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THE WAR.

THE

TITANIC CONTEST IN THE WEST- THE DOGGEDNESS OF THE BRITISH DEFENCE. ENEMY PRESSING FORWARD AT HEAVY COST.

THE DESTROYER ACTION OFF DUNKIRK. FIVE ANGLO-FRENCH SHIPS PUT EIGHTEEN GERMAN SHIPS TO FLIGHT,

AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE EXPECTED ON ITALIAN FRONT,

Franco- Belgian Front

ASUNA LATEST CABLES. [THROUGH BIUTIE'S AGENCY. Į

BRITISH FRONT.

FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS

ARRIVING.

Jospox, March 95th, 9.30 pm.

The War Office announces-To-ding we GERMANS CONTINUE CRUSHING | have heaten off continuous heavy attacks

TACTICS

NING TO LIFT

PRE

WEDNESDAY MARCH 27TH, 1918.

FIDENT * Land Peronno are moving back in the

LATEST CABLES. FRENCH FRONT,

LONG-HANGE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS RESUMED.

The Near Bast,

LATEST CABLES, TTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENUX.] AERIAL ACTIVITIES IN

PALESTINE.

LONDON, March 25th.

March 25thyrection of the old line we held at the The best informed opinion at Washing beginning of the battle of the Somme in ton is absolutely confiffent. American 16. The ultimate objective of the Ger military critics warn the public against man Advance in clearly sAmiens, whose unreservedly swallowing German com fall might enable the enemy to threaten

Pauis, March 25th, 22% 10.50 am, muniques, which, obviously, are chicfy our northern line and strike the Channel

The long-range gan resumed its bom. inspired by a deliberate intention to Forts and endanger Paris, but the Ger create gloom, anxiety and fear among mans have not broken through our armies, bardment at 0.50 on Monday morning. A Palestine official message states:- the Allies

ang positions are available which are

LONDON, March 25th. We extended our positions on the left There is much speculation as to the n-lark of the Jordan. One of our patrol- KING GEORGE'S MESSAGE TO THE believed to be strong enough to check a

further advance, however formidable.ture of the gun which in bombarding ling machines attacked five aeroplaten The real test is still to come.

Paris French experts estimate that the and brought down three uncontrollable.

TURKISH CAMEL CORPS highest point of trajectory in 23 miles. The damage done is insignificant as com

DESTROYED BY ARABS pared with Gotha bombs.

that the Germans have invented a precess ward of Medina, surprised and destroyed The ex-Premier, M. Painleve, considers Jeddah, acventy-eight miles north-went-

for trebling the speed of a projectile with a Turkish Camel Corps. ---

Aerial Activities.

TROOPS LONOL

March 25th 4.10 p.m. “

The Press Bureau armounce : → His Majesty the King has telegraphed as follows to Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Raig - I assure you that the fortitude, courage and self-sacrifice with which the troops under your command continue so heroically to resist greatly superionem bers is realised by me and my people The Empire standa calm and confident in ita soldiers. May God bless and give them strengil in this their time of trial.” STOCK EXCHANGE REFLECTS:

CONFIDENCE.

OUR-LINE FIRM.

Losos, March 25th

7:50 a.m.

eview to causing & moral effect, as shells of such velocity connot have a powerful

Mr. Perry Robinson, telegraphing from France, says that, instead of making the break which the enemy had anticipated. our line is firm and continuous before bize everywhere, and, so far from material effect. having any notion of being beaten, the moral of our men remains magnificent.

It is expected in London that the gun bay be tried against the shores of Eug- land.

The German gains are large, but we know they counted upon getting by this FRENCH INTERVENE IN BATTLE time three to five times further than they actually have got.

ON BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, March 25th."

$4.10 p.m.

A communiqué states-French troops began on March 231d to intervene in the battle on the British Front. They reliev

The King of Hedjaz's troops near

A ALATEST CABLES. (THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY] AIRSHIP OVER EGYPTIAN COAST.

Caino, March 26th. It is officially stated that a hostile air- hip was observed off the const.

EARLIER CABLES.

on the front of the Somme and Wancourt.

LONDON, March 25th. French reinforcements are arriving.

The Stock Exchange opened with a feel. The German claims of prisoners are THE BLACKEST SHADOWS BEGIN-ing of quict confidence. The offerings of absurd. Instead of open warfare, the

the leading securities were readily aborb-Germans have before them armies ed and the quotations now show only

broken and full of heart and spirit

d a part of the British forces and took slight decline on the balines. -

qui resintance stiffens, their artillery

up the struggle on their own account. fing gets lesz formidable.

They at present are heroically fighting DIRECTION OF ENEMY ATTACK in the region of Noyon, disputing the ruary 15th to March 18th, 52

Loxous March 25th.

by According to the latest dispatah from Mr. Philip Gibbs, after four days' most terrible slaughter the German advance is. slowing down. The price they have paid for the ground von is simply stupendous the ensualtus ranging from anything bor ween thirts and Beventy-five percent,

EARLIER CABLEST

BRITISH COUNTER ATTACK.

AIRCRAFT LOSSES.

Panis March 25th.

An official statement says:--From Febr

enenty

LONDON, March 25th

4.20 p.m. Beuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing -to-day says: --Throughout the long hours of bright sunshine yesterday and in the moonlight the Germans continued their crushing. troops, who have tactics againsbour fought their way to rearguard positions with valiant stubbornness, The enemy maintains the sine old tactics of relying apon his weight and constantly pushing fresh troops through his tired divisions These new troops press forward without inits are hungry, exhausted, edo heavily repulsed powerful attacks waiting for artillery support,

and depressed at the receding prosport during the forenoon yesterday ansi lage posedly would have been left wounded-on Suippe, in Champagne, broke down that on the evening, of the 21st instant

BRITISH COUNTER-ATTACKING.

The enemy is employing many small

patrols,

of their forces engaged, while the fight-

the promised decisive victory

has been stopped: Their progress Band it seems certain that sixte

LONDON, March, 28th, 1.35 pm Field-Marsal Sir Douglas Huig reports: The battla continues with great violence in the whole frent

night, northward of Bapaume.The at Germans only at one point reached our trenches whenes they were immediatly

*** thrown out.

Our fire stopped attacks elsewere, before our positions, and the enemy was driven back with great

bodies of Uhlans, mainly as scouting Armies are now able to control the situa tion within the limits of safety. We ing between Nes'e and Ham, The French are holding good lines and the blackest

shadows are beginning to lift. ---

This morning we were counter-attack-

are also in action.

North of Bapaume we attacked with considerable force dawn, but did not Das our barrage

German agents are spranding alarming reports amongst the civilian population in the brighbourhand of the battlo zone tut these act Burnacle. dealt with schen eaught

ENEMY LOSSES ENORMOUS. The spearhead of the enemy, effort is still directed against the old Some battle ground where our troops have been slowly falling back upon new positions under the tremendous pressure, destroy- log averything likely to be useful to th Germans erunte:

MORE GERMAN CLAIMS,

LONDON March 25th. 6.20 pm

Fresh hostile attacks developed at night and this morning in this neighbourhood, Awireless German official message inise southward of Rapaume." Our counts states. We again deferted the enemy in attaos southward of Peronne drove back

tremendous struggles neat palms and parties who had crossed the Werbruke through strong chas pos- between Escort and Brie 1100 north-eastward of Banaue ter GERMANS RIVEN ACROSS THE Litter fighting. Meanwhile our forces from castward, and south-eastward drive.

hack the enemy sie gee and The enemy offered a stubborn resistance, which, though reinforced, was broken in violent battles Fresh divisions and ¡umerous tanks vainly opposed our ad- vance along the roads from Bapaume to Cambrai und Peronne

RIVERDE

LONDON, March 25th- 1:35 p.u

Attacks northward of Bantule well heavily repulsed.

Bodies of Germans southward

of

EXPOSED.

—LONION, March 25th,

8.35.0.0. Colonel Repington, writing in the Morning Post, says: -

The number of prisoners claimed by

heights on the right of the Oise with im-aeroplanes were brought down or seb portant Gornia forces.

afire, while fifty others were disabled.

We lost twenty-nine machines.

AIRSHIP OVER CRETE,

LONDON, March 25th.

There were violent mvtillery actions in the region of Courey, Loivre, and north. west of Rheims.

this Germans is for inferior to what sup Two enemy coup de main cast of

There was great artillery firing between Arrancourt and the Vosges..

the field. The number of guns claimed is only a fraction of divisional artillery supporting the first lines, Only-one-of- our armies appears to have been fall engaged, while the direction of the enemy attack is fully exposed. The battle will be resumed with larger menus on our side and without undue weakening of other sectors which may be attacked. Con- sequently, we are entitled to regard events with calm confidence.

EAGERNESS FOR NEWsh

LONDON, Match gadu.

London is talking and thinking of no- thing but the battle. Crowds yesterday waited for special editions containing Sy Deniglas Haig's report and Rester s special wires. The feeling is one of un-

* The enemy, nt dawn attacked cast of Blemery and cast of Badonviller, but were repalsed, with heavy losses. BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS CEASES

PARIS, March Sathu. 4.20 p.m. The long-range bombardment of Paris

ceased at 0.30 a.m. All the public services have worked normally.

Naval Activities.

LATEST CABLES

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GERMAN SUBMARINE BADLY DAMAGED.

FERROL March 25th.

as a result

A German submarine of 400 tons, armed Peronne were driven back across the river, diminished confidence in the Army with two 11-centimetre gans, with a crew There was a momentary depression conse quent upon the phrase in Sir Douglas of 30, has entered here

The Commander stated that the sub Haig's Saturday morning's report that the defensive system west of St, Quentin marine is badly damaged, had been broken through, but the later of a fight with three warships, reports were, more. confident, showing that the Army was holding and that there were no signs of asorganisation and no news of any Division or Brigade being enging bagore and arculory cut off or rendering. The losses had beeng in thời hôrties crearguard posle, to be atendily

the other hand, all account

that the enemy is bleeding copique

TONS OF ROMBS DROPRED.

LONDON, March 25th. Our night-fiers all night bombed hostile Hostile airmen were very active During the night battle, Bapaume fell concentrations, dumps and large guns throughout last night, hombing our conto our hands. Hot fighting developed

Over 14 tons of Lonibs were dropped, * 10), which two-and-a-half tong fell on munications, but show little inclination for the possession of Combles and the Bruges Docks. All our machines return to compete with our firmen in daylight heights to the Westward, and the enemy cd feu hoayy bombs wearopped on The situation, at many places remains were defeated English cavalry attacks an important railway bridge and works very confused, which is antidral in broke down. We are now standing in the fighting that has assumed more of the middle of the former Bamine baillefeld, character of a war of movement than at The Crown Prince with General Von any time since the Marne. The spirit Hatier's Avny, ascendet, in bitter fight and determination of our troops reing, the heights westward of the Somine. beyond words.

There were violent English infantry

The enemy losses continue to be enor and cavalry counter-attacks, which we broke down sanguinarily. We captured Nesle

'mous

THE EARTH CARPETED WITH

GERMAN CORPSES."

LONDON March 25th.

Reuters Correspondent at British Headquarter's writes ----- Fulfilling their traditional” crush through' tactics the German infantry is pushing for ward unsupported by stillery, the Ger man High Command trusting to over whelming weight to break down all re sistance, thus affording unique oppor- tuities for our feldguns to spray the human swarms, while yesterday at High Wood and Delvills Wood our machine gunners simply carpeted the earth with corpsis before retiring. Before long the Faberland must be asking, the price at which the offeraive is being waged.

The weather is becoming unsettled and the glass is falling

After crossing Crozat Canal we threw back the Anglo-French and Americans rie Lanenvalle and St. Illequier and Aumont.

French infantry and cavalry divisionS brought up for a counter-thrust were san- guimarily defeated.

We captured Guiscard and Chauny. The prisoners now amount to 45,000. GERMANS REPORT FALL OF -BAPAUME:-

the bomba burst, among the railway at hune, southward of breves Eight of works,

Nearly two tons of bombs were droppe from a low altitude on an aerodrome southward of Metz. Six bombs burak; among the hangars and set fire to the huts

All our machines returned.

Our seroplanes yesterday carried out a most successful raid on factories at Mannheim Nearly one-and-a-half tons of bombs were dropped, and bursts were seen on the Soda Factory, railway and

keksy dz

BRITISH DOGGEDNESS.

&

MAN POWER PAVOURS

WEETES.

Loszos, March 25th-

MINE-SWEEPER AND DESTROYER LOST

The Greek War Ministry announces

an airship appeared over Crete, travel ling northward,

Italian bront

EARLIER CABLES: (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY]

GREAT ENEMY OFFENSIVE

EXPECTED.

Losnon, March 28th.

Mr. Ward Pries, writing from the Talian Headquarters, stys that a great elemy offensive in the Trentino is expect, ed in two or three weeks, when the show has cleared from the mountains.

at

Besides powerful preparations in the rear, the Austrians the front a trying to sap the Italian spirit by dis tributing mendacious literature.

General.

LATEST CABLE ¡THROTOR ELUTEL'S AGENCY.] RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

GERMANS REFUSE TO EVACUATE

ODESSA

LONDON, March 25th. A vireless German usage to Bussin

LONDON, March 5th.

March Send. Two officers and sixty-four states that Germany refuses to evacute

The Admiralty announces that a mine sweeping slog was mined and sunk on men wire lost...

A destroyer after a collision on the 2rd of February Bank One officer and un man were lost.

BARLIER CABLES.

THE NAVAL ** SCRAP” OFF

DUNKIRK

Lospos, March 25th.!!

Odessa because it is considered to bo within Ukraine.

THE SIBERIAN SITUATION_

JAPANESE BUSINESS MEN'S

VIEW.

perts are unanimously optimistic in comments. The Daily Chronicle says that, assuming the German losses

OSAKA, March 25th are at least 150,000, they have sustained

Business men believe that immediata reverse for they bave not obtained a An eyewitnces narrative of the de- strategical success directly conducing to stroyer action of Dunkirk on the 21st Japanese action in Siberia is not likely.

decision, whilst they have lost eight or instant states that the British destroyers

EARLIER CABLES LONDON, March 25th. ten per cent of the Allies' eficiency, stroyers Meht, Magon and Boucher were their effectives, without Botha and Morris and the French de 6.30 amimilarly

patrolling the Coanne at dawn when

JAPAN 18 PREPARING The doggedness of the British defence This is a matter of the greatest import

at the present moment, her they heard firing northwards, the enemy is illustrated by incidents described by any to him a

deserted

Losnos March 25th. swinging in in a futile manne bouharding the man power pendulum correspondenta,

favour of the Allies No weakness in the

French watering Botha

The Timer Correspondent at Tokyo otha leading, English advanced troops surrounded at ang French function has yet been dis The Allied endeuil held out from early on Thurs-closed all the task before

the

rds the dashes, firing says that, despite political disruption, used the

10 which is 'likely to stitch a climax in the

Kin

day morning until four o'clock on Exriday the next phase of the battis is dore then search resignation of the cabinet, there is indig

afternoon. The open country south of formstable than that set sccomplished.

"GERMAN REPORT,

LANDS March 24th.. Aireless German official report states

gigantic struggle is proceeding for

the north-west, m Laing star-stietis,

resently the sighted the shadowy out putable evidence that Japan is preparinge Inbred an enemy Civision Enesking off in to enter Siberia alter a declaration of, her

and mist They immediately to

ed motives and objects to the Nurstan Joegk- fired heavily and a running fight ensued.

The Morris, emerging from the wiemy authorities. smoke-screen, est off and terpedped a destroyer, which blew up and

The Time Correspondent at Peking

battles progressing on the Rothie & maju steam pipe was severe says that Colonel Sendnott's movement allo).Combler Maurepas line by shell, hat the Bred both torpedoes against the leviks is receiving sub- m ossed the Somme at many points between Peronne and Ham

stantial suppo

St. Quentin contained a number of strong LONDON, March 25th

radoubts equipped with machine guns, and B

thes were enveloped by the advancing 6.20 p.m.

hordes, but they resisted till nightfall. - - * A wireless German official message when they surrendered or were stored states that Bapaum, has fallen

The Bulls and London Regiments par. HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES AT |ticularly distinguished themselves in two

such episodes. In one can on Saturday BAPAUME

15 machine guns held a ridge against LONDON, March 25th overwhelming macca long after the in-

at the leading bents and, putting ever 7.10 p.m.

lantry on both sides had been forced back

her heim, rammed and ent in half the JAPAN'S INTERVENTION. apthoritatively stated that the

There was particularly panguinary We made progress between the Somine fourth enemy boat. The Bothe swung

LONDON March 25th. fighting at the village of Mory, where at the Dise

the next astern, British retired voluntarily from Bapaume small oorger British troops were cute captured C

Which dodged, but was pounded to pieces Tokio reports: In the House of Peere

The Daily fails Correspondent at Intest news is that bghting of the westward, where we possess excellent off and fought all night till their com “Our Moty is enormulis..

French destroyers The English in refring, are burning

Count Terauchi, replying to an interpol-- Morris fiercest description is

continuing

defences. The town itself is relatively reden, after repeatedly counter attacking,

meanwhile relinquished the rescited the remnant at the point of the tons, and villages

considored the question of intervention. antmportant

bayonet on Saturday morning, a

bombarded Paris by weans of long-hy Bother in to

in tow. French It is significant that German War

because Japan was not destroyers stance güns The orderly activity in the rear shows

Burvivors, in who THE FAISER'S CUERDON:

presence in Siberia of stated that

mens.cod raiders «numbered Correspondents speak of German losses at that the epirit of the troops ie no wic Bapaume as being, comparatively shaken by the vast readjustment of the

and that they were unhesitatingly amerons prisoners whose posers heavy.

front.

French destroyers.

The remaining 15 on

BRITISH TROOPS - FIGHTING

SPLENDIDLY

LONDON, March 25th

8.30

qual

LONDON, March 25th

gnificant that the enemy appear to hav The Times Keys: If jy ver trené appointed a whole serice of new generals

The Press Bureau states: The CONFIDENCE IN BRITISH TROOPS. GERMANS ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE -enemy,

farther

south,⠀⠀⠀mado some

LONDON, March 25th

140 pm N Progress, capturing Nesse and Gujscard.

-This afternoon's. British coMELAMNQUÊ French reinforcements, are arriving on has deepened the confidence that the this neighbourhood, and your troops, British will hold the enemy. The report

from Allied capitals breathe though tired, are in good heart, fighting belief in the British soldiers ability to von Huster, who took Riga in September + to conduct their great offensive –It was splendidly. The enemy aro only pro-wear down the enYows that the Breach that broke the British defences west of

larly sanguine. have joined in led to expectations of St Quentin, with the resultant retire Our losses of material have been heavy important, developments the Britishment of the whole British line between

right wing, about which, however, the the rivers Scarpe and the Oise Bread and include a number of tanks.

communiques and comment, fire reserved, upeaking, all our forms between Artad

gressing at the cost of heavy eqcrifices.

round and tried to

TAL

the smoke and mist and took tution, said that the Government had wo

the

picked up

Siberis ho

attacked and mauled by five British and was negligible

US WAR SECRETARY IN LONDONS

Mr. Baker, the American War Serres were not tary, has arrived in London

Loxpo March 25th.

7.50.4 m. 1cording to Reuter - Correspondent at

bors to finalerdain, a message front, Berlin saya wards Ostend wer, bombed and scattered rters by seaplanes, which afterwards ought a Marshal

felling seaplanes, rosa with gold four

and ended at Ostend, for a sinister unser

The troubles of the raiders were not

con thing, travelling at an inersille speed, NEW BRITISH ADMIRAL

rushed in a cloud of spray, across the face arter of the water, apparently from nowhere.

LONDON, March 25th. Depark. A torpedo struck the stern of & German Vice Admiral Pelrse has been promoted together with the Keiser's destroyer, and scampering through Admiral, in expension to Admiral Brad, signature, the data of cloud of spray the British submarine fard, who has been retired at his own

Marca 1st to Barch which launched the projectile vanished request to facilitate the promotion

Chiefs M

amid a hail of bullets,

Younger officera