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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

THE

WAR.

'SWITCH"

THE DROCOURT-QUEANT

LINE PIERCED :

EVACUATION OF LENS POSSIBLE.

M. LENIN

REPORTED DEAD.

SPAIN SIEZES A GERMAN SHIP AS

COMPENSATION.

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LATEST CABLES. (THEOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH FRONT.

DROCOURT-QUEANT SWITCH' LINE BROKEN

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Reuters. Service has been informed that Canadians attacked this morning ther "aatride the Arras-Cambrai Fad on a front of five miles and have broken through the

line n Droücourt-Queant "switch" front of two miles.

Dur troops are reported to be in Duory, also on the western edge of Cagnicourt.

Considerable heavy fighting is occurring "on the high ground between Duogy and

Ewing

After beating off enemy counter-attacks af Mont. St. Quentin last evening the Australians, at 3.30 this morning, renewed thege advance in conjunction with the English troops. on their left.

The Australians" soon stormed the German positions to the west and north of Peronne. aid pressed on, while deren fighting continued among the ruined streets and buildings, and they carried the eastern suburbs.

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TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS. The Australians hold Peronne, Flami. court and St. Denis, and have made progress on the spurs to the bust and Hortheast of Mont. St. Quentin.

On the Australians left the London troops attacked to Cumbles and took Bouchavesnes and Ran. court, with the high ground overlooking' A huge number of prisoners has been them, and reached the western outskirts

a St. Pierre.Vnast Wood.

.taken.

the south-east of

The English and Australian troops overcame stiff opposition, captured 2,000-

SUCCESSFUL MIÑOR OPERATIONS. We carried out successful minor ape rations at a number of points south of the Arrns-Cambrai" road.

BRITISH NEARING LE TRANStor The Germans are evidently determined to put up a hard fight for the Finden-prisoners and took a few guns burg switch" line. They have thrown in seven" divisions on a Eve mile front This morning. Apparently this morning's attack was extended towards the south where we captured Noureuil, also Villers- Aufne involving the outflanking, on both - galés, of Le Trapsler, which is regarded

practically in our hands CAPTURE OF NERVE EGLISE.

We are pressing the enemy hard in Le Lesbos, September 2nd.

Transloy, and have completed the capture 1.20 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig states The Welsh of Bullecourt and Hendecourt-les-Cagni. nad East County troops on Sunday even-court, taking hundreds of prisomers in ing captured Saille-Saillisel and Saillisel these operations, after heavy úghting.

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We have driven the enemy.out of the high ground at Morval and captureil Beaniencourt and the ridge east of Bancourt and Fremicourt.

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The Canadians repulsed a

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that the

Americans are now in Flanders, where they made and maistained gains in the neighbourhood pf. Voormezeele.

The weather is wet and cheerless, but the condition of the ground is not bad.

A captured order shows that Generat Ludendorf admits that the iritish batteries knocked out 13 per cent. .of the German artillery in one month alone,

CICKNEY SOLDIER SECOND, TO NONE.

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Router's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing on Sunday evening, anys: Yesterday saw fighting in front of the British Armies from north of Voormezele to south of Peronar," and on both flanks our troops advanced vid toriously. In the centre they bitterly contested the vast meshwork of defences guarding the Drocourt line.

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BATTLE SITUATION.

PARIS, September 1st.

A semi-official report states: The battle continues desperately, especially Between the Scarpe and Bapaume and between Nayon and Soissons.

It is no longer a question of rent- guard actions on the part of the enemy to delay our advance. A great battle is being fought with large quantities of artillery and effectives, which are un-

ceasingly renewed.

GERMAN, REPORT,

LONDON, September 2nd.

d1.0 p.m.

A wireless" German official report, states:-The enemy north of Hendecourt,

We repulsed an attack south-east of Bapaume, which was mainly directed against Villers au Enloss.

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FRENCH“ CAPTURES.

PARIA, September 2nd: 12,40 p.m.

An official report states: Since July 15th the French have captured 75.000 prisoners and 700 güns.

FRENCH WITHIN A MILE OF

- YESLE LONDON, September and.

1.00 171.

French

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General.

LATEST CABLES. (THROCON RIFTER'S AGENCY.} CHINESE MINISTER OF EDUCATION ASSASSINATED.

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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA,

-September 2nd. Tang Hay Lang, the Chinese Minister

Education. was assassinated by w, Chinese barber, who afterwards committed suicide.

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GERMANS IN RHINE-LAND WHINING.

Reuter's Correspondent Headquarters states thui General Deberey crossed the canal near Quiquery, a mile to the east of Nosle, and in advancing' towards Hill 17, a domination barring our advance in this region,

Our advanced posts are within a mile appealed to the Government to reach an

after gaining ground in the direction bf of Couchy-le-Chateau. Laguierurt, was driven back to Hende-GERMAN BATTALIONS REDUCED.

LONDON, September 1st. 10.15 p.. court.

Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters states: "Captured, docu. anex show that the German High Com- and on July 1st, owing to casualties

Feduced the battalion strength to 'h30, incurred in the Marel and May offensives,

but before the end of July Geperni Ludendorf wanted a further reduction to 350 or, niternatively, making the batta lions three instead of four companies,

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FRENCH FRONT. FRESH PROGRESS IN AILETTE REGION.

The battle round Ballecourt, although We pulled up the enemy on one line St. Pierre-Yaast very slight territorial between Sailly and resulting in changes, has been particularly hitter. Wood, and east of Bouchavesnes and Early yesterday morning the attack here Mont St. Quentin.

The enemy Accupied. Peronne, was resumed, and the prmidable Station Redoubt, which previously had been taken and lost, was recaptured, and the London troops advancing on a front of 2,500 yards. Supported by tanks, oner more they brilliantly emphasised the long accepted truth that as

a soldier the Cockney is second to none in the world. SHORTAGE OF GERMAN RESERVES. The Germans charly anticipated the attack, for at dawn they opened a very heavy barrage of considerable depth.

On the right another British Division was fighting its way valiantly through the honeycombed defences of Erbust and Longatte.

Lospex, September 2nd. French emuniqué sags:-In the region of the Canal du Nord there was vinien: artillefy fighting.

We repaised two enemy counter-attacks on the village of Campagne and main- tained our positions.

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All the prisoners speak with evident sincerity of the terrible losses sustained by their units, specially in the recent battles.

MOUNTS DAY."

PARIS, September 1st.

GENEVA, September 2nd.

A meeting of the representatives of eleven Rhine Towns at Saarbrücken bas

agreement with the Allies for the cessation Meanwhile the insurnace of air raids. rates in Rhineland are soaring.

TRADE UNION CONGRESS IN. LONDON.

LONDON, September 2nd. The opening meeting of the Trade

Lord Derby" presided. hy thousands. Erion Congress on Sunday was attended

A resolution ans passed opanimously congratulating the Allied armies and navies on the recent magnificent victories, and opposing any terms of peace until the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs are overthrown and the brutal militarism of the Central Powers completely crushed, The resolution also pledged all support to the Allies until the liberty of the people is fully secured..

Mr. Will Thorne. M.P., sieclared that . he was convinged that, 90 per cent of the people would never consent to pence until the German military machine is smashed.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. FIVE THOUSAND DEATH SENTENCES.

Lusnos, September 2nd." A Moscow telegram, ri Berlin, states that 3,000 Social Revolutionaries bäve been sentenced to death,

A Havas message says:-Yesterday was

· Mounts' Day." The British re-occupied -Mount Kemmet on the Franco-Belgian, In the region of the Ailette we made frontier and captured Mount St. Quentin, The French fresh progress in a wood west of Coucy-le. thus encircling Peronne, Chateau and east of Pont St. Mard, tak-strengthened their new positions north of ing 100 prisoners,

Noyen and at Mount St. Simeon, and CAPTURE OF ROYE LE PETIT. owing to the capture of Crouy, are estab- kong after the assaulting waves had

lished strangly of the top of Hill. 132. gained the pbiectives, the mopping-up!

Losos, September 2nd.

There whs fieret fighting, rspecially in Reater learns that the French First parties would unearth machine-gun `bur-

the region of Noyon and Louey, where rows containing many dismounted troop-Army has captured Raye-le-Petit. ers of the Fifteenth Dragons, which North of Noyon they captured Cam- General -Humbert and General Mangin were hurriedly, thrown in to replace he pague and reached the southern edge of widened their bridgeheads on the Canal da Nord and the Ailette, and also north-

LONDON, September 2nd. infantry. This is an indication of the Gebyry.

A Russian statement issued on Saturday serious shortage of the German reserves,

cast of Soissoris, where the Germans ende.

of the evening says:--M. Lenin's general con- SPLENDID STORY OF AUSTRALIAN

youred to prevent the success Franco-Americans to the plateau. Whole dition is satisfactory. There are no com-

plications. German divisions brought back to the line were decimated and were powerless to

SUCCESS.

The story of the Australian success. around Peronne is 1 splendid one.

General Mangin has retched- the western edge Crecy-Lamont, Terny. Laury and Crony, despite very heavily fighting. Well over zaru prisoners were taken in the past 24 hours.

The enemy now has 126 Divisions on the check the Allies' advanov.

The British, troops have drawn neures attack against the new positions gained Between August 2th and 31st the troops West. He has been compelled to break up Aerial Activities.

Transluy and Noteuil, where they this inorning north of Hendecourt.

took a number of prisoners. .

The English and Scottish troops at night captured Riencourt. Lez-Cagnicourt and some positions on-the south, taking hundreds of prisoners,

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In the sector south of the Scarpe the Canadians and English attacked at five in the morning, and are reported to br making good progress.

In the Lys sector we reached the Lys River. cast of Extaires, and cantured Neuve Eglise...

THE BRITISH LINES.

Leynos, September 1st.

8.30 p.m.

Our progress was continued in the Lens and Lyn arcture.

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We reached. Doulieu, Le Verrier and Stenwerck, and are engaging the enemy

Neute Eglise and Walvergben,

CAPTURES IN AUGUST. During August. we captured 57.318 prisoners, of whom 1.983 are officers, and took a gaas, including 150 heavy 7.710 machine-guns and 1,000

trench-mortars,

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guns,

Other captures included three trains, nine locomotives. numerous complete ammunition and engineer dumps contain.

tight to form drafts which the enemy is "with he lenst endeavouring to make up two Austrian Divisions, probably "more, and a large amount of Austrian artillery,

In the present-lattie, north and south, the enemy employed Di Divisions, of which he engaged 17 twie.

envered seven-and-a-half miles on a front of three miles. The frontal ermesing of the river was abandoned owing to the strength. of the enemy and the marshy ground, The Germans fully expected an attack upon Perence from the river, and all their di-positions, were made in view of a frontal, resistar.er. A cleverly executed turning movement completely surprised the Germans and threw them into such confusion that at one point 300 attackers situation is not good at present: 2 were made prisoner out of 150.

Dje enemy has also made several changes in his High Command. His man-

GERMAN RESERVES' LONG.

MARCH.

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[THROUGH RECTER'"AGINCY.] ITALIANS BOMB PULA ARSENAL.

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M. LENIN'S CONDITION SATIS- FACTORY.

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DEATH OF LENIN.

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COPENHAGEN, September 1st.

A message from Petrograd statin that Lruin has succumbed to his wounds.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, August) 30th.

The silver market is quiet.

**VULGAR IDEALS OF

LABOUR. EVERYONE TRYING TO CLIMĖ ON TOP.

The Rev. P. E. T. Widdrington, the Socialist vicar of St. Peter's, Coventry, who has been presented by the Counters of Warwick to the living of Great Easton,

Dunmow, made an attack on the ideals of the Labour movement in a farewell purse of notes were given to him by this speech recently, when an address and

organised workers of the city. said

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Loxtos, September 1st. 1 An Italian Naval eommániqué states: -A squadron of seaplanes dropped 2 fons of explosives on the arsenal at Pola, causing very serious explosions and fires. It is believed that the depots containing LONDON, September 2nd. naphtha for submarines was damaged,

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British machines bombed camps and Beuter's Correspondent at American magazines at San Giovanni-di-Midua and Headquarters, telegraphing "yesterday Ragusa, greatly damaging a station, the Reuter learns that the British line tong many "hundred thousand rounds of nd give them every opportunity for evening, states: "The enemy's measures to railway and a bridge. day runs along the following, which are gun and small-arms ammunition, and

hold Jurigny plateau prove how seriously he must regard its lows. Three divisions all in our possession:-Zillebeke, Voor- immense quantities of other war mate-

were burried up to reinforce the Germans, one of which started from Metz at dawn on August 21st and marched the whole 40 miles without a break. The distance covered and the manner of conveyance of SEAPLANES BUMB ADRIATIC nothing of the kind. It may represent a this Hivision is most significant.

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mizrele,

LA Vierstrant. Lindenboek.. Creche and Doulieu to the westerbelge

rial.

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

M. La Gorgue; Ahuburb (1) Estaires, We destroyed six bostile machines

Our casualties were amazingly small, working out at one-tenth the number cape tared. The policy of these incomparable Sghters is to let the Boche dig trenches doing 90% then go and take them in order to secure cover for themselves.

SULKY GERMAN OFFICERS. The German officers captared at Mont St. Quentin were most silky and com Bourg-Delville and, La Couture to the resterday and drove down three uncon-plained of the want of the Australian

sportsmanship in creeping around their

north of Festubert.

trollable.

Fires were observed towards the east missing. of this line and in, Armentieres, hence it! is confidently anticipated that there will be further withdrawals.

There is a similar possibility that Lens will be evenated:

South of the Scarpe the line runs from the outskirts of Hamblain, through Enter. pigny, Hendecourt. Ecoust St. Mein.

Seven British machines are

Our aeroplanes, dropped 123 tons of bombs during the day-time. Flying at night was impossible.

IMPORTANT BRITISH CAPTURES.

LONDON, September 2nd.

19:50 p.m.. Field-Marshal Sir Douclan Haig an Vaulx Vrazcourt, Fremicourt, Beauleu-nounces the capture of Sailly-Saillisel. "court, the outskirts of Le Transley, Saillisel. Riencourt-lez-Cagnicourt and

Morval and Combles Station. thence by Neve Eglise. Bouchavenes, Feronne, Mont St. Quentin, and thence following the Bomme towards the south.

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AUSTRALIANS CAPTURE

PERONNE.

The Canadian and English troops are progressing with a fresh attack, this morning south of the Scarpe.

AUSTRALIANS REPULSE TEN- COUNTER-ATTACKS. ·

Banks.

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The troops in the northern sectors are

progressing rapidly, and the situation in Flanders is absolutely kaledioscopic. The rearward movement of the Germans con- tinued on Sunday, closely followed by our harrassing aeroplanes and infantry. . ;

Home letters found upon prisoners speak of the increasing war weariness, drafts composed of former prisoners of war in Russia, and complain bitterly of their transfer to the Western Front, and regret at leaving Russia. “

"AMERICANS CARRY

VOORMEZEELE.

4,00% 8.20.

Yesterday only six officers were captured to sop of other ranks. The officers appcer rare in these divisions, and prisoners'do not express. a high opinion of their value. Juyigny plateau "is now ours for all tactical purposes.

Since August 93th large squadrons of seaplanes uninterruptedly attacked Durazzo and dropped 31 tons of explo sives, causing fires in magazines and mili. tary works, and near the quarters of the

Austrian Command.

COAST.

HA

What is the matter with our move-

ment, and what is going to be its down- fall, is the shut mind, It has given up thinking, and when I am asked to he glad that 301, worthy gentlemen are going

to be put forward for Parliament, show. ing an imanse advance of the Labour movement, I simply cough. It represents

period of the most awful sterility that has ever passed over the democratie novement.

Row, September 2nd.

"What are they going to represent During the week British and Italian when they get to Parliament? What do seaplanes have bombed the arsenal at they think about, and what is their out Pola, dropping 2 tons of explosives. look on life? The tragely of the Labour movement in England is this: it han 'Bab- Important fires were observed.

never had an idealogy of its own. It has marine naphtha depots were damaged. simply borrowed the left-off ideals E San Giovannidi-Midua and Ragozina another class. It has a vulgar ideal

There is only one ident in England Great damage was were twice bombed. -EARLIER CABLEM

to day among our prople, and it is a done to the railway station and line and rottea ideal. It is the ideal of the vulgar FRENCH CAPTURE" CRECY AU

the bridge.. MONT.

rich. We see in the clothes people are Durazzo was attacked daily by large wearing-the guys they are making of squadrons. Two steamers were directly themselves. They want to be on top. The hit, one of them being set on fire. Others reason we do not abolish the ideal of the were damaged, also the quays. All raids vulgar rich is that we are all at heart took place in daylight and only one vulgar rich, machine is missing

A communiqué states: There is artil. lery activity in the region of the Somme and the Canal du Nord. "We gained a footing in the woods west Naval Activities.

We captured Crecy in Mont at day-

LONDON, September 2nd of Conchy-le-Chateau."

LosDox, September 2nd. Reuter's Correspondent at British light Heuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters states that the American Our bombers, flying at a low altitude, LONDON, Beptember 2nd.

Headquarters states:The Australians infantry now operating in conjunction dropped 23 tons of bombs upon enemy Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig repulsed ten counter-attacks at Mont St. with the British troops in Flanders reports: The Australians captured Quentin, around which lie a large pro carried Voormezeale and several strong Peronne,

portion of German dead.

positions between there and Ypres.

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concentrations and convoys. Our avis tors used neveral tens of thousands of cartridges against the Germans.

EARLIER CABLES. EMBODOH KELTYER'S AGENCY.} SPAIN CONFISCATES GERMAN STEAMER

I would not mise a finger to help to put one class on top of another if that class is not going to make life mora- sweet and make men value the real wealth, of life, the glorious things that God showers upon us. The riches we want to bring them are the joys of the simple things of life

The pathon of the industrial situation is that our people want cheap and nasty things. Their pleasures are vulgar. If

PARIS, September 2nd. A message from Madrid states that the you have liberty, equality, and fraterai tv, what are they if you neglect dignity! No reconstruction, no revolution, is any Spanish Government has confiscated a German steamer as compensation for the good that does not make a revolution of lose of the Araimendi

the mind,"