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HAND TO HAND FIGHTING. Fighting was generally of the hand-to-

General.

THE WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saturday night and issued in Early morning Extra yesterday.

our

ranco-chelgian Front

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. } THE NEW OFFENSIVE,

· COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL

OPERATIONS.

LONDON, September 21st.

The eweted ridge, against which the Germans boasted that the British dashed themselves vainly on July 1st and August 15th, fell yesterday morning. The new

Gnuing Form of enemy defence was mustered by method and doggedness. This system of pill-boxes in shell holes was evolved by the Germans when they found that the old trench system had been baltered to pieces by our artillery. They sende forward positions without a definite line, building innumerable concrete block- bonis, se arranged in depth that they enfinded much other. They were stron tant only a direct hit by a heavier

them damage sell was able To make such

aost difficult on

Lo

A direct hit was asnulwark like

a concrete house, holding at the most These little garrisons were fifty men. mostly meneline gummers. They were pick

i

are

tion dumps in the battle stes. During the night two tone of bombs were dropped hand character and therefore a large

prisoners on Ledeghen, Roulers and Menin railway proportion of the

wounded. They speak very stations. German aircraft in the middle of the day were active in attempting to interfere with our artillery and bombing pectfully of the terrible effect of our and low flying machines. When the wet barrage fire, which for three days cut off ther improved in the evening they kept

well to the East of their lines and were all rations and levied a fearful toll of disinclined to bght. Ten one machines death. The advancing troops confried were destroyed and six driven down. The statements because they found of ours are missing,

REPLY TO THE GERMAN PEACE

Iw

ATRAP

Haig's reply

immense numbers of corpses. The enemy never yet participated in a bloodier battle, The counter-attacks were equally costly, LONDON September 21st. The detailed character of Field-MarshalAs an example, yesterday afternoon the Sir Dougles Haig's communiqués is wel Germany six times massed for an attack comed in the papers, which describe upon the left front of our northern ariny.

offensive ан Sir Douglas the

to. the latest der Four times our gums created such havoc inan peace tray, The ffensive is rotha the masses melted away without garded as important strategically, Sir deleving. Twice the enemy reached the Douglas Haig is persistently pushing a open whereupon machine gun volleys and big salient between the Ypres Roulers and rifles broke up the assailants before they

got to close quarters. The Ypres Menim roads lis-extension. eastwards is a menage to the German posi tion in Flanders and Northern France. The wedge driven in the enemy's front

There was a delightint instance of the will separate the Germans south and resourcefulness of the Tommies. A party north of the River Lys. If he movement of bombers reached the parapet af a cer- continues as it has begun, it will preci- tam trench where the Huns were rough- pitale another voluntary retirementing on the other side. Owing to the close

dangerous to both sides, according to plan," Hence General von quarters grenades would have been equally Hindenburg's tremendous efforts to check after a pause to collect the necessary the British progress eastwards. With his missiles, the Tommies pelted the Roches army on a line joining the towns of Menin with bottles filled with water. The latter and Roulere, Sir Douglas Haig will be scenting a new form of frightfulness able to attack Lille from the north and speedily kameraded. Ostend from the set the

YPRES FREED FROM ENEMY

PRESSURE.

TOMMIES RESOURCEFULNESS,

Thereupons

--QUICK-FIRING TRENCH MORTAR.

A PICTURESQUE INCIDENT The Ane attack went like clock-work. "A particularly fine and picturesque incident occurred when they carried a strong point named Anzac A man whose are should become immortal in the history of the Commonwealth suddenly sprang from the parapet, and amid hurricance of cheers, planted the blue and white starred ensign of Australia where it could be seen far and wide. It was an act of proad defiance of the Huns,

THROUGH REUTER'S 10RKOY.]

PRO-ALLY FEELING IN ARGENTINA,

H.M.S. GLASGOW GIVEN SPLENDID RECEPTION.

BUENOS AIRES, September 21st. The British craiser Glasgow has arrived, escorted by uumerous befagged steamers and yachts, and was welcomed by salutes from the guns, the singing of autheme and cheering crowds.

Pro-British · speeches were delivered from the balcony of a hotel from where the Commander of the Glasgow and the British Minister addressed the crowd.

RAILWAY STRIKE IN

ARGENTINA.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CABLE COMPANIES.

BUENOS Aines, September 22nd, The Government hus ordered the cable companies to hand over copies of all dis patches set and received on behalf of the Swedish and German Legationsin order that they may be deciphered at Washington,

GENERAL ALEXIBFF RESIGNS DISAGREES WITH A DEMAND BY

THE PREMIER.

The quick-firing tranch mortar has

The railway strikers, to whom re- 17th played an invaluable part in elgaring

the ference was made on camouflaged shell-holes and rediteïng pill- PARIE, September. 21st,

boxes. This Pheasant Farm was taken inst., fired on a train of soldiers. The Ami-official singe anys that the meet without ensualties. Sehuler gal-fire was returned and one of the strikers ed men, specially trained 10 outpost new British offensive is not on so wide a lerics were carried by the Lancashires and was killed and several wounded.

Springboks. srork, being able in dingo an aurato-front as the previous British and French the Bremau redoubt by the ing haitation so severely that, the forward offensives. It was restricted to positions lines, passing through and beyond them, east of Ypres and was completely success- would be spent and weak when exposed ful, the infantry, in a few hours attain- to the attack of the Storstruppen, special-ing all the objectives and exceeding them ly trained for counter-n lacking, which at some points: The shemy's formidable were held in reserve. These hard nuts fortifications were captured without exees have now been cracked by a new method sive loss. This battle of the Menin Road of assault, planted with great fore-will have interesting results on the British thought, with the result that the British position in Flanders. The town of Ypres have ennquered the high ground which the is now largely freed from enemy pressure Germans regarded as the ampreme strato, while the British have installed tore gie point in this sector. Yesterday morn. ensily defensible positions which will be ultimate ing's attack begair slightly in advance of useful starting point for the the line won on July 31st, and which has progress in Flanders. since been hotel by the English troops.

REMOVING BELGIAN CIVILIAN with wonderful tenacity against the re

POPULATION. ented attacks of sixteen divisions while behind them was mufuring the blow which Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has now delivered.

GREAT ENEMY LOSSES.

LONDON, September 21st. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re portsMore detailed accounts of yester

Loxbox, September £lat.

The Belgian Government has received Information that during the past three weeks great portion of the civilian population at Bruges has been removed in order to perform military work behind the German front 1 Amwerp Province

WORK OF INDIVIDUAL REGIMENTS.

Further north, the South Africans were doing splendid work. They sent tor wards their mark with irresistible clan. and although it is ret too early to gather the full story of the deeds of those Spring- hoks who are still amidst the pall of smake overhanging the front, I know that they use again taken able part in the great adventure. Regardng the Homeland

PETROGRAD, September 21st! General Alexieff his resigned the post of Generalissing because he disagrees with M. Kerensky's demand for the dismissal from, the General Staff of all the officers suspected of complicity with General Korniloff.

General Alexieff feels that it is difficult immediately to replace experienced and trained officera

THE PAPAL NOTE. GERMANY'S REPLY,

AMSTERDAM, September 21st The text of the German reply to the Papal Note is now beginning to arrivo.

The first part states that the Kaiser cherishes a lively desire that the Papal append may meet with success.

CANADA AND THE WAR. SPEECH FROM THE THONE.

OTTAWA, September 21st, The Duke of Devonshire in his speech, from the Throue proroguing Parliament, concluded by stating Although the people of Canada have not faltered in stress of war is increasingly severe, the Zof their resolve and supreme purpose achieving a thorough victory and an abid- ing peace. Whatever further efforts are necessary they will unhesitatingly be made sacrifices already made shall not be in in a stern determination that the vast

SPY'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED,

LONDON, September 21st. The Fress Bureau announces that the sentence of death passed by court-martial on Alfred Hahn, a Norwegian, who was arrested in London in July last un a charge of espionage on behalf of Germany, has been commuted to penal servitude for life.

EXPLOSION IN A FACTORY

IN IRELANDƏ

LONDON, September 21st. The Press Bureau announces that nine. people have been killed by an explosion in an explosives factory in Ireland,

The number of injured has not yet been ascertained.

FREIGHTS TO AUSTRALASIA PROBABLE INCREASES.

LONDON, September 21st. The Times states that notice is likely to be given immediately of increases in out ward freights to Australia and New Zen- Inad, representing advances of consider ably more than one third, which is the extent to which the Indian freights will he raised, provisionally on November 1st

An advance of one-third in outward- also to be under consideration. Freights to the south of France is believed

There is no question of prolit to the dipping lines, since ail línes have had Mos tonnage requisitioned, but the Companies General Teheremissoff, the ex-Comanar concerned to ensure that expensen will der on the South-West Front, has been be covered. named as General Aloxínff's successor,

SUCCESSOR TO GENERAL ALEXIEFF.

PETROGRAD, September genil:

THE SILVER MARKET.

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day's battle confirm the completeness of the Germans are making fresh requisi- troops, they fought throughout at the very General Tchoremisseff, who is mentioned is record since September, 1890. The

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valour The Germans simply could not tions Bedsteads, blankets, sheets and court pitch of their traditional dash and fines have been seized All news filtering withstand those wasts of khaki. The across the frontier shows that for two, Kilties vied with famous English live months the civilian population near the regiments, and who shall say that either German front in Flanders has been gra- go the best in the glorious compeition t dually removed towards the rear, only They got there, en, and all, and made up men obliged to work for the Army being their minds to stay.g retained.

the success. Local attacks in the evening in the neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets, northeast of Langemarck, cleared up number of strong points and completed the cipture of the objectives in those legalities. It is now cetablished that the enemy's casualties were usually great

the

Many counter-attacks which were delivered in the afternoon and FOUR GERMANS TO EVERY YARD

The Leven big by considerable forces.

HOLDING OUR GAINS. Throughout the day the enemy guas pounded away. Many counter-attacks were either launched and beaten hack, or broken up before the assembled magses could deploy. I watched until late into wondered what the undulating thunder the night the lurid palpitating sky and might be recording, but this morning we were holding on to our gains, just s

to extreme menyuer, da

as the successor to General Alexicft, is rise is due to the supplies again being Blater to be popular in revolutionary insufficient to meet the demand. circles. He is determined to restore

LONDON, September 21st. discipline in the Army without recourse QUEBEC BRIDGE COMPLETED

The bridge has been completed. to be held on the 20th just, to decide the} As regards the Democratic Conference. future forms of Constitution and Govern- GERMAN INTRIQUE IN US A. ment,

official circles point out that as it is summoned by the Soldiers and Workmen's Deligates the Government is not bound to participate.

REGENERATION OF

RUSSIAN ARMY,

THE

OF FRONT.

LONDON, September 21st. clear light in the latter part of the day. enabled us to obtain warning of impend- Reuter's correspondent at the British ing attacks, and the concentrated fire of Headquarters states: The mere one hears rifles, machine guns and artillery in about yesterday's great fight the more one every case destroyed the advancing Ger-admires the masterly tactics and indorait man infantry. The obstinacy of the able gallantry displayed. Never has the eneroy's attacks only added to his losses, British Army had to tackle a tougher Viny and Messines, and, aided by bene. THE METHOD TO BE EMPLOYED without recovering any valuable ground. proposition than set by the attack upon fierent weather, we are so consolidat The exhausted enemy did not counter-a defensive area of great depth, held song that every hour lessens the chances of attack at night-time. We consolidated I densely that may be estimated that the most desperate efforts, the enemy can our positions undisturbed. Our losses are there was an average of over four Ger- make light. We drove of small attacks west inrns to every yard of front. To the

of Havrincourt and west of Lens," ALL POSITIONS MAINTAINED,

COUNTER-ATTACKS HEAVILY

REPULSED.

Losous, September 21st

STRATEGIC VALUE OF THE VICTORY

MORE STARTLING REVELATIONS

WASHINGTON, September 21st, The State Department makes another It publishes L startling revelation. message sent in January, 1917, by Count Bernstorff, the Ex-German Ambassador to Washington, to the Berlin Foreign Office, requesting authority to pay 800,000 to in- fluence Congress through curtain organisa- tions..

The text of the message, which is dated January, 22nd, 1917, iras follows:-

Request authority outpay up to sixty thousand dollars order as ou former occasions influence Congress through organisations whereof you know which can perhaps prevent war I be ginning meantime to act accordingly.

In above circumstances public official German declaration favour Ireland “highly desirable order yain suppert

Irish influence here?!

PETROGRAD, September 22nd General Verknovsky, the Minister for War, hag returned from Headquarters and has explained the plan to regenerate. the Army to the Executive of the Work- Anzacs and some of the British troops,

men and Soldier's Delegates. He said which served under General Plumer so

The strategic significance of yesterday's that there were two ways of regenerating well at Alessines, fell what might have been expected to prove the stiffest part victory must eventually manifest itself one was Korniloft's way, repression, by inmistakably. The value of this gain bloodshed, the other was Verkhovsky's of the day's task. They acquitted them cannot be measured by mere acres of reway the implanting of healthy ideas salves nobly. For the Australians it was covered territory, though that is substan- of discipline jeto all ranka Kop the most completely successful achievement tial. I was a battle for ectuatanding loff's method," he said, of their glorious career ee

positions, and wo have won a victory false and dangerous because the army English and Scottish battalions, co which leaves the enemy in this wide tract consists of the people in arms. My Sir Douglas Haig reports:Further evi- dence shows the continuous and obstinate operating with their Banks, added nei Flanders at a serious disadvantage method has been applied in Moscow with THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. rature of the counter attacks, yesterday, lustre to their imperishable laurels. If I Within a few hours yesterday, the ruins excellent results. I am going to apply

LONDON, September 1st. in which the enemy suffered exceptionally have heard any complaint against the of pres receded a full mile into the back it on all fronte and at the roar. Korni-

The Earl of Rosebery and Sir Lewis heavy

any drzuce it is one which they can hear with uren. Several of the best German divi- loff's foolish enterprise seriously campro-Michell have recently resigned their posi advantage.

Tequanimity, that they went rather too sions have been so shattered as to necesmised afresh the relations between the tions as trustees under the will of the late Minor fighting occurred to-day

We fire for which they can find nó praise too which becomes more insistent with every solders and commanders. To counteract Mr. Cecil Rhodes. The late Earl Grey had

on rapidly. They dodged wonderful barragositats a withdrawal. different parts of the battle Front." advanced our line at a number of points emphatic so close that they were upon repetition of this business is How much it the Government has decided to replace also resigned his trusteeship, shortly before

Commanders not enjoying the confidence this death weak a of the troops by others, idependently of Mr. Otto Beif, Lord Lovat and Mr. rank but conditionally that, they Rudyard Kipling have accepted the pore 1 experienced in the conduct of military tion of trustees, the other trusters being operations and free from auspicion Milner and Sir Starr Jameson politically.

losses without gaining

A vital question

longer can the enemy go on filling these and further counter-attacks were beaten the Huns before the latter could spring gaps in his dwindling and much-harassed

de from their crouching positions.

Army 72

off

SUGGESTION FOR MR. LLOYD GEORGE TO VISIT U.S.A.

Atlantic City, September 21st-

The trustees have now definitely constituted the Scholarship Fund contem- plated by Mc. Cecil Rhodes in his will, and it has been decided to allof the four new scholarships created in substitution. of the scholarshiya formerly held by Ger-

This morning, English County troops of FAILURE OF COUNTER-ATTACKS. our right captured collection of trenches The Hubs concentrated in Polygon THE GERMAN REPORT. and strong concreted points to the south Wend to counter-attack the Australiane of Tower Hamlets. The enemy later but were repulsed before they could renoh launched powerful counter-attacks against the Inter. A similar attempt in the

LONDON, September 21st Tower Hamlets ridge. They were repulsed direction of Zonnebeke met with a like

A Gerinan official imessag, states:--- after heavy fighting

Nine British Divisions, including fate. The new Anzac positions last night The Liverpool and Lancashire Regi were heavily barraged but the men dug several Australian Divisions, supported ments, to the east of St. Julien, took themselves in securely. When the Austra by armored cars and flamethrowers, posession of a fortifica farm and cleared lians were going over near Clapham carried out yesterday's attack in close Lord Northcliffe has promised the Cons to the provinces of Alberta and

formation area desde

vention of the Chambers of Commerce to Saskatchewan to the Transvaal and up a number of dug-oute and strong Junction they encountered a raiding The enemy penetrated our defence we convey to the proper quarter the sug Orange Free State, and alternately to the points fronting the new position. -

Our artillery hroke up a counter-attack party with Flammenwerfers. Thereupon, a depth of a kilometre and advanced gestion that Mr. Lloyd George, Lord towns of Kimberley and Port Elizabeth.

followed a

As Alberta and Saskatchewan have "great fight in which the further a. Pusschendaele and Chelavelt..

Derby, General Smuts and Mr Hughes hitherto had one scholarship between individual superiority of the Ansacs was

We pressed the enemy back to the west shall visit the United States to counteract them, the effect of this decision will be the determining factor

01. Paischendaele but be gained ground to the anti-British propaganda that each of these provinces will now have the north of the pres-Comines Road. Lord Northcliffe said that the whole DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING

a scholarship... IN He was thrown back with very heavy spirit of the Convention was war to the

After careful consideration and con- osses elsewhere and his reinforcements bitter and. He rejoiced to find an increesgulations with the Presidents of a sumber- GERMANS REGARD, THE FUTURE

were unable to make further progressing sentiment in favour of the retention of Universities affected, the trustees have The villager in the fighting zone remain of the German Colonies by South Africs decided not to make any appointments to

and Australia.

any scholarships this year, either in the WAR DUTIES PREVENT THE TRIP. | United States or in any part of the

to the east of Langemarck this evening..

The prisoners in yesterday's fighting are now reported to exceed three thousand.

FINE WORK BY AIRCRAFT.

During the first two hours of yester.

day's attack low clouds and drizzling rain mad, flying almost impossible, but our aeroplanes flew low and bombed an aero-| drome, near Courtrai and attacked bodies

WITH DISMAY, A

LONDON, September 31st.

.

in our possession.

of infantry. The weather improving Reuter's correspondent at British Head. later, contact was maintained with the quarters, in another account of the great ACTIVITY IN CHAMPAGNE. advancing troops. Aeroplanes and thrust, states:—A nos; triumphant fea- balloons gave the artillery observations cure of yesterday's splendid victory is the regarding the location of troops prepar-death-hlow dealt to the German faith in ing to counter-attack, and reported how the invulnerability of their new method our artillery dealt with the situation dur- of defence. The effest of the collapse ing the attack. The aeroplanes fired thereof has been very serions upon pri ORDWBAKYEMBEN, BILASKO, LOST VIGge, as 28000 machine-gun rounds from heights of soners: Captured officers, who hitherto a hundred to a thousand feet at infantry would have been haughty and supercílious,

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in the trenches and gleitholes and are now literally bowing to their capted approaching reinforcements. They confes defeat in what they regarded Daring the daytime 68 bombs were their strongest point. They now regard dropped on Ledeghen railway station; the future with dismay

HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.

LONDON, September 21st. A French communiqué states: In Champagne there has been great artillery activity. In the heights region our fire dispersed an attack at Mount Haut with serious enemy losses.

LONDON, September 22nd

British Empire, although the qualifying examinations in the United States will It is authoritatively stated that the be bold as already arranged This deci proposed visit of the Premier, Lord Derby sion is based upon the fact that as all And General Smuts, to the United States candidates must be men of military ako. has been under consideration but none it would not be in accordance with the can be spared from his duties for the spirit of the testator's decision if the period the visit would recessitate, a young men who first responded to the rail General Smuts and Admiral Sir d-¡nf patriotism, were to be nenalised for Jellico are visiting Sheffield in October having dong so. An endida, who is and will inspect the munition establish eligible this year will be equally quali

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