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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-23, Page 7GERMANS GIVE UP EFFORTS TO RECOVER GROUND LOST British Consolidate Their Gabs in Late Advance—French Win More. kilies *Captured 24 Guns, Iccluding a Number 'of Heavy Ones. Loudon .Ciebleaelerencit troops on the Ypres have progressed la the ueigieborbood of the River Steenteke. Oa the British portion of this front, aceording to the official report from 13ritisit headquarters in France to- night, there has been no change, Mut the Germans have ceased their coun- ter-attacks. The French and British troops have captured 24 German guns. -Sir Douglas Haig's statement reads: "Oa the Ypres battle front our anles have improved their position slightly in the neighborhood of the Steenbeke and have taken further prisoners. Otherwise the situation has not chang- ed. No further -counter-attacks have been attempted 'by the eneme• Twen- ty-four German guns, including a num- ber of beavy guns, have been oaptured by the allies" wallowing in mud all the tine, and had it not been for the efficacy of our artillery fire the men would have had a bard time with the enemy. "As it was, our troops had destroyed most of the concrete machine-gun redoubts winch represent the main defences in this section .but there still renaained many underground fortifi- cations 'which had to be fought through or silenced with bombs or left behind with the Germans still in them. I could observe the whole thing and there is absolutely no doubt of the tremendous superiority of our artin tory work and the preponderance of our guns. "The German counter -battery worn was nil, but on the other hand our batteries wore doing exeellent exeeu- tion against the °away guus, winch war' indicated by the diminution of their firing as the battle progressed. As early as six o'clock I saw ono big German gun being hastily removed from the height north. of Langemarek and rushed to a position. further back. I know other guns were pulled back to emplacements in the rear, "No worse ground for an advance could have been encountered. The Steenbeke River was in flood, and the whole region was waterlogged from recent rains. Our infantry was The Germans no Friday failed to renew their -counter-attacks against the French troops in Northern Bel- gium, who spent the day in organiz- ing the positions they, bad .captured in the region of Blatschoote and wip- ing out with their artillery fire small positions stilt held by the Teutons, ac- cording to the official -communication issued. to -night. The communication follows: "In Belgium the Germans made no further attempt in the course of the day. Our troops are organizing the ground we -captured to the north and oast of Bixschoote from Driegrachten, which is in our possession, to the 13roenbeck River. "We have finished reducing a few nests of resistance and have added to the number of our prisonees, which now exceeds 400. Besides we have captured fifteen cannon and a large number of mitrailleuses." BRITI.SH OCCUPY TOWN. . London 'Cable Concerning the report in the German official om- munication tb,a.t the forces of Crown Prince Rupprecht had retaken the town, which was captured by the British Thursday, the Official Press Bureau ,this evening issued the fol- lowing eommunication: "The German wireless official om- murtication to -day contains a series of misstatements. The right flank of the allied attack of Thursday was on the Ypres-Menin Road. There as no attack between this road and the River Lys. The enemy, therefore, nearly doubled the length of the front of attack. "The enemy has not recovered Langemarck, nor did he make any attempt to do so. A British staff of- ficer reported at six pan. to -day that he had just returned from Langemarck, whets'. he had been for five hours. "The British troops hold not only Langemarck but a considerable length of the German offensive position, 800 yards north of Langemarck. "The reference to Poelkappelle ob- viously is intended to give the impres- sion that the British failed to reach some imaginary and distant objective, just. as in 'the German official state- ment Thursday it was implied that the British offensive' on the Lens front was Verdun le Viol'. It Is suffi- cient to, state that the British troops gained all their objectives, not only north of Lens on Wednesday, but also from St, Julien northwards on. Thurs- day." Tito statement also :»kntl otn; 'that the German claim thet the attack on Wednesday was ntatle with Teo Ceres- dian divisions was an exaggeration. GUNNERY WAS PERFECT. British Front in France and Bel- gium Cable-a•There was very little change this mo ° fr rnine along the ont of the new Britishoffensive begun 'Yesterday morning in Belgium. Sever- al German counter-attacks were re- pulsed in the course of the night and fighting is continuing with the En- tente allies holding tenaciously the positions which they secured yester- day, and carrying out consolidations. Evidence continues to multiply from both the prisoners and British officers of the wonderful efficacy of the Brit-. ish barrage fire yesterday morning on the north end of the British line, where the advance was so successful. The correspondent visited the cas- ualty clearing station for the Lange - 'muck region. and talked with a Brit- ish artillery observation officer, who was wounded in the fighting near Langemarck. He said: "I have seen much modern artillery work, but frankly, I never dreamed there wend be such perfection axle, ieved in a barrage fire as we acemin plished Thursday morning. I was sta- tioned in an advance post, where I, could see the fun effect of our fire on the Langemarck region. White I directed the firing of the guns in the rear I was amazed to see what our gunners ecnild not sea. , "At the jumping-off hour, which Was 4.46 o'clock, the British batteries dropped a barrage in front of our lit fantty for the advance. It was as though a solid curtain of steel had been dropped before our men, It Moved forward with the mechanical precisiou of elockwork. All our guns broke out with such a hurricane of fire that I was attained With the ef- fect, "I tried to say something to a com- panion Standing beside me, but could net make him hear my loudest shouts, so deafening was the thunder from the breaking shells. The British bars rage Moved forward 'with suck accut. aey that our infantry Was able to keep quite close to it Without danger, for there Was no wavering of the bar- rage line. A TYPICAL 'MANIPLE. "There was a typical examine Of tills at a point southwest of Lange- marck known as `Aubongitee Here the Germans had constructed a steel and concrete trap door with heavy steel trap 'doors on top. It would hold perhaps fifty to seventy-five men with numerous machine guns, The artillery had been unable to shell them out, but the Germans them- selves were prisoners. They dared not open their doors to fire machine guns forfear of bombs, sowe pushed ahead and left the Germans there with a equad of bouthers sitting out- side ready to throw explosives when the doer opened. The situation was not without humor, and for all I know It remains the same, but sooner or later the Germans must give in. "There was heavy liana -to -hand fighting before Langemarck _amid the concrete defences, but we had no trouble when once inside. Our in- fantry tell me that once our barrage has passed over the ground they have little trouble witli the German in- fantry, PART PLAYED BY.FRENCH. London Cable—`The pert played by the French in yesterday's Anglo- French advance," says Reuter's cor- respondent at French headquarters. "consisted of working up to and crossing the sluggish stream known by various local Dames, such as Mart- jevaarf, St, Jansbeek and alarnbeen. and which winds at the front of the eine we gained at the beginning or ;August until it emerge into the Ypole-Yehr Canal at Drugraachmere This stream varies in width front six to fourteen feet and has a depth of from five to thirteen feet. - "On the left the French had to clear out the ground enclosed by the canal north of the Ferryman's house and Martjevaart, called the Peezel Peninsula, and in the centre and on the right occupy ground sloping gently down to the stream and establish themselves on the banks." • 4-q.+4 4-44 4-41-4-$-+ 4- 44.4 The Piano's Evolution v -4++++++++++44-4,-4-•-4-4-+-*-40-4-49, the harpsichord. Thiti instrument way eeldently intitgeeted by the IMO, !rota winch it received Re name. It we in fact only a large etzed epinet. Tlee OernutUB Celled it the "Fittegel" On AC - count of tbe reseutblance to the shape of a wing. Tile nanee ie Still used by theta. The honer of intreatteilig•the first gratin piano is generally conceded to belong rightly to Bartolouinaeo arise toforl, and it watt not Until the year 1720 tient it was completed. Pianos of liis manufacture Were not very talc - maul, and it was aot until the year 1726 that the grazul piano made by Gottfried Silbermanu were recognized as being the first to be Prectical. 511- bermaun's pianos 'Were the fit:Mites of John Sebastian Bach, They can- not be called perfect, boweveS, for they were of, very limited powers, juelgIng from the style of Bach's com- positions. The early sonatas ot Haydn also bear merits et the in - !thence of this interesting instrument. Tleo first seine piano was Made ia London about the year 1726, when it was introduced by Johannes Zumpe. rinse sore pianos, on account ot their tette, Which was particularity sweet, light touch and moderate price suddenly rose to ouch favor that they could not be made fast enough to gratify the publtc fondness for them. The square Wane was developed and continued in use in England for about one hundred year*, when the upright superseded it. That great mehcanical genius Se- bastian Emil, a German, went to Parie to seek larger fields for his me- chanical ideas, and in the year 1775 began the manufacture of email piano- fortes of five octaves 'with two pedals,. the tone and mechaniem og which are salt' to have been truly remarkable for that period. At the ago of 2e years his reputation was so fully eetablished that whoever wished to have any ideas carried into. execution applied to no one but him. The Queen ordered an instrument made to suit her voice, which was of liraited compass. Erard rendered the keyboard of this special inetrtunene moveable, so that by °Angina, its position a composition might be played a semitone, whole tone or even a minor third lower or higher without • tasking the p:ayerni ability to tranapcee. Rapid strides were now made to- ward the development of the piano- forte. John Broadwood, a Stotchman, succeeded in making radical, change(' in the Qonstruction of the square pl- ane, and was the first to add pedals to the piano, which were not known up to the year 1783, Pianowere now being made in the form of grand's and squares, buten re- mained for John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman residing in Philadelphia, to make the first upriglit piano. This was in the year 1800, 'when to him a as granted a patent for his invention. It is a peculiai fact that some of the old pianofortes now in existence give out a much finer tone than many of those made to -day, indieating that the construction of the first pianos was of such a character that they now stand as monuments to their makers. It is interesting to note the different styles in which the legs of the piano have been made. These- of the first piles were about three inches square at the top and thea tapered down to an inch at the bottom. Then followed the round style, slightly ringed, and then came a good many styles in • rapid eider, finally bringing those oe the large barrel shape into vogue The pedals of the first pianos were of a very ornamental design, showing in meet .casesethe shape .of a ayre. Many improvements have been made in the style and manner of the hammers of the keys. Those in the very early pianos were :made of either maple, ma- hogany or walnut and covered' with buckskin. This was an eight /a -ear af- fair, and was looked upon at the time Of tis introduetion, • en 1786, as quite an innovation. Those of the later pi- ano up to the present time ar cov- ered with the best quality. of import- ed felt, made extra heavy. and care- fully treated to prevent lumping or packing. All the hammers in their- original state as they come from the press and after being cut have a hard and hol- lowed out surface, and this uneven fac- ing is in turn picked or voiced to gain a better quality of tone -character. The good tonal results gained by such in• - tonation depend entirely on, the skill of the tone regulator, as well as the texture and grade of felt treed. This .element of the art ot piano making is one of the Mast scientific parts, ae; it is left to the veneer or toneeregula- tor to give the inatrument its true characteristic tonal Value, which eeals the instrument's fate as a piano and enhances or lemens the reputation of the maker, according to the results obtained. Ever since the firet piano was Made countless palate have -been taken out Lor real or imaginary improvements. During the latter part of the last century numerous experiments were made and 'some truly scientific results were accoinplished. When it le considered that within the past flity year's he radical change line been made in the building of pantos one is tempted to harbor tile same view as to the future construc- tion of the piano as has been conceded to the art of violin making, and than is that there is little -chance for devia- tion to any great extent from the Old eules paesed down th as. In these dun of the musical critic, ,the wonderful piano player and the excellence with which pianos are made and the fact that the idea of the piano was taken from tne ancients, it is not . surprising that many persons learn for the first time that the piano Is practically a modern instillment. It is presumed. that Egypt was the first nation to bring to a certain per - rection the stringed instruntente left from ancient nations. Certain it is that Egypt is looked upon. as the source whence the arts and sciences were diffused over Europe, and from all accounts that we now have this is more thau likely to be true. The forerunners of our piano of to- day were the lyre, dulcimer, kytnara or guitar, the monochord and all - harp -like instruments. These you will find mentioned in Biblical stories, and they may be said, therefore, to date back long before the birth. of Chriet, tn fact, there is in possession of the terlin Museum a lyre of the Egyptian make dating back an least to 2000 D. C. The harp was also one of the favor- ite instruments of the Egyptians, and was fend delineated from the earliest ages in many different forms. This instrument dates • back about 1,800 years before Christ. ' It is asserted that the first person to discover the principle of the modern piano was Pythagoras. This was done about 500 B. C. The instrumeat was called a monochord and consisted of but a single string or wire stretched ewer bridges fixed on tut oblong box. In 1025 or thereabout a monk, Guido d'Arezzo, who is considered the foand- et of the modern musical systean hu - 'Droved the moteochord by &Maytag 'more strings, and later added keys. It was not until the fourteenth cen- tury that the clavichord was intro- duced. ine this instrument was at- teched the keyboard, and it was from' the clavichord that the idea of tho square pianoforte was taken, • In 1492, the year that Colunaine die - revered the, NoW World. an Italian invented the elavieymbalmit. Thia dif- fered very materially from the eta* chord and appears to httve been the Original of the hartielehord, the striege being disposed of after the Manner of the harp. Abont two years later the spinet TOOK TOWN IN THMTY miNuTts "Straight on over Langenearck and the surrounding region. passed the barrage, with the infantry trailing. It was hot more than thirty Minutes from the Mart before we were in the town itself, 11 Wen night o'clock when our gunfire finally rested on German positiOne tar to the rear, 'and there they eontintied to hammer lettay While -the fighting Went on ehottt Lenge. Marek. "The GerMana Undoubtedly Were ex - Meting our attitele, for their Counter - barrage tVeu dropped heal" of otir ligea aliitoet an soon ar, onr ittieatre S•1101401.1...../ CANNOT TAKE GROUND FROM CANADIANS 41.19•," I Germans Fail to Regain a Foot of Territory They lIave Lost. GUARDS WIPED OUT Pride of Prussia Paid /lor- rible Toll, and All in Vain. British Headquarters, Franee, Aug. 17,--Corman troops last night ramie a determined Attempt to recover a mail section Of ground taken by the Canadian's yesterday afternoon northeast of Lem, but three succes- sive counter-attacks were driven off with heavy lessee to the meaty. Tao number of prisoners taken bY the Canadians has now reached a total of 1,120. The Canadians have organized and Paiute (secure the positions can- turea yesterday and have made an advance west ot Lens. The first counter-attack on the Canadian centre, made in the early evening, wae an absolute failure. About nine o'cloit the Germaus again surged forward and eucceeded In pushing back a few ttdvenced posts, but the Canadiana subsequent- ly moved forward and reoccupied the pceitione. Again the Germans mile back, but they were repulsed end ap. Peered to be satiated to let matters remain aa they were for the time being. On the north of the. Lenient the Germans put down a heavy barrage last night a,md gave' indications of a counter-attaek, but the Brinsit artil- lery replied with slice a quick and effective narrage that no infantry action followed. - The War °Wee report made: "On the Loos battle front we have secured the positione captured by us yesterday afteruoon and have gained further ground west of Leine The number of prisoner's taken iu this area since the commeenement of our attack cnow totals 1,14, including 23 or • , London, Aug. 17.—Perry Robinson, In a despatch to the Times says: "One of the German counter-attacke agalpst the Canadians at Lens will become famous -both as one of the bloodiest in- cidents of ,the war, a:eo because the troop's which suffered were the Fourth divia,on of the Prussian Guards. Since NO FLOUR TO U. S. Except Under Lictinse by Food Controller. 0 I d•••••••.....'a••• 00,•=4. :Rut 'Mauna the Germans have boon endeavoring More and mere to devinen the tactics tu eounter•attacie they learned on the Somme. No number of men even the ground Attacked, bove- ever defended and fortified, could re- sist Our Claymore What they try to do therefore is to offer etubbern op- Pealtiou, but, a-suming beforehand that the oppoeition will be eseices, endeavor to Innen ae formidable forces an pcesible near at hand for an im- mediate touuter•attaek. OccestonallY, aa haPPened. more than ()nee in the recent think weather, when our air- men and gunners cottld not son the counter-attack developing, they sue- ceeeed in forcing ue bade and winning a portiott of the ground lost. It le an eesential feature of these counter-at- tacks that they be delivered with a number of men far greater than he opn Posed to them, but the counter-attacks met be launched without the usual artillery Preparation. ;However few our men may be or how -poorly pro- tected la open country they meet the counter-attacks unshaken. At the best, therefore, the enemy losses are very heavy, while the enormous majority of them fall completely lane suffer ter. OW. .11 may be the beatform of dc• timely° war the Germaus can devise, but it es dreadfully ecietle. "In this particular case, besides the various troops =seed netkrer the scene of fighting, which flung them- selves iu the counter-attacks against the Canadian front, only to De beaten back, mangled and broken, it seems that the Fourth Guard division was being held, in reserve for a grand final obliterating counter - attack. They had to come throe miles over level ground and they came incredi- bly in columns of fours, as if route marching. Almost the -whole tance they were exposed not only to our artillery; but machine gen posi- tions on the new Canadian font, and the execution was terrible. It is not !mown what portion of the di- vision was actually throwe into the attack, but apparently not lese than two whole battalions .of emit of the three regiments probably more, because the estimates of the number of men run ae high as 6,000. However many, they • were practically wiped out and never reached our positions or deployed from the columns of route in which they advanced. There seems no doubt that *the casualties of the Fourth Guard division alone far ex- ceeded the total Canadian casualties In the whole course of the operation. "As for the other German troops who suffered here they were- tho 7th and 8th divisions and the 11th reserve division, and a pleasant coincidence is that the first of these, the 7th, are the same men as received such a bitter- lesson at the hands of the Canadians at Courcelette a year ago. All those divisions have been badly broken as well as the Fourth Guard, so that four divisions have been tem - warily put out of action by the Canadians in 24- hours' fighting . The under dog generally bas it put all over' him. ••••••=•=1/00 •••wlWial=•••• BRITISH REPULSE THE FOE; FRENCH MAKE NEW GAINS Desperate Assaults Beaten Off By Haig's Men, Ottawa, Iteport.—An ordor.i.n.eotincil has bees ressed at the tnstante Of the rood Controller .for Canada 'prohibition the export of Canadian flour to the Unit- ed States for the period for *which the export of Canadian wheat to the United States has been prohlbitect, subjeet to the previa° that the Food Controller for Canada may issue licenses permitting the export of flour In proper CaSOS for such export as he deems necessary, and expedient. This tIon has been taken owing to the situation which has been developed since the /1oard of Grain Supervisors for Canada set a maxitimot price for No, 1 Northern wheat of $2,40 per bushel, Fort William, on August 1st, to cover thc bal. twee of the old crop. White the mice v,e.e fixed in Canada, in intineetteolle it ha o since moiled 0.10 'for No. 1 North- ern Spring wheat, with a eorresponclIng inerease 1§,1 the price or Boar, With Canadian wheat at $2.40 end the price of flour not fixed, eertain of the Call* edinn millers have been shipping th the Anterient market 10 get the benefit of the higher prteea over there. In order to secure no much us pOssible of the bitlanto of our Canadian wheat and flour tor nue tonstimption and that tif Oreot Britain nod our allies OVP11304.1 leond Controller has prohibited the of Canadian, ftotir dutlintth rued of prohibition .of vlit-at export, rhe effect of this is io initig wheat foul fieur on a par to the Canadian con- sumer and the allies overseas. The Wien taken bY Canada will be followed by 'the tented States. There wilt be close cooperation between the two tocel mantnistratione. - The central com- mittee of the tblitett States millers op. DeWitt!. DV lierbort ifoovor han the woe invent:el by an, ltallent by the menet. mune aeappaaiene tine 1101 Opinetti and au:2 flinuntti 113 Tiet,tx nctified,of tht• titatiadian rmbercm. While Petain's Troops Pro- gress ori Steepbeke. London Cable—The German troops in,.Flanders were again completely repulsed by the British after sharp fighting, aceordinl to the British official statement issued early this morning, The statement follows: - "The enemy early to -day delivered, another counter-attack against recently captured positien immediately northwest of Lens. His troops were again repulsed .after sharp fighting in which we secured a few prisoners. There was considerable*hostile artillery activity during the night in this neighborhood and also northeast of Ypres." FRENCH GAIN AGAIN. Paris ,Cable—The French last night made further progress in Belgium, north of the road between Bixschoote and Langemarck, it is announced officially. They captured a strong point of support east of the 'Steenbok° River. German attacks on the"Ais• ne front were repulsed. On the Verdun front the French, in Les Liles, which lies about a Ulna - a brilliant attack, recaptured.positions sand yards southwest of the St. jails- annou.neement follows: ein Belgium out troops continue to making a srot of poeket about it, and ytl yr et.aelstteanb II? syhi tillige t Gh ceirrrelainn linos. . eTcoanhtioi '';.1 bgof oraereeeri:Iii.cratIrlidievi:rur 'eel et'iai ne either es i at he e 0 fie rt lei ni sel pi. ossui trigoend, prcleeteelll Bixscheote to Langemarek, and make progress north 01 the road from i irteiliVdafe: exsipmeerttleyd. thrift: the small Gertuan 1 sao ne 0:notuelrd.a itatea c le: no: otihi Id to r esn: ried a strong enemy point of support ' &tat of Steenbeke. "North of the Aisne we repulsed ! repuired by artillery fire. 2--e Germans deity - extreme right flank, but this Was several attacks, especially east of the ' leroidmont farm. In Champagne our I Theecontact between the Preach and artillery fire prevented. an attack I 13ritish,armies was excellent, The pri- which the enemy was preparing in the trainers accounted for to date aotalied sector of Massiges, I more than 370, and this figure repre- "On .the right bank of the Meuse i merited considerably more than the en - (Verdun front) our troops made a 1, tire Frelech casualties along their brilliant eounter-attack oft Caurieres I whole front in Thurscley's otfensive. wood and recaptured elements If I 'Me remarkably small casualties wan trenches taken by the enemy an Aug, : due to the fine work of the French ax- le and 19.. Our line was re-established I tillery. Preliminary bombardment of completely. Heavy artillery fighting ' German positions was most effective, "In Alsace a Gentian attack neat I perfect Larrage. and the advaaeo Was made under a continues in this sector, Steinbach was .repulsed by our fire. ; As was the case with the British° Elsewhere the night passed in quiet," ; front about Lengemarck, the German i borage was totall.y inadequktte, and ' DEADLY 'FIGHT AT POLYGON. ' their counter -battery work, Whereon (13y the Associated Press.) • 100 much d&enten&eve no trouble. 13ritish Front in France and Bel- e - --• e !French counter -battery firing reautted glum 'Cable—The fighting Thurs. I in silencing a large number of enemy , day at Polygon was unusally, doper- ' 1 guns, and as a roma the French have ate. Wave after wave of the enemy I been little troubled by gunfire in car- tame- Barging up against, the Landon 1 veins mkt eoneelidati one. troops, who held on determTh inedly ' e work of tee French engineers in ------: -..- - 1 this .diffiettlt terrain, which,. es it ap- with rine and bayonet, mail two eimultitimous counter-attacks from 1 pt, °aches the river, is a veritable neer- different directions forced them to retreat. t, ass, had bola thrust forward swiftly, I and when it came to bridging the Gradually thby withdi Ow, fighting 1 flooded Steartbake for -crossing at all the Way. Segue few of them, indeed, 1 (lawn Thursa re there was not thc were surroutided, and fought MALI i elighteet delay in gating the author - forced to surrender. ' Otte young off 1- i one bridges beak. , ter In connected of ten men foutalf The lereneb air aerviee plat ed all itimself encircled by the enemy, ande Important part iii the anvenee, getup; his men being swept by mitelkineegnu i ;owed of the Infatilry on ening the fire. The last beard of hint was via i irn,‘, pua tl.retling lie nal ferniest et the lathed in a inetesage he signalled. bad( ! tektrei4 'it the briallts of Iwo 01. tepee I '4.) his divielon, eitang thhie at 1110:1 l•titalred met req. The German airmen worn Peeing certain death, and that whit ventured in the dtreetion of the he saw no win/ but to kattrender and i iiwown wAre driven baelc, and the air ,3ave their lives., 1 teas eleared of enemy =chinos. In Along Most of the French front it ; reldition to patrol work the 'French was eming.krinfeely (Met, although a i teirmcn (lid good exneution vela' me - herd loeal tenth, eel: rtrittimiing olioul I viiiite !tints end ltembe 1111 vliviliy re - it :J1 9Pit f.!(‘t Mori I C,,,lpitht lame n tte digitate GERMANS ABANDON EFFORT TO OUST THE CANADIANS Gen. Currie's forces Left in Pasessio3 of Grand Won About Lens. British on Sunday Advance 500 Yards on a Mile Front. London, Aug. 19.—The official re- again complete* repultied after sharp In lighting, in which we secured a few port from British Imadquarters France Sunday night reads: "By a successful minor operation early Sunday morning in the neighbor- hood.of the Ypres-Poole:well° road our line advanced to a depth of about 500 yards on a mile front, and all our objectives, including a soviet' of strongly fortified farms, woe captured at very slight loss to us. Tho ene- my's toms were considerable. We took several ,prisoners. The German prisouere captured by the Allies dur- nag the fighting Thursday northeast ture at all costs of Hill 70, which so Oominates the eastern side of Lens. of Ypres are now ascertained to num- ber 2,114, incladIng 55 officers." (BY Stewart Lyon, Canadian Press Correspondent With the Canadian Forces.) Canadian Headquarters in France, Aug. 39.—The enemy has accepted dee feat, temporarily at least. Since the virtual destruction of the storming columns which sougbe to penetrate our new positions at dawn yesterday tbere has been no organized counter? attack, The German artillery is still active, and our gun positions have been subjected to bombardment with gas shells. The regulation gas mask affords complete protectiou, however, and although 11 18 not so easy to serve the guns, melon masks are worn, our ;miners are still able to find their targets. Since the brilliant capture of Hill 70 and St. Laurent on Wednesday moiling the men defending these newly -won positions have been com- pelled to stand by almost without ces- sation to meet the counter-attacks. The leaders of the German troops are utterly regardless of the lives of their men, and as soon as one division has spent itself in a frantic and. futile ef- fort to recover the lost' ground an- other as sent forward to the sacrifice. The Fourth Guards were cut to pieces in Ieriday's counter-attacks, and dur- ing the night a new division, the 220th, was brought up. Passing through their own lines without stop - pine, these fresh troops attacked at 4.30° Saturday morning on the Bois Hugo sector, north of Hill 70. The attack was- accompanied by a projec- tion of enemy liquid fire and gas. Our watchful artillery turned upon the Gernaans an effective barrage, whicb caused 'heavy losses, but they contin- ued to advance -svith the utmost deter- mination. At a distance of only 70 yards from our lines the machine - ere turned upon the attacking gguronusps7 and they broke and ran for C o ve r . Better luck initially, but no greater eventual success, attended their ettort to break through south of St. Laurent. The enemy penetrated our first-line trench, but were driven out again as the result of a counter-attack at once organized. In these desperate strug- gles there bas been much use of the rifle, bayonet and bomb.* The losses mount up, but all the competent au- thorities give the assurance that those of the,Germans are far greater than ours. The prisoners now num- ber over eleven hundred. - TIRED INFANTRY RESTING. prisouers." THE BAYONET WON. London, Aug. 19.—Reiner's gore- sponeent at British heademarters tele. graphs to -day: "Furious 1101;111g, winch was pro- gressing intermittently around ot1 now positious around Lens, has luiloce and leaves the gallant namadiane ie tull possesston of all the ground they won. it is now known that the high German command ordered the recap - Without it the place can never be QOM- tgrtable, We securely hold it. "The Huns have been attacking with gas shells, flamraenwerter, rifle gren- ades, bombs and maseed infantry waves backed by intense artillery bar- rages, The Canadians are retaining with toiling oil drums, gas snails, hand grenades, naachine-guns, and, last, but not least, the bayonet. The artillery has given magnificent sup- port. "I am told that in no fighting in, whieh the troops from the Dominion have yet participated has there been more furious hand-to-hand fighting. and consequently such extensive gee of the bayonet. "The first big counter-attack, which began Wednesday afternoon, has al- ready been described, how the Fourth division of Pruselan Guards, march Ing across in column of fours before deploying, were caught under a ma- chine-gun barrage, and all but wiped out • Whilst this was happening more German Guards were launched from the Cite St. Auguste. The first wave was mown down by machine-gun fire; the second, though, got nearer the po- sitions, while similarly the third ap- preached to within. 70 yards of the Canadians before it broke and meleeee away. "Elsewhere the 220th division, whicb apparently had been specially reserved to deliver counter-attacks, was strenu- misty striving to beat back General Currie's lads with no better success. They have had to be withdrawn, being no longer capable of continuing the struggle, "In the course of Wednesday niget a large party of Pruesian Guards en• tered one of: the chink cuttiuge with which the area abounds. The Cana- dians got among them and it is moat doubtful whether any escaped. Ninety piesoners and 20 machine guns were captured. Fifteen determined countereettacke have already been launched against the Boie Hugo, the Bois Ruse, the Cite St. Emile and fining the Cite St, Theo- dore ,all on the Dame scale of vio- lence. This makes it abundantly clear that the enemy regards the Canadian succeee as a most serious blow. BRITISH REPORTS. London, Aug. 19.—Sunday uignte report 'read: "Strong westerly winds prevailed Yesterday. The activity of our aero- planes continued, bombing raids and artillery and photographic w Irk were carried out successfully through- out the day. Three German aero. rialtos were brought down in the fighting; four others were driven down out of control. Eight of ours are miseing." The Sunday afternoon report read: "We -carried out a successful local operation early this morning, south- east of Enehy, in which we captured the German trenches in the neighbor- hood of Gillemont Farm and Molt several prieoners. Lase night our raid- ing parties entered the enemy's pose tione southwest of Havrincourt and returned with a few prisoners after inflicting heavy casualties on the hos- tile garrison?' The Saturday night report eaid: "On the Ypres battlefront the hos- tile. artillery has been quieter (luring the clay, "The strong west wind yoterday again told against our aeropianee giv- ing the machines damaged in com- bat oat of our lino little name of reaching their aerodromes. Bombine raids and the policy of haraseiag the enemy's infantry with machine ' gun- fire was continued actively by us. Ob- servation Work for ottr artillery was carried out all day and an unusually large number of photographs were taken. "In the air fighting twelve German aeroplanes were brought down and eighteen others were driven down out of control. Twelve of our maehines are miming and fell within the enemy 'lase RUSS REPULSE TEUTON DRIVE Battle in Manic Region Ends in .4.11y Win. The tired infantry are resting and enjoying bright sunshine and a cool- ing breeze. Their condition is vastly better than after Vilely ridge. The whole of the Fourth Prussian Guard -division has been used for recent counter-attacks, and the -losses suf- fered make it of no value as an at- tacking farce. After the supreme effort on Saturday morning between four and five hundred bodies were counted along a single brigade front. The Plletay non-commissioned officers put the blame for their disaster large- ly on the .shoulders of green officers, who exposed their commands in close formation to our artillery and ma- chine-gun fire. The non-commissioned officers are very much disgusted at being captured by a few Canadians. As a matter of fact, the captors of some of these Guard units, numbered toignl,iant. much less than the prisoners they our men have had. time to explore Hill 70, its hidden strength is being disclosed, and there are many dugouts 40 feet or more down in the chalk, where nothing short of an earthquake could disturb the occus pants. Mathine-gun posts were every- where, In the chalk pits alone a body of less titan 260 men had over 20 macnine guns, Our attack was so sudden there that some of these gime never were in action. The enenty's in- forraation as to our intention to attack was very accurate. Two regimental orders have been. captured, dated .te the evening of Tuesday. One says to- morrow a big attack in expected, The other ie more specific, and states that "aa attack is expected to -morrow morning. Look Out for barrage 'signals." It was an alert and weleprepared ' foe who was driven from II/11 70. The three days' total of prisoners is now over 1,100. CURRIE PRAISES TROOPS, London, Aug. 19.—In a meeeage to Sir George Perley, Gen, Currie says hie forces have fully equalled and in some respects have surpassed previous performances. So Inc no casualties as a result of the big push appear to have reached the London hospititis. The Saturday night report read: -"In addition to the unsuccessful at- tack northwest of Lens, reported in this morning's official statentent, the enemy made two other counter-at- tacks early this morning on this front. One Was east of Loos and the other in the neigbbOrhood tif the Itugo Wood . en the first case the enemy's attacking troops were caught by our barrage mid machine gun fire al slkort range, and were driven heels in dIi- oMoc with heavy 10140e. In the second attack ale° the etketnv'e 111 fanery, though supported by flamenwerfer, railed to venni our trellehem." The Weir Office report or Intturday EttI''lll The enemy early to -day delivered another couill er ethyl( ngainst on', re- veittl ventured position inimediniely Pori ict Louti. i1l. 11!,nui 1. ti 0 Berlin Makes Claim of "kluge Oaptures. Loutiou, Aug, 19.—There has been a considerable stiffening in the front in Rollinania and also in Russia In the region of Vilna, South of Grozechti, Southern Moldttvia, the Ittleslans have made a stand against attacks of the Teutonic elites rent repulsed thena and in the Stanic sector Russian troops also have beaten off attempts by the invaders to take further ground. In the Lake Naroc district ot tim Vilna, front the GerMarte endeaen abed to win Russian trenches, but their attack broke down, under the Russian barrage fire. A statement issued front German Army Headquarters sayin "Since the beginning of our opera- tion on July 19, in Eastern Galicia, Bukowina, and Moldavia, there have Callen into the hands of the (Teuton) Allies 665 officers, 41,300 men, 257 guns, 548 machine guns, 191 mine throwers and 50,000 rifles. "In war material there were cap- tured large masses of munitions, 25,- 000 gas masks, 14 armored cars, 15 motor lorries, 2 armed trains, 6 load- ed railway trains, 26 locomotives, 218 railroad ears, several aeroplanes, a large number of vehicles and colloid- erable supplies of provisions." RUSSIAN REPORT. DUCE LOSSES Of HUN PLANES Petrograd, Aug. 29.—Sunday's War Oftice report read: "Western (Russian) front: South- west of Lake Ncrocz about two com- panies of Germans, supported by am - 'Unary fire, attacked our trenches in the region of the village of Stalchov- cy, but were repulsed by our barrage :ire. On the rest of this front there naissances. "Roumanian front: lu the direction of Ocna the enemy last night launch- ed several attacks south of Grozechti, but was repulsed. Yesterday in the region of Statile there were battles with variable success until evening, when all the attackiug forces were re- pulsed. On the rest of this front there were fusilades. "Caucasian iiront: In the direction of Kharput unimportant Turkish at- tacks were repelled. On the remain - ler of the front there were fusilades." The Saturday report read: "Western (Russian) front: There were fuslia,des and scouting encoun- ters. "Roumanian front: In the direction of Oena yesterday battles raged in Lite region of Slanie, Gzorzechti and et the factory of Taklerire. By ev- ening all attacks were repulsed. The enemy succeeded only in occupying . a few of oer trenches south of the river at Slanic. In the direction of Folksham there has been artillery l!ighting. On the rest of the front there were fusilades and scouting en.- gagements. "Caucasus front: In the region 'forth of the Sviast Road our scouts made a successful reconnaissance and captured ten priaoners. In the direc- tion of Kharput, in the region south of Pelmiur, our detachments, organ- izing an offensive, occupied a series of villages' on the front of Karikaiger- Faradjadiinaloldekan. In the direction of Mosul the Turks undertook an of fensive against Bartell, and forced our troops to retire somewhat." With the British Armies in the Field, Aug. 1D. --A total of 114 Ger- man. aeroplanes have been brought down during the past week in fierce 'sky fighting that has been in prog- ress in cenection With the allied of- fensive. Sixty-two of these enemy ma- chines Were destroyed outright, and 52 were driven down. out of tonere'. A check up to -day 'showed forty British machines missing following the week's fighting, • The Prussian fliers took great chances in their efforts to commuol- cat° artillery ranges Lath of thele lines, 11 was teethed they were tinder ordeal to get the ranges or die in the attempt. inexcusable Extortion, 'Mere are /doves in (Wads ‘,Itere Mend la soiling 111. 71.e, emits per p081111. rays the esundian Food Controller. ',There nre othee pleees where 11 le selling at 12 end 14 cents, end ti have no possible excuse. except that eomeone is in enntrol of the maatete and thee dictate what they MO" Where ignenanee 04 Wile: "14 foil. in eallivoie 1 itt. tennis who bonus it Ail, BLEW BIG SUB. INTO PIECES Collided Off Ireland With British Freighter And Was Smashed at Close Range. New York, Aug. 19.—The oficers of a British treiguter whin. arrived Yesterday at an Atlantic port brought the news of the sinking ot one of the .atest types• of German U-boats by gunfire atter a collision with their vessel off the coast of Ireland, on die eastward voyage to a port let angland. "et was about three o'clock irk tac afternoon," said one of the senior of- ficers of the ship, "and we were about ale miles ort the Irish coast, steaming aiong at about thirteen knots in clear canter and calm sea. Just atter six bells struck,the lookout man at • tho foremost sang out: 'Submarine right under the starboard bowl"rhe captain and myself were oa the bridge at the time and wo rushed over to starboard just in time to see a. big II -boat coming to the sur- tace. She hit us a hard, glancing blow on the bluff of the bow of our ship, which carried away her peris- cope and started her leaking from the impact. "Blinded and helpless, the submar- ine was swung by the water, thrown troin our bow to the starboard side and grated along teward the stern. "In the meantime the captain had sent word to the crew of the six-inch gun we had mounted aft to have it rtm out, and ready when there was a chance to fire. We had a gunner from the Royal Marine Artillery on board. Ho was a crack shot and was waiting keenly for a chance to hit one of the U-boats in return for one of their craft having left his brother to drown in the open sea afto his ship bad been gunk. "In lesa tate than it takes to spin this yarn." the officer continued, "the big IT -boat paseed under the collator aft, and she was about 100 yards aetern, just sufficient distance to al- low for the depression of the gun, when the ffrst shot was fired and struck her amidships. As the 100-111. shell from our tetin exploded, the sub- marine's petrol tanks blew up, and a bright flame shot up fully 125 feet. 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