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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 96, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued Pom Page 1.).

-THE BATTLE FRONT

EXTENDED.

ENEMY RESISTANCE OVERCO

PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LONDON, Oct. 24.

A Franck constatee On the Oise Froût we crossed thei Canal cast of Grand Verly. Despite

NEW BRITISH ATTACK OVER 7.900 ERISONERS TAKEN enemy counterattacks our elementa

DAY LONG ADVANCE.

THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS

AND MANY GUNS.

Lessons. Oct. 347

Fold-Marshal Sir Douglas Taig

北

IN TWO DAYS:

LONDON: Oct, 23. Field-Marshal Sir Dongals Haig reports:-

We extended the battle-treat, this morning, to this vanth no far as the Scheldt, at Thiant,

Along the whole Inittle fent, he-| tween the Sanhe "Cannbrigad "the Schalde we are the enemy's resistance. Our advance timed

maintaitied themselves on the east bank..

Between the Oise and the Serre the struggle was also lively, in the region of the milway north of Mesre- court.

FRENCH MAKE BIG ADYANCE.

LONDON, Oet.

Pench coinmimijd states

On the Rise Front we crossed thi

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

ARMISTICE TERMS

ALLIED GOVERNMENTA

UNANIMOUK

London Ost: 23. Governments are unanimous as regards Reuter is informed that the Allied the terms upon which it will be possible to pegotiate an armistice. The tarma must include guarantees so regarda ana power which the Allies consider of the Arst importanes, P

: President Filson.never assumed that the evacuation of occupied carritories the car "condition precedant to ap negued, armistice as the Germans have always

REICHSTIQ.

This morning's attack was hy Engh and Scottish traps of the Third and Fourth Annies between and there was har fighting at unul opponite Longchamps, between REGRIMINATIONS IN THE -the Sah bot Canal at the Sche'd minber of places

the rise of the Serre. We attack.. River, southward of Valenciennes,

On the right, the Sixth Division and inde a big advance, despite The entry is difficult and ther? the eastern edge of the Ikus resistance south of Origy Sh nuny straps, villages and words Evoque and captured . Sorth Brenota od northent Villers-le-Se -Were Tesolutely defended,

wunds of that phare We are approach-On the right, we runched the La During the assembly period in the: early stages of the buttle bit and bave impured Robersart, farm, taking real hundred pris ing the western cufatios of fortal Berte-Cherese road at Force

artillery was most active with high

In the right outre attack, we consoners. toxpicsives and gas shells.

tinued to advance successfully, in the

captured" Pos-lg-Nord and Les Tuileries and progressed. beyond to wards Eagle Bantaline. -

ETONS, Oct. 24.

10 p..

range. The Brisenting to push their

Our troops, all day long, adva,ighbourhood of Le Quesnoy and BRITISH CAPTURE TEN VILLAGES. despite the revistazce especially of artillery and "nichine-guns.. The in fantry waved for some, houra before dawn, penetrated the enemy's “Astences on the whole front and captured Ghissgules after sharp The Thirty-Seventh Divan cap tured the important village of Pen mervul in the Forest of "Romuenies.

On the extreme right strong ** Kistatice Mine 13-0 at the fortified farm of Ginlipornont and the railway halt party, but it was overce. -

On the left, centre we stemmed Beaubin with the assidue of

Tanks..

非

On the left "the English the Harpies River and

Nertait..

crossed plated

During the noming, we pressed the attack on the whole bout, carry ing the enemy's positions to a depth of over three miles driving him out "of many strongly-defonded" villages,

fanns and woods,

-" The English of khé. Twenty-Fifth Division had hard fighting at Bos Eveque and made get pregriss through the wood.

struggle, the envias defending deter minedly the crossings of Flexilion and thereabout.

(AMSTERDAM,”Oct.” 23. In the Beroitag the National Liberal, Herr Stresenan following the Chan callor, despondently referred to the military situation especially in view of past successes

Har Westare (Conierrativa) regrel ted the curtailment of sat aurinism be fare the blockade had been suppressed,

The War Minister, General von Steis. alleged that the Allies, not the Germans, fired the evacuated towns, denied that the Germans had-warrical off the inhabi tants and declared that excames By the soldiers had been punished when kudy

•

The Third and Fourth Armies Pro-THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S

VA SPRECH:... ghed fire kilometres on Wednes day pal the whole frent frig Ee

ENDORSED BY REICHSTAG. Catents to Solestarsi aud" captured3ted" villages:0

"They pushed forward the line distance of from 2.500 to 3,000 nefees is the Le Quesney-Landdel cies road

ASTERDAM, Oct. 23.7- The Reichstag after debating the Chancellor's speach unanimously pasaed a vote of confidence in him

"RIGHT" ON"GERMANT'S FEXCE

Wa secured wings at Bout dignies which, in our possession. Horn' rigorsus resistango-wa- graz

by New Zealand topy who in this lordity captured a number of batteries, including heavies.

The Eng the let ceare captured us, and pse within anarelement of Tournai ant Valen

The British are still pursuing the

Valencienny milway northward of course of the Sebeldt to Tournaithe ambiguous first pamgraph of the short distance of the. Le Quesnoy-eiennies and hold almost the whole

this village,

high ground northward of Bennenia, There was have fighting on the which we hold also in the neigh- bourhood of Vondries-sur-Evallon

letter villngi..

The enedy, is still resting in the

...

Between the Ose and the Seire Choral Debeney, made fresh pro.

In two days fighting he captured 80 muns and 200 niachine-guns...),

In spite of the violence, of the struggle, the French established

The English and Scottish en the thangselves out the left bank of the helt forced the crow'ngs of the Sache, a tributary of the Serre- East County troops, of the Eigh- Feuillon river between Verdala and Prench Wireless. teenth Division, advanced three-and-Thest and eined the high ground]

· half miles and captured Rousies.

British and Scottigh of the

CARTWATCH M

The Pentle Pision; after havă Twenty-First and Thirty-Third Divi-fighting, exptured Verelmint, and sions secured growings of the Har Monchaux. The Futy-First Divi- pies at Vendegies wood and captured Vendeji village.

Other Englah troops, with the New Zealanders on their left, reached the outskirts of Neuville and estäblished themselves on the high ground north. westward of the village. gerFurther north we captured Escal-"|

mi

We took several thousand prison" ers and captured mexy guos..

The advance is continuing on the

whole front...

SOME SHIRP FIGHTING.

LATER

Field-Marshal Bir Douglas Haig

-reporte': ---

sion on their left cleared the enemy from the cust bank of the river-and advanced to the western outskirts of ruing, in face of heavy pachine-gun

fire.

The hostile resistance was particu- larly stubborn on this sector.

Severe casualties have been inflict- ed upon the energy in the course of these operations...'

23rd over 7,000 primers and

We have captured since October

100 guns...

over

„We have reached the general line of the Surhbre-Oise Canal, due east

ALLIES REICH BORMINES.

Lross. Oct. 24, 10 p.m..

The Allies have reached Bormires The Serbians captured the Buko vist massif, north-east of Alexinat

-French Wirclesa, í an

THE AIR BATTLE

A QUARTER'S STATISTICS.

LONDON, Oct. 21. A Press Bureau communiqué statca:

In the period June-September

of Le Cateau, the western edge of inclusive, the British destroyed 1,148 Moroal Forest in the neighbourhood and brought down 550 German dero- of the Le Quesnoy-Vendegies-sur planes, against 668 British missing Ecaillon-Scheldt Canal at Maing.

A significant feature of the ro Sharp fighting continued on

progressed locally and took covery of territory in Belgium is Wednesday afternoon and evening prisoners on the Valenciennes-Tour- that the enemy lost over twelve on the battle front to the south of nai sector.

serodromes, the effect of which is Valenciennes.

to expose a new sector of the Rhine to an early possibility of aerial attacks.

We expelled the enemy from ondegies wood, and captured | Neuville, Saleschier, and Beau dignics, securing crossings of the Ecatillon river at the latter place.

BATTLE PROGRESSING BATIS

FACTORILY.

LONDON, Oct. 25.

The enemy in the evening counteri Reuter's Correspondent at British sttacked my vigorously opposite Headquarters, telegraphing yester Vender es, with strong artillery day evening, statos: support, but was repulsed.

Between Bois l'Eyeque and the” Our attack was resumed on the Scheldt the battle is progressing whole front this morning between satisfactorily and the Second Amy the Sambre-Olse Cans and the line made a slight ad vance. Scheldt.

Northwards the French have taker Northward of Valenciennes: we Foret-de-Waerefhem. cleared the enemy out of Dersiames Forcet and captured Thiers Hauterive and Thand

"Determined local fighting occurred

The First Army also attacked this morning and crossed the river at various placco,

The principal opposition was, en to the west of Touma without countered at Verchain and Mon

choux. material change in the situation.

AN, IMPORTANT VICTORY.

„LONDON, Oct. 24. Router Correspondent at British Headquarters telegraphs

These crossings bring us into the clear country south of Valenciennes

BELGIANS "REPULSE HEATT« COUNTER-ATTACKS.

HEAVY ENEMY LOSS:

Yeate day'a victory by the Third and Fourth British Armies was in Nnitely greater than is expressed by the big hauls” of prisoners and guns. A Belgian Commun a question of time before The ene

The Wened our wind of

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AVIATION REPORT:

LONDON, Oct. 28. Field Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig, reporting on aviatku, states

We dropped six tons of bombe and brought down 18-stoplanes and drove down four out of control.

Ton British machines are missing,

1.A.F. ACTIVITIES.

LONDON, Oct. 25. The Prem Bursa announces that the

Tartspendent Air Force on the night of

AMSTERDAM, OCT. 24. „The Frankfurter Zeitung, elacidates

German Note by saying that President Wilson now possesses the opportunity, by arranging the time and place to give representatives of the Armies of both sides an opportunity of discussing and arranging an armistice.

A GERMAN-AUSTRIAN STATE.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 24.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

LARGE CAPTURES OF MATERIAL BY THE FRENCH.

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LONDON, Dot. 23.

A French communiq haya On the Degrfront the artillery both sides was schive..

The First Army captured during the 100 tranch mortars, a number of $7 fighting on the 17th October 81 guns, millimetre guns and over 700 machine.

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Loydon, Oct.24 Router's Correspondent at American Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday. Bearing interest from the 1th October

saya

Throughout the winter the Germans arm to be subjected to sexmpaign” ef azceptional violonce and will not be given a breathing spell to recuperato thair fotels or replemah their supplied. On seventy-five per cent of the whala Western Frons there is offered no real obstacle to the continuance of the fight.

FURTHER PROGRESS: BY:

-AMERICANS,

"LONDON, Úc524.23--| Ay American communiqué saya → North of Terdun, we made progress at several points in face of determined resistance and captural Bellen Wood

East of the "Meuse we penetrated Detrays and Tavrille woods, making 100 prisoners. ER HAN

We completely decopied Bantheville, west of the Heuse, and captured 75 prisoners and sight machine-guns.

There was bitter fighting north of Grandpre

The artillery has been most violent. along the whole front, Fifteen onany aeroplanes were shot down in air-fights. Six American machines ara misting -

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LONDON, O:f. 24.

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