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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-29, Page 6T _�DANCE. N D.JVE c �a ALBERT fixer clans Are 1$etreatil'lg From Section to South of Arras Hard Pressed by Victorious Armies of Field Maresh ll Haig. A despatch :from the British Army In France says.• --,There was fierce fighting on AThursday along a large section of the British front, to the South of, Arras virtually through to the. River Somme, Again the British have been victori- aus. The battle north of ..he Aners raged all day'long, while ten thou- sand yards to they south another British force; which crossed the Ancro during the night and opened an at- tack at daybreak, was driven steadily into the enemy positions an the high ground between Bray -sur -Somme and Albert ,and had already captured a thousand prisoners. Tho Germans are retreating from the section between the two points where theBritish armies are hammer- ing ,them and where they are threat- ened with being left in a pocket. The town of Albert has fallen into the hands of the British, who are press- ing the enemy bard. Along the Arras -Albert railway em- bankment and on both sides of it heavy fighting continues, On the northern half of the battle- front the British stormed the enemy positions and captured them, inflict- ing tensible losses on the enemy, They then , bushed eastward at various points.;: They oecupied Hamelincourt trench, well to the east of the em- bankment, ,inti were reaching out similarly at other points, at the same time beating clown desperate attacks launched by the enemy in an effort; to regain his valuable lost positions. Albrt is a towit in the department of Somme, 18 miles north-east of Amiene. It is situated on the Ancre River and is a railroad centre. Be- fore the war it had a population of more than 7.000. Albert has been the scene of solve desperate fighting and in the recent British drive the town was surround- ed on three sides by the armies of Field Marshall Ilaig, the village f Ave}uy on the north and Meaulte it the south having been reached by them. i A I medium, $10.75 to $11.00; do, com- - eis of the off° mon, $9.00 to $10.OQ; butchers' bulls, choice. $11.00 to $11.25; do, medium bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do. rough Brendstuifs. bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, `Toronto, Aug, 27. -Manitoba Wheat choice, $10,25 to $10.50; do. good, -In store, Fort William, nominal (in- $9.25 to $9.50; do. medium, $8.25° to eluding 23/4c tax). No, 1 northern, $8.75; do common. $7.25 to $8.00; Consumption. �1✓{94'. 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Iters, 35,50 to $6.50; milkers, good A 'despatch from the French Array Manitoba Oats --In store, Fort Wil- to choice, $90.00 to $125.00; do. com. °ir the Oise, says: -The fall of Las, liam, No. 2 C.W., 92ae; No, C. Land med., $65.00 to $75.00; springers, s the at noon on Wednesday followed W., 88%c; extra No, 1 feed 88%c; No,' $90.00 to $125.00; light ewes, $13.00 five days of incessant fighting in the 1 feed, 8-Iyic, to $15.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $16,00; trenches of the old positions which American Corn --No. 3 yellow, kiln, spring lambs, 201 to 211Mc; calves, were abandoned by the Germans in dried, nominal. : good to choice, $13.50 to $17.25; hogs, Ontario Wheat -No. 2, $2.22, basis fed and watered, $19.50; do. weighed in store, Montreal. 1 off cars, $19.75: Ontario Oats -New crop No, 2 ; Montreal, Aug. 27. -Choice steers, white, 77c to 79c; No.. 3, 76 to 77c- 1 $10.00 to $10.50; good steers, $8.50 Rye -Nominal. i to $10.00; choice butcher cows, $9.00 Barley -New crop, malting, $1.03 to $9.50; good cows, $8.00 to $9.00; to 31.05. i canners, $5.50 to $6.00; butcher bulls, Ontario Flour -Winter, in new bags, _.$8.00 to $9'50, according to quality; prompt shipment, was quality, $10.85, canners, ..0.50 to :;;7.50; milk -fed cal- ves, .$12.00 to $15.00; grass-fed, ,� 7.0,0 Montreal. prompt shipment. � $ Peas -Nominal. Ito $8.50; sheep, $12.00; choice lambs, $18.00 to $19.00; select hogs, off cars, stormed the wood and took it yester= Buckwheat -Nominal. $ day Hay -Track, Toronto, No, 1, $18 to ;19.50 to $20.00; sows, $17.50 to morning, thereby sealing the fate $1.9; mixed, $16 to $17. Straw- 318.00; roughs and heavies` down to of Lassigny. Car lots, $8 to $8-50. $16.00. While the officer commanding the .Millfeed--Car lots, delivered, Mont- : Chasseurs, ' ;at the head of his„ men real freights, bags included: Bran i TAKE OVER QUEBEC BRIDGE and with a rifle in his hand ledthem per ton, $35; shorts,, $40. March, 1917. Grenades, mine -throw- ers and all other means of trench warfare cane again into play, and hand-to-hand fighting took place fre- quently. The Germans made a stout stand in Devitte wood, which bristled with ma- chine guns and made an almostim- pregnable position. A battalion of the famous Chasseurs, however, - WITHIN A FEW DAYS to the' summit of the .height- to the Manitoba Flour - War quality, I east of Lassigny and i planted the $10,95, Toronto. 1 A despatch from Ottawa says:- French flag there, an infantry regi- Countr Produce -Wholesale Severe tests made of the Quebec ment, advancing-. from Plessier-de- Y e i Bridge on Wednesday are regarded Roye, turned the famous Plemont Eggs -No. 1 curdled, 48 to 49c; by the Railway Department as very height to the not th . selected, new -laid, 50 to 51c; cartons,, 52 to 54c. satisfactory, The bridge will be Thus Lassigny not only had fallen, Butter -Creamery, solids, 45c; do.,! formally taken over by the Govern- but its possession by the French was fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy, ment with in a few days. prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy; For the past six months the Rail - prints, 38 to 40c; 'bakers', 36 to 38c. way Department has been operating Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to 34c.. trains over the bridge. Wednesday's Cheese-New,3large 23', to 24c; test was regarded, however, as the twins, 23% to 41✓ c; spring -made, large, 251/2 to 26c; twins, 26 to 261/2c. ` severe to which the bridge could be and while the Germans were pressing Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel,' put. hard at one --point in superior num- 36.50 to $7.50. Foreign, hand-pick- - - bers, a French lieutenant fell while ed, bushel, $6.'75 to $7. ITALIANS HARVESTED GRAIN directing his men. The men were Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., $5 to UNDER FIRE OF THE ENEMY determined not to. allow the body of $5.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.50 to $4 the lieutenant to fall into the hands per dozen; seconds and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Bulk, 25 to 26c per A despatch from Washington says: of the enemy They had 'exhausted Ib. --Italian soldiers and civilians have all their rifle and machine gun am - Maple Syrup -Imperial gallons, succeeded in harvesting the grain on munitions and grenades. 82.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gal- i the right bank of the 'Piave River,' With nothing else to fight with lon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to under fire of the enemy, according to they grabbed the picks use fOr dig 25c. t official reports from Rome. The; ging trenches and drove back the Provisions -Wholesale entire district was swept, while the Germans until the body of- the lieu - Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48; harvesters worked, by the enemy's tenant could be recovered. - mess pork. $47. artillery fire. Green Meats= -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. , CZECHS IN SUCCESSFUL Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32 to 33c; ATTACK IN THE VOSGES RECRUITS hams, medium, 38 to 39c; heavy, 30 �� .aFs�1JIT ----- A 9 to 31c; cooked hams, 53 to 54c backs, A despatch from Washington, says: plain, 44 to 45c; backs, boneless, 48 AUGUST to 49c. Breakfast bacon 40 to 41c. -Czecho-Slovak troops in 'France A 3` Cottage rolls -35 to 36c. have participated in a successful at - Dry Salted' Meats -Long clears; in tack against German positions in the tons, 80c; in cases, 301/2c; clear bellies, 'Vosges, according to a despatch re Casualties Were 1,435, 45 Per 28 to 28/e; fat backs, 25c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 30/ to 31c; ters here of the Czecho-Slovak Na - tubs, 30s/% to 3thic; pails, 31 to 319(c; prints, 32 to 32',2 c. Shorteni .g, tierces, tional Council. 6to 261/2c.' 61/ac; tubs, 26 lei. to 26%c; pails, 261 to 27m; 1 -ib, prints, 271/ to 28c. _62 ENEMY. PLANES DOWNED IN WEFK Twenty -One Driven Down 'Out of Control During : Same Period. A despatch from London says:- British air fighting on the western - front during the past week provides a striking indicnton of the difficulties now confrontng 'Germany in the air, whch must increase in the near future as the growing air superiority of the allies makes itself felt, In the bat t1e area,, probably owing to the re- cent heavy German air losses over. the Somthe battlefield, enemy'scouts are compelled to operate in large formations at a much grek ter height than formerly. Notwithstanding this, the British airrnen continue t_o take a heavy toll of them. Severe air fighting has occurred on the front .between Albert and the Amiens-Roye , road, resulting, accord - 1 ing .to latest 'reports, in -the destruc- tion of 62 enemy machines, acid the driving down of 21 airplanes out ;of } control. Twenty-six =British ma.-- 1chnes have been reported missing, This superiority has been •attained ' without any diminution of the aerial 1 activity hi other sectors, a large num- 1num- ber of raids having beeen made against enemy. -positions far "behind the German lines, in which more than 120 tons of:`'bombs were dropped, and attacks on the Rhine provinces press- ed with" the utmost vigor. • Coupled,with a virtdal cessation of German air raids on London, the' in, creasing number of bombing raids into Germany, of which there were 32 during the past week, must be demoralizing, showing Germany that, in spite of her utmost defensive ef- forts, she is unable adequately to protect her air 'frontier. made secure by the encircling of , • a' strong position from which the Ger-' mans might have delivered" counter- attacks. In the fighting at close quarters, ceived on Thursday at the headquar Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug. 27. -Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03; extra No. 1 feed, 99c to 31.00. Flour -New standard grade, $10.95 to 311.05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs. 35.20 to $5.30. Bran. 335.00. Shorts, $40.00. Moui}lie,3 ;7.00. Hay - No, 2. per ton, car lots, 315.00 to $15.50. Live Stock Mrcrkets Toronto, Aug. 27. -Extra choice heavy steers 315.50 to 316.25; choice heavy steers, 314.50 to 31.5.00; but- chers' cattle, choice, $13.255 to $13.75; do., good. 312.00 to 312,50; do. 20,000 AUSTRIANS, 2,500 BRITISII LOST A despatch from London says: - Austrian losses on the British front in. Italy between June 15 and August 15 were 20,000, according to advices received here. British casualties in the same period totalled 2,500, it is said. - 100,000 PRISONERS SINCE JULY 18 A despatch from Paris says: -The Allied armies have taken, more than 100,000 prisoners since July 18, says Marcel ;Hutin in The Echo de Paris. Cent. of Them Will be Fit Again in 6. Months. A despatch from Ottawa says: -A net gain,to the Canadian Expedition- ary Force of 1,115 recruits is shown in the recruiting figures for the period between August i and 15, given out by the Militia Department. The total number of recruits secured in Canada, the United .States and England was 4,002, while the total wastage report- ed was 2,887. It is estimated' that 45 per cent. • of the casualties will within a period. of six months be fit for:.general'service. For thee period '' mentioned enlist- ments in Canada numbered 3,144; in the United States 849, and' in England 9. The wastage of 2,887 men includ- ed overseas casualties to the number WAR TAXES' AMOUNT TO ONE BILLION DOLLARS A despatch from Ottawa says: - During the presetn fiscal year the people of Canada will pay in extra. taxation for• the war at least one bil- lion dollars, or a little over one-third of the total year's revenue. The. extra taxation is now almost equal to the total revenue before the war. In 191415 Canada's' total revenue was only 3133,073,481.. For the present fiscal year it will reach.nearly,.3-300,- 000;000. Y' For 1917-18 the total "re= venue was 3261,125,459. 0 Mother Whenever I look in her kind eyes I think of the wide still sky, Where the breath of God like beauty lies And the clouds are sailing by. Whenever her care -worn face I see, .. Or feel her lips on mine, I think of the tears• -she has shed for me, Silently, without sign. Whenever she' holds me to her breast To still the aching pain, Myeheart is lulled- to a perfect rest, And -I am" a child again! a�erarr..�zr�smx..n--e-.... ruc�r,eaaracv�saa �u..-.•ice:rev'+�.�rcn:,•xc-..x,....,c�a:.n-i. r.,c�..�a• -., .'.- : : - "IrJE12 Ca )21 Tat. DI 4-1 WASk!IN6 k5 A c1Nc 4 9 DoiNl''r" MIND IT 1,911R R'( DP, IN GE-111AG AHEAD • OF `Ion f 1 14.. �IL�:uN!d�li OF " ENTY T EE MILES Cain Nu:tnerou:S Townes and: Inflict Terrific Losses on S Enemy--- I3ri$i h Wthi�lStrikingDistance of Bapaume. A despatch from the British Army in 1oranco says: ---Victorious on a bat- tlefront extending from the Cajeul River oil -the north across the Ancre and Somme Rivers almost to Lihons, i"the `,third and Fourth British Armies under Generals Dying and Rawlinson at mid-afternoon on Friday were vig- orously following up their successes of Friday,•which apparently has been one `of the moat disastrous, days ever experienced by -.the Gerzaans, The enemy has lost wide stretches of ground, numerous towns, thou - .sands of men made prisoners, and large quantities of materials and guns. Re also again has had heavy casualties. Craws :Prince Rupprecht \of Ba- varia, the German Commander, has thrown his men in before the -ad- vancing ,British' armies in an effort ort to stave off thin inevitable, 'but only to have them mowed,, dower, again and again by storms of metal which pour- ed from the British guns. One ,en-; tire enemy battalion was annihilated durng the fighting. Dead Germans in great numbers are;; scattered everywhere over the bat tlefield. As an example, four bun« dred enemy dead wore observed this morning on one small piece of ground over which the battle had swept. With all this, fierce fighting and notwithstanding the , fact that: the British at .noany places have fought , 'aver open ground against ah enemy protected in "pot holes" and strong points of other kinds, the British losses everywhere seem to have been extraordinarily light. 'I''his probably is due to the confusion the Germans find reigning behind their lines, as. they are 'fighting a losing battle, which for thein hourly grows more' disastrous. Crown Prince Rupprecht. on Friday had strengthened his line at many ,,places, but this, instead of stopping the British, simply: meant that the Germans' suffered 'bigger losses, During the 'night and Friday :morn- ing the ,fronte upon which the battle was being fought on Thursd1ty was widened appreciably both to the -north - ancl the smith, while- the ground in the :middle between Albert and Beaucou:t- sur-Ancre,'which before hacl 'been fair- ly quiet, suddenly was drawn into the • whirl. 7 Czech forces.Commands are being' c. cili given thes : -.' , ni ��� Bolsh1.v11. uz German. The Ussuri River forms the east- si 9 ,•.. ern 'boundary of Manchuria.' Win Decided Victory, Over I3o1- sheviki Forces in Trans- laikalia. A despatch from -.London says:-- Lord ays:-Lord Robert Cecil, the British Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs; an- nounced on Friday evening that re- ; ports had ben received in London to the effect that the Czecho•Slovd'k !forces in .'Trans-Baikalia had captured the town of Berchnieudinsck,'south of La:ke Baikal, and had achieved a de- cided victory against, the Bolshevik forces. Allied troops on the Ussuri 'River front, north of -Vladivostok, out -num- bered by the enemy have been forced to withdraw after heavy fighting; says a despatch to. The. Daily Mail from Harbin dated Wednesday. British and French troops were en- gaged in the battle, but 'the, brunt of the fighting fell on the Cossack and' Czecho-Slovak : troops. . Japanese units aided in the retirement: Bolshevik monitors operating on Lake 1Iangka are harassing the -allied loft, and have detained additional CANg d 10,432 C L.T 130 Officers and 1.474 Men Have Been Killed in Actidn. :1' despatch from Ottawa 'says: Hon. Martin Burrell, Acting Minister of I4lilitia,, in a recent statement . to ,,the Canadian Press, referred to the recent Canadian offensive, "Since the first of - Augltai," said the Minister, "the Canadians have marked their entry into the fifth year of the war by achievements which have confirmed the reputation of -.the - Canadian corps as the most formic]. able lighting force of its size on the Western battlefront. The recent advance made by our men has been important in its results and brilliant in execution. In the past three weeks they have captured 10,000 pris- oners, 150 guns, and' thosuai s of machine guns. Daring this same brief period they have suffered 10;482• casualties in . killed. wounded . ariil missing, 130 officers and 1;474 mien - having been killed in action." RVAN1 RETREAT D . BEIORt THIRDAND EE,� General Mangin and General Humbert Capture Thousands 'of Prisoners and Great Quantities of Trophies. A despatch 'frairi the French Army in France says: -'The retreat of the Germans before both, the- Third' and Tenth French" armies continued on Thursday, with increased speed, over a large part of the battlefront, and in some cases 'in disorder. General Mangin's men are approach- ing the' Coucy forest anti -are nearly 'on the line held in ApriL along the River Ailette. They have also widened their hold on the Oise to Bretiguy, midway between Noyon and Chauny. The French advance' towards the roads leading itoChaun.y adds another menace to their line of retirement, and explains the acceleration of the enemy's retreat, Bourgignon, St. Paul - aux -Bois and Quincy fell into the hands of the French on Thursday; 'giving thein command of the valley of the Ailette from the 'region of Coucy-le- Chateau to the Oise. . General Humbert's troops also aro pressing the enemy vigourously. -Hav- ing occupied the -height of Plemont, just sputh of Lassigny, which they surrounded on. Wednesday, they -;have captlu'ecl. Thiescourt, which completes the, conquest of the • group of hills knowzr as the Thiescourt Massif: The enemy now have but a precarious hold on, ;the valley of the Divetto liver, iii which the French cavalry is now operating, ' Several thousand prisoners have x11•'11, ,f'.,Yf wens been -taken since W'odnosclay evening and trophies in such great quantities that it has been impossible , us far to count them also have been cap- tured. General Mangin's troops advanced seven miles during_ the night and this morning were rushing, the enemy's rearguard so energetically that the retiring coluznas were thrown into- confusion. A later despatch from Paris says: -The latest adv antes of General. Mangin's array,' while not completely" turning the Chemin-des-Dames posien - , tion, menaces it seriously and the+'Eate of the German troops between -the Vesta and the Aisne remains uncer- tain, according to military observers, here: It is decidedly against Noyon that tl principal effort of. the French armies at ;. present is being aimed. Noyon is menaced from the north west and north-east and also from the south, and the enemy is reduced' to fighting from its left flank; from which the guns are „pouring a tre- mendous fire incessantly. Along- the whole of the battle:-frgnt fi;om Albert to -Coucy-le-Chateau the .fighting has been waged most..fur1- o? -sly, especially against the armies of the '• British generals, RawIinson_ and Byng, on the extreme left 'wing, which is encountering the Germans' os cespeia e re stance. wllATsm.=rEa 'Eh'ou8►a Toil Wµ'( DIDN'T You TeLI: M(" SOME oNi WAS koau<UNG AT ma. fao! v,'l