HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-19, Page 3AMERICANS TAKE8,00
IN DRIVE SOLITIWEST OF METZ
revs] >!Ines `roops Wipe Out the'Fal).lous St. J'Iihiel Salient
${ ranco.Americanls in Possession of More Than
a Score of Villages.
A despatch from Nancy ,says: In
12 hours Gen. Pershing and his first
army, assisted by certain French di-
vieionee has smashed in the St. Mihiel
salient (oftelttime$ detcribecl by the
(?somans as "an arrow point at the
heart of France"). We have captur-
ed between 8,000 find 10,000 prisoners,
considerable stocks of munitions and
supplies, including' at least nine how-
itzers, Thiacourt (five miles within
the German lines), St. Mihiel, -Mont-
see and more than a score of villages
are in the hands of the American and
French infantry as a result of the of -
feeriasoperation•
vo 'launched along
the
front between Les Eeparr es and font
-a-Mousson, following a four. -boor
bonibardrnent begun at 1 o'clock on
Thursday morning.
The Germans were surp:f•ised by the
onslaught. They had feared it but had
not had a;ehanee to prepare against
it. They fought staunchly, but with-
out spirit.
Pershinghimself directed the en -
tare affair with extraordinary success.
1.ie liberated Naney iron the Lerman
menace and freed the railroads and
the Mouse Canal, wrenching from the
invaders' gr'asp many more square
',rifles than have been occupied by our
men eiice the .first weeks of the war,.
Our troop$ attained in less 'than a
day objectives they had been given
far greater time to reach and have
shoved seven German divisions back
to the" I-iindenbuig lime running south-
eastward from 'Verdun region,
:Amerlcan mounted troops are push-
ing westward- from the vicinity of
Nonsard toward the I+'ra neo-Afnerican
.l,or ,.
ccs advancing eastward, from Les
Eparges. Despite frequent squalls 'and
rain, hundreds of allied aircraft, in-
cluding all the American planes avail-
able, guarded the land fighters from
aerial_attack.
Tanks, including for the first time
those manned by Americans' beat
doyen machine-gun nests with which
the foe Bought to stay the tide of our
progress.
Markets of the �7 p�lII Live Stock tliarl.ets
Toronto Sept, 17. --Extra choice
heavy steers, $'1o.50 to $16,00; choice
Bt'eadstuffs heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.00; but-
ohers' cattle, choice, $1.8.25 to $14.00;
Toronto, Sept, 17 Manitoba wheat do., good, $12.00 to $12.50; do.,
•---No. 1 Northern, $2.2z17;4 ; No. 2 medium, $10. 75 to $11.00; cion coni -
Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, mon, $9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls,'
$2,17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11',{z; in choice, $].1.00 to • 11..25;
store Fort William, not including tax. bulls • 10.25 to do, medium
5 .$10.60; do., rough
Manitoba outs -No. 2 C,W., 85%c, bulls, $7.50 to $8.5
in store Fort_ 0, butcheos own,
S'jrilliarzi. choice, $1.0,26 to .$11.00; do., good,'
American corn -No, 3 yellow'',kiln'$9.25 to 9.50; o medium,25
� d S8 . �o to
dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln $8.75; do.,'conuiten, `$7r 125 to $8.00;
dried, nominal. stockers, $8.00_ to $10.50; •feeders
Ontario oats 1 :new'
, milkers, good to cnozce,
$90.00 to $135. GO; do., coral. and med, ;
$65,00 to � � 00
white, 76 to '18'c; No. 3 rwhite 76 to
77cr according' to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No, 2, Winter per
ear lot, $2.31; No, 3 Winter, $2.27;
No, 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring,
$2.22, basis in store 1\lontz•eal.
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
:Barley __Halting, new crop. $1.04
to` $1.06.
13 u ekwhea t -Nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Peas-_Noi`rzival.
Manitoba flour -Old crop,
quality, $1.1,25, Toronto.
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F , A'1 eyes are now centred upon
stern
v. r ent but :important events are taking place on the "northern front'e s also.
Here is a new map of the IVlntman' coast from which important news' may
b anticipated any day.
e
.• to $11.00; canners and cutters;
$5.50 to 6.75. ,
$75.00; springers, $90.00 9 9 JiaLJe
to $150.00; light ewes, ; $13.00', to *c; ,a�^ :�
$15.00; yearlings, $15. 00to $1Ei.00; f k
Spring lambs, 17 to 18'! c•
,,t calves, ',
good„ to choice, $14,00 to $17.75;
Hogs, :fed and V. atered, $,19.50. to __ _
$19.75; do., weighed offfc_ars, $19.75. r} lillons. Between Ages of 19 a
to Montreal,00Sept. 17, -Choice steers 37 Will Go to Training (;;dips
k12.00, to $13.00; good, $,11.00 to A despatch from l\Tashina•ton stay
war $12.00; medium, $8.50 , to ;$10.50; While,American soldiers at the fr
choice butcher bulls, $10.00 to $11.00;lin France stood ready with Frer
$10Ontario flour - War quality, good,. $9, 50; medium, $8.00 to $9,00;1 and British forces for what- m
.85,Loui bags, Montreal . and Tor- ohoice butcher cows, $9:50 to $10.50;onto, ii.ov,e rise
p p hipntent. good cows, $8.50. to :$9.00; medium, .1 greatest battle of the e
*Millfeed-C tz Jots, delivered Mont- .$6.00 to'$8.00 lambs, $16.00 to .13,000,000 other Americans register
fecal freights, bags. included: Bran, $17.50; -'sheep, $12,00 to $13:OO; 1 to -day for military duty, and ga
$36.40 per ton, shorts. $41.=!40 per calves, milk -:feel, $12.00 to $14.00; the most inspiring demonstration
Hay -No. 1, $1.9 to ; 00 e. n grass-fed, ,$7.00 to $10,00; choice patriotism in the nation's history.
rack Toronto; n ,per ; ton, select hog's, off oars, $19.50 to $20.00; There was no` delay in starting t
roughs and heavies, as low as $16.50, 'iiatclzinei y by which the raise -pow
FIRED.10,000,099
IN 30 DAYS
Wk01.E ST. MIH(�L SALIENT` WIFED QST
BY �'RANCO-A�9ERI�A1� �'ROOPS
Germans Driven J'rom the .Region With Such Haste That :'ley
Were Unable to Destroy Toy --Prisoners
Now Number 13,300.
A. despatch from London, says: The In addition al
A,• along the eastern
Americans completely outflanked side of the heiglta north rat Ratton-
the St. Mihiel salient. Prisoners novrville, the Americans have debouched
total 13,5300, including 350 Austro.frorn the hill region and axe astride
Hungarians, within 24 hours of the the railroad running from Cern"
launching of the attack,, Not onlYniercy to Verdun, Likewise the
had the salient been wiped out,: butThiaucourt-Meta, and Nenery-Metz
General Pershing's men had all the railways are . in American hands.
important towns; villages and stoat- - Beginning in the north-west and
egic positions in the sector within crossing • the salient eastward`
their hands, and were standing* onEresnes, Les Eparges, Hattouvllle,
the banks of the Moselle River atPreny and ragny' and all the ground
Pagny, looking across the stream lying between them are. in American.
into German terrltory, and the south -hands. The towns of Vign�ulles,
ern outer fortifications of Metz, the Thiaucourt Pont-a-1Vlous o
, a n and' St.
great German stronghold in Lorraine, Millie] are far in the rear of the
were only four miles distant, present line. Montsec, the dominat-
From Hattonville, situated in the ing height in the:Centre of the sa-
foothills of the heights of thelient, and from which much trouble
Meuse, on the north, across the sa-had: been expected, fell without ;fight-
tient eastward to Pagny, the Amer-ing.
leans have closed the mouth of the The town of St. Mihiel was prat-
big sack that extended southward tically undamaged, and most of the
to St. Mihiel, trapping within it'by villages were left in"good 'condition.
their fast advance `'all 'the enemy The Germans left the railroad from
forces who: failed to' take refuge in Verdun to Conirnerey, ,Total And
flight when the great bonrbardmeznt Nancy intact, and this road will
of Thursday morning heralded the prove a great help to the Entente
approach of, the offensive.
all -les.
METZ STATION ANI?
GERMAN RAILROADS BOMBED
A ' despatch from:London says:
While the American First :.Army was
pre;;srng through the. S .
Mihiel salient, allied aviators were in
tensively bombing the German rail-
roads around Metz and Courcelles, ac-
cording to communications issued by
the Air lfinlstry on Friday night. The
aviators also attacked the Metz 'sta-
tion and transports with good results.
forwardg t
Aisne north-east of Rheims, says a
despatch from Amsterdam to the Oen.
tial News Agency. At some, places.
dams have been constructed in the
river, ;which can be closed oxi short
notice,- and special bridges have been
built.
S
aff. With Baggage Packed,
•
Were Waiting to Surrender
.r- A despatch from the American
GERMANS DAM AISNE RIVER, Foirces in Lorraine says:^ Over 3,500
AND WILL INUNDATE COUNTRY Germans were captured in one district
near Montsec by an American clivi.
A despatch from London says: -Ac sion, Among the ' prisoners was.
ti cording to Dutch frontier mes- I1'Ia•jor Schmesig, a count. He and his
al r•itish Battery orir Superb- sages, 'the Germans are preparing to staff had their baggage packed and
Allies Dest?'0�'cil Tei? G inundate the regions of the River were waiting to be Captured.
s: to -German's One
out A despatch from London says: -All A�
ich fZ ,"
tnclications on the, British. � �� �'•al°• M <� •�� a
ay sh front point. QJ,CN •�..
to the intention of the Germans to de-
eh
e spa r1 g
aed
.r, fend their positions in the highly AREA IN PROGRESS '
organized battle zone of the Germans' `"' z"°`a
ve old positions and the Hindenburgline,
of inuridatnng .the 'countr r where Germans Make vrain. Atte `- z t r
y e that is ti xt to �'FiVC. Our �zoolas From. Captured:
possible, Doubtless, however, theyVillages---La Eassee • "
lie'- b �zzak:r� Cxzve:; I3a'if;isl, Wide Range.
are considering the establishment of, a_
er a strong line farther back with the A despatch from the British s Forces I A counter-attack against Moeuvres •
big .towns of Douai, Cambia]. and St.'in France sags: -North-west of , St. which was begin et 6' o'clock on Fri-
r] Quentin as pivots, d
its Quentin the British havegained ail-� day was disastrous :for, the Germans.
It' is pointed out that the Germansi Enemy troops brought
its since 7uiy 14
have shot tenecl their ditional ground around Verniand and , neon p up from , lie-
laod were. about to advance vtthen
`' line approximately 70 miles, thereby Jeancourt, and in the ret i t
at S o t of °La I they were 'detected by British' artil-
savinb! between 30 and 40 divisions. A Bassee have made further• progres ! fiery -men, who cut loose with a ter -
o>: i'urther shortening however, is not im- In the latter region territory kno;vn'rifiic barna e •'
possible. Hence,- the British expect as the "dimg ' inflicting cry sea �y
h4p, giving the British a casualties. The attack wee corn
strong resistance and counter -attack's wide range over the outlying '
r to continue. districts,' pletel5' repulsed..
eft Before the Hindenburg�. has been reached: Some few of: the hardier Germans
g held Before
Germ System now British forces in their advance on fought their ' way into the villages,.
et l Germane can be success-• Thursday in the Ilavrincourt section but, they Were negligible in nu:'
t' ly, dealt with, much reconstruction south-west of Cambria; enetratecl the, and eas' 1 numbers
many of communiciitions will be necessary. pzly dealt with.
tv y German positions, in some places .for' On the southern battle front the
But this is not viewed as a great task a depth of 2,000 yards. • B'ritish yesterday occupied Heinen and
owing to the speed of the British. ems- Farther south Field Marshal ( r
cal Haig s S. Quentin •4l sods, with slight-opp•oe
gineers who are now engaged in the forces:occu iecl St. oculi
preliminaries of this work. p n Wood. serine. The • Australians also ad -
There are still some pockets of the, vanced their line in the vicinity of
1 In the recent advance the British ,enemy to clear out at various points,' Jeancourt, north of Vetniar.'
11` fired more than 10,000,000 shells in but the operation as a whole'was' have their trenches novv ea n and
tout• weeks.. As t result the enemy's completely successful. l collet. st of •7earz-
wire was cut with greater thorough= -_-__ -.-_ __ ._.� -, -
t
t o, fixed, $17 to $18 per
ton, track.
of the country will be nails available
Stray -Car lots, z;0 to $9.50.
SMALL GAS SHELL to bring the wear to a speedy and t
Country Produce --Wholesale uniphanr curl. Out of the tremenclo
OF DEADLY 1N'i 1 NSl'1`l' bulk of men who :responded -w
Biittez=Creamery, solid's pee lb-,
434% ^io 3c; prints, per Ib., 43 to A despatche. every race and creed rep r e.
4b r, , dairy, ze • o u from the American Army p went d
3, pee 1 o nd, 36 to 37e. in France sa s 'The latest instrument there will conte soon :from camps
Eggs -Neve laid, 8 to; 44e. o f y y home three millions and more
Dressed poultx -S fin "' Lerman frightfulness in gas is a o.ze fit f
Y 1? g chickens; warfare and eager
38 to 40c;roasters, 28c; fowl, 28 to small shell containing pumice stone to 8'0 overseas
31e; ducklings, 32c; turkeys; 32 to 35c. and phocagene. The shell is pi ojec_ The work of mobilization, it mi„
Live poultry -Roosters ,28c; fowl, ted by a rifle. According to French he said, already is elect way, fo
27 to 28c; ducklings ib., 22c; turkeys, investigators. 'the combination: f district -boards will select men obi
27 to 300; Spring chickens, 31 to 32e. pumice stone with the gas greatlyo 19 and below 37 to comprise' the bi
Wholesalers are selling to the retail creases. the length iii- contingents included in the Oci:ob
trade at the following prices:-- g of time that the draft calls, This mea
s pzi3^s pliosa3ene remains in the vicinity ns that
twine,e`3 Ne> , large, 231/2' to 24c; where the shell bursts an available soldiers will have: only a fe
,.r to 24'14e; old;large, 25% d continues we
to 26e; twin, 26 to 26i/c, to be dangerous: cies at home.
Butter -•Fresh dairy, ohoice, 41 to In accorcl.ance lvith the discovery, •
The drawing to fixthe reiativ
42c creamez,v standing of 13,000,000 will not talc
prints, fresh made, a0 the allied troops have been cautioned lace under
to 47e; solids, 45'to:46c, that it ;nay* be necessary to weargas p three tteel:s, perhaps
Margarine -32 to 34c- but meanwhile .district boards wit
masks fpr twelve -hours' 'after the ,;tart at -once numberingear'
Eggs -No, 1's, 48 to -49c; selected shells have fallen.: aerially iall,y a
neve* laids, 52 to 54e; in cartons, 54 of: the cards filled out to -day. Quos
to 55c, -.,a.__-,-_
35,000 ACRES tionnaires- mediately will be sen
Dressed poultry- REAPSpring chickens, to men of. the 19-37 class while of :
;13' to 45c; roosters, 30e; :fowl, 30 to Ola' R:LCONQUEItE]•) LAND • r cls
34e' turkeys, 40c;:ducklings,"lb. , 35e. nen will be classified hater.
Beans= Canadian, hand-picked, bus. A despatch from Paris says: -The LAN ;'� r
$7.50; imp., hand-picked, 'Burma or harvaSt in the r rATTAR Ed�i � TROOP
Indian, 6,50• <Ia ran � ec,inquerecl or evacuat- ( �1T ARCHANGEL' ANNOUNCE
, $ - 1 , :.8.00; Limas, ed regions along:the Aisne, begunF
19c. by
Homy, new crone -Strained, 60-1b, the French armies°on September 3, is, A despatch from Washington says
•tins, 25c; 10-1b. tins 266; 5-1h, now almost completed, accordingto - _' •Y
tinsAmezrcan troops have landed a
$6"/ to see C1omba-Doe, e see to information furnished by Peemiez••' Archangelto assist the other
. sills,
$4• Clemenceau to the budget committee forces there in their: campaign for th
of the Chamber. Two armies -rcaned re-establishment of melee in North e .r,
35,000 acres, -and there ,;remain- 6,000
Russia. This announcement was au
with crops still standibg. More than thorized bye Gen. March, Chief. of Staff
8,000 men have been employed; as well The number of soldiers landing wa
as 11,000 horses and 314 l•eapers and not revealed: Theld i
binders, " soldiers were sen
from English camswhere Ameri
camps, eti
ness than ever before, and the British.
counter -batter
y<woilc, according to the
German statement, destroyed ten guns
s to the Germans' one,
Children of Fourteen fears
Fighting With the Germans ` ' y�
i.: asp't1i }'ra. r hree' Large:':i'ti ,k .: Than _.
,,.Towns and More l han a Thousand Rrison-,
i A despatch from American Head- ers----L•ros t Canal du Nord Establishing Post on'East e
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meets --Hams ,medium`
, '37
to 39c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; Cooked
51 to 53c; roll, 32 to 33e; breakfast
bacon, 41" to •:t5c backs, plain, 45 to
46c; boneless, 48 to 50c.
Curedmeats---Long clear bacon, 30
to 31c; clear 'bellies,, 20 to 30c,
Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 301/,c;
tubs, 301 to 31c; pails, 30'34:. to 3114'
c;
c
prints, 33 to 3<, Vac. Compound, tierces,
25r/ to 26e -a tubs, 26 to 26%c; pails,
2614 lo 26O/tc; urritrts, 2714 to 28c,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Set.'17.-Oats
r p No. 2 C.
'42,,.$1.01 to $i.02; extra No. 1 feed,y at,
oil the railway CouzeL,lles and di -
97 to 98c. ,I+'lour, new standard grade,
feet hits were attained on the tracks.
$1.1.35 to $11.45, Rolled oats, hag•w villageof Verney 1.
The e ney (south of Metz)
9U lbs. $5.30.. Bran, $37•.00. S port ....
$42.00. 1Nlouillie, $67.00 to , 6,.:.OU .and the railway y'tcst of it were also
Hay, No. 2, pier ton, ear lots, $16.00, bombecl•with good results.,,
aeee, ar,a :ass.:sAraarer_raae,,aaaataarmrsaReznasc}n,a,,,,...--.w.sage:�,ue€mr..-a,=.=r•accu�•.acrar. „r r=,y .rise
Bf' �ryir•4 107 ,:.v
1.; r �. ti
a' liv 3 D
1 groups oups of from 100 to 300 prisoners
streaming back through the ad ene-
g v t
• in;• guns in St. Mihiel salient were
s the most mixed lot imaginable. There.
t were some fine big gunners more than
- six feet tall, ,and there were children'
hof 14. frightened out of their wits,
BRITISH DROI' BOMBS
cans: are training,'
•
ON METZ RAILWAY Japanese Troops 1 _
300 ]Miles North of Vladivostok 500 AUSTRALIAN ;WIMMERS
A despatch from London says: The CAPTURED KEY 'PO PERONNTE
reports from the headquarters of the A despatch Frons. Tokiosays:-At
,,.
independent air lorcc,s says: Vicar Office communication 'says:
A des]iateh. teem Paris sa s: -t
"In shite :of the sta•or • windseveral ,, _ Y 1
1 strong sever i "Our cavalry reached Pnzeng•art_ Lieut. Cecil Healy, a well known Au.s-
attempts were made to bomb targets va.a, 300 miles northof Vladivostok,.tralian swimmer, mner, vvas ]ri.ilecl. by a liul-
along this front. Bombs were dropped September 2." let on the Sornine battlefield, Septem-+
A Government statetneni;'formally bee 1, according to Le Journal. The;
teeognizing the ,Czecho-Slovaks as liouttenan;t led a party 'af 500
.u.0
sw
im
e
co -belligerents against. Germany and niers across the Somme,enveloped the
„azy is expected to heenemy Positions and captured Mont'
issued shortly. 5, Quentin, the key of Perone,,
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A despatch •from :the British Armies famous railway triangle ' just south
in France says: -Our troops on Thurs and west of La Basses, thereby de -
clay stormedtheir wa Mtn t- (priviilg the Germans of a stron ,fr osi-
y o the - for p
ward defences of the. Hindenburg line' tion which has been a menace to our
troops because of the excellent cover
at Haveincourt. As e result of the, itt
afforded... to grca�, numbers of ma -
local attack which beagn on Thurs-? chine guns.
day : morning along the dominating • Despiteenemy's • ,.
side positions of. this`bector: the bat -1 the taken
strength, this
, i triangle was taken hy= surpirise and,
tie -scarred town or Hayi•itrcourt ap- there was :t
v a_ comparatively little fight-'
peevedto be in our hands Thursday ing. We alsoestablished
afternoon, and just to the south Tres-. Canteleur,
a post in
, , a little west of La Bassee.
court has been captured, but fighting, We attacked at 1tIoeirvre:s' on Wednee-
was still continuing at the latest re- day evening., and in the "face of vigor-,
ports. Between 200 and 300 prisoners' sus opposition sicccedrrin establish -
have
'
been sent back to the cages., (The, ing a : post on the east
official report laces the nurnl • p ie side of tho,
P rel at Casal' du Nord. byurthe • success -r.
1,000.) This was the only actionr tier
y of also aichietecl in the artillery seeker
importance reeorded aIcin ;' our front . •l ere. Vr.
.,tte improved oar incIby Bush -
on Thursday up to a late hour. ,ing the Germane hack from the .high
On Wednesday we captured, the ground north and eas
t of that village,
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