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THE WAR.
GERMANS ATTACK RHEIMS.
ENEMY COMPLETELY DEFEATED.
GEBMANS SUFFER APPALLING LOSSES.
FOOD CRISIS IN AUSTRIA. GERMANY
REPUDIATES PROMISE OF
ASSISTANCE.
VISCOUNT GREY EXPLAINS LEAGUE OF
NATIONS.
nco Belgian Front.
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LONDON, June 19th.
1.25 p.m.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND. Trib
In addition to defeating the main attacks the French had the best of the fighting among the outlying houses of the city, the Germans blunder 1g in the dark against cleverly-masked defences in the
ruins.
The Germans had been sniffing.
round the city during the past fortnight in the hope of capturing it without a Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig refrontal attack, and probably decided to ports: --We successfully raided south
ward of Hebuternic.
We recaptured a post in the Vieux Berquin sector which we lost on June 10th-
The French repulsed an attempted raid in the Locre sector.
Hostile artillery were active in the Ancre Valley about fericourt, also the neighbourhood of Merris.
attack at night, realising that a reception was awaiting thcur in the streets in the day-time.
COMPLETE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY.
PARIS, June 20th. The attack on Rheims was a heavy and complete defeat of the enemy, who count ined upon surprising the French with the veritable deluge of gas-shells which pre- ceded the attack The line nowhere gave way. The Germans' losses were uppal ling
RAIDERS REPULSED.
LONDON, June 19th.
10.35 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ro <ports:=We successfully raided last night. north east of Bethune, capturing a few
prisoners.
We repulsed raiders early this morning eastward of Hebuterne, with loss,
Qur aeroplanes, despite the eloudy weather yesterday, carried out observa tion work, We destroyed 15 German machines in air fighting, and drove down five. Eight British machines are missing
We dropped 18 tons of bombs in the day-time. Night work was impossible,
owing to rain
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, June 10th.
10.35 p.m.
wireless German official report states:-French attacks early this morn- ing in the north eastern part of Villers- -Cotterets wood failed. The assaults were repeated several times during the day and slightly pressed back our line eastward of Mont Gobert.
Our artillery and minethrowers strong ly bombarded the positions near Rheims, and our infantry followed up, bringing in 50 prisoners.
UNNATURAL STILLNESS ON BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, June 19th. 5,50 p.
at British Reuter's Correspondent Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, states:-The unnatural stillues on the whole British front continues, but nobody doubts it is deceptive, for the enemy's renewed effort cannot much longer be delayed. No one pretends to know where he will strike, but the fact that he is
from bringing his last available man Russia shows that he means big business, It is also proof of the fact, on which we hardly dare to base our hopes, namely, that he does not consider his numbers suficient for the immense effort he in tends to make.
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THE FRENCH FRONT.
GERMANS ATTACK RHEIMS.
LONDON, June 90th.
4:50 am,
Ioberti's comments on the affair shows that the enemy will never be able to break through when the French reserves are available, and that the strategy of Generalissimo Foch is beginning to hear
'fruit..
Le Temps, however, regards the abor Live attempt against Rheus as big local operation, and thinks it may be a wily move on the part of the enemy to precede its big operations by local actions on a more or less extended scale on another part of the line to that chosen for the
main operation.
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A QUIET DAY.
PARIS, June 20th
2.15 am.
A communique states: The day was quiet.
During June 18th six German acro- planes were brought down, and ten tons were dropped on railway of bombs. stations, etc., in the region of Villers Franqueue, Favrollcs and Fismes.
AMERICAN REPORT.
LONDON, June 20th.
2.60 m.
An Americau official report states: Gas was extensively used in Woevre and
Lorraine.
Our patrols crossed the Marne and brought back prisoners. Four Americans are missing.
We repulsed, with loss, an attempted. aid in Woevre
Our aviators successfully bombed the railway and yards at Confinos at night on June 18th.
ENEMY SORELY TRIED.
Panis, June 19th.
A communiqué states-At six o'clock last evening, the Germans launched a violent artillery preparation on the whole of the Rheims front from the region of Vrigay to cast of La Pompelle. The enemy attacked at nine o'clock last évening between these two points.
We resisted with full success the assault of the caemy, whom out counterfire
sorely tried.
STRUGGLE ENDS IN FAVOUR OF Reuter's Correspondent at French
FRENCH. Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday, Between Vrigny and Ormes German states-The Germans made their long-storm troops, stopped by our fire, had expected effort against Rheims last night to fall back several times on their lines
ENEMY SUSTAINS HEAVY LOSSES. HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES IN
LATER
In amplification of the above "a" com- muniqué alates:-On the periphery of Rheims violent fighting occurred, in which the enemy sustained heavy losses and were everywhere repulsed.
Enst of Rheing the struggle aino ended
in our favour,
GERMANS RENEW ATTACK:
PARIS, June 19th. A communique states -The Germans last night attacked from the region of Vrigny to east of La Pompelle The French resisted most successfully. GERMAN BOLDIERS SUFFER FROM HUNGER
LONDON, June 10th
17.15 p.m.." Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday, states:-Letters and diaries - found on dead Germans and prisoners in the last offensive show that the German soldier, despite his victory, is in anything but a
What interests the
triumphant mood. writers is not the capture of French towns, but the sacking of French grocers shops. As the battle progresses complaints of anger and short rations are more frequent, coupled with jereminds about the toughness of the French resistance, the terrible losses and the receding pro spect of relief, GERMAN HOSPITALS. CANNOT BE
COMPARED WITH FRENCH. One diary describes the sacking of villages and shops. Referring to a visit to an abandoned French hospital the writer | remarks that the Goeman hospitals cannot compare with them. “Sick and wounded are ten times better treated in the enemy's hospital, than in ours. With them everything is so clean and bandages are made of gauze, whereas with us they are made of paper.
German women not infrequently write to their husbands at the frong urging them to steal for them what they are anable to bity at home.
GERMAN DESCRIPTION OF FIGHTING
The German soldiers' description of the lighting is not very cheerful reading. A Prussian infantrymann, writing from on June 8th, says, We have censed, to ad vance because the French resist too strongly Our losses have become very henry, only a few companies being left of my division. It is impossible to count them
A wounded soldier who was engaged in the Chateau Thierry sector, writes,
My battalion was used up in three. days, and has been put into the reserve Before us are montly Americans, but before it was the British and French and
blacks from Madagascar."
An officer wrote on June 3rd, Our attack was fruitless in consequence of the enemy's terrible machine-gun firs. Among our adversaries we have seen the British, Africans, French and Americans. Aerial Activities.
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A GERMAN REPORT DISPROVED
PARIS, June 19th. As showing the want of veracity in the German "communiques, the Germans lost
48 aeroplanes on the Western: Front on June 2nd and 49 on June 9th and 10th, while they acknowledged only 10 and eight, respectively.
The British brought down 33 out of
these 49.
The French in January lost 20 aero- planes compared with the Germans 78 In February the figures were 18 French and 70 German; in March, 50 and 188; in April, 46 and 138; and in May 60 and
336.
Naval ActiVILLEB.
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[THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY. ENEMY CRAFT IMPRISONED
GERMANSUBMARINE.
LONDON, June 18th.
340 p.m.
ITALIAN THRUSTS
Lovnos, June 19th-
7.85 p.m.
General
An Italian official report stafes :---At
We completely repulsed partial actions in the Grappa and Montello regions.
Wo carried out thrusts on the Asingo Platenu, where the Allies detachments captured scores of prisoners,
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH BEUTER'S LOUNOY.) AUSTRIAN FOOD CRISIS. GERMAN PROMISE TO SUPPLY GRAIN DENIED.
AMSTERDAM, June 20th- Telegrams from Vienna and from Berlin show that the Austrian food, crisis in reaching a climax. Count Ludwig Paul, Our unceasing pressure shortened the the Austrian Food Minister, interviewed front opened by the enemy southward on the subject of the reduction of the of the Monte Belluno railway, and our bread ration, said only the most deploy- deadly concentrations of artillery fire are able circumstances compelled the drastic not giving any trace to the enemy masses treasure. Home and Roumania supplies on the battlefront or moving in the back were exhausted, Bessarabia was inacces- After a quiet morning on the Piave sible, and requisitions in Hungary, yesterday, the battle broke out furiously. the vessel to force each man like in the afternoon, and the enemy's fresh unfortunately, were without result. Ho torpedo to the surface. The air pressure attempt to cross to the right bank from
San Andrea to Landelu was repulsed, in the submarine became so terrible that the grey majority of the Germans could not keep
- Á neutral correspondent gives barrow-night-time on Monday and yesterday the ing details in connection with the de-enemy did not renew the attack. From the fatruction of one of the largest and most Asinge Plateau to Montello.
recent German submarines near Zec brugge lately.
A submarine struck a mine, and from the crew of 40 only two survived on reaching the surface after a terrible struggle with death for an hour-and-a-half in twenty fathoms below
Several of the crew com the surface.
mitted suicide, having lost all
11 hope of leaving the boat alive. The only chance of escaping was to force open the con nine-tower and forward hatches and trust to the compression of när in one part of
een their mouths closed. The com
pressed air shot them to the surface, but scarcely had they reached sea level when the pressure of air burst their lungs, and with a brood-curdling yell 20 sank like stones. The two survivors described the vells as the most horrible noise imagin. able. The shrieka attracted the attention of the crew of a British trawler, wh hastened to save life,
The condition of the survivors showed that the experiences in the submarine
had been most terrible.
RETURN OF REAR-ADMIRAL
HALSEY
LONDON, June 20th.
areas.
ENEMY DEFENDING DESPERATELY.
On the embankments of the river be ous defence tried the cheny surely, and twren Candelu and. Fossalta our strent his impetus was broken by our infantry's unshaken valour.
us,
and Allied aeroplanes were par
Rear Admiral Halsey has returned to at some points
the command of the Grand Flect.
THE DUTCH SOCIALIST SUSPECTE SEAMEN'S UNION RESENTS VISIT.
LONDON, June 20th Mr. Havelock Wilson, interviewed, ca- pressed his indignation at Capt. Tupper's treatment in Sweden. All branches of are passing resolutions calling the Union upon the Government to prevent - M: Branting from attending the Labour Con- ference in London. The Union also objerted to the visit of M. Troelstra | According to the newspapers the authori ties will not allow M. Troelstra to land. AMSTERDAM, June 20th. It is officially stated that M. Troelstra's visit to England has been postponed.
Italian Front.
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A TALIAN FRONT.
BOHEMIANS EXPLAIN THEIR SURRENDER.
LONDON, June 20th.
state that
Correspondents on the Italian front numbers of Bohemians who surrendered explained their action by producing proclamations dropped by Italian airmen announcing that Italy had adopted the cause of the Czecho Slovaks aaaation, and inviting them to rally round the national cause.
EARLIER CABLES. AUSTRIANS EXPECTED ITALIANS TO BURRENDER
LONDON, June 10th
An Italian semi-official report, in de tailing at length the heroism of the vari ous units, mentions the Northumberland Fusiliers, the Sherwood Foresters, the Warwickshires and the Oxford and Bucks Infantry, who resisted magnificently on the front lines which were destroyed by the bombardment and even after the enemy had passed, and counter-attacked with such impetus that they restablish ed the situation.
hoped that further reductions would be avoidable and that the population would endure till the new harvest.
Meetings of the Vienna City Council
atter renewed the demand for a speeds vigorously against the reduction. The and the Labour Council protested most
general prace, and the former demanded That the Government negotiate afresh with Hungary and Germany, especially the latter, with a view of securing at lentet potatoes, and telegraphed the Hungarian Food Minister and Bavarian Promier, also the German Government, requesting old potatoes
semi-official Barlin agency supens to the report of the Seidler state-
out-of ment a note that a supply of bread and grain from Germany is out of the ques Adecree issued at Vienna vester
Equally intens on a vaster front the in the Fossilta sector, struggle raged south-eastward of Meole and northward of Caposile. The enemy, followed up by defended himself desperately, and in every yard of the theatre there were epic struggice, solid pro, there were one old potnice Seidler cold a Socialist everything imaginable ticipating, dropping 16,000 kilos of deputation that wind reduction of the bombs and firing tens of thousands had been
bread ration. Austria's stocks of beef machine gun rounds upon vulnerable tar forced into a narrow space on the right bia, but the deliveries had been inter gets offered by the troops which were were exhausted, and she was dependent
the right upon importe from Ukraine and Hesare bank.
rupted He hoped Germany would AUSTRIAN REPORT.
furnish consignments of food in accords ance with
made last May. agreements Lesbos, June Wil.
Premier Seidler promised to expedite 6,35 p.m. A wireless Austrian official report
the harvest most speedily.. states-Von Boroovic's southern wing in a steady advance, obtained fresh advant ages on the Fassetta Canal and crossed The Italians are staking everything stop our advance. Prisoners were taken from numerous units. Most stubbornny instituting Government control of the new harvest, similarly as in Germany attacks, especially on both sides of the and Hungary. It is explained that this Oderzu--Treviso · Railway, broke down, is necessary beenuse Austria is entering with heavy losses
Archdake Joseph's divisions pierced the new harvest year without any stocks in the whatsoever and must obtain grain several Italian lines near Sovilla, at the speediest manner, southern foot of Montello,
The Berlin Bologne Gazette Bay
Bays that Our gains between the Piave and the Count Ludwig Paul arrived at Berlin Brenta and south eastward of Asingo and conferred with the War Food were again subjected to bitter assaults
Despite great sacrifiers the enement, and adds : 19 declaro authoritatively that Germany never pra- unable to chtain an advantage anywhere inised to supply grain to Austria from
The Italians reportedly but fruitlessly her own Blocks.
Germany herself has advanced on Dossoalto.
bech.compelled to reduce the bread ration The promise to supply Ukraino THE CARNACE ON THE PIAVE.
grain is admitted, but Germany is not LONDON, June Jothi
responsible for the difficulties regarding vit nam. The Germans are beginning to find delivery cxenses for the Austrian fatlure
tion.
·was
AMSTERDAM, June 20th. The German papers are uneasy over
The Berner Taghlair, the unofficial THE BULGARIAN SITUATION organ of the German Embassy at Berac declares that Austria had not the slightest interest in extending her occupation of the situation in Bulgaria and Ray the Italian territory. The simultaneous 28 change in the Ministry is regrettable, sault on the whole front was merely especially as M Malinoff is a Russophile meant to prevent the Italians from
They declare the crisis is due to the food new divisions to help. France, troubles, in addition to dissatisfaction
telegram from Milan says
with the Bukarest Pence,
THE ROSCIUSKO CELEBRA- TIONS.
send
carnage on the Piave is horrifying, the current carrying thousands of corpaes with broken, barges and blood-spattered pontoons
A captured Austrian Major said he was the only survivor of a battalion which crossed the river,
NO CHANGE ON BRITISH FRONT.
Lospos, Juno 201b,
M12.20 n.m. Reuter's Correspondent 16. Italian Headquarters, telegraphing on June 16th, states-There is no change on the British *** front
....
AMSTERDAM, June 20th In the Prussian: Lower House, the Minister for the Interior said that in consequence of the celebrations in honour. of Kosciusko hurting the susceptibilities of the German population, such colebru- tion will be prohibited in Poland in war time.
CABINET ON HOME AFFAIRS A SUBSIDIARY BODY
LONDON, June 20th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Honar
thi
Ourther particulars of the attack on our right division show that an early morning mist helped the enemy and ren- dered difficult, our fire. They advanced in great number, carrying famuer fer, after a heavy bombardment of the Law, in explaining the creation of front be with gas and the second line another Cabinet for Home Affairs," said it with shrapnel. Our machine-gunning was simply intended to appoint a Com stopped them dead on the left flank, but mitte le handle a definite set of ques on the right the enemy managed to enter tions, the ultimate authority remaining some 150 yards of our front trenches with the War Cabinet.
Lord Curzon, amplifying
in the The line was gallantly restored in the
consist of members connected with the afternoon by Yorkshire troops, House of Lords, said the Commitice would
One of our officers, compounding advanced post, after losing all his inen, principal Home Departments, meeting at succeeded in killing two machine-gun least once a week, under the presidency teams, captured the guns and
and turned of the Home Secretary, Sir George Cave. them on the enemy. All domestic questions requiring the At one time the enemy penetrated to co-operation of more than one depart- Altogether the Sixth Italian Army and its French and British contingents the Battalion. Headquarters on the rightment would be referred to the Oon wittee and the Commanding Officer collected which would be empowered to decide on Captured enginy reports show that the the personnel, cook, trigoners, machine tions of policy would be referred, at the sustained an attack by fifteen divisions.
and drove them behalf of the Cabinet, but larger quee
Chairman's discretion, to
the War Austrians were ordered to advance at al: out, costs, because the Italians will **-
Cabinet. render in masses, and they express sur prise at the splendid resistance.
One report says the situation is most desperate. Units are mixed ammuni
UPL tion is wanting, and the attack is enor mously difficult."
Captured enemy officers are unanimous
gups and a fammenwerfer only party who got in were ten Austrians. In the original attack on our left the All were promptly killed.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.
JAPAN'S INTENTIONS I
LONDON, June 20th. The Times correspondent at Tokio, tele-
was a heavy fall in the Stock Exchange on circulation of the rumour that a air-graphing on June 15th, states that there special session of the Diet had been summoned to determine that Japan take all steps to counter the Cermat efforts. _____ BOLSHEVIST GOVERNMENT
ENEMY UNHEEDS LOSSES. The battle is continuing bitterly. The enemy in order to preserve some initial in declaring the offensive has failed advantages gained unheeds the immense
men have been inflicting for five days. POSITION HIGHLY SATISFACTORY losses which our rifles and guns and
LONDOS, June 19th Our prisoners are now 9,011;
Our captures include many guns and 4.30.p.1. The position on the Italian front after several hundred machine guns, while 4 days fighting is generally regarded as enemy aeroplanes were brought down. highly satisfactory. The initial Austrian Unly two Italian or Allied machines gains are gradually being reduced by have not returned. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
be Austrians now hold only
local counter-attacks. For exampl NO CHANGE ON BRITISH FRONT.
heights.
OVERTHROWN.
A LONDON, June 20th.
The Times correspondent at Stockhal. states that the Bolshevist Government in Western Siberia has been overthrown by counter revolution, which captured in proceeding at Omsk, Ekaterinburg, and
with a view of buckling the loop already or departure, and, finally, could not reach AT ZEEBRUGGE- AND OSTEND-to push on to the plains and take Treviso. The situation on the British front is un-Tomask Aided by Czecho Slovaks, night
drawn round two-thirds of the city, and our positions.
completing its capture.
The attack was delivered on a front of from twelve to thirteen miles from Vigny, at the foot of the hills bounding the plain west of the town, to La Pom- pelle Fort, in the east. The Germans were already in the suburbs porth-west and north between St, Brice and Betheny
Mantello estrian effort is between Montello and the sea, the object being There is no indication so far that this possess plenty of unused reserves and are fighting well.” ⠀
ONE-THIRD OF MONTELLO HELD BY ENEMY.
LONDON, June 19th.
11.55 p.m.... A British Italian oficial report states changed. and a harassing fire.
In the House of Commons, Dr. Mac. aim will be realised, for the Italians Chur artillery carried out bombardments Blasra telegraphed to
The struggle around
LONDON, June 19th.
Rheims also ended in our favour.
Namara stated that the recent operations Germans who gucceeded in penetrating at Zeebrugge and Datend were more the wood northeast of Billery were successful than were at first supposed. driven out by our counter-attacks. Twenty-one destroyers and a large num
Prisoners taken in the region of Rheumsber of submarines and humerous auxiliary declared that the city, which was attacked craft are penned in within Bruges docks by three divisions, was to be taken at and the canal, where they are being cm-
stantly bombed. night-time, at all costs.
LONDON, June 19th.
339. p.m. The Austrians hold only one-third of Montello.
The Bovict
The enemy's artillery were inactive. We have now captured seven guna ma There has been heavy fighting on the Piave front de little, if any, progress Russia with bread if the Soviet abandona
The enemy yesterday,
The river is in flood, and many of the Fenemy's bridges were washed away, t
M. Lenin that the Soviet rule throughout the whole of Siberia was threatened, that, the Siberian »Dums has resumed “thu Government, and has promised to supply.
military measures against Siberia
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