HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-9-28, Page 2CORPSES PILED IN MOUNDS:
ROAD SOAKED WITH BLOOD.
Foe's. Losses. in Futile Counter-attacks on Somme Are the
Heaviest Since Early Days of Verdun.
A despatch from London says: Be-,
hind the French Army on the Somme:
The worst sacrifice of life since the
early days of the Verdun battle mal,k-
ed the main German counter-attack
Thursday ;against the new French
positions north of the Somme. Ac-
cording to an artillery officer, who
took part in the battle, corpses are
piled on each side on the road from
,Combles to Rancourt in mounds,
sometimes three feet high.
The German effort to stem the
French advance was the strongest
made since the beginning of the
Somme battle, It lasted over ten hours
and was made by six divisions, which
Suffered terrific losses under the
French barricade fire. Following the
heaviest preparation by artillery
known in that sector, from great guns
brought from other fronts, 20 German
battalions began the assault with the
triple objective of freeing Combles
from the danger of investment, stop-
ping the French wedge between Pe-
ronne and Combles, and driving the
allies from the possession of Hill No.
76, which dominates Mont St. Quen-
tin.
Two Prussian battalions, who led
the attack on the Prieze farm, were
hardly out of their trenches when
they literally melted away before the
terrible fire of the "75's." Further ;
south four successive waves of infan-
try attacking in close formation were
smashed by the French "125's." The
village of Bouchavesnes was the scene
of the most stubborn combat of the
day, when by a dreadful sacrifice the
Germans succeeded in entering the
north-east corner of the village, only
to be drivea out an hour later and
routed further back than they had
stood before the action.
The last attack, delivered at dusk,
was terminated by a series of ehecles
costing the Germans three whole regi-
ments. A Bavarian company belong-
ing to the llth Regiment lost 160 out
of 200 men. Two battalions of the
123rd Prussian Regiment were total-
ly destroyed. Not a regiment eseap-
ed a loss of less than 60 per cent., of'.
its effectives.
Hindenburg Directed Battle.
Ninety thousand men directed per-
sonally by Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg took part in attacks on the new
French positions in the region of
Bouchavesnes, on the Somme, accord-
ing to the special correspondent in
the field of Paris La Lillerte.
The fighting was extraordinary
fierce in the centre of the region at-
tacked, around Bouchavesnes and
Bois L'Abbe, and at Conibles, about
the Prieze farm, as well as at Ran-
court. At Prieze farm two Prussian
battalions were nearly destroyed, adds
the correspondent, and a similar fate
was suffered at Rancourt by .three.
German regiments, which, advancing
in four waves, made the last desper-
ate effort of the day.
Malcolm Ross, correspondent with
the New Zealand forces on the Somme,
states that the Allies fired. twelve
million shells in a preliminary bom-
bardment on that front. "The Ger:
mans," he said, "are hid in a fog
caused by the smoke of the shells."
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Markets Of The World
Breadstnife.
Toronto, Sept. 25. ---Manitoba wheat—
No. 1 Northern, $1,373 ; No. 3, do.,
$1.665 ; No. 3, do., $1,63 ; No. 4 wheat,
$1.57, traek, 13ay ports. Old crop trad-
ing 2c above new crop.
Manitoba. oats—No. 2 C.W. 6830
No, 3, do„ 573c ; extra No. 1 feed. 6730
No, 1 reed, 564.5, trak, >3ay ports.
American corn—No, 3 yellow, 94c,
track, Toronto.
Ontario oats—New No. 2 white, 52 to
54c No. 3, da., 51 to 530, according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No, 1 commercial,
31.25 to 31.28 • No. 2, do., 31.21 to 31.24;
No. 3, de $1,17 to 31.20, according to
freights -
51,33 to $1,36. �.�. -,
Peas—No, 2, $2 to 32.10, according to
freights outside,
Barley—Malting, 34 to 87e, nominal ;
feed, 80 to 82c, nominal, according to
freights outside,
Buckwheat -80 to 82c, nominal, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye—No. 2, new, 31,13 to 31.15, ac-
cording to freights outside ; No. 1 com-
mercial, nominal.
Manitoba hour --First patents, inute
bags, 53.60 ; second patents, in jute
bags, 35.10 ; strong bakers', in jute
bags, 37.90, Toronto,
Ontario flour—New Winter, according
to sample, 35.25 in bags, track, Toronto,
prompt shipment ; 36.15 bulk seaboard,
prompt shipment,
112illfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included.—l3ran, per ton,
$26 ; shorts, per ton, 529 ; middlings,
Per ton, 330 ; good feed flour, per bag,
$2.25,
Hay—New No. 1, per ton, 310 to $12 ;
No. 2, per ton, 59 to 39.50, track, Toren-;
to.Straw—Car lots, per ton, 37 to $S,
track, Toronto.
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 32c; •
inferior, 24 to 95c ; creamery prints, 36
to 3Sc ; solids, 34 to 35e,
Eggs—No. 1 storage, 35 to 36c ; stor-.
age, selects, 37 to 38c ; new -laid, in car-
tons, 40 to 42c.
Dressed poultry—Chickens, 25 to 27c ;'
fowl, 18 to 200 ; ducks, 18 to 20c ;
squabs, per doz., 34.50.
{ Live poultry—Chickens, 17 to 3Sc ;
fowl, 14 to 16e : ducks. 13 to 15c.
Cheese—New, large, 211 to 22c ; twins
218 to 216e ; triplets. 213 to 22c.
raid penetrating German trenches and Honey—Extra fine quality, 21-1b. tins, •
inflicting manycasualties, 130 6-1b, tins 1 xe 10 -lb. 11/
toe 0
00-1h„ 11 to 111c. Comb honey, select
The French earlier in the day'. $2,40 to r2.7(3): 1io. 2, $2 to $2,25.
Akk,�� cams! d checked a violent counter -blow by the pPotatocbagnaria t0 $11S5isBriti h Co-
6 8 . Germans between La Prieze Farm lumbla whites. per bag, 31.90 to 39: '
d Rancourt, driving back the Teu- Iveo $.�2 .1B0runswick Cobblers, per bag, 32
t...
Beans—Hanel-picked, 35.80; primes, $5.
Fortified Structure on the Out-
skirts of. German Base
Captured.
A despatch from London says: The
French troops have reached Combles.
One building in the town is in their
possession. In what is described by
the Paris midnight communique as "a
brilliant surprise attack," an isolated
structure at the extreme outslrirts of
the important German base on the
Somme was captured by the French.
The building had been strongly forti-
fied as a defence work. Three officers
and 97 men were taken prisoners.
Simultaneously Gen. Foch's troops
pushed forward to the south-east of
Combles, tightening the ring around
that town. In this section 40 prisoners
were made,
A semi-official estimate says the ,
German losses suffered in the vain
counter-attack around Bouchavesnes
on Wednesday were 80,000•
The German commander tried vain-
ly to stem the French advance against
Combles by a sortie from the trenches
south of Rancourt. It was nipped in
the bud by the French barrier fire.
The British, operating north-west
of Combles, with the dual aim of
breaking through to Bapaume and
closing in on Combles in conjunction
with the French, registered a further
advance on a front of a mile, taking
two lines of German trenches and ;
straightened out their front between
the vilinges of Flers and Martin-
puich- On the northern stretch of
the Anglo -German front below Arras
the British carried out a successful ,
ton storming waves with heavy losses.
RAIDS ON VENICE
DEPLORED BY POPE.
Provisions—Wholesale.
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 24 to I
260 - do., heavy, 22 to 23c ; cooked, 35
to 370 ; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27e ; I
backs, plain, 26 to 27c ; boneless, 28 to
atch from Venice saes: * Mon- 29
A despc
signor La Fontaine, the Patriarch of
Venice, has published a letter from
Pope Benedict, deploring the at-
t t against the churches and,
I?iekled or dry Mired nmeats,,1 cent less
than. cured.
Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 18 to
lac. per lb.
Lard—Pure ure Lard, tierces, 17 to 17i1c ;
tubs, 17'4 to 175e ; pails, 173 to 171e.
Compound, 133 to 131c.
Business in 11Nontreal.
Montreal. Sept. 25.—Oats•—Canadian
Western, No, 2, 60e ; do., No. 3, 5930 ;
extra No. 1 reed, 593 ; No. 3 local white,
53.1 to 54e, l3arley--rtanitoba feed, 8730,
Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $8.70 ; do„ seconds, 38.50 ; strong
bakers $8 ; winter patents, choice,
37.75 ; straight rollers, 37.20 to $7.50 ;
do,, in bags, $ 3.40 to $3.55. Rolled oats--
13arrels, 33.05 to 33,25 ; bag of 90 lbs,
32.90 to 33. l4I lfecd---13ran, 326 ;.
shorts, $28 ; middlings, $30 ; mouillis,
332 to 335, Hay --No, 2, per ton, ear
lots, 313. Cheese—Finest westerns,
201e : do;, easterns, 20c, Butter—
Choicest creamery, 361e ; seconds, 35/c.
Eggs—Fresh, 45e ; selected, 380 No, 1
stock,340 ; No. 2, do., 30e. Potatoes -
Per bag,car lots, 31.30 to $1,55, Dressed
hogs—Abattoir-killed, 316.75 to 317.
Porit—heavy Canada short mess, barrels
36 to 40 pieces, $34 to 336; Canada
short cut back, barrels. 45 to 55 pieces,
332 to 333. Lard—Compound, wood
pails, 20 ib. net,. 131 to 14c; do., pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs net, 16 to 165e.
Winnipeg Grain.
Wlnpipeg, Sent. 25—Cash prices :—
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 51.539 ; No. 2
Northern, 31.559; No. 3 Northern, $1.535;
No. 4, $1.473 ; No. 5, 31.399 ; No. 0,
51.249 ; feed, 31.059. Oats—No. 2 C,W„
520 No. 3 C.W.,511e ; extra No. 1 feed,.
51e ; No. 1 feed, 50:c ; No, 2 feed, 50e.
Barley—No. 3, S69e ; No. 4, 80/e; re-
jected, 731e ; feed, 731c.. Flax—No. 1
N.W.C., 51.91 ; No, 2 C,W., 31.36.
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Sept, 25,—Flour—Paney
patents, 10c higher, quoted at 38.70.
Bran unchanged, Wheat—Cash, No. 1
bard, 31.689 No. 1 Northern, 31.61/ to
31.64/ ; No. 2 Northern, 31.569 to $1,619;
No. 3 wheat, 51.579 ; December, 31.589.
Corn No. 3 yellow, 81 to 82e. Oats—
No. 3 white, 43$ to 44c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Sept. 26—Choice heavy steers,
25
M60
$8.50 $ butchers' tchers' ttle,ygood, $7.60 to
58.00 ; do„ medium, 37.00 to 37.25 ; do.,
common, $6.00' to $6.25 ; butchers' bulls,
choice, $7.25 to $7.50 ; do., good bulls,
35.40 to 56.50 ; do.. rough bulls, $4.50 to
35.00 ; butchers' cows.- choice, 36,50 to
36.85 ; do., good, 36.00 to 36.25 ; do„
medium, 55.50 to 35.75 ; stockers, 700 to
550 lbs., 36.00 to 36.50 ; choice` feeders,
36.25 to 37.00 ; canners and cutters,
33,75 to 34.25 ; milkers, choice, each,
570.00 to $90.00 ; do., com. and med„ !
each. 340.00 to $60.00 ; springers, 550.00
to 390.00: light ewes, 57.60 to 38.00 ;
sheep, heavy, 34.50 to $5.36 ; spring
lambs, choice, 511.00 to $11.50 ; calves,
good to choice, 310.50 to 312.00 ; do„
edium $9.50 to 310.50 ; hogs, fed and
watered,312.65 to 312.75 ; do„ weighed,
off cars, 512.85 to 513,00.
Montreal, Sept. 25.—Good steers sold!
at 57.50 to 57,75 ; fair at 36.50 to 57.25 ;
common at 55.50 to $6.25, while butchers'
cows brought from 55 to 56.80, and bulls
n-
ning5 ocattle 5 was acer tive at $4.The 50 to $n 490
for bulls and at $3.75 to 34.25 for cows.
Ontario stock at $10 to $10.50, and
Quebec stock at 59.25 to 59.50 per cwt.
Sheep 36,50 to $7 per cwt. Calves, choice
stock, 9 to 10c, lower grades from 4 to
3c per pound live weight. Hogs—Choice
selected lots sold at $12,65 to $12,70
good selects at 312.25 to 312.50, and
medium and heavy weights at 510.60 to
,$11.50 per cwt., weighed off cars.
TWO GIANT ZEPPELINS SHOT
tempts � � GUNS
treasures of Venice and rejoicing that ; DOWN BY A � � LL I CRAFT F
the Church of San Giovanni Paolo es-' a-il
caped destructive blows, only sustain -1
ing damage which fortunately can be!
repaired. , Twelve Machines Took Part in Attack on London District Caus-
The Pope calls the explosion before'
, St. Mark, the destruction of the
Church of Santa Marie Formosa, and
the damage to the Church of Scalzi
"bitter wounds to my heart," and re-
grets that his efforts to prevent such
misfortunes have failed. He con-
cluded his letter by sending words of
comfort to the population of Venice,
with a wish that peace will soon be
restored.
ONE-FOURTH TRANS Y LVANIA
IN ROUMANIAN HANDS.
A despatch from London says: A
Bucharest official despatch, referring
to the Transylvania theatre, an-
nounces that a Roumanian force has
entered Orderhei, better known as
Ezekely Udvathely, 50 miles north-
east of Kronstadt. One-fourth of
Transylvania is now in Roumanian
hands. The communication says: "On
the north and north-west fronts
fighting continues on Mounts Cali-'
man (Kelemen) and Ghurgill, where
we took 137 prisoners and also ma-
chine guns. A detachment entered
Orderhei."
GREAT ROUMA IAN VICTORY
GERMANS AND BULGARS CRUSHED
Maekensen's Armies in Full Retreat, Burning Villages to Re-
tard Pursuers.
A despatch from London says: The
six-day battle in the Dobrudja has
ended in a Russo -Roumanian victory.1
Field Marshal von Maekensen's
right wing in Roumania, consisting of
Germans, Bulgars and Turks, is re-
tiring to the south in the direction of
the fortress of, Dobric.
News of the esult of the great bat-'
tle was received in a brief summary
of a Roumanian War Office statement.;
which said:
"The battle between the German,'
Bulgarian and Turkish troops under
Gen. von lelackensen, in the Dobrudja,
which has been in progress since the!
15th, ended on Wednesday in a com-
plete victory for Roumania.
"The enemy is retiring southwards, I
burning villages,"
The official communication from
Bucharest confirms the Entente re-'
ports that the great battle in Do-
brudja, has ended ie the defeat of the
Central Powers after six days' fight-
ing. The battle began Friday and
gradually increased in scope and in-
tensity until Tuesday evening, with
the result that an Wednesday the'
r
and Turks crush-
ed, were .forced to withdraw, burning!
villages it their line of retreat in an
effort to retard their pursuers,
The Bucharest War Office announc-
ed in an earlier report that the Russo-
Roumanians have repulsed the invad-
e nn a ecru um r •
ing 130 Casualties.
London, Sept. 24.—Of twelve big
Zeppelins which invaded the British
Isles last night to deal death and de-
struction from the skies two lay
stark and black masses of steel and
aluminum in the little village of
Mangold, Essex County. They fell vic-
tims of the anti-aircraft defences of
London and outlying districts.
One came down a flaming torch, as
did the Zeppelin L-21, destroyed three
weeks ago; while.the second, disabled
by gunfire, effected a landing which
saved the lives of the crew, who are
now prisoners in England. The
crew of the first raider died in the
consuming flames of their own ship,
but they were not so terribly charred
as their predecessors.
This latest iaider to light her own
funeral way on English soil collapsed
and was consumed much more quick-
ly than the L-21. It is possible, though,
that some of the men were still living
when the great vessel struck the
ground. The captain's body was found
some distance from the wreck.
Many aeroplanes were aloft and at-
tacked the Zeppelins from all sides.
The raiders took a heavy toll of
lives before their destruction, 28 per-
sons being killed and 99 wounded in
the metropolitan district of London.
Two persons were killed, probably
four, and 17 were wounded in the
provinces. The property damage,
while widely distributed, is confined
for the most part to small suburban
dwellings and shops, although one
railway station was damaged, some
empty cars being destroyed and, part
of the tracks torn up.
er g a y,manner, on the The commander and twenty mem-
whole front, and launched several — -
counter-attacks. The report reads:
"In Dobrudja the struggle continues
with obstinacy. Russo -Roumanian
troops repulsed in a sanguinary man-
ner on the whole front all attacks of
the enemy; and made several coun-
ter-attacks. Enemy aeroplanes drop-
ped bombs on Constanza, where no
one was injured, and . on Piatra
Neamtu, where a child was injured.
Sofia officially admits that the
Russo -Roumanian troops "maintained
themselves in their strongly -fortified
positions."
Roumanians, Russians and Serbians
were pitted against the invaders,
strong reinforcements having been
hurried to Dobrudja, when the opera-
tions tinder the noted German field
marshal threatened to overwhelm a
section of Roumania, A strong line
to the north was hastily fortified and
powerful forces were thrown out to
oppose the onslaughts of the central
powers. That the six days' battle has
been a sanguinary one is indicated by
the various official statements,which
told of the intensity of the fighting,
hers of the crew of the Zeppelin
which was forced to land near an Es-
sex coast town were arrested by the
village constable as they were march-
ing along the road in the blackness of
the night, according to the latest
"eye -witness" account.
"I am the commander of a German
airship that has just come down, and
these are my crew," said the leader
of the men when accosted by the con-
stable. Then the officer added:
"Please allow me to go to the near-
est post -office so that I may telephone
someone in London who will let my
wife know I am safe."
Special constables came up and
the prisoners were marched to the
nearest detention camp, where it was
found several of them were wounded,
Allies Also Busy.
London, Sept. 24.—The past two
days has witnessed scores of battles
in the air, in which the allies were
overwhelmingly successful, and the
bombing of numerous enemy aero-
dromes and factories.
A French aviator flew 100 miles be-
yond the German frontier and threw
bombs on Ludwigshaven, where Count
Zeppelin has his principal base for
testing his airships, and on the city
of Mannheim.
Saturday night seven French aero-
planes threw 46 shells of 120 calibre,
and four 150 calibre on the blasting
furnaces of Rombach and Thionville.
Captain Beauchamp and Lieut. Nie-
court, piloting two aeroplanes, Sun-
day morning threw 12 bombs on the
blasting furnaces at Essen. The avia-
tors returned to their base safely af-
ter having traveled about 500 miles.
THREE CANADIANS ESCAPE
Were Registered
FROM GERMANY
PRISON
as Dead in Record Office and Their Effects
About to be Distributed.
A despatch from London says: Re-
gistered as dead by the Canadian Pay
f which' was about
and Record.Office
to authorize�
distribution of their' ef- !
fects, Lance -Corporal Edward Ed -1
, wards, of the Princess Patricias; Pte.
James Jerry Burke (1216), Eighth
Battalion,, Winnipeg, and Pte, M. C.
Snmonds (23445), of the Seventh B
,, at -
talion, Port Arthur, have arrived in 4
London, after having escaped from a1
German prison camp. They experi-
en
ced some strenuous adventures. For
three weeks they were at large slow-
ly and cautiously wending their way ,
to the Holland frontier, they covered
a distance of about 150 miles. In
Holland the fugitives, to their sur
prise, found a warm welcome. In
fact, a local band headed them in pro -
ion to the Mayor, a rya,h wo
turn
urn
communicated with the British Con-
sul, with the result that they were
shipped to. England.
• ral Edwardsc, n
Colpo ns a S otchma ,
who had been living in Toronto. His
number, 89, shows he was an early
enlistment. Ptee. Burke and Simonds
are Canadian born. The first two
were taken prisoners at Ypres last
year.
CANADIANS IN BRILLIANT VICTORY
TOOK OVER 1,200 PRISONERS
Captured Foe's Defensive. Position on Wide Front to a Depth of
From 1000 to 2000 Yards.
A despatch from the Canadian
Corps Headquarters in France, says:
—The Canadian troops have been ac-
tively
stively participating in the great Bat-
tle of the Somme. Already, in a series
of brilliant attacks 'they have' forced
the Germans back for aver a mile
beyond their original line. They have
captured Mouquet Farm, having final
ly overcoine a desperate resistance;
they have attacked and carried the
sugar refinery and its Lines of connect-
ing trenches, and then, following up
this success with a boldness of plan
and action of execution not excelled
in this war, they have on the same
day organized and delivered fresh at-
tacks which made them masters of
the whole village of C-ourcelette,
The Canadians have taken over
1,200 prisoners, including 32 officers,
together with two gums, a large num-
ber of machine guns and several heavy
minenwerfers, ar trench mortars, and
in'the course of the heavy and sus-
tained fighting they have inflicted very
serious losses upon the enemy,
A montreal battalion was the first
to .enter the battle, conning up through
a hostile barrage to the assistance of
hard-pressed troops practically in the
middle of an attack. They were
closely followed by the Canadian Scot-
tish.
cottisk from Vancouver and by a Tor-
onto battalion. These battalions, al-
though they delivered no assault, were
given a very difficult and trying task
to perform. They were heavily shel-
led in trenches newly dug or recently
captured from the enemy, and the ex-
act location of which it was almost
impossible to determine. Despite
very adverse conditions they consolid-
ated their trenches and repelled sev-
eral hostile bombing attacks.
But these activities, important and
commendable though they were, were
only preparatory to the great offen-
sive that was to follow.
The morning of September 15th
dawned bright and clear, Shortly
after six o'clock our ba'ttal'ions began
their attack. Before them the artil-
lery barrage advanced stage by stage
with a remarkable precision and a
great intensity of fire. In succes-
sive waves our lover the shell -torn
•y maxed for- building in Germany, while dredges
ward, climbing over' have been at work in the Rivers
ground, leaping the battered trenches. Rhine, Weser, Main and Danube in
Annorng ulnen burst the enemy shells•, , order to deepen their channels to ac -
The noise was terrific, Machine commodate large vessels. Big wharves
gnu and rifle lire oured into them and piers are being constructed at
saw Martinpuich on their right and' e
looked aver to the brick ruins and cities, all this work•being in prepare -
tion for the big trade expected as soon
white chalk mounds of the sugar re -las peace has been declared.
finery and the trenches to the right I Deep -water canals will connect the
and left which were to be their ob- M River Main with the River Weser and
jective. I the Rhine with the Danube, for the
Na sooner were the first lines of ready transportation of merchandise
German trenches secured, than the as...between these points. The warehouses
RUTHLESSMETHODS
BRITAIN
Lender of German National
Liberal Party Advocates
Frightfulness.
A despatch from Berlin says: Major
Ernst Bassermann, leader of the Na
tional Liberal party, in a keynote
speech delivered before his constitu-
ents in the Saarbruecken district, de-
clared that the submarine campaign
had been postponed and not abandon-
ed. Major Bassermann advocated the
widest possible use of both subma-
rines and Zeppelins and the most
ruthless methods of warfare,
The National Liberal leader assert-
ed that his views were shared by Ad-
miral von Tirpitz, Admiral von Koes-
ter, Prince von. Buelow and Count
Zeppelin. He maintained that "in a
struggle wherein the existence of Ger-
many is at stake the most ruthless
use of all possible weapons is called
for." This sentiment was heartily ap-
plauded by his audience. Submarines
and Zeppelins, continued Major Bas-
sermann, were the most effective wea-
pon against "our arch enemy Eng-
land."
AFTER -WAR DE.
Canals Built, Rivers Deepened, and
Wharves Extended in Germany.
Authoritative advices have just
reached England that for nearly 12
Steadily: they mounted the last ridge, CologneFrankfort and other larg
saulting waves pressed onwards. In throughout Germany are stocked with
their midst, moving ponderously, but' merchandise of all kinds waiting for
steadily, came several of the new ar- peace. All the factories have been
mored cars. His Majesty's lan'dsh�ip working at full time as usual, and all
"Creme de Menthe" led the way and the goods turned out by them are be-
' the effect upon our men was eleotni ,ing stored ready for shipment after
-cal. In vain the Germans rained a i the war.
stream of bullets against the invulner- 1 In all the shipyards merchant ves-
able cars, but they were powerless to ! sels are being constructed, and it is
stop the advance said that their number will astonish
Although our infantry were the the world. Germany is figuring on
' first to reach the sugar refinery, the the fact that merchant vessels will be
cars assisted materially in silencing at a premium when peace comes,
the German machine guns and in en- while other countries will have been
filading the enemy trenches, and the so busy with other things that they
deep, strongly protected dugouts of will have virtually no merchandise to
the sugar refinery. Ten officers, in- ship. All indications point to a big
eluding a battalion commander, were commercial war, and with her usual
made prisoners. At the same time efficiency Germany is preparing for
the trenches on either flank, known to it and will have all her goods ready to
us as the "Candy" trench and the "Su- ship out directly after peace is de -
I gar" trench, were stormed and cap- Glared,
i tured.In
this t
attack men from Toronto, MAY SHAVE
London, Ottawa and Kingston fought —UPPER LIP.
slide -by -side with men from Winnipeg, Ottawa Issues Order That Moustaches
Regina and Vancouver, and with mer Will Not Be Obligatory.
of the Mounted Rifles from Eastern . A despatch from Ottawa says:
• Canada. ' There is good news for the young sub-
--- alterns who have struggled to meet
t h' h call
55,800 GERMAN PRISONERS
TAKEN IN SOMME OFFENSIVE. i
A despatch from Paris says: It
was officially announced by the War
Office that according to new ac-
counts,the total number of prisoners
taken by the Franco -British troops
since July 1, when the Somme offen-
sive began, up to September 18, is
more than 55,800, of whom 34,050
were taken by the French troops.
This makes an average of nearly
700 prisoners taken daily in 80 days.
You'll never know the value of a
dollar unless you have earned it your-
self.
A' homely girl is always willing to
admit that a pretty rival hasn't any
nis
TURKISH TROOPS ON • the militia requ
emen s w
e THE RIGA FRONT. for a moustache. A new order has
been issued to the effect that in fu -
A despatch from London says: tore military men will not be obliged.
Turkish troops have appeared on the to wear moustaches. No reason for
German and Austrian officers, and
Riga front, says a Reuter despatch the new order has been given,
from Petrograd. They are led by
"OUR FLAG NOW FLIES FOUR
TTIE
their whole equipment is German. MILES OVER FROR R."
This is the first time that the pres-
ence of Turkish troops so far north
has been reported.
KAISER ISSUES APPEAL
TO GERMANS ABROAD.
A despatch from Lisbon says:
"Portuguese troops operating in
Mozambique have crossed the Rovu-
ma River (dividing German East
Africa from Portuguese East
_ Africa)," says an official statement.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:* ""Te enemy, who is making feeble
Emperor William in the German resistance, has abandoned armor -
"The
or -
ficial Gazette appeals to all Germans four miles over the frotier,"
abroad to report to the Consular of- --n--
plated trenches. Our flag now flee
faces in order to ascertain if they are MUST TAKE MEASURESsense. - available for militaryservice. . TO COMBAT THE "TANKS."
DESPERATE ATTEMPTS MADE
A despatch from Paris says: An
official paper found on a German Ma-
jor taken prisoner a few clays ago re-
fers BREAK
tanksto) "newemployed. enginesbyour of war (the
enemies, the
cruelty of which is equal to their
efficiency," An order states meas-
ures must be taken to "combat these
monsters."
Mosquitoes Prolific,
The fact that mosquitoes so con-
tinually harass rich -blooded creatures
is due to the fact that they cannot
la.y eggs without the albuminous food
which is thus secured. In tropical'
countries the greatest enemy of the
malaria -bearing mosquito is a species
of bat which is protected from the
the north-western part of Boucha- - insect's bite by its strangely shaped
vesnes village, only to be driven out hairs, The bat is very swift cf flight
again at the point of the bayonet. and the mosquitoes, especially those
Fifty prisoners, including some offi- ! which have already made a supper of
cern, were made by the French in this fblond, are their ideal food,
action. Four preceding "waves" had!
been literally mowed down by the Dodging Trouble,
French fire, the Teutons retiring in Spokesman—We have pleasure in
disorder,accordin to the French informing,you, Rev. Mr. Jones, chat
g we have decided ,o increase
War Office. The losses suffered by, yorir
them are described as "important." stipend from $700 to $800 a year:
The British last night s uddenly4
Mr. Jones—I refuse to accept it. I've
t g In enough trouble already trying to'col-
shifted the fighting to the northern
end of their line, capturing 200 yards lett the $700.
of German trenches. On the Somme
Sir Douglas Haig's troops beat off all
Teuton counter-attacks.
Tueton Infantry Hurled in Massed Formation Against Gen.
Foch's Line.
A despatch from London says:' The
Bavarian Crown Prince's army north
of the Somme made a desperate' at-
tempt to drive back the French from
the Peronne-Combles highway, and
thus break the,iron ring that has
been steadily closing in on these two
important bases. The French War
Office in its midnight communique re-
ports that the attempt failed com-
pletely, the French holding their po-
sitions everywhere intact,
The battle centred around Boucha-
vesnes, about half way between
Combles and Peronne. From 9 o'clock
in the morning until nightfall Teuton
infantry was hurled against General
Foch's lines in a series of fierce wan -
ter -attacks in massed formation. They
were met by a hailof bullets and
shells from the French machine guns
and artillery. That the Germans
meant to make a supreme effort to
re-establish the communication be-
tween the two vital bases was indie
cated by the terrific drumfire which.
preceded each infantry attack c
and by
the large eonti[gents thrown into
battle.
The assaults` were launched on the
three and a half mile front between
the Prieze farm and the Bois L'Abbe.
In one attack at noon the Germans
succeeded "after a number of bloody
checks," in the words of the night
communique, in taking a foothold in
gee
A certain lady prides herself upon
p
always looking et the bright side, of
The Germans again attacked things. "My dear," moaned her bus-
French positions in the Champagne, band one day recently as he tossed
east of:` Soutain Hill, but were re- ruthlessly on his bed, "it's the doctor
� •irnf action 'n - I'm thinging .f. bill pulsed. .:a lar r the V`os } g ng o. What a b 11 }lis will
ges, northeast of Altkirch, also broke be." "Never mind, Joseph,:' said his
clown under the French curtain of wife, "You know, there's the, insur-
'ire. ince money"
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