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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-11-08, Page 9THE WEEKLY WAR PICTURE Mud in Flanders: Britain's worst foe. An exasperation for these Tomtnies during the present Battle of Flanders, The horse, after a brave struggle, has dropped down on its haunches in the mud, while the men din- chss the best way out of the predicament. -, ITALIANS STOP TEUTON DRIVE ALONG THE TAGLIAMENTO RIVER Enemy Offensive in the Trentino Repulsed After a Desperate . Battle. Rome, Nov. 4,—Heavy attacks were launched on the Italian lines in the. Giudicaria zone on the Trentino front yesterday after extended artillery preparation. The War Office an- nounced to -day that these attacks, which were directed at advanced posts in the Daone and Giumell val- leys, were repulsed after hard fight- ing. The artillery duel along the Taglia- mento is proceeding and the Italians are replying with vigorous measures to stronger Austro -German pressure on the Italian left wing. The probability is that military ITALIANS TAKE STAND ON NEW LINE; AWES ARRIVE IN ITALY Gen, Cadorna's Army Ready to Check Foe Allied Veterans Welcomed by Italians --Teutons Claim 180,000 Men and 1,500 Guns. A despatch from London says; The greater portion of General Oedema's third army apparently has crossed the Tagliamento River to the western bank, and will be in position on a new line of defenee to give .battle to the Teutonic allies. The advance of the enemy, although it has been remarkably fast, was not quick enough to carry out the pur-j pose of the military commanders of enveloping the Italians and putting them out of battle from the Carnie Alps to the head of the Adriatic Sea. The Italians lost heavily in men and guns captured—the latest German of- ficial communication asserting that more than 180,000 men and 1,500 guns were taken by the Teutonic 'al -j lies—and also suffered terribly from hardships due to bad weather and lack of food as they made their way across the country to Tagliamento, with their rearguards everywhere harassing the enemy. But General Cadorna declares that with the morale of his men Still splendid the success of theinvaders soon will be made nil, On the eastern side of . the Taglia- mento the Teutonic allies have cap- tured along the waterway from Piz- ano to Latisana bridgehead, positions from which to operate against the Italians on the other side of the stream. A despatch from Washington says: Anglo-French reinforcements have reached the Venetian front, where General Cadorna's second and third armies are deelared to have retired in good order toward the new line—prob. ably that of the Tagliarnento--whore the projected stand is to be made, Official information reaching Wash- ington from Rome on Thursday as- serted that .the Italians had welcomed the British and Federal veterans en- thusiastically, and that the Anglo- French Commanders found the per- sonnel and material of the Italian army to be stronger than it was thought they would be after having sustained so severe a shock as that which the Teutons delivered through the back -door of the Julian front, Sec- retary Lansing received a cablegram on Thursday from the American Am- bassador at Rome confirming inform- ation; received at the Italian Embassy that the Italian army is retiring in good order, that the pressure from the direction of the enemy had les- sened, and that the Government lead the unified support of the Italian peo- ple and all political parties. Markets of the World operations will become of transcen- 13reaastuffs dent import Northern Italy has at- 'Toronto, Nov, 6 ---Manitoba wheat— tracts increased attention following No. 3 do., $8.1711; No, 4 wheat, $2: 93, in the announcement in Britain that stoic bort 111111am, including 23a tax• Clv640; extra No. Pesten 6810; No. read,' G2 c, in stars Port Wi111am. and Wilson and other general officers a ern—No, 3 yellow, nominal, Ontitrio oats—IYo. 2 white. 66 to GGo, tl" ll No 1 Northern $2 233; No 2 do.. $2.203; Manitoba oats—Na 2 L w 0060 No, Lloyd George and Generous amiss, 3 Robertson, Chief of Staff; Maurice 1 titan c have gone to Italy. It is understood nominal; No. 3, do., 64 to 660,. nominal, nocording to freights outside. concentrations are being made in an- ticipation of an immense struggle 82 22 1 i i t til t 1 either on the line of Tagliamento or to freights outside. in positions to the near. Both the al-. Barley—malting, 11.20 to $1.21, ac - lies and the Germans are hurrying forces and hope to deliver a blow which will 'possibly terminate the war, at least as far as Italy's part is concerned. taws n s ore, r on res , Peas—No. 3, 83.40 to $3,60, according cording to freights outside, Rye—No. 2, 61.75, according to freights outside, Manitoba 46ur—First patents, in jute bags, $11,50; and, -do., $11; strong bak- ers', do., $10.60, Toronto, Ontario flour—Winter according to sample, $9.80, 1n bags, Montreal; $0.60, Toronto; 69,65, bulk, seaboard, prompt BEERSHEBA CITY TAKEN BY BRITISH Troops Operating in Holy Land Captured Turkish Base. A despatch from London says: The British force operating in the Holy Land has captured the City of Beer- sheba, on the Southern Palestine boundary, 42 miles from Jerusalem. The Turks put up a desperate resist- ance, but the British losses were slight in comparison with the results obtained. Over 1,800 Ottomans were taken prisoner, and they lost nine guns. The official report read: "General Allenby (commander of the British forces in Egypt) reports that after a night march our troops attacked Beersheba Wednesday morn- ing. While our infantry attacked the defences covering the town from the west and south-west, mounted troops made a wide turning movement through the desert and approached it from the east. "Beersheba was occupied in the evening in spite of determined resist- ance by the enemy." An additional official statement is- to a camp in Germany, whence he es - sued Thursday evening ,says: "In the caped alone; 10158 A. J. McMullen, Beersheba operations we captured Mounted Rifles, captured in Sanctuary Wood, served in several prison camps, and escaped alone, All these have reached England. They all adopted pretty much the SEVEN CANADIANS freights, bags incuded—Aan, per ton,shipmtntr lots, delivered Montreal $$36; shorts, do„ $42; middlings, do.. • $46 to $46; good feed flour, per bag, ESCAPE FROM HUNS $3,25, Hay—No. 1, new, per ton, 514.60 to $15.60; mixed, do„ $11 to $18, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, 5? to $7.60, tack Toronto,Succeeded in Recovering Free- — dom and Will Return -Country Produce—wltelesala 7"0ggs-42 to 42o. ,•to Dominion. nutter—Creamery, solids, 41 to 420; creamery prints, 42 to 430: dairy, 39 to A despatch from London says: 40L[t•a Poultry—Spring' chickens, 17 to Seven more Canadians escaped from 286; hens, underS lbs„ 13 to ire; hone, Germany have reached England. They over 4 lbs„ 16 to 17c; roosters, 16c; are: No, 5147 M. R. Stowe, an origin- gecscel 160; turkeys, 20 to 26o; al member of the P.P.C.L.I., captured Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 23 to 26c; hens, under 4 lbs., 130; 1,ens, in May, 1915, and imprisoned at Sten- over 4 lbs., 20 to 22c; roosters, 1st; dal, Munster and Cestroph; 1310 J. ducklings, 20 to 23c ; turkeys, 27c Watts, an original member of the Win- nipeg "Black Devils," whose home is in Port Arthur, and who was captur- ed in April, 1915, at Ypres; 400896 R. Howitt, Mounted Rifles, wounded and captured at Sanctuary Wood, June, 1916; 503454 A. Blacklock, tunneler, enlisted at Calgary, captured at Sanc- tuary Wood; 111047 F. Boyd, Mount- ed Rifles, belongs to Fredericton, cap- tured at Sanctuary Wood (these three escaped together); 113295 J, Hoskins, Mounted Rifles, captured in June, 1916, and was imprisoned on an is- land in the Baltic, where he worked on a farm, but later was transferred 1,800 prisoners and nine guns. Our losses were slight in comparison to the results obtained," A despatch from London says: A British official communication issued same methods to escape, traveling by Friday evening dealing with the'oper- night and sleeping by day. They look ations near' Jerusalem says: "General fit, despite their hardships. They ex - Allenby reports that he is now hold- pect to return to Canada almost im- ing the position covering Beersheba mediately. on the north. We have successfully • raided another portion of the Turkishr', front. ENEMY RE` I1ES "A large number of Turks were killed and fifteen prisoners and a ma- chine gun were brought back." Considerable importance is attach- ed here to the capture of Beersheba in Southern Palestine, It is assumed that General Allenby will now be able to outflank the Turkish positions at Gaza, which have held up the British forces since. Sir Archibald Murray's BEFi_4ORE F 4 4REfJ�'1 . WJ geese, 180, Wholesalers are selling to the retail i trade at the following prices l6ggs—No, 1 storage, 44c; selected storage, 46c; new -laid, carton, 60 to 500. Butter—Creamery solids, 44 to 45c; creamery prints, fresh -made, 46 to 400; choice dairy prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary, dairy prints 88 to 800; bakers', 81 to 33c, large, 28 to 2830. twins, 231 to 2350; spring ,Wade, large, 25 to 260; -twins, 255 to 2630. Beans—Canadian, prince, bushel, 57.50 to $3; foreign, hand-pleked, bushel, I $6.76 to 57. Honey -60-1b. tins, 171 to 18c; 10-1b. tins, 18 to 1830; 5-10 tins, 181 to 190;1 23-1b. tins, 19 to 1930. Comb honey—Choice, 16 -oz„ $3.25 per dozen; 12 oz., 52.70 per. dozen; seconds and dark comb, $2.25 to 52.50. Provisions—Wholes a19, Smoked meats—llama, medium, 80 to 310; do., heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to; 42e; rolls, 27 to 26c; breakfast bacon.; 98 to 42o; backs. plat», 40 to 41e; bone- less, 42 to 44e. Cured meats—Long clear baron, 273 to 250 lb.; clear bellies, 263 to 27e. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 170c; tubs, 274 t0 275c; pails, 270 to 200; compound, 010reea, 22 to 221c; tubs, 223 to 2250; pails 223 to 23c. Montreal Markets Montrenl, Nov. 6 Oats --Cato dine Western No, 2, 775 to ac• do., No. 3 76 to 76ic; extra No 1 teed, 76 to 701r;I No, 2 local white, 72c; No. 3 local white, 710, Barley—Man. feed, 51.20; do„ malting, $1i1, 1lom•—titan. Spring wheat patents, flrsty 51160; seconds, $11,10; strong halters, $10.00; Winter ,stents, choice,. $11,26: straight rollers, SS0,70 to $11; cebags, 5r0.2tin i 0-.3. 6. Rolled Outs—}lat•reis, $8.311 to $9.66; dn., bags, 90 lbs„ 54.10 to 54,25, Bran—$36, Shorts -245 to 842. Middlings—$40 to — $50. 1Viou1111e--$65 to $60. Hay—No. 2, Germans Retreat Alongthe Tte q• ton, cat lots, $I to 912.50. Citoese— 011c, westorus, oleee ala. ens', 435 Chemin-des-Dames. 215c, Butter—Choicest creamery, 430 to 440; seconds 400 L6"gs--fresh, 63 to A despatch from London says: The 660; selected, •I6 to 4,c; No. 1 stock, '13 Y to 480.; No, z stock, 30 t0 400, Pota- Germans have retreated from points toes—Per bag, car lots, 01.60 to 62.25, recent reverse in Egypt, along the Chemin-des-Dames, in the wlnntpelr Grath. Beersheeba is at'the head of a val- Aisne sector of the front in France, ivin„i 10g, 2401'.6 turn ttuet¢ttous :- 1 Which i t ' ht t Hebron according to the German official coni- Manitoba wheat -19 store, rota tvutlam, whiche 4 I t$ ON t l tit rose n 3011 leaf 3 s larg o e ion nnn,ln¢1 ilncludiu- 3� tsx)' and then to Jerusalem, through muncation issued Friday evening, The Northern, $001li1 no»Incl; 11) 2 North - Lir Beersheba -Jerusalem rail- communication gives n0 reason for era, 62.2N• No 9 Nm•thnrn $2.171; No Oats—No. the manoeuvre but says that it was v ton ' n t, " ay has been laid, It is obvious that' + N 3 CR' �04jr; eeh•n No, i feet csAr; this broad valley will afford a means made during Thursday night system- No. 1 feed, 6220; No, 2 feed. 605Bar- o/ approach to Jerusalem, even atically and without interference by i$$3'tlllccln a ygecl'ty Flax,- :.. 1 v.`y i ,, the 'Tench troops. The ex of the 35,:31: communication follows: "Unnoticed and undisturbed by the enemy we systematically withdrew our linos .from the hilly front of the Chemin-des-Dames Thursday night, thouh the Turks succeed in destroy- ing the railway lines, 1. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RAIL CARRIED OUT INTO GERMANY A despatch from London says:— Another successful air raid carried ut by twelve British machines has sen made on German munitions fac- ories in Bavaria, according to an of - dal communication issued Thursday lght, The communication says: "On ,1hursday another successful raid was tried out into Germany. Munitions eateries at Keiserlauten (Bavaria) 'kere attacked by two groups of six inachi les, each." PATROL OF U.S. SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS United States Haricots 11I11ineap0l)a, Nov.r t"0i n -No. 3 yellow, $g200. to 52.03. oats 'No. 3 while, 67$ to 585e. Fier -53.14 to 53.16, 13ran—$50,50 to 831.00. 11r ur--l'n- changed, Du ti11,, Nov. ll --T hsee l -_On track, $8,14 to 52.173; to arrive 53.1' Ootober $8.14 bid; November. 20 .12 asked; De- cember, 53.041 bid; May, 53,02, :^ — rive Stock Markets Berlin, Nov. 4.—The capture of Toronto. Nov, 5 --Extra chciee heavy , American soldiers bya Gorman re- pteerS, $11.00 Co 511; d0., grand heavy, 10,76 to $:11.26; butches' rntltt', rhoine, eonnoitring party is announced by the, 0„ 1.0 00m5g10um, .261 d0„ to $8.geed76; , 59,33do., ,•10amin$9,69;o, 0edi$3,60 War Office. $7.60 to $8; hutohe•e' bolts, ebuire, $8.3ti The etatemeht says that on the to $8.75; do,. genii boils, 57:10 in 57.09; Rhine -Marne canal, as a result of a 40,, ;n b lits. 151"11.13 6.1 53 bi io12i7. vii; 00(Nt‘; reconnoitring thrust, North American eholee, $8.25 to $8,76; do.. good 57.60 t0 were brought in. $8; d0„ medium, $71.50 to 50•,7; stock- sOldlera .I ers, $7 to $S.52; feeders, 58,60 to $0,206 cannel's and cutters, $5 to 50: milkers, good to, choice, $96 to' '5130; do., corn. and med., $75 to -585; springers, 506 to $130; light ewes. $11 to 913; bucks 0110 culls, $9 to $10,60; sheep, heavy, 56.75. to 57.50; yearlings, 512 to 613; calves, good to choice, 614,60 to $15; String Iambs, $1.8.60 to 510.26; hogs, fed and watered, $16,78 to $10.85; do„ weighed Off ears, $1710 $17.10; 00., 0.0,0„ 616. Montreal, Nov, 6—Canners' bulls, $6.69 to $6.76; canners' cows 55.25 to 0,50; good to choice steers, $0,50 to 510,26; lower• grades, 67.76 to $9; cows, 6.25 to $8; bulls: $6,60 to $0.'26; Quebec lario lambs, $16.66 to $16; Cluebeo Jamba, $14.50 t0 $16; eheeep, 59.50 to $11; choice milk -fed craves, 514 to 516; grass-fed, $8 to $11; hogs. 516.70 to $17. FRENCH REACH THE HEST CARTOON 'OF THT; WEEK 0 Austria finds the Italian boot pinches tightly. Numero, Turin. This Italian cartoon, which has just reached this country, contains what was a pardonable boast; General Cadorna's brilliant offensive had not then been temporarily eclipsed by the Teutonic invasion. BRITISH NAVY'S CANADIANS MAKE WAR ON SUBS FURTHER GAINS Chief of Admiralty Gives In- teresting Figures. THEAILLETTE A despatch from eLondon says:— Germans Retreat Beyond Chem - in -des -Dames to Distance of 11/3 Miles. On the French Front in France, Nov, 4.—The French advance in pur- suit of the Germans beyond the Chemin-des-Dames has attained an average of a mile and a half, the southern bank of the Aillette being reached everywhere. Altogether since, yesterday about 18 square miles of territory have fallen into French hands, the progress being necessarily slow owing to the uncertainty as to where the Germa.tvs will make a stand. Many points of the line were bom- barded by the German big guns dur- ing the French advance, especially in the neighborhood of Ailles, where numerous mustard -gas shells come- what delayed the progress of the French troops, The Paris War Office announces that during the course of the battle of Malmaison, which ended in the,with- drawal of the Germans, across the Ail- lette, French aviators, attacked the enemy troops with their machine guns, bombarded stations and points of concentration. They fought 611 aerial engagements. Sixteen German aeroplanee were brought down, and three captive balloons set on fire, In addition, 50 enemy aeroplanes fell in- side their own lines, the greater part of them being completely destroyed. BESSARABIAN WHEAT CROP TO BE DIVERTED TO RUMANIA Petrograd, Nov, 4.—An arrange- ment has been perfected between the Rumanian and the Russian Govern- of Samara. nrents for thediversion of the Bes- London, Nov, 4—The following of- sarabian wheat crop -to Rumania. ficial communication, dealing with the Storage depots have been established, operations in Mesopotamia and show - and 20,000tons of the grain alreadying that the British forces have made assembled. The crop is abundant, In defending the British navy in the House of Commons on Thursday night f th Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord o e Admiralty, reviewed its accomplish- ments in this war, declaring that, un- like the enemy forces, its role -was an Offensive one. "During a recent month," he con- tinued, "the mileage steamed by our battleships, crui-ere, and destroyers alone amounted to one million ship's miles in home waters. In addition to this, the naval auxiliary fprces patrol- led more than six million miles in the same period and territory. The dis- placement of the navy is 71 per cent. greater than in 1914, when it was, 2,400,000 tons. At the outbreak of the war we had eighteen mine -sweep- ers and auxiliary patrols, to -day there are 3,366. The personnel of the fleet before the war was 146,000, to -day it is 390,000." Sir Eric Geddes's declaration that between forty and fifty per cent. of the German submarines operating in the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans had been sunk was not the least interesting of his announce- ments, and there was an indiet.tion of the unceasing war the British and American patrols are making on the stbmarine in his statement that dur- ing the last quarter the enemy had lost as many submarines as during the whole of 1916, FURTHER GAINS ON TIIE TIGRIS The British Advance — Take Positions 20 Miles North and it is estimated it will more than meet the needs of the army. CANADIANS IN FIERCE STRUGGLE One of Bitterest Battles of War Has Developed at Passchendaele., Canadian Headquarters in France, Nov. 4.—The struggle before Pass- chendaele Me developed into one of the bitterest battles in the whole his- tory of the Canadian forces. Driven from his positions at Bellevue farm and on Passchendaele Spur in the first Canadian attack, and smashed out of Meetcheele and Crest farm in the second Canadian advance, the enemy is fighting desperately to retrieve his losses, or, at least, maintain his posi- tion at Passchendaele itself, His faith in the protective value of the swamps and marsh which protected his ad- vanced areas broken, and his best in- fantry routed in hand-to-hand fight- ing, the Bosche is throwing in fresh divisions, rushing up guns, and strengthening his defences in every possible manner. . further progress up the Tgris River northwest of Bagdad, was made pub- lic by the War Office this evening: "Early Friday morning one of our reconnoitring columns, moving up the Tigris, engaged the Turks holding a position on the right bank of the river opposite Dtie, about twenty miles north of Samara. "The enemy hastily withdrew to- ward Tekrit, under the cover of a strong rear guard. Our troops drove the latter from successive lines of trenches and occupied the whole position. Meanwhile our cavalry har- assed the retreating enemy through- out the clay. "Eighty-nine prisoners and a quan- tity of ammunition were captured. Our troops fought with much dash and showed great power of endurance," Raid on London Defeated. A despatch from London says: Thursday morning's air raid was ap- parently the most elaborate attempt to "lay London in:rnins" ever made by the Germans, That it was a failure was due to the new air defences which, with the gunfire of the aero- planes, harassed the enemy and broke up his squadrons so that at most three machines Were able to cross the met- ropolis, where they dropped a few bombs. The Capture of Meetcheele by Canada's Oldest Battalion Was. Glorious Feat. A despatch from Canadian Head- quarters in France says: The Cana- dians have closed in further toward Passchendaele, Following the great battle on the left wing, when our troops on the extreme left proved their marked superiority over the en- emy while our right outposts ventur- ed into the outskirts of Passchendaele itself, the fighting has been intermit- tent all along the line. Opposite Meetcheele, where the front lines are near together, the Canadians and the Boches, under the Red Cross flag, evacuated their wounded on Wednes- day afternoon. Stretcher-bearers of both forces passed and repassed one another in the mud and slime. Meetcheele was protected with con- crete strongholds, and was strong. in machine guns. Seventy-five yards be- yond was another point equally pow- erful. Canada's oldest battalion cap- tured Meetcheele. That capture will live in Canadian history for the daring of the battalion which made it, just as the,capture of Bellevue Spur, when the full story can be written, will live because of the gallantry of the men who took it, and the splendid individ- ual record of one man, upon whose judgment, in a critical moment, much of the success of the whole attack de- pended. BRITISH TOOK J. 125 GERMANS donelto70 From The Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND 33131'. TISI'I COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Arc Living. A. Kentish Fair, held in Winnipeg recently, realized $2,756.18 for pat- riotic purposes. Winnipeg creameries report losing 388,000 bottles last year tit an esti- mated cost of $22,280. It is estimated that not one-third of exemptions desired in Moose Jaw, Sask., will be allowed. Capt. Archie Brown, of 'Winnipeg, has been promoted to the rank of major, according to recent despatches. Winnipeg business men are pretest- ing strongly against the proposed ad- vance in all rail rates between eastern and western Canada, Policing Winnipeg this year re- quires an outlay of $2,23 for every man, woman and child, or a total of $422,962.70 fora population of 188,- 848. Three hundred and fifty working leagues of the Manitoba Red Cross Society will congregate in Winnipeg for their annual meeting at the end of the month. Recent reports state that there are 2,500 sheep for sale in Manitoba. The Minister of Agriculture will endeavor to see that people anxious to raise sheep secure these animals, Manitoba's total potato crop for 1917 will not exceed 6,600,000 bush- els, which is 27.31 per cent. less this year than in 1916, although the acre- age was greater by more than five per cent. The total yield in 1916 was 9,080,602 bushels on 62,581 acres, an average of 146.1 bushels an acre. Frank Irwin, formerly secretary of Saskatchewan Boy. Scouts, has left. for India. The 1917 grain crop of Western Canada will net the farmers more than $600,000,000. Moose Jaw has the largest number of cadets in the R.F,C. than any other city in Saskatchewan. The Province of Manitoba will be divided into ten districts for the second Victory War. Loan, Lieut. Guy F. Shackle, of Calgary, has been promoted to captain and received the Military Cross, A convention of all Army and Navy Veterans' branches in Canada will be held at Winnipeg in the near. future. Western farmers are anxious about next year's help and an effort is be- ing made in Winnipeg to secure farm labor now for next season, FLOODS SWEEP SOUTH AFRICA Bight Inches of Rainfall Within Twenty-four Hours. A despatch from London says: Four months of abnormal rain in Na- tal South Africa, culminated Satur- day and Sunday in a storm in which more than eight inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, as a result of which widespread destruction is re- ported, says a Reuter despatch from Durban, Natal. The Ungeni River, deeply swollen by the storm, swept suddenly down upon Durban, submerging the thickly populated district on the Springfield Flats. Many persons were swept away and drowned. Reuter's corre- spondent adds that the mortality is believed to be great among the Indian while mucin damage was inroads by many washouts. According to a Central News de- spatch from Johannesburg the num- ber of British Indians natives drown is believed to have reached 1,000. BIG TURK LOSSES CAUSED BY BRITIS A despatch from London says: A official statement on the operations i Egypt says that with reference to Turkish communication on Sunda claiming to have inflicted a sevei check on the British troops, the re facts are reported by. Gen. Allenby follows: "On Saturday our line of caval posts thrown out in advance of o main positions was attacked by force of about 3,000 Turlts, wi twelve guns. Though outnumbe, and enveloped on both flanks, deta ments of the London Yeonae Good Record of Capture' During October on the West Front. A despatch from London says:— The following official communication was issued here Thursday evening: "The hostile artillery has shown considerable activity during the day east and north of Ypres. Our own artillery has carried out a number of concentrated bombardments of enemy positions in the battle area, "The number of German prisoners captured by the British armies in France during October is 9,125, 111 - chiding 242 officers. We also have taken during the same period fifteen guns, 431 machine ;Tuns and 42 trench mortars." LOSSES OF BRITISH IN OCTOBER 82,377 _• ' fought with great gallantry, hold A despatch from London says: their positions for six hours until British casualties reported during sistance arrived, and thereby rend the month of October totalled 82,377• ing great service to their infan The losses were divided as follows: comrades. Repeated charged by Officers killed or died of wounds, 1,- Turkish cavalry resulted in out 445;, men, 14,085, slight gain of ground at the expe Officers wounded or missing, 4,133; of heavy losses. Our casualties men61,841, under 100. The October losses compare favor- ably for the British with those ro ]05,266 ASK EItEMPTI ported during September, which to- I trilled 104,598. During October Field- Alarshal Haig undertook several re A despatch from Ottawa sayer' newels of the big drive in Flanders, 10316 HAVE REPORTED making notable progress in the pro- cess still under way of driving a j wedge into the German lines, which is threatening a wide sector in. Bel- ! glum and Northern France. —4. Plantnot only tulips in your spying flower beds but also hyancinths, tar- clasps, crocus, snowdrops, scillas, iris, !peonies, spiraes, etc. ficial figures showing reports for vice and claims for exemption u and including October 29 show 1.0,316 men of Class One under Military Service Act have repo and 105,266 have applied for ex tion. The percentage which tine bears to the estimated male po. tion, between the ages of 20 and unmarried or widowers withattt' dren, is 19,94.