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THE GREAT BATTLE IN CHAMPAGNE.

ENEMY'S STRATEGIC RESERVES

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GERMAN AID TO INDIAN SEDITION.

PLOTTERS IN BEHLING Evidence of the co-operation of the German Government with a band of promote rebellion in India continues to accumulate. Clear testimony on this point has been provided during the trial

FINE NEW FLYING MACHINES, BRITISH AIRMEN IN ACTION.

LOSSES ON THE OLD ONES. The Air Service, in its annual review by Parliament, escaped any concerted

sion by the Government. Sharp-tongued critics commented in outspoken fashion

A NEW RECORD:

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE,

April 24th The intonsoly bitter ground fighting of in the air, and the British Royal Flying Corps yesterday established a new record by bringing down forty German machines... crash, while twenty-five collapsed or fell, in spinning nose dives, completely one of control:

The great battle that is engaged between Indian revolutionaries in the attempt to attack, but it is memorable for one adm the past two days has had its counter-part the German and the Allied Armies on the Western front is still far from its con clusion (writes Mr. H. Warner Allen on May 1st), The eventual complete victory

of the Allies is certain, provided only that occeding in Mandalay of four men on the inefficiency of some of the machines Fifteen of these were actually seen to

now when the reward of the past year of hard-fought war is almost within our grasp, we fail in neither of the two essential qualities confidence and pati- ence. On the battlefield confidence and patience are everywhere. The men who Bght are confident and patient because they know want war means, and they have learned from experience that they are struggling against a formidable and in scrupulous fed. The soldiers are well aware that the decisive battle is not finish ed, and have always known that it could not be finished by some Heaven-sent miracle that would pieres the German. line without a casualty.

BURNED BALLOON IN HANGAR.

to have been concerned in sediti in which our airmen are sent to encounter our conspiracy in Burma. the Germans; and the Government in

A witness for the prosecution, an

(The official British report gives the Indian, deposed to receiving a letter in reply confessed that they will never use Brazil in 2014, after the outbreak of was the machines if they have any better, hat signed Mirza Hassan Khan, and subse they cannot withdraw them until better number of machines which collapsed as quently inceling the writer, who admitted ones are ready to replace them twenty-four.) that he had assumed a Moslem narie and The powers and limitations of the now The fight took place 15,000 feet in the was Ajit Singh (one of the two Punjabi Air Board occupied the larger part of agitators deported by Lord Morley is the speech with which Major Baird sub-air, front which distance it is barely pos He spoke of the sible to see the ground and wholly im 1907) On Ajit Singh's advice witness, mitted the estimates. obtaining a passport in a Persian naise, Board as one more step towards the crea possible to sue an adversary crash unless went to Hardayal [the arch conspirator,tion of un Air Ministry, and gave the the pilot deliberately follows down.

Such a course is not feasible where the formerly the holder of a Government of assurance that the members of the new India scholarship at Oxford in Berlin, Board are all working in the closest har fighting has taken on the character of a by way of Genon, in the spring of 1915 mony and co-operation with the Army general meler, as is nowadays often the He stayed at 42, Leibnitzstrasse, Chariot and the Navy. There is a close in case. A remarkable part of yesterday's tenburg, with Hardayal and Chattopad between the technical department and the performance is that only two British These general considerations were uyu (who was refused a call to the Bar headquarters at the front, and they are machines are missing: brought home to me yesterday in Cham- by the Benchers of the Middle Temple forining a department specially designed pagne, where I was watching the success-shortly after the assassination of Sir for dealing with inventions. There are ful French attack on the enemy lines west Curzon Wyllie in London in 1000], now 968 firms engaged with work for the and east of Mont Cornillet, one of the Among the men who used to go to the Director of Aeronautical Supplice 301 as principal crests of the Moronvillers hills, house was Barkutulia, editor of Islam direct contractors and 657 as sub-contrae- He which fell into French hands during the Fraternity, an anti-British paper pub tors. The fifty most important of these “present offensive. The communique an-lished in Japan, Witness attended net firms alone employ 06,700 hands. nounces that west of the Cornillet our ings of the Indian Revolutionary Society, could give no actual figures of outpat, Allies carried several lines of trenches to whose object was to expel, with German bat taking 6 as an arbitrary figure of a depth of between 500 and 1,000 yards, aid, the English from India and all output per month last year, the present

Moslem countries.

Indians, Persians, output is 16, within the next three months while on the cast they advanced their lines Egyptians, Turks, and many Germans at it will be 19, and by the end of the year into proximity with the Nauroy-Moron-tended the meetings. The witness attend this figure will, he hoped, be doubled, villers road. The bald official sintement meeting at bas boise at Baron Outomatie has been appointed, under

perheim, formerly attached to the Ger the chairmanship of Lord Northcliffe, to Since Sunday the British airmen have man Agency in Egypt, who spoke in investigate the question of aerial de been revelling in weather they have long English, saying that Germany would help velopment for civil and commercial pur desired. Not a cloud was is the sky India and the other counttion to free poses after the war. The two Air Serto-day behind which a German could find themselves.

vices, the Board of Trade, the Post Office theater. Deprived of that picana of The Indian prisoners in the country, the Colonial Office, the Customs, the Treaigging themselves in the German Hardayal told witness, were supplied

ractions be represented on the committee. The very difficult to fad.

terms of reference are as follows:: with regard to

gives but a shadowy idea of the reality, Yesterday's action in Champagne was hard-fought, stubborn battle, in which the enemy strained every effort to maintain his positions and was worsted.

IRRESISTIBLE. PRENCH ATTACK.

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It was the finest day for war flying that the young khoki pilots ever had.

since sunrise, but the full reports of their and to-day they have been at it again exploits are not yet in. It is known, however, that one intrepid young. Byer, failing to find a single German observa tion balloon aloft, sought but one in its hangar on the ground, dived at it and set the big gay bag, ablaze from stem to stern,

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All along the line of the general action, with news by the society on instractions ury, and the Over-sons Dominions Wyels wero far sorger than usual and steel cee springs (the best ones are also strap swung rubber tyred From Lena to Auberive, though from time from the Government to the consider and report to the Air Board British machines were every where along wheels, brass jointed hood, lined.

to time the struggle may sway to and Chattopadhaya and witness went fre, the Germans are being pushed back Government Press to select superfine slowly and surely. There is no longer paper on which to write to the Indian. any question of strategic retreat to mask rajas and Mahommedan rulers. A letter amasterpiece of Hindenburg's genius,for this purpose was drafted by the Gor On the contrary, the Germans are fighting Zas desperate men fight. They know that they have their backs against the wall and that the initiative in the ope- raions on the Western front has slipped from their hands.

Their very communiqués admit it, A secret Geriaun document referring to the former enemy positions north of the Aiene and dated March 18th, 1917, expresses the murprise of General von Schussler, com manding the 163rd Infantry Division, to find that all his officers were not convinced of the absolute necessity of holding their first positions do not understand how such an iden can have entered the heads of the officers of the division. For all orders are that the first line must be

man authorities and translated by the society. The money for the Ghadr movement was supplied by the German Government. When: witness left for the United States Chattopadhaya gave him 200 dollars and a passport in a Persian name,

After calling on the Gerumn Consul in New York the witness saw Gupta who was arrested last March in New York on a charge of violating the neutrality of the United States by conspiring-with- Captain von Papen to organizo a military expedition against India]. When told that the witness had been instructed to go to San Francisco, Gupta said that he should go on more important work to join in the Siam expedition.

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the battlefront and far behind the German lines. Bombing raids were carried out forty-five miles back, the machines deliberately fiying over ground

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GERMAN TRAINS ATTACKED.

German trains rushing reinforcements to the front were attacked and transport columns on the roads were bombed and completely disorganised. In several in- stances the British machines came low over the lighting lines and poured machine-gun are into the German ranks, In doing this machines have deliberately AIR BOALL NOT SATISFIED crossed the fire of their own as well as

the enemy's guns The proceedings would have to pe re garded as confidential. As to the present equipment of the Services, he said the Air Board are not satisfied with all the machines in use, but, with a rapidly de veloping service like aviation, we can never have it composed wholly of the best machines of the hour. The clamour for a service consisting of nothing but first-rate machines, implying immediate substitation of everything not answering that description, is really not a practic able proposition.

In New York the witness, met a German defended at any cost, and that if it were fine art engraver, Mekde, who said he was lost the struggle must continue until it going with 20,000 dollars to India for was recovered. Our principal fighting the Gudrites in Bengal. Witness went line is our first line?! The last sentence on to depose to meeting various German is underlined in the original. It is cer-conspirators in Chicago with the German Consul there. The latter gave witness 800 tain that the Germans, hard beset as they dollars, and also a code message to take are, have made up their minds to meet the Allies on their front lines as they to the German Consul in Shanghai Wit are constituted after the Hindenburg re-ness left for Manila on May 22nd, 19, Mr. Joynzon-Hicks was rather critical treat. For the British, hammering away doggedly on the Scarpe, for the French Ktriking simultaneously at the enemy lines in Champagne, every-foot of ground gained from the German invader has been wrested from his grasp after a mortal con flict. It would almost seem that the enemy has made up his mind to stand and die on his first line.h

HEAVY DERMAN LOSSES.

carrying a letter for Baghwan Singh, urging that "Ghad:" presses should be established in Java, Shanghai, Nanking, Canton, and Siam. The German Consul at Manila, asked him about the name of a place on the Indian const where a code telegram told him that arms and amani. tion were being sent.

Yesterday one British pilot, after bring ing down two Germans, found all his ammunition was gone. He descended, reloaded, filled up his petrol tanke and took to the air again. Within half an hour he had brought down his third machine for that day. Another pilot felled two machines, while the other thirty-five were divided among a similar number of British pilots.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ FOUGHT HOUK TU A DÍAV,

The greatest Oght yesterday, oddly of the functions of the Air Beard, and enough, was a drawn battle. One of the suggested that Lord Cowdray, the chair British pilots met a brilliant German man, still has not all the powers he ought flyer, and for a fall hour they maneuvrod to possess. He has no effective control of in a most marvellous manner without the air services of the Army or the Navy, either being able to bring his gun to bear We are still, he complained, using for on the other. They rolled, looped, twist bombing expeditions at the front obsolete ed, deliberately stalled their engines machines which impose on our pilots and, standing the machines on their tail strain far greater than we have any right htmost of their ability. After General to ask them to submit to These slid backward through the air, but all Alexeiff's messages to Sir Douglas Haig machines, which can fly only 70 to 75 to no avail. It was probably the most The German High Coinmand is pro and General Nivelle. they can scarcely miles an hour and take 45 minutes to wonderful air duel the war has yet seen.

The British pilot reported to-day that digal of its men, and has thrown reserve hope to withdraw more divisions from a climb 8,000ft are sent over the German division after reserve division into the fray. It can be with no light heart that point where in a few weeks the weather lines, where they meet German machines several times he felt sure he would get Hindenbag has thinned down bis strate conditions will make an offensive possible, which can climb 1,000ft a minute and his adversary between his sights, but the In itself the attack from Mont Cornil travel at 110 miles an hour. A fight.com- latter invariably wriggled out of the line gic reserve almost to vanishing point. let was interesting. On the west the mander bimself has written of these of fire Be himself was kept busy avoid- How long can the German Army stand Germans hold the ridge which culminates machines: If by any ill-luck Faming the German, and once he had to dive the pace Roughly speaking its situation in the Vigie de Berra. From this posi brought down in a bombing raid, I hope almost perpendicularly. The combat chd at the beginning of April was as follows: tion they dominate Rheims and the valley someone will make a fuse about sending not break off until both pilots had fairly There were in all 219 German divisions of the Vesh. Since the April offensive, fellows over bombing in these machines, exhausted themselves and their petrol. *If these 143 were believed to be on the however, they are face to face with an which, as everybody knows, are not fit for Western front, and of these 44 were held equally commanding French position in the work

A young Australian officer told him: in reserve. The German division consists the heights of Moronvillers, which rise

If you want to know about the murder at the present moment of three infantry some seven or eight miles further cast. regiments of three battalions, or at a Berru is 870 feet above sea level. Mont machines, my squadron is flying them to outside estimate of 7,500 men, 500 machine Haut, the highest point of the Meron day. Yet those very machines were gunners, one or two squadrons of cavalryvillers fills, is about thirty feet lower, trassing purposes but also for use at the say 200 men from nine to twelve hat and between these two mossifs there lies front. They are good machines for cer teries of artillery, or striking an average a depression with an average altitude of main purposes, but ought never to have In contrast to this was the experience 2,000 men, with 800 sappers and auxi about 350 feet above the sea. Thus the bean allowed to go over the German lines. liary services. In fact, the maximum enemy has the dominating position on the The German machines, from a height of of one British pilot who somewhat peer- numerical strength of a German division west of this depression in the Beine 18,000ft., swoop down on our men and,

only must lie between 10,000 and 12,000 com district while our Allies can over as they said, shoot them before they know got a rabbit. He explained this by batants. In this estimate the infantry look its eastern border. Before the they are attacked

saying that while his opponent had a good machine, be was a clumsy fellow company bas been reckoned at 200 men attack very thorough artillery

and couldn't fight at all, and was sext though it rarely exceeds 150. It would

preparation wast carried out, and AIRMEN CASUALTIES, wom, therefore, that, with 44 divisions in considerable success was achieved, despite The latest successes of our Air Service spinning with the first burst of gunfire, roserve, the enemy had at most between misty conditions, in keeping down the were magnificent, but the cost had been Still another pilot mounted a fast new 440,000 and 500,000 combatants to fall fire of the enemy's battorien.

great. A search through the casualty machine and deliberately allowed a lists published in The Times revealed the German to get on his trail. Then he sud back upon in case of need. But between April 9 and 97. this force has been seri DASHING FRENCH ASSAULT.

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included losses in Mesopotamia and

When the hour for the assault came, it

Strangely enough, later in the day an other British pilot encountered the sam German machine. The Britibuer was winging bis way home after a hard day s work, but he jockeyed with the German for nearly a quarter of an hour before lying on,

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the French British front in order to check work On the left of the attack, just Macedonia, and also men and nor com The machine swerved and the dead man our offensive. Alrendy more than 18 where their flank was most exposed to missioned officers, but these were a very pitched out 10,000 feet from the ground divisions have had to be withdrawn from the German guns on the slopes of Berru small proportion the fighting line for reorganisation as snd in the Beins woods, the French

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The fighting yesterday was all within the enemy territory Beveral British machines had bullet holes through their wings, but sailed home unaided and took the air again this morning..

is today 750 men, including about 100 tained their objectives. Further east the・・ April (to date) non-combatants, but in actual fact many enemy elung with the fury of despair to battalions have no more than 600 men, the last spurs of the Moronvillers hills That very week 117 casualties had been including anxiliaries.

that were still in his possession. The reported. This year also there had been country was difficult, since the pine woods121 casualties in the Naval Air Service

home upon to meet, but 4 out of the 6 of our afforded excellent shelter to the German and 73 pilots had heen killed Considered in the light of the foregoing machine-gins, but the French were not to the learning to a very fine in bent machines were left with the Germans new machines were Lord Hugh Cecil submitted that wo figures, yesterday's battle in Champagne be checked. In accordance with their deed, much better than any Gorman could not hold up the work of the Royal gains special interest, True to his prin plan, they fought their way to the machines; but in using them we had roads Flying Corps because we are backward pls of defending his first positions at Nauroy Moronvillers road and then pro te amo error as we made with regard in certain respects, and said there is any cost, the energy had just before the ceded to organis, their positions. Up to the Tanks we did not wait until nothing the Germans envied so much sa Mr. Butcher said our flying men are the salt of the earth and deserve the best machines possible.

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that time the British Armies further back the enemy with heavy lose. In vain Times before side our lines, and the occasions, and he said, “I admit that if

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