THE WAR.
The following Gables were received on Saturday night and heued in our Early morning Balsa yesterday. Franco-belgian Bront
FRENCH FRONT
ENEMY FAILS TO ATTAIN OBJECTIVE
THE HONAKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 9ra. 1918,
Pae, April 6th A communiqué states-The Germans continued their attack at night-time with undiminished violence and by hurling into battle fresh forces.
We have identified fifteen, divisiong on
erial
Activities?
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BRITISH USE OF ABROPLANES
LONDON, April 5th 6.20 p.m.
Mr. Perry Robinson describing the British use of aeroplanes in the first phase our battlefront of which seven are fresh of the battle, aaye that there have been Despite marked numerical superiority 300 machines simultaneously in the sir in his eflectives, which are being used up over one sector alone, the pilots compar- regardless of cost, the enemy did not attain his objective, namely, the railwaying the experience to going down the out by orders found on prisoners,
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
GERMANY ABLE TO LEND MONEY TE
LONDON, April 6th.
The Daily Mail Correspondent nt Petrograd Bays it is reported that un Essociation of German banks has offered the Government a loan of a thousand million roubles, guaranteed by the ravenues of the Northern and Eiberian Railways.
Headquarters, telegraphing this after from Amiens to Clermont. This is borne Strand. The machine gunning of ironpa Commander enying he was uncertain as
THROUGH BROTER'S AGENOX,| BRITISH FRONT. ENEMY THRUSTING AT JUNCTION OF ALLIED ARMIES.
LONDON, April 6th. Renter's Correspondent at British noon states:The enemy is again thrust ing at what he believes to be the junction of the French and British armies in the hope yet of separating them. His assault against the British yesterday was apparently aimed at converging a move ment upon the little town of Corbie. It was delivered in deriee waves, which our machine gun acceeded in straighten ing out the little salient in our line in the neighbourhood of Hamel Wood and village
Our counter-attack was not sufficiently strong to restore the position. The weather is wet and misty hence it is impossible for our airmen to co operate
Fragments of projectiles with which the enemy is shelling our back areas bear British marks, showing that both guns and ammunition come from the Russian front.
LIMITED ENEMY SUCCESS
LONDON, April 6th. 10,35 p.m.
Renter's Correspondent at British Headquarters telegraphing this evening
states that fuller details reveal that the enemy thrust between the Somme and the Avre was a formidable effort aimed at getting astride the Patie-Amiens" railway and developing a thrust at Amiens. Thanks to the stubbornness of the resist ance the enemy success is limited to the creation of a soment 1,000 yards wide with no extreme depth of 3,000 yards.
THE GERMAN FORCE
There is reason to believe that the Ger mins threw in fourteen Divisions of fresh troops, including romo crack corps and three guards civisions.
The Fifth German Division, which bore a large share in the early days of the offensive and were withdrawn to refit and rest were again fighting. It is estimated that
practically 100 German Divisions have been used in the present battles.
BRITISH DESTROYING ENEMY
COMMUNICATIONS. Although the enemy yesterday, com centrated all available artillery on the bombardment it was relatively not heavy. Consequently they relied chiefly on pre ponderating numbers. Prisoners com plain that the state of the roads due to our ceassless shelling, is causing delays in getting up heavy batteries and adequate munitions............ Yesterday, rifles and machine-guns, played a principal part in the defense.EARTH
DETAILS OF ENEMY LOSSES. The Germans came on in dense waves and suffered heavily Enemy wastage will prove the dominant factor in decid- ing the present struggle, hence the follow- ing details are noteworthy. A prisoner from the 128th Infantry Regiment stated that the average company strength in three battalions of his regiment was forty of all ranks when he was captured.
that
LINE ENTIRELY MAINTAINED
PARIS, April 6th,
LITOVSK TREATY, GERMAN VIOLATION OF BREST-
PETROGRAD, April 5th. When the German transports arrived at Hanghoi the Commander of the Baltic Flect sent a deputation to the German
to the object of the arrival of the. squadron and to protest against the violation of the Brest-Litovel Treaty which guaranteed the sect
security of the Russian Flect ranges on the
The Commanders of several Russian Warships, including four submarines their wintering at Hangbei, blew up were approsecut the German transporta
end trazaports, and the bombing of roads and villages by low-flying machines, has been unprecedented, The Germans have been compelled to use by reads as the Our regiments by their resistance, step main roads have been blocked by the by step, and by energetic counter-attacks, vreckage of bombed transport Squad maintained their line entirely inflicting tons of machines have constantly gone cruel losses on the enemy; whilst to the out for four and even six times in a siglo north we have withdrawn to place the night, returning for more ammunition,
The of of Castel. ropulsed aeroplanes which have tried to enemy from the Bois de la Arrierecourt interfere have been constantly shot down. to the west of Mailly and Meneval
CAPTAIN TRULLOPE'S SPLENDID
South-east of Grivestes a brilliant counter-attack gave us St. Aiguan Farin which we retained against all assaults.
FRENCH EXTEND POSITIONS. Between Montdidier and Noyon the artillery struggle assumed great intensity We attacked and conquered the major part of Bois-de-Pinette, 600 metres north of Orvillers-Borel
All the efforts to dislodge us were in vain. Further east a local operation cubled the extension of our positions north of Mont Heraud, which the notwithstanding his uendacious state. ments, never succeeded in recovering.
THE GERMAN ATTACKS.
LONDON, April 4th 19.10 pm.
It is not clear whether the new battle amounts to a resumption of a really big offensive or a series of hammer blows similar to those which the Germans do livered many works after the failure of the arst phase of the attack on Verdun the reciprocal raiding activity at Rheims may indicate more important events in that region,
ENEMY HELD ON BOTH FRONTS.
LONDON, April 5th 12.10 p.m.
A French semi-official message states that the enemy is hold on both French and British sectors berora Amiens and is un- able to develop a plan for outflanking the city. French reserves are now making their presence felt
AMERICAN TROOPS IN BATTLE
LONDON, April 5th 2.03 pm
ACHIEVEMENTS
Russian lee breaker Follynits, which Hanghoi was facilitated by the left Helsingfors on the previous day and proceeded to Reval, where it surrendered
the Germans
The arrival of the Germans at hot endangers the Russian Fleet to Helsingfors, which is unable to reach Cronstadt owing to the lack of an in- breaker
of
“As an item in the day's work, Captain Trollope, now reported missing, establish ed a record by shooting down siz machines in a single day. He first attack ed four German fighting machines and smashed one. The others dispersed. Captain Trollope, proceeding, dived and attacked two machines far below him and downed them. He then climbed and re joined his formation which was engaging an enemy squadron. Captain Trollope had exhausted his ammunition and re turned and replenished. He met and VERSION OF ALLEGED RECENT
attacked three machines, bringing down onc. Captain Trollope pursued another group and brought down one in flames. i was returning home when he sighted an enemy scout attacking a British machine and felled him. W
There are two battleships a division destroyers, five submarines -- and numerous transports at Helsingfors.
THE BELATED CZERNIN SPEECH
CONVERSATIONS.
AMSTERDAM, April 3rd. Count Czernin, addressing the Vienna City Council, said he earnestly desired prace Austria wished to avoid a further M, Perry Robinson pays a tribute to military offensive, and some time before the work of the Dominion airmen, Amerithe present offensive began M Clemen can pilots and mechanies in contributing basis Count Czernin was prepared to ceau enquired, whether, and on what to make the Flying Corps not an auxili
negotiate Count Czernin, in agreement. with Berlin, immediately replied that arm but a major striking force,
they were prepared to negotinte, and that the only obstacle was Alsace- Lorraine. Austria would insist on the status quo. Paris replied that this was an impossible basis. There was, there fore, no choice but to fight Come what
Austria would not sacrifice Ger may, many interests nor would Germany desert Austria
General
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NORWEGIAN SHIPPING
LOSSES
TOTAL UP TO END OF PAST
MONTH
LONDON, April 5th... Seven hundred and forty-five Nor Wegion vessels aggregating 1,102,000 tons Router's Correspondent with the Amerigross have been lost through war cautes can Army in France says that the Ameri- up to March 31st and 46 sailors have been can force is now occupying a sector on
drowned. the Mouse heights to the south of Verdun. The enemy raided here yesterday after a heavy bombardment.
Italian bront
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ARTILLERY FIGHTING ALONG THE PIAVE
LONDON, April 5th.
Fifty-three Norwegian vessels of which
the crews total more than 700 are missing. It is believed that two thirds of these are war, losses,
MESSAGE FROM THE NY. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THE KING'S REPLY
LONDON, April 8th. The Press Bureau announces that the King, replying to the message from the New York Chamber of Commrece, express
He concluded by saying that the aspirations of France and Italy to por tions of our territory are, Utopies which will be terribly avenged,
THE MAN POWER PROBLEM.
London, April 5th---| military age will be railed to bity
The newspapers anticipate that the
The question of Irish Conscription will be deferred until the Convention report has been published.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, April 8th The silver market is reported to bo without feature.
WHAT WOMEN CAN DO.
BATTLESHIP BUILDING
AEROPLANE-MAKING AND ENGINEERING,
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A prisoner from the 64th Infantry Reserve Regiment said that only eighty An Italian official report states: The men of his Battalion reached Bapaume enemy is persistent in his harusing Are on March 25th. When reinforcements on the Asiago Plateau. arrived they were composed of men all over thirty-five years, but when the batta tion was reorganised it remained so weak
consisted of a quarter strength on the move toward the rear between Empire in the cause of justice and frecf the institution when the pinion was only two companies totalling 120 of all Tanks The Second Battalion of the 27th Infantry Reserve Regiment was 1,000 strong at the beginning of the offensive. When it reached. Bapaume it was 80 strong and during our attack on March Africa. 23rd between 50 and 60 of these were killed,
THE ALLIED COUNTER OFFENSIVE
WHEN SHOULD IT TAKE PLACET
LONDON, April 5th...
There is remarkably intense artillery firing along the Piave,
So wide has become the scope of woman labour that a well known member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers hae expressed the opinion that if the war lasts We dispersed parties on the westerning profound cariration for the heroisin another year it will be possible to build and stearilast determination of the battleship from kee to serial in all slopes Ortler, and we engaged two armies, anyles and peoples of the British its complex details entirely by women
A Legros, who was president, Busegana and Conegliano.
dom, warmly congratulates the Chamber on the celebration of ita 150th anniversary expressed said in reply to a Day News and rejoices to think that America's sons representative, "I myself stated sores are now joining the world struggle for time ago that soon every operation on
work would be done by naroplane the triumph of justice and freedom is and as far as I am aware that has fujesty nuds The vast resources in life,
to pass, treasure and industry of your great nation, pledged in the cause of civiliza tion, must assuredly lead us to prevail. Your words of admiration auu-cucourage, ment for the Aghting forces and peeples of the Empire will and a worthy response
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SURVEY OF OPERATIONS.
LONDON, April 5th. The question of the Allied counterbluw- General Van Derventer's first lengthy to the German offensive is being discussed despatch covering the operations in Ger- in rezis, Some of the French experts are man East Africa for the six months ended urging, an immediate counter offensive December 1st, shows that the campaign They point out that the German armies was of the most exacting nature, owing are now deployed on a bend even more to the bad effects of the climate on all marked than in 1914, and that the middle, but the indigenous Africans and other part of the strength of the enemy offen-campaigning difficulties, such as the char- sive is accumulated in a pocket of territory acter of the country, which was largely which is surrounded by Allied forces to the advantage of the enemy
The military expert of the Latin writees. "The long sought for hour of maneuvre. should not be far off." On the other fund the correspondent at French Headquar ters says competent authorities consider that the Germans can still use another hundred divisions offensively before their resources are exhausted and the Allies are able to undertakes the offensive,
HEAVY FIGHTING
LONDON, April 5th.
The despatch deals at some length with the operations against one small mobile column commanded by Colonel mann, which was particularly trouble sotme until captured and dispersed, owing to tactica reminiscent of the pursuit of General De Wet
in our hearts. I sincerely thank you,
GERMAN NAVAL EXPER('S
CONCLUSIONS.
AMSTERDAM, April 6th. Captain Persius, writing to the Berlin Tageblate, expresses the opinion that ven if the British Army is smashed. Germany cannot land troops in England until the British Fleet is beaten.
Photographs ... ara
ara published by the Ministry of Munitions showing women turning aeroplane bolts and fittings, finishing and inspecting propeller blade, operating engine lathes fitting engine holes in ships boilers,
fitting engine cylinders, drilling
hydraulic
anit punching the plates.
Tree planting for women is one of the latest ideas.The Board of Agriculture has a scheme for training forewomen to supervise operations and to organisa gangs of women workers for landowners who wish to plant some of the 10,000,000 Young trees which will be destroyed if
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General Van Dorventer believes that Colonel Naumann's raiding exploits were anly possible in a country like German East Africa where the bush is so thick war * 1,20 p.m. **** that two considerable forces are able to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hoig repass within a mile, unaware of each ports:-There was heavy fighting in the other's existence, afternoon and Inte evening
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THE FIFTH ARMY'S RETIREMENT.
LONDON, April 6th- The Daily News Bays the Government
The enemy, employing strong forces, do livered repeated assaults, and these were he is of opinion that the remnants which benten off with loss to the enemy but we entered Portuguese East Africa may has decided to hold an enquiry into the Over the top (a modern equivalent ? were slightly pressed back to eastwards of accessitate an equally arduous campaign, retirement of the Fifth Army at St. taking the plunge Villers and Brettonicaux, where our post though on very much smaller scale, tions were maintained, before they can be brought to book, owing
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BRITISH DIVISION'S LOBSES
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battle.
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