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THE WAR.

NEW ALLLED

ADVANCE ON CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN FRONT:

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.

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nieluumm tak nit 9 BRITISH ENTER CAMBRAI AND THE FRENCH BEACH, THE OUTSKIRTS OF LAON,

SURRENDER OF 65.000 BULGARIANS.

TURKISH CABINET BREAKS UP

MORE COMMENT ON GERMANY'S,

OFFER ne boje

Franco-Helgian Front

LATEST CARLIJN,

(THROUGH REUTEL'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH FRONT.

BRITISH ENTER CAMBRAL

LONDON, October 9th.

Bir Douglas Haig states:- Our Third and Fourth Armies resumed the attack this morning and are pro- greasing rapidly everywhere.

PEACE

SUCCESS OF LATEST BRITISH.

ADVANCE.

LONDON, October 9th, Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday evening, stated:—*

Over 16 enemy Divisions, were given to-day, a terrible hammering by our Third and Fourth Armies with whom are strong American units. It is certain that the tremendous toll, taken will have an effect upon the dwinding German

We entered. Cambrai and took 3,000 in poor, prisoners yesterday.

THE CAPTURE OF FORENVILLE.

LONDON, October 9th.

The operations at Cambrai and St. Quentin constituted, a series of battles, developing no after another, all night long.

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At daybreak yesterday at least 15 miles Bir Douglas Haig states:-

of the British Front were ablaze. Que infantry attacks generally progressed We made further progress yesterday rapidly, although sticky, points were en evening east of Sequobart and "in the countered. The Welsh troops had a very tough task in breaking through the re- direction of Bohain and Maritz Weminder of the Beaurevoir Mastieres reached the western outskirts of Jalin line: but once the Germans were driven out and the Welshmen reached, the open coart and gained the line of the La

enemy, broke Targette Cambrai road, capturing

Forenville

HONISKONGELIG

On the SUIFFE, TOY ENTE all day, The Germans to recover the captured. counter-attacks, on, the,nóg Chainville and the 84. Givar wera repulsed. Further cast Bevezą). times, insuccessfully attem) elect, us from Batanesert.co

FRENCH REACH OUTSKIRTS-

LION

LONDON, October.sth A French communiqué, states North of the Arno, the French. Americans gained fred ccosse, ported by tanks, they dipye back the enemy over three kilometres north of A Pierre Aarne l

On the right bank of the Aisne yo cap tured the platèair north-east of Dutry and reached the southern outskirts of! Laon, taking namerona prisoners BIG BATTLE EAST OF THE MEUSE,

Losmos, October 9ther Reuter's Correspondents French Head quarters telegraphing, yesterday after- noon, stated

There was an extension of the battle cast of the Meuse. The entire front is active from Roulers to Worse The offens ive is, for the moment, heaviest in three main sectors, corresponding to the wings and the centre: namely, Cumbra Quentin sector, the Suppe sector and the sector of the Meuse,

Marshal Foch, in the intermediäja zones, contents himself with steady prese aure for the moment.

General angin, between the Oise and the Aune, is vigilantly following every "movement of the enemy.

died down. Here the Germans have The battle in Eastern Champagne a thrown in their reserves against our troops, who have been fighting without Interruption for weeks.

Marshal Foch counters by extending the battle across the use with the sid of his Task American reserves. The Germans mus again find reinforcements

SPLENDID PROGRESS BY THE

SOGOPA AMERICANS,⠀

BAVY FIGHTING

AT NISE.

* LONDON, October ich, Reuter learns that the Serbians expecs very heavy Aghting at Nigh, to which town three German. Divisions from Rou manis and swa Austrian Divisions from Italy have been hurried up.

THE MOST FATAL POSSIBILITIES,

AMSTERDAM, October 9th. Atelegram team Constantinople states that the Bulgarian Minister who was recalled by telegraph from his summer residence, ab Tanin, strongly urges the Government to prepare for even the most fatal possibilities.''

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CAPTURE OF BEYROUT

FRENCH TROOPS ENTER FIRST.

PALIE, October 8th. „Beyzont has been captured.

LATER

enter

French Naval Division, which the Port of Beyrout sadnot troopa sa, stated previously

CONTINUED

FROGRESS

A PALESTINE,

AMERICAN REPLY YET.

ARRINGTON. October, ach It was officially announced on Hos evening that no answer:had yet, beetr to Germany's peace proposal

GERMAN PRESS COMMENT

Amsterdam, October 8th. Through a mass of German newspaper comment of the Charicellar's speech runs a note of sceptical fear as regards Pre INsident Wilson's reception of the peace

PARIS, October 8th.

proposal.

Coupled with the comments are feverish appeals for national unity in the forth- An official statement from Palestine coming fight to the death, clearly show 1831:-Que mvalry on October 8th occu-ing that acceptance of the propossia is not Pied Zible and Bayak, respectively 33 expected and that the main purpose and 30 miles north-west of Damascus We of the German unveramant la to gird captured considerable rolling stock, am the people for a further struggle and

coming disappointments munition and engineering stores.

The enemy evacuated Beyront and re- met

We occupied Saids without oppo turned towards the north.

The inhabitants-welcomed un

THE EX-KING'S RESIDENCEƑAgrial Activites.

Amsterdam.. October 9th/ Ex-King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has arrived at Coburg, where he will take up his residence permanently.

SERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO}}

MOVE TO USKUB.

LONDON, October 9th. The Crown Prince of Serbia has en- Government is immediately proceeding tared Vikub whither the Serbian

TURKISH CABINET BREAKS-

LONDON, October 8th.. The Daily News Correspondent at Turkish Berne understands that the Cabinet has fallen.

· LONDON October 9th. An American official statement, saga We captured Cornay, and, against stub born agating, continued to advaped in the

The French and Americans east of the IMPORTANT RESIGNATIONS. Argonne Forest

per Mease briliantly attacked in the vicinity of Bois-des-Caures and Bois de Aumons, and Beaumont, and drove the enemy well ccupied Losenvoye, Brabant, Haumont, beyond them. We in cooperation, with Dusche Erench astride the Meuse are pushing back the enemy from the scene of his desperate struggles for Verdun

AMERICANS REACH THE OPEN

In the evening the New Zealanders carried Lanes, taking over 700 prisoners Our Third and Fourth Armies at 8.30 The German tanks were of a fairly fast this morning re-attacked on the whole type but the gunners scan got, on top of of their front, rapidly progressing every-them," araisted by our low-flying airmen where."

The Americans have done brilliantly and have taken 1,600 prisoners in captar- ing Premont???

AW We are now well out in the open, rolling country.

Our

MALINCOURT AND ESNES,

CAPTURED. 4 99%

On the Americans left the English,

In the centre the Anglo-Welsh of the Thirty-Eighth and Twenty-First Divi- zions broke through the German defences known as the Beaurevoir-Masnieres line and captured Malincourt and the trench line to the west of Walincourt, effect

We encountered chabtinats resistance from strong enemy forces, with machine- guns at Villers-Outreaux, which the Welsh captured after hard, lighting.

10-days total af prisoners exceeds 3,000

of which sud, were taken by the French east of the Meuse

This Command has taken over 4,000 pri soners in the last few days

The French captured eighteen heavy trench-mortars,

LONDON, October 9th. Talaat Pasha, Prime Minister, have re-

Enver Pasha, Minister of War, and, signed. Tewis Pasha has been appoint

a Grand Vizier.

LATER

Tewfik Pasha was an Ambassador at London. He pro-industrial

***RABLIER CABLES.

SURBENDER OF 65,000. BULGARIANS.

Lowboy, October 8th. An official statement from Salonika saya --

HOW A BATTALION WAS RESCUED:

LONDON, October 8th. Scottish and Irish troops, including the

Beuter's Correspondent at the American casualties have been relatively troops of the Twenty-Fifth and Sixty-tence s

Headquarters, telegraphing on Tuesday Sixth Divisions, made equal progress Fught

afternoon, States

In addition to the prisoners already. and captured Servain carly in the day EVACUATION OF THE ST. GOBAIN

Notable progress was made yesterday reported in the victorious Macedonian MASSIE:EXPECTED, Ein the direction of (1), where we gained offensive, 65,000 Bulgars west of Uskub

LONDON, October 8th:

ground essential to our further advance, have now surrendered to the Allies in and captured the hill above Chatel-recordance with the clause in the military ently at hand, owing to the new advance still fursing in the centre of the Argonnetion of Bulgarian units which were on

A significant development is appar

Chebery, squeezing out the enemy who is convention providing for the capital on the Cambrai Quentin Front and south of Grandpre

the west of Uakub when the Armistice was We are now only two miles from Baligny,The most interesting event of the day and, eight from Le Cateau

was the extrication of a battalion, isolated

signed. and surrounded by the enemy in the Argonne Fotest for the past five days, In its advance this battalion lost touch with the troops on either side and the enemy, trickling between, severed the connection. Its plight was known and, several it but all were un- uccesful. Aeros auch swooping down in the dense forest,, dropped food, and am- munition in baskets to the place it was appposed to be, but last night our advance rescued the battalion.

Another slight advance will give us the command of the Qise Valley and would compel the enemy to evacuate the St On the left and centre the Thirty Gobain Massif niso Laon, which is on Seventh and New Zealand Divisions also freistan pada ala broke through the Beaurevoir--Mamiere

Bine, and made deep progress on the east / BELGIANS REACH OUTSKIRTS OF "attempts were made by the French and

of the line.

The New Zealanders stormed Les Dain and captured Eanes

THE FRESNES-ROUVROY LINE TAKEN

On the left of the attack, our Second, "Third and Sixth-Third Divisions had hard fighting about Bernxilleza, Nierg nies and along the line of the Eenes Cambrai Ronde lejet

counter-attacked in this sector, using tanks, and pressed back a short distance out the counter. attack was stopped,

The enemy: strongly W

zanka put out of, C

OF ROULERS

LONDON, October 8t5. A Belgian com usque states-The enemy at night violently bombarded our front line in the outskirts of Roulers During the day we bombarded Nieuport, and Clarcken, also the back areas,

Enemy aeroplanes were very active machine-gunning our front lines 4 Moorslede and Passchendaele

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the enemy's NINE AEROPLANES DESTROYED.

We took, Dossession of Servanvillers and Niergnies, and resumed our advance.

PAR18, October 8th Sir Douglas Haig states:We dropped

ourselfesto

r LAON IN FLAMES

Lobos, October 8th

Germany is to be warned that the wa A. Havas message says

tou devastation of France, and the destruction of her historic towns, will be punished, to the last degree of severity Laon is in flames,

The West Front is quieter. The Get- mans are making desperate efforts to the French on the Suippe Northward runs the Hunding line, a series of

North of the Scarpe we completed the 13 tons of borphs on different targets and fortresses most important junction |

capture of the German trench system attacked an aerodrome and rallway near Mezieres, the known the Fresnes Rouvroy line, from Lille, from a low altitude, with bombs and the Scarpe to beyond Oppy, and cap machine gunfire.

Enemy aircraft was only active in the tured Fresnes, Nealez, Mont Auban, and northern sector. New took several thousand prisonerse destroye

and many guns | 2

Progress continues on the whole front.

THE CAPTURE OF BAMILIES,

LONDON, October 8th.

Bir Douglas Haig states: Shortly alter mid-night, the Canadiana attacked to the north of Cambrai,"

Ramillies was captured and the cross- ings to the Canal-de-Lescaut were secur: ed, in the neighbourhood of Ramillies.

We entered Cambrai yesterday, The prisoners exceed over 8,000. Wo took many guna da ADVANCE ON TWENTY-ONE MILE FRONT,

LONDON, October 8th. Reuter learns that today's offensiva was comprised of three attacks by the British, French and Americans on the whole front between Cambrai and St. “Quentin."? Pa

The French captured the hills to the east of Rouvroy and the villages of signy and Fontaine, while the British and Americans' line reached as follows Beauregard, Braucourt, through Pre mont, to Serain, Malincourt, to the west of Walincourt, Esnes and Mergies and

in north-east France, and about 30 miles from Borry-an-Bac, has been captured.

The Germans are defending Lille with heavy guna destroyed nipe aeroplanes and drove. The disorganization n of the German Arury

most pronounced Bame unita Four British machines are missing. got hopelessly mixed while looting war Chant Two British machines, reported missing yesterday: have now been focated.

Night flying is impossible."

of control.

THROUGH GERMAN EYES.

Lornos, October 9th. A German official statement says Cambrai and St. Opentin, in

Fresh heavy fighting occurred between in Champagne.

and on the Mandar

We repulsed the enemy sout

enemy south of Cambrai and north of St. Quentia, Caps

The enemy gained ground in the centre of the battle front.At this point we are fighting west of Bohsin, almmg the roads from Bohain to Cambrai and St. Quentin.

LATEST CABLER.

MONTENEGROʻS = OPPOR-

VTUNITY, S

LONDON, October 8th. The Etening News states that the Montenegrios have risen against the Aus trians a large number of well-armed Montenegrins hold the mountains, making the position of Austrians in Albaria

more precarious

FURTHER AUSTRIAN

RETIREMENT

LONDON, October 9th. An Austrian official statement say We have withdrawn our covering troops from the old. Berbian frontier towards Leskovac.

[FRENCH WIRELESS.].

DEFEATED AUSTRIANS

FALLING BACK

LYORS October 8th. The defeated Austrians have fallen back in our hands. in disorder leaving cannon and material

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(THROUGH REPTKR'S AGENCY.]

The Berliner Fageblute says:

*** The cry heard on all sides in Bar lin on Saturday night, when the crowde rend the speech by the lights of the street lamps, was That means peace das ar rived.

The journal, however, is not hopeful in this connection.R

The Cologne Gazette, foreshadowing the rejection of the Note says:—“After such a humination, we shall again reply with our militarism.'

GERMANS DESTROY SWISS readiness to accept President Wilson's

BALLOON,

GENEVA, October 8th.

A German seroplane attacked and set on fire a Swiss captive balloon on the was burned to desta irontier at midnight. The Swiss cbserver

IMMEDIATE APOLOGIES.

BEANE, October 8th. The German Minister visited the Pre sident and apologised for the burning of the balloon. He promised to hold an immediate enquiry. General

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY.]

GERMANY'S PEACE OFFER.

NO FARLEY IS POSSIBLE.

LONDON, October 8th. The German Armistice and Peace Note reached Washington on Sunday. It is, understood that President Wilson will not reply till Eo has consulted the Euro pean Governments President' Wilson is now in touch with them,

All America is solid that no parley is

The American Press rejects the peace proposal pointing out its "hypocrisy. The only agt in which the Alliey can trust Germany, is unconditional surrender.

THE AUSTRIAN PRESS. The Austrian Press emphasises its

fourteen points, sa possessing the prin ciples of Right), while the Entente are hidebound to a policy of Might

LATEST CABLES.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS,

TWO MORE EXECUTIONE.”

STOCKHOLM, October:stä.

A telegram from retrograd states that the ex-remier M. Trepof, and the ex Minister of War M. Gusenkuff, were executed, by shooting." WHOLESALE ARRESTS CONTINUE.

STOCKHOLM, October 9th." A telegram from Petrograd, states that the Soviet has overwhelmingly rejected the proposal to liberate all innocent pri soners.

Wholesale arrests still continue

GUVLASMENI TO RESIGN:

SPANISH

SAN SEBASTIAN, October 9th. The Spanish Government will rasign "AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING RECORD.

WASHINGTON, October 9th." The Shipping Board nanounces that 14′′ ships, aggregating 369,000 tons, were de livered in September, thap constituting & record

The Allied Press is perfectly unanim ouse It is agreed that no terms but NORWEGIAN LOSSES unconditional surrender must be insisted. bag demonstrated perfect unanimity-to on The German request for an armistice

THROUGH SUBMARINISM.

- CHRISTIANIA, October ath.r free the world of the

TheIt is announced that 1,800 Norwegian criminal in the dock cannot be allowed sailors have hitherto been killed by to dictate the conditions of his trial.

German submarines. SAMERICA'S REPLY AWAITED.

Kaiser?

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Logos, October 8th." win a brides Naval Minion. Sir Eric Geddes has reached Washing

WASHINGTON, October 8th. President Wilson spent the morning in SIE ERIC GEDDES IN AMERICA seclusion" and study, and later had a conference with Mr. Robert Lansing, Mr. Confond, Col House, and Mr. Tumelor, after which, it was announced to that an important statement would prob ably be made this afternoon.

AMERICAN, LABOUR OPINION.” WASHINGTON, Oetober 9th. The American Federation of Labour

has issued a statement arging the ignoring of the enemy overtures until the road to Berlin is cleared."

NO REPLY TO AUSTRIAN PRO POSALS CONTEMPLATED

WASHINGTON, October 9th. It is officially announced that no answer to the Austrian peace proposals ia contemplated at present, 675

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MAN UNANIMOUS NEGATIVE; »

LowDow. October 8th The newspapers revert to the German pence offer and state that the Allies' reply tive

WASHINGTON, October 8th. President Wilson-received Bir Eria Godden, who will participate in imper- tant conferences in regard to the Allied. Navaly Programme,

THE

BURUTU DISASTER

Londgy, October 8th... It is stated that over 150 lives were lost Towing to the sinking of the Bur

cabled on October 5th, 2

The Burutu wa inward bound from West Africa and sank in ten minutes There were many passengers on board.

HEAVY CASUALTY LIST. L

LATER

It is now feared that there were 170, ta 200 fatalities owing to the sinking of the Boruto which, it now appears, collided at midnight when most on board were

stoep

Paly one boat was successfully launched.

FRENCH AIRMAN, MISSING

brai, which extended even to the cathedral GERMAN BANK AT SOFIA may be described as an unanimous nega- FAMOUS

and the other churches. The soldiers were granted formal permission to plunder

A Polish National Army, has been or ganised in France Genera, Haller is in command

EARLIER CABLES THE CAPTURE OF BAZANCOURT.

Losnoy, October 8th.

A French communique states :=

The artillery duel on the north of St Quentin' continued all night long.

Of the Bitippe Iront we reached the Isles on the Suippes

CLOSED.:

LTONB, October 6th. The offices of the German Bank in Sofia have been closed,

The Near East.

LATEST CABLES.

[THROUGE ZEOTEK'B'AGENCY.}^? GOVERNOR OF SMYRNA

ATAKSE, October 8th.

** They anticipate that President Wilson will give the Note a reasoned reply, but

Press in denouncing the proposal indicates state that the animity of the American

the line President Wilson will take PEAUE NOTES FORMALLY HANDED

WishNGTON, October 7th The Austrian and German Peace. Notes were formally handed to President Wilson by the Swedish and Swiss Minister

Coulakirts of Conde and penetrated to the The Governor of Smyrna, whom the THE TRAIL OF THE GERMAN

FRENCH FRONT

IMPORTANT ADVANCE. NORTH OF

ST QUENTIN.

Logos, October 9th. A French commonique states and North-east of St. Quentin, the French.

in conjunction with the British, attacked

We captured Baxancourt in spite of very violent enemy counter attacks, which were all in vain.

Hauvine.

TRENOR WIRRZTÉS],

Gordans recently denounced Fro Enterjer, haelsen't delegates to Athens to enter into contract with the Allies IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS

EXPECTED

LONDON October 8th Beuter is informed that the significant action of the Governor of Smyrna, who controls the richest Turkish Provinces taken, in conjunction with recent events in Palestine and Macedonia, seems to

FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS « EVERYWHERE..

LYSE, October 8th. this morning on a front of ten kilometres in spite of the Serpent enemy resi

The French made - progress

where, on to the old line south of Cambrai. In spite of stubborn reaistados we gene

The advance was on a front of twenty-trated strong positions and rande import French forces took St. Maames and foreshadow important developmenta one miles with an overige depth of two progress. and a maximum depth of three. Bellecour farm, reached the south-western We captured Fontaine, Uterte, and

The

Wenker resistance than neual was en outskirts of Estigny-le-Petit and conquer countered in the centre but the enemyed the woods ear of Tilloy Hill 134 and brought up two fresh Divisions on the the village of haurroy Hitherto over south of Cambrai and counter-attacked 1,500 prisoners were taken, including 500 heavily --but was repulsed.

captured at Bellecour farm.

not

SATISFACTORY. ANGLO AMERICAN ADVANCE

Op Sunday, morning, the British American forces attacked between St. Quentin and Cambral.

The advance made was sati

The Governor is known to he's patrio tic Turk, but is not to the same degree under German influence as the statesmen in Constantinople.

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Luson, October 8th. The famous French airman, Garros. reported missing.

AMERICAN SHIPPING.

DISASTERİ

KAWASHIKUINI October 8th ank off the English coast on September The United States steamer Toopa was get while on convoy duty. All on board. -10 ofour and 107 then were drowned.

ADMIRAL YON CAPELLE'S SUCCESSOR.

LONDON, October 8th, Descriptions of correspondentsin France of the looting and burning of

ZÁMSTZRuam, October 8th towns and villages and the destruction of churches by the retreating Germans are A Berlin official message states, that

prade

a special feature of in newspaper Vice Admiral Vonmann Edler van editorials, as unlikely to make President Tiechler has been appointed Secretary

200 Dodify the terms of surrender, the Navy in succession to Admiral work fullest reparation and an indemnity both Admiral Tischler ne bead of the bank, Kad, are made the text for demands of Capelle Captain Loeblein succeeds Vice- for Belgium and France.

Departament

desbe

GERMANT'S MERCHANT FLEET."" The Morning Post suggests that the in- demity should include the handing over to the Allies of the merchant ships which Germany is building b

The 11BEFALion of Beyrout is a trebten.

STOPPAGE OF RAW MATERIALS. dous political blow to Turkey and should. The Daily Bepress counsels the stor

compel the Turks to reach of raw materials to Germany un

secounts have been settled:

·FRENCH WINKLESS

THE ALLIES ARE INVINCIBLE"

newspaper says In prom Desco toʻqUZ GDCUSLES, we, recogia