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CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY DRIVEN BACK.

Spirited French Defence of Long. Ridge.

FIGHTING IN CHINA.

Good Work by Medical Mission.

We take the following from Church Notes 29′′E

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER§.

SOUTH CHINA AFFAIRS. DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Enemy Ships at Swatow Disabled.

Our Canton correspondent With the French Armies on the! During the recent troubles in writes under date of September 4 Aisne, July 10.—The long ridge Chins the mission hospitals have as follows :— marked by the Chemin des Dam done splendid work in tending By order of the Canton Govern continues to be the scene of the wounded. Our Church has ment, Mr. Ohow -Tia Ink, tha sations that in their desperate not been behind hand in this Assistant Biver Defence Commie- abatinace recall the fighting last good work, sa the following sosioner, has completed his investig Tammer before Verdun, Now oant will show. The writer isation of the enemy steamers here, now there, sometimes with Dr. H. Gordon Thompson, who is detained in Swatow. He has small, anon with large forces, the at work in the newly formed made a report to the Tachan armes of the Crown Prices are "ation at Yannanfo, in this stating that there are three launched against the nario x crest D.cosse.

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gladly accepted by General Tang, of 3.000 tone, detained thers. The latest and one of the most with whom I talked over plans. Mr. Chow also states that all the considerable of these struggles as Army Medical Sarvios could steamers are out of order by reason began at dawn on Sunday morn-boast of one doctor who had been of their machinery being either BALLOON ing. At the end of a particularly trained in Japan and one who destroyed by explosive arbetance quiet night there was suddenly had been trained in. Canton, bus or disabled through lying too long let loose on the French lines, be the others had only been partly without repairs. They will not be tween Pantheon Farm and Froid-trained in Western medicine.

fit for use until they are repaired. mont Farm, sa infernal rain of An old temple, which had been: When Chins declared war on fire from guns of all calibres, and used as a vaccination station by Germany and

the police official, was placed at Peking Government despatched Corpa astonished Lindon recently

Austris, the bomb and torpedo throwers..

Four men of the Royal Flying In this western post, between cur disposal, sad after only three several foreigners to various by dropping out of the clouds in the villages of Jony and Braye; days to get the place into shape Treaty ports to take charge of the a balloon, and alighting in the the ridge broadens out, and it the first convoy of wounded arxiv- German banks. Mr. Mo. Even was middle of High Holborn, Trafic was sprinkled over a width of aed. We had fixed up about one chosen for Canton, and he arrived was held up for a few minutes. mile with high explosives. At hundred wooden beds and equip-to-day. He had an interveiw with while they rapidly defited the the same time the German in ped the place with drugs and the Tachon, in company with the balloon, packed it in the basket fantry were sant forward im instruments, which we had Chief and Assistant Managers of car, sad marched away! mediately behind the storm of brought in saticipation of our Chira Bank in Canton.

Londoners enjoyed it hugely. shells. Twelve fresh battalions, own medical missionary work.

Commander Li 'Ia-hon, the land the balloonists joined in the belonging to three different divis The Rev. Ronald Lankester and newly appointed Civil Governor, laughter. About 4 o'clock the ions, and reinforced by Stoss-Mr. S. B. Collins of the Y. M. O. A. arrived in Canton at 5 p.m. to day. balloon was reen hovering very truppen and detachments of engi- volunteered to sasist, and I do Many civil and military officials low above New Oxford-street, peare and fisme projectore were not know how I could possibly went to receive him at the wharf and as it drifted castwerd one of have managed without these two i The Parliament in Canton the occupants was heard shooting "Following instantly on the invaluable helpers, who, day by has sent an urgent telegram to to those in the street below, cannonade, the assault was day, helped with the dressings Tientsin to request Li Yesn-bang though his words could not be harder trial, because, ceaselessly and operations and made our to come to the Soath immedi-distinguished. However, bie barassed, our Allies have never work as efficient as possible.

ately. A certain important meaning became plainer when a beën abis to establieb on these. The wounded arrived in con- person, however, proposed that long rope was lowered from the bare slopes a proper system of Toys-the first batch of patients although Li Yuen-hung has left ear. defencer. They were far outnumbered about seventy-five, and Peking bia movements numbered, sad while there were were many of them in an awful still watched by Government over the telegraph wires, but near:

For a time the rope dragget among them battalions of foot condition. They had had about emissaries and it is would be Obancery-lane it became disent Chasesors, famous fightera, in this fifteen days' journey over moun- better to eend delegates to make angled and fell within reach. abominable rector supplies are 18in trails, the path rising and the request to him personally.dozen pairs of hande gripped it, ancertain and shelter is scanty. falling thousands of fost as it The Speakers of Parliament io 50 more quickly found a hold, Nevertheless, under the impal. wound over mountains and vited Admiral Obing Pik kwang, and in a moment 100 people were sion of their local officer, the anthrough valleys. An attempt bad Commander Fong Sing to and running westwards in the thick wounded survivors at once began been made to dress the woande many other prominent leaders and of the traffic dragging along the counter-attacke, advancing slowly en route, but it was mostly an officials of Canton to dinner in the captured balloon. Laughing and from one shell-hole to another, for endeavour to prevent the foal pas Eastern Asiátic Hotel yesterday, chearing, the crowd played with the trenches, never very strong, from escaping from the wounde. Mr. Wong Teing-ting, one of the it, like a big toy, testing down were now completely destroyed. The condition of many of these speakers delivered a speech to telegraph wires in their progress, One battalion of Chasseurs poor wretches waa pitifal in the explain the ressons for the election and beedlers of the wet sand the chief sufferera in extreme, Ono poor boy, only of the Generalissimos and the ballast that was showered on their the assault, but the remainder about fifteen years of age, with establishment of the Military heads, fought on. Reserves were soon his rare and leg emeched by riff Government. brought up, and by evening near. fire, died a few days after arrival, ly the whole of the lost ground from sheer zbavation, the result had been recovered. The French of the terrible journey and lack barrage fire had, as usual, been of proper treatment. Several died prompt and eff ctive, and the on the way down.

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By signals, however, the men in the car instucted them to pall downwards, and in next to o time the balloon stood in the Lord Rhondda's Secrets. middle of one of London's basiest German losses are believed to have" Another man arrived in a litter Newport said:"Lord Rhonddaly clambered into the car, Lady Rhondda, speaking at streets. A policeman immediate- exceeded car own.

from which he had not been must be different from most apparently with instructions to Starting out late last night I moved for the whole journey: Ministers, for he keeps his secrets "move on," which the seronsate succeeded in reaching the crest of His lower jaw and tongue had

did with incredible speed.. At: the hills at Hartebise just before been shot away, and he had had

the height of the excitement dawn this morning. I crossed to practically no "nourishment since the northern side of the ridge, he was wounded. The stench was Two Years for Anti-Milltarist. some of the spectators found and at length looked down into indescribable, and as we removed Philip Milwood, formerly Lon-themselves suddenly thrown to the Ailette Valley. As day broke the blanket which concealed him dan secretary of the No-Conscrip. the ground and caged in tangles we had a wonderful pspora os from view we could hardly realisation Fellowship, and member of of writhing telegraph wire. Bat before ur, tut with Herr Bocbe this WAS A haman being.

Brixton and Streatham Free they were as enthusiastic as the weighed watching a few yards down the He

Church Council, has been san-rest in describing balloon-catching i slope it was not possible to linger four stone. With oare and attentesoed by general court-martist in London as a great wertime over the beauties of the distant ion he soon began to mend, and Dover Castle to three years' me. prospects...

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Of the now legendary Chemin pieces of dead bone, the condition resre hard labour. Arresind, he big boon of the blogista SAKURA BEER

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We bad some exciting moments, but note of us was [Laci,"

doe Dames there is no longer a of his mouth also began to im- absentee in August, 1916, he told Daiy Chronicle repre trace at this point, but a little prove. He has since recovered has already served two sentences Bentative. There was no wind, farther east a few tree stampe are quite a lot of his lost strength, of imprisonment with hard labour and the balloon simply wouldn't understood to mark its former and we have doctored up his jaw for refusal to obey ordera, course, Bittered trenches and and mouth so that he is now maltitudinone shall boler cover it. quite presentable and can speak The storms of the last few days bave capped the chalky andetone of the bills with a thick bed of treacley mud.

The ridge is here at ite par rowest, a mere saddle, and one sees immediately the importance

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After each lot of wounded soldiers had been in the hospital for a few days the Military Go vernor, Generol Tang, and other

patients, and quite a cumber of car convalescent and hospital orderlies have been attending the Sunday services, for the hospital

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in the same street as our misby constipation? Are you biliōas, officials came land visited them, rion premises. One direct result liverish, troubled with speaking to each patient sad of our work has been the friendly headaches, pimples, poor ap- of the viene it gives over many making them little presents of attitude of the officiels towards petite, costed tongue, unpleasant miles of the enemy's lines, and money and hospital comforts... uz. There is always a feeling of breath ? The remedy is

All our patients were pro-mistrast when foreigners enter the loss to the enemy of their old

Views over the Aisne Valley. vided by the Government with an inland city in China to begin Sach a platform is bound to be long white gowns with a Red new work. This was shown only

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As good plateau of Malmaison, ten miles; like a lot of pastry-00. ks, but local newspapers opposing the par- for children as adults. Of further weat, spreads out to a which made it clear when they abase of some land which we want chemists, or post free 80 cents the width of from one to two miles, went out into the streets that ed for oor work; but the officials vial, from Dr. Williams Medicine and the Germans ibers possess they were the heroes of the now realise that we have coms Co., 96 Excbaen Road Shanghai. first place observatory on the site struggle. General Tang visited for the good of the people, bodily of the old French fort. That is the hospital, presented medals to and spiritually, and all opposition „why they were able to make there all the patients, and was most has been removed-one of the

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fasive in his thanks for all that newspapera just recently having we were doing for his wounded an article describing the way in soldiers,

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