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THE WAR.

THE HUNGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28MB, 1915.

FRANCO-AMERICAN OFFENSIVE IN

CHAMPAGNE:

GERMANS PREPARING TO DESERT ST. QUENTİN.

BRITISH TROOPS ENTER BULGARIA

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45.000 TURKS CAPTURED IN PALESTINE.

„Franco-Helgian Front.

LATEST CABLES. (TERODOH AKUTER'S. JOENCY.)

BARLIER CABLES,

BRITISH CAPTURE SELENCY.

LONDON, September 25th.

11.33 p.m.

FRENCH FRONT. FRANQUAMERICAN OFFENSIVE

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PARIS. Beptember 26th. A communiqué states:-A Franco American offensive in Champagne bas begun.

ON A FORTY MILE FRONT. " LONDON September 96th.

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GREAT RESULTS FROM BALKAN ADVANCE.

PARIS. September 2urb. ·

A Havas message says:—Great results) will accrue from the break through in the Balkans.

We reached Krivolak and the outskirts of Ishtip. In this region we captured a Colonel commanding a Bulgarian regi ment, and considerable prisoners, four bowitzers, three mountain-guns, and 100 borsed wagons with their teams.

Gradsko station, which was defended The French have captured" Prilep, the by Germans, has fallen into our hands, Bulgarian base in Macedonia, and have with enormous supplies, including moun- taken immense booty. tain guns, mostly heavy.

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The First Bulgarian Army has been

| BULGARIANS RETREATING NORTH pressed towards Albania.

OF PRILEP.

North of Prilep we are pursuing the enemy near lavor, where he was pletely routed and is in retreat.

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The British, on the right, advanced 10 miles on the road to Strumitza.

The Serbians continue their marvellous progress, They have crossed the Vardar,

We here captured a great number of and taken 12,000 prisoners and 140 guns. wagons with material;

EARLIER CABLES. ENEMY OBLIGED TO CONTINUE

An enemy battery which attempted to come into action was attacked by our Field Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig remachine guns. The men were killed and porta:-There was sharp local" fighting the guns taken. this morning in the neighbourhood of Selency, which we captured, with several Prisoners.

Qur rifle and machine-gun fire broke up, with loss, three counter-attacks north- west of Fayet.

RETREAT.

LONDON, September 26th.

1.20 a.m.

EARLIER CABLES.

FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND

PRISONERS.

LONDON, September 28th.

4.30 p.m. Reuter's Agency learns that the total number of prisoners taken in Falestine is now 45,000,

BRITISH WELCOMED AT HAIFA.

LONDON, September 28th.

10.50 p.m..

Reuter's Correspondent at Palestine Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday, stated:-A few hundra Turks at Haifa resisted our advance until they were overcome, the enemy guns bolding out till the ammunition was spent.

A GERMAN ADMISSION. LOSS OF FIVE SUBMARINES MONTHLY.

AMSTERDAM. September 28th. According to the Khenische Festfce- kache Zeitung, Captain von Mantes, in a speech at the Navy League meeting admit ted the low of five submarines monthly..

In the main committee of the Reichstag Count Hertling admitted the validity of the complaints regarding the unlawful- restrictions of the right of association and meeting and also regarding the abuses of the censorship. He promised the removal of such restrictions and abuses before the meeting of the Reichstag

in November

The population of Haifa, including the THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN German colonists, enthusiastically wel comed the British.

AMSTERDAM, September 25th. The Kaiser in the course of a visit to Characteristic of the strained Germans the Riel district exhorted the Naval men A complete machine gun section which

Turkish relationea was an incident of A French Eastern communiqué states: was also captured, complained that they Despite fresh reinforcements of Gertempting to flee with the other Germans,

to maintain the fallest effectiveness in a captured German Major who, in a submarinism. were abandoned intentionally by the German troops the enemy was obliged to was forced by the Turks to participate

mans, who are continually compelling the Bulgerians to return to the fighting line. At Troynli the enemy set the depots on W beat off the enemy's attempted sur-Bre, The flames spreads to the hospital;

It is confirmed that the Bulgarians con..

continue the retreat towards the north.”.

Strong rearguards are still desperately resisting north-west of Monastir,

The Allies advanced beyond Prilep, and are progressing towards the Krushevo- Kichevo Teles roads.

in the defence of Haifa.

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The administration of the town was taken over without the slightest hitch.

MAGNIFICENT BOOTY IN GUNS.

LONDON, September 25th... Reuter's Agency learns that the 263 guns The Serbians, in the centre, carried the which were captured in Palestine are We repulsed raiders at night-time south-tinue to commit atrocities on our captured Popadija massif, east of Babuna, and believed to be the whole of the guns in gained ground west of the lower Cerna.the possession of the two Turkish Armies They also enlarged the bridgehead north, The Cavalry are quite close to Amman. of the Vardar and captured the heights on the Hedjuz Railway. between the Vardar and the Krivala-

entranching.. kavitsa valley, where the enemy is hastily

Reuter learns that the Franco-Ameriprise attack east of Epehy. There were where over 100 Bulgarian wounded can offensive was on a forty mile frons many German dead in front of our perished. between the Rivers Sweppe and Meuse. positions. The attacking forces progressed to depth of some miles. The enemy volun-east of Inchy. tarily abandoned his forward positions; consequently there was little artillery and infantry resistance.

ENEMY RENEWS ATTACKS.

PARIS, September 20th.

of: Allemant and

A communique states:-Between the Ailetto and the Aisne the enemy renewed his attacks inst evening in the regions Moulin-de-Laffaux He succeeded in penetrating our lines at the latter point, but our energetic coun- ter-attack re-established the situation.

Farther south we extended our gains east of Sancy and took prisoners.

At five o'clock this morning, we attack- ed in Champagne, in co-operation with the American Army," which-wperating farther enst.

EARLIER CABLES.

VIOLENT ENEMY REACTIONS.

PARIS; September 26th.

A strong enemy party entered a post in the neighbourhood of Manvres, but was ejected by our counter-attack.

BRITISH CAPTURE STRONGLY DEFENDED LOCALITIES..

LONDON, September 28th.

12.25 p.m.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports: --We successfully continued the local operations in the afternoon and night north-west of St. Quentin.

British troops made progress and cap tured certain strongly-defended localities in the neighbourhoods of Selency and Gricourt and a number of

prisoners.

Besides counter-attacks launched by the enemy north-west of Fayet, he also twice, but unsuccessfully, attacked us north of Liricourt.

British troops in a sucessful minor operation north-west of La Bassee ad- vanced the line, capturing over prisoners

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We repulsed a copater-attack in this locality at night-time, capturing several prisoners.

A communiqué states:-West of St. Quentin the enemy, yesterday afternoon, attempted to eject us from Epice de Dallon, but all his assaults were repulsed.

We improved our positions. slightly Between the Ailette and the Aisne the north-west of Armentières and day was marked by violent enemy reactured several prisoners, in patrol encoun cap tions.on Moisy Farm plateau and in the

ters and raids between Armentières and region north of Allemant, where there was

Ypres, desperate fighting all day. Despite, re- peated efforts, the enemy failed to ze cover our gains of the previous days, and lost heavily and left prisoners. LUDENDORFF ADMITS DEFEAT OF]

SECOND ARMY.

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BULGARIAN ARMY IN A MOST DANGEROUS FIX.

Lovoos, September 26th. Reuter learns that the latest reliable news from the Balkans is that the Bul- garian army is in a most dangerous fix, and will probably be decisively defeated if the Allies reach the vital centre of com- munications or Uskub.

300 battalions.

The strength of the Bulgarians is under

The occupation by the Allies of Gradsko and Prilep has already resulted in the

Bulgarian Army west of Prilep from the separation of a large proportion of the

remainder of the enemy's foress in the Vardar Valley.

On the right wing, the British, French and Greeks have thrown strong advance guards across the Vardar at Gradetz and Hudoito, and have captured the Karabafi massif, north of Lake Doiran,

Our Booty is increasing. Thirty guns were captured on September 27th, also. railway material:

SERBIANS CAPTURE ISHTHIP. 'LONDON, September 26th-

4.30 p.m. Reuter's Agency learns that the Ser bians have captured Ishthip.

The Arabs captured Jerdun, three miles north of Maan, and the position of the Turkish force, which is now broken in two east of the Jordan and both posi tions cut off from Damascus, is critical. Probably a few of the Turkish. Sghting force will escape.

Aerial Activites.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOMBING IN GERMAN TERRITORY.

LONDON, September with The Air Ministry announce :-Dur squadrons yesterday attacked an aero- drome at Bubl. Good, results were ob tained, and bursts were chserved on and the near the hangars,

All our machines re-

AN IMPORTANT ROAD.

Lasuos, September 28th. Agency states:- Ori

the whole of the turned.

The only line of retreat open to the former is the long and round-about road from Prilep, via Kirchevo and Gostivar to Uskut. To extricate a large force by this Baloaika front

Reuter's

one road would be a very difficult task Monastir - Prilep Gradsko road, con- especially as they are being closely pur-pecting the two Bulgarian armies, is in sued by the Allied cavalry.

the bands of the Allies, whose cavalry are within ten miles of the second line Veles--Ishtip-Prilep,

The remainder of the Bulgarians are also seriously endangered by the Allied Strumnitza, the capture of which would retain possession of this road, also the advance towards Vesles, Ishtip and The enemy is fighting desperately to

sever all the direct lateral lines of com-sector west of Prilep. The Allies, however, nunication. The Allies have partially are as near Uskub as the enemy, the occu- attained this objective by the capture of pation of which would be very important We hold the Fardar from Ghevzeli ta Gradsko

AERIAL OPERATIONS. Two thousand photographs were taken Ishtip. yesterday,

Observer

reported much damage amongst enemy battery positions as a result of our artillery fire.

We

LONDON, September 28th.

8.20 4.m.

We dropped twelve-a-half tons of bombs, Heuter's Correspondent at French two nerodromes and several railway Headquarters telegraphing yesterday, junctions being beavily attacked. stated :-A confidential order by General There was much air-fighting.. von Ludendorff, dated September 11th, destroyed 31 enemy aeroplanes and drove admits the defeat of General von Mar down 22 Ten British machines "witz's Second ́Army, which he attributes missing. Eight enemy balloons

to the troops allowing themselves to be destroyed.

surprised by a mass attack by tanks and to inadequate artillery reserves. He gives elaborata detailed instructions regard. ing the measures to fight the tanks, de claring that it is absolutely inadmissible that tanks, after pecetrating the ad. vanced lines, should be able to push for ward for miles, and he deplores the dis appearance of the principle that troops must hold out to the last man.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, September 26th.

6.15 p.m. A German official report states:-The French made small breaches in our posi- tions between Francilly and the Somme.

LATEST CABLES.

BRITISH FRONT. GERMANS TO EVACUATE ST. QUENTIN

PARIS, September 28th.

Hayaa message says: The British

and French troope made an important

advance, drawing the lines nearer to St.

A GERMAN REPORT.

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LONDON, September 26th...

8.15 p. German official report states:-Tho enemy temporarily obtained a footing on the height between Portraet and Gricourt, bat our counter-attack recaptured it.

The Balkans.

LATEST CADLES: THROUGH BEDTER'S AGENCY).

BRITISH ENTER BULGARIA

LONDON, September 28th.

2,10 p.m.

BRITISH MARCHING ON STRUMNITZA.

LONDON,-September 28th.

A French-eastern communiqué states:----- The operations on September 24th and 25th were particularly successful. The formidable Belashitza Mountains bave! boen captured.

The British Army crossed the Bulgarian frontier at Kosturino and are marching on Strumnitza

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The heights of Gradits and Pranina were reached by the French and Greeks.

The Serbians captured and advanced beyond Ishtip, and now approaching Vesles...

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The enemy has been forced to evacuate the positions north-west of Monastir, the Allies are threatening them towards the north and throwing them back on Albania.

The Serbians continue to take prisoners, and have captared, another 30 guns in addition to the total previously reported. The Near East.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] PALESTINE CAMPAIGN. BRITISH CAVALRY OCCUPY AMMAN.

Lespon, September 26th."

6.25 p.m.

A squadron attacked Kaiserslautern,

Bursts were observed near the station and on munition factories. Large numbers of sircraft attacked our machines on the return journey, and ighting ensued. Two enemy machines were destroyed. Three of oura are missing.

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON

FRANKFURT.

TYPICAL GERMAN METHODS

Pasts. September 20th.

A Havas message says:-The Germans are making an attempt to split the Allies by a great effort to arouse jealousy be tween the United States and Great Britain. leaflets containing a reference to the som German airmen are dropping

British and Overseas shipping. They. plete triumph of the United States over appeal to the British to make peace and suggest that as only the Americans have an interest in continuing the war they have therefore prepared elaborate pro- paganda for influencing Entente public opinion.

GERMAN TRUCULENCE.

AMSTERDAM, September 9th. Admiral von Koester, at a meeting of the German Navy League, denounced the.. idea of a League of Nations. He declared that Germany must have colonics, with strong points appui, after the war, also free trade on the seas, under the protec tion of the German Fleet AMERICA'S

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SHIP-BUILDING

RECORD,

WASHINGTON, September 26th. The Shipping Board announces that

new ships aggregating 198.500 dead- weight tons were completed and delivered or launched during the week which ended on September 20th.

GERMAN DEMAND FOR POPULAR REFORMS

COPENHAGEN, September 20th. Speaking in the Main Committee of the Reichstag Herr Scheidemann, while declaring that the German people would defend themselves to the last in the wár theatre, voired the demand for popular LONDON, September 28th. reforms, and denounced the Brest-Litovala The Air Afinistry announces:-Our aeroplanes on Wednesday attacked, fac treaty as an obsti 'e to porco, tories at Frankfort, attaining good GERMAN COMPENSATION TO sults. Large numbers of enemy aircraft were encountered and very heavy fighting

Four of our na

chines out of control. ensued. We shot down five hostile a

chines have not returned. Russian Front.

LATEST CABLES.

THROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.] FIGHTING IN NORTH RUSSIAN

ALLIES PROGRESS ON THE DVINA.

Losion, September 26th. Heuter learns that General Poole, com manding the Allies, made considerable

SPAIN.

AMSTERDAM, September 28th.

A fuller report of Admiral von Hintze'z apeech shows that compensation to Spain in only for ships sunk outside the barred

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"BOYCOTTING GERMANY

AFTER THE WAR

HAVRE, September 26th. The French Beamens' Union bar an animously decided to boycott Germany

A Palestine communiqué "states:-Our Progress up the Dvina river on both sides after the war, similarly to the British

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cavalry occupied Tiberias, Semakh and Essamra, on the shores of Lake Tiberias, despite a determined resistance.

East of the Jordan our cavalry occa pied Amman, and are pursuing the Turke along the Hedjaz Railway.

Our casualties since September 18th are belor one tenth of the number of prison

SHORES OF LAKE TIBERIAS IN ALLIED HANDS.

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Seamen's resolve.

AMERICAN LABOUR.

PARIS, September 20th. Mr. Samuel Gompers has arrived

of which of be cleared a distance of fifty miles

as far south as Berenitalia,“ The

of the Czechs on the Volga position front remains serious. and mostly led by Germans, are operating Considerable Bolshevik forces, trained

northward of Via in the direction of Kraaninfimsk which is held by the Ciecha The Bolsheviks in this region are con Paris. The event is hailed with satis- stantly reinforcing the Germans. The faction as Mr. Gompers is the President new Bolshevik army is eventually to num of the American Federation of Labour, ber 51 divisions, totalling half a million The majority of these troops, however, are worthless

LONDON, September 26th. Beuter learns that the south and west- Some of the prisoners taken by the in our hands The Turkish-garrisona-PEA

ern shores of Lake Tiberias are generally General. enemy have been released. Númerous more guns and prisoners have been cap tured, also considerable booty,

A British Balonika official reporters states:-British troops entered Bulgaria opposite Kesturino (Kostendil) on Beptember 25th.

SERBIANS ACHIEVE VERY IMPORTANT SUCCESS.

LONDON, September 28th.

2.10 p.m Wednesday evening's Serbian "com.

states: The Serbians,

Quentin and overcoming stubborn resist muniqué

ance.

At present over a total of 10,000 prisch-

and 200 guns have been counted.. ADVANCE BY, BRITISH AND CREEKS. LONDON, September 28th.

official statement from

A British

sisted stiffly, but were overcome.

now driving the enemy up the Hedjaz Our cavalry occupied Amman and are railway into the arms of the Arabs at Deran

A FAR-REACHING EFFECT

PARIE, September 28th.

A Havas message says:-French mili- tary and political authoritien anticipate that the Palestine victory will have a far reaching influence on the course of the

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENOT.) GREAT ALARM IN GERMANY

LONDON, September 26th.. The censorship in Germany is permit of the situation in Palestine and in ting the Presa freely to discuss the gravity Macedoria...

The newspapers express great alarm at the sensational turn of events.

the most powerful organisation in the * world, and is uncompromisingly on the side of the Allies

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. #GOOD METHODS" OF THE REVOLUTION.

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AMSTERDAM, September 28th. A telegram from Moscow states that tho massee" has been rescinded M. Lenin and. decreo, in reference to the "terror of the the majority of the Central Committee have decided to return to the methada of the Revolution.

EARLIER CABLES X-WAR MINISTERS CONDEMNED.

AMSTERDAM, September 280. The Rheinische Westfaelisches corre readers with the assurance that the pondent at Moscow announces that, the but adds somewhat the signißcant qualf and Wierchovski. The sentences will not "Biegfried" line ought to prevent any Revolutionary Tribunal has condemned to such break through on the West Front, death the tx War Ministers aiolivan-ed fication If the trenches are occupied be cetted at present. and the batteries are manned by men con- vinced of the necessity of holding out."

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The Norddeutsche Zeitung points, out The heroes mentioned are General that the seriousness of the position in Salonika says:--Our cavalry and infan Colonel Lawrence who formed the cavalry Turkish rear making common case with Allenby, the French Colonel Piopape, Palestins is enhanced by the Arabs in the try continue their advance into Bulgaria of Bedouins, and Colonel Drases, who cut the British. It pays a tribute to General The British and Greeks are advancing up

the railway at Derna

the famous Frankfurter Leitung consoles ta

Allenbria, The British cavalry seized the famous

admirable strategy.**. Acre city of of Crusade fame, and the fort steep Belachints range. The Greeks of Hnila on

are approaching the crest of the moun The picked German General Liman you The number of prisoners exceeds 35,0000 tains north of Lake Doiran. Our troops Sanders has been completely defeated a in the centre reached Dzumaaobnaž

blow to the reputation of the German Staft

The Germans are preparing to desert September 24th, achieved a very impor- Saint Quentin in a short time.

New attacks occurred on the "Siegfried" tant success on the left bank of the dine, south of Cambrai,

Vardar.,

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