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THE WAR.

THE HUNGKUNG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9718, 1915.

ANGLO-FRENCH ATTACK RESUMED.

APPRECIABLY NEARER ST. QUENTIN.

PURSUIT OF BULGARIANS CONTINUED. FRENCH CAVALRY ENTER PRILEP.

GERMANY'S WAR OF DEFENCE.

Franco-Belgian bront

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BRITISH FRONT.

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK IN. GREAT STRENGTH.

LONDON, September 25th.

3.10 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas. Enig re- ports: We further progressed last even- ing, and at night-time in the neighbour

hood of Selency, and at Gricourt. The enemy counter-attacked

several times, twice in great strength north of Gricourt, and was repulsed on both

occasions.

Two companies of the Second Batta lion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in one instance met the enemy with the bayonet, indicting heavy casualties and capturing

& number.

The enemy in the evening again” attack- ed Gricourt, and at first made progress. We immediately counter-attacked and completely restored the situation nad captured" 40 prisoners.

We captured 1,000 prisoners and a large number of machine guns north-west of St. Quentin on Tuesday..

A successful minor operation on Mon- day night slightly advanced our line south-east of Inchy.

We repulsed raids east of Demicourt and north of Lens,

FIGHTING ON A CONSIDERABLE

SCALE

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LONDON, September 4th. 11.95 p. Reuter's Correspondent British Headquarters, telegraphing this evening, states:-This morning there was fighting on a considerable scale north and south of Saint Quentin.

The French achieved very satisfactory gains in the neighbourhood of Lepine de Dallon, which is skirted by the main

St Quentin rond.

It was

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fortified position before the retreat in

March.

We continued the struggle north-east of Ronlon, and penetrated as far as Pontruet and the high ground east of Freaney, which is very near a sharp elbow in the German defences along the St. Quentin canal.

So far 700 prisoners have been captured,

GERMAN REPORT.

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LONDON, September 24th.

12.45 p.m. A wireless German

official report states:We recaptured trench sectors south of Villers-Gaistain and east of Epehy.

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FRENCH FRONT. GERMAN ATTACK COMPLETELY FAILS.

PARIS, September 9th.

A communiqué states:-There was artil

The enemy, raiding west of Sauchy-lery activity at night-time in the regions Cauthey, captured a British post. A few of St. Quentin and between the Ailette| of our men are missing.

The enemy again attacked, the same posts and were repulsed.

We successfully raided in the Wulverg- her sector, and captured a few prisoners, GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, September 25th.

6.23 p.m."

A wireless German cffcial

report states: The British and French resumed their attack against Saint. Quentin. They obtained a footing at Pontruct, Gricourt, Francilly and Seleney.

We recaptured Gricourt and Pontruet.

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BRITISH ATTACK AND CAPTURE 600 PRISONERS.

LONDON, September 24th.

10.15 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: A successful operation carried out this morning, in co-operation

was

and the Aisne.

A German attack in the region of. Maisy Farm failed completely. „

On the Vesle front there was a fairly lively artillery struggle.

We repulsed enemy raids in Champagne and Lorraine, and carried out n success ful raid'in Lorraine.

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PARIS, September 25th.

A communiqué, states:-West of St. Quentin, in conjunction with the British, we made a fresh`advance' tais morning village. Dallos. despite vigorous resist and captured Francilly, Selency and the

ance..

Farther south we reached the westeru outskirts of Giffecourt, capturing 500 prisoners and numerous machine-guns.

The Germans, violently attacking Gle-

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Loxpox, September 25th.

Mr. Massey,

8.95 2.50.--- the well-known

war

PURSUIT OF BULGARS CONTINUES.

Lowbox, September 24th. 6.43 p.

A British official report from Salonika

ALLIED MILITARY SITUATION WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, September 24th.

0.30 p.m.

Reuter's Agency learns that the British made progress north and north-west of St. Quentin with the object of straighten-

correspondent, telegraphing from Nablus | states 2-The pursuit of the Bulgarians speech at the opening of the Maid Coming the line before the Hindenburg Line.

on September 23rd, stated:-No veteran

on the Monastir-Doiran front continues, has ever seen a sight so remarkabla, az

The British and Greeks reached the line that witnessed to-day on the six miles' Pazarli-Furka-Smetvica, where they stretch of road from Nablus to Wadi are in touch with the French and Greek Farah, which is covered with the débris of forces. the Turkish Army,

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In this area alone 27 guas, 1,000 vehicles, 100 motor-lorries and mass

Our cavalry are heading for Strum nitza.

Three six-inch guns, a mountain battery

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of impedimenta, like field-kitchens and and some field-guns were captured. water-carta, were found. The road is.GeRANAL. black with the carcases of thousands of animals and "dead Tarks and Gerinans.. This was the work of the Welsh, Irish and Indian Infantry, with artillery behind them and airmen in front. When the guns began to shell the retiring transport the airmen swooped down to within 200 feet and bombed the head of the column, flight succeeding flight till the column was reduced to a broken mass, The Irish and Indian troops played a great part. They marched 21 miles in hours over an endless succession of moun.unions. tains and deep rocky valleys, and fighting incessantly.

COMMAND OF ARAB FORCE. Panis, September 24th. The Echo de Paris states that Colonel

which cut the Hedjaz Railway at Deraa Lawrence commanded the Arab Force

LONDON, September 25th.

LONDON, September 25th.

men have struck work, demanding an A section of the South Wales' railway-

increase of ten abillings weekly, instead of the increase of five shillings offered by the War Cabinet and accepted by the

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The strike has spread to London, where the passenger services of several companies are disorganised.

LATEST CABLES. IN DEFENCE OF GERMANY. SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR.

AMSTERDAM, September 24th. The Chancellor, Count Hertling, in a

aware mittee. of the Reichstag, said: --You-are throughout wide circles of the population, that deep discontent prevails due to the terrible war pressure and the consequent sufferings and deprivations, but if discontent arises from the military situation it for exceeds justifiable limits. SITUATION ADMITTEDLY GRAVE, Referring to the failure of the summer offensive, Count Hertling admitted that the situation was grave, but there was no reason for faint-heartedness. He argued that the situation was not so bad: as during the summer of 1916.

Reviewing the Eastern situation, Count Hertling said that the future appeared

GERMAN EXPLANATION OF FAILURE.

AMSTERDAM, September th berg, explaining the military situation In the Reichstag, General von Wri

failure of the German blow cast of on the Western Front,.attributed tha Rheims to the impossibility of securing a surprise. The subsequent Allied successes over their Home Army and to the inter- were largely due to the English bringing vention of the American Divisions. Ho August 8th was a great success." admitter that the British attack on

PALESTINE.

LONDON, September 24th.

9.30 p.m.

East of the Jordan the Turks äre fall- unclear and uncertain, but the formering back towards Amman along the menace bad disappeared. Hence, a condjas Railway. With their communica siderable part of the Eastern Army could tions broken at Derna, and the Arabs be employed in the West,

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ONLY TO DEFEND OURSELVES

WE INVADED BELGIUM.” and the way the Germans have been Austria's hold of large tracts in Italy American attacks on the Western Front daring the last few days showed that the repelling the British, French and

old spirit is still alive, and that the Therefore, there is no reason to lose cun- attempts to break through will fail. dence, which would be unmanly timidity and base ingratitude.

occupying. Maan, the situation of the Turks, especially those along the Hedjaz Railway, is very critical,

THE BALKANS.

northern shores of Lake Doiran. was advanced seven miles and reached the .On the Salonika front the British line

or the Struminitza read, their only linn

communications. Our cavalry are pursuing the Bulgars.

Prilep,

The Serbians have crossed the Vardar on a 15-mile front. This line of com- Allies. Over hall of the Gradsko-Prilep munication is now in the hands of the road is held by the Serbians, who from He boasted that Hindenburg and the auth-enat are pressing towards After a meeting of the War Cabinet equal to the situation, and the enemies" Ludendorff, as previously, would be this morning, Sir Albert Stanley an-premature cries of victory would soon die becoming daily more difficult. They are The position of the Bulgarian Army is nounced that the Government had called away. But the Army on the home front stly retreating along the Kopaplu- on the Naval and Military Authorities to fathers and mothers at home not to leave striking distance of this road, which will

must be united.

He appealed to the Ishtip road, but the Serbians are within assist the railways to carry on, military the lurch now when everything was at

their sons and husbands at the front in shortly be eut, after which it is difficult traffe and the transport of foodstuEs.

stake. He reiterated that it was a war'

to see how the Bulgarians can be ex- GOVERNMENT DETERMINED.

of defence, and it was

tricated. A certain number may reach Jurselves that we invaded Belgium."

only to defend Albania, where there are Austrian detach

ments, but it is very difficult country,. and the Albanians dislike the Bulgars. It is understood that killed German officers are with the Bulgara,

His...

The French Press is enthusiastic over the exploits of Colonel Lawrence. name will surely become legendary in Great Britain.

VLATEE.

LAW OF SELF-DEFENCE. Sir Albert Stanley, President of the Colonel Lawrence is an ex-member of the Board of Trade, reiterates that the

Count Bertling said he emphasised that most energetically, owing to the base British Museum staff and an extraordinary Government will not re-open negotiations first War Chancellor in admitting the misuse of the well-known phrase of the linguist. He has been engaged with the with the strikers. He declares the issuersion when Germany invaded Arab operations for three years and has is whether a small section of the com-there also for States another law, namely, Belgium. But as for individuals so is performed almost incredible feats, includ-munity shall coerce the Government into ing a march of 1,800 miles. The Balkans

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) BALKANS FRONT. ITALIANS OCCUPY HEIGHTS.

LONDON, September 25th.

0.23.p.m. An Italian official report from the Macedonia front states:-We occupied the heights to the north of Topolciani.

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LONDON, September 24th.

9.35 p.m The Serbinas' total Bulgarian prisoners exceeds 19,000 and 140 guns

ENEMY PALLING BACK. IN GREATEST DISORDER.

LONDON, September 24th.

31.25 p.m.

The pursuit continues on the whole A French Eastern communiqué 'states:

front from Monastir to Veles,

The enemy columas, closely pursued

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meeting their demands regarding a question which had been settled after long negotiation with the men's unions, and which settlement the Government con- siders fair.

DEFENCE OF THE REALM AOT

INVOKED

General Macreddy, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, in a proclamation issued last evening, notifies pickets and others attempting to induce railway workers not to work that they are liable to arrest and prosecution under the Defence of the Realm Act.

STRIKE COLLAPSING;

LATER.

The railwaymen's strike is collapsing. A mass meeting at Cardiff decided to

return to work.

ANXIETY REGARDINGALSACE-

LORRAINE.

GERMANS EVACUATING

CIVILIANS.

AMSTERDAM, September 25th.

A message from Berlin announces that

self detence."

GERMAN BRIBE FOR BELGIUM's

COMPLETE BULGAR ROUT.

strategy is irrepressible. The fronts Erst

PARIS, September 24th.

erupted,

A Havas message says:-Marshal Foch's in Palestine and then in the Balkans are The Bulgar rout is completa over a front of 90 miles, From Monassir. to Lake Doiran the defensive line is NEUTRALITY.

broken and the enemy is in fall retreat Continuing, Count Hertling alleged enormous booty captured. The Serbs and Roads and railways have been cut and that if she did not act quickly the enemy audacity in a pursuit of 25 miles in a that Germany had grounds for assuming French broke the line with magnificent would anticipate and invade her. over, Germany's conscience was clear, part of the mountain line are outflanked. More. single day. The Bulgars on the eastern because Germany offered the Belgians Railway trains have been captured and money for a promise of their neutrality the enemy is retiring in indescribable dis when Belgium was first overrun, which

order. There are signs of the complets offer was even repeated after the fall demoralisation of the main railway line of Licge.

from Uskub to Mit at Haider Paska Station and Stamboui, Constantinople has been twice bombed,

has been routed. in two night Greek naval aircraft.

in co-operation with The whole Turkish Army in Palestine pushing towards Damascus, while 3,000 British cavalry are prisoners and practically all the enemy The booty is Infantry and artillery will

| GERMANY AWAITING JUDGMENT OF POSTERITY.

was striving for a world hegemony, and Count Hertling denied that Germany said the world-war was prepared years ago by the well-known encircling policy of King Edward. The match was not guns have been taken. put to the powder by the Prussian fenoringus, militarists. but while the Kaiser to the very soon be within reach of Damascus last moment was endeavouring to preserve The political effects are even more import- peace the Russian militarists effected ant than t Tsar, and thereby war became unavoid totally cruded and Nablus, taken by mobilization against the will of the weak and Eigh

itary results. The Seventh kish Armies have been judgment of posterity. It was true that London troops and ladian Infantry took able. Germany could calmly await the Australian and French mounted trooper an unparalleled enemy campaign of lies Nazareth. General Liman von Sunder, had checured the truth, with the result on the previous evening.

the Turkish Generalissimo, left Nazareth that hatred of Germany had arisen among enemy populations which choked troops, the defence zone of the Binden- By the constant pressure of the British moderation and just judgment.burg Line diminishes. every day. Clemenceau's last speech, in fanatical deuil fort and village, three miles north hatred and coarseness of mind, aurpassed of 'La Fere, have been captured by the Ven everything hitherto achieved.

French..

LATEST CABLES. FAITH IN THE SUBMARINES. enthusiasm partly to the huge profits After attributing the American war

with the French, in the St.. Quentin" "ines, in the region of the Yesle front, gunned and bombed by cur aeroplanes.expeditious evacuation of civilians from from armaments and sneering at the

and harassed by our cavalry and machine-arrangements are being made for the

"Bector.

English troops attacked at dawn over a four miles' front from the neighbour hood of Thorigny river southwards.

We made good progress on the whole of this front.

Eight hundred prisoners were captured, A vigorous resistance was encountered at a number of points, especially in the neighbourhood of Selency, where fighting continues.

We slightly improved our positions north-east of Epehy as the result of local fighting

AERIAL OPERATIONS.

gained a footing.in advanced elementa Our counter-attack completely restored our line, and yielded 50 prisoners belong ing to three regiments.

are falling back in the greatest disorder Metz and other places in Alsace-Lorraine towards Veles, Istip and Stremnitza.

likely to come within the range of cromy long-range, guns.

The Allies' left wing from the Monastir front is driving back the enemy upon the Albanian roads.

The French cavalry entered Prilep The town is intact, and immense booty French was seized.

This is the first public admission of the German High Command's anxiety as re- gards Alsace-Lorraine.

TONNAGE SUNK IN AUGUST.

LONDON, September 25th.

F

ITALIAN

GUESTS

VISITORS OF GOVERNMENT.

PARIS, September 24th.

A Havia message says:-London has British recognition of the "conglome-given a welcome to the Italian visitors, rate rabble of Czecho-Slovaka "as

Prince Prispero Colinna, the Mayor of belligerent Power, Count Hertling de-

Rome, and Signor Marconi, who are the clared that the German iron wall on the

guests of the British Government. Western Front would not be broken. The Buckingham Palace.

were received in audience by the King at They submarines were slowly but surely fulfil- thas above all menacing and restricting ling their task of diminishing tonnage, reinforcements in men and material from the United States.

at

FRENCH MENACE TO ST.

threw her whole soul and strength into demonstration was held in Hyde Park, QUENTIN.

which Prince Borghese said: Italy LONDON, September 25th.

the war with Great Britain and the other 9.15 am.... Renter's. Correspondent

"The hour must come when our enemies liberty for all nations and a lasting Allies to achieve a reign of justice and states:By the capture of Dallon and Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday,

will see reason and be ready to make an peace" The French and Serbian troops are

end of war before half the world in ruin~'. Francilly, each two miles distant from progressing northwards

The Admiralty announce:The British,ed and the flower of manhood dead on the

AUSTRIA'S PEACE. NOTE. St. Quentin, the French menace both

beyond the Allied and Neutral merchant tonnage stand together, cool, confident and re- battlefeld. Meanwhile our business is to Quentin and are appreciably nearer the Prilep-Veles road. flacks of the height, defending Bt. Prilep-Gradsko road, and threaten the sunk last month was 397,676, of which Bolute, in protection of the Fatherland."

REFERENCE IN REICHSTAG. British tonnage was approximately 176,000.

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AMSTERDAM, September 25th. and the others 151,000. Steamships ex-

You Hintze, in the Reichstag, referring ing the United Kingdom from and to the

GERMAN CHANCELLOR

to the Austro-Hungarian Peace Note, ceeding 500 gross tons entering and leav

CONTRADICTED.

said the German Government did not. Chanel, totalled 8.138,000, gross tous, defence that Germany invaded Bel- the enemy was suffering from war- overscan, excluding constwise and cross-

LONDON September 25th,

think this was the most suitable moment Simultaneously with Count Hertling's for the renewal of such appeals," when compared with 7,719,000 gross tons in giun July..

defence

paychosis and the intoxication of victory. Faer Zeitung quotes a chapter ined, and Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria

measure, the

The appeal, however, bad been despatch. Erzberger's new book

on forthwith adbered to it.

city.

General Debeney's Army is advancing- over very difficult country on both banks of the Bomma.

The weather improved in the evening. The Near East:-

The enemy activity was alight and inter- mittent.

We destroyed eiht hostile machines and drove down tblee uncontrollable.

Our anti-aircraft guns brought down two enemy machines. Four British machines are missing.

LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] ; OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE, "FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERĖ.

La the Centre the Serbians, who crossed the Vardar by a number of undamaged bridges between Demirkapu and Gradsko, have established a big bridgehead north

of the river...

We occupy Enizbota, Karahodzali, Voyshan, and Ibirli. On the right wing the Allies, operating. on both sides of the Vardar, reached the line Petrovo- LONDON, September 25th.. 7.36 p.m.

Pardovica-Chivarli-Karaoglular. A Palestine official report states:--Enst of the Jordan we are approaching Amman,

Prisoners continue to increase. Con- We dropped one-and-a-half tons of north of which the Arabs have effected siderable undamaged booty was found bombs in the day-time and 178 tons of Other Arabs are pressing the enemy retir guns, including several heavy guns, were important demolitions of the railway. everywhere during Sept. 22nd. Twelve bombs at night-time on aerodromes, railing to the north from Maan. heads and hutments. All our night-fliers Car prisonera are now over 40,000 and planes, motor-cars, and big petrol and

captured, also a number of new the guns 965.

food dumps.

returned.

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Herr

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Hintze said, "It is to our interest and Referring to peace in the Eant vou the interest of the German Empire and Litovsk so long as it is at all possible.". its Allies to adhere to the peace of Brest,

documentary proof of the intention on a League of Nations, in which Herr Erzberger states that not a single valid the part of the French to cross the frontier can be brought forward. It is even established from the German side that the French plans for mobilization

"SUMMER TIME” did not provide for entering Belgium, ̈ ́ IN GREAT BRITAIN

praised throughout the French Press as a Great Britain ends on October 1st and in sank

A Havna message says the late Baron: Motono, Japanese Foreign Minister, in A Havas message saya summer time in

Panis, September 24th. friend of the Entente.

ASUS LONDON, September 25th. Mr. C. H. E. Stabb has presented Stonehenge to the nation," THE LATE BARON MOTONO.

PARTS, September 24th."

France on October 6th.

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of the world situation, mentioned ilus Von Hintze, in the course of a review Allied expeditions into Russia and said it was not likely the Allies would advance further from Murman, owing to various difficulties. He stated that Germany had agreed to hand over to Spain one of the tion for every Spanish ship that Germany. interned German ships for the duration of the war and against proper compensa- (Continued on Page 6.)

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