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THE

WAR.

GERMANS RETREATING ON MARNE

FRONT.

ALLIED TROOPS PURSUING ENEMY.

BRITISH

NAVAL LOSSES.

MERCANTILE CRUISER AND DESTROYER SUNK.

-AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN ITALY.

Franco-Helgian Frantı -

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REDIER'S AGENCY-).

BRITISH FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.

LONDON, July 28th.

12.55 p.to. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-

orts. We captured a few prisoners and machine guns in successful raids south.

eastward of Arras and in the neighbour hood of Locre and in a patrol encounter at Givenchy.

AERIAL OPERATIONS.

Low clouds and rain prevented flying in the daytime. Bombs were dropped at night-tune en hostile billets and hutments in the vicinity of Bapaume.

EARLIER CABLES.,

HOSTILE ARTILLERY FIRING.

LONDON, July 27th, Field Marshal Sir Douglas nigre -ports:-Théra was hostile artillery firing on the northern portion of the British

front.

Flying was oulý possible for a short period yesterday. We brought down three hostile machines. Two British machines are müssing.

RAIDING

LONDON, July 27th,

1.40 p.m.

GLORIOUS PERFORMANCES OF

TANKS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY Sure, 1916

Since July 18th our Tanks have glori- ously participated in the battle, drove in the enemy lines and facilitated the forward rush of our infantry. They cou-

stantly accompanied or proceded the Allied advance and attacked centres of resistance and enemy batteries,

In each section the Tanks accounted for from 15 to 20 German machine-guna and inflicted very heavy losses. Some tanks returned to the battle line four or five times on the same day.

EARLIER CABLES.

A SANGUINARY FIGHT.

LONDON, July 27th. 4.30 a.mi.

Router's Correspondent at American Headquarters, telegraphing last evening, states: The capture of Ville Montoire greatly helps the French to hold the plateau over which the Chateau Thierry Soissons road runs. The enemy must be becoming nervous of the ring the French are drawing south of Boissons, and it would not be surprising if he attempted to break the ring before our further successes in the south increased the

menace.

Ville Montoirs was captured after a most sanguinary fight. The Germans were ordered to hold it at all costs,

An American lieutenant fellet Captain

.:

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY,]

We felled seven enemy aeroplands and GENERAL GOURAUD'S EXCELLENT the British felied 18 on July 25th.

We dropped 38 tons of bombs during the day and night on stations, roads, hangars and dumps near the battlefield. Fires and explosions were observed.

The British dropped four tons of bomus on Bazoches, Fore on Tardenois and

Mont Notre Dame.

ENEMY RETREAT NORTH OF

TACTICS,

PARIS, July 28th. A Bavas Agency message states:-- Despite all the German counter-attacks the zouth west face of the Solssons- Rheins bulge continues to improve.

The French and Americans made für ther important progress towards Fere-en- Tardenois and are now less than three miles from this important rond junction PARIS, July 28th.through which troops in the western bulge A communiqué states: Under the con- are re-victualled. This town, as is every tinuous pressure of French and Allied line of communication within the salient, troops for several days past the Germans is being subjected to a constant bombard to-day retreated on the whole frontment either from the artillery or nero- north of the Marne,

planes and is virtually commanded by the Allies.

THE MARNE,

J

The enemy bad crowded 100,000 men and ace@mulated immense quantities of sup plies and ammunition in the salient before i

Our troops, pressing the enemy rear- guards, reached, a line Bruyeres-Ville Neuve - Suriesa Courment --Passy Vrigny-Cuisles-Ennenville-Chaumuzy his attack on July 15th, as he expected to

The right bank of the Marne is cleared on a wide front. We continued to progress more than 15 kilometres north. cast of Chateau Thierry.

SITUATION COMPLETELY IN

HAND.

advance swiftly.

Naval Activities.

EARLIER GABLES. [THLOEGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MERCANTILE CRUISER

TORPEDOED.

LONDON, July 27th.

The Admiralty report:-The armed

doed and sunk by a German submarine on mercantile cruiser Marmora was torpe.

July 23rd.

Ten of the crew ari missing. BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK

LONDON, July 27th,

A British torpedo-boat destroyer ashors and sank on July 24th.

Thirteen of the crew are missing.

Aerial Activities.

IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE

SITTINGS CONCLUDED.

LONDON, July 28th. The formal sittings of the Imperial War Conference have been concluded and satis factory results have been achieved..

LONDON, July 28th. Mr. Walter Long, interviewed - by Heuter's Agency, said the War Conferenen had done extremely well and had.com. pleted everything Umt had not been done. at last year's Conference. An outstand- ing feature way that with regard to trade questions. concerted Empire action had been secured which, while preserving intact. the self-governing nations? an autonomy, would secure uniformity of Empire action and ensure much more satisfactory results when peace comes/

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS, REPORT CONTRADICTED.

LONDON, July 27th.

EARLIER CABLES. (TBROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ENEMY MILITARY OBJECTIVES BOMBED.

LONDON, July 27th.

The other point of the bulge that is being especially shelled is the railway The Admiralty repovi :---During the bridge thrown by the Germans across the period July 18th-24th Air Force units, Aise at Missy, six miles east of Soissons, co-operating with the Navy, dropped 15 to supply their troops Long-range guns tons of bombs, with good results. upon are also firing at the other.two junctions military objectives at Zeebrugge, Bruges at Bazoches and Fismes, well back in the and Ostend. battle area between Soissons and Rheins, Through Fismes have to pass most of the supplies for the south-eastern corner of the salient east of Rheims.

In Champagne, the front line is restored as before the German...onsinught, and tieneral Gearnud has re-occupied his old positions between the river Suippe and Massiges,

It is officially stated that the Gourko report cabled on July 29th is absolutely

untrue.

CHOLERA IN PETROGRAD,

LONDON, July 27th, A Russian wireless report states:-In Petrograd there were 111 Casen cholera yesterday. UKRAINE RAILWAY WORKERS ON STRIKE.

of

Ukrainian railway workere have struck, the Germans having confiscated the food reserved for the railway workers. Five GOVERNMENT'S IRISH POLICY

Six hostile machines were destroyed and eight driven down uncontrollable. British machines are missing BRITISH SEAPLANES KÖMB

CATTARO..

ROME, July 27th..

The Chief of the Naval Staff announces

A

bead

IMPORTANT DEBATE.

Government

LONDON, July 20th.

11.40 p.m. Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing this after noon, states:--An interesting feature of General Gouraud's minor operations in restoring the line is the ease with which

LONDON, July 27th.- difficult positions have been retaken. Thus

three-line Whip, Main-de-Massiges, which was taken at

"Most important. has

been issued for the debate on July 20th on Mr. big cost in the Champagne offensive in

Dillon's motion condemning the Govern 1915 and was one of the strongest points

that British seaplanes on July 25th re-exasperating the Irish people, and de ment's Trish, policy as altenating and on our line from Rheiras to Argonne, was

attacked the military works and harbour problem is to put in operation without claring that the only true solution of the captured by the Germans on July 15th, When the German attack was launched of Cattaro, inflicting important damage, delay the principles laid down by Pre- but was retaken by the merest handful on July 13th. General Gouraud slightly especially on

sident Wilson in his historie utterance at of men and more prisoners were captured drew back that line so as to give battle marine basc.

an aerodrome and sub- Washington's grave." than the total in the French attacking on positions he had prepared and leave a

KING OF GREECE'S NARROW fores. On part of our old line, Butte-du-wide No Man's Land for the enemy to

ESCAPE. Mesnil, which was reconquered next day,cress and for the French artillery to turn was a correspondingly slight effort, and its thunder on. This provisional with. by now the second line of our abandoned drawal has proved so excellent in tactics covering zone has been reoccupied as far that the Germans lost there 50,000 men. as the Suippe. There has been greater It is this ground which General Gourand progress on the Roman road between recovered during the last few days by Svippe and Rheims. The success of these continual pressure.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- Mainkopf, the famous German airman,perations, in face of heavy counter.

-ports;--We raided the neighbourhood of Sailly Laurate, Neuville-Vitasse, Arleux- en Gohelle and Lens and brought back

several prisoners, ·

Hostile artillery were active between the Soiame and the Ancre, and there was reciprocal artillery firing in the La Bassce

Canal sector;

GERMANS SURRENDER IN SHOALS,

LONDON, July 26th, 10.40 p.m.

ELL

British

Reuter's Correspondent Headquarters, telegraphing this after-

who had 16 victorics to his credit.

ENEMY'S RESISTANCE BREAKS DOWN.

LONDON, July 28th.. 3.00 a,m.

An American, official report states :-- The enemy's resistance broke down be. tween the Ourcq. and; the Marne. The Allied troops are pursuing the enemy.

AMERICANS CAPTURE LE-

CHARMEL

LONDON, July 27th. 3.10 8.00. An American report states:We

EARLIER CABLES.

ALLJED TROOPS: GAIN

ADVANTAGES.

Italian seaplanes, on July 20th, success. fully bombed an aerodrome at Lagosta, causing a large fire.

General

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.)

IMPORTANT COMPANY TAXATION JUDGMENT.

LONDON, July 28th.

The newspaper Financier, emphasises tbe importance to rubber companies of the judgment favouring the Merlimau Rubber Estates claim against the Revenue Authorities. It is understood the decision permits the company to add to its capital in computing the tax any additional sums spent out of revenue in developing its

estute.

attacks," proves that the French Com- mandler has the situation in eastern Champagne completely in hand. GERMANS LIVING IN AN INFERNO.

PARIE, July 20th.

· LONDON," "July 98th.

A Havas Agency message states: The .10 a.m.

eighth day of the battle was one of the The news of the German retreat is the

most successful and was marked by a most momentous xince Generalissimo

fresh series of important advantages wan Foch counter-attacked, for it is. tanta-

by the Allied troops. The Germans made mount to the enemy's admission of defent-

several violent counter-attacks, notably The obstinate resistance of the Germans

on the Marne and PAPAL NUNCIO_TO-CHINA opposed to the patient but relentless pres-south of Rheims, but were everywhere

towards Dormans

LONDON, July 29th, sure exercised by the Allies led many to

thrown back, while, north of the Ourag, The Pope has appointed Monsignor believe that the enemy Cominand would

Allied troops pushed steadily towards Petrelli, Apostolic Delegate to the Philip

were captured. Between the Marne and the Ouren, the Allies progressed in the same direction towards which lies nearly in the centre of the original salient. The front line is now four and-a-half miles west of this town, which is the German supply centre and the junction of seven ronds.

non, states: British tanks contributed captured Le Charmel, between the Oure rather sacrifice his troops in a hopeless Fere-le-Ville and Outchy-le Cbatenu, which pines, Papal Nuncio to China.

largely to the French success at Mont-

didier on July 23rd.

and the Marne on July 25th.

FRENCH ADVANCE IN CHAMPAGNE.

PARIS, July 27th.

A communiqué states:-On the right bank of the Marne we advanced north of Postabiuson.

struggle thin order their retirement which would finally shutzer the belief of the German people in the invincibility of The German withdrawal from the

their leaders. It had been even suggested wooded hill west of Morisel" is probably

that the enemy was preparing a counter only the first fruits of the French planned.

attack, or, at least, might make a stand on drive of the horseshoe wedge in the

a new line, namely, Boissons Chatillos, German' line west of the Avre on a two

for the ruggedness of the country and the mile frout, gaining the high ground over- In Champagne ve carried out a local huge forces still at his disposal had made looking him in the north and south. operation in the region south of Manta surprise not out of the question. The About thres dozen tanks participated. Saninom, and advanced a kilometre on Germans, however, who are packed in a The Germans were taken at a complete a front of about three kilometres, cap cul-de-sac 15 miles wide in the north and disadvantage, and the front was carried turing 200 prisoners, including seven 12 miles in the south have been living with little loss.

in an inferno of fire.

Prisoners surrendored in shorl. The tanks rendered signal service, dealing with machine-gun points and crushing guns and teams if they did not Surrender. The French position in this vitally important sector is immensely improved,

LATEST VABLES.

FRENCH FRONT.

CONTINUED PROGRESS."

PARIS, July 28th

A communiqué states:-Northwards of

the Marne we continued to progress at night-time when our elements reached the right bank and approached the road southwards of the Ourcq, and our right approached the Dormans-Rheime road.

We repulsed several attacks on our new positions southward of Mout Bausnow, alro north-eastward of St. Hilaire,

officers.

OLD FIRST LINES RE-CAPTURED.

PARIS, July 27th.

A communiqué states:- South of the Ourcq there was reciprocal artillery

ring, but no infantry action.

We captured north of the Marne on Thursday evening Preuil and Savards farm, and drove back the enemy to the southern outskirts of Binson, Orquigny, und Villers-sous-Chatillon.

Altogether 700 prisoners were captured on July 26th at Ville Montoire and Oulchy-le-Chateau.

LATEST CADLES. They have been subjected to a murder- ous cuongnade from three sides and were unable latterly to ase the railways, their only means of supply being & Barrow winding bill road, and where they were beyond the reach of our gunfire they were incessantly bombed by our airmen day and night.

exe

Fere-en-Tardenois,

The Allied artillery is now giving the chemy no rest. Practically every road in the salient is now under fire.

Airmen dropped over 30 tons of bombs yesterday on various positions.

The number of unwounded prisoners taken since July 18th was over 25,000 on Tuesday.

GENERAL FAYOLLE DECORATED.

Paris, July 26th.

A Havas Agency message states that President Poincare went to Chateau Commander-in-Chief of Thierry to deliver to General Fayolle, a group of Armies, the decoration of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.

The President also visited some villages recently reconquered-Longpont, Torcy, Cocurnor, etc.

Italtán Aront

FARLIER CABLES. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENÓK-1

The successful British advance west of heims after the capture of Yrigoy was the first blow which made the realise the danger to his forces in the Local attacks undertaken in Cham.south. Then followed the fall of vital pagne, after breaking the enemy offensive points west of the salicht, Ville Moutoire on July 15th and 16th, resulted, notwith- vancing a mile on a front of 13 miles east of Reuil and the French advance north standing encrny resistance, in our ad. and Oulchy-le-Chatean, while the capture REPEATED ENEMY ATTACKS

of Suippe,

North of the general line St, Hilaire of Pontabinson" gave the Allies a new ast

Grand Sousin-Mesnil-les Hurlus we retion of railway and enabled an incessant captured the whole of Main de Maasiges and reoccupied our old first lines in that murderous cannonade of a five mile strip region.

on the Marns between Verneiul and We captured in these operations 1,160 Chatellon, to which the Germans are still prisoners, 200 machine-guns and seven guns.

desperately clinging.

THE SILVER. MARKET.

LONDON, July 28th, Messrs. Samuel, Montagu's report states: The inarket is unchanged and the tone is good."

Shanghai exchange has hardened to 4/9...

LONDON, July 28th. The silver market is unchanged. SILVER SHORTAGE IN EGYPT

CAIRO, July 23th.

The Government is issuing five plastre notes to meet the silver shortage. į

BARLIER CABLES.

WARNING TO MUNITION STRIKERS

LONDON, July 26th. ↑ Government announcement warna, a amber of munition workers, who have struck that they will become liable to the Military. Service Acts if they do not resume work before July 29th.

COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE LABOUR CONDITIONS..

LONDON, July 28th. The Minister of Munitions has an- nounced that immediately the strikers re- sume work a Committee, consisting of re- presentatives of the Government, trade unions and employers will be appointed to investigate the labour conditions which rendered an embargo necessary and to advise upon its administration and con- sider what measures may be adopted to maintain the increase in output of

unitions

While the

ATHENS, July 27th.. train in which King Alexander was returning from the Serbian Front was standing in the station at Florina, an enemy aeroplate dropped a bomb close to the engine, but no damage resulted.

AMERICA AND THE WAR. AMERICAN TROOPS IN ITALY.

WASHINGTON, July 28th. General March, in his weekly state. met, has unmanned that trained have begun to arrive in Italy. American combatant troops from France

Summing up the Marne position, he 25th has been the British west of Rheims, said the mest striking advance since July. which is specially dangerous for the enemy forces in the south, AMERICAN STRENGTH IN FRANCE.

Mr. Baker told the Senate Committe that there are now 1,250,000 Americans in France, and it was expected that 300,000 will be transported in July...

THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.

"JAPANESE DETACHMENTS

CO-OPERATİNG.

PARIS, July 27th, Petit Purisic states that Japanese detachments landed ut Vladivostock weeks ago. They are co operating with the Czecho-Slovalos north of Nikoistacos- suriisk,

(THROUGH HAVAB AGENCY.] FRENCH EXPORT BANK.

PARIS, July 25th. | A Havas Agency message says:-In the course of yesterday's debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the renewal of the Charter of the Bank of France, the Minister of Commerce, M. Clementel said he intended to introduce a Bill for the foundation of an Export Bank with a capital of £4,000,000, in which the State would participate by advancing one million, so as to assist export develop- ment, which would be of vital importance to France after the war.

EX-GOVERNOR OF INDO- CHINA KILLED. ·

PARIS, July 28th.

A Havas Agency message states that the death is reported of M. Van Vollenhoven, former Governor of Indo China and Cap- tain of Infantry in Marocco. He was killed in action, and had been wounded twice

SIAMESE AIRMEN FORFRANCE

PARIS, July 26th. !.

A message from the Havas Agency states that the newspapers comment. favourably on the expected coming of Siamese airmen to France, and voice the gratitude of the country to the friendly Kingdom. LATER

SITUATION DISTINCTLY

IMPROVED.

FAIL

LONDON, July 27th....... enemy, reinforced, repeatedly attacked An Italian official report states: The

The Press near Kuci Bridge on the Semeni in: at- tempting to drive us from the river, but was repulsed, with heavy losses. We captured 100 prisoners.

An enemy attempt to cross the Summeni, rear Jagodina, failed.

LONDON, July 28th. Bureau announce: The

Ministry of Munitions to-night announce that communications received to-day from all parts of the country indicate that the the majority of the strikers in all prob situation is distinctly improved, and that Jability will return to work on July 20th.

Werlock

OBITUARY.

LORD WENLOCK.

LONDON, Jaly 27th. The death is announced of Lard

[Deceased who was born in 1856, enteret 1003. He w service in the Nife Ex the Army in 1876 and was promoted Colonel pedition and also in South Africa]