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THE

WAR.

RUSSIAN

SUCCESSES.

MASTERFUL COUNTER-STROKES.

THE HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3np. 1918..

HEAVY FIGHTING AT GALLIPOLI,

GERMANY TO MODIFY SUBMARINE WARFARE.

UNIQUE BOMBARDMENT IN FLANDERS.

JAPAN AND

HER

ALLIES.

RUSSIAN FRONT

“(TUROUGH-REUTER'S AGENCY.) RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. OVER SEVEN THOUSAND PRISONERS, TAKEN.

PETROGRAD September 194.

A communiqué states:

The enemy is inactive on the Riga Dwinsk front, except av Friedrichstails, where the situation is practionlly, un changed.

(THROUGH APUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE NEAR EAST

[THROUGH PLUYER'S AGENCY.]

PROGRESS IN GALLIPOLI.

HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED ON

TURKS.

LONDON, September. Ind. General Sir Inn Hamilton reports that further fighting on August 27th and 28:h on the northern section of the line resulted

in the capture of an important practical feature commanding Biyuk and the Anaferta Vailoy, eastwards and north- warda, with an appreciable gain of ground by the Australians and New Zonlanders.

Fighting was almost entirely hand-to hand and of a severe character, very heavy losses being inflicted on the Turks.

Thres

of their machine-guns, three trench mortars, 300 rifles, 500 bombs art a large quantity of small

and

ammunition' were captured.

GENERAL.

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{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}...

MODIFIED.

LINERS TO BE WARNED BEFORE

ATTACK.

The Russian communiqué comes on the heels of a boastful German semi-officia! | GERMAN SUBMARINE POLICY

the flexing statement announcing that Russians are about to be divided into the sections and cut off one after another by German wedges," and that eaptures of Frisoners, will, possibly rise from more thousands to hundreds of thusands," with the capture of a farga Bussian Aring But the skill of the Russian comunanders in maintaining their

WASHINGTON, September 1st. Coung Bernstorff, or instructions, frata Berlin, las actified Mr. Lansing that G many accepts the Americas principle that passenger liners should be warned before

The Russians continue no advance along Armies julact and avoiding riske seems being attacked by submarines..

the right bank of the Vilns.

They

'as comsitaraatp ́as ever!

captured on August 30th four guns and FRANCO-BELGIAN machine guns.

The fighting between the Vilna and the Nimen maintains its desperate character. Russjun regiment was surrounded but oul its

wag out, annihilating a German !

FRONT. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

AEROPLANE ACTIVITY. ARTILLERY DUELS CONTINUE.

PARIS, September 1st. Tonight's communiqué reports that the particularly The Buxuus west of Gradue repulsed artillery dels continue,

battalion.

repeated attacks.

The Russians retreating in Galicia hii the Greman onslaughts, inflicting heavy

Losses,

north of Arras The French artillery effectually bombarded the enemy's trenches in Aisne und Champagne.

The Germans in Argone repeatedly

Austro-Germa The oral

prisoners | bombarded iz French positions using hundred officers and seven

guns and bimby throwers of all sizes. Tell exceeds thousand men, of wham one-third are were silence. Germans,

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The enemy on August 30 and 31st delivered furious attacks in the Zbaroff Strypn region, but were everywhere - re- pulsed with heavy losses.

Our aeroplanes on the night of August 28th bombarded German establishments at. Ostend, Middliekerke station, and Thour-

out

Enemy aeroplanes braibarded Luneville.

The fighting was particularly violent a killing, sane' civilians.

repulsed

Bumerous We Bittelight. attacks by rifle-fire and bayonet and the cuemy retired' at some points. being unabis to sustain the prolonged, hand-to-hand fighting, leaving prisoners,

RUSSIANS HOLDİNG THEIR OWN.

PROLONGED RAIN OF SHELLS.

FRENCH SWEEP GERMAN LINES

GERMANY'S CROOKED

DIPLOMACY.

LIE NAILED TO THE COUNTER.

LONDON, September 1st. Sir Edward Grey's latest exposure of Berlin's methods is considered as Bually nailing the German lie to the counter. The papers congratulate Sir Edward Grey on his skilful avoidance of the German trap, and say that Sir Edward has once more proved that the German object was not to secure peaca in Europe but to give Germany a free hand.

JAPAN'S CO-OPERATION WITH

HER ALLIES.

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[THROUGH BHUTSE'S "AGINOY.]

BRITISH HEROES.

HOW V.C.' ARE WON.

LONDON, September 2nd.

awarded The following. have been Victoria Crosses, all for most conspicuons bravery and devotion to duty,

MAJOR G. G. WHEELER. 4h Hariann

Lamers.

At Shaibe, Mesopotamia, on April 4th he asked for permission to anke his squad ron in an attempt to capture a flag which

wash the centre-point of a group of de eremy. The quadron advanced and attacked the entry's infantry with the lance, doing considerable execution, and then retired. While the enemy swarmed. From the hiddesi ground they formed afs excellent target for the horse artilery. Next day Major Wheeler ted his squadron in an attack on the North Mound.

·was seen far ahead riding single-handed straight for the enemy's standaris. This gallant:fficer was killed on the Monud

Lamis HBO'suus ki finis killing Fusiliers.

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South-westward of Krithis. Gallipoll, on the right of July 1st, when it was essential that a poprtion of 'a trench should be regained, and although not be longing to the trops at this point, be volunterred to lead a party of bomb- throwers. They advanced in the open under the most heavy fire, and in order to throw their bombs with greater effect mounted tho parapet where they wer completely exposed to the fire of the enemy. Eventually Captain O'Sullivan was wounded, but not before his inspiring example had led his party to re-capture the trench. Also, on the night of June 18th, Capptain O'Sullivan saved a criti- ent situation in the same focality by great personal gallantry and good lending.

SECOND-LIEUTENANT G. A. Rocurary, Special Reserve, 1st Scots Guards.

Between Cambrai and La Basse un August 3rd, at two in the morning, a Gerum trench-mortar bomí landed on the Leido of a paragn't close to a small working. party. He might easily have stepped back into perfect safety, but, shouting look THE WORLD WILL BE CONSIDER-out," fushed forward and seized the bomb

ABLY ASTONISHED."

and hurled it over the parapak where it immediately exploded. His splendid esm- bination of presence of mind and courage saved the lives of many of the working

party.

LONDON, September 188, Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassa dor to Rome, interviewed in Paris, said: Since August 23rd last year, when we cominence hostilities, we had not ceased to play the role assigued us to co-operate with our Allies, I am unable to enlarge or the subject, but the world will be con.

SECOND-LIEUTENANT Worcester Regiment..

II. JAMES,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED.

PARIS, September 1st. The famous French aviator M. Pegond has been killed on the French front.

LATER.

Pegoud was shot dead at a height of 0,000 ft. The Germans had long vowed destroy Pogonid who had been a thorm in

their sides. He had noted as an aerial

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HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

The entries for the Gymkhana next wool are as follows:-

INDIVIDUAL TENT PROGING.--Mr. C.C. Boyd, Mr. T. C. Duguid, Mr. C. H Blason, Mr. G. K. H. Brutton, Mr. O Chapmar, and Lieut. A. W. Forbes, R.N. GYMKHANA STAKES.-Mascotte, Tinker, Lorenzo, Saxon Chief, Baruda Chief, Ping Prag, Sunlight, Kakri, Castellan Aldwych, and Roman Chief.

THREE-QUARTER MILE FLAT Rada. guard to General Joffro and was constaat (Haudienp).-Mascotte, Alverstoke, Tin- source of termy to the Crown Prince's ker, Sollier; Saxon Chief, Barada Chiaf,, Army in Argonne,

Ideal Dahha Duke Dahlin, Ping Plugi

Parisians desire a street to be named Lucky Gem, Kikri, Castellan, Beattocks,

and Lorenzo. Pegoul

COST OF LIVING IN GERMANY,

POLO. PONY SCURRY. Tipperary, But- torenp, Ben Mohr, fiwalior Chief, Berned Clof, Dunrobin 11. Some Kid, Scottish Chief, and Fluke,

LADIES' NOMINATION. (Half Mile Dis- Handicap).---Sling, Tipperary, Buttercup, Alverstake, Redshank, Thurles- ton, Kilgnwin, Skolp (late Slush), Lucky Geng Some Kid, Sevington. Dunrobin 11, and Flake.

ADSTERDAM, September 1st. This German gonomist, Richard Calwer, estimates the cost of living in

tonge per cent higher Germany in June as than in June 1914.

BRITISH EXCHANGE IN AMERICA.

Gospos, Septembej kst, There hus been a fresh heavy full in the British exchange at New York, but it is believed that n plan has already been elaborated to spoality gouty, the situation.

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NORWAY AND COTTON.

CHRISTIANIA. September 1st, Delegates of the Norwegian cotton spm- ners, who had been sent to London, tele graph that arrangements are on the point of conclusion for the importation of coton into Norway despite the declaration of cotton es contraband.

SHOUTING ACCIDENT TO

"RANJI."

LONDON, September 2nd. Prince Ranjitshinji, who was home on a low days' leave from the front, was grouss shooting near Scarborough when he was accidentally shot in the face. The injuries were more painful than serious. He has hero removed 1.1+ Leeds for

treatment.

ONE AND A QUARTER MILE RACE: Mas- reth Timber, Lorenzo, Saxen Chief, Baroda Chief, Duke Dalfia, Ping Ping," Sunlight: Kukri, Castellan, and Romam Chief.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

RUNNING POOL FOR AUGUST AT FANLING.

HANDICAP OF 10 OR

UNDER....

BI Ser. I

80 Ser, 63

91 9 83

Capt. Campbell ME T. W. Hill Capt. . D. Matthews. 38 entries.

MANDICAP OF 11 OR OVER. Mr. F. J. De Ronie`. Mr. F. Bevington

13 entries.

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GIFTS FROM HONGKONG AND

FOOCHOW.

This week through the courtesy of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., the following garments have been sent home

DEATH OF INDIAN MUTINY by the women of Hongkong and Foochow i Miss Lloyd Thomas, 116, Murray Street, Hoxton N.-

HERO.

Losnow, September_2nd....... The death is announced, of Gruera] C. A.

→ prizels for invalid soldiers.

3 parcels for the Women's Emergency Corps,

1 blanket overroat

Goodfellow, an Indian Mutiny veteran parcels for Belgian ifringes. who secured this V.C. during the cam- paign.

WAR - ITEMS.

DYING-SOLDIER'S GIFT TO A BELGIAN OFFICER.

A

Mr. Edgar Rees, the Welsh Football 4th Union referee, in a letter from the front. relates a touching incident old hóụ by g Belgian officer.

on

In the Southern Zone at Gallipoli June 28th, when a portion of the Regiment was checked because all the officers were put out of action, Second-Lieut. James,

2 child's woollen jackets.

Schild's frocks.

4 child's petticoats

I boy's shirt

and 6 Cozen pairs of Hacks and cup comforter have been sent to Mrs, Eden. Jarkonipes Work Society, 94 Marl- horough, Mansions, West Hampstead, N.W.,

for the soldiers as the Frent."

Some cloth has also kindly been given by Noor Dia, which is being made up a bo sent home.

TYPHOON WARNING,

The Belgianr officer," he writes, "wils delighted to meet a Welshmau. Producing

that he was lying wounded beside n

upty cigarette packet, he told m

wounded Welshman, who handed him the

The telegram quoted below was received cigarets packet containing one solitary rigarelle and insisted upon the officer

by the American Consulate Gooral,' When he had finished the cigarette he returned 10 thank the Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory, smoking it.

The bad at 115 on yesterday. Welshman, but found that expired. His last act on wrth had been a noble on-so like the story of Sir

Cyclone or typhoom E. of Balitang

was no known, but his empty cigaretta, Philip Sidney. The dead soldier's name Channel moving N.X.W.

officer."

FOR FOUR. DAYS.

PARIS, September 1st, Yesterday was the fourth day of the incessant rain of shells on the Germansiderably astonished when it is known front in the West which has been swept what we have done and are doing, and by a tornado of fire day and night, what wo ghalid. Our Russian allies are who belonged to a neighbouring unit, entire: Trenches, ehelters, contonments and our nearest neighbours, and we can thers-on-his own initiative gathered a body of men mud led them forward under the most depots have been plastered with shells. fore be most useful to them. The most The bombardment is unique in its dura ardent desire of Japan is to assist overy heavy shell and rifle åre, returned and in the Baltic Provinces, while the battle tiou nad intensity. The Germans cowered day more closely in the sacred cause of organised a second party, and ago packet was treasured by the Belgian

civilisation

GERMANS CLAIM HÜGE- CAPTURES.

AMSTERDAM, September 20d.

The Russians are still holding their own

in Galicia is of a mout fores character, the Gormans admitting a check by the stubborn fighting of the Russians. A Ber- lin communiqué claims that on the Ger- a front from the outer forts at Grodo and further southward Prince Leopold's armies are fighting in the Marsh district and the Upper Narew, while General

their trendies and have not attempted for days past to show themselves,

FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE VOSGES.

PARIS, September 1st.

OPERATIONS IN THE CAMEROONS.

LONDON. September 1st: The Press Bureau unsounces that the

adraured, His gallant example put fresh life toto the-artsek. Also, no July 3rd. Send-Lieutenant Jaimes headed a bomb- ing party up a Turkish communication trench and when nearly all the bomb

'throwers were killed or wounded he re

Numerous night-long artillery actions | Government of Nigeria reports the mained along at the head of the trench are reported from the front. A communi-occupation of the town of Gaschaka, in and acumed the enemy single-handed til a barrier was built behind him and the que states that the Germans carried on

the Cameroons, while

our faress un

FOUR TIMES A HERO.

MISSIONARY KILLED BY

LIGHTNING.

HOW LANCE-CORPORAL TOMÈS WON THE V.C.

News has reached the Ching Island Mission that Mr. J. R. Adam of Ashun- The circumstances under which Lance-fa, Kucichow, was killed on the 11th ult. Corporal Joseph Toulis, Liverpool Regis a stroke of lightning, says a Han- ment, won the Victoria Cross are recorded kow paper. He came to Chinn twenty- by an officer attached to the staff of the night years ago. As a missionary he was Infantry. Brigade with which the Liver- most decoted, and laboured with remark- able sucess. both amongst the Chinese There had been so hard fühung.” pools were serving, he said, and an attack we made cald and the aborigines, and translated the

Muckensen continues to meet attacks by bombardment with poisonous shells and August 29th surprised a neighbouri » / trench was. secured. He was throughout i nat he pressed home. In the retirement Respels for the latter into their native

Russian rear-guards. General Count van Bothmar has come from Flanders to render There has been i assistance in Galicia.

violent engagement on the heights on the banks of tha Strypa, fifty miles eastward of Lemberg. The communiqué makes the great claim that the captures during the fall August, based principally on of Kovao and Novogeorgievsk, were 2,000 officers, 168,829 men. 2,200 guns and 500

machine-guns,

POTENT RUSSIAN COUNTER STROKE.

A BOASTFUL GERMAN PREDICTION.

PETROGRAD, September 1st.

Last evening's Petrogral communiqué,

then violently attacked at Linge and positions during the evening and a woond fierce night attack was likewise repulsed,

THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.

Schratz Maennole. We maintained our

PARIS, September 1st. The French War Minister (M. Mille rand) has returned from a visit to the Front, where he consulted with the

Generals with reference to the measures-

to be taken in view of the winter eam- paign.

THE BELGIAN ARMY.

ITS INCREASED EFFICIENCY.

HAVAR, Saptember 1st. The Belgian Army to-day is in a wonder- coupled with yesterday's Berlin admis ful state of efficiency, being well supplied sions showing that the Austro-Gorman with arms and ammunition, and equipped offensive in Galicia has been severely checked, and the situation on other parts

enemy position. The enemy was forced to exposed to a murderous fire,

retreat.

THE AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN.

DOURLY SUBSCRIBED.

MELBOURNE, September 1st. Mr. Fisher, the Prime Minister, has announced that the subscriptions for the first instalment of the Lean (£5,000.000) amounted to nearly ten millious.

The Government wili giyo an allotment

of the whole amount,

-LATER.

The Lean subscription amounted to £13,000,000.

WARSAW BANKERS

INTERNED. AMSTERDAM, Geptember 1st.. The threat of the Governor of Warsaw with now khaki uniforms. It is ready for has. bien quieidy put into execution. anything. All unmarried. Belgians up to Thirty Russian bankers have been arrested the age of 25 are called up.

Later,

of the front, testify to the potency of perhaps, the limit will be extended to the the Bussian counter-strokes,

age of 25.

SERGEANT J. SOMERS, 1st Tuiskilling Fusiliers.

till a

oi

a lot of our weanded were left sind. In tongue. By his death this paper loses a valued correspondent. Full partimlara front of the trunch there was a pitiless

are not yet to hand.

Another sad death in the same mission re from the enemy's big guns and a number of machine-gans,

Into this walked the solitary figitre and same province has also been reported man we afterwards found that of Mr. J. Windsor, of Esungi, who He had served 31 Tombs. He looked for a moment as died of dystery. though he hadn't quite made up his mind pears in West Ching, what to do; but finally be éleared the space between him, and the carest wounded with a rush, and was seen to throw himself beside a man,

At first we feared he had been hit.

GERMAN DESIGNS ON GIBRALTAR.

Ge July 1st, in the Southern Zone Gallipoli, when owing to hostile hombing some of thy troops retired from a sap, Somers remained alone

Party brought up some bombs. Somers then

The The Bundscher publishes chimbet into a Turkish trench and bombed but a minute or two later we saw him move entionsly towards his own trench, the enemy with great effect. Later, ho and by Jis vide was one of the wounded, another outburst against British naval Flamm, the. whom he helped along as best le could supremacy by Professor advanced in the open under the most It still rained bullets from the machine instructor in shipbuilding at Charlotten- heavy fire and held back the enemy, throw-gass, and shrapnel was bursting at short burg. As usual, he has nothing good to intervals and bullets whistled perilously eny about the English, and he expresses the fervers hope that consequence- At one stage Tombs had to carry ing bombs inte their flank until harricades near.

his companion on his back and make a of the overthrow of Russia and the co- were crecid, He had frequently to run run for it; but they get through all right. centration of strength against France.

Then he appeared again, and began which will thereby be made possible,' backwards and forwards to obtain fresh

the perilous journey over again.

strongy In this supplies of bombs. By his great gallantry not through, and ones more the solitary Germany will be able to take against England." event the only course for Germany to and coolress Somers was largely instru- figure began that journey with death staring him in the fase It was some mental in effecting the recapture of a time before he got hold of another pursu will be one of "absolute ruthless- wounded man, and when they started there. Then at last the day will dawn semed to be walking on their hands and upon which the English blood-sucker welt portion of the trench.

knees. After they had gone some dis breathe again at the thought that the seas Professor Flasim proposes that tance the enemy's fire became heavier. and are free," the two men had to take shelter in a Egypt shall be torn away from England, shellhole, but soon they started off again and that Gibraltar. "which is not able For the fourth to withstand the heavy siege guns of and got safely through. time Tumbs appeared over the parapet today." shall fall. He thinks that this and made the risky journey and brought will, in the first instance, suffice anl his man back #fely."

other desirable consequences will follow.

HOLT'S NEW LINE.

LONDON, September 2nd.. for refusing to accept German promissory Messrs. Holt, of the Blue Funnel line, notes They have been sent to concentra-have purchased the

Indra liny of

tion camps in Germany.

siva mers

Ther

measures