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́REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

1918.

二拜禮 號二十月三英港香

· REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE WAR OUTLOOK.

REUTER'Ş TELEGRAMS.

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

Story of Two German Attacks,

THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN,

Advance on Thirteen-Mile Frost.

ENA ER ANNUM,

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph,"

OBITUARY,

London March 11.

The death is announced of M Lamyre de Villers, the former Colonial Administrator.

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THE GERMAN AIR.

SERVICES.

No Lack of Flying Recruits or Petral,

An Interesting American Review. London, March 11..

London, March 10.

London, March 11. Renter's correspondent at the British Headquarters says that

A. Paleation official message states :—Our advands to the north According to Reuter's orrespondent at Washington, the since the German attack of Friday and our suberquent counter continued yesterday morning. We crossed the Wadiavis and oap Weekly Review of the War states that in the West, despite enemy attack, the enemy infantry has been inactive. It is believed that tared a strong Turkish position five miles west of the Jordan. We efforts for three and a half years to shift eastward, the enemy is the enemy planned to launch these attacks at earlier dates, but the have advanced on either aide of the Jerusalem-Nablus Rasd on a completing the redistribution of available forces. There is nothing intensity of car artillery fire caused postponements. The coribern front of thirteen miles, to su average depth of from two to three in the situstion to indicate that he has abandoned the plan of a attack was delivered at four o'clock on Friday morning and the miles. We have occupied Kefimalik, S.lead and Telusur. Esat mejor offensive in the West. He has developed two principal Boatbern attack was due simultaneously, bat our barrage held it up. of the road the enemy un-cressfälly, attempted to sake Telasur, centres of activity, one pivoting on Rheims and the other in Alsace on Laneville. The Allies, while alertly on the offensive, are coplent The object of the former was to straighten the salient in our line We encountered little opposition west of the road. south of Bonthulat Foreet. The enemy Eeraulted ander cover

to allow the enemy to break his strength in assalta on the im

Six German fliers osma joy- of a smoke barrage on a front of two thousand yards. The northern

preguable lines. The British and French morale was never better. dank was completely repalsed, but in the centre the Stoestruppen

The activity of the American forces is daily being extended and riding high over our lines the succeeded in rushing six posts forming our advanced line. The

their nambare in the line are constantly being increased. They other morning, writes a

respondent in France. They garrisons reformed one hundred yards away and immediately

A Mesopotamis cfficial message states:-We occupied Hit, on Dow man treaches at four separate pointe

The Review, summarising the operatione, expresses the opinion got irto be lug air currents and counter-attacked unsuccessfully, whereupon supporta from the the Eaphrates, yesterday matning without opposition, The Tarks that the Germans are preparing for more extensive nation in the were blown out of their course.

retired seven miles up the river.

Oge of them osma down Hit is a hundred miles west of Bagdad and has rich petroleum exen of Italy, possibly with a view to debouching in the plain through a cloud drift to pick ap

Toul sector and are contemplating sa sive in the mountain deposite.

through Valla Garins. This will doubtless develop when the his bearing. He was instantly spotted by a British two-seater, weather improvee.

which dived from above.

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry atticked and the Germana ran before cür men could aloes.

FRESH PROGRESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.

London, Harch 11.

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SUCCESS OF RATIONING.

London, March 11:

The southern attack began st six o'clock in the evening and it aimed at passessing the little ridge near Palderboek Chateau. Despite the heavy barrage, the Germans gained the none of the ridge and got into our front trench on front of three hundred yards. The King's Royal B', holding the position, fell back in good order. After heavily bombing, the Royal Fasiliere reinforced The fortnight's doable :sticas echeme for rationing the London them and a second counter-attack resulted in hand-to hand fighting, and the Home Counties has been very enccessful. Hargarine, and By dawn we had entirely recovered every inch of lost ground. mest queues have practically disappeared. It is stated that a surplaa The enemy artillery responded heavily to our barrago. Three shells of meat was returned to cold storage on Baturday, yet it is announced barat saccessively upon the Company headquarters of the King's that heavy manual labour workers have double the rations. The Royal Rifs, barying the cocupants, who were all dog out alive. rationing of bread will be issued shortly, necesitating fewer bakers. Elsewhere along the front there has been violent gas-fire. The weather is fice but bazy.

Airmen continue their wonderful work of combing the Germane out of the sky, the latest record being twelve machines crashed and one shot down by our "Arabies" and twenty one driven down 'ont of control. Daring Friday's daylight work only three of our planee failed to return.

Continuous Air Raids,

Loadoo, Maroh 10. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-A hostile raiding party, under the cover of a heavy bombardment, attacked poeta to the east of Armentieres. A few British are missing. We repulsed the raid. Artillery activity has markedly increased between the La Bassee Canal and Ypres.

AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING."

Good Progress Reported,

London, March 11.. Beater's correspondent at Washington, esys that America's shipbuilding programme has been advanced by the completion end delivery in February of seventeen ships of a total sonuage of 121,000, The Shipping Board cfficiale estimate that the March delivery will be twenty-three ships of a total tonnage of 188,000.

The Year's Prospects.

PAN-GERMAN DREAMS,

Territories and a Hugo indemnity Expected.

Loodoo, March 11.

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The German was clever at |doging and for some time escaped the ballets, but at last a ballet pierced his petrol tank and enter- ed his thigh. The Albatross began slowly to descend and came to

A mesesge from Brne says the the Pan-Germanism now prevalent in Germany is flected in an article from Breslsa by Pro fessor Hamee, in the Schlesische Zeitung, in which the writer says earth in three minutes. now that Russia has been adequately dealt with, it is Italy's inro. British soldiers surrounded the He says Italy must cede to Austria all territory to the Tagliamento, machine and took the pilot restore Tripoli to the Tarks and gede Somaliland to Germany. As prisoner. Es was an intelligent regarde France, Professor Hasse says a tremendous war indemnity man of twenty-four and wore the and a suitable Commercial Treaty will be necessary, batiasatioent. Iron Cross. He said he had been France must cede Longwy and Briey forta. Verduo, Sangan and flyiög for a year and was so kasn Belfort, and the remaining cooopied districts in France, will be on it that he went out joy-riding restored when an indemnity of two thousand million sterling is in his spare time, as many of his paid. Further, Germany will require Western Morocco with Tangier, comradea did. part of the French Congo and French Somaliland,

THE TEA SUPPLIES,

London, March 11. According to Beuter's correspondent at Washington, the

London, March 11. Authorities are confident that there will be a continuous monthly. increase in shipbuilding, reaching a total output of 4,500,000 new

Indian tes smounting to 5,118,600 lbs, and Ceylon tea amount tonnage by January 1, 1812. Men and supplies are being for ing to 645,900 lbs. is being balloted for to-day. warded by General Pershing according to subedate.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Determination to Resist German Oppression.

London, March 11.

We dropped air haadred tombs on domps and billets and serodromes and slan an important railway centre north-east of St. Queatis. A large number of maobines carried out a particularly sacoes-ful attack at a low height on three aerodromes, directly hitting the hangers and machines in the open at each serodrome. ** Returning st s height of a hundred feet, they machine-gunned favourable ground targets, caneing caualties and scattering a company of infantry in all directions. Air fighting has been heavy. We brought dowo ten and drove down ten. Two of ours are Beater's correspondent at Petrograd etates that the Pravda missing.

declares that the transfer of the Government to Moscow, demon To-day we dropped one and a quarter tops of bombs on the errates the firm determination of the Government to reset to the sad Daimler motor works at Stattgart in broad daylight. Several the German attempts to make Russia ber vassal, and proves that barets were observed at the railway station, where a stationary there is no understanding between the Revolution and German train was set on fire. There were three borste at a minition Imperialism. factory south-east of the town and other burete in the Dsimler worke building. Hostile machines withdrew after weakly attempting to attsok our formation. One of our machines did not return, owing to engine trouble.

The French Front.

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London, March 11. A French communique says:-Toere i reciprocal artillery activity at Esodesapt and Viola. Our seroplanes dropped fourteen tons of bombs on enemy works behind the line."

American lafantry in Action.

London, March 11.

U, S. WAR SECRETARY IN PARIS.

London, March '11. Reater's correspondent at Paris states that Mr. Baker, the American Secretary for War, arrived in the Ospital today. Be made calls on President Paincare and M. Clemences. Be remains for a few days and then inspecte American traiding camps,

London, March 11. According to Reuter's correspondent at Paris, Mr. Baker, the American Secretary of War, and a Staff of seven have arrived in France.

A SALONÍCA VENTURE.

London, March 11.

Beuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters eaya that Americane participated in two rside in Lorraine on Saturday. The first was east of Reillon, fifty of the Ohio Lafantry co-operating with sixty Frerah sappers. Thay crossed five bandred yards in the open under a German barrage and wrecked German ebeltere and

A British official message from Salonios says:-We rushed a wire. They returned with only four wounded. The second was east of Nenvillers, where one American and two French companies post at the mouth of the Strums River, killing the entire garrison. ejected the enemy from three lines of trenches, which they systematically destroyed. The American artillery co-operated moat splendidly.

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A Successful Raid,

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Lisbon, March 11.

▲ Bulgarian communiqua etates :-After artillery preparation, German storm troops penetrated enemy trencheest the Cerna bend, to the north of Rspech, and brought back French prisoners.

AERIAL OPERATIONS IN ITALY,

London, March μ.

London, March 11, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We carried cat a successful raid to the south of Bt. Quentio, several of the enemy being killed or taken prisoner," Two machine guns were captured. We drove cf an enemy party to the north-weet of La B800, An Italian official message states: Aeroplanes during the day. There is considerable reciprocal artillery firing to the south of time and airships at night-time dropped seven tons of bombs on Armentieres.

enemy aerodromes and camps. All returned. The British brought dowe two machines,

A Double German Attack,

Loodoo, March 11.

A French communique states :—A counter-attack repulsed an enemy attempt to reach our lines in the neighbourhood of the St. Biliaire St, Souplet Road in Champagne. We took prisoners,

After a violent bombardment, the enemy made a double attack,

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AIR RAID ON NAPLES.

THE COTTON SITUATION,

Loodon, March 11. The Cotton Control Board has announced that licences to exceed fifty per cent, will not be granted to spinners of American Cotton except where over thirty per cent. of the spindles are engaged on Government work, in which case licences will be granted to enable an additional twenty per cent, of spindles to run on private Two hundred thousand operative cotton weavers in Lancashire are demanding that employers shall accept the principle of a minimum wage.

work.

He added that there was È splendid spirit among the Ger- man flying squadrons and that by the spring they were going to accomplish far greater things in the air than had even been attempted before. There was na lack of enthusiastic recruita for the German air service, and petrol was abandeat.

Here is an extract from the last pages of a diary found on the body of a German warrant officer who was killed in the Cambrai fighting.

December 1.-We praded be fore the battalion commander, who kept us in the bitter cold for an hour listening to his babbling.. In the afternoon we went forward, as we knew we were destined for the most contested bit of all Flanders Passchendaele. A peculiar mood took hold of us. The Admiralty announces that aeroplanes bombed Eagel 8ms of as were tipsy from the aerodrome and a damp, starting two fires. We destroyed three tes with alcohol we had been onemy aircraft and drove down four others accontrollable. All cura driaking, and some were fall of

returned.

NAVAL AIRMEN STILL BUSY.

THE IGOTZMENDI.

London, March 11.

London, March 11, According to Beuter's correspondent at Copenhagen, the War Department atatea that the centre of gravity remains the steamer Igoizmendi

BRITISH LABOUR AND PEACE.

London, March 11. Mr. J. R. Olynea, epasking at West Ham, said that Demoorsy was being accepted on all hands as the fature ruling power. The working man refused to submit to terma similar to what Bassis swallowed. Labour wanted peace and was willing to negotiate, but before it could enter the Conference Chamber it must have some guarantee of, honest intention on the part of the Central Powers.

BRITAIN AND RUMANIA,

London, March 11.

the fear cf death.

December, 2.-Made ourselves quite comfortable. F came, and we read and drank together. Again came orders to get ready... As we marched on we were alarmed, and shuddered as the eights we saw, and finally came to rest in a wood drier than our old quarters, but just so sinister. It reaks of battle sad blood, and·· is full of the dead of yesterday · and the day before, lying there bootless and socklees.

cheered by an artillery officer who On our way back we were met us and said there had been a break through near Beims and that we bad osptured 2,000 French prisoner

It was not true. This was the last day I ever saw dear F--alive. la the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that the peace

For some days nothing is between the Central Powers and Rumania had not yet been ratified, The Government knew the enemy terms before they were assented written, for the young diarist 10. The Government most dearly sympathised with Ramanis in we too básy fighting sad retreat would certainly be the Government's duty and endear or to obtain in the cemetery, which is only ibe cruel position in which she had been placed (Cheers). It ing. The next entry is the 10th: I go every day to F'e grave

London, March 11. Bentor's correspondent at Rome says it is semi cfficially in which special assualting troops participated, against Goose Hil: announced that in an air raid on Naples twenty bombs were drop-at the Peace Conference a revision of the harsh terma imposed on sight weeks old. There are already and Deadman Hill, on the left bank of the Mense. The assailante ped, a number of people being killed. were everywhere repulsed.

A strong enemy group attempting to gain à fcoting in our tranches to the north of B2 mibiel was dispersed. American troops in Laraine carried out a daring raid,

THE SPANISH CRISIS,

Refusal to form a Cabinet.

London, March 10. ́Router's correspondent at Yadrid states that Senor Prieto bas definitely declined to form a new Ministry. The Conferences of the Party Leaders are being raramed.

The Old Cabinet Revived.

London, Marob 11. Reuter's correspondent at Madrid states that the Cabinet has

GERMAN ICE-BREAKER MINED;

London, March IL

According to Heater's correspondent at Stockholm, the ice- bresker Hindenburg, which was accompanying the German ex pedition, has been mined and sunk at the Aaland Islands. Three were killed saa sight wounded.

THE SPANISH REVELATIONS,

Landon, March 11, Amba-sador writes to the Bot admitting the authenticity of You According to the Times Madrid correspondent, the German

Brohrer's letter and Pascual's visit to the Embassy, cabled on the 8th instant, but saverting that the Embassy broke of, relations with Parozal when aware that he was an anarchist, The Bol replies to the letter, maintaining its smertions and reserving further evidence till the trial

Romania.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.

Japanese Ratalog a Russia” Division.

London, March 11

Washington states that the reports of Japanese negotia political aid in Biberia are confirmed." It is reported that the Japanese are trying to raise a Russian division to co- operate with Japanese,

New Russian Government. --

Petrograd, March 11 The Travda's': Irkutak correspondent, states that ex- Premier Prince Lyoff has established ́a new Rússian Göy- ernment in the Far East with Headquarters at Peking and Is awaiting the landing of the Japanese with a view" to

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