The Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-1, Page 7M
DESPERATELY
ON NORTHERN BANK OF MARNE.
Despite Strong Counter -Attacks Allies Continue Advance, Cap-
turing a Number of Villages Including Oulehy-la-Ville.
A despatch from the French Army
• in France says: -Notwithstanding
strong German counter-attacks in the
Chateau Thierry pocket, the allied
troops advanced conbiderably on
Thursday, capturing a number of vil-
lages, of which the most important is
.Ouichy-la-Ville.
The battle took an extremely vio-
lent turn on the northern bank of the
Marne, where Franco -Americans,
however, pushed forward a distance
of between two and three miles. On
the other side of the salient a Ger-
man attack resulted in the momen-
tary capture of a dominating height
known as 240, but the enemy posses-
sion did not last. The French and
British organized an immediate coup,
ter -attack and regained the hill, cap-
turing most of the Gern1a,,s occupy-
ing it.
"Fresh troops were thrown in by
the Allies to meet the enemy blow.
On both wings of the salient the ar-
tillery duel was of the most violent
character, as the Germans had eon
centreted most of their guns on their
flanks." Y
"The Germans have strengthened
their line and are counter -attacking
determinedly on the whole front of -
the salient from the. Ourcq "to Vrigny,
thus; attacking , towards the , west,
south and east. Apparently they
have decided to refuse to accept de-
feat, and are making a further stand
for the salient and a footing north
of the Marne.
"The enemy south of the Ourcq is
attacking in a south-easterly direction
against the Bois -de- la-Tournelle and
the line of Beuvardes-le-Charmel.
Further south attack and counter-at-
tack are alternating in rapid succes-
sion, and the fighting is of the most
violent description. The enemy on
the eastern wing of the salient has
attacked the new British salient en-
closing the woods west of Vrigny. We
are vigorously counter -attacking."
ALLIES STEADILY
CLOSING IN
200,000 Germans Lost in Sois-
sons -Rheims Sack--Ameri
cans Occupy Courpoil.
A despatch from' the American
Army on the Aisne -Marne Front,
says:—With the sides of the Soissons-
Rheims sack corning steadily closer
together, the German Crown`' Prince's
generals are driving their men merci-
lessly in an effort to hold the allies
off long enough to extricate -the
armies threatened at the bottom north
of the Marne. •
The American and French are never
far behind the retreating forces, and
the vicious rear -guard actions are not
sufficiently resistant to enable the
Germans to proceed in the orderly
manner planned. At Dormans, nortlt
of the "Marne` and east of Chateau
Thierry, the Germans counter -attack-
ed, taking tlfe position, but were
promptly driven out. They occupied
Treloup, west of Dormans, and have
held it.
Minor advances have been made by
the allies in the woods in that part of
the sector, while further to the east,
south of Rheims, there were addi-
tional allied success.
The Americans have occupied Cour-
poll, on the road to Fere-en-Tardenois,
and the French positions have been
advanced until Oulchy-ale-Chateau is
dominated by their guns.
Nearer Soissons, the Germans fail-
ed to hold all theirpositions, notwith-
standing reinforcements and their
desperate need.
It is estimated unofficially to -night
that the enemy losses are more than
200,000, of which 50,000 were inflicted.
by the Americans. The prisoners
alone number over 25,000; and the
losses in dead: and:. wounded are ap-
palling.
300,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT IN AUSTRALIA
A despatch frons Washington says:
.Nearly 300,000,000 bushels of wheat
is stored in Australia, the Food Ad-
eninistration was informed recently.
Details of the guarantees surround-
ing 1918-1919 wheat harvest' in Aus-
tralia also were transmitted. The.
Australian Gavernmenthas guaranteed
83 cents per bushel and to this the
Commonwealth has added 12 cents,
making the price 95 cents to the pro-
ducer.
In Buenos Aires the cash price for
wheat is $1.44 per bushel. Cash corn
is •selling thdre for 62 cents per
bushel.
ALEXIS ROM:ANOF ED'
SHORTLY AFTER HIS FATHER
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
.—Alexis Romanoii`, the former heir-
apparent to the Russian throne, died
from exposure a few days; after his
father, the former Emperor, was exe-
euted, says a despatch from Moscow
to The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, .i
'When you have a cut, bruise, or
burn, use the? inside coating of raw
egg. It will adhere of itself, leave
no scar, and heal any wound More
Rapidly than any salve or plaster.
BRITISH GAIN
WEST' OF JHEff4S
Narrow German Salient by Ad-
vancing Two Miles Toward
v g ov d
# Fisines.
A despatch -from London says:—
British and French troops have ad-
vanced to Gueux and Mery-Premecy,
in the battle sector just west of
Rheims, according to information
here on Wednesday afternoon from
the battle front. -
The new line shows an advance of
about. two miles toward Fismes.' This.
,gain when seen- on themap is of 'evi-
dent importance for it greatly nar-
rows the salient created by the Ger-
mans; in their drive of last May. .
It is no longer proper to• speak of
the pocket as running from Soissons
to Rheims for the newest advantage
Of the Entente allies has pulled the
eastern edge of the pocket eight miles
to the westward, .making Mery-Pre-
a mecy the marker for the eastern rim.
The mouth of the pocket is now
I only 21 miles wide and the whole tits-
' trict between the two sides is under
the range of Entente allied guns.
The advance of - the British and
French forces along the battle front
between Rheims and the Marne to
Gueux and Mery-Premecy represents
a gain of about 1% miles along a
' front of three miles. The town of
Gueux lies to the south of the River
Vesle and is about five miles directly
west of the Cathedral. City. Mery-
Premecy is a short distance north of
the Fismes-Pargny railway and is
about 101/2, miles south-east of Fismes,
which is in the centre of a line run-
ning between Soissons and Rheims:'
WHAT ONE BUDDY
DOES WITH HIS PAY
A despatch from Alexandria, La.,
says:—The question of what an en-
listed man in the American army
does with all his money has been
answered here by a disclosure of the
financial affairs of one member . of a
machine-gun company at Camp Bau-
regard. The soldier receives $33 a
month, Of this $15 is sent to his
mother, $5 is paid on a Liberty bond
and $6.50 is deducted for insurance,
leaving a ` balance of $6.50 or ap-
proximately twenty-one cents a day.
As. Uncle Sam provides him with
everything he desires and the twenty-
one cents is idle wealth, he has de
cided to open a savings. account.
PORTUGAL TO PLAY MORE
ACTIVE PART IN WAR
A despatch from Lisbon, Portugal,
says: -Dr. Sidino Paes, the President
of Portugal; in his message read at
the opening of Parliament, praised
the army and the navy, and said -that
negotiations had been entered into
looking to a more aetive participation
by Portugal in the war. He justified
the reestablishment of diplomatic re-
lations between Portugal and the
Vatican, and said that reports were
constantly being received from Spain
demonstrating the, cordial friendship
held by that Monarchy :for the Iber-
ian Republic.
Fromisle
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P,•
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE-
LAND'S SHORES.
Flappenings in the Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish-
men.
• Over a. hundred and seventy garden
allotments are being cultivated by the
residents of Portadown.°,
Lieut. Oscar Henderson and three
other men who took part in the Zee-
brugge raid were welcomed by the
Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dub-
District Inspector Tyndall has been
transferred from Ballyshannon to
Portadown.
A jumble sale held in Dublin in aid
of Sir Patrick Dun's Ho=spital realized
over £ 20.
Many business houses had to close
down an a recent market. day at
Loughrea, "owing to a shortage of sil-
ver coins.
Lieut. Cecil J. Kenny, Royal Irish
Regiment, kiled in action, was the son
of Mr, H: B. Kenny, Clyduffe House,
Roscrea.
The King's Medal has been pre-
sented to W. Olehan, Wicklow, for
long and meritorious service in the
General Post Office.
Lieut: Col. Hugh Stewart, who was
killed in action, was the husband of
Mrs: Stewart, 4 Restrover Street,
Rathgar, Dublin Co.
For helping to put out a, fire in a
local munition factory, N. Edgehill,
Monasterevin, was awarded the medal
of the Order of the Briti9h Empire.
Owing to the shortage of silver
coins, the Carrick-on-Suir relief offi-
cers wore unable to distribute the re-
gular weekly outdpor relief.
The National -Union of Dock La-
borers have contributed £122 to the
fund for the relief of the dependents
of the Waterford sea disaster.
The death has occurred at Clough-
jordan of Sergt,•So.mers, who won the
Victoria Cross at the Dardanelles,
„ Belfast Corporation has decided to
close down the tramway service an
hour earlier each evening, to reduce
traffic.
The Dublin Cowkeepers' Associa-
tion has announced that the price of
new milk in Dublin is ‘now sixpence a
quart.
R. E, Ward, of Kilkenny, has been
appointed instructor in cabinet-mak-
ing for the training of wounded sol-
diers by the Portadown Technical
Committee.
Owing to the shortage of coal, the
Thomastowvn Guardians have been un-
able
nable to secure any• tenders for coal
for the workhouse.
The medical officers of Omega
Union have declined to accept the
proposed increases.in their salaries.
Private John J. Hallagan, Austra-
lians, lost at sea, was the son of
' Thomas Hallagan, Skryne, Co. Meath.
Captain Redmond, M.P., has been
appointed to a post on the Head-
quarters Staff of the Home Forces.
The death is announced in Dundalk
; of Dr. Mathew Kearney, . the oldest
medical practitioner in the county:
1 It has been reported that Brigadier
General the bion. L. J. P. Butler, bro-
thel= of Lord Dunboyne, has been
seriously wounded in action.'
Large- quantities of peat are being
cut in the bogs in the midlands and
i west of Ireland, in order to eope with
a possible lack of coag
Lieut. S. T. S: Clarke, Grenadier
RIEST BATTLE
DF AR RAA
Seventy Gerrnan Divisions Iden -
tilled -25,000 Men and
500 Guns Taken.
A despatch with the French Army
In France nays:—Up to the present
70 German divisions have been identi-
fied in the present fighting zone, and
the battle therefore may be regarded
as the biggest since the beginning of
the war:
The prisoners taken number over
25,000, and more than 544 cannon and 1
thousands of machine guns have been l
captured. f
Of the prisoners 14 per cent. belong
to the 1919 class, showing that nearly
all of these boys already have been
incorporated in fighting units, If all
of them have been utilized they would
form from 17 to 18 per cent. of the
German strength;
Information received proves that
the 1920 class, which it was int.onded'
to be incorporated in the army of
October, has been ordered into the
units in September. Most of those
of this class are not 18 years old,
CANADIAN TROOPS
ARRIVE SAFELY IN ENGLAND
A despatch from Ottawa says:—It
is officially announced through, the
Chief Press Censor's office that the
following troops have arrived in the
United Kingdom:_
Infantry, Imperial recruits In-
fantry, draft No. 43, No. 2 Construc-
tion Battalion (colored), from Lon-
don, Ont. Infantry, draft No. 29,
1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario
Regiment, London, Ont. Infantry,
Draft No. 46, 2nd Depot Battalion,
Eastern Ontario Regiment, Kingston.
Infantry, draft No. 47, lst Depot Bat-
talion, Eastern Ontario Regiment,
Kingston. Infantry, draft (part)
No. 65, '1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba
Regiment, Winnipeg. Cavalry, draft
No. 66, 34th Fort Garry Horse, Win-,
nipeg. Infantry, draft No. 35, lst Bat-
talion Saskatchewan Regiment, Re-
gina, Sask. Infantry, draft No. 65,
1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regi-
ment, Winnipeg. Infantry, draft
No. 68, 1st Battalion, Saskatchewan
Regiment, Regina, Sask. Draft No.
74 (part), Engineer Training Depot,
St. Johns, Que. Infantry, draft No.
79, Ist Depot Battalion, Eastern On
tarso Regiment, Kingston. Infantry,
draft (part) No. 80, 2nd Depot Bat -
,talion, Ottawa, Ont. Cavalry, draft
' No. 53, Royal Canadian Dragoons,
Toronto. Draft No. • 53, Railway
Operating Troops, Nnagara, Ont.
Probationary medical officers. V. A.'
D., nurses. Details. A total of
3,635.
Guards, who has been awarded the I
i A despatch from Ottawa says•-- Montreal, July 30.—Oats, Canadian
Markets of the World
13readstuils
Toronto,. July, 30. --Manitoba • wheat
—No. 1 Northern, $2.231/2; No.• 2
Northern, .$2.20',1.; No. 3 Noithemn,
$2.17? ; No...,4 , wheat, $2,101, in
stor=e Fort William,. including 21/le,
tax.
Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W., 904 c.
No. 3 C,W., 87%c; extra No, 1 feed,
87%c; No, 1 feed, 84%c, in store Port
William,
American Corn --No, 3 Yellow, kiln
dried,' nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal.
Ontario oats—No, 1 white, 86 to'
87c, nominal; No. 3 white, 85 to 86e,
nominal, :according to freights out-
side.
Ontario wheat—No„ 2, Winter, per
car lot, $2,22, basis in store Montreal.
Peas—No. 2, nominal,• according to
freights outside.
Bazley—Malting, $1.35 to $1.37,
nominal
Buckwheat—$1.80, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, $1.90,. nominal.
Manitoba flour — War quality,
$10.05, Toronto.
Ontario flour — War quality,
$10.65, in bags, Montreal and Tor-
onto, prompt shipment.
Millteed—Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran,
135 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton.
Day—No. 1, $16 to x;17 per ton,
ttraon,ck Tok,ronto; mixed, $14 to'$15 per
trac
Straw -Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per
ton, track Toronto.
Country Produces—Wholesale
Eggs—No. 1 candled, 48 to 49c;
selected, new -laid, 50 to 51e; cartons,
52 to 54c.`
Butter—Creamery, solids, 45c; do.
fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy
prints, 41 to 42e; ordinary dairy
prints, 38 to 40c; bakers', 36 to 38c;
olemargarine, (best grade), 32 to
34c.
Cheese—New, large, 231,x• to 24c;
twins, 234: to 241/4c; spring made,
large, 25'/5 to 26c; twins, 26 to 2612c.
Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel,,
$6.50 to $7:50. Foreign, hand-picked,
bushel, $6.75 to $7.
Comb Honey—Choice, 16 oz., $3,50
per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sec-
onds and dark comb, $2..50 to $2.75.
Maple Syrup Imperial gallons,
$2.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gal-
lon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to
25c.
Provisions Wholesale
Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork, '$48;
mess pork, $47-
Green Meats -Out of pickle,_ lc less
than smoked.
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32 to 33c;
hams, medium, 37 to 380; heavy, 30
"'to 31c•Xcooked hams 50 to 51c• backs
CANADIANS CONCEDED'
BEST ARMY OF SIZE
plain 44 to `45c• backs boneless 4S
to 49c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 41e.
Cottage rolls, 35 to 36c.
• Dry 'Salted Meats—Long, clears, in
tons; 30e; in cases, 30/e; clear bel-
lies, 28 to 281/1; c i fat backs, 25c.
Lard—Pure, tierces, '30' to 31c;
tubs,
30to 311/4c; pails, 31; to
313 c; prints, 32 to 321/2c. Shorten-
ing, tireces, ' 26 to 261/2 c; tubs, 2614.
to 26,ic; pails, 261/4 to 27c; 1 -ib.,
prints, 27% to 28c.
Montreal Markets
'Military Cross, is a son of Trevlsa
Clarke, Londonderry.
[ The base price for potatoes, deliv-
i ered by the grower, are fixed for Ire-
land at £5 per ton.
White, Black and Yellow Races
Intermingle in Battle Line
• A despatch from the American
Army on the Aisne Marne Front
says:—Intermingled in the line of
1battle and along the roads are white,
black and yellow races in all the units,
and the big machine
is m moving o
with-
out a knock or a lost motion. Now
and then the color scheme to the rear
1 of the fighting line is broken by a col-
umn of gray -clad prisoners, whose
appearance is always quickly noticed
by the troops who are more accus-
tomed to the khaki of the Americans
and British and the blue of the
French.
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WUSTRALIA,, MIT ar"H'It^� --$ NATIONS ON THE BASIS
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CANADA. Ri y �r� LAND LANO IGO ACRES OP'
�'�'i?� IN FARMS
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coaxal. r c*,1
The high standing won by the'Cana- ; western,, leo. 2, $1.0114; extra No.1
elan Army Corps: at the front is the feed, 98z/ c Flour, new standard
grade, $11.05 Rolled oats,, bags, 90
'subject reference in a letter which lbs.,. $5.20 to $5.30. Bran, $35.
•Lieut. -Cot. Hugh Clarke, Parliamen- Shorts, $40. Moullie, $68. Hay,
i tary Under-Secretary for External. No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14.50.
'Affairs, has received from Sir Robert
Boden. Sir Robert, in the course' Live Stock Markets
of liis letter, says: Toronto, July 30:—Choice heavy
"You will be glad to know that steers; $13,75 to $14,.75; butchers'
the Canadian Army Corps is univer-, cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13_50; do.
2:75• do, meds
salty recognized as the mast"''effeetive'$12.50 ,
and formidable force of its numbers: X11.35 to $:11..85; do common, $9.00
00 1 1t h rs bull choice,
to ID. c e s
in any of the b.,[lyalent armies.'- As $
to this, there is no question in the $11.00 toy $11.25; do. medium. bulls,
310.5 to 410.60- do. rough bulls
mind of any man who has spoken to $7.50 to $8.00; butchers' cows, choice,
me on the subject. e . , $11,00 to $11.25; do. good, $10-50. to
• 1$10.75; do. medium, $8.25 to $3.75;
"HOW MANY SONS 4 : do. common, $7.00 to $8.25 stockers,
HAVE YOU LOST?" $8.00 to 810.50; feeders, '$10.50 to
— 1$11,00; canners and cutters, $5.50
• r __-•1 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice,
A despatch from Geneva says:—1 .90.00 to, , 125.00; do,corn. and med.,
"How many sons has your Majesty $66:,00 to $75.00 .sringers, $90.00
: lost? How many have been wounded, to $125:00; light ewes, $13; 00 to
or mutilated?" 1$16.00; yearlings, $15.50 to 17.00;
I These questions, incorporated in a spring lambs, 20 to 201/2c; calves,
',telegram, were sent to the German -good, $1.3.50' to $17.00; 'hogs, fed and
Emperor on Wednesday by Pastor watered, $19.00; do, weighed off cars,
Dryancler, founder of the new Liberal, $1,3.25•
itiMontreal, .Tnly 30.—Gose steers,
German -American paper, Friednsruf 1$10.e0 to $.00; butchers' cows, $8,00
j {Peace Call), of Zurich. 1 to ,$$1.0.00; butchers' bulls, $7.00 to
1 "In the event that there have been $9.00, choice milk -fed calves, $13.00
no casualties in the Imperial family," to $15.00; poorer grade, $8,00 to
the telegram continues, "we demand $9.00; sheep, $12.00 to $13.50, spring
an immediate explanation."
Iambs, $18.00 to $21.00; choice select
Emperor William has not replied, hogs, off cars, $19.25 to $19.50.
1 Buckwheat is a short season crop
adapted to a wide range of soils and BRITISH COURT
can furnish flour for wheat substitute MOURNS E;: -CZAR
this season. No grain crop excels it
, on poor ground. Seeding about the A. despatch from London says:—
first of July is preferred, because then King George has ordered the British
`the ripening period conies in the cool Court to go into mourning for four
weather of September and the grain week for former Czar Nicholas of
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