HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-5, Page 3BR1 lS1(INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES ON
ENEMY ON BOTH SIDES • OF SCARPE
Successful Drive Results in Gaining of Advantageous Positions
and Capture of Numerous Towns, Including Croisilles. ,..
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A despatch „from the British Army across this section of France, but, de-
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n Prance says: ---•On both sides of , spite the unfavorable weather, the
the Scarpe River Bard fighting con- forces in the ,north have driyen deep
tinned on Wednesday, the British into the hurriedly arranged enemy
launching fresh attacks and' wresting defences, smothering with their fire
A, from the desperately resisting enemy hordes of, the Germans.
additional valuable stretches of These Germans had been thrown in-
ground, many more advantageous to the fighting in this, section in an:
positions and numerous towns, yinclud- effort to keep the British from pane
ing Croisilles. hr trating the famous Queant-Drocour•t
In the centre of the wide battlefield switch line, which formed the north -
on 'which three British armies -the ern continuation of the old 1-Iinded
first, third and fourth -.re operating burg line -after the British lastea ,:„ a x sea• ::..,. {...5, >, a ;:;>::;,
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pauses beat the Germansback from Arras. MILITARY LEADERS IOFFENSIVE
there seems to be a slight'N GREAT
South of the Somme, Fay and This line has been approached in Marshal Foch has been forth nate in having plans ,
Itis plans admirably carried out by Gen. Nan' in
Ablaincourt were taken by the British several places and has been reached who appear above in the order nrme[ g , Gen. Hum bent and our own Sir Julian. Byng,
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without much difficulty, for the Ger- in at least one place in the neighbor a _•- _.._..-,,._ , ,. -._,,,,„,� ,,,,,,,-_,,
mans, 'being Bard 'pressed south of hood of the Sensee River. _,- _ 11`
these points by the French were there- The success of. this drive here and r • choice, ;$11.00 to $25; do., medium
fore ready to, go with slight '"arkets ®f the �Q � 'bulls, 10,.25 to $1101.60 .•
• persua- the breaking through of the old Ger- - bulls, , da.s tong,
siott; man defence system-. may'have far- $'7.50 to $8.50 butchers' cows
Since a' early Wednesday Morning choice, $10.25 to $med, ; do,, good,:
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reaching effects both in the'north and Breadstufles $9.25 to $9.50; do., medium, $8,25 to
storm' after storm has been sweeping the south, Toronto, Sept. 3.-Mantioba wheat 8.75; do., Coiilnlon, $7.25 to $8.00;
-No. 1 Northern, $2.241/2 ; No. 2 stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders,
Northern, $2.21ii l No. '3 Northern, • 00'50 to $11.00; canners and cut-
seztted $2'111$, NE:. 4 wheat, $2,101/, In tern, $5.50 to 6.50' milkers, good to
- store Tort William, not including tax,'; choice, $90.00 to 125•00; do., tom, by French Troops ----Important T f
with the King's Medal by Lord Pro -Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W •, 87%c; ' and med. $65.00 to $75.00 • springers,r of tfeed,ANDcalves,AlexanderCottage,Wednesday,previakilnVigorouslypursuredby$19.50Mr.Mrs.byGoingOnInthewhite;theywhite,77c,MANGINleftbehindarefirfromgunsFrenchgunners,enemytdMilitaryCrossmakinghastecrossthou-betweenstoreandduNord.sanforforjamtheHighlandAiletteonhashereinduringfiftyhaveMajorSphereJuvig
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30c; ducklings; 33c; turkeys, 32 to 35c, e"aiable area in; England and Wales Bary for babies and children. aro eight to tell thousand of thorn.
Live poultry -Roosters �` , amounts to 12,400,000 acres, an in -23c; fowl, ,_._._4 : �_ .. _ _ _ -
27 to 28e; "ducklings, lb., 25c; turkeys .brease of 1,152,000 `1,152,00 compared with
27 to 30c; Spring chickens 34 to 35c. record for twenty years.
Cheese -New, large, 231,, to 24e; 1884.. Oats have increased by 23
twins, 2331, to 241,4 c; old;' large, 25% per cent ,, corn and pulse 24 per cent.,
to 2Gc; twin 26' to 261/2e. and potatoes by 25 per cent., all re -
Y IN DESPERATE STRAITS Butter -Freslr, dairy, choice, 40 to cords.. e .
The Military Cross has been award TO -MAINTAIN RESERVES • 424• creamery -prints, fresh made, 45
I to 47e; solids, 44 to 45c.
of General Scott-Moncrieff, of Fosso- Margarine -32 to 34c. ERTTISTP'RECAPTITRE
ed to Lieut. W. Scott-Moncrieff, son
, A despatch from the British Army AMMUNITION DUMPS
way Y in France says: -How hard the enemy' E gs No: 1 s, 47 to 48s; in car -
Samuel Pope, ' for forty years art is off for •reserves ma be tons -52 to o4c, --
y g'agiment'48e;;Iroosters, 30c' poultry -Spring
84 tol,i nA cles asays:-The
alys: Thefrom 1Briitise tiQh�.Army
ly in Ben Grammar .School, from the fact that the 148th Regiment' , fowl,m France sahave re -
British
master at
ed Threec n the his eightieth year. of the 41sti,Division appeared in the turkeys, 40c; due .lings, lb., 33c. 37c; captured large dumps of ammunition
died receofnt Aberdeenfive'
soldier sons of Mr. (battle. line during the defence of: Beans - Canadian, hand-picked which theyleft > behind
and Mrs. Leitch, Wolseley Street, Cappy,p. p• 1 ind last Spring
on the- south bank of. the Som-' bushel $7.50 • im hand rdlced I and t pith the Germans hada not touch-
have made the supreme saci•i me, although this division lost 2,250 Burma or Indian, $6.50; Japan, $8.00; ed. They also have taken immense
ace, dee; - men made prisoner at Warfusee be- Lamas, I stores of German material. The
Sergeant A. Carmichael, Canadians, tween
w August 8 and as n August •10 and tins,2Hon4 tonew c;0- crop -Strained, 60-1b, . British ammunition came in very
1S to 19c.
son of Duncan Carmichael, Lochee, wase longer fit to 25c;5.1'b. tins, ;25 to 25%c. 2Combs • handy and saved a lot of transport, as
has been it offered bullets and shells when they
were' needed. ' Large engineer
dumps, which are most useful in clear-
ing the battlefield in the wake of the
advancing armies, also have;' been cap-
tured:
awarded the D.C.M. fight.
CANADIANS IN.. VICTORIOUS.
ADVANCE CAPTURING GAVRELLE
Australians Reach The Some on a Wide
Bridge -Heads.
Front and Battle For
-Doz., $3.00 to $3.60.
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to• 82c; cooked,
51 to 53c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast
bacon,; 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44 to
45c;,:boneless, 48 to 49c.
Cured meats -Long clear ` bacon, 30
to 31c; clear' bellies, 29 to 30c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, tierces, 30 to 30%c;
tubs; 30% to 31c'; pails, 30'9. to 311/*c;
print's, 33 to 33% c. Comppound,
despatch from 'tine ,Canadian Army skirts of Croisilles. Jigsaw Wood is tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 2612 to
in the Field, says: -The Canadian a very hard nut to crack, being si4 tuat-' 26%c-pails,`26 to. 27c; prints, 28 to
forces is fighting on a wide front ed in high and difficult; ground, pro -!281%. _
north rind south of the Scarpe River, tected. with machine-gun posts and ',
approximately from Gavrelle to Crois- wire. S Montreal Marets
dues, but in this undertaking it is The A.us'tralians have 'reached the Montreal, 'Sept. 3. -Oats, No: 2 C.
,A -operating with a British division. line of Fresnes Herbecourt, .but have, W. $1.01 to $1.02; extra No. 1 feed,
This division has reservedly attained met with much opposition in their of- 98 to 99c. Flour, nv standard grade,
pre-eminence in the roll of the British forts to --reach the crossings of the,' $10.95 to $11.06. Rolled oats, bag
`-army north of the Scarpe River. Tues- Somme/R( 'i
-" ver at Brie and Peronne, 1 90 lbs, $5.30. Bran, $53. ' Shorts,.
day pit captured'•Gavrelle and advanced The greater part of the Trofies $40.- Mouillie, $67 to $68. Hay, No.
g$enerally. r The Canadian troops. hold Wood, north of the Somme, has been 2, per ton, car lots, $15.50 to $16.00.
the line south of the Scarpe, immedi- taken; unofficial reports say it is alk`. 1Ve S---
ately west of Pelves,, thence south- in the hands of the British, ,who took tock Markets
east, passing Jigsaw Wood -and -Sart prisoners from a Prussian Guard •
clivi- Toronto, Sept. 3. -'Extra choice
'Wood, thence in a generallyoath- io
d vi heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.25; choice
s n there. Hostile counter -at heavy steers, 14.5
easterly direction: to well east of tacks north of the Scarpe have been , $ •0 to $15.00• but-
chers cattle, choice, , 13.25 to $14.00;
Cher'isy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. beaten off, and north of Locon, in do., good, $I.2.00 to,$12.50;'do.med
°rom here; the line is contizined by. the Ypres -Sector,, the British line has ium,$10.75 .11.00.+ .do,'coy
to $ mmon,
-Sco't'tish troops to the • western out- 'been advanced. $9.00 to $10.00; , butchers'. bulls, ares do no more cooking there
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Success in Canning
Heat' is necessary for success in
canning.' Fruits and vegetables to be
canned must be treated' to such'heat
as will kill any of those invisible
forms of life which are almost every-
where
very where present to cause decay, mould,aracrff
zz
fermefitation etc. In sterilizing fruits
and vegetables. in pint or quart jars, .<... $i
keep jars in boiling" water -fur; per-
iods ranging as follows:- Apples 20
minutes, berries 12 minutes,` cherries
12 to ` 15 minutes, •currants 12 to 15
minutds, gooseberries 12 to 15 Min-
uted, peaches 1.2 to 15 minutes, pears
20 minutes, plums 12 to 15. -minutes,
rhubarb 20 4minutes, ',Asparagus 1.20
minutes, greens 120 minutes, beets
60 to 90 minutes, cauliflower 60 min-
utes, carrots 60 to 90 minutes, corn
180 minrttes,""` parsnips 90 minutes, VERBOTEN BY THE FRENCH
peas 120 to 180 minutes, string beans This French official photo
. photograph shows a crater produced bythe terrific.
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60 to 120 minutes, tomatoes 20 to 30 fire of the French artillery at the fork of a German` trench.
The sign above
minutes, fruit`withoi't sugar 30 min- indicates the path to a kitchen of a re erve conlpan but the
company, Germans will
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