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THE WAR.

SEVERE GERMAN CHECKS

IN

RUSSIA.

ENEMY

SHAKEN AND

CRUMPLED UP.”.

THE ALLIED ADVANCE.

FORMIDABLE GERMAN DEFENCES.

GERMAN ATTACKS ON SERBIA REPULSED.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

{THROUGH REUTER'S-AGENOY...

THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE. INTENSE ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

PARIS, October 3rd. 1.55 B.J.

The evening communîquié says:-- Our heavy artillery in Belgium co operated with the British Fleet in the bombardment of the Gorman batteries & Westende,

The enemy in Artois violently bombard ed all our front between Neuville and th? We replied woods north of Bouchez. vigorously.

There was an intense artillery duel north and south of Berry-an-Bac, and also in Champagne, where the enemy used suffocating shells.

Another strong enemy reconnaissance in Lorraine was repulsed.

FORMIDABLE GERMAN DEFENCES.

PARIA, October 3rd.

6.20 8.0.

THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4ra, 1015,

THE SERBIAN FRONT,

[THROUGH BRUKER'S AGENCY.). FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE DANUBE. GERMANS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES.

PARIS, October 3rd-

A telegram from Bukharest says that German troops have relieved the Aus trians' first line on the Danube, A Ger man battalion, when trying to cross the river near Semendria, was annihilated. A further German fores, coming to the Assistance of their comrades in boats, were drowned.

Seven German attempts to cross in seven different places were defeated with heavy losses.

VAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH RIVIER'S AGENCY.) GERMAN SUBMARINE PIRACY,.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

20,000 TONS OF SHIPPING SUNK IN A WEEK. VIOLENT ENEMY BOMBARDMENTS.

LONDON, October 3rd. PARIS, October 3rd.

It is officially stated that six vessels, 6.10 p.m. The afternoon communiqué states that aggregating 20,727 tons, were sunk during in Artois the memy violently bombarded the week ending the 29th September, our positions east of Souchez. However, There were in that week 1,387 departures we made appreciable, trench to trench pro-and sailings. gress on the La Folio heights, In Cham- pagne we gained an important section of hostile positions, forming a salient on the present line north of Mesnil.

& railway junction aviators bombed behind the German Tines, and те cabinouaded some of their positions. Otherwise the night was quiet, #USSIAN FRONT.

Our

-{THROUGH BEŽTUR'S AGENCY.).

** CRUMPLED UP."

GERMANS

AVENGE

DEATH RUSSIANS

OF POPULAR OFFICERS.

PETROGRAD, October 3rd. A description of the counter between Russian battleships and the German shore batteries west of Riga, in which a Busian Captain and Commander wore killed says their death was due to the explosion of a stray shell in the conning-tower of ond of the warships. Thereafter the Russian:

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] "SWEET MUSIC” OF SHELLS. MUNITION WORKERS AT THE FRONT.

LONDON, October 3rd. The report of a deputation of Man- chester munition workers, who recently visited the front, has been published, and shows that, like their predecessors, they are convinced of the necessity of guns, sbella, etc. "It was a revelation to see," "the admirable and the report staten,

high spirits of the men, and the utter absence of grousing everywhere among the troops impressed us. The sweetest music they wanted to hear was the whistling of the shelle overhead destined for the

Germans."

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TEENOUGH REUIAR'S BURWOY.} BRITAIN AND AMERICAN EXFORTS.

U.S. TRADE INCREASED 200 PER CENT.

LONDON, October 3rd.

!

RONGTONG MAN AT

GALLIPOLI.

MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES-

Luckily.

AT INTERESTING LETTER.

The following interesting extracts have been taken freni a letter written by Mr. T. H. G. Brayfield, partner in the firm Sir Edward Grey, in a Memorindum of Messrs, Carmichael and Clarke, wko to the American 'Ambassador, in reply to is serving as a sergeant-major in an "Am still merry and bright, and up request, for figures of certain British Engineer Company at Gallipoli,

to date have managed to keep out of the exports, referring to certain statements circulated in America that the British Government was trying to stop the legit: way of any missiles; although I have

cu both times mate trade of the United States with nen been bit twice since I last wrote you-- There has been a great pile tral countries, points out that American my clothes only were exports of almost every important com-

Turks and ourselves, but up to now we modity were much greater than those of of ammunition thrown around by both the off Constantinople, Great Britain.

Sir Edward Grey explains that in many are a long way cases Britain re-exported goods because although at the moment, there, are big THE BALKANS CRISIS.

the products of India and the Dominions, things going on re which I cannot write, which formerly went to Continental ports, but before this letter reaches you you MILITARY ACTION BY

were now sent to the United Kingdom, may hear of a big coup coming off here. QUADRUPLICE.

and thence distributed to old customers That was a good one which was pulled PARIS, October 3rd. in neutral countries. Everything teeded off in the Persian Gulf, opening the road The papers, discussing the intervention to show that the profits of the United to Baghdad, but I don't expect the Turks

the

submarines onemy of the Allies in the Balkans, any that the States were greater than those of Great opposing us have been allowed to know Governments of the Quadruplico compre- Britain in respect of these neutral coun-of it. When hended the necessity of immediato_mili-tries, the total value of the trade of the appeared off here the Turks' aeroplanes saying they had us cut off from all fary action and decided to land troops at United States having increased 300 per-dropped pamphlets all over our lines, supplies and giving us forty-eight hours supplying Serbia. the terminal point of the railway lino

is clear off the Peninsula; but we are here yet! These last few days have been much cooler, but for the last six weeks it has been hotter than the hottest summer in Hongkong, and when I tell you that neither side grants the other, an armistion

" within things have been pretty rosy to bury the dead you will gather that

A few hundred yards of the front ling Our men daren't get out to bury dead Turke in daylight or they would be bowled over themsolves, so the Turks had to stay there until night, when a holo

crnt.

FRENCH MILITARY MISSION TO RUSSSIA.

The Figaro says that if King Ferdinand persists in crossing the Serbian frontier he will find British and French soldiers against him.

LONDON, October 3rd. Reuter Terbs that Sir Edward Grey's statement has not surprised diplomatic

without news from Sofia quarters. The Bulgarian Legation is by the Tear

BULGARIANS PROTEST. AGAINST FRATRICIDAL WAR."

LONDON, October 3rd.

The Southern Slav Committee of

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PETROGRAD, October 3rd. A French military mission, headed by General Danade, arrived at the Imperial Headquarters yesterday and was received

GERMAN INTRIGUE IN AMERICA,

WASHINGTON. October 3rd. The Government has indicated that

into.

ships closed in and opened with all their London has telegraphed to the President les Germany, withdraws her Military was dug behind the lines to get them VIGOROUS RUSSIAN OFFENSIVES. heavy guns, pouring a tornado of shells of the Bulgarian Subrange that it is Attache, Captain von Papen, the United on the enemy's batteries, thus immediate unthinkable that Bulgaria ghould contri-States will probably demand his recall, ly agenging the death of the popular bute to the subjection of Slavdom to

NEW ORLEAN'S HURRICANE, officers. The squadron retired without brutal German Omagyar tyrann's. damage.

PETROGRAD, October 3rd.

ITALIAN

The result of the Russian capture of a number of villages in the Joke region enst of Vilna is that the Germans have been driven back a considerable distance west- THE SUBMERGED

Com-

BATTLESHIP. The substance of the numerous accounts ward from the 'Vileika railway. thementing on these and other

BRINDISI, Octuber 3rd. of the Western battes confirms

The salvage of the Italian battleship extraordinary formidable nature of the successes, a communiqué says that our German defences. In some cases neither vigorous operations in the Vileika region

retired.

recent

After the hull was disinfected more guna and searchlights were brought up. The latest lit shows that $74 of the crew baye

Benedetto Brin has been continued.

been saved,

bombardment nor the wholesale explosions in the past twenty days are ananished The but have already resulted in the wresting of mines wholly wrecked them. French in Sauchez exploded 12,000 pounds of the initative from the Germans, whose of powder below the German trenches attacks were decisively repulsed and their near a wood to which the Germans had general plan destroyed. Days of hard

This was a perfect warten of fighting have successively checked the AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.

(IKROVON ARUTER'S AGENCY.) underground shelters which the French enemy's deep penetration in this region, were forced to tackin separately in faco and has shaken and finally crumpled him

AUSTRIANS WASTE Bloody of an awful machine-gun fire.

up. He suffered enormous losses. Numerous machine-guns work ensued. in pits covered with steel plates did. RUSSIANS. FORCE GERMANS

TO FLEE. terrible execution before the French with the aid of bombs finally captured the

FIERCE FIGHTING. wood.

BRITISH OBJECTIVE GAINED. LONDON, October 3rd. Field-Marshal Bir John French, in a

PETROGRAD, October 3rd.

Fierce fighting has been proceeding along the whole front

Both sides are

AMMUNITION,

ROME, October Ard.

A communiqué says that the enemy

TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL. The Bulgarians in Paris have tele- graphed to King Ferdinand that to drag

LONDON, October 3rd. them into a fratricidal war would be

A message from New Orleans gays incompatible with the aspirations of the Bulgarians, who cannot forget that 255 persons were killed and 105 are missing Francs is their second Fatherland, that as the result of the hurricane on the Miss

that

to property is estimated at $100,000,000. Rusia is their liberator, and England issipi ant-Louisions, coasts. The damage

THE RUSSIAN CABINET.

their protector, acce SUCCESS OF ANGLO-FRENCE LOAN.

NEW YORK, October 2nd, ? The newspapers announce today that the Anglo-French loan is already sub- scribed, and everything points to a heavy over-subscription.

COMMISSIONERS' BANQUET.

NEW YORK, October 3rd,

。། PETROGRAD, October 3rd. The Cabinet has returned from the Imperial Headquarters,

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an

"I've been mentioned in despatches for zeal and devotion to duty over piloting a fifteen-pounder gun for one of the Australian batteries up advanced position behind the firing line. Two miles behind the fring line all the traffe goes up and down through com- munication trenches. A gun with a team of six horses with its ammunition wagon has to go over the top and a night,

and it was for doing the piloting over- land and bridging the trenches en route that I got mentioned. Fortunately, the position of the gun enabled it to pour shrapnel right into the Turks' Wrenches on the opposite side of a valley, with the result that we were able to register a The newspapers state that the Duma substanti¤l' advance on the enfiladed sid?.. will re-assemble on the 8th inst. INDIAN WOMEN TEACHERS.

LONDON, October 3rd. Sir William Wedderburn and Sir K. G. Gupts have issued an appeal for

"I've come to the conclusion that I must be made of pretty tough Huff. Sinor landing here I've never had a day's sickness, or suffered from nerves what-

men who ever, and when you see the suffer particularly from the latter it

"I see the firm's name appearing in the Prince of Wales' Fund, and also the The latter Hongkong Aeroplane Fund.

wasted an enormous quantity of artillery Commissioners was attended by four Gokhale Memorial Scholarship of ion would surprise you.

A banquei given to the Anglo-French

and ride ammunition along the whole

hundred guests who cheered themselves

sterling per annum, tenable for three Isonzo front. The firing was so bad in hoara in toasting President Wilson, Mr. years, for the training of Indian women

Every- Home places that big shells were dropped Lloyd George and M. Poincare.

despatch says:-We delivered counter. attacking and the Russian's generally, into the enemy's trenches. The infantry one expressed the hope that the Allies teachers here. A lifelong friend of the is a grand idea, and if the contributers

attack last night and secured our objective, namely, two German trenches south-west of Fosse, which the enemy had recovered on the 28th ult. There were no other incidents on our front.

FRENCH AVIATORS' SUCCESSFUL WORK.

according to a communiqué, are having the better of the exchanges, causing the Germans at many points to flee in dis order and abandon material.

Some of the Russian trenches have been captured by the Germans on the lakes in the region east of the Lvinsk and Vilna line, but the Russians are fighting PAR18, October 3rd. to recover them, while besides repulsing A communiqué says:-A French aero-German attacks on the other Rakes the plane in Champagne hit an enemy captive Russians stored a town and village balloon, which burst into flames.

northeast of Lake Medziol,

Their

A squadron of 85 aeroplanes dropped cavalry cast of Lake Nasatch chairged the over 300 bombs on the station of Fouzieres infantry protecting convoye, and captured and the aviation ground at Challerangs hundreds of wagons, prisoners, hores They also Another bombardment cut in two a train and quantities of arms. sabred the fleeing Germans. travelling near son.

GERMAN POSITIONS BOMBARDED.

AMSTERDAM, October 3rd..

LONDON, October 3rd.

not

did not appear except at one point, atwould speedily win. this attack was promptly repulsed.

GENERAL.

- {THROUGH EBUTER'S AGENCY.}

BRITISH BRAVERY. HOW V. C's. "ARE WON.

LONDON, October 3rd. The following awards of Victoria Crossen have been announoedi-

CAPTAIN H. P. HANSEN, 8th Lincoln

Hegt

For most conspicuous bravery on August 9th at Yil Ghin Burnu, Gallipoli. After "Green the second capture of the Knoll his battalion was forced to Surprise attacks on # number of villages east and south-east of Noro retire, leaving some wounded, owing to grodek forced the German garrisons to the intense heat of the burning scrub,

thanked

Lord Reading eloquently Amerien for her help and sympathy.

The American speakers asserted that British French and American interests were identical

BITTER GERMAN COMMENT.

ANSTERDAY, October 3rd. The success of the Allied loan in America is the subject of bitter comment in the German press.

THE

OUTRAGE.

"* ARABIC " A "NEGOTIABLE BASIS OF SETTLEMENT."

NEW YORK, October 3rd. Count Bernstorff has delivered a Note

on

A Berlin communiqué says that enemy fee to their main positions, abandoning When the retirement had been effected to the Government which, it is under- monitors bombarded Lombartzyde and

arms and ammunition and hundreds of Captain Hansen, with three or four stood, affords a negotiable basis for the The British did

Many volunteers, dashed forward several times settlement of the Arabic controversy. Middlekerke.

dead, who had been bayonettal.

PEER DIES OF WOUNDS. some four hundred yards over the ground South-east of prisoners attempt any fresh attack yesterday.

were taken.

hali

between into the scrab under a terrific fire and

LONDON, October 3rd. Baranovitchi, GERMAN CLAIMS.

way

Lord Petre bas died of wounds, Novogrodek and Pinsk, the Germans were succeeded in reseuing from inevitable

[The deceased, who was a Lieutenant in PRIVATE ALFRED POTS, 1st Berkshire A Berlin communiqué states that a great driven as the river Chara, and fur death by burning six of the wounded.

was born the Coldstream Guards. German attack northward of Lose made ther south, near Kolki, which is north-

November 3rd; 1890. In 1919 he married a progress despite fierce British cast of Luck, a severe German attack Yeomanry.

For most conspicuous bravery and devo daughter of the Hor. John and Lady Ma

He owned about 19,100 resistance. A few prisoners were taken, was a completo fiasco, for the Russians and also two machine-guns. The counter-attacked, inflicted enormous losses tion to a wounded comrade at Gallipoli.garet B scawen.

Though himself severely wounded in the cres.] communiqué admits that the French in and made the Germans flee in disorder,

thigh in an attack on Hill 70 on August Champagne attacked eastward of Aube-

21st, he remained out for over forty eight hours under the Turkish trenches rive with strong forces. RUMANIA DELIGHTED AT ALLIES'.

with a private of his regiment who was SUCCESSES.

severely wounded and unable to move, although he himself could have returned to safety. Finally, he fixed a shovel to the equipment of his wounded corrade, and, using this as a sledge, he dragged him back 600 yards to our lines under

successes

bave

HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES.

PETROGRAD, October 3rd,

It is reported from Drinsk that the Germang lost 30,000 killed in their last furious attacks.

PARIS, October 3rd. A telegram from Bukharest says that

Refugees from Ostroff state that the Allies'

aroused the

Germans experienced great difficulties in throughout indescribable enthusiasm

the bogs north-west of Garanovitchi. O Humarja, and there were great rejoicing one occasion over 200 Germans, with five by the people.

guns, were engulfed in a marsh

Turkish fre

M.P.'S DEATH AT THE FRONT.

LONDON, October 3rd. The Hon. Agar-Robartes, M.P., has died of wounds in France.

HOLY CARPET CEREMONY.

Hon. G. K. Gokhale offers to bequeath in were to see a duel in the air as we often her will £2,000 sterling for a permanente bere they would see value for their endowment, provided that £300 sterling money.

is raised for the income for the scholarship for the next three years.

AN INDIAN TRAVELLER.

LONDON, October 3rd. The Maharajah of Kapurthala and his suit have left for Paris. His Higuess returning to India early in November.

[Telegrams received on Saturday, and on Sunday, published in an "Extra" will be found on page 6.] CHINESE TELEGRAMS. [FROM CUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THE MONARCHICAL QUESTION,

"I've found the real cure to make hair grow.

A Force order was issued instructing all men to keep their hair very short in caso of scalp wounds. Not having a great crop I kept my bead shaved with a Gillette razor for three months, and now it is growing like a house on fire, or like quills on a porcu- pine's back

OPIUM ON BRITISH **MAN-OF-WAR."

PLEA FOR LIGHTER SENTENCE.

Mr. F. C. Jouk.n made an application to Mr. Wood at the Police Court on Saturday morning for the reduction of the sentence of twelve months bard labour imposed on a Chinese last week. for being in possession of opium on board He referred to a the Empress of Japan.

cases recently in which Frenchmen were charged, and in which the defendants were dealt with much more leniently, although a larger amount of opium was involved:

PEKING, October 3rd. General Chang Shun has telegraphed to the President approving of Monarchy.

The Chau An Hue recommends, in a Constitutional circular telegram, Monarchy.

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The Lifsyuan Committee is preparing

In refusing the application, Mr. Wood said that the present defendant's offence

Bill for submission to the State was more serious because he was smug-

Council framing electoral machinery for the voting in the Provinces on the The State Council Monarchical issue. will consider the Bill on Saturday.

INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION,

PEKING, October 2nd.

gling opium on board a British man-of- and tried to bribe others to concen! the offence.

ar

M. Carlson, of

Co., and G. Messrs. Showan

Three more recruits left Japan on September 21st to join the British Army,

E. viz.:-Messrs.

& Cornes Messrs.

of W. Anderson, The National Industrial Exposition Tomes (both of Yokohama), and Mr. opened this morning at the Commercial R. F. Malaber, of Messrs. Cornes & Museum

nearly 30,000 Co. Kobe They are travelling to Eng-

Land vid Siberia. Another Kobe boy LONDON, Odober 3rd.

Speeches were made by the was exhibits. Carpet Ceremony The Holy

is Mr. EL M. Arab. Ministers of Commercs and Interior.learing shortly to join the British Army performed at Cairo yesterday.

Thero

were