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晚四十九年八十百九千叠楧

1918

Indian

MOTOR GYGLES

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PRICE $3.00 Per Month

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918,

午戊天就年七國民華中

BUSINESS NOTICES.

BUSINESS FOTICES

THE WAR.

→. over THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURI

TO-DAY'S

部

NOTICE.

MY EUROPEANTM Non ASTATIC

INDIAN desiring to love the Cokmy should apply in peran at the Central Polien Station between the hours of 9 LX. to 1.. and P.M. to 4 px. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Pussports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whic remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Register them- selves ander the REGISTRATION PERSON'S ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for zon complisner is a Bue not exceeding $50

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Sinking Fand Account

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Losions, Sept 13. An American öfficial report states: This morning our troops operating in the St.Mihiel settor. mude cons sklerabla" gains.

THE BRITISH OPERATIONS

HAVRINCOURT.

Reuter & CorrespondenFab Britis Headquarters

evening of September 12

This morning & Attack cast Hayrincourt was designed to char out irritating enemy nesta and

Assisted by French units they generally irapose the line alone the brake the enciny's resistance and series of spurs in the region of tou advanced at some points to a depth zehucourt: hit something mas was accomplished Farrincourt boing captured, also the important, ridge and village of Trescault on the fringö

of five miles.

We have so fur counted. 8,000

prisoners.

The operation is still in progress of our old trench system, and about 300 prisoners were taken. Althougtr

LONDON, Seps 13.

A.French communiqué states-artillery firing has increased com Westwards of St. Quentin, oosiderably on this part of the front, operating with the British, we adunquestionably the Germans are. vanced to the Holnon-Suvy road. beginning to feel the shortage of

The American attack in the region of Sh. Mihiel is developing under the best conditions.

AN ADYANCE OF FIVE MILES,

LONDON, Sept. 12.

ammunition.

The washer continues very wild BRITISH BOMBING ACTIVITY.

LONDON, Sept ART The Air Ministry anounces:- Despite wind we bombed the gil

Reuter learns that the French and American eastern attack was from way he Courcelles, directly hitting the Iery to Feyenhaye The advance track. We also bombed the village Fached a maximum depth of fire of Verny and the railway to the rest niles and included the capture of of it with good results, Thiaucourts Pres and Monsard Northwards of Monsard, the cavalry, are pushing in the direction of Vigneulles.

Patrols reached the road north of Bois Communaux and are in the Western outskirts of Et." Mihiel.

GERMAN

PEACE OFFENSIVE

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S VIEKS,

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18. The Gerbahn Vice-Chancellor, vom Northwards, the Americans cap Payer, in 1 speech at Stuttgart, tured Combres and reached the dwelt on the depression in Germany western outskirts of, Dom Martin. which he attributed not to reversen

The British, to-day, carried out a

in the West but, to the prospect of successful attack, resulting in the the fifth war winter, with fantastir

capture of the village of Havrincourt | with the exception of the north eastern edge, which is an advance of halla-mile on a front of three-and-u

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MACARONI, PASTE STARS,

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sintes:

soonest. It was undeniable that Renewed English attacks between defeat and loses seemed only to fletras-Cambra and Peroune increase the power Al, resistande Cambrai roads failed. The French Germung's enemies. He conclud and Americans attacked at St.ed by saying" Were we aura thut Mul bend.

no other State would be in a better position as regards Belgium than wer I believe I can gay that Belgium cart: be restored, without danger and with

teste

The Sghting continues.

BRITISH SUCCESSES, HAVRINCOURT & MOEUVRES CAPTURED,

LONDON, Sept. 12,

11:20 p.m.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hig

reports:

GRAVE SITUATION:

RUSSIA

LosDos, Sept. 12. Reuter lens that official tele

Despite the weather, our operations grams portray un increasing y grave continued successfully this morming aituation at Petrograd and Moscow in the Harrincourt sector. The Serious fires are undoubtedly raging English aptured Trescault and the in Petrogrud. Violence is rife okl British trench lines eastwards overment by still-negotiat

ing with the Bolubovile na regards! and northwards of this village.

On their right the New Zealanders the release of officials, but the situu progressed eastward of Gouzeancourt tion delicate and anxious, se Wood, overcoming obstinate resist law. reigns. ance by a Jaeger-Divisica. **

AMERICAN MAN-PUTER

13,000,000 ENROLLED.

At Havrincourt the 82nd York- wires, who carried the village on November 20th, 1617, attacked for, the second time over the same ground

There were unp with like success.

Other English troops attacked of patriotism throug

today Heress the Canal-du-Nord northward of Americane en

of Havrincourt, Affer sharp fight vice under

EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI,ing we captured the village and ako total of eurement agen to 19 AND ALL KINDS OF SOUP STUFFS.

the section of the Hindenburg line to 28,500,000 between the village and the cam GERMAN DESERTERS IN BELGIU

Northwand of the Bapaume Cam-

rai road the Lancashires after sharp

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