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Applicants will be required to prednes Passports or identifiestion papers. Al persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms of Registration giving the particulars. required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Station.

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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAM'S.

Reuter's, Servios to the Ching Mail.}

CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN

BATTLEFRONT.

ENEMY SETS FIRE TO CAMERAI,

LONDON, Oct.. 11.30 a.m.

BELGIANS MAKE FUR...

PROGRESS.

BRITISH CROSS THE LYS

LONDOS

A Belgian communique states: French and Belgian troops

Field-Murahat Siz Douglas, Haig progressed in the direction of reports --

Our attack posth of St. Quentin continued, on Monday afternoon.

We captured Reverzies after sharp Sighting..

• Northwards we progressed towards Joncourt, taking possession of Yen- dhuile. The British and Caridians are closing in upon Cambrai,

We captured Proville and Tilly in the face of a strong resistance. The enemy set fire to Cambrai

Fighting recommenced this morn ing north of St. Quentin and in the Cambrai settor..

lede and Roulers,

The British seized Ledegtem and crossed the Lys between Wervico and Commines

ATING THROUGH HINDENBURG DEFENCES,,

POSSIBILITIES OF OPEN WARFARE

ENEMY FALL LIKE FLIES.

Losnos, Oct. I. Reater Correspondient at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day,

The Canadians, Australians and FRESH FORCES HURLED AGAINST Americans have been heavily counters

BRITISH.

SANGUINARY ATTACKS AND COUNTER-ATTACKS,

66,360 PRISONERS TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER.

LONDON, Oct. 10.20 p.m. Pick-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

attacked, but have more than maine tained ground. Last evening "*"“, reached the high ground south-east of La Berger, and were along the ne of Joncourt, a bony spur of the Cambrai-St, Quentin railway.

North of Cambraï we again pros gressed, but bodies of the enemy still hold the town Therefore, we are continuing our pinching out plan. Elsewhere we pushed out strong battle patrola to probe the enemy defences and the great reconnoitring. Our operations, continued satisfac activity, which is proceeding, should- torily on the St. Quentin-Cambri hargely solve the situation. battle-front, We considerably ad We are steadily eating our way vanced eastwards on to the high through, the Hindenburg defen ground east of Levergies and on the beyond witch lie possibilities of com extreme right, north-east of St.pletely open wartura Quentin.

The Belgians pushed beyond the Further north we obtained foot-shelled zong of mud and, water and ing at Joncourt and stormed the excupied comparatively dry and cours

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chuting the enemy from" the high The enemy lest practically the whole ground south of Le Catelet

of his forward artillery end some very There was severe fighting in the beavy Naval guns were seized ner centre of the line. is the villages of Staden. The Germans fought stant- Grevevouer and Rumills, and they in Holthulet Forest, but were com rising ground north and east of thent. pleter sarprised by the crush of the On the left, between Carbini and Belgians through the scaling down- the Sensee River; we have ocen pour and felt like flies. severely engaged, throughout the The 100th Saxons who came into norning, attacking und counter-fline on the night of September 28th were mided by the Belgians, who, attacking fresh Bostile forces...

Notwithstanding this, we progress wiped out their store fully, as far as recognising the despoilers of Dinant, ed east of Tilloy, which is the north this unit was concerned. ern subinb of Cambrai, and in the neighbourhood of Blacourt.;

Since September 27th on the 3 Quentin-Cambrai battle-front we have engaged and defeated, with heavy Icases, 30 German divisione.

The British captured during Sep-

A FEROCIOUS BATTLE.

THE GERMANS HEAVILY ENGAGED.

LONDON, Oct. 1. Reuter's Correspondent at British

EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI, teraber 06,300, of which 1,500 were Headquarters telegraphing

officers. We captured 700 gups of evening, says all calities and some thousands of

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which 2,783 were officers, and about 1,100 guda

The battleou the St. Questing. Cumbrul front was resumed this morning with unequalled, ferocity. The Germans threw in large reserves, resisting and counter-attacking most desperately

The fiercest sector was north of Cambrai, where the Canadians st

STRONG BRITISH PRESSURE ON tacked this maning against at least eight division. The struggles GERMANS,

going well, but details are lacking My impression is that an all out SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY 82ND combat is progressing here and the

DIVISION

Canadians, if they succeed in crack ing the line, will sweep on into Joucourt. A large portion of the Nouzoy trench system was carried by the Fourth Army units.

LONDON Oct., Su Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports :--

South of Camhmi the Australians. attacked this morning in the direction After maintaining a strong pressure of Gouy and progressed well. They earlier in the day, the 82nd Division canned Estrees and also du i- successfully attacked in the aftemoon portant mill ridge ustrile the Hinder the centre of the German defensive burg Line. line of Fun Somme to the neighbour hood of Beaute voir and captured Seqüe hurt and Presselles and breach ed the Foosomine Beatrayor Inde

Northwards we cleared the enemy The

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North-east of Bellicourt the New Zulancers and the Bribalt also heavily engaged, the Germans who are certainly, buffading very heavily froro our local proponderance is grillers

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