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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-09-21, Page 9BRITISH "HELL" MACHINES 3 BROKE GERMANS' SPIRIT rritish Armored Cars Caused Consternation Whell They Started Work No Way to Fight Them, and Nothing Stopped Their ilrive. (By Frederick Palmer.) Accredited Correspondent With the British Army of the Press, At the British Front, Sept. 16.-1,Vith ceaseless shell fire from unprecedented concentrations ot guns the battle rag- ed furiously all day, with the Britigh makbeg good, their advance of yester- day, where the Germans were rushing up reserves from other parts of the western front. The demoralization of their infantry Yesterday by the use of the new Brit - !eh armored motor cars called "tanks," was freely confessed by prisoners I talked with to-deY. "There was no standing against thee sort ot thing," said one German officer. "Of course we surrendered, those of us who were alive. We fired at a teak with our rifles, Our machine guns were turned loose on it. But the bullets were only blue sparks on the armor, We thought the British slow and stupid, despite their courage and stubborn- ness, and they gave us a surprise like this." IS IT UNDER CONTROL? A column of German prisoners passing a "tank," rejoicing in the ,nickname of "creme de mentb.e," which had just returned from the bat- tle, and was resting from its labors, spread out their hands and shook their heads and looked at it, exclaim- ing in a chorus: "Meiu Gott in him- ‚mell-is it under control? It won't break out and begin firing again? II Will we ever forget oar first sight of the thing as it came at us out of the morning mist? It is not war usiag a Piece of machinery like that; it is butchery." To this a British officer replied: "No, it is quite peaceable and tame now. It has just been fed. As for it not being war, it is quite In keeping with The Hague convention. which Your gas attack at Ypres was not." There seems no question that Fri- day was the most dramatic day in the history of the British army in Franca. The Germans themselves were mass- ing at many points, it appears, with a view to attacking to recover some of the high ground they had lost. The British anticipated the German at- tack with their own onslaught, assist- ed by their new hell machines. whose seeret they had been keeping up their sleeves for just such an occasion as this. GERMAN LOSSES EVEVIENSE. Both accounts of wounded British soldiers and prisoners takea from all parts of the line agree that the Ger- man losses were immense. As a rule the forces in the front-linetrenches support patrols in the shell craters in the Somme battle area in email num- bers with a plentiful supply of ma- chine guns. This means a smaller force expoted to artillery concentration in cam of an attack. If machine guns are silenced in the front trench taken then the reserves are expected, un- der cover of artillery fire from their side, to retake it by a counter-attack. Thus, as the Germans intended to at- tack, they had massee, large numbers of men in their front trenches. These were not only caught by the surprise of the sudden blast of concerted, Brit- ish guns preceding the charges of the British infantry, but were raked by machine-gun fire from the "tanks."' As the Germans were in new trenches, which they had built as beet they could under a continuous shell- fire and had no dugouts, they could find no shelter from the murderous erifilacle from the "tanks." Despite the German discipline and the bravery and racial hate which the Germans ,serput alto their fights against the Bri- tish, at many points mob, confusion Prevailed among these in the front lines. Some attempted to surrender, though surrender seemed impessible against these walking forts., Others fired desperately and hopelessly' be- fore they were mowed down, and others were paralyzed by the appari- tion which had no precedent in war- fare. e The trenches were filled with. Ger- man dead and those in flight fell like grain before the reaper wherever the "tanks" could direct their sprays of Lead in their path. The plan, as a staff officer explained to the corre- spondent before the attack, was not I to take either Martinpuieh or Cour- cellette yesterday, but Go succeseful was the early morning advance that the command was given to push on and by nightfall both places were in the possession of the British. These two villages are on the left, or hinge on the banks of the canal. opposite Peronne. The German forces were congeeted here in narrow area tn order to hold the salient arid pre- vent the British from widening their battle line by breaking through More trontage an the old first line fortifi- cations from Thie.pval northwards. se "But the larger the German num- **berg, the more casualties it meant." said the officer. "with demoralization in their front line the Germans threw torward all the reservee they had and summoned a divislot from Lille by train, while according to reports from • prisonere a.hd observers in aeroplanes every motor vehicle they had was bringing, up men and machine guns. read horse artillery was eutumoned from right and left to reinforee the already enormous concentration of guns." HEAVIEST YET MADE. "Alarria" wording to all informa- tion the laritioli have. best deecribea the situation of the Germans after the midden and unexpected await by the British which was the heaviest they had made yet. To -day the Germans were gathering ••• stances has been to restrain eager bat- talions and "tactics" attempting to go too far. The commander of one regiment. finding his men rushing beyond the objective set for them, teepee up on a htlIcelc and, stending up with face to the enemy's tire, sounded the bugle to call halt, but in vain. They went an and took their second objective an hour ahead of scheduled time. "We wanted to have the job ever with once we were started," said one of them. ALL MOWED DOWN, In one case where no "tank" assisted tho artillery to silence the machine guus, the duty of a certain battalion east to keep up to those on its right and left. Seventy men went forward; all were mowed down. Then another Platoon of seventy rushed ahead; all were mowed down. But the third sec- tion, charging over the dead, toot that German strong point, and thus pre- vented any break In the line of ad- vance. As for the "tanks," stortes of their progress continuo to be told. One took on board a German colonel, who eur- renderecl to it, kept him along through the fight. Another took command of the eituation in a shellevreeked beet sugar factory, sprayieg fire right and left into the doors of the dugouts. .An- other ambled in on a German battery of field guns and with its machine guns killed the gunners who were not able to flee from the grotesoue caller. One which went through the main street at Piers had a splacard up an wilich stood the words: "Extra -Full .Aecount of Great Hun Victory." SURPRISE TO GERMANS. Headquarters of the British Army in France, Sept, 17. -The work of the new armored cars, in co-operation with . the British infantry In their charges in yesterday's successful at- tack, is the one theme of the talk thrOughout the army to -day. "The idea was so good • when it was offered," said a staff officer, "that we had some built, and the way they have gone over the German trenches and have enfiladed themswith machine gun fire is some return for the surprise the Germans gave us with their gas at- tacks in the first battle of Ypres." Evidently the British were able to keep the building of these cars en- tirely secret, and the first that the Germans knew of their existence was wben. in the misty dawn yesterday morning, they came trundling across shell craters and over tree stumps, cutting down many small trees ore their way. toward the Getman trenches on to the second line and oven to tne third line. So ludicrous are thee in appearance that British soldiere lausehed at therm In the Midst Of the charge and cheered them as they poured their streams of machine gun bungee. Like some pre- historic monaterd they must have seemed to the dtermana, who were fc reed to steek safety in ;light or hunt their dugouts or try to surrender. DRIV[KG ALONG UPON TRIESTE New Italian Offensive Makes Henry Gains, • their forces and attempted, a counter- attack at ;some Pointe to break the new British lind. while the British sre- eiSted at these. jethate aSid'etttatked at others. l'nder -the Pounding of the moat terrific. elabit, Vire' ntodeers 12ftt1- iery an prodnee. the stubborn wrest - tie for Peattiselaerse,t4inatettaineeeelit.P. Britieli in piateession of more ground tositlaht than theyaltatieplantied ,te tekfeteThe only avrivo 4it.etterig eta -se Spent Three Weeks Bring- ing Up Big Guns. London, Sept. 17. -In their new drive on the whble Isonzo frontthe Italians have' broken through the Austrian line at several points and captured in the last two days several thousand officers and men, according to a brief announcement by the Italian War Office this afternoon. Vienna admits officially that Gen- eral Cadorna's troops 'attacking along the whole line ftom the Pippaeh (Vippocco) River to the sea "gained a little ground." On the northern wing of the Carso plateau the Austrians were compelled to take back their line, so -that it now stands slightly east of San Gradoll- merna, Five hundred prisoners ahd three machine guns were taken In counter-attacks, it is asserted, In Tyrol the Austrians are violently at- tacked on the Fassarie ridge, The cap- ture by Alpine troops of a point of upport west •of the summit of Mount Cauriol also is reported. Austrian sea- planes raided Vallone and. the Men - Falcone region. The first- detailed accoMits of the -iew Italian offensive on the sotithern Carso reached Rome today, The last hree weeks were entirely devoted to the moving up of heavy artillery and the preparation of dugouts for the bombardiers. The work was done most- ly at night-time. as. after the fall of Gorizia, the Austrians toncentrated egainst the Italian lines a terrific fire to prevent. the preparation of a new offensive. The new battle front is ten milea long and lies in a streight line from north-east of the heights of Gorizla to the Adriatic. hear $t. Antonio. The Austrians held strenglysfortfled posi- tions between the Western slopes of Monte Santo and Duino Castle. AUSTRIANS REINFORCED. After the fall of GOrIzitt General llorivitchad had asked for and re eeived several fresh brigades of ixt- Pantry, besides a large number of guns of every calibre. The Italian artillery DreParatiOn began Thiitatlity at three o'clOck in the morning, Wheit hum elreds of Mins began throesing tohs of 1 steel against Casten:wine, whicb ' domine.tes on the north -oast the road to Dornberg and On south -wet road tO.00Inen, whose entrenchea weer d0. fends the read to Trieste. ISIthe newS of the attack, was en- teredjfaTrieste On the Setrie day, -4 v. • when tw.entyasese Ottpronhe borehersame the arsenal. D'Annunito was among the ilets. The observers dropped numerous cards expressing the hope, that the day of aeliveranee was near. The infantry attacked again at it oselock in the afternoon, when Vi. bombardiers who, Under over of the artillery fire, had crawled up to the entanglements, completed the work sat the artillery. One hour later the weole line from the Wippach to the Adriatic was In the hands of the Ital. :anti. The Austrians were fottad dazed In the trenches and surrendered with- out resistituce. The Austrian lessee were especially heavy on Hill No. 208, the fortifications of which were the subject of a heavy and prolonged bombardment. The battle .continues. Fresh infan- try columns baelc of the lines advance hourly, taking up the work of tired troop, SAW STRICKEN ZEP, Maud Allan, the Dancer, in Late London Raid. New 'nark Report. -Miss IVIaud Al- lan, classic dancer, who will coon tour the United States an Canada, and who arrived yeetereay on the Lapland, told of a narrow escape she had in the last Zeppelin raid on London, Sept. 3, when thirteen Zeppellries bombarded the eaet coast of kngland, and three succeeded in dropping bombs on Lon- don itself. Mise Allan said she was awakeaed at, 2.30 in the morning by the heavy firing of the auti-aircraft artillery in a near -by arsenal. "Shrapnel began falling all around, and Londoners had a, taste of real warfare," she said, "We watched the tiny, cigar -shaped object, which was occasionally illuminated by one of the high-power searchlights. Suddenly a spark glowed at the end of the air• ship, and soon little tongues of flame could be seen spurting from various parts of the envelope. Two explosions followed, and the Zeppelin burst into a mare oe flames. "It remained stationary a moment, then swayed, and dropped with amaz- ing rapidity. The following morning t found many plecee of shrapnel and burst shells in my garden, which showed what a narrow eseape we all had." BRITISH PLANES RAM PALESTINE 17 Turks' Railway Communica- tions Are Damaged. Enemy Camp Also Success- fully Bombed. London, Sept. 17. -The following re- port was issued by the British War Office to -day: "Between August 25 and 29 a series of attacks and reaannoessances upon tho enemy's railway eommunicetions In Palestine were "serried cut by a British seaplane squadron under some- what hazardous conditions, dueto the fact that the railway runs for the most part behind a range of mountains dif- ficult for seaplanes to surmount. "Bombs were dropped on Afulell Junction, where considerable damage was done to the rolling stock and stares in the vicinity. A railway engine and fourteeri carriages were• sent afire and destroyed. The rellway stations at Tulkerm and .Ardana and an enemy camp four miles to the northwest were successfully combard ed and severely damaged. "On the 26th seaplanes bombarded the railway station at Home, 45 miles inland." RUSSIAN DRIVE SWIM AHEAD Is Resumed in Both Galicia and Volyhynia. Nearer to Lemberg-Halicz Soon to Fall. - • 1 .s.4ifk ONTARIO WENT DRY WITHOUT ANY UPROAR Very Little Demonstration As the Sale of Liquors Ended, QUEER WINDSOR CASE Citizens Who "Tanked Up' in Detroit Excluded Prom City. ...1•••••••••••••••••• Toronto, Sept, 18 -Toronto admirers af strong liquor bade a quiet farewell to the bar. The long -heralded comieg of prohibition was attended by praeti- oallY no serious disorder -"there was aothing doing" -as the police reserves put it. After the wind-up the down- tewn etreetseof the city were plenti- fully sprinkled with "drunIce." As the evening wore ea tney were more and more in evidence, the pocket aupply of whiskey, gin, ete., beginning to show its effects. The police, ilowever, were more than usually forbearing, ana the round -up for the night was actu- ally lase than a week previous. In anticipation of excitement a big crowd of people came down -town Sat- urday evening and congregated around um hotels. But they had. little fun for tneir trouble. The only real disturb- ance was at the corner of Queen and Victoria streets, where a cumber of over -laden enthuelasts pulled a street car trolly off the wire. The absenee of disorder was due to two factors; the earnest desire of the hotelmen themselves to prevent trouble -a desire that in raany cases was expeeeeed by the voluntary Mos- ing of bars some time before the legal closing hour -and the shortage of whiskey and other strong liquors. A mend of the downtown bars after five o'clock was a hopeleee quest if tile thirsty hunter was looking for a drink of whiskey, adn after six it was almcet impossible to get it. THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE. Guelph, Sept. 17. -Those who were looking for excitement when the On- tario Temperance Act came into force at seven o'clock Saturday night were disappointed. Nothing happened in the way of a demonstration. Belleville, Septa 17. -In the ushering in of prohibition at least four hotels in this city will be closed up, as they have not beeu granted a Standard ho- tel license. Under license there were fourteen hotels, and ten have been granted the new license. The houses closed up are the Dominion, Victoria, Internaticaal and Kyle. Kitchener, Sept. 17. - Some of the barrooms will open to -morrow as lunch rooms and others will dispose of soft drinks, including two and a half Per cent. alcohol beer. All of the ho - leis in the two towns have been grantee: ed Standard hotel licenses. Kingston, Sept. 17. -Three of the Kingston holders ot liquor licenses liaise been denied a standard license by the Ontario Licease Board. Those denied are the proprietors of the Im- perial, the Collender and the bar at the outer G. T. R. station. Twelve Kingston hotels arc given licenses. St. Catharines, Sept. 17. -All but four houses in the city and county nhial\t-se. been issued standard hotel per - Niagara Falls, Ont., Sept. 17. -The hotel accomneedation here will not be. sericusly curtailed as a result of the new Ontario Temperance Act becom- ing operative. Three hotels will close, the Imperial, the Savoy and the Resit. Chatham, Sept. 17. --The Chatham city police station has a clean bill to- day. Not a single arrest was made last night for drunkenness. although _hotel bars and liquor, steres were crowded until 7 o'clock.* Ottawa, Sept. 17.-Fouateen Ottawa hotels went out of business at 7 o'clock Saturday night with the pass - big of the liquor regime tn the Pro- vince of Ontario. four of them vorun- tarny and ten through refusal of the authorities to grant them standard hotel licenses. Tire retnaining thirty hostelries will make a trial of the new conditions. St. Thomas. Sept. 17. -The Colum - tin Hotel will be granted a ;special lacense until Nov. 1. when its lease expires. All of the thirteen hotels of the city have now taken out licenses and will continue In business. London, Ont„ Sept. 17. -All hotels bave prepared to operate under stand- ard licenses, and rates have advanced 50 cents a day all round. White local temperance men are jubilant, hotelmen and liquor dealers assert eltet a reign of unemployment and stringency is certain to follow. They aver that a dozen of the twenty' odd hotels which have taken out standard licenses will be out of busi- ness within a few months. .and that though travellers will pay about 60 cents more per day all round, the same acecnannodation cannot be given. Windsor, Sept. 17.--)t. number of citizens of Windsor who crossed to Detroit Saturday night following the closing of the bars here, were dis- agreeably surprised when returning tete somewhat worse for rear, they were informed by the Canadian immi- gration authorities that as Ontario bad pon become it dry province they were "undesirables" and must gobach across the river. At the Detroit ide objection was en aleo taken to their prestre, and half .,_ It dozen of the worn eases were turned ever to the police. The mine thing (recurred- again to-nIght. ;s • . „ SHORT OP 1VIEN • .•••••••• •••••41.4.4... .ee London, Sept. 11. -The Russians 9 bave resumed the drive on Lemberg with full vigor. The Petrograd War Office announced to -night that the Russians have captured Teuton posi- tions south of Brzezany, 46 miles southeast of Lembere, taking 14 offi- cers and 557 Turkish soldiers. In aa eneircliug movement against Balicz, '60 relies south of the Ualician capital,. the Russians have _taken 3,174 German prisoners, including 84 effis ctolues..The fall of Halicz la expected liiy Simultaneously with the resmnation of the campaign againet Lemberg* the Rossians took the offensive In Vol- hsnia. on the whole froht south of Pinsk. The German War Office stated tbis afternoon that the MuScovite attacks launched "morning, afternoon and evening" on a front of twelve and a bell miles, vsith "strong forces and in numerous waves," were repulsed everywhere. The Russians lessee are terined "monstrous" In °Metal reports from the fighting ground. Berlin asserts officially that the Russian ttesauIts between the Sereth alonsds.the Strypa (Galician front /teeth- eaat of Lemberg) were equally fruit - A. slight withdrawal Of Archduke Karl Isranz josef's front on the Nara- jovka River is admitted officially by both nerlIn and Vienna. SPANISH CELEBRITY DEAD. Madria, Vim Paris, Cable. -.Tose Mahe. garay, one of the foremost Spanish dra- matists, and fortner Minister of Finance, is dead, Senor idehetto.ray was born In Madrid, in Mareh, i135. He served as Minister of Finance from 1887 to ISM, but is prin. equally known for Ills plays, some of which have been translated inte all the Vurapenn languages. Jointly with the French pont, Frederic Mistral, he was ;awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1914 It tests tnerneY to go to law, Tile Judgeiehargett thesjaeys but the leetvster ehargels • „`' 1. . • „. • -r ••** * " • BULGARS ARE FALLING BACK ON MONASTIR .•,,,•••••••••,,••••••• Serbians, Avenging Their Betrayers, Made gavoc Among Enemy Troops. • FLORINA DOOMED 4.44444444^,••••• Three Ally Forces Converg- ing On the Centre- Do'brucija, Front. London, Sept. 17. - The Bulgarian right wing in, Macedonia, unable to check the furious onrush of Serb. Wrench and Russiau forces is contire iling to retire northwestward on both sides of Lake Ostrovo, in the direct- ion of Monastir. Equally great pres- sure is executed on their lett wing lite the British and Italians on the Struma. The Bulgarian War Office tete to -night admitted the loss of Ni efzep and Nina, near Lake ()strove. he French big guns are keepiag up an incessant (Wm -afro against the Bulgarian centre between the Vardar and Lake Doiran, the defenders' guns replying vigorously. The Serbs during the last 24 hours agate defeated the Bulgarians in bat- eles before Vetrenik and Katmak- eaten, east of the Czeran River, ac- cording to to -day's statement from Gen. Sarrail's headquarters at Sa- lonika They also cfrove the Bulgars .over the Brod River, northwest of Lake °strove. The defenders are "powerfully" entrenched on the right bank of the river, ccording to the official report. FALL OF FLORINA NEAR. Meanwhile the France-Rassian forces forming the link betweea the Allied left and centre are pushing their pursuit of the Bulgarians toward. elorina. Their advance guards have arrived before the town, but it is still held by the Bulgarians, though its capture is expected hourly. Seventeen miles to the north of Florina lies Monastir, the important Macedonian eity, the possession of which has for decades been one of the bones of contention between the Bulgars and Serbs. it was taken by the Bulgarians last fall, after terrible fighting, and has been formidably fortified during the past twelve months. The Bulgarians are expect- ed to make a desperate stand to hold It. while the. Serbians fighting on their own soil, will bend might and main to take it, and thus clear the path for the reconquest of their icing- dom. They are led by tbe Serbian heir -apparent, Prince Alexander, who has sworn to avenge Bulgaria's "be- trayal of the Slav cause." Monastir lost. the Bulgars would he exposed to a flanking attack from the • right, for a strong Italian force in Southern Albania' is eagerly awaiting a chance to aid from that side in the alacedonian campaign, and thus es- tablish a claim for the long coveted "windows on the Adriatic." As long as Monastir is safe, it acts as a block- ing stone to a junction of the Italians with. the allies. To -day's Serbian War Office an- nouncement foreshadowed the capture ef Florina by stating "the Serbians have already descended into the Flo - rine Plains." WONDERFUL MARCH OF SERBS. • Powerful as were the first line de- tences of the Bulgarian right, it was • awept back with comparative ease by the embittered dash of the Serbs dur- ing the last five days. An interesting psychological factor is that when Jeneral Sarrail some months ago as- signed the Serbians to the left wing the Bulgarian general staff felt con- siderable relief. Froth that quarter they .expected the lease danger, for the Serbian army was generally con- sidered; irreparably shattered, and its spirit broken. The Serbian positions were regarded as defensive rather than offensive. -The Bulgarian line wae formidably fortified In antiCipte den of drumfire from the French big guns, but open infantry battles were 13 et looked for. „ Thus the spielted Serbia 'onrush when the signal or the allied offen- sive was given toot the Bulgars by surpriee. How precipitate their re- treat has been is indicated by the fact that the pursuers captured thirty- two gune, many, as yet uncounted, priecners, and huge quantities of ma- terial. Tremendous losses were in- flicted on the Bulgars, the Serbian madquartere report says, one regi- ment alone losing two-thirds of its effectives. Bombardment of Maeda by the En- tente fleet set on fire the barracks in one part of the town, but caused no lose of life, aecording to the Bulgarian report. MANY KILLED BY BOMBERS. Germany is Withdrawing Even Frontier Guards, London, Sept. 17.-A despatch to The Fivcning News from Amsterdam reports that the Prussian guards along the Dutch frontier toward both Belgium and (ter, many have been withdrawn. From /3el* glum, adds the despatch, numbers offBel. glan families who for months had ap. •'tented for permission to •enter lielland are now steaming across the ime at dif. Mott points with their belongings piled on evetzikind of, conveyance. Tito above report, if eonfirnied, Would indleate that the Germans are PIA hardly preFted,fordroett•thdt they are etillIrW,,thik frouti,er-vdttris !to •the Institute' frpm .0 41. I,' ow NO E. A -a. •• a:set • tes. • - • .•• •••••••••yr COSTLY BLAZE, $501000 Loss in St. Thomas Factory Fire. St. Thomas, Sept. 17. -The anost (Us - 0u. and spectacular fire in Bt. Thomas for several years occurred on Saturday night, when the buildings and machinery of the St. Thomas Dehydra. tIon Co., Limited, and also those of the Canadian Woodenware Co., Limited, ad. joining, were entirely destroyed. The fIre, which is supposed to have been of incendiary origin, started in the main three-storey wooden structure of the Dehydration Company, and although every effort was made by the fire de. partment, the whole group of buildings was burned to the ground 'within an hour. During the fire a strong south wind was blowing itnd the burning debris was carried for many blocks over tho city, but fortunately no other aerlotis conflagration developed, The Dehydration Co., who were manu- facturers of soup ingredients, and have already filled large orders for the Brit. ish Government, were oreparIng to start operating for the Vali season and had several carloads of vegetable:3ln transit. The company, when operating, amploy. ed about 200 hands, and ran night and day. The loss of their building and con, tents is estimated at $40,000, with insur- ance of $15,000. The loss of the Wooden. ware -Co. Is about $10,000, with insurance of $2,600. SOMETHING OF NEW WAR ARM Britain's "Tanks" and Their Terrific Powers. Their Worst Effects Not Known Yet London, Sept, 16. -The Evening Standard gives the following details of the new armored cars used by the British in the west: "Britain's latest weapon of war is nothing more nor less than a huge land ship fully armored and capalsle of travelling at fair speed over the shellsbattered and cratered terrain of Picardy, Designed, as they are, to traverse the most difficult country and to sweep away all obstacles in their path, they naturally are of fairly large size, with caterpillar wheels constructed to cover the widest trench or shell hole and to enable the vehicle to tackle almost any depth of mire. Their crews are protected by varying numbers of armored plates, any one of which is impervious to machine gun or rifle fire as well as shrapnel bullets, and it is asserted that only a direct hit from a gun of large calibre could put one of these monsters out of commission. "While from a. defensive point of view they are almest perfect, their offensive qualities are even superior, and when they have cleared a trench of the enemy or have forced the sur- vivors into the shelter of their dug- out, these land ships -Pranks,' as the Tommies prefer to call them -have another little surprise in store for the beaten enemy, about which perhaps It were wise not to say more. "'west of the great engineering works In Britain can claim a share in the production of these armored ears. They are built in parts at different factories in order to preserve the secret ot their construction. and they are then assembled at a central fac- tory under the supervision of experts of the armored car division.'! Hall Caine, in a special article, says he has been told that if the allies had 2,000 "tanks" the war would be ovei In a month. Other writers say that the "tanks" smash trees and other like obstacles to their progress, including wire en- tanglements, with the greatest ease. They carry both large and small guns. weigh over 400 tons, and have a speed of fives miles an hour. Sucee,ssful raids by British patrols In the region of the Struma, north- east of Salonika are reported in to- day's War Office statement 'on oper- ations along the Macedonian freat, which follows: "On the Struma front our patrols succeesfully raided enemy lines at Nechori and north of the Beres road iaSt night, "On the Doiran front more thati 150 Germans were kilted by our bombers during the operations of Sep- tember 13, and in enemy caunters attacks our machine guns inflicted (wavy casualties." French mad Russian trolgiA ad- vancing rapidly on the \eastern eiAd of the Entente Macedonian fegat have arrived tin front of lelorina, close elt the Serbian border; south brafones- the the Preneli War Office; anhonneed in eltim afternoon's ,Official. Statement, Further east the Serbians .are ael- vetoing on both sided. of' take thi- treste, deteeting tilos Balgartantadin Leos gttgements near slaajrnackalah, arid continuing to throw troops aeroes the rieeeslIrOdi Where the, Bulgartans ape resiettina oo the rightbank' Of tlic rieer. • ite? frrit Doattitirk:' TOlitt's "ufficial "flip4rts4 t&llr t6 thrifty 'anY-definitt iTtht onathdt state of 1IT1flg} 1i Itonthaffiii.edleelliMbriefty itrineuncedethis afteeneon; .thetse Meld Marsha; vem. Meeckelle Wee array, len ine Dobrudja "ie continulakStlietdtteeutt pf the enetiye Nonidw" 50E60 is'arn- Petted trent. 'thesIttnubb MAW tiksir leffielod Statefeatit lleareiese-4 'lath ttiettitittefseePatnitellaWiet Itnefetlysstaketi thatsitaten*Wittu trove .hayse equent With the ady.atit'e detticliMents Of the O.len • * * t 5" it. ' • •• ' esiteee ist• rt•jvra • • arie0 • f:' • SO SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY Spain Protests to Germany Against Acts of Her Submarines. NOT HES DEAD Premier Scott, of Saskatche- wan, Very Low, as Re- sult of Asthma. ALLIES GAIN HEAVILY IN THE SOMME DRIVE British Repeat Friday's Successes, and Take Much More Ground ••••*, French Resume Attack, and Win Two Villages and Other Posts. London, Sept. 17. -Both the latitisli and French increased their galas on the Somme frolet during the last 24 ho The British in further attacks Sat- urday enlarged ground gained in Fri- day's great drive. They captured 61 ()Veers and 1.700 men In straiglztening out their lines. The number of prisoners taken indicates that the pro - mess made in the eourse of Me "nib- bling process" is important. Saturday night Sir Douglas Iraig's troops again extended their galas near Courcellotte on a front of 11000 yards. Pushing their linese. Waller north- eastward against Bat:Shame. At the came time they captured the formid- able German stronghold known as the "Danube" trench. ori a front of about a mile, near Thimval. and the Pow- erful fieldwork near tbe Mouguet farna bitterly contested for maw weeks. To -day Sir Douglas Haig's troops repulsed a series of strong Ger- man counter-attacks and consolidated yesterday's gains. They took 249 pris- oners, including six officers. The total advance made by the Brit- ish in the two clays' fighting. ;teemed- ing to Sir Douglas Haig's nigat re- port, is from one to two miles deep, and extends over a front s.sf six miles. Altogether the British captured 4.000 men and 116 officers, 6 guns, 50 ma- chine guns and much material. To- day's aerial successes brought the number of German machinse destroyed since yesterday morning up to 15. FRENCH RESUME DR1V11 The French after two slays of com- parative rest resumed their drive south of the Somme this afternoon. They captured the village of Verman- dovillers and Berny, portions of which they have held for more than a week. The day's fighting put tbe French in possession of the whole ground be - ween 'the Vermandovillere, Denie- ccurt and the Denlecourt-13erny sec- tors. At Deniecourt the Germans are still desperately defending every inch of ground, but the two ties of the southern line of the great salient have been completely crushed in. General Fecles infantry added still further to this success by capturing a number of trenches between Berny and Barleux. Repeated furious counter-attacke were beaten off by the French curtair of fire. Seven hundred prisoners, includ- ing fifteen officers, were taken by the French in the day's advance. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT. Saturday night's report reads: "To -day (Saturday), south of the Ancre we continued our attack in cer- tain localities, and further progress 1.as been made. iiince yesterday we advanced to a depth of from 'inc to two miles on a front of six miles. "The number of prisoners taken to -day is over 1,700, of whim 61 are officers. The total number of prison- ers captured in the fighting of the last two days, is over 4,000, of whom 116 are officers. "Up to the present six guns and over fifty machine guns are reported to have been taken or destroyed and a considerate quantity of war mater- ial has been captured. "Further reports on the aerial fighting on Sept. 15th bring the total of German machines destroyed to fif- teen. Another hostile kite balloon was brought down in flames.this af- ternoon. "Two more of our machines are missing making alto,gether six." Sir Cavendish Boyle, who was Gov- ornor ;et Newfoundland 1901-4, died in London, Eng. Fishermen report the. catch in Georgian I3ay as exceptionally light for this season of the year. The body of an unidentified man about 50 years of age Wits discovered hi Toronto Bay at the foot of York street. t Complore returns give William Hun. ter, Conservative, sixty majority over C. P. Nelson, Liberal, in Slocan rid- et. T o: y ergeeant-M ajor joseeph ilnusr, of the gaoth (Voltigure) I3a Ll oiC. E. la, .was found in tire e. Canal, at Ottea. $Lov aged 6, :publicist) ata frnetayor of New York, (ied al hissummer hono at Bedford Hill, N.., ateea longeillriese. ;Harvey Maranntriatedeisites while crossingthe $taJohn Moyer. twee Wadetoelt; t. Da -after 'attend: liars a political rneetina,* Peeves yleowned. ;Wen/deal Gritchleye of ;the-Strath.- eena riorse, has. Josen„recoNed byeehe Icing at Windsor and lave.sted With 'the inaignie °lithe laiptitiguielidd Sete Itstese ctrdee. eets re, . • sleen. WattereScotte Premier. sof Sat- ekatelidwime tee becll-qqrifinsect ese his •Iihd the past wealreilth an nettle at- taperof astinha„ quit testa a, yell Joe* tonditfori, • • , • 'Weath.• ,ers Isimigorsee alenetotels' arid SlYeatihlOrrinteS flitere• sheen Stink lily eubrintrines. The titeWe ,of ilthSa Vetesele liat•PrettraVed and arrisSed ut Marseilles. • :Daniel Cliniten aged ,45, of BelMott, 'd led "dr *61' .. • - ' Sunday afterneen's report reads: "South of the Acre our troops echieved turther success. Last eveu. Ing in the vicinity of Ceureelette we extended our gains on a front of about 1,000 yards, Jn the neighborhood of Thiepval we obtained a consider- able success yesterday evenipg by eanturing the hostile fortifications known th Danube trench on a front of about a rale. Here the enemy abandoned cousiderable quan- tities of rifles and equipment. We also captured the strongly defended work at lVfouquet Farm, possession of whicla had been hotly contested for some weeks past. 'The number of prisoners is in- creasing. "A number of succesful minor en- terprises were also carried out by Us last night on other parts of tht Brits Ise front." Saturday aftrenoon's re,port stated that all the ground gained Friday bas been held, including the whole of the large vfilages of Courcellette, Martinpuich and Piers, each twice the size of Guillemont, and added that 250 additional prisoners had been brought in. FRENCH REPORTS, Paris, Sept. 17. -Sunday night's War Office report reads: "North of the Somme our artillery violently bombarded the German of- ganizations during the day. South of 'the Somme our troops at 2.30 this af- terneou initiateu the attack at differ- ent points of the front and won Ines portant advantages in the villages of Vermanclovillers and Berny, which we previously only partly held. Some Notated places are still resisting. The whole ground between Vermandovil- lers and Deniecourt on one side and between Deniecourt and Berny on the other, defended by strongly -organized" systems of trenches. fell into our hands after desperate fighting, The fight is still raging in the neighbor - hod of Deniecourt. Between Berny and Barleux we captured a number of trenches. All counter-attacks made by the Germans during the end of the day were repulsed by our artillery. which inflicted heavy louses to the enemy. Up to the present 700 un- lyounded prisoners have been counted, including 15 officers." The Sunday afternoon. report reads: "Except for rather lively artillery ex- changes on the Somme front, in the sectors of Berny and Vermandovillers, no important event is reported." Saturday night's report reads: "On the Somme front the day was comparatively quiet. We made some progress north of Bouehavesnes and captured a trench northeast of Berny. German counter-attack against our positions between Belloyen-Santerre and Barleux failed under the fire of our machine guns. "There was the customary cannon- ade on the rest of the front. "During Friday night one of our air squadrons bombarded the blast fur- naces at Utkingen and Rombac. The stations at Spincourt and Longuyon also received sixty proJectiles. "Last evening a German aeroplane dropped several bombs on Rheims. Two civilians, including a child, were killed and another was wounded." Saturday afternoon's. report said that German attacks west of Clery and near Berny, south of the Somme, were repulsed and 400 prisoners taken. In a single trench element 86 dead Germans were found. Six more hoStlIe machines were brought down and many enemy military establish- ments bombed. when he was thrown from his buggy as it slewed against a stone on the Previous night. The old wooden barge, Rob Roy, in tow of the tug Home Rule, founder- ed about five miles off Erie in the strong southWest wind. There was no loss of life reported. The Italian forces have occupied Paliscrestro, five miles from Argy- rocestro, in Albania. according to an Athens despatch to the Exchange, Tele, graph Company. The body of Samuel McKenzie, the engineer of the fishing tug Hattie 13erry, who was drowned about three weeks ago, was. found tioating in Lake Erie by the tug Douglas H. Brig. -General Lord Brooke, of the 10th Canadian Brigade, who recently went to France and was wounded, is not in a dangerous condition, accord- ing to a despatch to The Daily Ex- press. Spain. has made a strong protest to Germany against its practice of sink- ing peaceful Spanish ships, ahd has aemanded• that there be a modifica- tion of the eubmerine campaign. Delphis Brouillard, 36 years old, brother of Patsy Brouillard, pugilist, was killed at the corner Of Aylmer and Sandwich streets, Windsor, when a taxicab he wag..driviag crashed into a wagon. • Tho body of Sam McKenzie, a Port Stanley fisherman, who was drowned on Aug. 28th by falling from a tug neer Port Bruce, was fourid fiver milee ettst of Port Burwell and taken to Port Stanley. Art inqueet will be held. °illy seventy freshinen have so far enrolled at the Ontario Agricultural College, which is about half the usual nurabert. The eollego advertised only • fOr Men who coalft not enlist, and dice Coaraged elfgible young men front at- tehding. AEW CABINET 15 FOR WAR Reorganized Greek Govern- ment is Named. Premier is Friend of Great Britain. ••••••••••1•mwm.Am.••••• London, Sept. 17. -A despatch from Athens says that the new Greek Cab- inet will be constittited as follows: President of the Council, War Minia- ter and Finance Minister, Nikolas Kalogeropoulos; Minister of Marine, Rear Admiral A. Darnianos; Minister of Interior, Loucas Roufas; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandre Car- Pallos; Minister of Justice, Mr. Voko- topoulos; Minister of Public Inetrue- tions, M. Kanaris; Minister of Cent- Lyssandra Kaftahdog- lou; Minister of National Economy, Mr. Busiest. The new Greek Cabinet, headed by Mr, Nikolas Kalogeropoulos, assumes power under the setae tonditions as surrounded that ot tea predecessor, and Is merely a serviee The new Premier, eft% Kalogero- poulos ,is considered one of the moat clever lawyers hi Greece ,and has re- seived the Degree of Doctor of Laern from the 'University of Paris. He lived Jong time Prance, and has close relations with Great Britain. arr. Kalogeropoulos Wes Minister of ritance. for a brief time in 1904-05. and was Minister of the Interior in the Theetokis Celjnet of 19080. The new Prienraer is friendly to Mr. Crushed beneath big, seven -pas- Venizelos, although he is not all ad- s6ideir etentring; ears which -Planseed 157te Masan In the Venizeloe pelley, deWn an ein,banionent on the Cold 'the new Cabinet ia considered here }prigs roade IIarry Price, Partner to be favorable toward Greek's par. In the firm of St Price keit Ownks aleiPation in the war. a•the weIlatianen,Hrindale: Sleek , ' 'KAMER TO OPEN REICHSTAG. Farms and proprietors of it large Tor- otttet dairy, was inSteritly Jellied. s Leask Cab1e.-4 Geneva dea- l. patch to the Exehadige Telegraph Coin- ofbaihroga..etalrideistropqribI dekillierd6 tieotw4eebidt front umnny, tinft thoperoe w mi am, pany says it Is reperted tinefficially tite %Owed son Wilt Prevent the .14ft/hes attendetteeay Cheneellor veti. sia,eth- MannsII011weg and Field Marshal non Aiming on the eight side. e Therefore. if a man look sharply, he Ifindenbarg, Chief ot Staff, Will Olsen Stall see IstOrtunet tor, though she be Ihnerson eho aesalop. asf the Relehitteg, ms none ,blliq,yet sh% ts..not iivi,sb1e 1EAdo1 Which Olytteneft on Septeitiber 25. Pee - • • , 1' a Ll" 5