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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY NOVEMBER 12TH.

BRITISH RENEW ATTACK IN WEST.

SATISFACTORY PROGRESS REPORTED.

GERMAN TROOPS LAND AT HELSINGFORS.

THE ITALIAN RETREAT.

TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF THE FUGITIVES.

FURTHER PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.

noo-Gelgian bront,

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BRITISH RENEW ATTACK.

WEATHER WET AND STORMY.

LONDON, November 10th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas faig, re 7 ports: --At dawn this morning we attack- ed the positions northward and north- westward of. Passchendaele,

We are making good progress, The weather is wet and stormy, ADVANCE BEYOND OBJECTIVES.

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The Canadian, and the British troops delivered this morning's attack over a Drile front astride the Passchendaele Westrtorebeke road,

Heavy rain commencoil to fall before the attack and continued throughent

the day.

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ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE.

Losnox, November 8th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports: There has been considerable activity on the part of hostile artillery north-eastward of Ypres.

Our guns carried out the usual counter- battery work and bonibardment of the battle front..

AVIATION.

STATEST.DABLES:

THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN. ESTIMATE OF CAPTURES AND ENEMY CASUALTIES.

LONDON, November 10th. An official report from Egypt alates ***** Our mounted troops, advancing rapidly, captured noother 400 men, and ten gu

Car line now runs in south-easterly direction from two miles northward of Hainamch to two miles northward of Arakeluenshiye, on the Central Railway and generally ten to six miles northward of Wadihest

W occupied Askalon.

Our aeroplanes continue to homb retreating bodies, niso important centres of communication, dropping 400 bombs,

During the day we captured - guns totalling over 70, of which serul ate of 5. calibre...

General Allenby estimates the enemy's

casualties at 10,000, exclusive of pri-

SONUTA,

ENEMY RETIRING.

CAIRO, November 8th.

Italian Front.

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GERMAN OFFICERS POSING AS ITALIANS

1917.

NATIONAL CINEMA

PROPAGANDA

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TERRIBLE FLIGHT OF FUGITIVES.

LONDON, November 10th, Reuter's Correspondentnt. Italian

Mr. Hall Caine is undertaking the Headquarters graphically describe the

direction of cinema filing for the National terrible plight of the fugitives ping War Aims Committe for the purpose of to the evacuation of the Taglimento re- acquainting the public with the issues fugees from Gemona causing a fresh at stake. flight from Fordunune to Triviso. There were babies asphyxiated in the cru anl mothers suddenly became demented.

PARIS, November, lith: Aeroplanes attacked, the traite, which

M l'anieve has returned. He pre- took refuge i tunnels, causing dense sided at a Cabinet inceting which decided smoke clands to swamp the packed open that an Inter-Ally Military Conference

Children, collapseil and frenzied will meet in Paris.

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PREMIER

LONDON, November 10th. Reuter's Correspondent at Italian Headquarters, & legraphing on the evening of the 9th inst, states-The situation continues to improve. The retreat is now being carried cut methodically, and the Divisions are re-forming splendidly. cars.

The rearguard is heroically and effce- | mothers were nuble to resuscitate them, GREAT FLOODS IN BANGKOK. tively, sercening the main body.

Many officers and soldiers got through Stern and relentless mensures are being the enemy lines by strange strategens. A taken to eliminate falterers.

Sicilian soldier arrived barefooted and rigged, having walked from Gorizia,

ALLIES SUTREME TOBITICAL

COUNCIL.

Seventeen. Gertuan officers, speaking excellent Italian and posing as refugees, have been discovered distributing large sung of money among their companions and endeavouring to stir up a peace

agitation,

ITALIANS DOCEGRY VILLAGE

LONDON, Novemuce 10th. An Italian official report states: We repulses an attack on our advanced pusi.

The Scottish troops crossed Wadihesi and are advancing to the high ground nortwards.

The Australians seized the railwaytions in the Ledre Valley, station at Emdabkhai, taking, 300 pri- somers and much booty.

The enemy is retiring on the whole front, being vigorously pursued.

There were local engagements between Val Sugais, and the Piave Valley.

LONDON, November 10th Reporting on aviation, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hnig says: Low-flying

At Lorenzago, one of our rearguards machines on Thursday co-operated with

which was surrounded succeeded in push. the infantry in raids on the trenches,

ing through and occupied the village. They fired many rounds at troops and machine guns Numerous bombs

4 “From "Busegnaɑ to the sen our rear: wero

Router's Correspondent at Egyptian | guards became disengaged from the dropped on tranches and billets during the day, with good results. Unfavourable Headquarters, telegraphing on Wed-enemy and crossed the river, blowing up

weather prevented night bombing, Fourtan machines were brought down and six driven down. Ten of ours are missing.

FRENCH

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FRONT.

FRENCH RECOVER POSITIONS. PARIS, November 11th

TURKS FLEEING IN ALL

DIRECTIONSTER

East the bridges.

nesday evening, stated:-The Anglian bome counties, Wess Country and ludian troops pushed through Gaan and occupied the whole of the enemy defencer north-west and south-east of

Gaza

The Yeomanry and Indians vigorously pursued the enemy towards Beithanun and Deirsquid.

Despite the weather, we made further progress northwards along the main ridge, capturing a minber of prisoners, On the right of the attack the Cana alians continged to advance along the active artillery duel in the region of the Turks, machine-gunning and bombing

A communque sintes-There was un

crist of the man ridge north of Pass ise-Aisne Canal; ohendaele, and

tives

Aeroplanes relentlessly harassed the

2,000 infantry at Beitdura and 2,500 at

and they garved then abjee-Flare a lively tufantry fighting in Jubis from a low altitude,, the Turks

the region of Chaume Wood. s early in the morning.

The British ou the left attacked along the western shoulder of the main ridge and "overcame an plistach in the marshy ground in the neighbourhood of Padde bork strom, and reached their objectives and beyond.

Henve counter-attack, developed later in the morning against the ground gained by the British,

The encuny regained, after fierce and bstinate fighting, stme of the more ad- valeed positions.

West Yorkshires enided northward of

Jan and prisoners wer exptured after -hand-to-hand-lighting, when umny casual.

Lies, were inflicted on the enemy,

Low-fiying aeroplanes attacked the serienry's infantry and transpers

Three tens of bombs were dropped on blets and seroitromis, and good results

were obtained.

The French re established their posi tions after several counterattacks,

GERMAN REPORT:

LONDON, November 10th.

A wireless German official report.

states:We wrested from the French positions at Chaume Wood and captured 240 prisoners.

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LIVELY ARTILLERY ACTION.

fleeing in all directions.

mounted The Australian troops, Yeomanry and London troops pressed the onemy hard in the neighbourhood of Sherria, driving bih, north-westward.

Thirty-four guns and howitzers and two million rounds of small-arm ummunition

GERMAN CLAIMS.

LONDON, November 10th.

A wireless German official

report states -The Austro-Hungarians. pressing forward in the Val Sugana and in the upper Plate Valley,

She

We captured Asiago, after desperate street fighting.

We repulsed Italian rearguards who made a stond westward of the Livenza,

and wa mached. Pia fran, Susegann de

far as the sen,"

LATEN.

Our pursuit of the Italians cantinuca- ITALY'S NEW GENERALISSIMO,

LONDON, Nuvember 30th.

An Allied Conference at Rappallo hus created a Supreme Politienl Council of the Allies for the whole Western Front, assisted by a permanent central milliary committee composed of General Foch, Sir Henry Wilson and General Cadorna,

GADORNA S - SUCCESSOR,

HOME, November 9th,

· General Diaz, Chief of the General Staff, his succeeded General Cadorna. General.

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AMERICA AND JAPAN.

WASHINGTON, November 10th

the

A further agreement between United States and Japan has been entered the latter receives upon, whereby sufficient steel-plates to carry out her shipbuilding programme and undertake to furnish large tonnage, and extend her co-operation in the warfare against enemy submarines

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

CREATING ARTIFICIAL FOG.

VASHINGTON,November 10th...

"The United States Shipping Bourd is applying more drastic regulations for reducing the visibility of ships.

Remarkable results have been achieved, Tous November 10th.

especially with smoke bombs, enabling General Diaz, who is aged 66, is maid | vessels to create an artificial fog, extend- to combine the brilliant intelizet of the ing a great distuse and resembling a south with the solidity of the north natural fos

have so far been captured.

He was a Catoni in Libya, and he has THE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA. commended an Army Corps in the Carso

LONDON, November 10th.

Generals Badoglio and Giarding have Renter's Correspondent at Egyptian been appointed to assist him. Headquarters reported on 7th inst Referring to the appointment, the have visited Gaza, which is Bustly a Giornale d'Italia states that the suprem. A corim unique states:-Lively artillery collection of filthy hovels. The most command is no longer confided to uni activity continues at Chaume Wood and

attractive features are the gardens and man, but is to be shared by three. in Upper Alsace. Aerial Activities.

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ENEMY BOMBS HOSPITAL.

PARIS, November 10th.

the plantations surrounding the top General Budoglio, aged 47, participated on all sides, which enclosed eastus in the compaïges in Africa and in hedges that proved a formidable obstacle Libya. He comumuded an Army, Corna Inst, April. They are from BLX to twenty in the Baingizza., feat thick and are impervious to shrap- nel. The Turks cleverly utilised them digging long lines of the deepest treaches inside and protected by concealed wire, the Forward lines commanding an open

A communque states -- Enemy nero We brought down one and drove down plaies bombed Dunkirk, killing three and

injuring ten people. five enemy ruchines. Two of our

They also dropped incondary bombs. machines are wissing.

upon an hospital at Zuydecote, killing ENEMY POSITIONS PENETRATED. | serra and sounding nine of the hospital, trunks and sandbags.

Reuter's Correspondent at British staff

Headquarters, telegraphing tomiay, states:-This morning's attack was ear ried out during a high wind and in piti

"Jess rnin.

"Apparently the object was to Irsson the bulge of the salient created by the Canadians capture of Passchendaele, and this result was achieved.

We penetrated enemy positions on a front of nearly 3,000 yards to a depth

of one mile ta places

GERMAN REPORT.

Russian Front.

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GERMANSLAND AT

HELSINGFORS.

STOCKHOLM, November 10th.

Gé ára) Giardino, aged 53, was for some time War Minister, He has been decorated for valour, and served mostly in the Bersaglieri regiment.

The Minister for War has despatched

field of fire across the bare sand dunes, a letter to Central Diaz in which he The dug-outs were most elaborate, being mentions that he has always recognised twenty feet deep and roofed with this civil military qualitica, and that his Army Corps has always been brilliantly led in good and ill fortune. “I send you greeting in the name of Italy, which waits and hopes,

• Equally remarkable with the Turkish defeners was the destructiva, effect of our fire. The ground is pitied with shall -hales and is littered with shrapnel- enses and bullets. For ten days, aninter uptedly night and day, a steady stream of high explosives, and shrapuel, was poured on this position. The Turk never

A newspaper reports that the Germans experienced such a battering, and his have landed at Helsingfors,

«GERMANS LAND ON AALAND.

COPENHAGEN, November 10th.

A private wire from Uleaborg received ut Stockholm states that German troops havo landed on Aaland Island, and have „also occupied most of the other Islands

Near East,

Awireless German official

report -statis;-Strong English attack, between

Poelcapello and Passchendaele broke The "down unnguinarily in our defensive vone.

A wireless German official report states-English attacks north eastward. of Poolcapelle were repulsed after hand- to hand fghting. There was very violent reciprocal artillery firing along. the Yser and at Houthulst Wood, and as far as Zandvoorde.

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MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN,

WEEK'S TOTAL PRISONERS,

LONDON, November 9ta An official message from Mesopotamia reports that the prisoners taken since

November 2nd number 310,

THE CHANGE IN ITALYS

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.. The Minister for War hos despatched a letter to General Cadorna emphasising

country will what the Army and

Although the zone of sinkings Was formerly confined to the Britishi Channel and immediate vicinity of the British, Irish and French coasts, it has now

extended to the Azores.

The Shipping Board is confident that the losses due to submarinism will con tinue to decline.

THE RISE OF GENERAL

WILSON.

LONDOS, November 11th. The Sunday newspapers contains in thusiastic articles on General Wilson They declare that his dramatic leap to thi front is not inexpected, as he has bet frequently consulted by the Cabinet ca the military position.

ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL

TESTIMONY TO FRIENDSHIP.

BIO DE JANEIRO, November 10th The Argentine Minister had a long conference with the Foreign Minister, whom ho informed that the largest Argentine eruisar will visit Rio de Janeiro on the 15th inst, in testimony to the unchangeable friendship of Argenting towards Brazil,

The conference was most cordial, and at the change. The name of it is considered very important from the Cadarna was a symbol for skill, bravory, point of view of is effxt on -South firmuess, and vigour."...

American policy: SEQUEL TO BOLO SCANDAL

morile gave way completely, and last night he bolted. Our troops in single file King Emmanul has decreed the sacri walked along the Turkish trenches, and fico in order that General Cadorna will pressing on found the Alimuntar system make still greater contributions to was also cracuated. If the Turki hafi | Italy's and the Allica' task chosen to fight to the last our ustault would have been very costly

magnificently organised – position was considered impregnable both by Germans and Turks

officer prisonce recently declared it impossible for the Briti to take Gaza.

pinster

Thanks to General Allez strategy within ten days "beginning of the bombardment. tured Gaza and Beersheba, and ed defences representing tenth directed by German technic we have taken already 34 guns and bizge booty,

ALLIED SUPHEME COUNCIL'S

FUNCTIONES

PATTE, NOVEober 19th. As a sequel to the Bolo scandal, the Court of Cas has dismissed

lest of the Court the maxiqmIA

tal conduc

Monier, First

of Appeal, PARIS, Noveraber 10th.

Allied penalty, for unprofe Le Temps states that the Supreme Council will probably comprise It was. M. Monier-v the Premier and a Member of the War to M Humbert, the Louncil of each country. Meeting twice Journal.S

it will examine the plans of the various stalis, reporting upon the Operations carried out.

The Commanders-in-Chief will still be responsible to their respective Govers

ment

Introduced-Bolo præter of the

RACING IN ENGLAND.

LONDON,November 10th

The Bailway Brecutive is favourably considering a scheme to permit a limited number of winter race-mcelinge

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BANGKOR, November 11th There have beca ummally great- floode

in Bangkok. The rice crops have been SOFJ018)y damaged, and the railways also. suffereds

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

MINISTERIAL STAFFS IDLE.

PETEOGRAD, November 10th The entire staffs of the Foreign Office and the Ministries of Finance and Comm- merce bave left work. EMBASSY IN AMERICA DECLINES TO RECOGNISE GOVERNMENT.

WASHINGTON, November 11th The Russian Embassy announces its refusal to recognise the Maximalist Government,

AFFAIRS IN PETROGRAD.

LONDON, November 17th. Thos Weekly Despatch publishes & mes- sage from Petrograd stating that Kerensky arrived on Wednesday at 1nge, where the garrison went over to the Pra- visional Goverüment,–

He came to Gatchina this morning, where the same thing happened.

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Troops loyal to the Provisional Gov- erament are known to be noar Petrograd and a division of Cossacks is marching from Finland);

The garrison in Petrograd is wobbling, and it is rumoured that most of the garrison at Moscow has again transferred its allegiance to the Pre visional Government after fighting the Extremists,

At

Kremlin, M. Skobeleff address- ed the Committen of Public Safety in the Town Hall. He said that the Hauway- Men's Union had refused to obey farther orders from Lenin

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APPEAL TO THE WORKMEN.

LANDON, November 9th The Petrograd Telegrapu Agency states that the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates of all Russia has practically unanimously made an appeal to the workmen, soldiers and peasants of Russ, stating that thus parties of Korr loff, Kerensky, Koledri and others are endeavouring to move troops to Petro- grad, but several detachments of Kerensky's troops have already sided with the revoluting people. The appest urgen the soldiers to actively resist Kerensky, who is a partinan of Korniloff, alus the railway-men to stop the forces which Kercusky in sending to Petrograil.

SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES IN INDIA.

LONDON, November 9th, The Hon. E S. Montagn has arrived at Bombay

GERMAN VICE-CHANCELLOR

RESIGNS.

AMSTERDAM, November Uth. A Bariz offcial message states that the Kaiser has accepted Herr Helferich's resignation as Vice-Chancellor.

RIO DE JANEIRO CLOSED.

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 16th. A decree has been issued eloping the port of Rio de Janeiro.

THE AMERICAN MISSION.

LONDON November 9th. It is officially stated that the members of the American Mission have conferred with Angle French, representatives on economic questions connected with the | blockade. There is every prospect of com

pleto agreement. Further conterencz aro pending w

THE SILVER MARKET,

Losnos, November ath. Silver is quoted 434d. per ounce, and the market is dul

LATEST CABLES LONDON, November 10th. The silver market is quiet but steady. Messrs Bamtel Montagu's report By¤; -A・・ certain amount has been Offered daily, but the tone of the market is heavy, so buyers have been shy. Chint

nge is a so

Also showing weak ten-

923 ounces, and

onsible