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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-10-7, Page 6DECENT FIGHTING HAS CHANGED WHOLE ASPECT OF THE WAR They Have Brought Eventual Victory for the Allies Within the Region of Calculable Certainty The London Chronicle's military correspondent writes under date of October 1: "These last five days have changed the whole aspect of the war. They have brought eventual victory within the region of absolute and cal- culable certainty. They have shown. that mastery in the west now belongs definitely to the allies in such a de- gree that whenever and at whatever point the hammer stroke is now de- livered it will go crashing through the serried lines of fortifications upon which the enemy has spent twelve months °f anxious attention and scien- tific ingenuity and upon the security. of which all his hopes, not of victory, but of an honorable peace, as he calls it, are entirely based. Each new stroke will bring the inevitable end nearer. After a time it will cease to' be a matter of chipping deeply at the surface. Suddenly a vital spot will be touched. This may happen any day, and then will come a sudden shrinking of the German line and the abandon- ment of a large part, perhaps all, of the occupied territory, Such a. point for example, is the railway janction near Grand Pere, north of the Ar- gonne, upon which the French are directing their efforts from Massigee. The moment that railway is reached the position of the Crown Prince in. the Argonne woods will become threa- tened and the long and costly German effort to turn the Meuse heights from the rear will have been brought to nothing. The abandonment of the Argonne would mean in the long run a general German retirement along the whole line, probably to the line of the Sambre and the Meuse. Similarly, the British capture of La Bassee and Lens would be followed by a shrink- age of the whole German linehefore Lille. The tale of the booty, gratify- ing as it is, is nothing Mee so enheart- ening as the clear and unquestionable proof that not merely the clearing of France and Belgium, but the definite defeat of the enemy, is within our power. That is the lessonof the last five days' offensive," FRENCH GAIN PRUSSIAN -CASUALTIES NOW OVER 1,900,000 RE GROUND A despatch from Amstam ayThe Prussian casualty listserdNumber 330 to Number 339, covering the per- iod from September 17 to September Everywhere in Champagne the Great 28, give the names of 63,468 men kill- ed,wounded and missing, according to Offensive Movement Con- the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, times, ' of Rotterdam. The Courant says that I these figures increase the total Prus- A despatch from Paris says: More f sign casualties to 1,916,148. ground has been gained by the ! How the severity of the fighting French, and everywhere in Artois recently has increased, continues the and in Champagne the great offensive paper, is indicated by the following continues. figures:. The booty captured in the first rush' The lists from Number 300 to Num. - of the forward movement Is growing 4 tier 309 announced 49,7055 casualties; rapidly as the work of counting is I the lists from. Number 310 to Number completed, so that now the seriousness 319 contained 53,396 names; the lists of the German losses is much more from Number 820 to Number 329 gave clearly understood than was the case 58,445 names,and the remaining lists after the first onslaught. , immediately g as above. The number of heavy field pieces tae Besides the Prussian lists, there ken in Champagne alone now totals 121. A bombardment of unusual intens- ity of the newly won positions in Ar- tois has failed completely to dislodge the French troops or even to shake the security of their hold. The latest entrenchments taken in this sector, on the heights between Souchez and Vimy, are being planted with heavy batteries. At several points the French troops have gained a footing in the second line, and some of them even went right through, but encountering Ger- man reserves, were unable to maintain their progress. According to the Ger- man account these latter troops were captured. The Germans, however, ad- mit the loss of Hill 191, to the north of Massiges, where the French are not far from the railway triangle, the possession of which has been of the greatest advantage to the Germans, as one of the lines has been used for supplying the Argonne army. French Wounded in Paris. The wounded French soldiers now in Paris say that the system of wire entanglements built by the Germans was more intricate than anything they had dreamed of. Even after the big guns had literally churned up the earth many of the stakes and entan- glements remained as a serious im- pediment to rapid advance. It would seem that in Champagne particularly it was the cavalry that completed the rout of the Germans from their first positions. The charge of the horsemen, say the wounded, made a fine spectacle, and was the last thing needed to turn the Germans to flight. Many of the men are wounded in the legs. It was the machine gun fire playing on them as they advanced that made the most wounds. A great many, too, are suffering from bayonet wounds. Already large reinforcements, for the Germans are arriving on the west- ern front, and their presence has already had the effect of slackening somewhat the allies' offensive. But there is a possibility of the offensive breaking out on some other section of this front. In fact, the correspondent of the Cologne Gazette at German headquarters announces ethat an at- tack was made east of Auberville, which he says was repulsed. • Hope may bud when it is cloudy, but it blooms only in sunshine. The Sahara Desert has an area of about three and a half million square miles. The war lance of the Middle Ages was about sixteen feet long. The pre- sent day lance rarely exceeds eleven feet. SCENE OF BRITISH VICTORY .Zi sou' G GEL,IILC UWP yl � LA�`OS'C/ t f ' `ROoC C." U1AP€LLEG��x f35E �' �,i nfeuYE GtAFLLE 4CQ 40 3 WEN:WPC. 1R l/ o LAtb ,+�c`o�1 ��,IE1 o , HA1PoW.RbC i 0 t?ty`, li CA°SAN RiC4PS4�:::m \ LQRGti£ salts. c` ML. r c Nt u. Out QuF AE/41.! 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The statement says the British cav- alry entered Rut-el-Amarna, 90 miles south-east of Bagdad, on the Tigris River, last week, The town was found to be deserted and the Turks in flight toward Bagdad by road and river. Along the river gunboats and steam - ere with an Indian brigade aboard in pursuit:. An, aeroplane dropped bombs on one of the Turk Steamers. "The total prisoners captured ag- gregated, 1,650," says the statement, "but more are coming in, The Turk- ish force, which is commanded by Nureddin Pasha, is estimated at some 8,000 regular troops, who are assisted by a considerable number of tribes- men. "The captured positions showed the trenches had been constructed with remarkable thoroughness, having com- munication trenches extending for miles and a system of contact mines." GERMAN DEAD PILED FOUR DEEP 14.,1177,1 Capture of Loos One of the Most Glorious Exploits of the British Army. A despatch from London says: A correspondent of Reuter's Telegram Company sends the following despatch SUDDEN STROKE TO BE LAUNCHED French Close Swiss Frontier and Re- strict Other Communica- tions. A despatch from Paris says; The War Office announced that the German casualties in killed, wounded and pri- from British headquarters describing savers are in excess of three army the fighting in the great offensive of corps, 120,000 on the fifth day of the the allies on the western front; fighting on the western front. The "The first charge made by our men amount of on, is enormous. Already from the Vermelles trenches in the 79 cannon have been dragged to the grey light of morning, which carried rear of the French lines with a mass them right through the village of Loos of uncounted material, including rifles, and to the summit of Hill 70 and be- machine guns, ammunition and sup - yowl this, will rank as one of the plies, most glorio,us exploits of the British- The battle continues without respite. army. In Artois the French troops pressed "Nothing could stop them. Two forward step by step until they had German trenches defending the village reached the dominating height known fell first; then a race across some as Hill 140, and the extensive orchards open country and they were in the to the south, This hill, the highest in streets of Loos, Some hand-to-hand the vicinity, commands a great ex- fighting 'with bombs and bayonets, pause of country to the north, and and then out of the village to the once the French guns aye placed an. slope of Bill 70, about half a mile to its summit the German communica- the east. The last desperate rush tions for miles around will be imper took them to the summit, some going filled. In Champagne the struggle contin- ues no less furiously. French troops are gradually making their way up the Tahure heights and are closing in along the approaches to the village itself. These heights, like the crest of Hill 140 in Artois, will afford the 'French guns a clear sweep towards the German communications at the ,rear, and will make it possible 'to so embarrass the German operations that have been published 224 Bavarian, 100 313% to 31%c; seconds, 30% to 30%c, even beyond until checked by a strong Saxon, 274 Wurttemberg, 49 naval Markets Of The World Eggs -Fresh, 35c; selected, 32c; No. earthwork defence with numerous and four lists of Prussian officers and 1 1 stock, 28c; No. 2 stock, 24 to 25e. machine guns, non-commissioned officers in the ' killed, $13 75 Turkish service. .___- DARKNESS IN LONDON 2 Northern,95e, on track lake ports, $28.50; Canada char , , IS NEARLY COMPLETE immediate hipment. 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50. Lard hundred yards from the summit. American corn ---No. 2 yellow, 12c, -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c: "Fierce fighting continued around A- despatch from London says: " on track lake ports. The new regulations under which Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 74c, storekeepers and others must greatly on track Tooanto, reduce their illumination under Pain Ontario oats -New crop -No. 2 P white, 37 to 38e; No. 3 white, 35 to of severe penalties became operlitive 37c; rejected oats, 31 to 34c, accord - Friday night and brought London to ing to freights outside. the darkest stage the city has yet Ontario wheat -New No. 2 Winter, reached. The darkening of the street per car lot, 88 to 90c; wheat slightly 95%c; September, 96s/ec; December lamps following the last Zeppelin raid tough, 80 to 85c; sprouted or smutty, 91%c, Caro No. 3 yellow, 65% to them from the hidden guns, they already had reduced the thorough- 65 to 80c, according to samples and 66%c.. Oats -No. 3 white, 32% to Pressed forward at a steady pace, freights outside. 33%,c. Flour and bran unchanged. making their way through the barbed fares to a gloom which the curtaining peas -Na. 2, nominal. Duluth, Oct. 5. -Wheat -No. 1 wire entanglements, forcing the, ene- of windows in houses and stores Fri- Barley -Good malting barley, 52 to hard, 961%; No. 1 Northern, 95%c; .1ny's .trenches and bayoneting the Ger- day night deepened to a shade which ,54c;feed barley, 43 to 45c, according was the limit of safety. The insuffi- ; to freights outside. cient screenings of the lights in sa-I Rnominal, according Buckwheat -Nominal. loons and small shops in certain die- . to freights outs de, tricts drew warnings from the police --- Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, f5c- "The enemy's batteries had by this Breadstuffs. Toronto, Oct. 5. -Manitoba wheat - New crop -No. 1 Northern, 97c; No. Dressed hogs --Abattoir time begun to concentrate on the to $14. s,, 8 -Heavy Canada short slopes of the hill, and therefore our mess, bbls„ 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to -e IS back bbls. men were ordered to dig in about a , wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 101/c; pure, the hill on Sunday and Monday. The tierces, 875 lbs., 11% to 12c; pure, new army battalions played an impor- wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12% to 13c. taut part in the attack; men who hada continued defence of that region United States Markets, no experience in real fighting sprang will be very difficult. forward to the sound of the officers' East of Tahure and north of Man - Minneapolis, Oct. 5. -Wheat --Not whistles with a. dash and gallantry siges, where the fighting was as bit - 1 hard, 99%/sc; No. 1 Northern, 93%c which nothing could stop, Paying no ter as at any other point on the entire to 98�hic; No, 2 Northern, 87% to heed to the terrible fire poured on front, the French made fresh gains b in spite of the furious resistance be- ing offered by the Germans. There is no doubt of the character of this re- sistance. The Germans are doing the stiffest fighting yet displayed by them in the west. Perhaps the heaviest fighting since -the offensive began is now going on, for the British are attacking the Ger- man third line of defence south of La Bassee Canal, and the Germans have brought up reinforcements against both the British and the French, and are making every effort to retrieve the lost ground. Belgium, despatches from Holland say, has been denuded of troops, while German detachments are even being removed from the east- ern front to meet the greatest effort made in the west since the armies took up their present positions from Belgium to Switzerland. The Germans are trying to divert the allies by a heavy artillery bom- bardment north and south of the Aisne, but, plans having been made by Gen., Joffre, the French are strik- ing with all their forces at their com- mand at the points selected. The re- port that the German Emperor has arrived at the western front is con- firreed, and he has already dismissed some of his generals for allowing their lines to be pressed back to al- most the breaking point. which are not likely to be disobeyed in the future. It is difficult to believe that future aerial raiders will get any guidance from the lights of London. FRENCH HERO FAINTS IN RECEIVING MEDAL A despatch from Paris says: The ceremony of decorating a large num- ber of officers and soldiers assembled at the Hotel Des Invalides was mark- ed by several incidents. Second Lieu- tenant Praquins, who had been badly wounded in the head, fainted in the arms of his nurses as General Cousin pinned the war cross on Praquins' breast. Another soldier whose leg had been amputated and who was carried by comrades received the military medal, the bestowal of the medal being greet- ed with applause by the numerous spectators. 3e DUTCH AGAIN COMPLAIN OF ZEPPELIN VISITS A despatch from The Hague says: The Dutch Government has made a serious protest to Germany concerning the passage of German airships over Dutch territory. Holland declares it expects Germany to take adequate measures to avoid violation of Dutch territory in the future. x Edison has constructed a little voice -mill which will work -at the bid- ding of -the voice. If •a mother fixes one to a cradle, the cradle will rock as the baby cries, and continue to do so in proportion to the outcry. GERMANS ADMIT 47 SUBMARINES SUNK Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $3.80, seaboard, or To- ronto freights in bags,. prompt ship- ment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, $24 per ton; shorts, $26 per ton; middlings, $27 per ton; good feed flour, $1.80 per bag. No News Has Been Received From Crews of This'. Number for Some Weeks A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail learns from its correspon dent in Copenhagen that a Berlin re- -port states no news has been received in well-informed naval circles for Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to 27c; in- ferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 30. to 31c; do., solids, 28 to 29%. Eggs -No. 1, 26 to 27e per dozen, in case lots; extra at 28 to 30c. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%c; do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Spring chickens, 20c ; fowl, 16 to 17c; ducklings, 17 to 18c; tur- keys, 22 to 24c. Cheese -l4% to 15c; twins, 15 to 151/4c. Potatoes -The market is quiet, with car lots quoted at 65c per bag, on track. some weeks concerning the fate of 47 submarines and . that they are there- fore supposed to havebeen lost. The Admiralty hithertoadmitted only the loss of seven submersibles. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 14 ,to 141/ec per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18% to 19c; do., heavy, 141/2 to 15c; rolls, 15 to 160; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23c; backs, plain, 23 to 24c; bone- less backs; 25 .to.25%zc. Lard -The market is easier; pure lard, tubs, 12 to 121%c; do., pails, 1214 to 12%c; compound, tubs, 9% to 1.0c 'do., pails, 11%c. Baled Hay and Straw: ' Baled hay, new-No.,1, ton; $15 to $16.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.`50. Business in .Montreal. Montreal,. Oct 5. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 79c. Oats -No. 2 local white, 43% to 44c; No. 3 local white, 42% to 43e; No. 4 local white, 41% to A despatch from Nish says:' The 42c. _ Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat followingofficial statement has been patents; firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35, issued .at -the Serbian War Office; "Hostile aeroplanes flew over Pod- jervatz, dropping .22 bombs` and kill- log three men, but"doiiig no, •damage of military significance, •.On the., sec- ond visit they- again dropped bonss, killing 'one man. The saine'day 'enemy . ..detachments tried• vainly to croes:,the $17 to $18.. Cheese -Finest westerns-, 14'r/s- to' 15c; finest earsterns, 141/8 to Drina near'RZesidke' Asirriilar attempt 1434.e. • Butter -Choicest\ cteamerywas maden.ne0r Porachnitz." No. 2 Northern, 93%; Montana No. 2 hard, 97c; September, 96c• December, 92%c. Linseed -Cash, $1.82; Sep- tember, $1.82; December, $1.'77%c. New 'York, Oct. 5. -Flour • easier. Spring patents, $5.75 to $6.15; Spring clears, $5.40 to $5.55. Rye flour quiet. Hay steady. Hops quiet. Hides steady. Leather firm. • Live Stock Market. Toronto, Oct. 5: Best.heavy steers, $7.75 to $8; butchers'. cattle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.10 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.50 to $7; do., common, $5 to $5.40; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6; do., rough bulls, ,$4:75 to ; $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6;4do., -tom dium do.,$tooo $5.7525 do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.25 to $4.75; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $55;. Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5 to $6; sheep, heavy, $4.25. to $4.75; . do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $8.50 to $8.75; elves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $11; hogs, off cars, $10.10 to $10.25; do., fed and watered, $9.75; do., f.o.b., $9.40. any . wise being to blame, and also Montreal, Oct. 5.-A feature of the that there was no political design con - cattle trade to -day was the increased nected with them. offerings of canning stock, and an active trade was done in bulls .at $3.75 to $4.25 and in cows at $3 to $3.25 per cwt. The best steers offer- ed sold. at $6.50 to $6.75, and the lower grades from that down to $5.50, while cows and bulls brought from $4.50 to $6 per cwt. " The trade in small meats was active. Lambs, Ontario stock, at $7.75 to $8, and Quebec at -$7 to $7.50 per cwt. Ewes, $4.75 to $5, and bucks and culls at $$4 to $4.50 per cwt. Calves, $3''to 13 'each, as to. size and . quality. Hogs, choice selected lot's, $9.75 "; to $10, and rougher and •poorer, • lots $8.75.. to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off cars. mans in them. "Germans caught hiding in cellars, from which they kept up a steady fire on the men dashing through the streets of the village, were hauled forth; machine guns firing through holes in the walls of cottages were charged and captured. FIVE PERSONS KILLED - DURING MOSCOW RIOT A despatch from Petrograd says: A proclamation issued by the prefect of Moscow exhorts the inhabitants of that city to avoid a repetition of the regrettable incidents of the last two days, when five persons were killed and a number slightly wounded as a result of unwarranted interference with the police. The prefect also requests the peo- ple not to gather in crowds, saying that ruffians await opportunities to begin disorders wherever people as- semble, however casually. The, proc- lamation has had the desired effect. It is universally admitted that the disorders began without the police in AUSTRIAN AEROPLANES RAID- SERBIAN TOWN strong bakers', $5.15; . Winter pat- ents choice, ', $5.59; straight., rollers, $4.80eto $5; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.35. Rolled''oats-Bbls., $4.90 to $5; do., bake, 90 lbs.; $2.25 to $2x30,. Bran, $23 to $25. Shorts, $25 to $27. Mid- dlings, , $30 to $31. Mouillie ' $30 . to $34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, LISTED POTS AND PANS IN THE. KAISER'S ROME A despatch from Geneva says: The Emperor's palace in Berlin was visited' recently by the commission having in charge the seizure of metals for Gov- ernment use and a list of the metals at' the Court was demanded. The Court - chamberlain ordered all the members of the royal family to make individual lists. By "the orders of Em- peror William all metals net in actual necessary use will be seized. GREAT BRITAIN ISSUES DUMBA'S SAFE CONDUCT A despatch from Washington says: Sir Cecil -Spring -Rice, the British Am- bassador; personally delivered to Act- ing Secretary Polk at the State De- partment a safe conduct under which Dr. Constantin. Dumba, the Austrian Ambassador, :will return to Vienna. The department asked for thesafe conduct - s'ome ` days , ago when Dr.' Dumba'telegraplied from the Summer, Embassy at Lenox, Mass., that: he had been, ordered; :home, ;•and. requested 'that arrangements for his safe pas- sage be made. German Submarine Campaign f Crushed A despatch from Washington says: Great Britain.has discovered and put into effective operation means of com- batting the submarine, which, .accord- ing -to official reports to; the United States Government, already- have re- sulted in•a'less estimated at between 50 and '70 i'German 'submarine§. The reports declare that the 'British,; Ade. miryy. 1t :confidently believes it --" has � crushed the . German undersea';: cam paign. New methods of offence and defence that may revolutionize naval warfare have been adopted.` Within the last three weeks i;onfidential re- ports to various Government depart- merits from representatives in: Euro - p Wean capitals of neutral - as well: 'as'` p belligerent countries have confirmed ed the British Admiralty's viers that an efectivemeans of. dealing with, submarine hae been found .