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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER las, 1918.
FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY GUISE: BIG BATTLE ON TWELVE KILOMETRE FRONT.
MAGNIFICENT
PROGRESS
ITALIAN BATTLE:
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS.
IN
HUNGARY SEETHING WITH DISCONTENT.
TURKEY AND DEMOBILISATION.
Franco-Belgian Front,
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]
FRENCH FRONT.
FIGHTING NORTH OF GUISE"
LONDON, October 30th."
A French communiqué states: — · " North of Guipe we made progress on the north bank of the Oise and captured Peaufort Farm, west of Les Quielles. On the right of the Peron, we re-advanced east of Monceau-le-Neut BATTLE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF GUISE.
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LONDON, October 30th, Reuter's correspondent at French Headquartere telegraphing yesterday afternoon, stated :—
A battle is raging on the outskirts of Guise, the fall of which is expected soon.
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BIG BATTLE ON 19KILOMETRE FRONT.
LONDON," October 30th
A French communiqué states :--- Between the Oise and the Serre there were lively artillery actions, notably in the region of Creey-sur-Berre.
The Fifth Army attacked west of Chateau-Porcien on front of twelve kilometres, "between St. Quentin-le-Petit and Herpy.
The French fought with magnificent dash and the enemy, who had been order- ed to hold at all costs, resisted with great desperation.
On the left in spite of abundance of machine-guns, we debouched from St. Quentin-le-Petit, and carried our lines to the approaches of Hill 137, west of Banognes.
We made progress in the centre," over- coming all resistance.
We drove back the enemy over the Re- couvrance Road, and, on the right, carried Hill 130 and advanced towards the east, 850 prisoners have so far been
counted.
WHY THE RETREAT STOPPED BEFORE GUISE.
PARIS, October 29th.
A Havas message says:-- The German retreat which began on' Bunday morning before the First and Tenth "French Armies on a front of 16 miles suddenly came to a stop, and the enemy counter-attacked with great vigor, especially in the neighbourhood of Guise.
Possibly the intention of the enemy was to clear away as much war material
Italian Front
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ITALIAN BATTLE, GOING
SPLENDIDLY.
PRESSED,
SPLENDID SERBIAN
PROGRESS.
LONDON, October 30th. A French Eastern communiqué stated : The Serbians have reached the front of the St. Agarijomym River, 20 kilometres
HUNGARIAN REVOLUTIONARIES
IN FIUME.
LYONS, October 29th. The latest news from Croatia and Slavonia shows that the revolutionary movement for independence is develop
successfully in all the Jago Sins
provinces.
The revolutionaries are in complete
THE ENEMY RETREATING HARD north of Kragnjevatz, taking several
hundred prisoners.
Towards Ufice and the frontier of possession of Fiume, and the National Herzegovina. the Serbians reached and Council of Jugo-Slavs, which has been passed west of Cacak.
sitting at Agrant, has been recognised by negro advanced beyond Ipek and Día
The Jago-Stars operating in Montealf the towns inhabited by Jugo-Slavs in Austria-Hungary, as the Provisional Government."
LONDON, October 30th. An Italian communiqué states: -- Our Eighth and Twelfth Armies attack- ed the enemy frontally. The Tenth Army
threatened his flank.
kova.
The enemy abandoned his positions on the heights of the left bank of the Piave, Aericl · Activities. and is retreating, hard pressed
We liberated numerous villages. Our parties closely fellowed up the chemy, OUTSKIRTS OF GUISE REACHED. who blow up bridges on the Monticano.
We entered Conegliano.
LYONS, October 29th.
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The German retreat continues on the whole front between the Oise and the
Serre.
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The French are maintaining close con tact with the enemy and are taking many prisoners
Last night our troops, who are ap- prooching Guise, captured the outskirts, the railway station. the first line of trenches and a fortified work south of the Chateau, and continued to make progress east of Monceau-le-Neuf.
The situation of the enemy north of the Aisne is becoming more difficult daily.--French freien
FRENCH OCCUPY GUISE.
LYONS," October 30th. Violent German "counter-attacks failed everywhere,
Northward, on the right of the Pinyey we co-operated with the troops on the loft bank and passed, after a lively and bril- liant struggle, beyond the Calcing
torrent.
Bitter ighting continues in the region of the Grappa
We took thousands of prisoners and captured over 150 guns, of which "many are already in action against the enemy. ELEVEN THOUSAND FRISONERS.
LONDON, October 30th.
A British-Italian official statement
says:-
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The Tenth Army, since the commence ment of the operations, has taken 11,000 prisoners of which the Fourteenth British Corps took 6,176. The number of guns and material taken has not yet been endimerated.
At Montello, the group of Armies made a magnificent advance, taking “many
The French troops occupied part of prisoners. Guise.
The Fifth Army, on Tuesday, again took the offensive on a front of 30 kilo, metres between 'St. Quentin-le-Petit and Herpy, west of Chateau Porcien,
ITALIAN KING CROSSES THE PIAVE
LONDON, October 30th. Reuter's correspondent on the Italian front states that King Victor Emmanuel
and pushed forward to the outskirts of crossed the Piave, and was given an,ova- Hill 137, driving back the enemy beyondtion by "Austrian prisoners. the Recouvrance-St. Fergeux road, and advancing to a depth of three kilometres, -French Wireless,"
AMERICANS OCCUPY AIN CRÉ--
VILLE.
LONDON, October 31st
An American official statement says: North of Verdun, we occupied Aincere- ville and established our lines north of the village.
ARTILLERY FIRING WEST OF THE MEUSE.
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LONDON, October 30th.
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An American communiqué states:-- There was heavy artillery firing west. of the Meuse, especially north of St. Juvis. Aerial activity is increasing. Eighteen enemy machines were brought down. Five of ours are missing.
BRITISH FRONT.
SUCCESSFUL RAID NEAE ENCLE FONTAINE
Lospon, October 30th.
Sir Douglas Haig states:---
We made a successful raid north-east of Engle-Fontaine, taking 70 prisoners.
We repulsed an attempted attack north of Famara.
It is more likely that the stop was due
PATROL ENCOUNTERS.
LONDON, October 30th. Bir Douglas Haig states:- We made progress and secured
Es possible from the back areas
to confusion among the German Generalers in patrol encounters.
The line of the Berre has been turned,
prison-
Staff, now that Germany is alone facing CAPTURES IN FLANDERS IN A the victorious Entente Armies,
FORTNIGHT.
LONDON, October 30th: A British Belgian communiqué says: Between October 14th and 27th we took. 18,483 prisoners in Flanders, of which
with the main bastion at Crecy-sur-Berre.
The Hunding
Stellung has been
broken and the Aiene outflanked..
The inevitable necessity is that the
enemy must be withdrawn from these the Belgians took 7,002, the British
positions.
Second Army took 5,354, and the French
Since September 28th over prisoners were taken.
There was a big French attack by 1206177. bombinb machines and 80 battle planes, on convoyé, dumps, and hatments south of Seraincourt. 33 tons of ammunition
were pred.
30,000
We took 500 guns and 1,200 machine guns between October 14th and 27th,
EARLIER CABLES. ATTACK ON A FRONT OF 5 MILES,
LONDON, October 29th,
Router learns that the Anglo-Italian Armies are attacking on front of 25
Divisions comprising 600,000 troops. miles and are opposed by 40 Austrian
The Allies crossed the Piave on the whole front from the Treviso-Orderzo railway to Valdobbiadene, and made an average advance of over four miles.
The Italian Command considers that the battle is going splendidly.. All the objectives have been" gained.
ITALO-FRANCO-BRITISH CAPTURES.
LYONE, October 29th On the Italian front there has been a burst of activity, while, at the same moment, Austria solicits an immediato Armistice and a separate peace."
The Italiana, in co-operation with the British and French, have captured 9,000 prisoners and 50 guns.--Prench Wireless,
ALLIES CAPTURE 25,000
AUSTRIANS
LYONS, October, 30th. In Italy, the Allies offensivo is developing with full success."
Cavalry, supported by motor machine- guna, are pursuing the Austriana,
The Allies' advance exceed, 20 kilo metres, and they have taken 25,000. pris soners and 200 guns-French Wireless,
AUSTRIAN ADMISSIONS.✨✨
An Austrian official statement says:- On the battle-front, we evacuated
attacked.
The Balkans.
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BOMBING OF GERMAN TOWNS
• Lospox, October 30th. The Press Bureau state:
POST-WAR CURRENCY
PROBLEM.
LATEST GABLES.
LONDON, October 30th.
cial experta, including representatives The report of the Committee of Haan from the Dominions, appointed by the Treasury to consider post-war currency, recommends the establishment, as early. as possible, of a sinking fund from the 150 millions. The report expresses the revenue to increase the gold-reserve to the opinion that the early resumption of internal circulation of gold after the war is undesirable.
A FATEFUL ANNIVERSARY.
:
It is expected that the Council will enter into negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro with a view to'n constitution
STOCKHOLM, October 30th.. of a united Jugo-Slav State-French
A telegram from Petrograd states that "Wireless
the Bolshevik leader, M. Ginovief, in a THE BREAK-UP OF THE AUSTRO-brate the anniversary of the Revolution fiery speech, urged the workmen to cele -November 11th-by exterminating they' remainder of the Bourgeoisie.
HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.
PARIS, October 29th.
A Havas nesange says:-- mission of the Emperor Charles is con- in Petrograd."
The opinion in Paris is that the sub-ment to massacre and has caused a panic The speech is regarded as an incite- erosidered the break-up of the Austro-Hun-
garian Empire, which consists of a nam ber of disaffected races, each preparing to quit partnership.
The Independent Air Forer on October 8th heavily attacked the Morbar drome, scoring eighteen hits. We shot down an enemy aeroplane in fames..
We also bombed the Frescatty aero- drome and attacked the Badischer soda factory, also the railways at Treves, Saarbrucken and the railway junctions at Longuyen, Ecousiez and Thionville, with excellent results.
A total of tea tons was dropped.: No British machines
are missing. We attacked, today, the railway june tion at Longuyon and the serodrome at Jametz with good results. Three British machines have not been located.
General.
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THE CENTRAL POWERS AND
PEACE.
POWER OF THE GERMAN BUNDESRAT.
LONDON, October 30th.
BRITISH WEAVERS' DEMANDS
LONDON, October 30th. Two hundred thousand weavers have toric Triple Alliance is smashed.
The Sovereign is deserted and the his-applied for a 30 per cent. advance on
pay for short-time work. wages, and at least 6 per cent, full-time
cannot be decided until a general peace. The fate of the separate nationalities Count Andrassy, son of the statesman who signed the first Triple Alliance] Treaty, now signs its death. Count Andrassy cannot pretend to speak in the name of the nationalities whose indepen- deace. he has admitted.
There will be peace only when Germany has surrendered her sword.
Pi
A NEW CZECHO-SLOVAK STATE.
COPENHAGEN, October 30th.
A telegram from Vienna' states that a Czechoslovakian State has been pro-
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EARLIER CABLES. RACING AT HOME. RESULT OF THE CAMBRIDGE- SHIRE.
LONDON, October 30th. The result of the Cambridgeshire was as follows:
Zinovia Danbellon... Irish Elegance Twenty-two ran.
R
Won by a head, a
claimed at Prague, which is now comead separating the 'second and third." pletely controlled militarily by the Czecho-Slovak National Council..
"TO BE OR NOT TO BE.”
1. London, October 30th. There have been renewed rumours of the Kaiser's impending abdication.-
Much significance is attached to the fact that the Frankfurter Zeitung, one of the
urges this course,
"The betting was as follows:-
9 to 2 against Zinovia
to
against Dansellon.
25 to 1 against Irish Elegance.
EX-FRENCH PREMIER ON
HIS TRIAL
PARIS, October 20th.
Before the High Court of the Senate
In the House of Commons, replying to most responsible newspapers in Germany the trial of M. Caillaux for high treason,
a question, Lord Robert Cecil stated that there was no evidence that the power of the German Bundesrat was in any way modified.
N
now
GERMANY'S DEBT!
LONDON, October 29th In the House of Commons, during a discussion on the treatment of war pre German Secretaries of State had been soners, Bir George Cave, in the course appointed by the Kaiser and they would
of a very strong indictment, said that presumably be liable to dismissal by the it was proved that the Germans systema so-called German War Cabinet did not cruelly mishandled, beat and even tor- Emperor. Therefore, presumably, the tically underted, "overworked, robbed, correspond, constitutionally, to the Allied tured our prisoners. War Cabinets.
The conditions of some camps were unspeakable, and these conditions con tinued to-day.
based on 7,000 documents, has begun,
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GERMANS AND NATIVES SOUTH AFRICAN REPLY TO DR. BOLF.
with the Hon, H. Burton, the South Reuter's Agency bas bad an interview
perial Conference and War Cabinet. African Minister who with General Smuts, represented the Union at the Im- Speaking of Dr. Solf's speech, he said: Colonies are based upon a good deal of Minister's remarks about the misrepresentation, and even where they have a basis of fact his statements have substantially distorted the true condition of things. The war has been
forced Britain, and if, in consequence of war
upon
No words could too'strongly characterise the dastardly treatment of the men work-operations, she and her Allies have become
TURKEY DEMOBILISING!
AMSTERDAM, October 30th.- The Turkish Press is disposed to credit the current report that Turkey is negoing in the salt-mincs, factories, etc. tisling with the Entente.
The public favours the opening of the Straits, permitting the entrance of the Fleet for the purpose of landing a detach ment to supervise demobilisation.
A. SIGNIFICANT STOPPAGE.
LONDON, October 30th. German railway traffic through Dutch Limburg has been discontinued. IMPORTANT NAVAL CONFERENCE
IN PARIS..
PARIB, October 30th.
Prisoners were still being employed under fire, in spite of two pledges.
Cruelties, ill-treatment and insults Both doctors and nurses were guilty of were even prevalent in the hospitals.
mal-practices.
possessed of territories not hitherto per man methods and aims, it has become taining to them, and if, in view of Cier- one of the gravest problems the war, that is an entirely different
of these territories are to be dealt with alter peace bow
tion from the
situa one which the German Colonial Secretary
pempts to fist on his antagonists. explain how it is that Germany never Dr. Solf can Germany had a debt to pay, and ought succeeds in making friends of any of the to be made to pay it. (Loud cheers.)
peoples, European or native, in whose territory her authority comes to be exar- As regards reprisals, be suggested that and men of colour in the war, I speak cised. As to the employment of natives one means was through the Germans only for Bouth Africa in saying that there and comfort of their officers and wealcruitment of any of these people. Ther great regard for the position, dignity has been nothing in the way of compal-
sion or undue pressure applied in the re have all joined of their own free will, and it
it is gratifying to be able to bear have acquitted themselves, whether as hghting units in the field or as workers, behind the lines.
thior civilians.
The immediate release of all British
An important Allied Naval Conference prisoners should form the central and they to the admirable way in which
purpose of formulating the Armistice is being held here, presumably for the final condition of the Armistice. demands.
He foreshadowed the publication of another terrible White Book, detailing
Bir Eric Geddes and Admiral Sir further atrocities. Rosslyn Wemyss are included in the British representation.
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מג
As to policy and methods of treatment, spirit of the native peoples, of whom there one need only contrast the attitude and are millions in South Africa, with that AUSTRALIA WANTS AN
of the natives who were under German rule
the adjoining protectorates:
The INDEMNITY.
fate of the Herrero tribes and the methods adopted in dealing with the Ovambes have MELBOURNE, October 29th.
produced an atmosphere in those territories The City Council
which passed
definitely hostile to a resolution, of 4
of German
restoration which unanimously, that the people of Aus welcomes the protection of their joylas
ILB tralia would not be satisfied unless period of harsh dealing at the hands of Aag mears of relief frou
their Jong Germany unconditionally surrendered, their former
learn for the first has adopted. B The British Navy should ensure that no colonies have been wrested from her. German Flag will fly on any ocean until Nothing struck our commanders in the has been proclaimed since Germany's the indemnity is paid,
East African Geld
tarisation of
and requesting Great Britain to insist time – As to the mili
LONDON, October 30th. certain sectors which were very strongly eeething in Hungary. At a demonstra et unless such a policy
Swiss reports state that revplation is. tion by 100,000 persons in Budapest in favour of Count Karolyi and peace, and the abolition of the German Alliance, many were killed and injured by the fre from rifles and
machine-guns while at tempting to reach Archduke Joseph's palace
·EABLIER CABLES. SUGH EXUTER'S ÁGNESOY.]
Martial Law has been proclaimed in Budspost
ALLIES' SUCCESS IN SERBIA.
LYONE, October 29th. In Berbia the Allies have occupied Promier because, the King cannot accept Count Karolyi has not been appointed Kragujerata
Jagonina French his programme, which includes the com Wireless
plate independence of Hungary.
The Beturned Soldiers' Associa on is training of the German native levies for thorough, methodicure forcibly than the and determined
cipality in Australia, requesting/adop forwarding the resolution to every Muri War purposes previous to the war.
tion
FRENCH PRESIDENT RECEIVES COLONEL HOUSE.
Pazis, October 29th.
A Havas message says: President Poincare gave an audience yesterday, to Colonel House
FROM MINER TO GENERAL-
It has been complained for a long time past that the men of the New Armica were Barred access to the higher ranks. The Army authorities bave recently countered this statement by the appointment nt Brigadier-General Godfrey Jones, D.8.0.
who
, before the war, was a working miner in Wales.
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