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THE

HEAVY

WAR.

FIGHTING THIEPVAL.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY OCTOBER 2ND 1916.

AROUND

LONDON TERRITORIALS SUCCESSFUL IN TRENCH RAID.

GERMANS CLAIM CRUSHING DEFEAT OF ROUMANIANS.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN GREECE. REVOLUTIONARIES GATHERING STRENGTH.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT,

{THROUGH REUTKE'S AGENCY.] BRITISH FRONT.

IMPORTANT SECTION OF TRENCH TAKEN

LONDON, September 30th. General Haig, in his official report, states: Bain fel heavily to-day.

(THEOUGH REUTER'S PAGENCY.]

**UNDERGROUND GIBRALTAR”

ALLIES GREATEST TRIUMPH

LONDON, September 30th. Correspondents at Headquarters de

Underground scribe Thiepval Gibraltar. Its capture is our gatent) triumph. It had been garrisoned since There was little activity on the centre and right wing, except intermitent-she-September, 1014, by the Wurtemberg Ing. We made slight progress east of Regiment, who gloried in its impregnabi Les Boufe where 100 yards of trenches lity and resolved to hold it to the last.

A thousand of them are now prisoners were occupied.

They have told how they lay snug, in their dug outs during the worst borabard-

There WRA heavyghting in the Thiepval area.

Round the Stuff Redoubt we took ments, laughing at the idea of our win- an aportant section of the Hessianning Thiepval trench. We were forced out, but, by a Our attack was made from the South, counter-attack, we regained the trench later Eight officers and 521 others were taken prisoner in this section yesterday.

BOMBING PARTIES ACTIVE: The night was, quiet on most of the

front

Positions won north of Thiepval were

heavily shelled. Our bombing parties - were active in the neighbourhood of the Schwaben Rodoubt and the, Hessian. trench, parts of which the enemy still

hold.

ENEMY AMMUNITION DUMP EXPLODED.

Our neroplanes observed a huge ex plosion south-east of Bapaume, as if a Jarge ammunition dump had blown up.

The ame ascended 9,000 feet. NEW DIVISION SHOWS GREAT ENDURANCE.

across a maze of trenches connecting sub- terranean passages, and past the ruined chateau, whose vast aliam connecting with others were our most formidable obstacles.

A DESPERATE STRUGGLE, The German voterans fought Dat

THROUGH REITER'S AGENOT.)

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENTS, "ANOTHER ·· TANK TRIUMPH GERMAN VERSION OF

COSTLY ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE

ONER

Lasbo, Sriptember 30th.

ROUMANTAN BOUT.

AMSTERDAM, October 1st A German communique states: Genor

Reuter's Correspondent at Hendquarrel Falkenhayn commanded the German

ters reporta

When it became evident timt à frontal

nttack at Guedecourt * was becoming,

costly a Tank” was sent up and the infantry were thus enablot to go right through the village and round up 100

prisoners

ITAKOUGH REGZEE'S AGENCY

ABTESINIA EMPEROR OF

DEPOSED

LONDON, September 30th The Emperor of Abyssinin, Lij Dyasu, G.O.V.O. has been deposed. ***

DAUGHTER OF MENELIK

APPOINTED EMPRESS

LATER

ALLEGED THEFT

CRETUNNE.

OF

CHARGE AGAINST EMPLOYE OF LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., TERRASHANGHAI ~~

On September 24th, n. Chinese employé of Messis. Lane, Crayford. & Co. was walking along Broadway when he noticed 30 a Chinese draper's shop some oretonnes which attracted his attention, & He fex- amined them and crime to the conclusión that they were very similiar to some be- Innging to his firm. He communicated- with a European member of the staff, who appeared on the keen and identified the goods as part of the company's stock. On there was a large quantity of eretonne inquiry maile, the snop it was found that.

in addition to that, displayed, and in answer to a question, the master said he- The reason, for deposing the Emperor had purchased the stuff from & broker,

and Austro-Hungarian troops, which crushingly defeated strong portions of the Roumanian Army at Hermannstadt. The communiue also says that the

At a meeting of the Chiefs of the Roumanianged to the mountains of deposed Emperor, Litera Zeodita, both sides of the Rotorturm Pass, which daughter of the Emperor Menelik, was the Austro-Germans occupied in the Rou-appointed Empress.

manian rear.

PRILEP.

After completing a tour of the obstruc-|||- t'vo machine-gun, posts and silencing al, FRENCH AEROPLANES BOMB is not stated. the ** Tank⠀⠀⠀ approaded a strongly-held enemy, line north west of the village, where it was temporarily delayed."

PABIE, September 30th. The official French communiqué issued Salonika states that French aeroplanes heavily bombed Prilep Another dero and climbed upon the roof of it, bombed plane bombed Sofia, and arrived at

The Germans in great fores made a rush at the Tank, swarmed around

and fired rifles and pistols into every

chink, and thought they had made a prize.

Bucharest,

NAVAL ACTIVITIES

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHIPS SUNK.

LONDON, Beptember 30th

A CEASELESS STREAM OF FIRE

But the Tank did not taką tais sort of treatment passively. A ceaseless, stream of fire gushed out from its sides. Infantry arrived and attacked The following steamers nye reported to have been suck; Reddam, Thurau and enemy, who retreated, leaving 300 killed.

Newby The Thurs's nationality is not and wounded as a result of the disputetated. The others are British. Eleven with the “ Tank.”

of the Roddam's crew veró suved. RUSSIAN FRONI

A few minutes later the Tank waddled off amid enthusiastic uncers, accompanied by a mob of prisoners.

A PLUCKY AIRMAN During the fight British airman swooped down it within 400 feet of the Tank and discharged two drums of its machine-gun int the attackers.

The fierce fig ing in the Thiepval area resulted in our favour

The enemy vigorously attacked lust

desperately during the afternoon and night, but the New Army splendidly

night.

Our men ran short of ammunition, but they found abundant German bombs, and there was hand-to-hand fighting. bayonet work. ducis with clubbed rifles, and even sta

UNTOLD TRAGEDIES, AND UNSEEN HEROISM.

A second and even more terrible battle British raged underground, for the descended into the pits and met the Ger roans with bomb, knife and bayonet. There were untold tragedies and unseen deeds of heroism in these dark labyrinths, The thousand prisoners are but & frac atutes: We have improved our position tion compared with the German dead

General Haig, in a Communiqué,

at Thiepval, where counter-attacks in the neighbourhood of the Stuff Redoubt were repulsed.

Fighting is very severe here, where a new division of our troops were engaged, They showed great endurance and resolu

tion.

The enemy heavily shelled the battle. front south of the Anere during the night

We consolidated yesterday's gains at Destrement farm, south-west of Lesara, London Territorials successfully raici d the enemy's trenches south of Neu- ville St. Vaast, and prisoners were taken

HEAVY SHELLING

LONDON October 1st.

There is no change in the general uita tion south of the Ancre,

Heavy shelling continued during the

and wounded.

CUNNING CONTRIVANCES. How cunningly the German burrows were hidden was shown by the existence of air exits behind our lines which the British were never able to find. Once two Germans were men behind our lines.

proved ita quality, and finally the Ger

ERDs were beaten back with heavy losses and prisoners.

The Germans did not attempt to attack the Quedecourts: Morval and Co ling beyond artillerying.

FRENCH FRONT.

BAD WEATHER HAMPERING

OPERATIONS.

Panis, September 30th,

It is officially reported that to day was comparatively quiet. Bad weather is hampering the operations,

SOME FROGRESS MADE.

A communzyne states: -We made some progress nort of Rancourt

There

was intermittent artillerying north and south of the Somme The bad weather continnes

PARIS, October 1st.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RUSSIANS QUIET.

PETROGRAD, September 30th,

A communigi

ique states that there is nothing to report GENERAL.

[THROUGH BEUTKE'S ADENCY.]

GERMAN (HANCELLOR'S

SPEECH.

FAMOUS FRENCH BAND VISITS ENGLAND.

Whose name he did not know, but who parted his hair down the muddle and And a golden tooth. He professed himself unable to show the inaus residence to the police, who had been called in, but found a coolie who did know the address. With the latter as guide the police went Lovros, September 30th.

to a house in Chapei and found the The Band of the Garde Repablicaine vendor of the cretonne, who turned out opened to be an upholsterer employed by the arrived in Londori lust night and were firm. He was arrested and detained by warmly welcomed. They visited Windsor the Chapei police and is held pending an application for him from the Mixed to-day and played before Their Majesties. Court authorities. The shopkeeper in the They were accorded a most enthusiastic eantime, says the V-C Daily New

was also arrested and was brought before reception.

the Mixed Court and remanded. The value of the stolen material is said to be BRITISH EXCHEQUER about yo

RECEIPTS INCREASED,

LONDON, September 20th, The Exchequer rescipts for the half-

$102,860,761 last year. The expenditure amounted to 190801,720, compared with 2674,497,420.

year - are £163,022,699, compared with

[Telegrams, reccared on Saturday and on Sunday morning and published in an Batra on Sunday, will be found an Page 6.1

TROUBLE OVER A PIANO,

CARTER THE WAR-WHAT?

AN AMERICAN VIEW

"ALLIES' RECUPERATIVE POWER:

speculations as to what is likely to hap

Some very shrewd and interesting pen after the war ard to be tound in a recent circular from Mr Henry Clows, the well-known New York banker, . Hø Bays: great many careful, and ex- perienced observers look for a period of excessive prostration among the belli gerents after the war, That there will be 8 period of severe economic exhaustion need not be questioned, but not a few of the prophets of distress have under- estimated the recuperative powers of the great nations, Great Britain, for in- stance, is undergoing a ferriño atráin in financing not only her own huge Navy and Army, but also in the financial aid given her Allies! England's resources are not confined to her own island, but must be measured also by the enormous resources of her colonies, ner huge invest- ments abroad, and the fact that her im mense industries and sea-borne commerce have continued with ittle -interruption. A nation carying nearly one-half the

· Mr. Rodgor said he hesitated to appear trade of the world and controlling such in a case like the present one, which in- vast resources outside of herself is not volved a family squabble, but his client likely to be seriously crippled by contest had felt aggrieved in the matter, Great Britain will mobably come out of with Powers of much inferior resources.

A FAMILY DISAGREEMENT,

In H.M. Supreme Court, Shanghai, on Beptember 25th, before Sir Havilland da Gausmarez, A. E Moyhing sued J.T. and Emily Course for the return of a piano or, in default, the payment of $500

Mr H D Rodger appeared for the plaintiff and the defendants were in person,

isstted the summons and had asked coun- el to appear after he had done so. The plaintiff was a son of the second defend

the war in better condition than any of the belligerents. She will probably

THE NEED FOR UNITY.” The Chancellor Concluded his speech Reichstag: by paying that view of the need for unity he declined to dilate upon the agitationsant, and he had s brother, W. J. Moynerge an Empire solidified, awakened, powerful than hing, who was living in Hongkong, and strengthened and more

ever. Beyond question the war has He admitted that many German families sent the piano consigned to W. J. MOX welded the Empire into a unit as nothing wore suffering great hardships Hebing, stating that he would give it to him else could. spoke of the heroien of the German troops in withstanding an enersy superior in numbers and fighting with the utmost brawny, and he aprusled for subaerip

tions for the War Lonn.

and his fance when they were married,

The defendants obtained possession of fle play and they now refused to give it up, making me claim for another

Upon Germany, however, the blow is likely to fall with much greater severity. German, financial resources, do not com in its place. The plaintiff was pare with the British Her foreign com- prepared to prove that he bought the inmerce, which ranked second in the world. strament and that he had already arrang will be very seriously crippled. After ́ ́d to give it to his brother, and his pro- the wor grave fiscal problems will require spective wife as a wedding gift,

the skill of her bret mangiert she is to MOTION FOR DISCUSSION

The defendant producing certain cor escape national troubles, Germany may Herr Ledebour, the leader of the Social respondence to lordship, claimed that also be threatened with momentous social the piano had been given to his daughter and political readjustments, and should. ist minority, demanded that the oppor as a birthday gift. He had paid the the Allies impose heavy burdens her re- freight and Customs dues on it. covery may be relatively slow, Yet it disones the

Plaintiff in the box bore out counsel's must be remembered the recuperative. "tunity be afforded to Chancellor's speech prior to the adjours-statement and profaced further corres Powers of Germany ATD great Hor peo pundence which he claimed bore out aise have a wonderful genius for organi- zation, scientific thoroughness, hard work statements. D

His lordship remarked that the case to strain every nerve for the restoration * and economy, and may be depended upon. was one which ought to be settled. It of national prestige. Her territory bas seemed to him that the plaintiff had ex nut and may not be devastated by war pended a certain amount of money apon the piano. After all, if he did give it to his sister tast gift might be revoked in law. He suggested that a settlement might be come to upon the basis of the plaintiff paying all the out-of-pocket ex penses of the defendants, which were proved to the satisfaction of his lordship, and on this understanding the ease was adjourned

ment.

The motion to this effect was immedi

A communiqué states-There was fihtely, rojected. infantry action on the Somme front

An officer advanced thinking that they

There was a lively artillery duel in were surrendering. They shot the officer and disappeared, and could not be dis- the Raucourt-Boucha vesnes sector. covered.

When the attack was made Germans THE and machine-gung kept rising from holes in the rear of our front ware; hence, a double simultaneous nitask was made for the purpose of enclosing all bolt-holes and connecting passages,

COMPLIMENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS.

LONDON, September 30th.

BALKANS

Tazotoa REUTIE'S AGENCE.] THE CRISIS IN GREECE.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT:

FORMED

SALANTRA, September 30th.

THE VORWAERTS” CRITICISM

DISSATISFACTION AND

DISAPPOINTMENT."

AMSTERDAM, October 1st.

The Fortnerta Bys Dr. BethmanO- Hollweg's speech has pleased nobody. The general feeling was the of dissatis A telegram from Crete announces the faction and disappointment. There was proclumution of a provisional Govern-

no demonstration from the galleries Reuter's Correspondent at Headquarment for the salvation of the Fatherland similar to what occurred after the delivery ters reports that a special order, of the consisting of M. Venezelos and Coun Dr. Bethmann Hollweg's previous day includes cordial letters between douriatis, with power to add a third General Joffre and Sir Douglas Haig, the members former conveying congratulations to the Our line was slightly advanced south British out their successes after hard fought battles on September 15th and 16th, and the French Army's greetings.

CEASELESS BRITISHI

day,

especially at the Destrement

farm

and round the Stuff and Zollern Be

doubts.

of Eancourt l'Abbaye;

We took 107 prisoners in the Thiepval CEASEL

area.

Two enemy aeroplanes were felled on the 28 inst. in addition to the one mentioned last night.

FRO-GERMAN LOAN TO

FRANCE

HYPHENATED AMERICANS AND WAR RESULT,

NEW YORE, October 1st,

BOMBARDMENT.

LONDON, September 30th. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Front states that the defeat of the Ger- mans in the Somme region has progressed more rapidly during the past week than at any time previously,

The Committee of National Defence at Balonika has replied adhering to Crete's decision and has sued a proclamation to all Greeks inviting co-operation to expel the bereditary enemy..

CHIOS DECLARES FOR REVOLUTION.

Chios has ficclared in favour of a revo

lution. All the islands have

are now adhered. REVOLUTIONARIES GATHERING

speeches.

TIMES" AND PE CE TALK. HAS FAILED DISMALLY.

LONDON, October 1st.

The Times, commenting on Mr. Lloyd saysApart from George'a speech, America thero have been furtive efforts to fly peace kites in Spas, Holland, the Vatican and Sweden.

The recent visit to England via Berlin of the Marquia of Villa Lobar, the Spanish Minister at Brussels, is becom ing common knowledge and similar missionaries hate hitherto failed dis

mally.

WAR NEWS.

Her mills and her railroads are prae- tically intact, and it is doubtful if the Allies, even if successful, will ever make. any perceptible inroads - upon German snu. Germany's resourcefulness will 16 put to the greatest test iniaginable, all the more surely because of the awful wasco of life and skilled labour, but there not the slightest doubt that she will make dimarvellous efforts towards recuperation

FRANCE, ITALY, AND RUSSIA: DECADENT

AUSTEL

France and Italy may also be expected: tu recover more rapidly than anticipated in the present state of public opinion. THE PERFECT PATRIOT. Only a comparatively small strip of France has been destroyed, in valuable The Perfect Patriot is thus de strip it is true, but the injuries are of a scribed in the Berliner Tageblatt sort that can be quickly crepaired, and To him the English are scoundrels, the twelve months of reconstruction in France French decadents, the Russians beasts, will work mitacles in the present re the Italians-bandits, and the Japanes Generative temper of her people. The the yellow ones. He sticks on his let game will be true of Italy, provided the ters the blue stamp, Gott strafe Eug northern section of that country, is pro- land,” and knows twenty variations on served from invasion. Russia has been the theme. "At every shot a Russian, at slightly hart by the war. She is too vast every blow a Frenchman on his desk and has too large a population to feel he has a match box with the iron cross, the conflict very seriously Russia is not an ash-tray with a picture of Hinden rich country except in undeveloped

natural resources, bu

but her more wealthy burg an inkstand made of a picco of Allies are able to gives her, abundant shell, and a blotter with German colours financial sid, and after the war develop In addition, he is the happy possessor of ment on an enormous scale may be ex a drinking cup in the shape of a mortar,pected in Ruggis, in which the United and & mechanical sofa cushion which States will undoubtedly have a share. In plays, "Heil die Birgerkranz Of all of these countries, therefore we may course, be loves German above all, but safely look for recovery from depression that in his own fashion He has never within a reasonable period after the re been out of the country, but he kapus for sumption of peace, because there nationa certain that yonder - nothing is to possess great genius, high, spirit and vast be found but meanness and decay. His natural resources which are only await way of speaking is even more assured ing new development All three of these than h's opinions Anyone who does not countries will be literally born again, think as he does must either be a fool or a history proving that Great Britain, Ger knave. When he speaks among men ke many and France have quickly recovered himself no one-no statesman, no general, from struggles quite as severe relatively and, Bye, not even the Kaiser can escape as the present The same can hardly

Balk vis criticism, and he draws a distinction said of Austria-Hungary, the B between the "real" people to whom he States or Turkey. These nations do belongs and those who, though born in Possess the attributes just referred Germany, are to him international and some of them are deendent Though a kind man, he regards it a them longer period of exhausting is

probably in store and their sigu of courage to be enthusiastic about especially those of the Balkans, will be the war's smell of blood. He boasts of found for more difficult of

STRENGTH LONDON, September 30th!? Despite bad weather on Friday our "heavy guns inaintained a practically The situation in Greece is still obscure, ceaseless bombardment rendering it im- but it is evident that the Revolutionaries possible for the enemy to create fresh continue to gather strengti. It is stated that the pro-German firm shelters or defences, and making com The latest adhesions include the ex-

munication most dificult and precarious. Minister of War, M Grøj, General, Kuhn, Loeb & Company has arra ROADS REGISTERED TO A NICETY, Danglis and General Paraskevopoulos, el a loan to Paris of ten millions sterling

The Germans now have to move their the Commander of the Third Army Corps tepayable in five years. This is regarded transport and troops at night, and even at Verria, who telegraphed to the King

indicating the German-American belief then they suffer severely, as all the roads and M. Venerelos urging the expulsion Mr. Gersed; the America Ambassador his pitilessness, and hans profound con than those of the other great European

aro registered to a nicely.

in the defeat of Germany,

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of the Bulgarians from Macedonia

MR SAILS FOR NEW ACAK?

COPENHAGYN, October 1st.

at Berlin, has sailed for lew York

tempt for the

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