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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SECOND EXTRA

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1916

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

[Beuter's Bervins to the "Telegraph. "]

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

CONSIDERABLE EMOTION IN GREECE.

September 22, 5.16 p.m.

Beater's correspondent at Athens says that the Balkan crisis is the cause of considerable emtion in Greece. The King conferred simultaneously with H. Venizelos and sme members of the General Staf, M. Venizelos consequently called a meeting of the Oabinet.

There is also great activity in the Entente diplomatic oircles: The British, French and Russian Ministere eimultaneously conferred with M. Venizelos Isst night.

HAIL OF BRITISH SHELLS AT HOOGE:

Fighting with Bayonets and Fists the litter of broken trenches and

General Headquarters, Aug, 10. Yesterday's action at Hooge was a really good success, with alight casualties to ourselves, heavy damage to the enemy, and s gain of ground which has not only given us book what we want ad of our old line, but hasstrength- ned it by an advanced position on the left.

The Staff must be given credit for the skilful preparation of this blow, which has redeemed the los inflicted upon our troops on July 30, but the honour belongs most, of course, to those gallant men who were given the duty of taking the trenches.

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| took place behind its screen was one of those swift, sanguinary epizodes which prove the grim purpose of our men when ones they have the chance of looking their enemy in the face. Among dead bodies they found living men not willing to surrender, and in the pale light of yesterday's dawn these British battalions fought with bayonets, batt ends, and even with their fists, until after few minutes no German was left alive there unless he finng up his hands. There were about 160 of them who escaped as prisoners of war.

For the rest of the day the enemy tried to prevent our posi- tion from being consolidated by flinging out a vast quantity of shells, which were answered by our own guns, so that for miles around the air was shocked by this great racket of explosions by maased artillery.

They were helped enormously, Part of the captored trenches as asual, by our artillery, which wasso battered as to be untenable, did the preliminary work, smash and our line was established ing the enemy's defences by a somewhat in rear of this area of concentrated fire of terrifio inten- death. But we hold all the ground nity. Many Germans died under we had set out to take, and so far this storm of shells, which burat the enemy has not really dared to Continuously over their earth- make a counter-attack with his works, but what will hurt their infantry. Comparative quietude generals' pride more then this has settled down over this dis- foes of life-they seem to be treesful district, and the men, who callous of casualtisa-is the descarried out the advance with truction of at least eight of their machine guna, apart from the two which we captured intact.

Our infantry attack which followed the artillery aault and

splendid fearlessness, are now resting with the fine antisfaction which rewarde a good piece of work successfully done and at not too great a cost. The Times: