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A NEW CODE.

Now local and non-local storm signals codes were introduced at Hongkong on July 1st, 1917, in place of the old Local Code and the China Const Code.

The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will show the direction from which the gule is expected whereas the old signals showed the posi tion of the typhoon. The latter will be indicated as heretofore, by the non-local signals. The new Local Code is given

·DAY· SIÓNĀLS.

below:

Signal. Symbol, Meaning

-Red Cone-A typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong with

in 24 hours,

2. Black cone-Gale expected from the

North (N.W. to N.E.)

3. Black cone

inverted-Gale, expected from the

South (S. E. to S.W.): 4.-Black-drum-Gale expected from the

East (NE, to S.E.).

GREAT BATTLE. DEFENCE OF LOCRE

FROM PHILIP GIBBS.] War Correspondents' Headquarters,

FRANCE, May 3rd

KING'S CERTIFICATE.” NEW ARMY HONOUR FOR THE DISABLED SOLDIER.

The King has been pleased to approve the issue of a certificate, to be known as :62 The King's Certificate," to officers who have relinquished their commissions dur- stances ing the war under the following circum-

་

After service oversees in a theatre of operations with

an Expeditionary Force in the present war, aut have been avalided on account of wounds or ill health caused or aggravated by military

service.

THE

WAR.

(Continued from Page ) Franco-Belgian bront,

{THROUGH, REUTER'S ADENOT.) THE BRITISH FRONT. HAMEL VILLAGE CAPTURED.

LONDON, July 4th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Baig re ports: We carried out a operation this morning between Villers attccessful

THE FRENCH FRONT. NOT A FOOT OF GROUND GAINED BY ENEMY.

LONDON, July 3rd.. Reuter's Correspondent at the American Headquarters, tolographing to-day, says that the enemy in the morning counter- attacked with massed groups of fresh stormstruppen against the Americans' new positions at Vaux

and

Bois-de- Laroche. The entire up by intense American artillery fring attack was broken

were piled up with enemy dead. Subes and machine-gunning, without the a foot of ground. Parts of the ground

loss

of

Bretonneux and the Somme. and an the violent artillery firing con

teries were silenced. Further German at- and at length many enemy bat tacks are anticipated,

On account of disablement certified, We captured Hamel village under the authority of the Army Coun-vanced our line to an average depth of oil, to be directly attributable to the two thousand yards. action of the enemy air or a Robecq and St. Janscapwil sectors. most active. Several German aeroplaner Hostile artillery are active in the

raids.

American Bying squadrons have been

PRISONERS TAKEN.

French troops who on April 20th inflicted I went yesterday among some of the a severe defent on Sixt von Armin's storm troops between Drinoutre and Locre when our own divisions to the north and south shared the honour of the day with them-and before that for six days, in front of Kemmel Hill, held their lines with most noble courage under ful fire but hardly ever slackened when

fright Kemmel had been turned and captured, and these inen

whom met were almost surrounded, so that they had to ight with long-enduring devotion, with great sacrifices to maintain their positions. It is moving narrative as I heard it yes

Previous to the transfer of the Royn! VILLAGE AND WOODS CAPTURED.have been brought down. Airman Roose terday from these French officers who

Flying Corps to the Royal Air Force,

velt, the youngest son of the ex-President, on account of disablenient certified, lived through that fearful week

LONDON, July 5th. The

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- undorthe authority of the Army Coun ports: The operation this morning

is fighting in this sector. glory of the simple soldiers of France was there in those Flemish fields, and when

cil, to have been caused or aggravated southward of the Somme was completely were ordered to hold on at all costs!

By military service while engaged on successful. It was carried out by the Aus 5.-Black_ball.--Gale expected from the the colonel

they oboyed to the death.

Bring duty in connection with opera-tralians assisted by sonie detachments of We

tions against the enemy other than it ne West (NW to 8,W.).

theatre of operations, 6.-Double cone.--Gaia expected to in-held it. His band trembled for a moths award of a special distinctive certs Vaire and Hamel and the village of

of one of these French regiments. We

supported by

tanks. Our "were

taken and held His Majesty bas further approved of crense.

ainat as he touched a packet of papers,

We took possession of the woods at 7.Black cross-Wind of typhoon force his orders during the battle, and told me licate, to be entitled the King's Second Hamel. In conjunction with this opera same region between Autreches

at

A new attack was launched later in the expected (any direc how each message there had been carried Certificate to officers who, after the tion the Australians attacked eastward Moulin-sous-Touvent at a moment when tion).

and through a frightful te

were killed, and tarily serve again, and again relinquish ceeded. Our lines were advanced five This enabled us to gain still further

their three explosive bombs, fired at intervals of his other losses in officers and men. commissions. of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station grizzled ese-brows and moustache, and King's Certificate on Discharge

hundred yards on a twelve hundred ground But then this square-built man with Certificates to be known (LB The Yards front. and repeated at the Harbour Office.

of five kilometres to a depth of 1,200 Our total advance extends over a front blue-grey eyes that had steady light in The King's Second Certificate on Dis The signals will be lowered when it them, said again. We held our line:

and

metres at some points, is considered that all dauger is over.

charge

will be issued to all warrant The Day Signals will be displayed at Flanderiment came up from Alsace to officers, non-commisioned officers, and the masthead of the storm signal mast, who had hey were hardened fellows, men of his Majesty's Imperial Forces whe

been through many battles They were heroes of Fleury, near Verdun, have been discharged front the service have served since August 4th, 1914, and when the Crown Prince's army was under circumstances similar to those set broken against their defence after out above.. desperate assaults, and yesterday. when I saw them marebing through Flemish

objcers and

LONDON, July 4th. Use and the Aisne at 7.30 Inst evening. ? A commúrigeć states: Between the ve attacked west of Autreches on a front of two kilometres and advanced about 500 metres.

Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by so that many of them his runners, ward of the King's Certificate, rohit of Ville-sur-Ancro and completely suc. the enemy was preparing a counter-attack.,

the flagstaff on the premises of the Hong. kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company at Kowloon, the flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Oil Company at Laichikok, and the flagstaff near the Field Officer's Quarters at Lemun

NIGHT SIGNALS. (LABIDS). 1-White-white-white.. 2. White-groen-green. 3-Green-white-white.. 4--Green-green-white. 5.-White-white-green. 6.--Green-green-green. 7.-Red-green-red. The Night Bignals will be displayed, at sunset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S. Temer, and on the Harbour Office Bagstaff. They will have the same signification as the day signals. Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the event of the information conveyed by this signal being Brst published at night,

The prisoners captured in these opera Lions exceed one thousand: Many machine-guns and other material were taken

"AN AUSTRIALIAN OPERATION.

headquarters,

LONDON, July 4th. "Reuter's Correspondent at the British

telegraphing to-day States-This morning's Villers-Bretonneux was carried out by operation રાં Australians, assisted by tanks, the object

ONE THOUSAND PRISONERS. We took 1,066 unwounded prisoners, in- cluding 18 officers, in these actions. single French battalion took over 300 prisonera.

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

* DNA75 OPARIS, July 5th. -A odemunique states:There has been

villages I was stirred by the sight of them ftung into confusion by the French fire, being to remedy an awkward indentation artillery activity between the Oise and

of

Then,

on

are young men, but veterans. War has set its seal upon them as upon all men panies made six attacks, and in the after. who have passed through its fire, but noon two more, and though their losses has not weakened them. When they came were heavy, that evening both the village into line between Loere and Dranoutre and the hospice of Loere stayed in their other French division troops were field hands. That night, their men being ex- ing Kemmel Hill. It was during days hausted for a true after so many hours help because of the exhaustion of many of Chateau of Loers and west of Dranoutre when we had urgent need of this French under fire, they withdrew their line a little to the Locre Bailleul road by the our men after long fighting said the commandant of the met "the country about us was a saithe morning of the 28th owing to fog, regiment in order to reorganise a stronger defence. The German bombardemnt slackened on ing landscape, with the fields harrowed and those few hours. for sowing and the little Flemish villages ather was the only the these French with their red roofs and farmisteads sni between green hedges. A week later all troops had from the incessant and in this had been swept into ruin and shellernal gunfire when, owing to the open fire had turned this countryside into a warfare, as in 1914, without a complete barren and blasted place. On the mors. stem of trenches or dug-outs or other When local signals are displayed in ing of April 24th the Germans bombard artificial cover, they were much exposed. the Harbour & Comp will be exhibited atment was intensified and spread over a the following stations: Gap Rock, deep area, destroying villages, tearing one of these officers told me,

There were ten big shells,

a second Waglan, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, up roads, making a black vomit of the day's all through the

and that Sai Kung Sha Tau Kok and Tai, Po.

lasted with only

two short pauses for six to notify the fact to native craft and Westoutre, and other small towns brought up his light artillery and trench passing occan vessels.

violently bombarded.

The enemy hud Further details can always be given

mortars almost to his front lines in to ocean vessels, on demand, by signal:

Dranontre Wood and other places, and attempted to take the French in: uhlade front lighthouses

The object of the code is to give at least

fire from Kennel. But by this time. 24 hours warning of a gale (Force 8 by

many French guns were in Beaufort Seale, or 40-45 m.p.h., mean

forcing the British artillery, on the sth they opened up and killed great numbers on the 25th Allied aviators gay-long columns

SUPPLEMENTARY WARSING.

11

Bretonneux resulting from the German drive of March last, the filling up of which will carry our froat in a direct line through Hamel to the Somme.

GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON OLD

SALINEN

Aigle

PATROL OPERATIONS.

LATER. A communiqué states:-Our detach.... ments and patrols operating between. Montidier and the Oise and in Cham

Naval Activities. pagne, on the right of the Meuse and in Lorraine each brought back prisoners.

GERMAN ALLEGATION DENIED

(THROUGH HIÜTER'S AGENCY-]

Headquarters states: In addition to

LONDON, July 4th. Heuter's Correspondent at British

up to the high ground south-east of the Hamel village we capturaed two small woods south of the village, and pressed village, thus aligning the new front with and putting the new four miles of front our trenches fronting Villers-Bretonneux on a practically level stretch of ground falling steeply to the river at the north Sir F. Hall, Mr. Bonar Law stated that

LONDON, July 4th. eastern end, which is a very great im the Llandovery Castle carried no amuza uni... In the House of Commons, replying to. provement on the old line.

At the same time an advance was made was sunk by a British mine was self- tion. The German allegation that she on the north side of the river between contradictory, as the survivors actually the Somme and Ancre, thus completing communicated with the German mil five miles..

BETTER THE WORLD PERISH THAN MURDERERS LIVE, stated:This morning's operation at In the evening, the correspondent

LONDON, July 4th The Canadian Minister, Mr. Meigen, Villers-Bretonneux was one of the most speaking at the Anglo-Saxon and successful of the kind in the war. I referring to the Llandover Crestline followed exactly the lines laid dowe in ing, declared, amid leud cheers, that it advance. The ground, offered consider would be better that the world should

harrowed fields. Dranoutre, Loero, shells were uncountable and the other the improvement of our line for nearly marine

FEIGHTFUL "CAS SHELLING,

were

OBJECTIVES GAINED IN TWO HOURS.

velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also with their gas masks when at baltmost of the enormans on the roads by ale odds to the defenders, yet in less perish thun that those murderers should

warnings of expected changes in the direction and force of the wind. Owing, however, to the uncertain movements of typhoons and to insuficient telegraphie observations, it will occasionally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be displayed without a gale occurring at Hongkong or even Gap Rock, but the reverse is not likely to happen, except in the case of typhoons forming, in the vicinity and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of a located typhoon increasing its rate of progression abnormally.

Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning to "Stand By " and watch for the next signal.

ід

Neuve Eglise and in Dranoutre Woud, these human targets. The guns answered, and signalled to the guns to range en and masses of Germans were smashed by their fire, and panic-stricken groups were That night the Germans seemed to be seen running out of Dranoutre Wood. relieving their troops, and again the French and British guns flung shells into of death and horror. But next day, the them, and for the enemy it was a night 29th, the enemy runde reply by a prolong u borbardment more intense even than all along the line before, and then attacked with new troops

than two hours, the whole four miles was hurdly one-third of the captured prison- in our hands. Our entire casualties were

erg.

In the new non-Local Code the approxi. them, oficera giving orders in them,terday--who at two o'clock in the morn mand.NO ABUARIES

mate velocity of the storm centre will be shown, in addition to its direction of motion, and the position of the centre

were

ENEMY COMPLETELY DECEIVED.

live.

ESCORTS FOR

SHIPS.

HOSPITAL

House of Commons, Mr. Boner Law

LONDON, July 4th." Replying to Mr. Carr Gonun, in the

every hospital ship. ing the question of providing in escort for stated that she Admiralty were consider-

Italian bront

(THROUGH BECTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIANS' REMARKABLE

ACHIEVEMENT,

will be given in degrees of latitude and Dranoutre had only twelve gas casualties, desperate efforts to break through weld by three distinct attacks launched aorth-The region 'on' the Lover Piave between.

longitude. The time at which the warn- ing was issued will also be given.

BONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER

Hangkong Observatory, July 6th

¡Promo On Dais Ou Dafe

you the ground as before, and

FURTHER FRENCH AGAINS.

LONDON, July 4th."

narrow.

That night the French discovered that the Germans were preparing an attack for the next morning. to be preceded by a gas bombardment. The office and All their men, and they stood at the alert three in the morning thousands of gas shells fell over them, mixed with high explosives of all calibres up to monster twelve inches, which burst like volcanic eruptions. In intensity of bombardment several officers who had fought at Fleury said: This is the most frightful thing

We reduced three German divisions to THREE GERMAN DIVISIONS RE we have seen. Verdun was nothing to it.

DUCED. TO A MERE WRAITH. All the French troops jammed on their

a mere wraith of what they bad been this gas masks-lighter things than ours, with

morning. effective and no one day they put them

preparation and the triumphant use of out nose tubes or chest bag, but very

the forethought and completeness of its Features of the attack were on Sity times, only removing them when

our tanks, which, by admirable manoeuvr Lae wind, which was fairly strong, blew

ing, sprang a surprise upon the enemy. of shells came, and for nearly a weak of away the poison fumes until other storms

Considering the large number of deal, days wearing them constantly, sleeping

the 1,500 prisoners exceeds expectations. But the French also had many fresh even though they include troops in the line-not those I met yes mander and the greater part of his com- battalion com- with the bayonet in them. It was worth took back the village. This defeated the dropped on Hamel and these contributed menghting and dying in them, charging the trouble and the

went forward into the attack and Preparatory to the raid bombs wore Fr reneh

suffering, for this regiment between Loere and enemy's

and all through that day the left largely to keep down our casualties..

plan of turning the French That morning the German attack fell firet

LONDON, July 3rd. Reuter's Correspondent at the Italian On Kewiel Hill, which

The enemy's attention was distracted Headquarters, telegraphing to day, says: and that night the the porth, and two hours later, the bom

they turned from bardment continuing all along the line divisions at least 40 per cent. of their

bad they developed a strong attack against

enormous fesses to the German Nearly a hundred men and some ground ground for fighting. A few raised cause of the river, which kept his guns busy. Santa Dona and the sea is hardly good Dranoutre in the south in order to take

done as it is reckoned on close evi Laere and turn the French right

were captured in these attacks, which ways are the only possible means of ad- Until the evening the troops or Kennel Spine array was, in chourning for her early were the 3rd, 77th and a remarkable achievement

completely deceived the enemy regards across the marshes and lagoons. Hill, with a small body of our own uien,

their drum-fire, as though Sixte 16 what was happening across the river,

The Italian success yesterday, in which The German divisions engaged, which they took 1,000 prisoners, was, therefore, still, I am told, held out with great devo its dead. It was a night of stra tion in isolated positions, but hy eight cans silence alter stupendous tumult front recently moved from Lens

strango, un 13th. The latter is a new division on this bave plenty of artillery in the district Both sides o'clock. that morning Kemmel Hill was been holding the line for nearly a week entirely cut off This was a severe meance it had been a day of supreme ordeal; a But for those French teg who had

egiments

and both keep the communications under heavy fire. Moreover, the possibilities of to their comrades ut Locre and south-

advance being restricted to a wards, becau threatened.

ause both their fanks were hid down their lives with exalted courage, don shows that the advance at Hamel,

day also of devoted sacrifica by men, who The latest information received in Lone, it is easy to post machine guns for

defence They did. heroic things to by men who were insolent to danger, hy mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's report, Safeguard their right and left, which simple poilus who that day were great was on a three-mile front

OPERATIONS PROCEEDING again and again the enemy tried to

page beroos

Take those runners who went

Bois de Vaire was also are already told in a previo a small through this inferno day after day until | how a gallant French officer message company of men made a counter-attack telephone wires had been smashed, and taking seven officers and 450 men prisoner. New Piave, owing to powerful entrench-

Further south, the French that worst day, carrying orders where farm

captured 1 at Dranoutre and held the post there there was no other way of getting through This gain was subsequently extended by ment and strong, Austrian forces with north Of Moulin-sous-Louvent, rather slowly between the Old and the against all odds. Up by Locre the rom mandant of a left battalion found that a message than when a man could get in most accessful small operation in the machine-guns. The Austrians still have the flank, and his men had to face left to

machine-gun fire was sweeping his leit through with his life.

The colonel, with grizzled moustache thousand yards' front,

neighbourhood

of Autreches on a twa footing in this area of five miles wide. defend their line. Small parties of Ger- and sombre blue eyes, whom I met yester. made was between half

The advance and with 2,000 yards maximum depth. mans with machine guns kept filtering Take a rest for an hour or two, my advance the line on the plateau over

a mile an

and day

mile

mile. The Austrians have taken a total of 2,000 took pity on the men, and said: We took 280 down

from the

prisoners. themselves on the railway in order to

north and estained

The effect of these two operations will vanced in the mountains east of the prisoners. The Italians have slightly ad sons; have done well, and you are the French with enflade fire. Que

tired But these men said, which the Roman road runs from Noyon-

Brenta and have repulsed heavy counter- French sompany, led by devoted officers, Merci, mon colonel; mais ils ont besoin Chaushe Bridge to Chateau Thierry, and

attacks. counter-attacked there five times with the they set off again through the druinfire, country offering enemy mobilisation ad- de nous" (they have need of us), and will also improve French observation over bayonet into the sweep of those bullets, long tracks where many of their com vantages.

POSITIONS EXTENDED AND and by this sacrifice saved their flank. Another company advanced to hold the rades lay, and where at last they, too, hospice. There was deseprate fighting of same bringing death to them.

AERIAL OPERATIONS. Perhaps, stambled and fell with a burst day after day, so that its ruins, if any was with the stretcher bearers the heroic ports: -The Lota!

So il bits of wall are left, will be as historio brancardiers, who for six days went Thursday's successful operations on the Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re. as the Château at Vremelles or other up and down the road to the rescue of

prisoners taken in famous houses of the battlefeds,

Somme exceeds 1,300. wounded, up and down each time with gan, one hundred machine-guns aud

A Germaa feld- Mon 8m 8407 6 m 154 82

some comrades less. One ambulance man The French and Germans took it turn tended the wounded in an advanced dress. been counted.

number of trench-mortars have already 10 534

and turn about, and, although the enemying station until he was killed by a Twe 19:23 7 6 m 2 163 1 sent great numbers of men to garrison shell.

A counter-attack on our new positions 11/26/4/14-33104 this place, they were, never able to bold well; gloriously wellransport men did eastward of Hamel on the night of the Allied airmen dropped 18 tons of bomb

The French Wal 10 m 10 47

[m 3 25 | 3 | 0

at long, because always some

fighting

and all through this dil, was easily repulsed French lieutenant and a handful of men drink,

from April 23rd to April Young

We carried out a har good and SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS. Thars 11 0 441

1042 70 5:47 0,9,

stormed it again and routed the enemy they call and red wine, which attempted raid in the neighbourhood of

bifsteks Fri 19 0.374 449 30 the day of the enemy's severe defeat, the slang. Not only that. but they supplied in their soldiers 11 16 85 622 12. French captured 100 prisoners in the these things to comrades of another regi Satur. 13 m 1 10 4 3 m 26 3 1

#1148 80-856% 18 fourteen battalions of four regiments of care in ravitaillement, which dan cellars there and they belonged to the meat, for the colonel is renowned for Lis 14 m 1-44 4 5 6 30 3 3 three divisions, showing the amazing way

4025470n which the enemy's divisions had been his men had always enough to cat and good grub." and at Fleury, by Verdun, (Continued at foot of next Column.)

driak, as here in Flanders-Daily Tele ・graph

stpmom pm

Day

Barometer ...

29.03 29.10. 2968

Teziparaturs

94

79

Harsidity...

76

B2

E4 75

Wind Directien... fouth

East

East

Fors

Yes ther Bain

"

031

-0.16 M Highest open-air Temperatura on 6th...24 Lowest open-air Temperature on 7th.70

HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.

HIGH Warna

Dave of

Week

Month

Ben.

From 8th to 14th July, 1918.

LOW WATER.

Hips

Mesa

Meas

Time

Height

„Height"

GERMAN CONFUSION.

When it was taken last, on April 29th,

Strazeele.

The weather on

captured.

LATER.

BLOWLY.

LONDON, July 4th, The operations in Italy are proceeding

MORENO IMPROVED.

and

LONDON, July 4th. An Italian official message says:We gained more ground northward of Cava Zuccherina, took prisoner 223 captured much war-material.

We extended improved our posi tions north-westward of Grappa and in Mount Cornone and Sasso Rosso.

The British and French penetrated trenches at Canove and Bertigo on Asiago. Plateau and brought back prisoners, on important centres and cross-roads in successful raid in the lower Piave.

ard July was A British Italian official message says:

and enemy activity was slight. We During the day and night we dropped destroyed six aeroplanes and drove down four others uncontrollable

and the Honourable Artillery carried out The West Yorkshires, the Manchesters

The Royal Air Force scored direct hits three successful raids and captured 34 16 tons of bombs on railway junctions at on infantry columns on the Lower Piave.

prisoners and captured

Lille, Courtral and elsewhere: All our and destroyed three enemy machines with- machines retarned

out loss to themselves.