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September 6, 1918,
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日二月八
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
1918.
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·REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE PURSUIT OF THE GERMANS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED ONSLAUGHT,
"German 'Retirement Contiäm
Batter leaves that the kina
CONTINUATION OF ALLIED SUCCESSES.
CAPTURE OF FURTHER IMPORTANT, POINTS.
THE PURSUIT OF THE GERMANS.
Important British Captures.
-London, September.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig announces the capites Ploegstreet and also Hill 63, south-west of Messines. We harags prisoner in foar days 16,000 men and captured over a bunkred
gana.
The Work of Our Airmen.
London, September 4. Bois dea Vaux has been cleared of the enemy. We are firmly
London, September 5.. Beporting on aviation, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states:- established at Mensscourt and Ericourt. Between Moeuvres..and
Aeroplanes and balloons co-operated effectively in the adranos Inchy-en-Artois the line rans along the east bank of the Osoal..
Franco-Americans crossed the Veale north-west of Frismes, on the 3rd inst. We dropped twenty-one tons in the day-time and where they gained a footing on Montagne di Perles and also across twenty-one tone at night-time. We destroyed nineteen hostile TenTM British north of Bezosher. Numerous fires indicate a German withdrawal msehines and drove down seven uncontrollable.
mobines are missing. from the Veale.
"The German Withdrawal.
DESTRUCTION OF U-BOATS," -
Proof of the British Claims,
London, September 5.
London, September 4 Writing in the afternoon, Beuter's correspondent at Franch Headquarters saysThe Germans are falling back between the Somme and the Oise before the armies of General Debeney and
The Admiralty announces that although it is not intended to General Humbert. This morning_our advanced cavalry was little more than a mile from Guiscard. General Mangin's troops are also adopt the practice of giving proof of the official utterances of Bis advancing and have worked up to the edge of the revin adjacent to Misty's Ministers, it is thought desirable to give the names of the the important Laffaux Plateau. There are numerous signe that the Commanding Officers of 160 German submarines which have been Germane are preparing to withdraw from the Vesle sector, probably disposed of, in order to rabatantiate to the world the statement by to the old fortifed line crossing the Aians from Javincourt to the Prime Minister in the House Commons on August 7, sabled on Rheim. The fires behind the German front on the Vesle are reported the same date and denied in the German papers, that at least 150 of these coean pesta have been destroyed." The statement does not to be increasing in number.
include the officers commanding Austrian submarines, of which s number have been destroyed and does not exhaust the list of German submarines put out of setion..
Quiscard Captured.
"London, September 5. Beater's correspondent at French Headquarters says the French have captured Guisoard.
On the Heels of the Enemy,
London, September 5 Beater's Paris correspondent esya Chauny, Jassy and La Fere are sfime. The French are still close on the heels of the fleeing
enemy.
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The recorde show that 116 from the 150 Commandera axe dead, twenty-seven are prisoners, eix are interned, while ons succeeded in returning to Germany after bis submarine was sunk. The deed include the Commanders who torpedoed the orces-channel steamer Sussex, the Arabic, the Lusitania and the Belgian Prines. It is recalled that the officer who sank the Belgian Prince barbarously drowned forty New British Successes,
of the crew whom he ordered to line up on the submarine's London, September 5. deck, It is disolosed that this submarine was erink
with all hande В
the Field Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig reports :-Anglo Welsh
fortnight after
It outraga. troops farded a passsge of the Tortille River and the Canal da Nord on sis farther revealed that the submarine which tank the wide front north of Moislsins. Daring the early part of the day the Lusitanis was lost on the Danish Coast eighteen months later, but enemy held the east banks of the river and canal and endeavoured the Commander survived to bring disaster to another submarine to arrest cur advance at this line with artillery and machine-gun fire. which was lost with all bande in September, 1917. Despite the natural strength of the enemy's positions, we advanced with great dash and courage and carried the villages of Men nancourt and Etricourt. Overcoming obstacles on the canal and river, we anbetantially progressed on the rising ground eastwarde, Farther north, English and New Zealand troops took Baysalcourt and reached the northern outskirts of Hsvrincourt Wood, esat of the Canal Other English Divisions gained the weet bank of the casa! Aguila under circumstances of the atmost brutality. opposite Demicourt and Baureiss, besting off counter-attacks.
English troops entered Moeuvres from the north and fighting
is still going on among the old Hindenburg Line defences: We have captured farther prisonere and material, including two of three German tanks used in an acsuccessful counter-attack on August 31. We progressed at different points on the Lys front
The Advance on Cambrai.
The Admiralty carefully files the names of officers guilty of particularly wanton and despicable outrages, end special endeavoura will be made swiftly to terminute their active careers... Finn tamen, so noted facade the Commander who, among other sinkings specified, torpedoed the Persia and also a Commander" who excels in sinking hospital ships; also the Commander who sank the Falaba sad
BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.
The Latest Output Figures.
London, September 5. - The Admiralty announces that the tonnage of merchantmen completed in the United Kingdom during August was 124,675 tons, London, September 4.. Writing ca Wednesday afternoon, Reuter's correspondent at compared with 141,948 tone in Jaly. The total for the twelve months British Headquarters says:The British advance towerde Cambrai August 31 was 1,612,640 tons. Lord Pirrie comments on the has lulled into a series of patrol fights. The main line of our adv820 increase skilled labour in the yarde were frustrated by the events on redaction being partly attributable to inflaeuss, while plane to continus widely astride the Bapaume Cambrai Road. The Canadiens the Western Frost, but he is pleased to say that there is an early are on the Nord Osnel along practically the whole front, while probability of a redaction in the present paral programme which Britishers south of the Cambrai Road have also resched the canalat will result in the transference of men to merchant work. He is of many places. Southwards of Moeuvres, the situation is most liquid. There is considerable fighting in this region, chiefly between amal opinion that the outpat will improve materially towards the end of bodies of infantry in rearguard sctions:
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FURTHER BRITISH AIR RAIDS.
London, September 4.
Prisonera have been taken from fresh "divisions, at least two of which have been brought direct from the shortened Flanders front. There is considerable artillerying from the direction of Gambrai, bat the resistanos is principally from machine-gans. We have
The Air Ministry reports:-Da the afternoon of the 3rd inat taken prisoner many more dismounted cavalry there. They state that their Division is now practically wiped out.. Among the latest we successfully attacked sa serodroms at Morhange, directly hitting prisoners are met on foot and from an artillery regiment, alen from several hangars end blowing up two machines on the ground. All wiring groups. We captared a 10.5 inch gan at Prooville. Naval our machines returned. During the night of the 3rd inst, we again men took thres field batteries complete in Queant. The warmest heavily bombed the aerodrome at Morhange, hitting more hangars praise is bestowed on the tanks, for the great part they played in the and starting fires, and also attacked an aerodrome at Boulay and battle, sleo in routing out machine-gun nests and rounding up fires at Boulay. All our machines retarded. On the morning of blast farasces at Ech, directly hitting the furnaces and starting
"prisoners."
French Overcome Resistance. *
the 4th just, we attacked the aerodrome at Marbange, hitting at least seven hangars. All the bombs barst well. We sino attacked aerodromes at Bubl with good results. All our machines returned.
London, September 5. A French communique says:-After breaking the stabborn resistance of the enemy, our troops to-day compelled him to retreat north of the Oise and on the Vesle front. Between the Canal da
AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION IN MEN Nord and the Oiee, our advanced elemente, foliowing on the heels of the enemy rearguards, advareed beyond Libermont and reached
Wa-bington, Bentember 4. the outskirts of Esmery ballon. We occapied Hospital Wood farther General March has soncanced the arrival of General GraveH east, crossed the Ailette and reached Marizelle, north-east of at Vladivostock to take command of the American forge. Ho Baya Manicamp. The enemy left numerous prisoners and gaze and a over 1.600,000 American troops had been seat road up to vast gasptity of material. The battle continues and the plateaux August 31. north of Scissons” are, threatened. On the right flank the enemy returned north of the Veale. We captared Bacy le Long and Moncel, north of the Aisne. Further to the right, we crossed the Vesle on a front of thirty kilometres and passed Chassemy, Brenelle, Vanberlin, Vauxcere and Blaney end Gained a footing on the orest north of Baalienx.
Americans Pursuing the Enemy.
London, September 5. An Americen offioisi mesange dated the 4th inst, sistes *--- Tielding to the continued pressure of the Allied forces, the enemy is in retreat north of the Veale. We are in close puranit and have taken Begpohas, Perles, Fiemette and Baslieux, capturing prisoners and machine-guns, and have reached the line of Vanicere, Blanxy, Regrand and Eames. Yesterday our sviators successfully bombed railroad yards at Longuyon, Dommary, Baroncourt and Confians..
More German Camouflage,
London, September 5, The German evening wireless meenage BEYE: The amen
enemy felt forward to our new lines between the Boarpe and the
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
SPLENDID BRITISH AIR RAIDS.
London, Sept
The Admiralty states: Between Aug. 28 and Sept 1, seroplanes working with the Navy carried out sucessfal raids on Ostende and Zeebrugge, dropping thirteen tons of bombs with excellent results. Large fires were started and two direct hits were obtained on an sati-aircraftlbattery. There were many bursts on the docks. We desirbred two machines and drove down another uncontrollable 3:43 the British machines returned. Our seroplanes mainita alant reconnaissanes of the Dardanelles and stantinople on the mights of Aug, 25 and 27 with Attacks were directed against the arsenal, doc Office, and barracks also, We, în co-operation units heavily bombed the zerodrome:
Kartlipoli Channels
"cart" of Bataires” and Couture, is he retirement in continuing. Considerable pro- "gress has been achieved on the whole £3 mile front from the Scarpe to the Somme. The Drocourt-Queant switch-lins is definitely smashed in on a front of six miles. We pens trated from the western edge of Etainte to the western. edge of Cagnicourt, thence approaching Quean
Enemy Panic-Stricked.
London, Sept 3 Beuter's correspondent, writing on Tuesday evening from the British Headquarters, says: The long bitter battle which was expected to develop out of yesterday's attack against the famous switch-line," broke' suddenly during the afternoon into a general enemy fight. From the time we earried the switch system at 7.30 until well after mid-day- the resistance stiffened, then died down so suddenly that, it was evident that the enemy was withdrawing as bastily' as he could, At 10.30 this morning our airmen reported that no Germans could be seen west of Nord Canal-de- la-Sensee, which rans nearly due south from Douzi, save a few outposts at places along the bank. Our sirmen are having a great time flying a little more than 500 feet. Where ever the enemy is met with he seems to be in s state of semi-panic The number of machine-guns we have already collected is said to run into thousands. We cap tured the crews of some heavy howitzers, who had just blown up their guns. They complained that they had scarcely been able to fre at all owing to the want of shelli.” Comparatively few gans have fallen into our banda, since the enemy early in battle sent his batteries scampering to the rent
Five Days of Fighting.
London, Sept: Si Reuter's correspondent at French Headquarters, writing in the afternoon says:-Tanks played an important part in yesterday's French attack, also the airmen The enemy is naturally defending the plateau tooth, and nail, The Prussian Guards delivered five futile counter-attacks leaving the ground littered with: their dead. Five days of hard fighting between the Ailetts and the Aisne have given good results The first power fully organised line across Temmysorny Plateat has been taken and the second line is already being attacked. The French are across the Ailette at several points. The battle has used up several of the enemy's best divisions, who do not match General Mangin's colonials.
Germans Short of Artillery, Ammunition:
London Sept. 8 Beuter's correspondent at the British Head": quarters, writing on Tuesday evening says:-So rapid- ly have
guns "got our
астоев the entrenched. zone that six inch high velocity. gina since the early morning have been maintaining a continuous harassing fire on the Marquoin crossing of the Cambrai Road, 'whence all the heavy German transport had to escape. By eleven the old Royal Naval Division had advanced nearly eight miles since yesterday morning and was still going. Northward of the Scarpe our troops have done little more than steadily. throw forward the covering flank, Our infantry outrah the support guns despite the fact that batteries galloped forward in a way reminiscent of the Long Valley manoeuvres. Enemy gunfire is desultory and is no where formidable. The enemy is evidently desperately, short of artillery ammunition on this part of the front..........
The **Elastic Defence."
London, Sept
There is still not the slightest sign of the expected Ger- man counter-stroke, which must soon be delivered if General Ludendorff wishes to save the situation. Prisoners speak of a great mysterious army headed by General Mackensen,- which is ready to pounce on the Allies, but its whereabouts is unknown. The chief problem of the moment is where the enemy will tara, Experts "expect be will, attempt. to stand on the Brebicres-Moeuvres line, but this will be most uncomfortable as it covers Cambrai and Douai by such a narrow margin,that there is no elbowroom left for their defence. It appears that the Germans in their last attempt to save the situation packed 70,000 men on a front of 8,000 yards. The name of the Hindenburg Line has not yet appeared in the German communiques, while it has atterly vanished from the German papers, in which it had been the chief feature for weeks past. So far there has been no indication of the feeling in Germany, where the Crown Prince's official writers are elaborately explaining. the advantages of elastic defence, preparatory to breaking. the news of the "smash
French Cross the Vesie,
London, Sept. 4, A French communique says: Last evening and during the night we continued to push the enemy east of the Canal- dn-Nord and between the Ailette and the Aisne. We-cap- tured Bois-da-Chapitre, north-east of Chevilly, and Bussey, farther south. Our advanced elements, pursuing the enemy, are approaching Crisolles. North of the Ailette we carried our lines to the western outskirts of Concy-le-Chateau and Juvencourt To the south we advanced east of Levilly, reached the outskirts of Clamenney and Braye and penn trated Buby-le-Long We prisonered over fifteen hundred in this region. On the Veste front our elements crossed the river at several points.
Franco-American Operations.
London, Sept. 4. Renter's correspondent at American Headquarters writes: The long and stubborn struggle of the past week on Soissonsis Platean has been crowned by & victory, wherein some of the best German Divisions were put out of action by the French and American troops. We are now in
on of the plateau The enemy incurred the heaviest in his endeavour to check our progress, especially the Prume Guards, whose dead were piled up in five futile coun attac ----As a result of yesterday's fighting" wa 'gresily
hened ont position along the Aliette
low of the line Kato, over, the Chemin-t
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SINGLE UO
COTTON SEED.
None Wasted in India”-
Some days ago, Rea gram contained an extract from The journal Near East in which it was stated that two million tons of cotton weed were produced in India saunally, of which two hundred thousand tone were used for planting and four hundred thousand tons were exported. It was added that doubtless a large proportion of the remainder waa fed to osttle, which was AD absurdly wasteful-- proces whilst a considerable residne must be absolutely wasleden
The journal regarded "it standing reproach to commercial and industrial enterpriss in India that a natural source of enormoon. wealth should be practically neglected. This extract is onlous lated to give a wrong impression of the real position in regard to cottonseed and contains numerons | inaccuracies, which it is desirable to correct. The exact figures in regard to the production of éation seed in India are not available bat an examination of the figures of the calturn of cleaned cotton and of the percentage, it - beatA to seed shows that there is reason to believe that sa average annual production of 1800 000 tons ĈE: seed is a liberal estimate.
The average exports of read daring the last five years bare" 151,595 tons only, the highest figure bsing 284,527 tour in 1913 14. Cotion seed is regarded as valuable feeding staff in this country and the erquiries of the Cotton Communiten. -hairy-
on the contrary, it fatoses a price of at least 22, 2 to Bả maund for feeding purposes. Panjib alone imports cotton seed to the value of nearly 50 lakhs. per annuw,
Whilst it is possibly correct to say that it is wasteful to feed sead direct to cattle instead of in the form of cake;' experience han. tended to prove that the establish- ment of a large cotton seed oil industry in this country would not benefit the Indian agricalta rist, who could not afford to pay for hydraulis pressed feeding cake the price that can be obtaine ed by exporting it. The result of the establishment. of such 'an {industry might then be that the oil would be sold in this country and thecske exported and that the agriculturist would be deprived of a valuable feeding staff which over large tracts of country osu be obtained chesply from his own land or that of his neighbours.
· Camera Film Shortage.
Amateur photographers are ex- periencing considerable diffipal. ties in obtaining plates and filme for their cameras. ⠀ Dealers in London especially have been in- andated with applications, which they have been unable to fall. The shortage in-stated to be temporary. One photographie dealer said there has been an exceptional demand this year for films, and thie, coupled with the fact that manufacturers were unable to obtain the metal for the cape to the
canised the shortage. There are very large supplies of osmerns of all kinds in stock,
no difionlty, in supplying other photographia materiału.
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