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THE

WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3BD, 1917.

FUTILE ENEMY ATTACKS ON WESTERN FRONT.

INFANTRY WAVES DRIVEN BACK.

SIXTH AIR RAID ON LONDON.

RUTHLESS BRITISH AIR RAIDS IMMINENT.

THE MESOPOTAMIA SUCCESS. HIS MAJESTY'S CONGRATULATIONS.

Franco-Belgian Front.

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BRITISH FRONT.

POWERFUL ENEMY ATTACK

REPULSED.

LONDON, October 2nd.

Another nitempt on the right bank of the Meuse also failed,

Enemy zeroplanes last night bombed the Bar-le-Dać (region, causing damagin casualties.

Five query arroplanes were brought down nnd seven others fell uncontrolled in their own lines,"

Our air-quadrons bombed railway stations, nerodromes, cantonments, and works, causing violent fires at Fresnoy

· Fiold-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports: ---The enemy launched is powerful | E-Grand, attack on a mile front northward of the In réprisal for the bombardment of the Ypres Menin roadt and enstward of the fopen town of Bar-le-Due, two of cour Polygon Wood, his infantry advancing in three waves. They were driven back in disorder, suffering heavy tushalties.

We followed them up, capturing a few

prisoners,

aeroplanes last night dropped three hundred kilogrammes of bomlis on the

fruited city of Stuttgart.

Aerial Activities..

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The Near East.

THE RECENT AIR RAID ON ENGLAND

LONDON, October 1st.

A British official report states:-As a result of last night's air raid nine persons were killed and 42 injured.

Only two persons were killed in. Lou-

don

The material daninge was not great. It is reported that an enemy machine was brought down of flover.

PRIME MINISTER SHARES THE HAMMERING.

Mr. Lloyd George, who had been spend-|

ing the day in the entry, returned to Downing Street.

The Prime Minister declared in, an interview, " I must take iny share in the hammering,'

Everything points to the effectiveness of the barrage tarties.

The damage was compartively trifling, la is reported that the Commandey of Friday's raid descended in Holland and was interned.

Telegrains from the Ken const say that the raiders passed over in couples through an, invessant fire,

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BATTLE IN MESOPOTAMIA.

GREATEST VICTORY OF THE

CAMPAIGN.

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CHINA AND JAPAN,

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[BY COURTESY OF TED."CHENG HOOL

SAN PO."']

THE FLOODS AT TIENTSIN,

"New Yonx, October Est Viscount. Ishii, in the course of his

SHANGHAI, October Bads speech at the banquet in honour of the The Government hove paid £300,000 £ Japaness Mission, afirmed that the Hsung Shiling to alleviate distrem in, closed door in China had never been and Tientsin. The flood water has reused Li LONDON, October - Est.

would never be the policy of the Japanese Yuan-hung's residence, and the President The Mesopotamian sucersa is considered

Government, which welcomed all co-has, therefore, sent Linng Chi-chau to ask the greatest victory we have won in the Euphrates region, and the most complete wards the betterment of equnt oppor Yuan-bong has declined.

operation and competition tending to the ex-President to come to Peking, but, since the beginning of the Mesopotamin. campaign.

Additional importance is attached to: the victory. as the Germans have been recently hinting at An offensive against Baglulad along this very route,

Itunity,

The Tsinpoo Railway track in Shan tang has been broken by water... |

(THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.} THE UNREST IN CHINA.,

PERINO, October ist..

BRITISH FLAG PRESENTED TO VERDUN,

Paris,· October 19. Lieutenant General Sir John Cowans, Quartermaster-Cieneral, in presenting. in The name of His Majesty, the King, 'a.]

The Government has ordered the read British dng to the town

of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the letter of the. of Verdun, declared that the free nations of the Republican extremista and his assumiutery British Empire Avere never more closely who recently established if so-called faili- united because the bonds bad beentary Government at Canton cemented by so much common sacrifice.

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KING GEORGE CONGRATU- LATES GENERAL MAUDE,

· Loxnos; October 2nd. His Majesty the King has despatched the following message to Gomerul Mande: |

Up to the presents there are no füzüber I send my best congratulations to you He added: We are resolved, side by developments in the awolt at Listing and all the troops concerned in the cap side with your superb Army, to secure the which was mentioned in a message on ture of the Turkish fures at Hamadie, triumph of liberty and justice. They are September 29th. A praceful settlement in 1 fully appreciate your skill in leader helping our eyes to be fixed on the ap-hoped for. ship as well as dhe spirit and gallantryproaching victory in which the Army at of all ranks which enabled them to over- Verdun, by its constant valour, will have, conge the diffulties of the country and

a glorious and imperishablis share.". eliante and de, resistaner af at sablon

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR enery,"

One raider was bemmed in by shells over the Thames estuary and Rew hither and hither in a ring of fire like a frightened The Balkans. bluebottle, and eventually escaped.

ABSOLUTE “ABSENCE OF PANIC.

London never had such a week-end, the one just "past. A full moon ride, on Sunday evening in an unclouded sky.

The enemy strongly renewed his attack daring the next three hours; and, after heavy lighting, he was repulsed ̈every- where, except opposite the southeast THE SIXTH RAID ON LONDON. with not a breath of wind. There was a corner of Polygon Wood, where he occupi.

ed two advanced posts.

CAPTURES DURING SEPTEMBER.

During September we captured - 5,296 prisoners, including 146 officers, "eleven guns, including three heavy guns, 57 trench-mortars, and 377 machine-guns,

The visibility is much improved, and on Sunday unch artillery pinangejekita work was done.

Bombing continued without respité throughout the day and night.

Eleven tons of bombs were dropped on the aerodrome at Gontrode, billets and communications in the battle area, a dump, and on the Headquarters near Cambrai..

The enemy carried out many bombing raids at night-time, but little damage of military importance was done,

A photograph of the results of the bombing of the Gontrole aerodrome shows that a shed was hit, and also that three large machines landed in a fold three miles south of the aerodrome.

Two machines are clearly shown as damaged. A large shed accommodating

'Gothis was set on fire last night.

Four German machines were brought down and eight were driven down. Five of our machines are missing.

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ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

LANDO, October 1st. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re porta: There was marked hostile artil- lery bring at night-time eastward and northward of Ypres and in the Nieuport

sector.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, October 2nd. London expérienced its sixth aerial raid last night.

Firing stopped shortly after ten o'clock Generally, the bombardment was not so continuous as that of Saturday and Sun- day. Still the firing was more frequent, but when the barrage started it seemed heavier.

The whole sky was alight with shrapnel- |bursts and star-shells, while shrapnel frag.

ments whistled overhead.

A wireless German official report states:-There was intensé artillery fring on the coast and at the Ypres Bend.

Anglo-French airmen wrought cousid- erable damage in Belgium. There were Jumerous civilian victims.

FRENCH FRONT.

VIOLENT ARTILLERY FIRING."

PARIS, October 15t

The first reports from the coast state that the bombs dropped mostly in open felds

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-THE SALONIKA FRONT.

TWO

THOUSAND AUSTRIANS

CAPTURED.

SALONIKA, October 1st. slight ground fog. Police whistles con-

Artillery and aeroplanes are con veyed the first "warning of a' raid, and tinually harassing the enemy on the entire these were quickly followed by a distant from but there is nothing important rumbling of gas. Then the aerial since the recent Franco-Albanian success barrage opened with a terrific din, ex-west of Lake Ochrida, where consider ble ceeding Saturday's and Insting over an progress has been made. Two thousand hour.

The vereeching shells over the Austrians have been taken prisoner housetops were most weird.

When the Most

of them are weak' and emaciatedì. firing ceased the streets in some «parts

Käiian Front. wete, full of snakes.

A notable feature was the absolute absence of panic. Everybody took shelter, in Lubes and celtnes in the most, orderly

way.

com-

EXPLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.) ITALIAN FRONT. TOTAL PRISONERS INCREASED. མ་ས་ The severity of the barrage, kept ther

LONDON, October 1st, main body of the raiders at bay.

An offeint report states:--We Bombs seem to have been dropped vpletely repulsed attacks in the Bainsizan the outskirts of London,

Plateau: It is unofficially estimated that ten Some bombs - dropped in a crowdedOut total prisoners is now 2,019. bombs were dropped in the London dis-working class locality, and boobs were

We repulsed attacks at Valdi Fun, trict last night.

ako dropped in a similar locality notpturing a large quantity of ammeni. Several of the bombs fell on waste [far from the first.

Jon, and explosives. ground, and one wear an hospital, break

Russian bront. ing windows.

DETAILS OF THE RAID.

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The raiders could be plainly heard, and some people claim to have seen them.

There was sudden cheering at meny points in North and South London owing to the impression that some of the raiders were brought down afire.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

LATER. An official report states: A group of aeroplanes crossed the Essex- coast, at. seven o'clock making for London. They were followed after a quarter of an hour. by a second group.

The Grit attack on London was made from the North-East at 7.45. The majority of the raiders were turned back, but one penetrated the defences and bombed the South-Western district.

At 8-15 the second group. attempted to eross the defences North-East and North of London, but they were unsuccessful until shortly after nine o'clock, when a few passed over London. Bombs were again dropped in the South-Western dis

trict,

A third group of raiders crossed the

Kentish coast, but they did not penetrate far westward. They, however, dropped

A communiqué atates! There was bombs at various places, violent artillery firing at night-time on

A fourth group of raiders crossed the

The casualty list here is not yet aster- tainable.

The bombs were all explosive and not incendiary.

No fires resulted.

A

GERMAN VERSION.

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LONDON, October ist. wireless Russian official report

We pressed back enemy the Spital Farm sector, in the

ou, advancing one thousand yards. Aneral.

wireless Gernian official report states:-Our aviators bombed railitary buildings and warehouses in inner Lon-stes don; also. Margate and Dover. All our machines returned.

BRITISH AIR REPRISALS IMMINENT.

LONDON, October 1st. The Daily Chronicle understands that ruthless British air raids on German cities are imminent.

ENEMY ́AERODROMES

BOMBED.

LONDON, October 1st

The Admiralty announce that Naval aircraft on Saturday night dropped several tons of hombs on the lock-gates at Zeebrugge, the St. Denis-Westrem aerodrome, the Thurout aerodrome, the

Brugcoise works, and on trains The results were good. There was an outbreak of fre at St. Denis-Westram,

There were several aerial combats. Two

both banks of the Mouse and at Bezon Essex coast and approached London enemy machines were destroyed and one

Vaux

shortly before ten o'clock. They did not was

After a lively bombardment in the penetrate beyond the North-Eastern out-tri

Forges sector, the Germans attempted to

reach our lines, but our fire easily repuls

ed them,

skirts, where bombs were dropped.

Reports of casualtics and damage have not yet been received.

down completely beyond con-

We also drove down machine damaged.

Gotha

All our machines returned.

posts

Riga

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WASHINGTON, October 2nd.

cat campaign in connection with thepond Liberty Loan began at noon. It to a month.

I planned to raise Three Billion Dol while the Treasury expects that verbscriptions will swell the Loan to Fivellion Dollars, the largest amount the rican people have ever been asked to abb.

ing sches at the enlisting clubs, com McAdoo tours the country deliver

merci organisations Bocieta

schools,

and

UNREST.

GENERAL RESUMPTION LIKELY.

Synx October 18. The Southern Western. and several Northern Minery' Ladyes haye practically unanimously accepted the Government terms. A general resuDip- tion of work is likely to take place op Wednesday,

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. THE - DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.

PETROGRAD, October 1st. The Democratic Conference was marked by the outspoken speeches of M. Kutchin the Delegate representing all the Mil- tury Committees at the Front, He de clared that the country could not be saved unless the fighting capacity of the Army was re-established and the soldiers' dis: trust of their officers, upronterl.

A Cossack Delegati: announced that the Cossacks will defend the Republic and support the Government.

GREAT BRITAIN'S INFANTRY,

NATIONAL COUNCIL CONVOLED.

PERINO, October 2nd. The National Council has been convoked: for the purpose of drawing up the hom Election Law, after which Parlament! will be elected as soon as possible. It ig believed that this will have a pacifying effect upon the more moderate Southera leaders, the chief of whom is Lux Wing- ting, Inspector-fieneral of Kwangtung and Kwangs, and the instigator of tho rréent revolt at Látling

CANTON NEWS.

[BY COURTESY OF THE

CHUNG NGH

SAN PO'

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL LUR."

CASTOR, October. nd. General Lok Wing-ting has received as telegrain from the Central Coverament agreeing to its demand that all the high ofheials of the South-West provinces should not be removed for three gearp Thus it expected that all the outstand- ing questions will be settled very soon. THE SITUATION IN HUSAN.

Lau Kin-fan (South of Hanan) has announced that the 1st division of Hunan

North. troops have joined his party agnizes the He adds that the Northera troops have begun their offensive, attack ing Wing Chow in three groups.

Napoleon once said that the British infantry was the best in the world. It is rac to-day. What is the quality that They are fearless, resolute, eager in de Fu, fully equipped, will, it is said, la makes them such incomparable soldiers |

The 2nd Army, Commander by L

fence. They are disciplined to a wonderful despatched to Hunnu before the 6th Int degree, yet with a perfect understand ho tween officer and mun, When things are going well the soldier will.” grumble and give the appearance of being in a state of incipient mutiny. Give him

grouse

The Acting Tuchun, Mok Wing-soo,

has held a meeting of high military officers at his yainen to-day to consider

& nasty wet day, a Ceriaanstrafe," and questions relating to the hly depressing atmosphere, and of Hunen.

he

Assistaniza

to sing and laugh and show the It is said that General Łuk Wing ting, qualities of Mark Tapley. He must have

perfect confidence in his leaders, and he Chair Ping-kwan, Ching Pik-kwong and adoves his natural protectors, the airmen others are consulting at Nanning, and and the gunners. Some people who have

studied him will tell you that a good that the General intends to coromanst many of his qualities must be due to lack the troops sent by the two Kwonge other hand, he must have imagination to of imagination. That may be so. On the to Iuran in order to secure impedite invent some of the nicknames he has given developments. his generals. From the first day of the war he established ઘ w-for-

It is rumoured that the Provisional superiority over the German. He felt himself the batter man and lived up to Government has sent representatives to the conviction, in spite of the machine recruit a large number of soldiers from superiority, which the Boche possessed at

SUN VAT-SEA AND HIS GOVERNMENT-

the beginning of the war. He does not plates along the East River. The deny to his enemy both courage and rumour, however, may be doubted, because, endurance, but he is none the less on the Provisional Government is not in a vinced that he can beat him when he likes.

WCOYANCY OUTSTANDING TRAIT.

position to meet the expenses of such a proceeding

Sun Yat-sen has sent representativen to America and the Straits Settlements

The great quality which stands unt is the marvellous buoyancy of the man. le. will go through the most awful hell for a

Sun Yat-sen has appointed Chu Chưp week and come out of it with a smile. shum 2nd Commander of the Provision?“ will be kicking After a wash and a brush up in billets he Government.

football about or exchanging confidences in his curious French with the natives. He will now, reap, or plough for the French peasant, look after the cow, or wash the baby if to raise loans for the expenses of the gentleman and no haster. He will cheer each of these representative will take he is allowed. He is the most perfect Provisional Government. It is said that adventure which he has never had, but with him loan bills for $1,000,000 and [up: his people at honte with stories of

when he really has gone through a big will set out in a few ussault as often as not he will dismiss

days. it all with a curt I went over the top last CUSTOMS GRIETANCES, at the beginning of the war, where the Thursday Many of the brave fellows were in the trenches in the hard old days objecting to a certain new regulation

The Native Agents of the Customs,

encuny sent over forty shelts for every one have decided to cease work. They have of ours. They didn't whine then, and they sent a petition aiting for axi amendment don't admire the Bache for whining now. Thempaign was ushered in at many could have translated "Your" cow has But he is best as a linguist. Wao but he

of the regulations. cities the ringing of bells and the broken loose" by the short but quite easily recently appointed Lo Sing Supt. F The Tuchun, Chan Ping-kwan, haz whist of factories.

comprehended phrase, Madam, lait pro Canton Customs. The official appointek- menade! A soldier had successfully

SILVER MARKET,

LONDON, October 2nd. Bilvi quoted 48ld and the market ia dull

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woned a French girl, and asked the chap by the Government has been transferm lain to perform the marriage ceremony to another past.

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But," said the chaplain." the girl is

s Roman Catholic "Oh, that's all right, sir," said the man, whose French ran only to Bon jour" and "Napoo" "I've converted her."

Apparently a pacifist is willing to fạch for anything but the cause of freedom Chicago Dally Neurs.