HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-12, Page 6$11C RECAPTURE.. VILLAGES
ADVANCE `ALON G TD .ILETr S I R. .
Germans Give Way on a Large Font Rapidly Pursocd by Fri nco-
S.iner'ican Troops --Allies Adv'aixce Toward St, Quentin;.
A deepatch from Paris eays:--1 vigorously pushed, and iron,: iderable
a 'in octant i ,advenes:s have been made.'
The French troops made z p
Advances on Thereday bothalong the! A. despatch from tiro British ,A,rznies,
Canal du Nord and ninth of the Vcsle, in the Fiend says: -.Caen, fluxnbert'e
Rtecordieg to the War Office announce- men crossed the Somme at:, Tlpanan
meat on Thursday night. During' court during Wednesday night, oc-
the course or the day thirty villages' cupying Several points oft the east,!
were retaken along the Ailette River, bank. Farther south the advance
In the latter area the enemy began : continued this tnok'nieg with greater
a Misty retreat this afternoon, and the facility than Wednesday between the
French, pressing t'oru•ard on a front Oise anti the Autrecourt Heights, The
of over twenty-five miles, made, very 'passage of the Somme was effected } �" �,',' _'•N
rapid progress, The French are after a series of sharp engagen'tenta
now on the edge of part of the St in which the Gerinaii znou ztain troops ,
Gobain Forest the chief outer de- contested vigorously every root of
f of Loan. &smeld marl
ANO C IA NY CARTU .EDD' . RE CIJ
IA CH TOWARD ST y QUENT1
Line of"1917 Practicai.i '. Regained -Nord' Canal, Left 8 Miles
Rear With Enemy in Rapid Retreat.
in
A despatch from the French Army enerny':s line, from which he launched
in 1�'ranae says: ----The French have re -;'his $pr�1tg offensive. in the region
occupied all their old treeches along 1 9t the, lower forest of C'oucy P`zencli
trpope are within a mile of that line
the whole front to'the north of the I at 'frill 76 land •in;fron•t of Fresmes.
Aisne Itiver and also captured the ; Near Laffaux, Gen. Mangin's men
towns• of Hain and,Chauny in the ave within four miles of the Chemin-
salient south-west of. St. Quentin, f des -Dames and only abOtet;)ten miles
+� Sotttir of•' the' Aisne, • the American, from" the citadel of 7faon,.
troops have" made•fuvther progress inn The fereet of :St., Gobain which
the s,o`. ion, of Villers-en-Prayeros and sheltered the first long range `gun
g thatfshelled the `E':,r1s region a nd
wtlhicl was the cornerstone of the
•.A7' --Iloncltin Bystander. 'l`•lte T'ren�h .tdvans.e east o£ the I t
Canal du Nord "at some paces has Hindenburg position at Tangle ivlsene
reached a depth o e more than ten the `line turns to the oaste/ant along
Tv vi 114. I ` Dray salted 1'lcatti-long cleisis, in
kilometres. the Chemin-des-Dames, is under the
ton;, aOc an cases,.30/ac; clear eel_ �• .•,,,
progress the fire of French guns over its ,whole
ec=
lies, 'L£{ to 2S?� c; ,fat Backs, 25c. ` At the present rate ofpz g
Lard --Puce, tierces, O,sc to ilc• I Entente allies will soon have driven tent.
'r• °tubs,30%to 3:te c• rails 3.t to 31%e; the Germans from • all the ground Jest south of the River Oise the.
heads#offs zi , i . .
< prints, 32 to 32%c, Shortening, nen by them this year and the of- Germans this morning were still re -
Toronto Sept, 10.-14Zanitolit whett 1 gain 1 ,•
fence o n .
A wide turning niovenient might be Hidden among the '`bttllrushes and e ss
attempted here. South of l+resnes in the hollowsandthe dried beds of
the French have penetrated the old branches of the river, the Germans
Hindenburg line, were able to rise their quick -firers ef-
o' i �' 1 compelling the zur uera 2 tierces., $6 to 26i c• t bs 26!t to ststmQ at Stncen between the user
Picts, and
In the whole th slset n southern newt �e y, p g -No, ,i Northern, X2.24 No. ten s, �2 > a iensive operations ma.y enter a new h y,
the Vesle nOw td again to ;slaw up their pro -Northern, �`�.o i, . 1' °; , 2 7 ; . ri , ( and the lower forest of Coticy, with
ti , � r 2 i' to 2 c phais�
• _ t + , afi' cult iosi-, T 1 No, 1 Nor{her,n �7 ,�c h Sts G to rIw• 1 -lb, p' nts French object ut.
and the Aisne Mtge fires etre burning gL .s in order .a tur.t d a 1 ,�, %.o. 1 wlteat, $-•11,-, l+tench cavalry atter passing the evident o le gaining'
of the
William, o tax.
�. b' of f titer
tions. eeeral Huiebelst s men built store Tort W. illiam not including' x
everywhere behind the German lines tto Cr
indicating that the Germans intend to foot"bridge
Montreal -. through abeim> this 'morning -are in time 'to save their material fu>the
.,Tontreal iYLai"kets a • t
The fix•st bents es were destroyed, to-, tam, z o. . . .t, ,Sept, The line follows zactxcally the
continue their retreat, et 0 f 2 79%e,
r z .".. 1.01 t' 1.02• advancing towards Tergnier, which s p
h..,.Q but other recta, S ,sc; No, 1 feed,; Ilan 1esteri, Na 2, o $ . , t North• of. I.c4udricotztt
The advance ower the Aisne is gene. with cher builder.,yellow, leiln tea No, 1- :tied 97 to: 9Sc. Flour- 2`z ,Hiles west of La Fere. 1917,front.
} hills American corn -No, 3 y a , ex4 fighting • from their old
being pressed spirhave , and<Franco. men nzcing y rep the e d 4yellow, kiln r i standard $10,90 to 1i.05. The eii'em -ts retreating all along the French are figh n g .
o, u d carted, nominal;: Na Ne v grade, $
American troops have now reached' and, awing a gelling fu•e,' cont"' e
pdried nominal
s under the enemy's fire, rltauitabri outs -In store, Fort Wil- r south.
' °> 5z ,, extra No. 1 I lYlonta•eal 10.-Oats---Canatl- the rehzoit of � fry-Noureuzl and are
. �i CW' 8 �
Rolled oats --Baas;
90 lbs, • $5.80. the Ilam-Giusetied line with the ut- first line 'of trenches while a little
---No. : to the south-east they are approach
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the
mere --- T ' 1 Bran, $35. Shorts, $•40, Mouihle, Most Eed.
a c. nt t sp _,
to 78c; o. 3 white, 75 to 67 to $68. Hay ---No. 2, per ton, ai ,ire's in tkiat line at tare ravine of ' 'au c-
white, 76 r ,$ South of the OI -e Gem iia g g.
the Pluckily ' crossin the streamto `freights outside. car lots, $,17.00. Cheese -Finest the atllozi. -
the' German positions onAisney g `T , c, according t
r ons finally t-1`a.i 2 'GVititer sex easteins, 22 % to 23c. Butter- tropes are pr esizig in g inose to
is under way under fire the French txo y ..1,rtario vi
the heights dominating "the river at until pontoons and foot-bridg Ontario oats new crop
points; A turning movement against threw, across the`streaw.
3 Winter, '''.2i• Choicest creamery, .43i to 43Tees
•north the French movement took the , positions which were vent- car lot, 22.31; No. , 'p- ,
Farther h p
No. 2 Spring, $2.22; basis. in store. 'Eggs --Selected, 51 to 52c No.. ,1
Montreal. stock, 47 to 48c. Nto. 2 stock, 45' .to
toward St. Quentin is also being able nests of machine ,guns,
HUNS � T Thursday .forenoon passed, however,
with thin more serious than a
RETREAT g
ACROSS AISNE
American Forces Following the
Enemy Retreat Are Over
North Side of Plateau.
A despatch from the Arnericarz
forces north of Vole siiys: The Am-
erican forces, following up the Ger-
man retreat from the Vesle, moved
steadily aver the plateau between
the Vesle and the Aisne on Thursday,
and by noon their advanced elements
Bad filtered into the slopes on the
northern side of the plateau.
Virtually no opposition was en-
countered: Aerial and- other observ-
ers reported that there was every
indication that the main body' of Ger-
mans had retired across the Aisne..
It is expected that machine-gun
and perhaps artillery resistance will
be encountered in the lowlands near-
er the Aisne. Wednesday night and
Peas -No. 2 nominal. 46e, Potatoes -Per bag, car lots,.
Barley -Malting, new crop, $1,03 $1.50 to $1:60. Dressed hogs--
- no - Abattoir killed, $29.00 to $29.50.
long-range bombardment of the Am- Buckwheat --Nominal. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs net,
erican rear lines. Rye --711o, 2, nominal 32 to 33e.
Violent explosions were'' heard, Manitoba flour - War quality, e
p is mornin 0h_$10.95, Toronto.
along the line this
Live Stock Markets.
Ontario flout War gaalrtyy,
e.
servers reported that they believeda e Montreal and Tor
Toronto, Sept. 10.Ett.0 choice
P $10.85,' in b heavy steers, ' 15.50 to $16.00; choice'
the Germans were destroy1ng their onto, prompt shipment. heav steers' $14.50 to $15.00 but
ammunition dumps. ilial£eed-Can lots, delivered Mont Y,c l choice $1x.25 to $14.00;
tiers cattle, . ,
aviator re o�•tcrl a terrific ems- realfreights begs int Bran, •o .7:2.00 to '12.50 � r o, me -
ALLIES TO PURSUE
FOE IMPLAC AT3LY
A Paris despatch'says:' In a tele-
gram replying to the cone a1ulatiohs
of "the` Paris Municipal Council, 'Mar
;hal Foch, Commander-in-chief of the
Entente allied, forces; thanked the
Council in his own name and on be -
'half of the French and allied armies,
and added:
"The German rush which menaced,
An p I f ht included: Bran do. g ,od, $ $ i d . Paris arid: Amiens -has been, brolceiz.
plosion - at 9 o'clock at ViuIers-en- $35 per ton; shorts, $40' per ton.
-No 1,$18 to" $19 per ton,, num, $10.75 to: $1] :00; the comziiWe willcont nue to pursue tare enemy
Pratteres, on- the south bank of the . Hay $9.00 to y10.00 butchers' bells, a
f. track Toronto; mixed, $16 to $17 per $9.00
$11.00 to ,$11.25-; do. medium implacably''
River Aisne, directly north o ton track.
Frames. Other explosions took place ar lots '8 to $.50 per ton. bulls, $10.26 to $10.60; do.' rough
in the same region during the morn- Straw --Car , $ i bulls, $7160 to $8.50; butchers' Iowa,
a
Country Produce --Wholesale - $9.25 to $9.50; do. medium, $8.25 to'
August Added 124,675 Tons
To Great Britain's Shipping„
A despatch from London says: Bri-
tish p prints, o , inary 38c.irY $90.00 t $150.00; light ewes, $13.00
tisk merchant shipbuildingcompleted 41 to. 4�c ord
and entered -for service in the month prints, 38 to 40c; bakers', 36 to 15.00• yearlings, $15,00 to
o 67- Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to $ ' ambs 16 to 173 c;
'of -August -.amounted to 1�4,�ro gross. $16.00, sp ing' 1 ,
Eggs, No. -1 candled, 47 to 48c; 88,75; do. common, $7.25 to $8.00;
selected, new -laid, 50 to 51c; cartons,. stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders,
52 to 64e, $10.50 to $11.00; canners and cutters,
solids,' 45c; do. $5.50 to $6.'75; milkers, good to
Butter ---Creamery,
made,46' to 47c; ,choice dairy choice, $90.00 to $135.00'; : do,- coma
freshand med.$66.00 to •$75.00; springers,
tons.
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Cettinje is the capital of Monte-
negro.
BRITISH CROSS CANAL DU NORD:
SIX MILES FROMCAMBRAI
Germans Fail to Check Progress of Gen. Haig's Armies in the
Lys and.Cambrai Areas and Suffer -Heavy . Losses.
A despatch from London says: -
The C.anal du ,Nord and the Tortihe
River have been crossed on a wide
front north of Moislains by English
and Welsh troops, according to Field
Marshal Haig's communications.
At Nurlu and Ternpleaux la Fosse,
north-east of Peronne, where strong
German rearguard and machine gun-
ners had : been holding, were swept
clear and the positions now are in the
hands of the British.
On the northern part of the battle-
Moislains lies about three 'miles north front there have been. slight skir-
of Peronrre.` Other English divisions mishes and intermittent machine-gun f t
gained the west bank of the canal bursts along the canal, but the Br
r
34c. T to 24c;calves, good to .choice, $14.00 to
Cheese -New, large, 2arra$1,8.00; hogs, fed and watered $19.50'
ins; 23V to 24%c;; spring -made, too $19:76 do, weighed oft cars, $19.75
$20;00.
Montreal, Sept. 10. -Choice steers,
$12.00 to $13.00; good, $11.00 to
$12.00; medium, $8.50 to $10.'50 ;
choice butcher bulls, $10.00 to
$11:00•' good ,f$9,50; medium, $8.00
to `$9.00; choice butcher cows, $9,50
to .10.50; good cows, $8.50.to $9.00;
medium, $6.00 to '8.00; Iambs, $16.00
to $1'7.50; sheep, $12,00 tp $13.00;
calves, "milk -fed, $12,00 to $14'.00;
grass-fed, $7..00 to $10.00; choke
select ho s, off cars, $19.50 to $20.00;
rough and heavy, as low as $16.50.
Provisions --Wholesale
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48;
large, 251 to 26c; £wins, 26 to 26%c.
Beans -Canadian, prime,' bushel,
$6.50 to $7.50. Foreign, hand-pick-
ed, bushel, $6.75 to $7.00. '
Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., $5. to
$5.50 per dozen; 12 oz.;- $3.50 to $4.
per dozen; seconds and dark comb,
$2.50 to $2.75;`Bulk,`w25c to 26c per
Maple Syrup -•Imperial • gallons,
$2.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gal-
lon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to
26c,
mess pdrk, $47.
GERMAN MARK GOES DOWNgt--
Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less' VALUE OF POUND IS UP
than smoked. ' - es
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32' to 3$c,:i A 'despatch from Copenhagen says:
hams, medium, 38 t -,-, ha yya ks The presentsrtnat•
ion
r' 54c b C
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H1lGE TOLL OF FOE ,P1.AN`ES
ese
A despatch from London says: Four
hundred and f,ixty-five enemy ma-
chines have been destroyed and two
hundred disabled since the commence-
ment
omme
rnent of the offensive on August 8,
according to an official, statement on
aerial operations on Thursday night.
Sixty-one hostile balloons were des-
troyed and 911. • toms of bombs were
dropped on' various ;targets.
Two hundred and sixteen British
machines are_ missing.
Entire Horizon Is Aglow
\frith Light of Conflagrations
A despatch form the. :trench Army
in France says: The horizon at, night
glows with the light of conflagrations,
for which, however, the Germans
themselves are fu niehing most of the
fuel in their own stores of ,supplies
that the pressure of the allies, has
obliged the enemy either to leave on
the spot or destroy, The villages
burned were scarcely more than the
ruins of the. villages destroyed more
than a year ago,. with' only a few
Verne buildings, erected for the re»
turning inhabitants.
U.S. Troops' on All Fronts
Pass 1,600.0,00 dark
"'A despatch from Washington says
nee- General March has announced that
the total embarkation"of American.
soldiers for all fronts,' including' the;
Siberian expedition, has passed the
1,600,000 mark August 31.
In answer to a question General
March said it was estimated that'
CANADIANS ON :THE CANAL
ALONG THEIR, WI•IOLE FRONT
A despatch from British Head-
quarters says: The British advance
towards, Cambrai has lulled into a ser-
ies of patrol fights. On the. main line
our advance continues widely astride
the Bapaume-Cambrai road, The
Canadians are on the Canal du lerorcl
along practically. their whole front,
while' the British home"troops, south
"of the Cambrai road, have also reach-
ed the canal at -many points.
c cooked. o 39G:. 80c on the Western
to 31 -
!front
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in 44TH �-45c bawl st bone�ess, 48 `front has caused fall' in marks of
pia t� . to , about seventeen per c •
ent„ while the, �§ CAR U�
AREJA
� 42 to 44e.:x 9
more than' 250,000 had landed in.
France during August. the record
for monthly shipment, he added, tees
285,000.
LENGTH OF BATTLEFRONT •
REDUCED BY SIXTY MILES
A' despatch from Paris says:' The
French red/iced the length of tii'e
western battlefront By nearly° 6o-
miles
0
miles since July 18 -by pressing back
the Germans from the territory which
they 'conquered in their offensives of
Manch, April and July.. This places
at the disposal of the Entente allied
commander-in-chief a considerable
number of `divisions which heretofore
heti been engaged in holding the line.
rtis).'o0° Break as aeon,
Cottage ro'.?s> 35 to ?ti-• `pound sterling has risen to $5.04.
,
opposite emtcour and oursres.
t D t 1 B here are making no attempt eea t
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a
•, ._.
Moeuvres, six miles from Cambrai, real a4vance Thfe„a;• ;y seems to I e
has been occupied and the fighting be con 'ehl" to be let alone here, and
continues there arnonth ja 'Hari=� showing no signs_ of any serious coun-
denburg 1.n 'gi ccs. ter -attack
'-sf later despatch` says: -The British Substantial advances are again re -
have made further progress along ported all along the southern part of
their front north and youth of Per- the line. The Australians have
onne, according to Field Marshal crossed the Somme on e. wide front
Haig's report on Thusday night. south of Peronne and after overcom-
British patrols have been able to ing heavy .opposition have driven into
cross to the east bank of the Canal du ' the territory the enemy was holding.
Nord south of Marquion. The Canad-
ians ' are in the latter section, Up
to Wednesday night the British had
taken in four days over 16,000 pie
oners and mare than 100 guns.
Daring the night and throughout
St. Christ, Brie, Lemesnil, Doignt and
Athies Wood all have been taken and
progress is reported to have been
made east of these places.
Theenemy also has been driven
back from east and north-east of
on: Thursday the Germans made a Peronne. Over the whole area; from
number of strong attacks in the, which the Germans are retreating on(
Caxnbrai and the Lys areas. They this large section of the front many
were beaten in every case, with heavy fires are ,raging and numerous .ex -
losses, while the British continued to plosions have been heard. Whole
improve their positions. lages are aflame between the points
The Berlin official reports admit to which the British have reached and
vtthdrawels ata number of points, the
Hindenburg
line, Herere and in
A despatch
from the British Army the northern areas the Germans are
in France says: -All day'P'riday the burning vast quantities of war ma-
Germans have been retiring gradual- terials which they have not had time
Iy, but surely toward the Hindenburg to save, es the British - are pushing
line in the face of steady pressure. them too hard.
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59 Square Miles of Territory, 20,373Prisonersyand Scores of Can-
non Have Been Captured by Dominion Troops.
• A. despatch; from the Canadian been complete owing to the scattered
Forces says: On Friday our infantry country. -
i cleared up the area included in the Fifty -sig square miles have been
triangle south of the : Sense River recaptured by the "Canadian Corps,
and west of the Canal du Nord. The 'but since Monday moaning we have
enemy carried on an , intermittent
bomhardnient of our line and supports
from both the north and the east, bit
captured 34 field guns, 13 5.9 -inch
guns, 1,0 4,1 -inch guns,.2 4.1 -inch long
naval guns, 6 anti-tank guns and sev-
he appears- to have withdrawn his eral hundred of trench mortars and
batteries from our immediate front. retaehine•gens. The captures of enemy
He still holds the east bank of the, artillery have not been _on` the.:;same
canal, which, with its marshes beyond scale as in the southern battle be -
and the hills gently sloping down to, cause here we` have attacked the
'them fringed with dense woods, enemy in his defensive positions
makes his.positien very strong. - while there we caught@him preparing ,
Prisoners taken by the corps were for a grand offensive with all his guns
9,131 in the Amiens show and 11,242 out in front. F •
in the present show, the latter includ- These figures da not include several
ing 262 officers, malting a total of thousands of the enemy dead" left on
20,373. The, in front ofthe field and take noaccount; of the
, penetration> ,
Arras has been twelve and a'gtlarIter damage done to his `81 divisions en -
against fifteen miles at Amiens,. The courrtere<l. Therefore our casualties
count of guns captured in the first I are szrall as compared withthe loss,
week of the present show has not both moral and inaterial, inflicted.
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