HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-2-21, Page 6N1DIANS RAID ENEMY TRENCHES
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AND INFLICT CQNS1DERABIE LOSSES
and Machine Guns Captured, Trench Mortars ,Des.
troyed and Many Germans Killed.
Ai despatch fronx London says:—
Canadian troops have carried out two
successful raids in which they cap -
tiered prisoners and inflicted losses
upon the enemy, the official statement
from British headquarters in France
and: Belgium says:
"In an attack Wednesday maiming,
northwest' of Passchendaele, in the
easulaties incurred by the raiding
party were slight and all were brought.
in. Another successful raid was car-
ried out Tuesday night by Canadians,
ill the neighborhood of Hill 70, north
of Lens. Considerable opposition
was encountered; in spite of which.
six prisoners and a machine gun were
captured„ Our casualties again were
small,
Ypres sector, German troops temPos- A later despatch saye:—'Tire fol,
array occupied twa British' posts. The lowing official statement was issued
British later drove the Germans out bythe War •Office Thursday evening.
ire a counter-attack." "Early Thursday morning the
The statement 'reads:
"In a successful raid south-east
of Hargicourt reported Wednesday
morning, carried out by the Canad-
--inns, in addition to 13 prisoners, twa
machine-guns were hrought back. to
our lines, Many Germans were killed
in fighting above ground and four
trench mortars were °destroyed.
Seventeen dugouts ,in the enemy's
first litre and others 'in his support
line whose occupants refused to come
when summoned, were .bombed. The
enemy's trent:hes. at Lens again were
raided successfully by the Canadian
troops. A number of Germans were
killed and a few prisoners aiid two
machine-guns were captured,` The
raiding party returned to our lines
without loss,
"Several other prisoners were
brought in during the day by our
petrols. On the southern portion of
our front there was some hostile ar-
tillery activity to -day in the neigh-
borhood ' of the Souchez River."
FARM LABOR
ROYAL PALACES FOR
NATIONAL USE.
NOT CONSCRIPTED A despatch from London saysKing
ng
,) George, the Daily New says, has of-
fered three Royal palaces for national
use. They are Balmoral Castle, Buck
But Inventory of Man -Power of ingham Palace, and Kensington -Pal-
ace, for public offices. The Govern-
ment has not taken any action on the
offer.
A despatch from Ottawa says; Sub- Balmoral is near Perth, Scotland,
sequent to a sitting of the Cabinet and is ` the Scottish Highland regi -
Do -ainion Will be Taken
At Once.:
Council the Government gave out an
announcement as to its immediate
policy inregard to labor. The Gov-
ernment will not conscript men for
farm labor under the Military Service
Act, but will take immediate stepSleto
secure a ee istration and inventor of
g y
the classification of the industries of of Kensington Gardens, was erected
pian -poster: of the Dominion. There in 1689-91. •
will, be no importation of coolie labor The late Queen Victoria and Queen
at present, to which exception is tak- Mary were both born in Kensington
en by the labor nen, but this matter Palace:
may be given further consideration at
a' later date, No decision has been
reached in regard to the conscri
of alien labor. READY FOR SOWING
•
dente of the British Royal family.
sto
l�'itat the .British Found on Way to Jerusalem..
Birckingbain Palace and Kennington
As the British advanced in Palestine theyfound ghat: the . wells hacl
Palace are in `London, Since esae
BinWuhan Palace has been the Lon been destroyed." Since, such an'�tutrage is forbidden by the religion of the
Orthodox T " the um rtio i ` thattheWell Shown in the above hoto-
don residence of the soverei n. It is stirs, ph es 1, n s we sP
g graph was destroyed by the Germans who were with the..Turkish army.
at the -western: end of St: James Park,
Kensington. Palace; en the.:west side This well•.was at Bersheba and was blown up with a.high explosive.
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& tub;, 29 to 29 r; ]ta,lp 9i to" 297e;
�p �� � conlppund; tierces 25? to 26r;. inns, 2a-";
arkets fit .,r. c..
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1ption MUCH °WESTERN LAND
tat $3. dots-1\Ton standard brade.np11.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 338c; No•
I\ to $10.90. Rolled oats-l3ccgs.
CANADA'S ARMY STRONGER
Brea tstnffs•
to 2G. i. pans, l t
Montreal." Vearketa.
RITI AND. FRENCH DELIVER
BLOWSAT GERMAN LINE
Canadians l<�.�:eI) (Xii'k Raiding Oper�ations at Lens ---French Bomb
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Metz. and Other German Cities.
, In the .Butte Du Mesnil, region of
Champagne, a lively artillery duel was
in progress at hist accounts. Like-
wise :neat Verdun and in the Woevre`
reciprocal bombardments of a violent .'
character- are in progress,
Over the entire front t.be aerial ac-
tivity by both sides continue; 'intense,
with both the Entente and German
airmen endeavoring to locate oppos-
ing positions or to spy out troop eon-
ce'htrations.
French aviators again. have carried
out a brilliant foray into Germany,
attacking with bombs numerous town;i
of ,military impotance, notably Metz.
Large quantities of explosives were
A despatoli front' London says: -
130th the :ttritish and French arinies
delivered on Friday at widely -Separ-
ated points ori. the western front
smashes at the Garman- line. These
ettaeks, although they were n ei�ely
in the nature of raids w'ero success-
fully carried out and resulted in the
capture of ,prisoners anti in;the inflict
tion of casualties on the -enemy.
The Canadians on the .0 mous Lens
sector kept up trier , raiding opera-
tions against the Germans, again en-
tering the trenches and bringing back
prisoners. Near Courey the ,Feeneh
undertook successfully a similar me-.
noeclvre which bore fruit in 'the bag-
ging of a number of: German 'prison-. dropped and conflag'rations were ob-
ers, served,
NEARLY FOROAERROP LANE BOMBS. 000 tUE
A despatch from Washington says:
The principal Heins for the army in
the billion -dollar urgent deficiency ap-
propriation bill favorably reported to
the House on Thursday include $277,-
732,000 for bombs for aeroplane, $100,-
000,000. -foe quartermaster storage
plants' on the sea coast and at interior
points, and $81,000,000 for mountain,
field, siege and other artillery, in addi-
tion to the billion dollars already•spent
for ordnance and contract' authoriza-
tions- for $7'79,000,000 -additional,
BRITISH ADVANCE.TWO MILES
Toronto. Feb.* 1.9=•-1'[anito a.-vheati ..Mnnh•eal, Feb. : 3.9- Oato-Ciundian
No. 1 Northern, $2.231; No. 2, do,. 52.20_, '4lrestern, Na. 3 $1.03; extra No, 1 reed, 1.
1.0 3,': t'1
9
., 52.'17 ; 1`0.' h sheat,. $010. ^. 51,03; ".No. 2 1oe.a.1 tii�liiLe. $1.02: No... 3 LA.sa1• BIGTOWN ::IN GALICIA.
TURNED OVER TO -AUSTRIANS.
Destruction Was Three Times
Greater Thaw' Production by
Britain and.United. States.
A despatch from Washington, D.C.,
says Ship tonnage sunk : by subma-
rines,in 1917. wars nearly three times
as great as the total ofproduction in
the United States and Great Britain
.during the year:•
This was disclosed by the. amiounce-
NORTH-EAST OF JERUSALEM. ment of Andrew Bonar Law,, Chancel-
for of the Exchequer, Mettle British
A:clespatch-:from London says: An House of Commons, that Great Britain
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official report on operations in Pales- produced only- 1,163,474 tons of ship -
tine says:' ping last year. The output in. the
"On Thursday we advanced our United States• was 901.,223 tons, mak
line on a front of six miles to an av-' ing a total combined tonnage of 2,-
004 '07, while sinkings b - submarines.
e,agu depth of twa miles on either. ,lt g y
side of the village of Muklnnas 1.11A last year generally are reckoned at
t; ,
miles north-east of Jerusalem."' - 6,000,000 tons.
"A minor• enemyenterprise against t,,Vhile complete figures on con -
one of our posts; about four . miles struction in Japak;,'Italy, France, end
north=east of Jerusalem, was repulsed other nations in 197.7. ,are not yet
alter it .had'reached within bombing available, officials here do not belieye
distance, A few prisoners were taken. their aggregate equalled the total of
the United States. If that is' the ease
submarine sinkiugs more than doubled
all new tonnage produced.
Both American and British- offi-
cials expect a very dieffreut story in
1915,, however, , ; The United States
r speeding c
and C:teat"�ritain are up
their" .buildingprogrammes, and naval
officials inboth countries have confi
offi
dently .predicted that the submarine
•will, be embed this Summer. Setae-
taffy Daniels believes that ` effectual
results will be obtailred ,in "tire early
Summer. •
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
Cllr e59c extra "No. -1 fegcl• 810; o• $5.40. Bran, $35 �'Shorts, ..$4O. ano-
N MATE RIt1LS' says • The area of land prepared in ' Americazt corn—N0. 3 Selloty, itiln.
Il Mz;N �.�D I
in store Fort Sl il.lia.taz. - (dings, $43 to $50.' 1�Iouil}le. $58 to $60.
1 feed,'
811e•
•'13ay-No. 3, per ton, car' lots, $14.50 to
1
the Fall
of 1917'
917 in Sa5liatchetvan, ow- dried, 1.90, traGl. Torotitote 93;to 94c; $15.50, t�heese=..I�.:'.n: westerns,• 21$c
---- O taro oats—No. 2 ah da' ..finest' eastern., �11c., L'utter-
a ri ted in o n e a 22. to 93C, aecerding to -,.'r a •ellaste S 21 c. 3iitteds,
A` despatch from Canadian Army,. rug, to open weather, e�pe ear 11<0., u .>ri t , _ i✓ha cert i . , _u, ,� { . _ , , 6 ,
ptuber, was greatly in 'idvanee offrerghts outide. 4s;': to 49r. 1,g„s z,esl,- 55 to or
494 to e d uarters says: After three an N g Y
I1. a q
Winter
per
ca selected, 5`".to 54c;