down. Shere. This new development was seventeen energy aeroplanes at hammer blow by General Mungin' destroyed six cupsive, balloons. We. Tenth French Anry, which began on sored times eight the retreating the 18th on a imot of about ten enei, under our machine guns in miles and has swept forward irresist- the region of Tassigny and between ably as far as the Ailette.

By Wednesday evening General "We dropped, during the day-tivic, Mangin's battle-frent had broadened 84 roms of bounds in the regions of to sixteen miles from the Aisne to Chenny Marteival, Vauxaillon and Bailly, and a iisimune penetration Anday-less intenti. At night-time we so far of some fifteen or eighteen glampini 20 was on railway stationsmiles. at Thinville. Contins and Mezieres Meanwhile, General Harbert's and als on the battle one. Numer. Third Army, advancing on Garieral ons bagsts were observed on the Mangin's left, progressed more objectives and fires were observed on than five miles at its furthest point the stations at Contas, Fan, and is streaming down the further

· Gaisciul, Chaħny, Thionville. Thian- slopes of Lassigny and beyond.. court, and Foutavert.

It is to early yet to predict the Yesterday evening. the Genius effect of this advance but it is evid Soberle Dunkirk with shells of ent thas i constitutes a serious, gent calibre. Seven civilians were heat to the enemy's positions nerth- killed, and one injured...

GERMAN REPORTS.

LONDON, Aug, 03. A wireless German official message

states::

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UNITED STATES AND WAR REFUGEES.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 93. President Wilson has transmitted to ward of the Aisae, and if it can be Congress a joint resolution authorizing: continued further it will outlook the the admission of war refugees into the whole German lines on the Aisne and United States. The resolution proposes Vesle rivers. The German lines so the waiving of immigration laws in their It the west of the Oise are no case until half a year after the war. threatened. The Allies have, in fact, is particularly designed to admit 1,800 The British and New Zealanders succeeded in driving a formidable Serbian refugees including 500 children. attacked between Moyenneville and the welge between the groups of armies now in Russia Ancre. Their first onslaught broke commandel respectively. by, the "down before our battle positions. Wa Crown Trince nd General, you

rocaptured, in counter-attacks, portions Boehm of ground which we had celel.

According to plan we rotired a short tured between the Oise and the distance south westward of Nayon. We Ajsne from the 8th to the 20th alan withdrew our troops from Carle exceeds 10,000. The number is pent Wood to behind the Oise. The Hkely to be considerably exceeded enemy gained grouad at Bleramcourt.

when the gaptures of yesterday and today are added.

J LATWA

A German avecing official message atates-English large-seale attzeka, north westward of Bapaume and be tween Albert and the Somme, failed

HINDENBURG ON THE “SET.” BACK."

* SUCCESS IS WITH US.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 22. Field-Marshal yon Hindenburg

The total number of prisoners cap-

The French made very successful ure of the element of surprise" und their legs bave been gratifyingly

64.

· ́AMERICAN MAN-POWER BILL. ·

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Both Houses of Congress have begita the debate on the Man Power Bill. The House of Representatives will sit continuously till the bill is passed.

THE NEW QUEBEC BRIDGE. "OTTAWA, Aug, 23. The Quebec bridge has passed the severest tests and the Government will take it over shortly.

DUBLIN ANTI-CONSCRIPTION... 7

MANIFESTO,

Surprise tacties were also offective- ly employed on the 21st inst...when General. Byng stucked northward of, DENOUNCED TO PRESIDENT

WILSON. the Ancre The British in this sector advanced practically to the line of

We repulsed, altar sharp fighting, & strong local counter-attack against Locrehof farm. north-westward' Dranoutre. Further fighting occurred

in the night on this sector,

FRENCH LIBERATE SCORE OF VILLAGES.

LONDON, Aug.

of

A French communiqué states:- "Between the Matz and the Oise the enemy, despite his resistance, bent under our vigorous pressure.

Lassigny has fallen, and farther south we gained a footing in Le Plament, captured Orval Wood and reached the outskirts of Chery Ourscamps.

Swansea and I tons of household cond from Brodsworth collieries, near Don- caster whether the total consignmenta so received from April, 1917 to April 1918 amounted to 520 tons of authzočita and 105 of household cost? sed if so, whether, having regard to the coal shortage and the difficulty of railway. transport, he will direct the Coal Co troller that this German þaron shall not j be given undua. preference over loyal and patriotic Englishmen."

Mr. Wardle, for the Board of Trade

The facts" are substantially as stated. the Oise and captured Carlepost Woods, houses and eleven cottages. As Engle We continued our successes cast of The household coal was for two large which are on the Oise east of Nogan, field Green is outside the area covered between Sempigny and Pont-Oise. by the coal-rationing scheme, informa- Farther east, we passed the Noyou- tion was not brought to the notice of Coucy-le-Chateau road and captured the Coal Controller until recently. As Camelia-le-Freine and Berlancourt and soon as the information was reecived the reached the outskirts of St. Aubiz. Fesse was investigated and all supplier of Since yesterday we have. liberated a coal were suspended some weeks ago. score of village and advanced eight| kilometres at certain points.

Mr. Tortca: In if not a fact that the cottages are gardeners cottager, and three balloons set on fire yesterday. less than a ton of coal a year!

Nine enemy coroplanes were felled which, if strictly intioned, woukt have Forty-one tons of projectiles were Sir Ivor Philipps: Will the excess. dropped during the day from a beight coal be taken away from this German varying from 50 to 500 yards on troop coal-boarder f concentrations, convoya and the Mr. Wardle No more will be pasanges of the Auctts; in addition tens supplied until it is absolutely necessary. of thousands of cartridges were fired. We continued to attack by bomb and machine gun the Ailette passages at pight-time, besides dropping 23 tons of bombe on several stations.

Mr. Turton: Is it not a fact that over 200 tons are still boarded on this German's estate ...

"And is there no power to prosecute bim?" asked Sir Ivor Philipps.

Mr. Wordle: I do not think so at ·

LARGE CAPTURE OF PRISONERS. this stage, because the rationing order

LONDON, Aug. 22

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

reports:-

We captured two to, three, thousand prisoners and a few guns on Wednesday.

the.. This morning we attacked enemy's positions between the Some and the Ancre.

A GREAT STRATEGIC SCHEME.

HOW LUDENDORFF IS..".

HANDLED.

did not apply to that particular district. He (Mr. Warille) would consult the

Law Officers of the Crown.

SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THE

AT OLDER MEN.

MAINLY TO BE USED FOR

GARRISON DUTY.

An important announcement wat mada in the House of Common reccatlý with respect to the position of older men'called to the Army, by Mr. Beck, Parliamentary Secretary to the National Service Ministry,

LONDON,. Aug. 22. The series of blows now being dealt the Germans on the whole front from Men over the old military age limit the Belgian frontier to Rheims is of 41 were, he said, graded relatively to remarkable, not merely for the rapidity the standards applicable to men of their with which they succeed each other, but age, When one of these men was for the fact that they are not isolated placed in Grade 1 it implied that he had enterprises, but integral parts of a great the fall normal physical fitness to be trategic scheme directed by a master expected of a man of his age. The As a Paris expected expressively phrases, game relative principle applied to the it, Ludendorf is like a belly being other grades in the case of older men. maneuvred, and mastered, by injila "Consequently," continued, Mr. Beck, expert. It conceded that the "the military training and subsequent Germans planned the retreat, but they dispition of the older men by the were forced to carry out the retreat military authorities is governed by according to the will of the Allies, similar considerations. It is their and if the enemy tries to stand, he intention that the greater proportion of risks sonihilation of whole units. The the older men shall be used for garrison fresh heavy lossen the enemy has again and auxilary duties as home, and for sustained proves the retreat is in no similar daties overseas There are no way the voluntary operation he pre intention of drafting these men - for tenda Apart from material losses, duty in fold formations overseas in the

from the paralyzing comparatively short period of training

LONDON, Aag 24. General The Ulster Unionist Council has Byng's attack is a direct threat to issued a manifesto to President Wilson t enemy is suffering heavily same manner and after the same

the Albert-Arrag railway.

denouncing the Dublin anti-Conscrip- | in

viewing the Third Guardsi regiment,

the German positions on the importion Manifesto as a stain on Ireland's uncertainty imposed on him by the as is customary in the case of younger. on the anniversary of the storming M St."Privat in 1870, said: "Although Thiepval ridge and also the "right

good name.

we may frankly admit we have had Hank of the cremy's line on the These positions, have", a

Altre.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

moral

variety of the tactics and strategy of men. Thoss of the okler men, who are the Allied operations. The attacks by found to be fit for held service of less Generale Mangin and Brog, the two arduous character will receive a modified outstanding operations of the moment, course of instruction and training under were successful because both effected special supervisida,"valu complete surprise General BrugMr. Pringle: Doss it mean that

a set-back, our position is favorate metecholy Interest for both the We must not be influenced by what British, and the French as they were has happened. Success is with us.

the scene of seven coatly failure ALLIED AND NEUTRAL SHIPPING avoided a frontal attack along the Grade 1 men of 45 are distinct from

The enemy begins to slitw weariness, in 1915 and 1910.

"As long as we do not relax our efforts

we shall phtain an honourable and a

strong German peace,'

During the "week the Germans

effected a slight further retirement

in the Serre salient and also evacuat-

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1,600,000 TRON CROSSES."

AMSTERDAM,, Aug, 23. The Vossische Zeitung states that over 4,600.000. Iron Crosses have been awarded.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

30 CZECHOSLOVAKS PUBLICLY HANGED.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23. According to a German source, he Red Gunnits, upon capturing Sim birsk, publicly hanged in the market place 300 Czecho-Slovaki

RED ARMY COMMANDER REPORTED CAPTURED.

AMSTERDAM, Aug 22. The Weser Zeitung learns from etapoff, the erin-Chief of tan

Archangel that Generu Com Any in

Briti

msn, was caught by

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In the Lys salient the withdrawal has been continued, accompanied: by: successful hustling tee by the British who secured nearly a thou-

MEIKARAG

LOSSES.

ENCOURAGING JULY AND-STATISTICS:

LONDON, Aug, 23.

The Press Bureau states The following are the July mercantile losses, all in gross tons

Britab...............176,478 tons. Allied and Neutral..... 136,£32 tons. Total

..313,011 tous. Compared with the adjusted June

sand prisoners. The interesting que losses, these "gures show s British tiou To what line do the Ger-increase of 10,908 tous and an Allied

Somms and by striking further north Grade 1 men of, say,354 -5 ry prepared the way for a converging Mr. Beat Oh, certainly. attack on the Somme positions from the Sir El Nield What control has the norths and i would. General / Mangin's National Service Ministry over them advance on the left of the Oise promises when they are handed over to the Waz to envelop Noyon, from the cast, this Office1a sedan utan helping General Humbert in the Lassigny region.

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mane intend to retire? The Germans and Neutral increase of 20,554 tons, communiqués semi-official statement have recently shown desperate anxie ty to evacuate salients and straighte 55,301, and an Allied and Neutral fa- longer able to plead clatin falling The German Command, being no their front. The opinion is that this

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