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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 14mm, 1916.

THE

WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saterday night and issued in our Early Morning Eziro yesterday. FRANCO BELUIAN FRONT

(THROUGH EKOTBI'S AGENOT.] BRITISH STILL PROGRESSING,

LONDON, Angust 11th. General Sir Douglas Asig, in a com- muniqué, states:North of Bacontin-le Telat and north-west of Pozieres we have progressed,

BRITISH INFLICT LOSSES ON. ENEMY.

General Bir Douglas Haig, in a com muniqué, states:-North of Basentia-le- Petit we inflicted considerable loss on the enemy in taking trenches on which s determined counter-attack was repulsed with heavy loss. ⠀

We successfully raided a ruined farm within the enemy linee to the south of Ypres.

NORMAL TRENCH WARFARE.

Loxtos, August 19th General Bir Douglas Haig, insom muniqué, states:There is no change in the situation between the Ancre and the Bomme. There was normal trench war- lare west of the British front,

RAIDS ON ZEPPELIN SHEDS. Besides numerous daily raids, the Boyal Flying Corps recently made long- distance raids upon the Zeppelin sheds nt Brussels, the railway Bidings at Mons, the railway sidings and airship sheds at Namur, the railway stations at Busigny and Courtrai, both of which were twice attacked. Unly two of the 69 raiding achines failed to return.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE. DESTRUCTIVE FRENCH BOMBARD- MENT.

PARIS, August 11th A communiqué states:We destructive ly bombarded onamy organisations north of the Somme. There have been only minor operations elsewhere.

French air-squadrons bombed the rail- way station and barracks at Vouzieres and the railway station at Bazancourt. GERMAN TRENCHES: STORMED.

PARIS, August 19th.

TALIAN FRONT.

(TSROUGH REVIER'S AGENCY.]

ITALIANS OCCUPY THE DOBERDO FLATEAU

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]} MILITARY CONFERENCE.

Panis, August 12th

Mr. Lloyd George, Becretary of State for War, and General Maurice and Colonel Buckley conferred, with M. Briand, the Ministers of War and Mani- tions, Generalissimo Joffre and General

NEW LIMBS FOR OLD THE WONDERS OF ROEHAMPTON, **The only thing I dread is losing a limb Le far rather be killed!"

These words must have been echoed a thousand times by our gallant fighting on the men who, while willing and ready to lay LONDON, August 11th.

down life itself, if necessary, According to Router's Correspondent at

sacrificial altar of the freedom of nations, from the terrible prospect of a helpless Rome, it is officially announced that the

have, very naturally, shrunk with horror Italians have occupied the whole of the Castelnau.

It is announced that the discus existence and the utter lack of precious which the loss of a limb Doberdo Plateau and have reached the

It is a fear which many of us to whom Live at Vallone. To the cant of Vallone sion, which showed complete harmony, independence whic

it has been expressed have found very the enemy was completely routed and had reference to the progress of the joint suggests. retired after having been driven out of military operations. the strongest defences on the Ban Michele and San Martino sectors.

THE ITALIAN VICTORY. ENEMY SMOKED OUT OF CAVERNS.

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE difficult to allay.

SERBIANS.

LONDON, August 11th. Britain has agreed to release for the Sorbiane, if necessary, 2,000 tons of Boumanian grain, the distribution of which in to be controlled by the Allies, A message from Milan states that the but has informed the Central Power main feature of the fighting at Gorizia that, as they possess enormous stocks of

LONDON, August 11th.

This thought was certainly uppermost in my mind when I first passed through the gates of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospital (for soldiers and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war) at Roehampton, in the County of London; for I, too, had failed fully to recognise the wonderful progress of since, and had very little real concep- tion of the

vas the stubborn resistance of the Aus-foodstuffs in Boumania, they must pro which have band marvellous strides

triaus. Hundreds had hidden in caverns excavated in the mountains, while eight hundred Hungarians, in a grotto at

with Podgora, fought with bombs and maxim guns day and night, but they were finally smoked out by straw saturated petroleum, fires being lighted at the ea- trance of the caves:

The Austrian Staff Headquarters, in the Palace of Justice at Gorizia, was wreaked and hundreds of officers buried.

Most of the Italian prisoners confined in caveras were liberated.

THE BALKANS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

artificial limbs.

made in the creation of

In the beautiful Roehampton. House,

enneth lent for the purpose by Mr. Wilson, with its peaceful

grounds, our mutilated saliors and sol diers can obtain a new lease of life. there the best possible arti- They receive ficial appliances and instruction in their

vide for the Serbians in future.

PORTUGAL TO HELP ON WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, August 11th. The President of Portugal, telegraph

exceedingly important work, for of th ing to the Paris Journal, sayı 2-1

We have already sent soldiers to East in the past many a man has cast an Africa. Now we are going to fight also artificial limb aside for the want on the European front, where we eball little instruction as to its working. be proud to co-operate with the Allies." GERMAN

There artificial hands are taught to

new legs as well as they ever did. WALL OF STEELP. The men learn to walk with their SHAKEN.

One wounded Australian, who had lost both his legs at Gallipoli, remarked to me with a brave smile, I ised to suffer fearfully with gout in my old feet-but these new ones treat me proudly !"

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LONDON, August. 12th. Reuter's Correspondent at Amsterdam FRENCH PROGRESS IN THEys that while the Allies have been battering the enemy on every side for

Just a year ago the hospital was open- BALKANS.

weaks, the Germans have observed com plete silence. regarding their intentions,ed, and how urgent the need has been is and German papers have been talking of very evident from the fact that up to the cases had been treated and discharged, an impenetrable wall of steel on, both 25th of last month over two thousand frontiers.

LONDON, August 11th. Beuter's Correspondent at Saloniks says the French have advanced and ocou pied a hill to the south of, and a railway station five miles east of, Doiran. EGYPT

(THROUGH AZOTER'S AGENOT.] FIGHTING IN EGYPT

LONDON, August 11th.

An offcial message from Egypt reports

Over A German evening communique makes fitted with artificial appliances! the first admission that the wall is two thousand men of our fighting forces- entered the shaken, saying that the regrouping of from the Mother-country and the Over

seas Dominions-who had Russians is proceeding.

troops to meet the regrouping of the rosegarding themselves useless.

TRIBESMEN'S FAITH IN BRITISH RULE.

LONDON, August. 12th. The tribal chiefs at Aden have written

and

of life, have, after a on the shelly placing themselves brief period, varying between four and six months, passed out re-created? Men have who have had both legs amputated and

walk again never expreted to

A communigud states:North of the that the Turks made a further retreat Somme several German tronches were under pressure of our mounted troops, to the. Anti-Slavery. Society highly an "ulked out with the aid of a stick alone! brilliantly stormed in the afternoon. A Turkish counter-attacks were repulsed fortified quarry and two small woods and the enemy's casualties were heavy north of Hem Wood were also captured Dur cavalry remained in observation of by the French

the enemy, who retired to their entrench- ments.

NEW LINE ESTABLISHED, The French established a new line on the saddle south of Maurepas and along the Maurepas and Ham roads.ZER There was an intense artillery deel south of the Bomme

There was bombardment on the Verdun front-en-

AMERICAN PILOT FELLS GERMAN AEROPLANE.

A Gorman aeroplane was felled south of Douamont by an American pilot.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

[THROUGH : REUTER'S AMENOT.] THE RUSSIAN DRIVE. ENORMOUS CAPTURES.

PETROGRAD, August 11th. An official statement records the con- tinued Russian advance on the right bank of the Sereth, where over 14,000 prisoners have been captured since the 4th inst The enemy loss 26 enormous.

RUSSIANS OCCUPY

STANISLAU.

AIRSHIP ACTIVITY

(THECUOH REUTER'S AUKNUS. RECENT AIR RAIDS.

BRITAIN

LONDON, August 11th. It is offcially announned that there are now eight deaths as a result of the air raid of the 8th Inst

The total damage is four small bounce god a skợp damaged, and a number of all+GUBCA and cottages slightly damaged Fifty feet of a colliery rail- way were turn up and's horen was killed.

VENICE.

ROME, Angust 12th.

preciating the help of the British Naval force in repelling the Mad Mullah's a wonderful attack at Lascoray, which created in the minds of the tribesmen faith and loyalty to British rule."

KITCHENER FUND.

Logos, August 11th The Kitchener National Memon Fand now totals over £13,000 Lloyds have given £10,500. );

SHIPPING DISASTER. LINER ON FIRE AND REACHED.

ATHERS, August. 12th.

from

The liner Eleftherea, hueand Salonika for Voto, with a cargo of per leum, and carrying 1.200 passengers, mostly Greek soldiers of the demobilised army, caught fire off Skiathos

The vessel's boilers exploded: Forty were killed and many injured. The Captain succeeded in beaching the burning liner.

Yesterday dozens of maimed "soldiers. were making application for their recep tion into the hospital. In April last the notifications are pouring in at the rate. of over 300 a month. The 550 beds are waiting list numbered nearly 2,000, and

always occupied.

their. hand The great rooms with sanely painted walls and ceilings, ens verted now by the necessity of war int bright wards, were a wonderful sigh Over each bed I noticed the pane of L donor (£50 maintains a bed for a you and many are taking advantage, vi ti as paying a fitting Tribute to some de one who has fallen in action), At foot is pasted the name and rank of e Such che temporary occupant. patients they are too--some anxion awaiting their new appliances, oth proudly displaying the wonderful ad ability of theirs.

I stood at the long window of one the sunny wards which overlookeds lawn where grey-clad men were playr croquet, and it was very difficult to refer that many of them were moving a on legs cunningly built of light encased in hide, for the springs

It is officially announced that the Aus- SHANGHAI OPIUM SCANDAL, which they are fitted at the knee, are, trian air raid on Venice on Tuesday night negligibly damaged the railway

FIUME.

Rome, August 19th

SHANGHAI, August 12th.

and military establishments, but com-A great scandal has been brought to pletely destroyed, the church of Sants light in Shanghai by the arrest of four Yunnanese Members of Parliament on in Maria Fermosa.

charge of smuggling opium.

Baven thousand pounds of opium, valued at a million taels, have been found It is semi-officially announced that the in their luggage, which, in view of theirAn employment bureau has been e- The Bossians have occupied Stanisian air raid on Fiume was most destructive official position, was allowed to pass the

PURSUING HEATEN ENEMY Enormous reservoirs of petroleum were Customs without examination.

There is reason to believe that this is blown up, and all the buildings near the torpedo factory were destroyed Thore less than half of the amount that was

The Danube shipbuilding sheds full of valuable machinery were brought to Shanghai, damaged. yards suffered seriously.

Renter's Correspondent at Petrograd states:-The Russians took Staniman after a fight, and are now following on the beels of the beaten enemy, in a wester ly direction..

STRATEGIC VALUE OF STANISLAU

PETROGRAD, August 12th. Stanislan, which is 75 miles from Lem berg, is the centre of five railways, three of which ato-slready in the bande of the Russiana. It is only 14 miles from Halicz, whose possession will give the Russians. control of the most important artery in the defence of Leinberg...

________BOTHMER'S ARMY.

GENERAL.

(THROUGE, REUTER'S AGENCY.} ENEMY OCCUPIED

TERRITORY.

GERMANY REFUSES ALLIED FOODSTUFFS PROPOSAL

SALONIKA COMMANDS.

LONDON, August 11th. Reuter's correspondent at Paris states that General Bartail has been formally appointed Generalissimo of the Allied forces at Salonika. General Cordonier commands the French Army at Salonica

WAR NEWS.

The position of General Baker is

LONDON, August 11th. now most precarious, as he can only re trent by the Tarnopol-Lemberg railway, It is officially announced that Germany against which General Sakharoff is ad has declined to negotiate further regards vancing from the river Bareth, while ing the Allies offer in respecs of the General Latchitiky, south of the Boerster, relief of inhabitants in occapied terri- buy strack a shroud blow at the rear of tories, mentioned in a telegram on June a special Red Cross service under a General Bothur's army.

HALLOZ THREATENED. The Hussians north of the Uneister are advancing at space that will sooth threaten Blitics.

ANOTHER CAPTURE.

A communiqué mentions that the Rus Bians Liave⋅ captured Monsterzyska atter a severe fight, and then crossed the

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HUGE CAPTURES.

The capture of altogether 23,000 Austro- Germans yesterday is recorded, but the slaughter of the emeiny was tremendous

The Austro-Germans destroyed the bridges, but the Russians fought for and won the fords, and advanced overwhelm ingly clearing the woods, villages and bate Russian cavalry were most effer tive, breaking up the enemy counter- attacks and repeated charges and throw- ine the massed formations into confusion:

When Monasterzyska was captured s Russian mounted machine gun detach ment reached the rear of z German' re:: giment, and annihilated it

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and toes almost defy detection.

In one corner of the delightful groe have ea fitted. Here I saw some of the patite well appointed workshops being instructed in various work mor and electrical engineering, carpenter, accountancy, shorthand, and typewritg. lished, and through this medium masof the men are obtaining good eituatis immediately upon leavin driving - the trispit. In mator-engineering and ticularly the wounded soldiers are sh ing great adaptability, and it is evide from the numerous applications receive that many of the Roehampton patien will find good employment as chauffeur Others, of course, will return to thei previous employment.

Recreation rooms have been built and atted with billiards-tables and the like. Everywhere there are evidences of the many kindly thoughts that have been expended to ensure they?

the happiness of the patients.

When I left the hospital tea was being served in the garden, where supper, too, I am told, is served when the somewhat

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BELGIAN VILLAGES AND GERMAN erratic weather permits.

Down the long, shady Roehampton-lane WOUNDED.

seats have been placed at frequent in- tervals with the words For Wounded upon them." Soldiers. Only written venture, with pride, upon their recently acquired limbs, those must be a blessing Judging from the long distances the men

indeed

I met Four men, all upon eruthches,

The Telegraaf learns from the frontier establishment in every Belgian village that the Germans have compelled the

German doctor or medical student. Every village is charged to attend to the wounded for the love of God. The Ger- mans will enforce obedientes to this ordez.

GERMAN SAILORS IN THE TRENCHES.:

[The felogram referred to follows: The Imperial Government pre poses to admit foodstuffs into territories occupied by the enemy provided the enemy will reserve wholly to civiliana all food- stuffs sent into those territories and allow neutrals selected by the President of the United States to control the distri bution: If the offer is refused or un,

The Daily Express learns on reliable answered before harvest-time, the Imperis! Government will hold the Central Powers authority that among the prisoners re responsible and exact such reparation ascently captured by the British on the wn be secured by the Allied arms or Western front were several German enforced by public opinion neutral sailors countries for every civilian starved to death in occupied territorien.)

HARASSING THE TØRKS.

CAIRO, August 19th.

and taking prisoners. Ade

These sailors state that they are sur vivors of the great North Sea fight, and formed part of the crews of the German battleships and battle cruisers sunk or irretrievably damaged in action

were gite two miles from the hospital. They were all so full of hope and gratitude. But it's pretty hard lines for us to have to stay at home. while other men are fighting, one of them complained.

Their bodies may be twisted and broken, but their spirits remain whale and dauntless.

HAUNTED BY FAIN!

haunted by the awful dread or the worse Are your waking and sleeping hope reality cf bodily paint

Headache, backache, toothache, cearal- gia, sciatica, rheumatism, sore throat, and other exterud achta and pails to quickly-soothed and cured by

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feverish No more nights.

When the men were landed in Ger many they were immediately provided The latest news from Binsi states that with soldiers uniforms and sent to the the British are continually harassing the trenchce, in order to prevent them from Turks, inflicting the heaviest casualties going home and telling their relatives Strains, sprains and swelling. sore

and friends what had really happened to neck, crick in the buck all most o

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