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THE WAR.

VIOLENT GERMAN EFFORTS.

SEVERE FIGHTING NEAR VERDUN.

ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT.

ENGAGEMENT NEAR ADEN.

RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

HOLLAND AND THE

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

1THROUGH BUYER'S AGENCY.} ANOTHER SERIOUS GERMAN

CHECK.

FIVE VIOLENT ATTACKS.

PARIS, March 17th. 4. p.#.

A feature of today's communiqué is an- other very strious German check cast of the Meuse. The hambardment was follow- ed from eight in the evening onwards by a series of most violent offensive actions against our positions in the village and at Fort de Vaux. Five successive attacks by heavy effectives were hurled forward by the Germans without any success.

Two attacks were directed against the village and two more against the slopes of the ridge crowned by the fort; and finally an attempt was male to debauch from the sunken rond south-east of the village. All the attacks were shattered by our curtains of fire and our machine-gums and cost the rzemy important sagrifices.

TUBANTIA.”

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ARTILLERY ACTIVITE

PARIS, March 18th,

11.90 p.m.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES. MONDAY, MARUH 20гm. 1918,

A communiqué states:-There is nothing. to report beyond artillery activity about Achicourt Hohenzollern, Bully Grenay, Waverghem. Ypres and Wieltje.

HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS,

AND AERIAL ACTIVITY.

PARIS, March 18th,

5.30, p.

A communiqué ates:-There have been heavy bombardments on a great part of the line, the Germaur not being anxious to follow up the Lombardments with Infantry attacks,

The feature of the day has beo aviation activity. In spite of the misty weather, Frouch machines fought thirty- two engagements round Vordau, and one Fokker was badly damaged. Many heavy

There has been a reciprocal cannonade in bombs were dropped, the stations at Con

tho' Woevro: region,

A French coup de main westward of Post-a-Mousson inficted losses and took a

miiaber of prisoners..

flans, Metz, Dicuzo-end Armavilla sustain- ing the severest damage.

VIOLENT ENEMY EFFORTS.

The bombardment, west of the Meuse has. TRENCHES TAKEN AND RE-TAKEN anckened and the German, have not renɛws

ed her attempts on the Bethincourt- Cumieres front after yesterday's sanguin-' ary delest there,

PARIS. March 19th!

1.5 á,m

A communiqué states;-West of the Meuse the enemy violently bombarded in

FRENCH ARTILLERY'S GOOD the regim of Bois Bourrus and Montze-

WORK.

IMPORTANT ENEMY MUNITIONS

DEPOT DESTROYED.

PARIS, March 18th.

12.50 a-

ville.

THROUGH ABUYER'S AGENCY.] BUESIANS ATTACKING

TREBIZOND.

THE NEAR EAST

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TURKS ATTACK NEAR ADEN:

BY LAND AND SEA

LONDON, March 17th,"

REPULSED AND PURSUED,

LONDON, March 18th.

A telegrain from Rome says the Russians

ara attacking Trebizend by sea and lands is officialy announced that Turks, led by thece Germany, attacked Lugd. ten miles with large forces

from Adan, on the 10th just..

PROGRESS WESTWARE. SUBSTANTIAL CAPTURES,

PeranoGRAD, March 18th.

A communiqué states that after an on-. gagement we occupied the town of Manha inn, 0 versts west of Erzerum, capturing five guns, machine-guns, and a convoy of 44 officers and 770 Askaris, NAVAL ACTIVITIES,

(KHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE LOST "TUBANTIA."-. OFFICERS SWEAR VESSEL WAS TORPEDOED,

They were severely repaised, and were pursued for four miles, seventeen dead being picked up.

The British had one killed and soventeen wounded.

ROUTING BEDQUINS.

DUKE OF WESTMINSTER COMMANDS BUCCESSFUL MOTOR RAID.

SO, LONDON, March 19th, The Press Bureau announces that afte: the capture of Sollum a number of armouted mator-cars, undoy the Duke of Westminster, were sent on the 14th to occupy an enemy camp at Birwar, twenty five miles westward. On the way the cars passed some hundreds of Budonine flesing west but ignored them, and upon sighting the camp wade straight for it. The enemy

{THROUGH DEUTER'S AGENCY-]

DISORDER IN, PRUSSIAN DIET.

SOCIALIST LEADER EJECTED.

AMSTERDAM, March 19th. There was great disorder in the Prussian Diet at a speech by Herr Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, in which he declared that the present war ained at thwarting the liberation of the workers, and that the soldiers ought to fight not only in the trenches but against the common enciny.

There was terrike commotion, and Herr Liebknecht, was ejected.

WHEAT AND MAIZE.

REMARKABLE FALL IN LONDON MARKETS

LONDON, March 19th..

The remarkable fall in wheat and maize in the London markets during the past few Juys by five to eight shilings in attributed to the large realisations by firms which consider the early future to be full of us. certainties, especially in view of the large amount of grain lately acquired by the

THE LATE COMMANDER G. GIPPS. R.N. SERVED ON NEWCASTLE " AND

TRIUNF

In a glowing tribute to the work and character of Commander George Gipps. B.N, who was recently reported killed in Gachipoli, Mr. Arthur Puilon, writing in Land and Bater, states that the deceased officer was associated with him in his work from: 1910 until 1912, "Shortly after he rejoined, he proceeds, he was sent to China as second in command of the Nee- chatte. When war broke out he was de tailed for special work in the Far East. The Triumph, not at that time com missioned, was at once hastily got ready for sea and Gipps joined as senior licuteuaut-cosamander, He served througli all the operations of the attack on Tsing Tau, and was constantly in action,

In February the Triumph joined ap with Sir Sackville Carden's fleet off Gallipoli. How often she was in action- altogether I do not know, but it must have been nearer thirty than twenty times. In all these affaire Gipps distinguished himself greatly His knowledge of gunnery was almost unique, and the new problems uf are control which bombardments pres sented, insoluble. as they actually were, cans as near being solved by him as they could be. He was in the Triumph when she went down, and the small loss of His was a proof of how thorough had been his work as an executive officer. When he had. lost his ship he volunteered to build and equip a heavy battery for Helles, and re- mained in command of it, for some time, The battery was then turned over to the army, and Gipps was detailed to prepare a naval siege train, a business which on failure at Suvla left the siego train with tailed much preparation in Egypt. The

brought into action a gun and two machine-Turkey's sorinus plight, eperaging the fat Auzac. He was one of the few who

aren,

Death has taken le as. I think he would bave preferred to die. and once more it is his example that is his steruest legacy to those that follow him,"

THE HAGUE, March 18th. The Minister of Marine has received affidavits from the first and fourth officers and the lookout, man that they saw a tor pedo hit the Tubantio,

GERMAN OWNED FOREIGN

Government and also the reports of out an object, and Gipps heraue N.TO. "SECURITIES ABOARD.

was prosens first at the landing and then at LONDON, March 19th.

guns which were guzartly handled, but the belief of a possibility of dealing in the evacuation of that much-contested The Bolivian Minister to Berlin, who was whole of the gun-teams were shot down Russian wheat. travelling home on the Tufania, arrived while the cars were 400 yards away. The Feights have also declined because of at Amsterdam wrapped in bankets, and in care then dashed into the camp, the entry the absence of chartering by inerchants, and an exhausted condition. He has lost upy scattering in all directions. They were the larger muber of vessels available. ingared property worth £12,000 stelling, pursued, but after ten miles there was n also personal valuables and diplomatic danger of the petrol exhausting. documents He states that four persons the cars reassembled it was found that all the enemy artillery of three guns, ning were killed and several injured,

machine-guns, twenty-four spare barrels. and a large quantity of ammunition wer in our bauda,

It is reported that a large number of German owned foreign securities were aboard the liner intended for sale in New York, vid South America, and it is opined that grave financial injury to the owners will result in the loss of these.

When

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MR. CHURCHILL AND THE COMMONS.

LONDON, March 19th, The Manchester Guardian states that a number of Unionist Members of Parlin-

ENORMOUS INCREASE IN

U... EXPORTS. HOME TRADE REMAINS BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT,

Since the outbreak of the European war the expuris from the United States have

ncreased enormously,

According to figures made public lately

Ninety-one prisoners from ship-wrecked ment are signing a petition esking Mr. b, the Department of Commerce at Wish-'

Churchill to return to the House of Com

crews were rescued

A

тод

UNOFFICIALLY REPORTED.

KILLED.

LONDON, March 19th.'

Our force, which consisted of eight A SERIOUS DUTCH VIEW. officers and thirty two of other ranks had

AMSTERDAM, March 19th

only one casualty, an officer being slightly The Dutch press is unanimous with re-injured. The enemy had fifty killed.

It is unofficially announced that Lieut. Burd to the seriousness of the Talantia very skilful little campaign was thus affair, and urges the Government to com-successfully concluded bing with the United States and other neg. In threo wooks General Peyton's Fores has Neil Gavin, formerly a missionaty, was captured's hostile Commander, kiked and killed in Francs on the 13th just, and that tals in bringing Germany to her senses.

captured quite half of the Turkish sal-Major. George Newcombe, 150th Baluchia, ANOTHER LUTCH ESSEL

ordinate Commanders, and driven and was killed in East Africa on the 11th inst. TORPEDO D

scattered the remnants of the enemy, fa

ST. PATRICK'S DAY. beyond the border. They have also taken all the artillery and machine guns. During the opera, das our force advanced 150 miles. The work of the infantry was ex- tremely arduous owing to the lack of water,

LONDON, March 10the The Dutch steamer l'éembang, while

torpedoed journsying from Java, was the North Ses

The crew were saved,

IRISHI GUARDS INSPECTED,

LONDON, March 17th, On St. Patrick's Day their Majesties THREE TORPEDOES FIRED, but at the difficulties were overcome with inspected the Irish Guards, led by Lord

LATER

a splendid spirit Fifty-two of the crew and two Dutch. passengers of the Palembang have bien) 06MERAL.

The enemy on the right, of tho Meuse, after an intense artillery preparation, taunched a scring of partial attacks landed at Harwich, They state that the white (ranguGH REUTER'S AGENCE-] tween the village of Vanx and the woods south of Haudramont farm. These were The evening communiqué states: Northward of the Aisne, after lively stopped by a curtain of fire, and the gonade fighting, we rapulsed an attack enemy failed to approach our trenches at m one of our stall posts south-east of any points Fois-de-Buttes:

Our batteries have been most active on the whole front, particularly Woevre, where they exploded a munitions depot.

Our artillery has been actively engaged tho Valle aux Big region, and the Cranno Plateau.

Our artillery has also continued to batter The Geromas in Lorraine attacked in the tia chemy communications behind the Ar-Thiaville district. Soma of them penetrat

ed our advanced trenches, but were imme- ginge front,

Northward of Verdun there has been no diately ejected by a counter-attack. Our artillery wrecked enemy, trenches in the iniantry action

Boesinghe region and also shelled troops marching between the Oise and the Aisne.

The all-day-long bombardment has been intermittent west of the Meuse and mure Intcase in the Woerre district.

On the right bank our artillery in the Degaumont Damloup regien vigorously re- plied to the enemy's batteries and destroy- ed an important munitions depot at Champ Neuville

On the rest of the front thero is only the usual cannonade,

GERMAN'S DUAL OBJECT.

TO FORCE PREMATURE

OFFENSIVE.

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN

BRITISH ZONE..

LONDON, March 18th.

A communiqué says there has been con- siderable artillery activity south and north cast of Love and some mutual shelling south-east of Ypres.

RUSSIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK

REPULSED.

DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA,

ROSEWAR GOVERNMENT SNOSTETT VOTE SCHEME.

vessel sank in seves minutes, Nipe of the crew were injured by the explosion. The discipline was perfect, and all were saved in the boats, The Captain's dog was drowned, and this was the only fatality Some of the crew state that three torpeces were fired,

The weather was fine and it was very: clear, The Palembang was steaming fairly rapidly.

IFALIANS REQUISITION GERMAN SHIPS

Losoos, March 17th,

below za Bow LosDON, March 19th.

The Ther understands that the Govern mens proposes to appoint a representative Commission, including several Indian vein.. bers, to survey the economic resources and the industrial possibilities of India, with a

View to promoting business enterprise after

war. Lord Chelmsford is known to be rested with the greatness and the variety of Indian resources, and ho pad

Kitchoper,

The King gavệ u s. irring speech and paid tribute to the Irish Guarda for their loyal ty and courage.

gten, the increase of American exports for the year 1913 was 70 per cent, the volume of the exports amounting to $3,555,000,000. Impers were the smallest sace 1912 However, the volume of im- porta was sefficient to bring the total tor- eign trade of the nation-counting both exports and imports in ess:se of nye til lion dollars Largo as are these figures," however, says the Chicago Daly News. they are ir fling when compared with the value of the hose trade of the United States. In a recent issue of the daha, ist are presented statistics tone show the valuo of the home trade of the United States for the year 1915 to be a excess of $800,000,000,000, or one hundred times the volume of the largest foreign trade for any year in the history of the nation. All our foreign commerce since the civil war's c.oso made less than one-fifth of the home trade of the United States for the year 1915,

Foreign trade is important and its ex- tension is gratifyng. Still, the great mar ket for the products of the United States is this country itself,

** DASH FOR LIBERTY ???

Following the attempted escape of a Ger- an liner from America, it is reported that two German Beamers recently succeeded in getting away from South American

The Queen presented the regiment with ports, where they were interued. The the Shamrock

Mr. Redmond was present.

The King, who was loudly acclaimed,

walked without any sign of his recent accident.

CORRECTION.

LONDON, March 18th..

The Press Bureau announces that the death of Nari Bey, which was reported ou February 28th proves to be untrue. He Was seen disappearing from the field of

In the House of Commons Bir Edward Bir Hugh Barnes, a member of the Grey anounced that Italy had taken powers Congoil of India, heartily acquiesce in the action on the 14th inst. to requisition 36 German Eners now in decision. Sig, Thomas Holland, of Man- Italian ports: The total tonnage is 142,00).chester University, has been appointed SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON'S ITALIAN FRONT.

Chatinan of the Commission.

dis [THNOUGE GEUZEE'S amser. Jen? (p(The Commission will include two

to the tinguished Indian contributors CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY

economic development of India, one a -AUSTRIAN EFFORT REPULSED Benguli businessman and the other # Parsi murafacturer and capitalist. There will Bows, March 18th,

also be a Motopedeu member wa'l-know for 1's business capacity,

CANADA

AND THE TRADE

WAR,

SCOPEXPEDITION.

LONDE, March 18th.

PROMINENT INVALID.

LONDON, March 10th The operation performed on the Right Bon Sir 1. 8. Jameson has proved satis

factory.

were the Bubrenjein, escaped from Buenos Ayres, and the Turpan, from Funta Arenas,

It is further reported that all German ¦ interned vessels have received the cus to make a dash for liberty whenever opportu. uity offers,

Through the Wireless Press we have Beria's messages to the German Embassy in Washington referring to reports that ** German merchantmen, in spite of the vigilance of British men-of-war, have succeeded in leaving American ports flying the U.S.A, flag, in order to oruise in the Atlantic and the Pacific"

Competent German authoritien (says the Berlin Wireless) state than these reports are a pure invention, and that the enemy can easily convines bimaaf that these ships are still in pert.*

Which is not necessarily true werely be cause it cames from Berlin,

AN AERIAL BATTLF. DESTRUCTION OF A ZEPPELIN.

The Times Paris correspondent, describes Ronter sunounces that news of Birthe progress of the first big aerial battle on the 21st Feb with aeroplanes skirmish- Ernest Shackle on may be expected at any ing on the wings and Zeppelins holding the centre. The Zeppelin whose dostrue tion has been mentioned by Reuter was moving Lowly owing to head winds The first shell from the sun which was success- ful in bringing the Zeppelin down-burst Just astern, the second shell went above the Zeppelin, and the third, an incendiary shell, found the target and seemed to re- main embedded in the Zeppelin, Fire broke out and immediately spread the whole, length of the airship. There was Lo ex- pasion until the Zeppelin, which descend- ed slowly, touched the ground,, The air-

Another account by Eye-witness Bays that when the canonade commenced the Zeppelin turned and tried to epe but archlights kept it in view. The car nonado increased and suddenly immense sheals of flames sprang up above the dirigible, the who's of which was soon to be on fire within ten seconds, affording a frightful spectacle. The burning balloon farsed upon itself twice of thrice and Then 18-12writhing like a fanbarous porch.

OPTAWA, March 19th. -Senate. have eat a tekgram to Mr.

Lav blating thint the comme con- DEATH OF AN AUTHORESS. ship's cargo of bombs then burst.

A communiqué reports considerable noti vity. The stomy, supported by artillery, attempted to attack the Italian positions. south-east of Rovereto and in the Sugann Valley, but were reputed,

There was an intene, artillery action at 1 Louzy the Italians vigoros y respond az und capturing a trenck, SUCCESSFUL BOMBARDMENTi Versace in Paris, so far as post-war ar rangements are concerned, is for dis ROME, March 18th, A ommuniqué states:We re bombard, use an only and docs noy commit the Bri- If any scion is con- ed Tobach station, Visible damage was, tina Government. resistance proved that they are determined

done and there were some fres. Our interplated as the result of the conferencz, attack on the at Mamahatan but were ropulsed and fantry supported by artillery, kept the no steps should be taken without fa con

enomy on the alert on the whole Irons

LONDON. March 19th. Mr. Warner Allen writes that the Germans undoubtedly hoped to capture Verdun, but they had a second object, amely, to provcko a premature offensive by the Allies on the Western front; enlenlating that the French would be over- whelmed at Verdun and appeal to the British to take the offensive, The French

to retain the initi

whole front,

WITH HEAVY LOSSES

PETROGRAD, March 18th.

A commisique reports one or two minor affairs un the Western front. The enemy

the Cauensus attempted a counter-attack

driven westwards with severe lowes.

sulation h the Dominious”

Lopes, March 19h,

The death is amennood of Mrs Julia Franken (Frank Danby) the authoress,

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