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THE

WAR.

THOAISKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6rs, 1916.

CONTINUED SUCCESS OF ALLIED

OFFENSIVE.

THOUSANDS OF THE ENEMY CAPTURED,

SURRENDER OF DAR-ES-SAALEM.

FIERCE FIGHTING ON RUSSIAN FRONT.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE TWENTY THOUSAND.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

(THROUGH: REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FRENCH SUCCIBSES,

LINES NOW LEVEL.

PARIS, September 4th.

A communique states:-The ground re-

captured yesterday was on a frontage of six kilometres to a depth of one to two kilometres, and now brings our lines north and south of the Bomme level, This facilitates subsequent operatione Marcelbutin.

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(OPENING OF. THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.

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We are no more than three and a half kilometres from the national road to Hethune and Perenne. The possession of Clery gives us the key to the Peronne

region.

The opinion prevails in Paris that this marks the opening of the great offensive of the Allies on, all fronts.

attack

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BRITISH ADVANCE,

VERY SEVERE FIGHTING."

TALIAN FRONT.

AORECT."}

ALPINI TURENEMY.

ROME, September 4th,

{THROUGH REYTER'S AGENOT.] THE EAST COAST AIR RID. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN BELIEVED

-DAMAGED. An official commnuniqué states:

LONDON, September 4th. powerful double enemy attack at Mount It is officially stated that there is the Cauriol was arrested by the Alpini, who strongest reason to believe that another counter-attacked with bayonets and dis, Zeppelin was very seriously damaged in persed the eneiny with heavy loss.

We made successful raids on the right bank of the Vojussa, in Albania AFRICA

the air-raid on the East Coast.

AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.

LONDON, September 8th, London's experience in the air raid last night is unforgettable, though it was all over in twenty minutes.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGÉNGX-]

EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. SURRENDER OF DAR-ES-SAALEM The approach of the raiders was

Dar-Es-Saalem has surrendered.

heralded by methodical searching of the [Dar-Es-Shalom is the only seaport insky by searchlights, Then thunderlike German East Africa with a wed-sheltered was heard a distant boom. A solitary harbour. A road was made from this place 60 miles into the interior by Sir W la raider was shortly picked up, followed

ienon and Sir F. Buxton.]

by an outburst of guna from for and hear. The Zeppelin dashed for shelter

TOWN. OCCUPIED..

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"THE SCAMPS.”

Last night this company of excellent entertainers deepened the good impres sion they had created in their initial op pearance on Monday, and the large aud** once were delighted with the prograım. of good things provided, With such wealth of talent in their personnes, an with such a versatile and resourcefu leader as Mr. Wolseley Charles, it i not surprising to find that the company are able to vary their programmes nigt ly and at the same time maintain a hig..... standard of excellence. Last night's wi of face contained quite a number of new itenis quite up to and in some cases ex wolling in entertaining quality those the, displaced. Originalty, sparking w reduement, and resourceful variety al the leading features of their repertorn

real artiste it is and ns ench member of the party is

conclude that such coatzen

and to result in an entertazione. of a really first class kind.

While

not dinedat

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o numbers ia the long programnio wea

urge audience, it is not invidious exceedingly weit received by the Lä

articularise Mr. Bernard Ausat's ver,

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It is officially announced that Dar-Ea-to the nearest cloud. Then in a few Salaam surrendered at 9 o'clock in the moments came a dramatic climax Thu LANDON, September 4th.. morning on the 4th 'inst Our naval General Sir Douglas. Haig, in a co-torces, co-operating with our troops from light of a brilliant sunset for about five whole of London seemed bathed in the muniqué, states:As the result of last dagamojo and Sandani, are now occupy seconds. Every steeple, chimney and night's fighting the enemy's defences on ng the town.

telegraph polo stood out clearly for a

and rentiering of the bausd 3,000 yards of his front, to an average We continue to pursue the main Ger depth of 500 yards, were captured.

dine." Mr. Wolseley Charles' exscabt. moment. Then came inky darknew. maa forces south of Mrogoro. General

THE AFTERMATH.

Tongue Twisters, 1340 The fighting was very severe.

Our Smuts' main body is near Matombo, on

An eye-witness in

dici's exquisitely artistic singing the immediate advance was stubbornly contested, the the eastern slopes of the Uluguru moun vicinity gives a graphic account of what

"When you come Home," the humorou enemy repeatedly counter-attacking, sup-tains. Smaller forces are pushing south took place. He says the Zeppelin drop-Dolaro's feeling rendering of horsie. ario "An Operatic Uproar," Miss Do ported by very heavy artillery fire.

wards through the hills, whilst westward ped, nose downwards, with an appalling beautiful song, "Mifanway," Mr. sol our mounted troops are pressing southi erash. The heat was tremendous, and ward to the forde of the Ruska River, in after the fare of gas the wreckage burned

ey Charles piano skit on the coup co-operation with a detachment of ferely for an hour and a half amid and mirth-provoking burlesque

-ion of a waltz, not to furget the clove

General Vanderventer's second division, continuous popping of machine-gun car which has reached Kikumi. General tridges, Northey has occupied Neuiringa, and is proceeding towards Mahenge, towards which all the remaining German forces are endeavouring to retreat. THE BALKANS

Our advance was almost everywhere successful at the outset, and most of the counter-attacks, costing very heavy losses, completely failed to shake our hold of the ground won.

GINCHY CAPTURED AND PART LOST.

We captured the whole of Cinchy, but were compelled to give ground here. The enemy did not attempt a counter. However, we remain in part of the on the positions we captured village. Despite heavy, repeated counter- yesterday." Bad weather retarded opera-attacks during the night, our line stilf

rune according to last night's com muniqué,

Already 800 prisoners have been brought in,

tions.

MORE PRISONERS CAPTURED:

Up till now we have taken fourteen gupe, and the capture of more prisoners is reported. We took 400 prisoners at Fleury.

Enemy attacks on Vaur Chapitre Wood and to the east of that point were repulsed

with losses,

PARIS, September 5th.

A communiqué states:-The battle on the Somme continued violently through- unt the day.

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKĘ

SMASHED.

HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES. A communiqué states:-North of the Falfement farm we gained ground, and beavy fighting continues in this portion.

The enemy counterattacked our newly- won position north-west of the Mouquet farm, but were easily repulsed.

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There is nothing further to report be- yond that there were heavy artillery actions between the Ancre and the Somme.

With further advances, fierco German 178814# FRONT,

counter-attacks from Combles were smash.

ed with heavy losses to the enemy.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

[TRROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SERBIANS REPULSE

BULGARIANS.

PATROL ACTIVITY.

LONDON, September 4th. A French Salonika comneuniqué states: A Bulgaria attack west of Lake Ostrove was easily repulsed by the Serbians.

There has been intermittent cannonade and patrol activity of the Struma-Lake Doiran front.

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH KEUTZE'M AGENCY.]

NAVAL AEROPLANES -BUSY. SUCCESSFUL BOMBING NEAR

ANTWERP.

Lesbos, September 4th.

Bystanders were deluged with wreckage and water as they started to search for bodies. The first was discovered lying beside a jammed machine-gun, a piece of gold lace clinging to it. A ghastly broiled piece of human flesh represented the remains of the Commander, Al pieces of bodies, heads, trunks and limbs were carefully collected and waped in the corner of a field, and covered with tarpaulin.

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There were extraordinary scenes King's Cross and other stations in the afternoon, thousands besieging the brains leaving for Enfield. Many were left be- hind. The northern roads presented an unwanted spectacle with their mile-long processions of vehicles, but little was seen, as most of the wreckage had been previously removed.

Photographs show that the heavy parts of the machinery had to be dug out of the ground.

The flare was seen for forty miles

WAR NEWS.

An official communiqué states:--Naval | W/ THE ARMY'S LANGUAGE.

The French south of the Somme rushed RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN GALICIA, aeroplanes successfully bombed ship-

the enemy on a front of 20 kilometres between Barleus and Chaulnes, and also

on front of four kilometres near Chilly:

which they carried.

THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED

PRISONERS.

They captured 3.700 prisoners, The French progressed cast of Fleury, A fierce Gerinas attack gained a mo midtary footing at Chendis, but they were immediately drive süt,

NUMEROUS PRISONERS.

LONDON, September 4th.

Dear Ant

The habit of using bad language building yards at Hoboken,

against which the Church papers are werp, on the 2nd instant,

waging war, ie one which has been father ed upon the British, army for many cen- A large squadron of our machinesuries. Englishmen were known as " A Russian communiqué states:--In the effectively bombed an enemy serodrome rotors for long after the battles of

Crecy

and Agincourt. Our army, we know, region of Brezany our troops crossed ( at Gistelles on the 3rd instant

swore terribly in Flanders when, two the river Tseniovka, a western tributary. All our machines returned safely.

hundred years age, they were holding the treaches there under Marlborough. And just about that fire law was passed in the Leeward Islands which was intended to check the unruly speech of soldiers It provided that a soldier convicted of blashpheming a second time should he bored through the tongue. But the law officers of the Crown interfered, and on their advice the bill was rejected, for they viewed with alarin punishment which, incapacitate the eny? of rigorously applied was calculated to

of the Zlotalips, capturing the enemy's | NAVAL ACTIVITIES. position and taking prisoner 80 offers and 2,641 Igen.

ADVANCING TO HUNGARIAN FRONTIER.

The Russian communiqu' coatimes;- my attacks, with gas, south east of Baranovitchi were repulsed with heavy

We made big progress ent of Le Forest, outflanking the farm de l'hopital," and occupying the height west of Bair de losses. Jarrieres...

To-day's' captures included a dozep machine guns,

South of the Somme, the French attacks were splendidly supported by the artillery.

ENEMY FIRST-LINE TRENCHES CAPTURED.

The French captured the German first- line trenches on the Barloux-Deniecourt front, and established demiselves on the outskirts of the village of Berny.

SOYECOURT CAPTURED.

The village of Soyecourt was captured after a brilliant assault,

We raptured a series of heights on the wooded Carpathians and are advancing towards the Hungarian frontier.

THREE DAYS' RECORD OF CAPTURES,

A Russian communiqué states:-Be- tween August 31st and. September 3rd, General Brusiloft captured 385 officers and 19,029 men, of whom eleven ofasers and 1,300 men were Germans; and also twelve cannon and 76 wadiine-guns,

FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES, -Fierce battles continue in the direction of Vladimir Volynski, and in the vicinity of Korntitze and the Upper Sereth.

We took prisoter 550 Turks in the re- gion of Ogol

British armoured motor-care fiercely

(TAKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MERCHANTMEN SUNK.

LONDON, September 6th. The steamers Swift Wings Kelviai, Duart, Jequlte and Strathellan (Brit.), Formatge (Danith), Zezurenz (Dutch), and Gotthard and Setradale (Norwegia)

have been sank. GENERAL.

{THROUGH REFIER'S AGENCY.] ECONOMIC CONFERE CE. BELGIUM FALLS INTO LINE.

HAVRE, September 4th. The Belgian Government has notified the French Government of its adherence the resolutions of the Economic Conference.

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OBITUARY.

COL. DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M-B

LONDON, September 5th. Colonel Dunean Campbell, D.8.0 Unionist M.P. for North Ayrshire, is

dead.

COL DU PATY DE CLAM. The success in the Chilly district gave the French possession of several strongly-engaged the Kurds to the south-west of de Clam, well-known in connection with The death is announced of Col. Du Paty fortified lines,

Lake Nimrudghel.

the famous Dreyfus ease.

VERY OTHERWISE."

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which the catertainment concluded, “Th Scamps' Choral Society," another eid... ion from the fertile brain of Mr. Wols. ey Charles, who, besides being an artist of capability, originality and resourc is 1

Th

pianist of great skill.

who are bound to command support, a... Seamps are a party of entertainer

the Theatre Royal should be wet-le aightly during the remainder of thei tay.

AN INCIDENT IN A CLEARIN STATION.

A SONG THAT REACHED THE

HEART.

A Fttle incident is described in a lette received from one of the doctors engag in an important clearing station i 'rance, through which pass large nuar Jory of wounded from the front, writes:-

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قالة

الالمانية

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300 wounded soldiers

At a recent concert there were abou.

Barough with their lives from the aita. 'ney were a nondescript collection o Joys, rough and unkempt loosing, ther clothing and boots torn, and ewig da

them swathed in bandages-some wit.. Just sniall bandage, others with ma

andages. One of the Sisters got up t Jing When the Boys come home,' and a nice voice, and as soon as the nuc sung a line or two I felt as if somethia, was gripping me by the throat and n.. eyes became misty. 1 felt ashamed an was afraid of being seen. Presently t boys took up the chorus lustily, and should just hear that chorus! They sani ventured to look round at them." You

fiercely, many of them with tears cours

BRITAIN'S WAR ORDERS.

HUGE TOTAL OF PURCHASES IN

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AMERICA,

American, from Chicago east, is now in tue suauy side of aux,000,000 in ail war ofuurs, counung mangets, ma- athery, locomotives, and our products aut doing strictly under ise sead of

Awent our corporations alone ace

account or more than 1,000 up to reh dary of this year. As igure 18 said

nignty conservalave."

In other Urus, 1013 ten, comprising scarcely one- third of the country's war receipts, i

qual to the entire national deu us the

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cd brajes, win 440 years of existence eaind it during when it financed zour ars of its owi, innumeran.o Congres unal pork barrel, and satis wants of a population of Juu,600,000, or sanny pcope. as France and Germany LAVO COLI.neď.

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Ometal reports from the Bureau of oreign and Domestic Commerce.

daington show that shipments of war Buzios up to date have aggregated **Ú,,UÊÎ,C. These figures cover muni- On the Biriciest sense of the word. ey do not include locomotives, blan- ets, rails, annenines for gun-aking, or ier materials of this class which are adispensane to the nations as part of Leir war supplies.

it must be Tenenbered also that a tre- endous amount of war orders already Laced will not begin to run before Au- na and next year. Some of theso con- racts call for delivery as late as 1918.

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BEFALLHEM STEEL CORPORATION. The war orders of the betalenem Steel orporation at one time at least were an pen book. They are placed 1200.000,000 up to February last. Charles 4. Schwab, the salesman extraordinary fue war-order business, made no secret scaping a treain of the Allies? busi- ess before J. P. Morgan made such a argain as to be appointed the virtual

piezentative of the Lareiga group. Ane Leiniene Steel Corporation has roduced munitions tar in excess of any aer plant in the country. Its payroll ow equals ,000 men. vecent.y-bouwab nounced he had a war Lund of 40,000,000 with which he intended to ild has various units, the most recent quisition to- wnica was tho Fennsyl

ita Steel, with its splendid Maryland cel subsidiary at Sparrows Point, out-

o of Baltimûre,

In many respects Bethlehem has sur- used me German-renowned hrupps. rum Berblehen to Redington, along the cgh River and sont almost to Heiler- wn, the plan is so largo that only a w oficinas really appreciate how ex ansive it is. And it is still growing.. nly recently three large buildings were mpleted in which munitions will be. anufactured for the Russian Govern- ent Tub buildings represent an in- estment of $1,000,000 eur. Close to uakertown Bawab is having bulat the ictor Box Company at a cost of $200,000, pply to maze ooxes to transport shrap- An an indication of the secrecy ob rved even in a proposition so simple this, e agent entrusted with this ork drew his labourers entirely from iladelphia. Every one of them was a icked man who had worked in construct- ag buildings for war munitions, and ao, above all, possessed the attribute of sing ahe to keep his tips sealed. This ux factory was due to be completed out August 1. Elere hundreds of thou nda of boxes will be turned out weekly, nd they will be painted inside and out. aus the Allies will ensure that shells sil not rust, no matter how long they ay be held beand the trenches. Deta.coem's output averages 350,000 elis or all calibrés a month. These in- ude the Enguish three 29's, 60- unders, 10-inch explosives, naval pro- jectiles for England and a large order f the famousós." In addition to isaed shells it is ruaking accurately iled bara out of which England and rance will cut shrapnel bu...s. It is ud that the price of an English 39 or - Franch 76 at Bethlehem is Six,A, -nile 60-pound gun is reputed to bring ,22,000,

also reported that Bethlehem is aking rapid progress in the manufac are of its new siege guns of 42 centime res, which are to ourival the rupp Big cerchas," the guns that pulverized 8 Belgian delences. The American ece, it is asser.ed, will throw a spell Aenty-four miles.

DU PUNT COMPANY.

The du Pont Company, at Wilmington, ext to Schwab, is said to be the big rofit-maker with a foreign war account f more than $200,000,000. The profits rising from this business can be appre- iated when it is known that powder rings 81.10 a pound. As given out, it osts Boinething in the neighbourhood of 0 cents a pound to manuracture this xplosive. In June 14,000,000 pounds

down their checks and each one pour ing out his soul in the chorus. No won der! Had they not come out of hell: (that's their term). Not a man of ther expected to see home again. This crowd brave as lions when facing the guns, m to the core every one of them; yet the aweet voice of a brave little nurse turno. them one, and all into a lot of little child- ren away from home. She touched th best in them with the simple words of s little song of home. That is the feelin that animates these men. They are readyent to Europe from Philadelphia alone, to fight at any time. They swear to de

Thus the Allies have fared in getting all sorts of things that one wishes ther

heir munitions orders into the plants Are the German soldiers becoming dis. would not do, but just touch the right lies thrown business to America. Ger f this country. But not only have the lutioned. A wounded officer, talking chord and you can mould them as you to a correspondent, said: One of our will. I am glad I came out here to de

any at the present time, indications here Philadelphia show, is using America prisoners had been a waiter in London my little bit; you in England and Wal further the conduct of its defence.. for years, and knew his Loudon as well cannot do too much for them when they

NORWAY AND GEDEN. as 1 de; most intelligent chap, and utter, | return.” ly sick of the war. He talked to me in-

There is no question but that Norway and Sweden are acting as just the sort of tone he'd have und if

intermediaries or German purchases in this country, he'd been taking my order for supper.

The Weekly Drag This chap suid that

Markets, dated his regiment the

July 10, published the shipment of officers had explained to them that our advance on their front last Saturday was

15.472 pounds of toinol from New York' ade by the Brigade of Guards (who've

o Sweden. Toluel is one of the prime “There's at least one white man among explosives, and this order, together with Ingredients in the manufacture of high but that the Guards and since been with Warwicks, who was wounded in the big ignificant. It is known that Germany never been near the place, you know); the Germans" says a corporal of the others in the past, is taken to be highly drawn to another front, what was left attack. I met him in the thick of it.

fem; and that the British troops now

is carrying on a heavy trade with Sweden He was having a rough time of it will in our line there were Kitchener's con- our chaps. After knocking out a couple through the Baltic, and as such materials 24 this are indispensable to Germany's scripts, and all quaking in their boots hair and a face like a girl. The Hun warfare, authorities here see the fulfil- ho was attacked by a youngster with fair at that. We were told you would throw who looked old enough to be the ladment of America's neutrality promise to you, and that you knew no more about father, proved too elever for him, and if you will pay the price and come and down your rifles directly we got close to

Germany: Anything we have is yours chap. soldiering than children.' said my waiter finish his work, when I suppose some get it."--New York Time

We came on for a walk-over, to thing in the boy's face appealed to him. have the sport of going right through for he stopped and signed to the lad to your line. Well, as you know, it wasn't so. And he kind of grinned at me, at

get up and go. The Hun then turned One of the correspondents at Herd that. Indecil, says he, it was very a shell from the German guns burst, and between the Bavarian and Prosion pri to walk away, but a second or two later arters says that grand fight broke.

ont in one of nur otherwise, sir: wasn't it?' I should think he was killed on the spot. Some of us.

cages" for prisoners

ONE "WHITE" GERMAN.

sent him to earth. He was stooping it

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They weren't in the mood for negotia- we stuck up a notice; Here Lies a White orderliness, the fight was stopped, for it was. Ibet my fellows gave 'em the who saw what had happened took careers. What seems to him and others a hottest quarter of an hour of their lives. that the Hun had a decent grave, and it was that, with our excessive sense tions, I can tell you.”

Garman E

the Bavarians were getting the best of it,