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Franco-Belgian

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(THROUGH ZHUTER'S "AqKNOT.}

ANOTHER BRITISH

OFFENSIVE.

SOUTH OF SENSEE RIVER.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1916.

TOWARDS THE RHINE!

PARIS, September 97th. A Havas message states:-Marshal Fooh, talking to the War Correspondents, said: We are driving the Germans to The Generalissimo expressed high hopes regarding the future.

COMMANDERS OF FRENOH

A ARMIES.

and

PALLS, September 17th." Liberté states that the French Armies in the Champagne, offensive are com manded by Generals Gournud. Berthelot, adding that the sectors in- volved are not equally strongly defended. Some are relatively weak The Balkans.

General Goursud, "however, is not a | man, to fall into his own traps. Fo learned from prisoners and other sources. that the enemy was falling back on his principal lines of resistance, and he issued changed orders to the artillery. Our artillery preparation began at eleven the Rhine. Bront

o'clock last night, and instead of batter- ing empty trenches till daylight, like the Germans did on July 18th, the French batteries rained an appalling Are on the German main defences and roads, by which German reserves were pouring in. I watched the bombardment for Home hours last night. Northward the aky was lit by the constant dashes of our guns. Fires blared momentarily on LONDON, September 27th. the horizon, and then an ammunition Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig redump would go up. The air throbbed

with the continuous roll of guns. ports:-We attacked, at 5.20 o'clock this

One night cannonade. however, is very morning, on a wide front south of the like another.

The

interesting most feature of this one was the unexpected Sensee River..

feebleness of the enemy's reaction, which enused little loan to the troops moving up to the attack. Shortly before dawn the roar of the guns rose to a hurricane interation for the alt, which was launched at daylight. In the advanced zone where the enemy was not resisting strongly, we quickly penetrated almost on the whole front. In the first hours of the battle song very important but tresses of a fortress which the Germans IMPORTANT BRITISH SUCCESSES, dug had fallen. By ten o'clock Servon. on the edge of Argonne, which the Logpox, September Auth. German had held for four years, had Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reinen taken, and our troops pushed out ports:We captured a few prisoners in from ainda and Massiges, capturing

several points of importaner, raiding patról encounters at different points.

First reports indiente that satisfactory progress is being made,

Wa carried out successful operations daring the night in the neighbourhood of Arleux. north-west of La Bassee and south-west of Fleubair, advancing our line in these localities and capturing prison

era.

sea.

They occupied the formidable mass of Butte-du-Mesnil, 850 feet high, forming During the past few days, the First the south western pillar of the Tahore nosition. around which waves of French and Sixth Divisions of the Nigth Corps, infantry vainly washed in September, under Lieut. General Braithwaite, have 1915, and which until this morning pro- captured, in hard fighting, at small cost.jected into our front like a cliff into the On the left the French are assault the intricate system of trenches and streng is an immensely strong line styled the points in woods and villages, north-west Ligaedes-Buttes from Buttede Sousin to of St.. Quentin, taking prisoner 1,500. Buttede Tahure. The fighting here, is nosny very heavy, bur as I was learing Many strong enemy counter-attacks Headquarters news arrived of the cap. were repulsed with great gallantry and ture of Navarin Farm, on the very flank of Batte-de-Souain Hill, which, therefore. determination,

is in danger of being turned. With it the Line-des-Buttes must fall,

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

On the extreme right in Argonne, ..We destroyed enemy machines

on American. Divisions, liaison watnesday and drove down three uncan-with General Goth attacking in bin

trollable. Three of our are raissing.

We dropped 3a tens of bombs on hostila aerodromes and railway connections.

HEROIC BRITISH CORPORAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

STATE OF SIEGE AT SOFIA.

LONDON, September 27th A telegram from Zurich says a state of siege has been proclaimed at Sofin, and the inhabitants are forbidden to be in the streets after dark.

The Bulgarian newspapers are feverish by appealing to the people and the Army: to remain calm and not to lose confidence at this moment of supreme danger.

Peace demonstrations and popular ex

Well-informed. citement are rampant. circles in Sofia "anticipate a Government

crisis.

The

Near East.

(THROUGH REUTEE'S 'AGENCY.] CONGRATULATIONS TO GENERAL

ALLENBY

LONDON, September 7th. Cabinet

The Press Bureau enys: The War hai beartily congratulated General Allenby and his troops on their brilliant and decisive victory, which is not only unrivalled as a feat of arms, but will have a profound effect on the sitas tion in the Near and Middle East.

General.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,)

HERTLING'S CALL FOR IN- TERNAL UNITY.

PARIS, September 27th.

A Havas message states:+Couns Herb ling's speech in the Grand Committed of the Reichstag, calling for internal unity, has created a bad impression and Pessimistic tone.

Count Hertling's retirement is expected..

NATIONAL POLICY. MANUFACTURERS' DEMANDS. Manufacturers from all parts of the kingdom attended in large numbers at the- Central Hall, Westminster, a meeting convened by the National Union of Maan facturers (Incorporated), for the purposs of urging the Government immediately te make a declaration of national policy s it affected the Empire, our Allies, neatral and belligerent countries.

Mr. George Terrell, M.P., who presided,, said the manufacturers were trustees for thousands of millions of capital invested, and they had felt it necessary to convene that conference in the interests, not onlər of themselves, but of the thousands of people they had in their employment. Repeated requests had been made to the Government for a declaration of their

policy, but they could get no answer.

Sir Edward Carson moved the following Fresolution:--

"

"This meeting, consisting of members

of British aaufacturing firms, desires to represent to his Majesty's Government that on the declaration of pance, many firms now cagagod on war work will be greatly disorganised, and will find it difficult to continue to give employment to their workpeople. They therefore wish and importance of putting an end to the present uncertainty, and of at once mak- ing, a declaration of our national economia policy as it affects our Empire, our Allies, heatral and belligerent countries."

AMERICAN LABOUR MISSION Impress on the Government the urgener

AN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF. JUSTICE.

ceived by President Poincaré.

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Sir Edward said thore was no intention.

A mile beyond... Vauqnois, which resisted to many attacks, and into Malancourt. wood on the edge of the Verdun field. Thus along the whole battle front of 40 miles the enemy is already dis- LONDON, September 20th. lodged from his advanced strongholds, tioned in Sir Douglas Enige com-lived in apparently anthreatened security The name of the hero of Meuvres, men many of them places in which he has muniqué is Corporal David Hunter for years. He resides at Kingsear, a mining, villapo

At a luncheon at the Ministry of near Dumferraline. He and his party regarding the point where the weight tompers was the interpreter of the idea

The enemy seems to have been misled Koreign Affairs, M. Pichon said Mr. would carry on the war to a victorious were 'Territorials.

of the attack would fall. His artillery

of overthrowing the Prussian military resistance was strongest on the extreme

establishing да left in the region of the Morronvilliers ternational systent of justice. No seg mountains, west of the Suippe valley, on

tiating with the enemy was possible until that was accomplished. the limit of the battle-field. with a cautious adrance towards the

THE MILITARY SITUATION

NEW OFFENSIVE IN ARGONNE

PARIS. September 27th," A communtané states-Yesterday morning the French and American Armies, closely co-operating, attacked on both sides of Argonne.

The operations are developing under satisfactory conditions.

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The advance of the French troops west of Argonne ha attained a maximum denth of six kilometres.

Here General Gourand was satisfied

mountains. reserving the energy of the main battle-field. Between Suippe and Argonne the field naturally fall into three great sectors, the wooded bills of Argonne on the right, the bigh hills of Champagne and Pouillease in the centre and the Suinpe valley on the left. Close to Argonne the battle-feld is traversed by the Aisne valler. The artillery repara tion bere was light, owing to the river mists, which were most heavy last night and this morning.

caste and

Sir. Gompers confirmed that American workers were determined to carry on the

war until victory is achieved.

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GERMANY'S FORMER

*COLONIES.

SPEECH BY MR. WALTER LONG.

LONDON, September 27th

dinner to

PARIS, September 27th. A Havas message states:-Mr. Gompers. and the members of the American Labour of showing any hostility to the Govern U.S. Ambassador, have been cordially re-everything they were asking for was upon Mission, accompanied by Mr. Sharp, the ment, nor of hampering it in the carrying on of the war. Everything they said and the assumption that the Government issue. (Cheers the be

without fear of contradiction that the manufac turers of the country had earned the gratitude of the whole community for their conduct and the sacrifices which they had made during the course of this hor- rible war. They had seen business that were built up at enormous cost and after years of labour practically terminated. and turned to public purposes to carry, on the war. They had to tolerate Covera ment interference, which in many enses had amounted to ousting them from the real ownership and the real control of their own businesses.

He asked the Govern- ment to listen to the voice of the manu- facturers just the same as to the voice of Speaking at a recent

Labour, and not to be always imagining Dominions journalists in London the that they could have Labour without. Rt. Hon. Walter Long, Secretary of Capital, and that the only thing they had to encourage was the one and not the State for the Colonies, said we had not entered the war for aggrandisement, but other. The time had come, and it would am here to-night to say that if the be still more demonstrated as the war came Colonies are returned the sacrifices for to its close, that unless they could draw our heroes will have been made in vain." Capital and Labour into one congress. where they could meet for the mutual The Germans would regard their late advantage of both, they would have a state Pacific islands as bases for aeroplanes of chace at the end of the war which it submarines and wireless. "We want would be difficult to describe. after the war to make Germany under-

Drawing a picture of the condition of stand that she must be peaceful and pro-affairs which, would from the country at gressive before abe can have any posses the end of the war Sir Edward said that LONDON, September 27th. sions back. He also deprecated return many firms now engaged in war work The new offensive on the Western ing to a non-progressive Germany her would then find it very difficult to pro Other troops crossed Forger brook and Front is regarded as a fresh demonstra African colonies from which, as well as vide work for their people. At the pre- captured Bois de Fores and the towns tion of Marshal Foch's brilliant strategy in the Pacific, she would be able to sent moment the nation was living in a of Malancourt, Bethicourt, Mont of varying attacks with bewildering threaten the Empire's trade routes. If state of unreal and artificial prosperity Faucon Cuity Nantiloin Septsarges, rapidity, thus giving the Germans no Germany were again placed in a position and in that state of unreal and artificial opportunity of re-forming their shaken to endanger trade and peace there would prosperity people had been led into a new- standard of comfort and expenditure as. Dannevoux. Cercourt and Drillancourt.

forces and simultaneously preventing the always to a black shadow overhanging were something normal that had been FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS despatch of reinforcements to aid the not only the British Empire, but developed But they must remember that The prisoners taken so far are reported Bulgarians and the Turks. It is now whole world, and we would be obliged the expenditure which was causing that

apparent that the American success at to pursue our colonial development with

The battle continues. AMERICANS. CAPPERE SEVERAL

TOWNS.

The general progress hitherto is most LONDON September 27th.

satisfactory, General Gouraud has him- An American communiqué, states-lf bailed the news of the capture of The First Army attacked this morning north-west of Verdun on a twenty mile front and penetrated the enemy lines to

an average depth of seven miles.

Pennsylvania, Kansas and Missouri troops, under Major General Ligget Atormed Farennes. Mont Blainville. Vauquois and Cheppy after a stubborn resistance.

to number over 5,000...

...

Navarin as "excellent"

Nobody in the army doubts that more news of the same kind will reach him before the day is out.

MARSHAL FOCH'S BRILLIANT STRATEGY.

B. Mibiel was not an isolated operation, AERIAL OPERATIONS.

sa described at the time, but was the for Festerday's greater preparation During the 25th instant, five enemy attack. It is believed that Marshal aeroplanes were brought down. Night hambers dropped over twenty-over tons Foch's immediate object is to pinch out of bombe in the region of Laon, partis the German position in the Argonne, with cularly on railway stations at Mont the ulterior object of an advance towards Cornet, Marle and Laon. Numerous area the German railway communication, and explosions upon the targets were imperilling the enemy's main salient in

France... observed.

GERMAN REPORT

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new standard was a non-productive one

days: Those who knew the fact knew it.

At the end of the war the country would be saddled with an enormous debt. Some FOR VALOUR."

people talked of relieving that debt by a lery on capital, but that was very dan AWARDS FOR SUPER-BRAVERY.

gerous talk. Anything, like the confisca tion of capital would be the beginning of LONDON, September 27th... the end of all commercial confidence and

tha that The Gazette. announces

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happened, there would, be dislocated businesses and increased cost. Victoria Cross has been awarded to seven Canadians, one Australian and one of production. The working cases. were New Zealander. Four of the recipients never going back to the old standard of are dead. The awards are all for super-wages. There would also be a shortage of bravery in blotting out machine-guns in raw materials in all the necessary manu-- attack. The finest example is that of factures. Then would come the question. Lieut. JOHN BRILLIANT, late of the of employment, and they would have to Quebec Regiment, who already possessed absorb the millions of men who were fight- The drive of the French and Serbians the Military Cross, He led his company ing our battles at the front, and who for two days with absolute fearlessness would have to be paid a proper standard. through mountainous country, with hundred chances of surprise and ambush, and extraordinary ability and initiative, rate of wages. Not even as regarded without a single check, until they cut the extent of the advance being twelve women were we going back to pre-war miles. Shortly after the attack was The fight for our positions continues.

the communications with the Bulgarian egun his company's left flank was hell was not the selfishness of the manufactur GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE

left, is described as a stirring feat rarely up by an enemy machine-gun. Lient, but the economic policy of the coun BATTLE

equalled in the present war How dis- Brilliant rushed and captured they, which prevented the manufacturers.

their men LONDON, September 27th heartened and demoralized the Bulgari-machine-gun, killing two of the crew. He from dealing as they would wish to with

Referring to the resolutions passed a Beater's Correspondent at French ans are is evident from the fact that was wounded whilst doing this, but re Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday they failed to profit by the advance of fured to leave his command. Later his the Paris. Allied Economic Conference, morning, étates: Three years and day the French and Serbians through a company was held up by heavy machine Sir Edward said that no more startling after launching the memorable Champarrow and deep salient, only 25 miles gun fire. He reconnoitred the ground announcement than these resolutions could pagne offensive of 1915, the French again broad, which almoet invited reaction and personally organised a party of two have been made and they asked the attacked the German front along the The position now is a thrilling race platoons and rushed straight for the Government to-day-two years after the line of the old battle feld, from and on for Uskah, between the Bulgarian Centre machine-gun "nest." Here 150 of the enemy conference to come forward and say both sides of it from the Suippe to the hurrying back in disorder, and the en- and 15 machine-guns were captured, plainly what its intentions were. They Verdun battle field

thasiaelic Serbians rushing forward far Lieut. Brilliant personally killing five were entitled to kriew them, and demand- The attacking French Army is dader from the railways flushed with victory of the enemy and being wounded a second ed to know them. They wanted the Prime The only chance of the Bulgarians wing time. He had this wound dressed im Minister, with all that great go which the Command of General Goursad

General Petain is in supreme com reuniting with the centre is that the mediately, and again refused to lease he showed in carrying on the war, and. latter reach Uskub before their pursuers his command. Subsequently be detected the great robust sense and determination

which he sho

showed from time to time, to mand.

The brief reports so far received war- The British had a hard and thanklees a field-gun firing on his men over open take the matter up personally, and to rant full confidence in the result. The task, with the Greeks on their right, for sights. He immediately organised and make up his mind that the problems of Conraud's tactics of the 18th July and Bulgarian line with tiers of positions in after progressing about fix hundred blema of war. He believed that if they German High Command, copied General they confronted the strongest part of the led a rushing party towards the gun peace were just as pressing as the pro- quietly withdrew troans from the ad formidable mountains dominating the yards he was again seriously wounded could only get the Prime Minister to take vanced zone when it was realized that British and Greek advance Yet they not but continued to advafice some two up the question they would soon know an attack was imminent, leaving only a merely held up the stupeu-cored yards more ben het tot n where they stoortsrce, M. Psicoaded the few posts under non-commissioned officers reaped the reward of overcoming stupen conscious from exhaustion and loss of

blood dons obstacles and invading Bulgaria to keep up 'serblance of resistance."

Bir William M.P., resolution, which was carried"

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