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THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.

London, June, 8:

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THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.

London, Jane 9.

The new line southward of Ypres has been organised and secured.

German counter-attacks suuth-east-

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THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.

courts which was a perfect replica of the exam, Jud features including such coinutiae as an isolated tree stamp. For weeks before the battle all units were engaged and practised the role assigned to them as realisti-A delegate t the Ministry of H. K. & S. Banks p. cally as possible. Many hours of Labour has gone to Archangel to ward and north-eastward of Oust patient calculation was devoted to try and adjust matters.

Cantons Laverne and eastward of Messines the organising and synchronising The Peasants' Congress passed North Chinas were repulsed with loss by our in- of artillery barrages and some of a resolution urging the army to Unions Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig fantry or broken up by our artillery the mines. Yesterday's victory had submit to discipline and defend the Yangtszes reports: The position captureThe prisoners now number 6,400 of been prepared for for over a year. country, farouring peace without FIRE INSURANCES. yesterday was one of the most im- | whom 132 are officers. Over twenty

Yesterday's battle was smaller humiliating annexations and inde-China Fires b. portant enemy strongholds on guns have been collected. The air-than that of the 9th April, being amity and with the right to each H. K. Fires the West front, dominating the craft valuably co-operated with the definitely restricted push. The ad- nation to dispose for itself. Ypres salient and giving the enemy infantry and artillery and also suc-

vance met with considerably less An All-Russia Congress of the

Douglases complete observation. The Ger-cessfully bombed and machine machine guning than was antici-Councils of Soldiers and Workmen's Steamboats mans bad neglected no precaution gunned aerodromes, balloons,

is being arranged Indos (Del.) pated. The situation is not changed Delegates to render the position impregnable. trains, billets, depots and troops, mech today. There has been into be held at Fetrograd. Fifteen Indos (Pref.) These conditions enabled the enemy and presented enemy aircraft from fantry work on a small scale and the

hundred delegates are expected Shells to overlook all the preparations for participating in the battle. The artillery has been most active. The only but the delegates will repre- Ferries the attack and the enemy moved brought down twelve German ma- Australians occupied another trench sent no fewer than 25,000 members up reinforcements to meet us in chines and drove down eight out of in which a pocket of the enemy had members of the Government will be Malabons

and will give a decisive vota. Al Sugars battle. Therefore it had become control. Fourteen of ours are succeeded in holding ont. A con invited to attend. the gauge of the Germans' ability missing

siderable party of the enemy holds to stop our advance undër the most Correspondents have described. out past of Battle Woods but we favourable conditions, they possess

the new British advance as

the

are heavily bombarding the place ing every advantage of ground and climax of months of most labogrions

so the alternative appears to be aur- preparation and knowing that an preparation. Hundreds of gunners reader or extermination. The pri- attack was impending. The Ger- have toiled for almost a year at insoners are likely to total well over man forward defences consisted of tricate time tables, gangs of expert seren thousand. an elaborate and intricate system miners have lived for a similar of well-wired trenches at strong period in foul and narrow shafts points forming a defensive belt over beneath the German dugouts, an mile in depth. Numerous farms army of railway men have laid a

Paris, June 2 The British victory at Messines her dumb-founded the enemy who brought up four

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REFINERIES.

Langkats Raubs Tronohs Urals

minister and the representative of

Alter speeches by the Belgian Kailans

the French Embassy a conference industrial and financial concerns un- representing all Russian commercial,

animously decided to send to the DOCKS, WHARVES, Alles a declaration categorically

GODOWNS, &C. parate reace and expressing con- Kowloon Docks rejecting any possibility of a SH. K. Wharves b fidence in the coming decisive vicShai Docks

and woods were thoroughly prepar- most complex network of lines sions "to assist the six divisions of ery of the Allies.

ed. The defence included large numbers of machine guns, and the Germans brought an increased num- ber af guns of all calibres to bear not only on the front but on the flanks

while the infantry were well re hearsed by numerous practice. ad

11.

b. LANDS, HOTELS " Petrograd, Jube 9. » ..AND BUILDINGS, British. The movement was immemission to resign in contravention H. K. Hotels his best troops who are facing the

"General Gurke having asked per- Centrais diately observed and the British or M. Kerenski's order on May 18. | Land lovest. artillery opened fire.

probibiting officers to resign, M. Ker- heary guns replied at very long enski has relieved General Gurke of range but with astonishing precision the command of the western front the British guns. helped by the air and has appointed him Genel of

vances far from the actual scene. Our airmen were especially brilliant during the preliminare bombard of the attack.

ment, destroying twenty-four enemy Numerous communication trenches planes and driving down twenty- with switch lines radiating in all three in this area during the first directions were amply provided alsoxix days of June, only losing ten.

Reuter's correspondent at Head- strongly constructed concrete dug outs and machine-gun emplacements quarters said there had been a com. designed to protect the garrison parative all in the battle of Mex-heartedly and rainly. from the effects of our bombard-sines during the night. Since his

provided by: incessant

1 precaution which

of years aud

The German !

men, neutralised the German fre. Lacking proper artillery support the Germane twice attacked hal

Correspondents at Headquarters

Division.

Louden. Jare 9. The correspondent of The Times at Petrograd says a deputation from the Austrian army has arrived

Colonels and twenty other officers and fifteen soldiers. They have been provided with passes from the

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THE FRENCH FRONT.

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sian Government or alternatively to the Workruenx and Soldiers' Dele Fated.

"London. June 9.

ment. The Germans had omitted futile counter attack yesterday, in say that the men of the Dublin and and consists of two Generals, two

artillery played have Munster regiments took a thousand could be which our

about with his infanter as it advanced in prisoners and the Ulsterman took

similar number. The capture of by the open, the enemy has made no guided the Somme, at Arras and at Vimy important positions he had lost, with Ulstermen next to them was Ridge. Our troops, despite diffical. The prisoners now number con one of the great episodes of ties and disadvantages, carried out | siderahir over six thousand and it the first assault and subsequent at in certain that mant guns and tacki almost in exact accordance (trench mortars have fallen into nur with the arranged time-table. Nine-hands which there has not yet been teen deep mines were exploded time to collect and count. There

in the fore it seems reasonable to question 3.10 simultaneously at morning

wrecking large whether the Hons are in a position portions of the front and support after the terrible hammering the trenches, including extensive dog-reerived, to carry out a big attack

Im- Against us.

have Meanwhile w and mining systems. mediately upon the mine explosions heen very busy consolidating our

opened gung

and infantry gains, getting un gans and making attacks carried the whole front line every preparation to system within a few minutes. tention of the fruits of victory.

The pioneers have dug in the most praiseworthy manner.

aut

Our

these

ensurere.

munication trench through the un churned, ground on which almost every trace of the German trenches and strong posts had been mashed ont of existence.

A French namunique says: There was great activity during the night on the whole front from north of Laffaux Mill to south of Filian. In the sector of Cerny the artillery fighting has occasionally been inost violent. The enemy repeatedly at numerous point attempted attacks, which collapsed, under our fire.

London. Juan

A French communique states. On

SPIES IN NORWAY.

Christiania, June 5 Remarkable revelations have been made in a spy case and the public astonished and disgusted at the

Another telegram from Petrogra; says the Austrian deputation reach ed Kishine. where the members were arrested and ordered to be brought to Petrograd.

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

London, June

In the House of Commons Lord

Robert Cecil said that passports for Petrograd would be issued to representatives of the views of the great majority of the working classes if asked for.

Commander Bellairs suggested that bolders of passports should give a written undertaking not to participate in any conference at Stockholm or- clsewhere.

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Our troops immediately pressed on un the western slopes of the

In the heat of a Jone can the the Chemin des Dames the artillery Messines-Wytschaete ridge, within New and appers, strinned to activity has been lively. The enemy three hours storming the entire the waist and nearly black with has not attempted to re-attack. crest line from the south north crime, væterær shovelled a com- .wards. Shortly afterwards the whole of Messines was captured. We also completed the capture of Wrtechaste village before midday after bard Sgħting. Our troops in the second stage of the attack

The more I hear about the battle pushed down the eastern slopes of the clearer it becomes that it was

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on the Bergen-Newcastle Steamship with persons like M. Branting would fencer. Henve fighting occurred in thing seems to have worked precise-month for giving the Germans in- a further series of fortified woods ly as designed, and the victory is formation as to the movements of that the condition laid down by the TT San Francis-1 5716 and strong points. We captured no less & tribute to the wonderful ships, lights and signals in British War Cabinet was that there most the village of Onsttavern in the efficiency of the staff work which barbours, details of British ships not be any communication with TT Java... 13878 afternoon, lying just westward of preceded it than to the gallantry repairing and building and the enemy subjects. M. Branting was the centre line. Practically the of the troops

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in our hands by night fall and we general view that it is rather dif the light sentences imposed, name. Some newspapers protest against had pained the whole of the day's ficult to disgest the fact that yester-ly a few months imprisonment. obiectiva. Great numbers of Gerday's brilliant 'coup" has changed a man dead were Iving in the captured condition which has been permanent positions, which nmoved the severity for two years and eight months. "of the enemy's Insses, a large pro- nevertheless the fact remains that

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Our losses were light. The enemy in the night did not attempt to *Frecover the lost positions. Follow- ing General Plumer's great care

the Ypres salient is now practically wiped out by the capture of Mes- ines Ridge and the military situa tion in that area is now completely ebanged. Grave defensive disadvan tages hitherto attending the magni-

and the thoroughness of his prepara-Acest hold of this little bit of tions. complete success is chiefly ascribed to the destruction caused Belgium have been entirely nea- tralised. The correspondent men-

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whole force acted in perfect com.the Yores salient, but the era of this bination, and the tanks carried ont. wxcellent work. Every means of of

possibility terminaled yesterday. fener at our disposal was need. Cans every arm and service had its share in the victory.

We captured a German post last night northwards of Harrincourt Wood and took a few prisoners, We repulsed a raiding party south- westward of Labassee

Describing the immense prelimi dary pains now-a-days the corres pondent recounts that while the

with the aid of a scale model and capture of Vimy Ridge was planned a detailed message at the time, the attack upon Messines Ridge was rebearsed upon an open air model covering an area equal to four tennis

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