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THE

GREEK

CRISIS

WAR.

THE HONGKONG - DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 1016.

DEVELOPING.

BRITISH - ACTIVITY IN THE WEST.

BRAVERY AWARDS.

ANOTHER CHANNEL RAID?

GERMAN COMPULSION BILL

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] GERMANS CROSS THE DANUBE BOME, November 27th... General Mackenson has crossed the Danube with all the Germans, leaving the the Turks Bed Bulgariang - in Dobrudje

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THE GREEK CRISIS.

SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.

LONDON, November 26th.

It is believed that Admiral Fournet

BRITISH AVIATORS AT BUKHAREST,

LONDON, November 25th. Reuter learna thas more British noroi planes and pilots have reached Bukharest after very long flights.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, November 28th.

Franco-Belgian Front,

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ĮTHROUGH BEUTHE'S AGENCY, ] HOSTILE ARTILLERY.

LONDON, November 27th. General Bir-Douglas Heig reporta” - There has been hostile artillery work on our front at Courcelette, Benacourt, Bouuerne and La Basson. We bombarded

tronches south-cast of Arras,

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ON THE SUMME.

FRENCH REPULSE ATTACK IN

CHAMPAGNE.

PARIB, November 2nd. An official message says - On the Bemme there has been fairly lively ro ciprocal artillery Oring

along the Ablaincourt-Pressoire sector. Our bar rage of machine-gun fire repulsed an at- tack in Champagne, cast of the Aube Biver.

ARTILLERY DUELS AT VAUX.

PARIS, Norember 26th.

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A German communiqué says:-Wo cap

A communiqué states.-Thero has been tured Rammsalvaloca, in the Alt Valley.mutual artillery firing in the Vinx

The Roumanians are still stubbornly resisting, but the roads to the cast of the All are crowded with fleeing baggage

waggons.

We are in touch with the forces which

will occupy Athens if his demands are crossed the Danube, and the latter are Rot conceded.

It is estimated that the Royalist Reser- vists number 10,000, and that they are well armed.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT DEOLARES WAR.

LONDON, 'November 28th, The Provisional Government at Saloni- ka has declared war on Bulgaria,

WAR DECLARED ON GERMANY.

Athens, November 28th.

Greece is regarded as virtually at war with Bulgaria, as the Frovisional Govern ment, which the Allies regard as the de fuele Government, has declared war on Bulgaria,

The Venizelists have also declared war on Germany, because of the torpedoing

of ships esrrying Nationalist forces. ULTIMATUM BY ADMIRAL FOURNET.

ON

ATHENS, November 9th. Admiral Fournet bas sent an ultima turn to Greece demanding the surrender. of the artillery; otherwise, he will be obliged to take suitable measur December 1st, INTIMIDATION FOR VENEZELISTS.

Arnesa, November 25th. The Greek military extremists are in Aimidating the Venezclists, but the Allies are taking all precautions.

DANUBE OPERATIONS.

FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE LINE.

LONDON, November 25th.

A Roumanian oficial despatch says: Enemy attacke at Oituz, Drago-Slavele and Curtes have been repulsed. There is no change in the Buzan valley. There has been mutual artillery bombardment at Bratoves, Predelus and in the Pira- hova valley. The enemy heavily bom barded the troops occupying the left bank as far as south of Slatina. Further south we fought successfully a column march ing against Pontori. The enemy who crossed the Danube at Zimaitza adranced south of Seimui station. There has been artillery and infantry Bre all along the Danube. We bombarded the enemy's positions in the Dobrudja.

BAD WEATHER.

ITALIANS PROGRESS.

PARIS) November 28th. communqiue states: There has been violent artillery duel to the north and east of Monastir, but no infantry actions, oying to bad weather,

The Italians on our left wing again progressed in the direction of Tamova.

British aeroplanes bombarded enemy camps in the region of Neoburi, at the mouth of the Struma

now before Alexandria,

NOTHING TO REPORT.

LONDON, November 20th.

A Bussian communiqué says that there is nothing important to report.

IN THE DOBRUDJA,

LONDON, November 26th. A Bulgarian communiqué, quoted by Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, saysThe enemy has placed larger forces than hitherto against our positions in the Dobrudja.

Naval Activities.

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SINKINGS.

LONDON, November 27th.

gion, and intermittent cantonading on the rest of the front.

BRITISH FRONT "A FLICKER OF ACTIVITY.""

LONDON, November 9th. Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters, writing on Saturday, states-Apart from minor incidentals and trench warfare, there have bượn no- encouriers to day, rain falling, heavily and persistently.

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SEVEN NEW V.C/S.

NOTABLE CASES OF BRATERY.

LONDON, November 28th. Seven

Victoria Crosses have been awarded, the notable cases of bravery. being sa follows:

Lieutenant Bradford, of the Durham Light Infantry, who, as Temporary Liout, Col, asumed command of two battalions and saved the situation when the flank was endangered,

Sergeant Downie, of the Dublins, who, when most of the officers were down,

GERMAN COMPULSION BILL. PROTESTS IN THE REICHTBAG.

FIGHTS FOR TWO REDOUBTS. BRITISH COMPANY'S NEAT ATTACK.

AMSTERDAM, November 20th. The Reichstag his opened. The Pre- We have been doing some excellent ident moved that the first reading of the work on the extreme left of the battle correspond Compulsory Civilian Service Bill, which front (utes The Times special

ont) at British Headquarters, writing on applies to all men between 17 and 00 October 15th), the result of which has years of age, be taken on the 20th inst.

best to give us rather over 400 prisoners Herr Groeber, of the Centre Party, and the command of some troublesome moved that the Bill be read a second time little bits of ground which carry with on the same day.

them the last serap of direct observation This evoked a storm of disapproval which the enemy possessed on our frohen both Socialist groups.

Herr positions from the farther edge of the

Thiepval spur. */ Ledebur

the

aracterising the motion as an attempt to stillo discussion of a Bill said that the thrust of that day did not In my dispatch of October 19th it was

which delivered the workers over to extent to the left of Le Bars, "except for a minor local and independent movement in the region of the Schwalon Redoubt." On the following day this was succeeded by a similar local operation in the region of the Stuff Redoubt, a little farther to the east. Both movemonta were entirely successful, with the results that I have stated.

shouted “Come on Dubs." The stirring appeal was immediately responded to The men rushed on and Sergeant Downie | exploitation of sinve drivers. captured a machine-gun, killing the crew. The Dublins then captured posi

The tions which had withstood five previous

attl

There wore other dreds of a somewhat similar character, but only one case of life-saving that in which Second-Lieut. Heary Kelly, of the West Ridings, four times" brought back wounded, besides doing conspicuous work in an attack.

There were outstanding cases of pri

vates saving dangerous situations. The first was that of Frederick Edwards, of the Middlesex Regiment. Ifis part of the line was held up by machine-gun fire und there were no officers loft. All was con fusion and there was every indication of retirement when Edwards, grasping the situation, dashed out alone on his own initiative and knocked out the gun, with, a total disregard for personal danger, which made a further advance possible.

This bombardment of Beaumont Hamel

The other case is that of Robert Ryder, and Beaucourt bas slackened, having fail. also of the Middlesex Regiment, who ed to make any impression.

A flicker of activity by German aero- planes was promptly extinguished by our pilots felling a number..

The British are actively consolidating the new ground, which is in a deplorable

condition.

BRITISH USE GAS.

LONDON, November 30th. General Sir Douglas Haig sports: We drove off an attempted advance by a party to the east of Beaumont Hamel,

The British steamers Jerryman and and discharged gas sucosefully to the Emlyn Ferne are reported sunk

south of Armas, where wo repulsed raids

NOTHING IMPORTANT.

PARIS, November 26th, - A communique states:-There

ia

nothing important to report on the front.

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ANOTHER GERMAN RAID?

HEAVY FIRING HEARD AT DEAL

LONDON, November 26th.

The inhabitants of Deal were awakened at midnight on Thursday by beavy firing. They rushed on to the front and saw flashes at an estiranted distance of fifteen miles northwards..

A GERMAN CLAIM.

LONDON, November 18th. A German communiqué, says :-In a trench raid north-east of Beaument

The firing was most rapid and lasted Hamel we captured 101 British prisoners, for a very brief period.

A damaged drifter entered a Channel port under her own steam with shell- hole in kor water tank. The crow

unhurt.

THE "BRITANNIC” HORROR,

LOSS OF 32 LIVES.

Aratss, November 26th.

Italian Pront.

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ITALIAN ACTIVITY,

ENEMY DEFENCES DESTROYED.

ROME, November 26th. An Italian officis message says:-

the whole front.

showed bravery under similar circum stances. An attack was fagging for lack of leadership when he dashed out alone with a Levia gun, with

ng trench which he cleared the opposing trench, turning a possible failure into success.

D.9.0. AWARDS.

GREAT COURAGE AND INITIATIVE.

London, November 97th, The Gazette announces that Disting uished Service Orders have been awarded to the following officers of the Indian Army —

Captain W. G. Hartington, who, although severely wounded, commanded and handled his regiment with great courage

and ability throughout the action.

to

Admiral Fouraet reports that the losses There are increased artillery duels along tended and dressed the wounded con- on the Britannic totalled thirty-two lives.. SWEDISH PROTEST.

́AGAINST GERMAN PIRACY.

We destroyed enemy defences at Tonale, in the Camonics valley region..

Wo molested movements in the Adige and Astico Valleys.

The motion was, however, adopteil, (The Liberals and Conservatives pro tested against the attempt by the Socialists to delay the passage of the Bill, which was a heroic effort towards final victory.

Discussion of the measure in committee on the previous day was noteworthy for a suggestion to restrict the publication of newspapers to one in each town.

Dr. Helfferioh denied such intention, declaring that the Government recognised the importance of newspapers in carry ing on the war.

The Schwaben Redoubt is about 1,000 yards to the north of Thiepval and consists of a maze of tren- chea and strong points covering

area of nearly 700 yards in its longest diameter. We have for some time been in possession of the greater part of this labyrinth, but the enemy has clung desperately to the northern fringe with certain formidably entrench ed positions boyoni. This northern fringe was, if only by a few feet, the highest point of the Redoubt. From it the Germans could-as far as we would let them--still more or less overlook us: Beyond it the ground begins to dip Anere, and the enemy has been able to almost immediately steeply down to the

no bring up reinforcements and supplies. from the valley below. Of late this hus. been extremely precarious work, for his main channel was by a trench, known as Strassburg Trench, which is under direct fire from our positions above. Ramel across the valley on the loft. Strassburg Tronch has been almost ob- costly work for the enemy to feed his literated, and even at night it has boon posts at the top of the slope.

General von Groener announced that the manufacture of guns had been con siderably extended sad was longer a monopoly of Krupps.

now

FRENCH REFUGEES

REPATRIATED.

LONDON, November 26th. According to Router's correspondent at Amsterdam, the official organ Aord deutsche mys 20,000 French refugees are being repatriated, distress preventing them from remaining in Germany. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR.

November 25th, 2.14 p.. Count Wedel has been appointed Ger man Amahssador: at. Vienna,

SMALL-POX IN HONGKONG,

Small-pox, cases are on the increase in Hongkong. During the week ending November 25th 23 cases were reported (one European and the rest Chinese), 16 of which proved fatal. Twenty of the cases occurred in the city of Victoria. The previous highest Agures recorded recently for one week were eleven cases and eleven deaths.

How strongly the positions were held Thursday's attack on this point alone however, s shown by the fact that in

we took, after short but severe fighting, Redoubt itself we pushed our front for over 250 prisoners. On the left of the

ward a distance of some 300 yards farther up along the old German Brst line, and enough additional prisoners came from here to bring the total up to rather over 300. They belong to the 110th Regiment, of which I have spoken before an being. at this point.

Staff Bedoubt, which is of smäller ex- tent, lies something over 1000 yards to the right, or enstword; and here, again, while we have been in possession of the area known especially as the Redoubt, there were certain other strongholds about what is known as The Mound (of which you have heard before), couple of hundred yards or so beyond. Since The Mound received its name, however the pounding with our shells has heat. such and the ground has becotae so hummocky that the place is as often as not spoken of in the plural, as “The Mounds." This point, again, is close to the edge of the dip of the river, and the Germans have had channels of com munication through a double line of trench and a sunken road running dowa to Grandcourt.

During the same week there was a non- fatal British case of scarlet fever, a non- fatal Chinese cass of puerperal fever, two cases of enteric fever (ons Chinese and one Japanese), one of which proved fatal, and three cases of diphtherin (all Chinese, one being imported) one of and the diy beyond it has been very which was fatal.

FAR EASTERN MEN AND

--THE-WAR.

The list of wounded in the roll of honour published in the Daily Chronicte of September 27th, includes the use of Lieut. Q. S. Benbow-Howe, King's Own

Captain W. F, Webb, wao, although

AIRMEN AND GUNNERS. wounded, handled his battalion with the

Owing to the formation of the ground greatest courage and initiative, and set

difficult for us to get good observation on s' splendid example, to his men.

is for our artillery, There have been Abar to his Distinguished Service

very few spole in this battle, however, which our seroplanes and our gunners Order is granted to Major F. A. Max-

have not succeeded in handling between "well, who led his battalion with the

them Only twice, I believe, since the battle began in all the hundreds of ope greatest courage, and initiative. Later

rations which have taken place have ear. ho organised three battalions and

| infantry found unsuspected trenchaufa their way. In both cases, as I repo, ted consolidated a position under very heavy

at the time, the trenches were newly fire. He had previously done very fine

made, of small extent, and just over the work for which he lud been awarded the Shropshire Light Infantry. Lt. Benbow-brow of a ridge,

Hore, by Stuff Redoubt, our guns did Rowe is a brother of Mr. E. 8. Benbow-admirably. When our troops went over. Military Cross.

Rowe, Assistant Secretary of the Shang-after the short whirlwind bombardment Capt. R. W. Kingston for spicuous hai Municipal Council, and prior to the such as has been described more than gallantry and devotion duty. He

war was in Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & they found the wire before the posi

tona eut everywhere. That was all that Co., Kobe. He left Shanghai on the they asked. They were in among the tinuously under very heavy fire at close P.&O. Nagoya, December 28th, 1914, machine guns with the bayonet before the and for the past eighteen months has enemy had time to get the guna to work. range, regardless of his own safety,

been with the army in France and The front was so small that only one Flanders

company was in the attacking line, and THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE,

the job was so neatly done that no sup parte, were nonded. Our total losses, in SAFE RETURN HOME.

cluding all minor casualties, were just 35, and the company went back over 100 LONDON November 25th.

prisoners For a small affair it was The Timer correspondent at

Cairo

about as good as it could be, and it bad. says the Egyptian pilgrims have reached viewed in London on October 14th, states proportion to the numbers engaged.

A newly arrived Norwegian, inters topographical importance out of alt

home from Mecca. They were greatly that a Norwegian atatesman of the first The two oporations at the Schwaben rank recently told him thak Germany and Stuff Redoubts together give us a impressed by the perfect safety in which was trying to foros Norway into the war very excellent position now at this the journey was performed, contrasting and would like any excuse to seize a Nor-corner of the front, and the importanco wegian base. But Norway would not which the enemy attached to his last with the turbulence, robbery and extor play Germany's game. The traveller foothold on the spur is shown by the tion under the Turkish regime.

added that many Norwegians whose ships strength in which the two positions were had been sunk bsd signed on in British beld. The 400 prisoners takan represent, Holy Carpet and the escort of the merchantmen.

of course, a much larger ossualty list. Swedes regard the sinking of the will make a capitation grant to all volun- mahmat were conveyed for the first time

The intricacy of the German defences here, on which he has been at work for Arthur as the beginning of a new ora of

from Jeddah on one of His Majesty's ruthlessness against neutrals, with the THE

Bir George Cave, Bolicitor-General, ale slope down to the front line in two years, is almost incredible, and the ships. All the crew were Mahommedans, addressing & Navy League meeting at the valley below seems to be honeycombed advent of Herr Zimmerman at the

et whom twelve made the pilgrimage.

Richmond on Saturday evening said: Foreign Office

Tales of YaTİOUS SWI think that when the United States with huge dag-outs. The Duke of Devonshire, speaking at TURKISH SENATOR EXECUTED Government made some kind of repeat there is one dig uk maad aad

prisoners confirm each other to the effect sentation to us aboat what she called the The Arthur was taking coal to Gothena luncheon at the Canadian Club, said

hovering of our cruisers on the American ing station and hospital which stains burg, and coal has hitherto been regard he had brought a message from the

coast she took a great responsibility on 185 beda people of Great Britain to the effect that Senator Abdul Hamid Zekravi has been or aholders, and I think the realises it Meanwhile, our grip on the whole of they were proud and grateful to work condemned by court partial for attempt. As the Germans have sunk a this left front is making it very no- number of neutral vessels. I think we are pleasant for the enemy in some of his shoulder to shoulder with the Canadians ing to make Syria an independent entitled to defend ourselves. The incid gun positions. From many of these we in the great task which they had both Arabian Frincipality, and has been out has taught the United States a great know that the guns has been withdrawn- lason, which will not be lost upon her sad those which remains are having sa Government.

Bwful time,

STOCKHOLM, November 28th. The Government has requested Gor- many to enquire into the sinking of the Swedish steamer Arthur, reserving the right to claim reparation,

NEW ERA OF RUTH-

LESSNESS ?";

'A SWEDISH VIEW,

ed as free.

COPENHAGEN, November 28th.

The Gorman excuse for sinking the vessel was that the Arthur formerly took pit props to England.

Our aircraft have been active, and two hostile aeroplanes have been destroyed. General.

LATEST CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} GRANT TO VOLUNTEERS.

LONDON November 27th. It is understood that the Government

teers in Great Britain.

GREAT TASK,

undertaken,

Ottawa, November 27th,

The

CONSTANTINOPLE, November 28th,

executed

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