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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY - PRESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH. 1915.
BOLSHEVIKS WA NIT P E A CIE
I NOTE SENT TO ALLIED GOVERNMENTS.
TERMS OF ARMISTICE WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
STUPENDOUS
CONFLICT ON
WESTERN ERONT:
KNOCK-OUT BLOW IMMINENT.
Franco-Gelgian Front
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BRITISH FRONT. THE WORST HAMMERING THEY
EVER RECEIVED."
LONDON, November 5th. Reuter's Correspondent at British Head- quarters, telegraphing to-day, states:- ...The Germans, yesterday, got one of the worst hammerings they have ever received. It has become a habit of speech to say that the enemy is still unbroken and unbeaten, but, if things continue much longer at the present rate, we will sud- denly awake to the realisation that this; statement has ceased to be true.
THE
to prevent the British from turning the Mormal Forest, a great natural screen, which is frontally impregnable "and which covers the approach to Maubeuge. Never throughout the war have the Allied Armies proved their higher quality, for they resisted the temptation to take things easily against an enemy only too anxious to surrender territory, bet are fighting in the most vigorous style to anticipate may be imminent deliver a knock-out blow which experts MAGNIFICENT SUCCESSES ON A 30-MILE FRONT.
LONDON, November 5th.
Sir Douglas Haig states:- The Fourth, Third, and First British Armies attacked between the Sambre Canal at Oisy and the Scheldt, north of
Valenciennes
On the whole of this 30-mile front the British and New Zealanders broke
The correspondent pays great tribute to the artillery: "Whose share in the battle deserves to be recorded in gold. The tire- less devotion with which they followed up the infantry; the extraordinary efficiency deeply into the enemy's positions, taking with which they galloped into action: un-over 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns
limbered, swung round and picked up ranges, often under shell-fire, and upon gassed ground, was gloriously fine.”
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A STUPENDOUS SERIES OF
BATTLES.
LONDON, November ath.. The series of battley now raging on the West Front from Valenciennes to St.
On the right of the attack, the First and Thirty Second Divisions attacked in conjunction with the French toward, the south of them.
These Divisions, with great dash and gallantry, stormed the formidable line
| BIO ALLIED ATTACK IN BELGIUM.
LONDON, November 4th.
A great Allied offensive in which the British, French, Americans and Belgians are all, participating, is now in progress on the West Front
The British First, Third and Fourth Armies are attacking on a front of 25 miles from Valenciennes to Oisy, while) the French, on the British. right, are attacking on a ten-mile front on both sides of Quise.
Pasanges of the Sambre and the Oise were forbed, and the British have reached the line of the River Aunelle, about five miles east of Valenciennes.
HOW LE QUESNOY WAS CAPTURED;
LONDON, November 5th.
Sir Douglas Haig states:- Yesterday afternoon we completely surrounded and captured the walled town of Le Quesnoy, taking over 1,000 prisoners...
Notwithstanding this, we are making Italian Front. excellent progress on the west bank of the leuse as far northwards as opposite Pouilly.
Among the captured documents was an order imued by General von Larische on Ober 19th which declared that the Lys Herriann "Stellung must be held at all'costa,
FRESH, ENEMY RETREAT,
Lospos, November 5th.
A French, communique states: --
enemy to carry out a fresh retreat Our repeated successes compelled
several points on the front,
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DESTROYED. ITALIANS, TAKE 300,000 PRISONERS,
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LONDON, November 4th. An Italian official statement sasa The Austro-Hungarian Army has been destroyed. It suffered very heavy losses, the and left in our hand 200.000 prisoners
at and 3,000 guns,
With unwearying ardour we maintained close contact with the Germans.
North-east of Guise," Wo occupied Bergues-sur-Sanibre, where 200 civilians: were freed.
THREE MILLION ITALIAN SOLDIERS FREED.
Roue, November 4th,
Three million Italian troops have been freed by the Armistice between Italy and Austria and are now ready to throw in their weight against Germany.
Along the whole front of the "First Army, we resumed, this morning., oured by various speakers to great torch This sentiment was repeatedly express attacks, and progressed between the Peron light demonstrators, who paraded the and the Serre,
streets all night long.
We captured the Bois-les-Parguy, and The Thirty-Seventh and Sixty-Second north of the Sissonne we reached a line Divisions in hard fighting south and passing through the Froidmont sugar north of Le Quesnoy, took many prison-refinery, west of Autremencourt, Cuirieux,
Goudelancourt, and Machecourt.
Our advance guards, supported by artillery, are progressing.
ers.
These Divisions. after overcoming strong resistance at the outset about Louvignies and Orainval, pushed" for Between the Sissonne and Chateau Por- ward rapidly on the flanks of the New rien, we penetrated all parts,, of the Zealanders east of Le Quesnoy, advancing" Hunding position where the enemy is with them a depth of 3 or 4 miles, and still holding out, forcing the enemy to capturing the villages of Jolinez, withdraw Lerond. Quesne, Frasen" and Le Petit Marais.
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Our advance is general between east of St. Quentin-le Petit and the outskirts of
Larpy
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ing in the Mormal Forest and east of We made further progress in the oven-
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LONDON, November 5th.
THE CAPTURE OF LANDRECIES.
LONDON, November 4th. Reuter learns that the Allies advanced, in to-day's attack, between one and two miles along the greater part of the front
A French communiqué states:-- The First Army, this morning, attacked in conjunction with the British, on the Sambre Oise Canal between the Oise and Vadencourt
In spite of the dificulties of crossing
The crowd answered "Down with Lorraine, Belgium and England." CROSSING OF THE TAGLIAMENTO Germany and the Kaiser viva Alsace
LONDON, November 4th.
A British-Italian officia! statement inys: -
of the Tagliamento.
The Tenth Army has reached the line-
at several places was the 32nd American Amongst the troops crossing the river Regiment, forming a part of the Thirty-
First Italian Division,
The Forty-Eighth Division occupied Levico, taking prisoner, in the last 18 hours, over 20,000 men. Several hundred guns were captured.
The Balkans.
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LIBERATED.
LONDON, Notegiber: 5th.
A French Eastern communique states The Serbians have occupied the right
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THE END IN SIGHT. BOLSHEVIKS WANT PEACE WITH
THE ALLIES S.
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COPENHAGEN, November 3th.
A telegram from Petrograd states that the Bolshevik Government has banded to Neutral Ministers a Note for the Allies requesting the opening of negotiations fur the conclusion of hostilities between the Allies and the Soviets,
The above report is not confirmed officially.
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"NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
RUMANIA..
Pants, November ath.
A telegram, from Geneva states that there was a deraonstration' at, Jassy in favour of the occupation of Transylvania Pri-Entente polition groups" are confer. ring. It is reported that the Rumanian
that a National Government will be Ministry has resigned. formed.
It is expected
ITALY TO STAND BY ALLIES TO THE END.
stand by the Allies unt Germay is
- ROME. November 8th. It is officially stated that Italy will
defeated.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMISTICE
TERMS.
LONDON, November 5th. The Armistice conditions with Austria. Hungary are as follows: e
MILITARY STAUDES. First Clause-Immediate cessation of hostilities by land and sea and air.
Second-Total demobilisation of Aus-
tro-Hungarian arary and immediate with- drawal of all Austro-Hungarian forces operating on the front from the North Sea to Switzerland.. Within Austro- Hungarian territory, limited #4 ia Clause Three below, there shall only be maintained as an organised military force a maximum of twenty divisions., reduced to pre-wir pence effectives. Half the Divisional Corps and army, artillery and equipment shall be collect ed at points to be indicated by the Allies and the United States of America for delivery to them, beginning with all such
of the Sambre Canal, overcame all re-between Guise and north east of Valen-
miles to the cast of the Canal. sistance, and reached a depth of three, ciennes, and reached the Franco-
Belgian frontier east of Valenciennes.
the Cabal and very stiff enemy resist bank of the Danube, and have captured material as exists in the territories to be Enay promise to prove the most stupen Strickland.' after capturing Catillon, where the enemy is violently counter- gained a footing on the heights on the Fighting is proceeding in Le Quesnoyance, we everywhere forced crossings and
dous conflict of the war.
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The First Division, under General
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forced the passages of the Canal opposite
attacking.
to Catillen and near the lock two miles to. the south.
At the latter point, assisted by the
It is a mistake to suppose that the Allies only engaged the reargaards of the enemy retreating according to plan," On the contrary, the Germans Engineers, the Camerons crossed the are being forced to fight their hardest Canal in six minutes, by attacks which threaten to achieve the enemy'a strategic collapse, and the successes gained by the Allies have been against immense concentrations of strength striving in the most determined way to hold certain vital points.
Marshal Foch, adhering to his right angle front, is steadily reducing the enemy's area of manœuvre by squeezing him against the Ardennes Hills from the "west and south, and robbing him of his mobility in a fashion which is likely to prove disastrous before long.
WHOLE GERMAN POSITION IN
JEOPARDY.
As his strategic position becomes more hopeless his strength is being deeply supped. Already his crit rid Metz is fast closing as a result of the American approach to St. Enay.
The objective of the Americans is the
Montmedy gap and the Longayon
Mezieres Hiremn railway, from which they are now less than seven miles die
tant.
MEZIERES CAPTURED. * The First Division captured Fismy, Hautrere and La Groise, taking 1,500 prisoners,
Towards the left the Thirty-Second Division crossed the Ors Canal and. after severe fighting, captured Rueden- haut.
We captured Landrecies,"
Valievo.
They are advancing towards Chabatz castern bank.
and have reached the Bosnian frontier We reached the outskirts of the vilwest of Khalieve. lages of Boue, La Cantette, Laneuville,
Up to the present 4.000 prisoners have Les Doringt and passed Lex Quilles Aertal Activities. been taken.
We penetrated one mile into the southern part of the Mormal Forest. HEAVY FIGHTING ROUND GHENT.
LONDON, November 4th.
A Belgian communiqué states:-- Our troops completed the task of driving back the enemy beyond the Ghent-Teengeuzen 'Canel
The Germans now hold only a lew machine-gun nesta on the west bank of the Canal.
We have now cleared the line of the canal to the south and north of this village and have captured Mezieres, Land southern outskirts of Ghent. Folie, and Sambreton.
We have reached the western, northern
In the centre, we attacked the western face of the Foret-de-Normal. Our in- fantry and tanks drove the enemy from the western outskirts and captared Soyezes, Freux-au-Bois, Hect, Futoy and Louvignies.
The Twenty-Fifth Division forced the crossings of the Sambre Canal opposite Landrecies, which was captured.
Further north, the Eighteenth and Fif teenth Divisions penetrated the forest and are still advancing.
LE QUESNOY IN ALLIED HANDS. The Thirty-Eighth Division resched Les Grande-Spatures.
The Seventeenth Division captured Loe Quignol in the centre of the forest..
The cutting of this railway would mean the severing, of communications between "the German Northern Armies whose base is at Liege, and the Southern Armier, whose base is at Luxemburg. This line would thus be divided by the Ardennes
There was revere 6ghting at Le Ques wedge, forcing the whole German lineoy where the New Zealanders repulsed strong counter-attack, inflicting heavy 4 Iosses
from the Sambre, towards the north, to retreat to the Antwerp and Namur posi tions.
THE KNOCK-OUT BLOW IMMINENT. If the enemy attempts to divert the eastern forces to the Meuse line, these will be increasingly congested by the British advance south of Valenciennes.
Yesterday the British forces broke one of the enemy's strongest strategic posi tions, and are now approaching import at communications, the vital point of
bich is the Mon
Junction.
The
mans here are fighting their hardest
We passed south and north of this fortified town and are now several miles to the east of it..
We drove out the enemy" from his new. positions along the Annelle River,
The Guards captured Prenx-Ausart. The Twenty Fourth Division captured Wargnies-le-Petit. and! Wargnies-le Grand
Our line follows the western bank of the Scheldt from Zwynairds towards the
north.
WHY THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE FAILED.
AMSTERDAM, November 4th.
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant's
Berlin correspondent attributes the failure of General Ludendorf's great offensive to the tenacity of the British
by any defeat and the sangfroid of soldiers, who refused; to be papie-stricken
Marshal Foch, who spared his reserves to the utmost.
1 is often said and I am able, for special reasons, to confirm it, that the resistance of the British on March with near Arras caused the failure of the German campaign.
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FRENCH FRONT. AMERICANS CROSS THE MEUSE.
LONDON, November 5th An American official statement says - The First Army resumed its attack this morning and, in spite of desperate opposition, forced crossings of the Meuse at Brieulles and Clergy-le-Petit.
realising a maximum advance of three kilometres..
We captured over 3,500 prisoners and took lo guas.
We completed the occupation of the south bank of the Ardennes Canal be. tween Semuy and Le Chester.
SUCCESS ON THE SAMBRE—..
OISE CANAL
LONDON, November 4th. Reiter's Correspondent Headquarters states:-
at French
General Debeney's army attacked this morning on the line of the Sambre-Oise Canal
Our troops crossed the Canal on a
towards the north, and secured the front of eight miles from Grand Verly
eastern bank by mid-dar in spite of desperate, resistance, advancing our line to the north of Guise. which is now menaced.
The prisoners up to the present number 1,000, including men from some of the Beat German Divisions, proving that the enemy is desperately endeavouring to hold his ground.
AMERICANS IN THE MEUSE VALLEY
LONDON, November 5th.
An American communiqué statos :— The First Army continued to advance on the entire front between the Meuac and the Bar.
On the extreme right, we drove the enemy into the valley of the Mouse, fought through the forest of Di Eulet, occupied Laneuville opposite an import- ant cressing on the Meuse, near St
Enay Road and the heights overlooking. Enay, and seized the Beaumont St.
Beaumont
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LONDON, November 4th.
A German official statement says that 27 were killed and 35 injured so the rault of an air raid on Bonn..
General.
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PRISONERS" AGREE-
WAR
MENT RATIFIED.",
In the House of Commons, Sir George
LONDON, November 5th
Cave announced that Germany had agreed to ratify the recent Hague Prisoners' Agreement, having abandoned the condi- tion regarding the Germans in China.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, November 5th. The silver market is unchanged...
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CHANGES.
evacuated
Third: Evacuation of all territories invaded by Austria-Hungary since the beginning of the war. Withdrawal, within such periods as are determined by the Commander-in-Chief, of the Allied forces, on cach front of the Austro- Hungarian armies behind a line fixed as follows.
(fort to same-)
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WILL GERMANY AGREE ΤΟ ARMISTICE TERMS:
LONDON, November 4th. The Times Correspondent in Paris states that the Allies have agreed respect, ing
the Armistice conditions.
The Allied successes on the French front have little doubt of their acceptance by Germany..
LORD NORTHCLIFFE ON THE PEACE TERMS. Lord Northclife, in the Time, enuż, moratca what he believes to be the terms. which the Allies will impose on Germany at the Pence Conference. After stating the terms which appeared in the previous message. (aš given in our yesterday's issue) Lord Northelife states:
The final condition stipulates that the ex-German Colonies will not be retura- ed to Germany, because the latter had lost them as a result of the illegal violation of Belgium, an net which The Press Bureau states that Mr.
brought Great Britain in the waE. Auckland Geddes becures President of claimed that the fate of her Colonies
He continues **Germany
"has the Local Government Board, also re will be decided on the Western Front. It maining in his present office.
pro-
Mr. Hayes Fisher becomes Chancellor unes to which, if the were victorious, they has been so decided. She proclaimed the of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a would be put. Such uses must be pre- Peerage
vented in the interests of the peace of the world." te AMERICA RECOGNISES
THE
POLISH ARMY.
WASHINGTON, November 5th Mr. Robert, Lansing announces that the Government of the United States recognises the Polish Army as autono mous and co-helligerent, under the supreme authority of the Polish National Committee
The Colonies cannot therefore bes returned to Germany, but their assign ment as possessions, or in trustee-ship, together with the fashion in which they shall be administered in the interests of the inhabitants and the world generally,
are matters for future decision.
On the left we reached "Grando sar- Moises in spite of vigorous opposition. The enemy abandoned much material Ope hundred and forty-five aeroplanes bombed crowded enemy traffic at Mont- mely and destroyed 30 enemy aeroplanes FARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS evacuation and reoccupation and enemy
LONDON, November (th.
Whips yesterday settled the plans of the It is stated that a meeting of the Party
official election campaign. It is expect
Beven American machines are missing.
mile south-west of Bhenay, to a mile Continuing, we reached the line from a
The entire enemy front is uppening our
south of Beaumont Thence from the advanos with heavy artillery and machine west to Lee Beine, which the French caped that polling day will be on December
We are now developing a new ma in the heavily wooded and very difficult The Canadians made progress on the terrain on the heights east of the River, right bank of the Scheldt and passed between these points. beyond Estreux and Onnaing. battle front.
Our advance continues on the whole
gyuz?fre...
Lord Northcliffe emphasises that tho making and completing of the numeroas complicated territorial and other ad- laborions process, representing two dir justments in Europe will be a long and
tinct stages of evolution, firstly, the cessation of hostilities, the business of
demobilization mit dermamant, and, econdly, the actual carrying out of the peace conditions,
The next and last stage would be no- reorganisation of the world, in view of thing less than the reconstruction and
the establishment of 's League of Nations,
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