1915-01-05 — Page 1

January 5, 1915,

The Hongkong Telegraph

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2817 腕十二月一十年寅甲

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

NOTIFICATION TO WASHINGTON CONCERNING"

COPPER.

French Make Good Progress in Alsace.

GERMANS ADmit the losS OF STEINBACH.

[Router's Service To The "Telegraph."]

Copper as Contraband: A British Notification.

Jan. 4, 6.25 p.m. - Renter's Washington correspondent saya the British Embassy has notified that copper shipped before it was declared contraband would, if seized, be paid for or released. No cargosa to Italy had been detained at Gibraltar sinos December 4.

on rubber...

The Case of Rubber.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1915 by the Proprietor.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 1.5,

TO-DAY'S WAR TELEGRAMS,

(Official Telegrams from French Government, via Peking). Circular No. 122 states :—On the 2nd, north of the Lys, the Germans only showed slight activity, except in the Zonnebeke region, where they bombarded our positions.

Artillery fighting prevailed in the Albert and Roye regions. French batteries destroyed several trenches and a barricade on the Albert-Peronne road, also a German commanding post at Monchy.

French infantry progressed 500 metres in the vicinity of La

Boiselle."

Lively artillery fighting prevailed eset and west of Craonne. The French exploded two mine furnaces in the Rheims sector and progressed 300 metres in the vicinity of Perthes-les-Hurlus and 300 metres near Beausejour. In La Grurie wood, the Germans sustained very heavy losses.

Bain and bad weather prevailing in the Verdun region and slao on the heights of the Mouse, only allowed of an artillery duel, in the course of which the Germana continued to bombard villages

situated in the French lines.

The French destroyed, in the vicinity of Marcheville, a block- house, and added 50 metros to their previous gains, obtained on December 27, in Bonchot wood.

East of Woevre, the French progress was limited to Le Pratce wood. The French maintained their previous progress in to Tasan region. They bombarded a German military train at Altkirch atation, and destroyed several points on the Carapach and Dierspach Railway, south-west of Alikiroh.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

France's Financial Stability,

The following official telegram from the French Government has been sent through Peking to the French Consul General in Hongkong-

Jan. 3.

1915.

9 HOME V.Cs.

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January 5, 1914

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captured. * Bradbury," writes an artillery officer, recounting the story, "was the real hero."Ke

Honour for Two Dead Officers got the gun into sation and gave) the orders. Mandy kuslt on one The King has been graciously Brad Campbell, and Giffard, side and did ranging officer, and pleased to approve of the grant of with the battery sergeant-major, the Victoria Cross to the under- mentioned officers, non commin gunner and driver, cerved the conspicuous bravery while serving Campbell . sioned officers and men, for un Brad, had one leg taken off above the kass, but still went on; with the Expeditionary Forde was hit in both legs; the major, was killed, Mundy No. 7753 Lance Corporal coming back hastily, was hit in William Faller, 2nd Battalion, the throat as, he arrived. The Welsh Regiment.

For conspicuous gallantry on

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Man Who Stopped Five Bullets,

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progress in Upper Alsace.

The French continue to make

Details of the Russian auccess at Sarykamysh are given in a tele- gram.

KALA

September 14, near Chivy on the taken off, Gifford

Bradbury had his other leg

German attempts to advance at was badly yards to pick up Captain last gun firing; and when I have been unsuccessful. Aisne, by advancing about 100 wounded, and still they kept the veral points along the Bzura Haggard, who was mortally wounded, and carrying him back came up they found that the the Russians are abandoning Battery and the other brigade The Austrians flasing before to cover under very heavy rifle Germane had left their guns and prisoners and guns, and machine gun fire.

bolted. Wasn't it magnificent! 13814 Private Sidney Frank

The French troops have carried Godley, 4th Battalion The Royal died there, and only the major, Cernay.

"Poor Hundy goaz bome, but an important height westward of Fusiliers, Oity of London Rogi- who saw nothing of it, and Giffard,

A French Government telegram who stopped five bullets, ear shows France to be in a most For coolness and gallantry in vived." fighting bie machine gun under a

satisfactory financial position. hot fire for two hours after he had awarded in connection with the A Berlin communiquo admita been wounded at Monson August heroic defence, Sergeant Hajor that the French have taken Stein- 23.

Dorrell and Sergeant Nelson baob, despite severe German Charles Drain, 37th Battery Royal decoration. In addition, Lienten- The Allien batteries have

69960 Driver Job Henry having already received the resistance. Field Artillery.

ant Giffard was awarded the maintained their superiority" and 71787 Driver Frederick Luke, French Order of Merit and Gun-have violently shelled the enemy'a 37th Battery Royal Field Artillery, mer Darbyshire and Driver reservas.

At Le Cateau on August 26, as Osborne the French Medsille! volunteers, helping to save guns Militaire. Every survivor has under fire from hostile infantry thas been decorated. who were 100 yards away,

· Threo V.C. have now been

"V.C. Lieutenant's Exploit. Lieutenant Dimmer's feat that

the extreme. won the V.O. was thrilling in

Washington has notified that

Tho Britian Embassy

copper shipped before it was de- alared contraband would, if seized, be paid for or released.

NEWS.

Interesting war items, apper to-day.

Further notes on the crica appear on page 4.

Major Charles Allix Lavington Yato (deceased), 2nd Battalion The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), Commanding The 2nd Battalion of the one of the two companies that re King's Royal Rifles took up`s mained to the end in the trenches position in the trenches at Klein at Le Cateau on August 26, Zillebeke on October 21. For and, when all other officers were almost three weeks there was an killed or wounded and ammani- tion exhausted, led his nineteen with little advantage to either exchange of rifs and gun fire, survivors against the enemy in a side. charge in which he was severely wenaded. He was picked up by until 1 p.m., a most unusual time, On November 12 all was quiet the enemy and has subsequently when the Prusisa Guard com died as a prisoner of war.

menced their final attack. 0376 Lance-Corporal Frederick

Lieutenant immer was crdered. An interesting war letter from William Holmes, 2nd Battalion

to beat them back, and he our London correspondent appears. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light brought his machine gun into to-day. Infantry),

General news and an article on "United Rassis" appear on page3. on page 2, our share report on "Our Contemporaries" appeara page 9 and log book on page 6.

At Le Catean on August 28 action, with three men assisting His Excellency the Governor carried a wounded man out of the There was a heavy miet, however, made some interesting references The leading French banking establishments have, of their own trenches under heavy fire and and the cartridge belts becoming to missionary work in an address wet jammed in the food at the Wesleyan Church last accord, given up, from the first of January, the banafit of the mora-later aseisted to drive a gun out Although exposed to a galling evening Negotiations are proceeding in London to remove the embargo torium, and will henceforth pay on demand the whole of their of action by taking the place of

deposits and current accounts. This measure enables considerable a driver who had been wounded.ce, Lieutenant Dimmer at once Captain Edward Kinder Brad-attempted with a spanner to sume of money to be again pat into goneral circulation, and

make the necessary adjustment; proves clearly that, although the war has already lasted five months bury (deceased), "L" Battery when he received a bullet in the and the country's forces are in close co-operation, France's economi Itoyal Hrrae Artillery...

he did not mind; it only made jaw, which-in his own worde cal situation, far from being endangered is, on the contrary, most healthy basis.

him wild."

A German Admission.

Jan. 4, 3.50 p.m. Router's correspondent at Amsterdam etstes that a Berlin om- munique admits that the French have taken Stainbsob (in Alsice), despite severe German reaistance.

German Reserves Sholled,

Jan. 4, 5.5 p.m. A Paris communique states:--- From the sea to the Oine the day has been quiet and wet. There have been some artillery, daels, and oar heavy guns opposite Noulettes silenced the German batteries.

There has been particularly violent cannonading in the Aisne and Champagne regions. Our batteries maintained their superiority and violently shelled the enemy's reserves.

Progress la Alsace.

The communique also states:-French progress in Upper Alsace was again marked. We yesterday opcupied the neighbourhood of a church at Steinbach and a cemetery.

We also, in the region of Ferthes, esized several points d'appui, Toere has been intermittent cannonsding from Argonne to the Medeo.

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Our troops unsuccessfully attempted to carry Boureuilles. Our progress was continued in Bois le Pretre.

We carried an important height westward of Cernay, and re- pulsed a counter attack...

Latest French Reports.

(Havas Telegrams.)

Parie, Jan. 3, 6.25 a.m.

We maintained our positions everywhere, notably to the north of the Lys, La Grazie wood and in the Thonn district. -

We progressed, in the vicinity of Albert, 500 metres, and also. near Perthes-les-Hurlus, 300 metres.

In Argonne and the Vosges we made a slight advance.

Our heavy artillery destroyed the enemy's earthworks on Louvent plateau.svahe

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This measure shows in a striking manner France's fiusncial prosperity. The country; although being deprived temporarily of nearly all its resources, has, nevertheless, without having had re- course to the publicity usually attending publicsubscriptions, covered the National Treasury Bonds for a sum exoceding two milliard franca (680,000,000).

Gorman Attacks Repulsed.

Jan. 4, 5.15 a.m. The latest official report from Petrograd esya - A severe artillery engagement is proceeding along the whole front en the left bank of the Vistula.

The German attempts to advance at various points on the Bzura front have been unsuccessful.

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY...

Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 2.15 p.m.

For gallantry and ability in organising the defence of "L" Battery against heavy odda at

Shrapnel barst everywhere Nery on September 1.

Captain William Henry John became fiercer. The three men at along the trench and the rifle fire ston, Royal Engineers.

thegun were picked off one by one, September 14, At Missy on

but the lieutenant remained at hie under a heavy fire all day until 7 p.m., worked with his own hand post, and a shrapnel bullet hit him two rafts bringing back wounded in the right eye, almost blinding bim. Another shell exploded a and returning with ammonition, few minutes afterwards and filled thus enabling advanced brigade the left eye with streams of blood.praz

to maintain its position across the {river, c

Home He was still alone at the gun,

emptying bolt after belt of car 42817 Bombardier Ernest fridges. Then another shrapnel George Barlock (now Sergeant); shell baret, and the V.0. hero was 113th Battery Royal Field Artil-hit in the left shoulder. It did lery,

TO-MORROWURVIN

Bijou Theatre-19.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9:15 pm.

Wednesday, January 6. A.D.C. Matinees, Theatre Royal

Snowwhite and the Frog Prince'

4.30 pm:

Monday, January 11 Organ Recital-5.30 p.m.

Saturday, January 30, Garden Foto, B.K. University

Sale of Woollen Suit Lengthe not stop him firing, however, bai-G. P. Lammert's Sales Room The enemy, discovered crossing the Bzara early on Saturday For conspicuous gallantry on eventually a bullet from a rifle in 11.30 a.mas alway morning, was attacked with the bayonet. The few survivors sur September 15, near Vendresse, ove same holder from Brille ju rendered." Alic, desperate all-night fighting took place on Friday, when his battery was in action quite unoonscious. north-east of Bawa, ending in the dislodgment of the Germans from under a heavy shell fire, in this, The heroic lisutanant, wound- portion of the trenches which they had previously captured. although twice wounded, he pered and bleeding in five places, A German brigade on Saturday afternoon attacked a positionsisted on each occasion in return had fired 900 cartridges and so north-east of Bolimoff and was repaleed with heavy loss.ing to lay his gun after his wound saved the position.

The enemy's attacks near Volwine, south of the Vistula, were had been dressed, also repulsed..

The VC heroes of the war We are advancing successfully on the Usok and Rostoye now number nineteen, passes in the Carpathians, and the fleeing Austrians are abandon-eng ing prisoners and mitrailleuses,

Turks Completely Out-decoralled,

Jan. 4, 12.20 p.m.

Lieutenant Dimmer is a former County Council scholar who has |risen'from the rauks.

THEATER PS dawn. The enemy were stopped L Battery V.C.s.

First Fadlan V.C.-1 for some seconds by, the barbed The posthumous award of the Hsvildar Gagna Singh, 67th wire entanglements and lost V.O. to Captain Edward K. Brad Wilde'e Rifles, is the first Indian heavily before they brokethrough. bary of L Battery Royal Horse to be recommended for the V.C., In the hand-to-hand struggle that Artillery, recalls the heroic stand usya, a special correspondent of ensued the havilder shot the Ger of the battery near Compiegne, the Times, writing from Boulogne: man officer whose ballet grazed towarda Paris. L Battery, while on Tuesday afternoon, Abundle from him and killed ten more We have captured almost the whole of the Fiftieth Turkish covering the retreat, was stacked of splints and bandages, but very before he was brought down by Infantry, including the commander and fifteen officers of high rank; by a strong Germen force with cheerful and full of heart. He the ballet in big foot. He was with six mountain guns and fourteen, protected quick firers. We tan feld guns and two Maxims has five bullet wounds, one in the left for dead, the sole survivor of aleo took five thousand Turks, forty officers and several surgeons. Three British guns were brought leg, one in the chest, one in each his party

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A Petrograd official communique reports that the fighting at on the last day of the retreat He arrived in the hospital ship his head. He took his sword Sarykamych hee now turned to our advantage

We followed up our advantage and seized some of the enemy's into action, but two were quickly hand, and one on the gosip from a Gagna Singh ins Dogrs from positions, where we captured another three quick Brora and over silenced Captain Bradbury and revolver shot fired point blank. Tikke, a small village in the Man- of Beausejour, where we inflicted very heavy losses on the Germans. We swept round the Turkish force elsewhere, and took fournis man served the remain. Here is his account.of the notion gar district. His reginent wa

In the Aigns region, infantry fighting prevailed in the vicinity

We bombarded a German military train at Altkirch.

The relaxation of our offensive war das chiefly to ceaseless

rains, which turned the ground into a quagmire, rendering it quite impossible to continue operations.

seven hundred prisoners, r

mountain guns.

ing gan so well, however, that in which he was wounded stationed at Firozpur This fa all but one of the German The basildar and fifteen the first war in which it has been. The troops are fighting under exceptional conditions, there guns were silenced and when men of his regiment were possible for an Indian to win the being deep snow on the ground.

Battery was relieved this gun attacked in their trench before Victoria Cross