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ALLIED SUCCESSES ROUND ST, QUENTIN ·"
GENERAL ALLENBY'S COUP IN PALESTINE:
25,000 PRISONERS AND 260 GUNS TAKEN.
BULGARIAN ARMIES DIVIDED: SEEBIANS WITHIN THREE MILES OF BULGARIAN
FRONTIER
Franco-Belgian Front.
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The fighting is more of a hand to hand character than hitherto in the present offensive.
BRITISH FRONT.
SUCCESSFUL MINOR OPERATIONS.
LONDON, September 23rd. 2.00 pm.
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas fiaig r ports:-We carried out successful minor Sperations on Sunday,, both day and night, at everal points.
We were opposed by an Alpine Corps and two other divisions, besides a new division moved up from reserve.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25′′. 1vie.
The Near East.
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TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
PRISONERS.
LONDON, September 23rd,
A communiqué from Palestine states:- Having seized the passages of the Jordan at Jinred-Dawich on Sunday morning, the enemy's last avenue of escape on the west of the river was closed.
The Balkans.
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A BAREFACED GERMAN LIB
PARIS, September 22nd. A Havas message states :-There is new evidence of German hypocrisy in the answer to Red Cross appeal to cease using asphyxiating gasses, which claima that the Germans only used gas after the French. This is a barefaced lie.
SUBJECT HÅPSBURG RACES.
PARIS, September end.
UNECHECKED. SERBIANS THREE MILES FROM BULGARIAN FRONTIER.
LONDON, September 23rd. The newspapers in London do not take PARIS. September 23rd,
the German political crisis seriously, as it The latest news is that the Serbian is the eighth such crisis in Germany cavalry is only three miles from the during the war, and it is anticipated that region, Bulgarian frontier in the Strumaitza the farce will be re-enacted af making a
A Havas message snys: The Italian change of Ministry without weakening the Cabinet bas taken an important decision The Eleventh German Division has been control of the militarista.
by declaring that the movement of the broken through together with the main. The latest move in the peace offensive is Jugo-Slavs towards independence corres- Bulgarian forces, which are retiring in indicated in a telegram from Amsterdam pouds with the principles for which the disorder.
stating that great prominence is given-inertate fights. Italy keeps the leader It transpires that General Limän von the German Press to the seherie for a ship of the movement for the liberation By eight o'clock last night 23,000 prison-Sanders barely escaped from Mount League of Nations to be outlined by of the subject Hapsburg races. ers and 260 guns were counted.
Many Tabor, where he was directing the Turks' Deputy Erzberger of the Centre Party PEACE BASED ON INTERNA-
The Seventh and Eighth Turkish Armies have virtually ceased to exist. Their entire transport was captured.
prisoners and much material have not yet resistance in. Palestine." been enumerated.
IMMENSE ALLIED CAPTURES. LONDON, September 23rd.
A communiqué from Palestine states:— Twenty-five thousand prisoners and 360
We captured Queqnement Farm by two guns have been counted.
o'clock.
We afterwards withdrew from Quenne mont Farm.
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Our aét, gains for the day are satis- factory,
English troops captored a strong point
We occupied or destroyed many out- in the neighbourhood of the Ronssoy-posts in the troublesome zone and inflict Neony road, which bad, stubbornly held ed beavy casualties. . out all day, capturing SO prisoners,
GERMAN MAIN LINE CUT.
LONDON, September 23rd, 2.43 p.m.
We are forcing the Germano-Bulgar reinforcements to retreat.
TIONAL TREATIES.
PARIS, September ind.
A Havas message says:-At a meeting of the Inter-Allied Labour Conference, Mr. Arthur Henderson said, in regard to
in his forthcoming book. The draft con- stitation he has prepared and published, provides for the establishment of a league immediately Germany, Great Britain? A Serbian communiqué, issued last France, the United States and Russia evening, stated:-We have liberated 150Dounce their adhesion to it: villages. THE TURKISH DISASTER."
Each will have where thers will be an
n sent at the Hague, Alsace-Lorraine, that there could be nó question of territorial settlement, but International LONDON, September 23rd. The Turkish disaster is bound to have
Bureau for the conduct of business, con
of International Law. No Conference We crossed to the left bank of the trolled by an Administrative Council, and workers would not take part.
should be open to Germans, or British a very profound reaction in Constantino-Vardar and cut the main railway line presided over by the Dutch Foreign Litovsk and Bucharest Treaties were an The Brest- ple and Sofa, and will compromise the between Uskab and Salonika, crossed the Minister." situstion of the Turks in Mesopotamia Cerna, and eat the railway line between
almost insurmountable barrier to a peace and terminate the Turkish adventures in Garagako and Prilep, which is the Ger- should guarantee the territorial posses
The scheme provides that the League based on international principles. Persia and the Caucasus
man Army's a line of communication.sions of each Federal State belonging to EXISTENCE OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE We advanced 50 kilometres between the League, and the undisturbed posses
IMPERILLED., „, ak September 15th and 21st.. The Daily Telegraph which declares that,
sion of the Colonies, while States cutside. the existence of the Ottoman Empire is highest point of very mountainous region, will be recognised as permanently neutral. Certain infantry units reached the whose Governments proclaim neutrality.. imperilled by, one of the master-strokes and advanced 40 kilometres in one day. of the war, points out that General
Our booty and prisoners are constantly Allenby struck unexpectedly carly, as he increasing
THE MILITARY SITUATION.
THREE ALLIED FRONTS REVIEWED.
PARIS, September sand. All States and Colonies in Africa will bevances on three fronts in France, Serbia A Havas message says there are ad- perpetually neutral.
and Palestine,
The Corporal of the Highland Light Subsequently, a counter-attack from Infantry, who, with six men, held the ibe direction of the Gillemont Farm was post at Moeuvres, is a native of File, repulsed, with heavy enemy loss by rifles where he has a wife and two children. and machine-guns.
Twice during the forty-eight hours be sent aaking for relief. The first messenger
but he reached the lines just as the was killed, and the second was wounded, has all the campaigning season still before ALLIES CAPTURE CHANISTE AND arbitration, the reduction of naval and the Serbian troops enthusiastically. Ser- assault which brought relief was about to be launched.
Other English troops made progress at eight-time in the direction of Tombois Farm, after several hours' hard fighting and farther north captured a group of strongly held trenches at strong points on "the Sneur, north-west of Vendbaille,, tak-
ing a number of prisoners.
We captured over 100 prisoners at night- time in a successful foen! attack south of Villers-Guistain.
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English troops east of Gavrelle inade progress on a three-quarter mile front south-east of Gavrelle, capturing 60.
The enemy attacked "Berthancourt at
night-time under cover of a heavy barrage and penetrated our line ut one point. A immediate counter-attack re-established the positions.
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CIVILIANS REMOVED FROM
CAMERAI.
"PARIE, September 23rd. The German removed the civilians from Cambrai amid scenes of disorder and pillage. Even the military mutinied.
"GOOD PROGRESS NEAR OPPY.
LONDON, September 23rd, Reuter's correspondent at British Head. quarters, telegraphing to-day, says:—Last: night we attacked from a point below Villers-Guislain, attaining our object and taking over 100 prisoners.
Fighting was resumed in this region this morning, and we are following up the advantage we gained.
North of the Scarpe we made good pro- gress near Oppy, the junction point of the *** Switch'" line with the ** Wotan ** system. On a front of 1,100 yards we gained an average depth of 600 yards taking 60 prisoners in the first onslaught
A GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, September 23rd, 6.50 p.m.
A German official report states:-We repulsed British attacks south-east of Epeby...
The enemy at night-time obtained a footing is isolated trench sections east of Epeby,
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LONDON, September 23rd.
12.45 am.
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FIGHTING IN A STORM. The fighting yesterday was limited to a front of 8,000 yards, opposite Epchy and L'Empire.
Battalions of dismounted Yeomanry and London troops and East Country men. in heavy storm, attacked the bulge in the Hindenburg outpost. system, which the Alpinists and three other disisions de- fended. The ground was intersected by short trench saps and switches, and the Germans, who were numerically superior, freely used bomba. Tanks .co-operated, but the ground was very difficult and sometimes impossible owing to the mud. The struggle swayed all day. Much uncut wire was encountered, handicapping car
progress.
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The enemy's high-velocity shelling of Quernement Farms amounted to a barrage, hence our withdrawal, but the farm is untenable by the enemy.
The storm practically prevented, the co-operation of aircraft, which alone were able to spot the machine-gun, nests?" with which the rolling country is infested.
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FRENCH FRONT.
CONTINUED SUCCESSES..
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The Morning Post urges that a diploma. tic effort be made to detach. Turkey from the Central Powers.
4.55 a.m.
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LONDON, September 23rd.
General Allenby's victory is hailed as model in conception and execution, and is the most complete.so far attained by the Allies in any theatre.
General Allenby's consummate use of cavalry is especially praised,
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LONDON, September 23rd. 2.10.2.01.
The scheme provides for obligatory
military forces to an agreed standard, the recognition of the freedom of the seas, and that members of the League should ra
ounce raising troops in the Colonies. For a decade after the foundation of
A French Eastern communiqué states:- The French and Serbian Armies on September 21st, on the Dracheveso massif, broke the serious resistance of the Buthe League each of the States surplus raw garians, who were reinforced by German material should be divided with the
troops.
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others..
Pursuing their success, the Allies pass THE SUBMARINE PIRATES ed towards the north of Vozaaci and Kavadar, and reached the Vardar in the direction of Negotin and Demirkapou......
The enemy is destroying material whole sale in the direction of Cradsko and in the region of the Vardar and Doiran, whers they are burning stations, munition de- Pots, and aviation parka.
In Macedonia, the inhabitants received
bians forcibly enrolled in the Bulgarian Army have thrown down their arms and are joining the Serbians.
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The Turkish Army in Palestine is in. confused retreat and the flower of the Turkish Army has been fouted.
General Allenby followed the plan of Napoleon's invasion; in Syria, advancing along the maritime plain and, cutting enemy communications between strong. places in Samaria and the north.
The Turkish Army, reduced to about 200,000 mea, is scattered over the four corners of the Turkish Empire.
Tho victory ought to have a great influence on
PARIS, September 23rd. Mr. Havelock Wilson, in a lecture, stated that 20,000 con-combatant Allied seamen, including 15,000 British, have been murdered by the submarine pirates. the course of the war. French troops The meeting passed a resolution approv- took part in the attack on the extreme ing the British seamens'
wing, gallantly carrying their objectives. decision to
On the Western Front the battle has
The number of prisoners and guns cap. boycott all Germans and German procrystallised at three points on
The immediate effect of the victory will be the liberation of the Holy Land, for it is anticipated that General Allenby will have little difficulty in entirely clearing Northern Palestine. Hatured is increasing The Berbians cap. will be able to relieve the communications tured a complete group of mountain gune by establishing a sea base at Haifa, and a battery of 105 millimetre guns." whence the railway runs to Beisan and Damascus. Thus the whole Turkish rail- way system in Southern Syria is trolled by the British and French Forces. SECRECY SECURES SUCCESS.
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LONDON, September 23rd.
Mr. Massey, a Press correspondent et Palestine Headquarters, states:--General Allenby concealed bis intentions in a moat masterly manner. Launching a tremendous artillery and infantry attack which crushed a very intricate system of defences, he then threw in the cavalry which swept the plain near the coust.
The troops, prior to the battle, always moved at night and were hidden during
Our aviators continue to harrasy the retreating enemy....
In the eastern part of the Cerna" Bend the elemy has begun to retreat.
The Allies captured Chaniste and Oric The French and Greek troops north and north-east of the Drena massif continue
ducts.
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AMSTERDAM, September 23rd.
A Moscow message states that the body of the ex-Tsar has been exhumed in the forest where he was executed.
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eastern and northern cutskirts Moeuvres and east of Epehy. The Ger mans are straining to keep these three strategical points." The enemy's best Divisions are here.
General Mangin's Army continues the fattesing-out, process, fighting tremend- ously hard.
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The population of Metz, is panic-
The remains were ceremoniously constricken, the banks having removed their to make progress, in conjunction with the vered to Ekaterinburg, where they lay cash to Karlsruhe. About 40 shells from
Serbians
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FIRST AND SECOND. BULGARIAN
ARMIES DIVIDED.
PARIS, September 23rd. The arrival of the Allies on the line of
A French communiqué statės:-In, the region south of St. Quentin we continued to advance yesterday evening and night.
the Vardar gives them possession of the We penetrated the woods north of
the day in orange groves, our mastery of railway skirting the river and forming a Lyfontaine, carried the fort and villageing any change in the dispositions "in &
the air preventing enemy observers notie line of communication between the frat. of Venducil, and pushed on from there country where marching troops raise huge and second Bulgarian Armies. to the Oise.
columns of dust, and observation posts
Our reconnaissances took prisoners north of the Aisne and in, Champagne towards Butte Dumesnil.
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We repulsed enemy raids north of the TRISHMEN AND INDIANS MAKE Vesle and in the Vonges,
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They are hastily preparing for retreat both north of Monastir and in the Doitan region..
By the mastery of the mountain zone the Allies are now able to deboucli' on the plain.
The Bulgarians are systematically destroying the evacuated regions Aerial Activites.
command a wide range. The advance of entting of this line at Demirkapon mesas the cavalry was a wonderful spectacle, that the enemy forces, comprising 16 moving rapidly over British, Australian and Indian troopers
a wide expanse, divisions, are divided into two. crossing deep wadis and, sandy wastes with remarkable caso.
SPLENDID PROGRESS,
LONDON, September 23rd.
12.45 a.. Reuter's Correspondent at Palestins Headquarters, telegraphing on September 20th, stated:An exciting incident occur red when a Staff car, with four Turkish officers, rounding a corner met a British A communiqué states:-South of Starmoured car. The Tarka defended them
selves with revolvers, but all were.cap-
"All day ́qur aviators were bombing and confused mass of transport. Some air machine-gunning roads packed with n
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THREE GERMAN COUNTER- ATTACKS SHATTERED.
PARIS, September 23rd,
Quentin, we extended our positions east tured. Reuter's Correspondent at British of Hinacourt and Les-Fontaine, and we Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday, reached the western outskirts of Ven- states:-The enemy, who was reinforced, deuil., stubbornly resisted in the fighting this morning around Epeby.
men returned five times for fresh bomba One flight holds the record for 105 hours
North of the Aisne three German of flying. counter attacks were shattered north of We carried many strong points, the Allemant before they could approach our most important being the web-like trench-lines. work called "The Quadrilateral," north cast of Honion.
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On Beptember 19th Irish and Indian troops attacked west of the Nablus road and are progressing splendidly, accom panied by a unit of the Cape coloured troops, who captured a strong position We gained ground cast of Sancy and called "Square Hill" as well as the first gun taken in this sector, showing took prisoners.
great gallantry and push
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CEASELESS BOMBING OF GERMAN TOWNS.
LONDON, Beptember 23rd. The Air Ministry states:-The total bombe dropped on the night of September 20th was 22 tona.
Our aeroplanes on the night of Beptem her 21st bombed and machine-gunned four aerodromes and attacked and bit the blast furnaces at Hagendigen and Bombach. A total of 16 tone were dropped. All our machines returned.
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SHIPBUILDING IN AMERICA.
PARLIAMENTARY
REFORM
IN GERMANY, 2.
WASHINGTON, September 23rd..
tary reform, which they interpret a another phase of the peace offensive.
WASHINGTON, September 23rd.
The. Shipping Board states --With the Allied and American construction work-
Official circles are sceptical of the Ger.ng full headway the total submarine war losses will soon be overcome. The sub- man newspaper discussion of Parliamen
marines have sunk and ap till the present destroyed 7,157,000 deadweight tons over construction, but. 3,795,000 tons of enemy shipping have been seized. The United States is working 203 shipyards compri ing 1,020 slipways.. The American com struction programme includes 2,633 ships with a tonnage of 1,630,000.
AMERICA'S SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS.
WASHINGTON, September 23rd. Mr. Hoover, in a statement, says that the United States is prepared to ship 5,730,000 more tons of foodstuffs for the American armies and the Allies than last year.
MEMORIAL TO GERMAN SHAME
PARIS, September 22nd. A Havas message, says: -át a French- American dinner at the Cercle Volney, Lord Derby zggested that the great monuments destroyed by the Germans be not restored, but that they be left as the best memorial to the heroic dead and to German shame. Germany, in the name of justice, must be punished. COTTON SPINNERS! STRIKE
SETTLED.
LONDON, September 23rd. The cotton strike is regarded as prae tically settled, and the resumption of work is expected early next week,
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, September 2rd The silver"market is steady,
THE EMPLOYMENT OF COLOURED TROOPE.
M. J. I. Macpherson (Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office) speaking in the House of Commons, daid that the British employed a far greater number of coloured troops in the fighting lines and labour battalions than the French. The number might be further increased.
The youngest French glass called up for service averaged 18 years. Britain held "lads of 18 years in readiness owing to considering the question of their with.... the emergency, but the Army Council was
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