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The Hongkong Telegraph

February 24 1915,

2840 日一拾月正

Temperature Humidity

a.m. 67.

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.

FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH'S BULLETIN.

SUPE IORITY OF BRITISH FIRE

"GERMAN ATTEMPTS AT FURTHER PROGRESS,

COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED.

[Reater's Service to The "Telegraph."]

Germans: Revert to Old Formations. (Havas Telegram.)

Feb. 22, 6.5 a.m. French stock now stands at Fr. 68: We realised, new progress yesterday in Champagne, carrying German trenshss. On the remainder of our front we repulsed counter-attacks, holding all our positions.

killing five people.

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Famous Actress Operated On.

A German dirigible flaw over Calais, dropping 10 bombs and The great actress Mdme. Sarah Bernhardt has had to have her ight leg smpulated. A satisfactory bulletia as to her condition has been issued.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1915 by tha

WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY

TO-DAY'S WAR TELEGRAMS

1915.

THE COURSE OF THE WAR.

February 24, 1914

三洋邊,銀四月二英

came were steadily swept- from sos to sea, overtaken, and snukį and the German Big beo memory in ports where it had a few months before rivalled the British.

Enemy Agala Easily Repulsed. The Germans attempted an attack along the La Bassse canal, or two converted merchant the German Navy was still which was easily repulsed by our artillery..

Marked Superiority" of the British. The Bulletin concludes :-There has been an increas of artillery and rifle firing to the south of the Lys, in which the British have shown marked superiority. Along the rest of the British front there have been only artillery duels. The thick weather has handicapped

the aircraft.

Bu the event of telegrams arriving too late for Inseridon on this,

page they will be found on the Extra.]

-BARLIER TELEGRAMS,

Another Rheims Bombardment.

Feb. 23, 12.40 s.m. The enemy violently bombarded Rheims on Sunday night and Monday, causing numerous victims, who thus were made to pay for the German defents of the last few days,

The Calais Zeppelin-Confirmation.

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The Germans have violently bombarded Bheims......

[Continued from Yesterday]. By this victory German non Aï if to avenge the disaster” of power abroad was reduced to the the Falklanda and worn the too Dresden, the Karliruhe and one confidant British publis that starmers. Save in the hams to be reckoned with, on Decem waters German naval power was bear 18 a Best of battle oruisers, now extinguished, the German col.lipping through the fog, and- one at the mercy of the enemy as deply appeared off the Yorkshire Napoleon's had been. Kiasohan ocast and, near the headland and Togoland, New Guines and where Paul Jones won the first the islands of the Pacific were of the great American naval French is given to-day. lost, the Cameroons attacked, triumphe in forsiga waters, bomb South-west Afrios certain to be in- arded British towns. vaded when the Boer ravolt had Ecarborough, Hartlepool, Whit The Norwegian steamer Regin been put down. The Kaiser had by, rosived their share of shells. has been wank off Daver. waid, ** Oar future is on the son," For the first time in centuries and the British answer to the English men, women, and child- ren fled from their own shore to challenge was now had,

escape the shells of a hostile fleet

▲ further bulletin by Sir Joha

Zeppelin has dropped tem

In the previous months of the war there had been on evident and the warships of William I bombe on Calais, Filling Ave tendency to exaggerate the suo succeeded, as these of Napoleon civilians, cess of the German Navy. Her had failed, in bringing home to sutme-ines had suck the Cressy, the British people the meaning the" Aboukir, the Hogue. Be of war.

The Allion batteries have

cently the Audicions, one of the The whole incident was trivial demolished a heavy gun newest of British soperdread from a military point of view. Lombaertzyde. Boughts, had gone down off the Less than a hundred people were Irish ecast, the Bolwark bad killed, thrice as many injured, blown up at Sheerasan in the some thousands of pounds worth The French have occupied the Thamas. A long teries of minor of property destroyed, for half a greatest part of the village of Icases had irritated a public ac-hour three British towns suffered Stonswehr, in Alsace. customed to the idea that British as those of Belgium had; then ses power was supreme and above the shipe again disappeared in A Zeppelin dropped ten bombs on Calais in the morning, killing challenge. For all this the the fog. But the moral effect Bansos canal has been easily re five civilians and alightly damaging property,

victory of Sturdes off the Falkland upon England could not be expulsed by the British. Jolands was awcot golace.

aggerated. Not fear but rage, an Yet such losies as the British almost humorous indignation, at

In an engagement with the had suffered from attack, from the this German impudenes in vent-Russians the Torks have been activity of the Emden in the In-aring to bombard British shores, thrown across the River Itch dian Ocean, of the Karlarabe in the this was the conspicuous detail. Khaled.

Bat beneath it was the growing At antio, ware but insignificant

dood Progress by Allies,

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Feb. 23, 12.40 a..

Qar artillery and infantry in Argonne asserted their superiority. Between Argonna and the Messo we extended and consolidated our progress, At Cheppy Wood we continued by fresh attacke to gain ground. At Les Eparges we now hold almost all the enamy's positions. We have occupied the greatest part of the village of Stowawehr, Alsace.

Norwegian Vessel Suak.

!!

A German attack along the La

The British infantry near Givono iter successful bom-

trenob, which was blown up,

NEWS.

Further Notes on the "Ppear on page 4.

General news and te

"Letter" appear on page 3.

A Paris communique says: Our batteries demolished a heavy gun at Lombaertzyde and dispersed troops and convoys between the Lya and the Aisne. We made fresh progress on the Sousin In Alsace nothing of importance is reported to-day. The enemy made an attack on both sides of the Facht in denia eausejour" front, exploring a line of tranches and two woods and when compared with the mag-evidenos of new determination, repalaing two violent counter-attacks, "taking numerous prisoners nitude of the servias of British sea new realization of the fact that formations. We inflicted very heavy losses on them. Oar outposts and inflisting heavy loss on the enemy,

power. Almost in a day the Ger-the nation was at war. By this man flag bad disappeared from attack the Kaiser had proved Earl bardment, captured an enemy fall back on a line which we occupy strongly,

the woan. Hundreds of thousands Kitchener's best recruiting agent. of tons of shipping had been cap- By all the English press it was tured; other ships lay helpless in recognized that this drive might neutral porte. Hamburg and be the prelude to more attacks, to Bremen had become a deserted an extension of the plan to carry' a Savannah Charleston when the destruction to fortified and an Civil War was in progress.

fortified ecast towns, the beginning Thanks to the control of the sea of active operations which might by British and French fleste, presently lead to "The Day,

A Proclamation by His Ex- Franco had been able to bring when a new Carthage and a new her African troops to the battle Rome would fight for the sup-cellanoy the Governor is given

to-day. line, England, her coloniale and remaoy of the sea,

"Our Contemporaries" appeara Eypt was met by a concentration of seamanship and courage was a Indians. A Turkish stack upon For Germany this little triumph of warships in the Suez Canal. welcome interräption to the long em page 2, Commercial News on Austria, like Germany, was cut month of deadlook on land and page 9 and Log Book on page G. off from the outside world. defeat on the seas. It was hailed Verdi's" Otello" was perform- Through neutral states some sup-es national victory, but ita con-ad at the Theatre Royal last night bad A football matoh (Navy T. but ever in decreasing quantities. insignificant. Germany pliss still flowed into Germany, sequence on December 18 seemed by the Italian Opera Company. Get man indairy more and more proved that she could reach Brit-R.G.A) takes place this afternoon suffered from the blockade, Ger-ish shores and bombard defence on the Navy ground at 4 o'clock. man exports fell to the vanishing less_towns, this and no more,

An instructiyə⠀ lecturemon All Eaglind, now roused, waited, s point.

Colour" was delivered by On the other band, France and watched, an of old, for the coming: Professor Warren at the Univerge England were open to the com-¡ of inviata from the North Beat last night

(Though the telegram does not say so explicitly, the juxts. position of the report of the bomb throwing and the operation on the great Buiress gives a certain amount of justification for the balief that he was one of the victims of the dirigible, Mdme. Sarah Berhardt is seventy years of age and has been natively work ing, since the war began, at nursing and contributing articles to the papers).

The Truth about the Russlan Retreat,

An official statement imund at Petrograd reports that very strong Garman forces attacked in the region of the Mazurisa Lakes. The Russians, being numerically too weak, were compelled to retire beyond Yemen. During the ratreat a Russian Army Corps was in a difficult position and only isolated fragments succeeded in making good their escape. Other corps held the enemy, inflicting very heavy losses on them. The fighting is still proceeding.

More German Lfes.

(Oficial Telegram from the French Government, via Paking).

Feb. 23. On February 21 in Champagne the French troops brilliantly repulsed German counter-alisoke and energetically pursued the enemy. They occupied all the trenches north and east of a wood, which they carried yesterday, and realised new progress north of Mesnil-los-Hurla, where they captured two machine guns hundred prisonera,

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In Aleaos fighting took place on both banks of the Fecht. French outposts reizested on the main line of our resistance to strongly fortified positions. Three enemy regiments, attacking in dense formations, sustained heavy losses,

News from Gorman sources relating to the loss of a British transport and the retreat of the warships which attacked the

saved.

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Feb. 23, 2.45 p.m. The Norwegian steamer Regina, proceeding from Shields to Bordeaux, was sunk of Dover at 0.30 this morning. Tas orew was [The Regina, 888 tons gross, was built in 1901 at Christiania for the Acties. Regina (A. D. Lindvig) and registered at Kragero. Norway.]

Turks Bestea Back,

Feb. 23, 2.45 pm. A Petrograd communique reports that engagements have taken place in the Transchorok region and the Turks have been thrown across the river lichthalau.

VISITED THE MOROS. like a golfer's paltess, so that they will be protected when climbing, New York Lady's Experiences in the Philippines,

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Hijau Theatre-9.15 pm Vistoria Theatre---9.15 p.m.

· Italian", "Grand Opera Co.”

TO-MORROWE

--- ́ ́XI; Servia Triumphant. "They also weave mate, baskete merce of the world. Their pur-

Oace more it was reserved for and many other things, besides chases in America were promptly Mrs. Lorillard Spencer Jr., a working in brass. They make transported to Europe. Supplies, Srvis, prime cause of all the terr- New York lady who arrived in bammered brass, and some of olething, automobiles, arms, am-ible conflict, to give to Europe a San Francisco from Hongkong their places are beautifully munition, all these things in great surprise, the fourth in three receatly, after pasning many designed. In spite of reports to vast quantities they purchased, brief years, and to win the most months among the Moros, in the the contrary, the Moros are very and shus bridged the gap between conspicuous and shining triumph Philippines, has been interviewed friendly to Americans. I found German preparedness and thei of the month on land. by a San Francisco paper. She them a very friendly race, indeed." own. By land, by res, the net In 1913, at the outset of the said she had found the Moron "I had been there for some about Germany and her Austrian First Balkan War, when, with of Blivnitz in and a

nice people, who wear real clothes time quite out off from the outside ally steadily, remorselessly tight- the memory and, who are industrious. She world. Finally some New York oned. The isolation of the two Europe's mind, Servien defest Between the Argonne and the Meuse they captured a Germans all the stories that have papers reached me and I saw a pations incressed. The neutrals, by the Tarks was prophesied by

depicted them as brutal asyages, big heading dan beban kamu and less to risk British men- victory, it was the Serb and not Theatre Royal. trench on the outskirts of Cheppy Wood.

Mrs. Spencer Found noting under pressure, ventured these most hopeful of Bulgarian roaming the jungles garbad as At Last!', so Adara and in lust for blood, are "Until then I had not known ace by landing their ships to the Bulgar who proved irresistible, that I had been lost! It seems serve Germany's need. invincible, won back Old Servin extravagant fiction, an

Why, they are my friends, my family grow worried; nothay- As for the German high-reas at Kumanovo, Msondonia at Mon-

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. and one can way only nice things ing heard from me for some deat, it had lain idly in the war astir, and captured the Turkish

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. about one's friends, nid Mre weeks. I'd intended to retura porta. The disparity between it commander as Adrianople.

Italian Grand Opera Co.---- Spencar.

phd home by way of Biberia, bus, of and the British fleets was hops- A few months later, when

les. Such losses, as the Germans Austria had precipitated the Se Theatre Royal. "I am not at liberty to say course, the war prevented that.

Friday, February 24.*-- anything at all until I return to I really can't any anything inflicted were of little real consecond Balkan War to destroy King New York and see Bishop Brent,"more-not until I have consulted quence. Mr. Winston Churchill, Peter's antion, it was the Serb The China Provident Loix and Feb. 23, 3.5 p.m. she continued, "but I've worked with those in New York who are First Lord of the Admiralty, em- and not the Bulgar who again Mortgage Co., Ltd.--Hesting Field Marshal French states in his Bulletin that several and lived among the Moros now interested with me in the work phasized this in a speech in which prevailed and t'a Battle of Bre 11.30 am

Baturday, February 27, counter-attacks have been made in the neighbourhood of Tprav. for a year, and I've found them among the natives of Jole. This he stated that England could lose galaitza sa completely chattered The Germans, at 6 o'clock on Bunday morning, exploded an beth tractable and teachable mach, however, I will say Thea dreadnought a month for many the legend of Bulgarian invine- H. Jockey Club Bace Host- elaborate series of mimos, destroying a trench, but a new line was The bad reports about them are work has been very successful, months without losing any advant-ibility as the reverse of Mart-is-ingeniero

not true.”

ar more than pleased and en-age now possessed over Germany. Tour had wrecked that of France. established a short distance in the rear,

They don't go enolothed, nor couraged. I can't go into details British naval authorities paid fall The victims of a branch of faith, Tobacco Fand-Theatre Royal

tribute to the skill with which attacked by might end without makeup Germad Attempts Completely Frustrated."

are they lass. On the contrary, not yet

Thursday, March 5; they are remarkably industrions. No, I've erected no buildings German captains bad handled warning, without declaration of

Hongkong Horticultural Bocie- German attempla as further progres have been completely They weave their own garments, so far, Perhaps later, on my re- their ships. Cradock's disaster, war, the Serbs rallied, took the

They all wear the sarong, and the turn. I may be able to go into the life of the Emden, these offensive sent the Balgara"in ty's Annual Show Botanic Gar frustrated.

fishermen wear what they call particulare, were proofs of German seaman ront back over the Rhodopiansen M alcose trousers that can be Yes, certainly I am going back ship. But all this was of little and restored to Borvin the South- rolled up when they go into the to.

to Jolo, I don't know exactly consequence before the numbers ern half of the empire of the Our infantry near Givenchy, after a eccoessful bombardment, water. The mountaineers masks when, but some time within a of the British. The few ships of great Dushan.

their trousers tight, something (year.

Germany Abroad when the war (To be continued) esptured an enemy trenoh, which was blown up.

Dardanelles is falso,.

From Sir John French.

Progress of British Infantry.

Concert in aid of Allied ForeOK.

Horticultural Bonie-

Annual Shor Bitante Gar