HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-11-29, Page 2BRITISH TROOPS ACHIEVE GREAT
VICTORY OVER FRONT OF 32 MILES
General Byng's Troops. Advance Toward Objective, the lillilroad
Junction of Cambrai—Take -11,000 Prisoners.
A despatch from Loudon says: The
great Hindenburg defence lino, upon
which the German commander-in-chief
had budded his hopes of holding the
British -from inroads tato the open
territory beyond, has been smashed;
and the task eppar'eutly was an easy
ono.
Attacldng over a front of 82 miles,
extending from the Searpe River east
of Arras to St. Quentin, with his Eng-
lish, Scottish, Irish and Welsh troops
General Sir Julian Byng, who planned
and cavilled out the attack, has trade
One of the most rapid and spectacular
drives of the present war, catching
the Germans completely by surprlse
Yes, they are girt t--win•l:ing as coal haulers in the London TT,vclraulie int the onslaught, capturing numerous
Power Company's pumping station, thereby releasing men for the fighting. positions which were considered im-
pregnable.
1 - PDESPERATE C sR CT�14its objective the encircling nd cal/ -
The British manoeuvre which has as
tore of the important railroad jam -
RGE F] BOURLON WOOS RE II0 tion of Cambrai, in Northern France,
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T',t:.itiotl:+ Change' Handl Several Times Btit British Hold the
Dominating Post:' --Prisoners Now Total Nearly 10,000.
oncion Nov. 25 -.-There bas again since the commencement of our op -
been severe fighting to -day west of cations on the morning of November
20 has now reached a total of 9,774,
Cambrai," says • the official report including 182 officers,"
from Flanders to -night. "At midday Saturday's report said that the
the enemy strongly attacked the poli- British had talion over 100 guns, many
Cavalry, tanks and infantry are oper-
ating along a line running 'from west
of Cambrai to south of the town. All
of the vast area captured the past two
days has been retained and consoli-
dated with the exception of Fon'taino
Notre Dame, a village, captured this
morning, but subsequently lost as the
result of a counter-attack. •
In addition to heavy losses in men
killed or wounded more than 9,000
Germans had been made prisoner 'up
to midday Thursday, The British
casualties are declared to be consid-
erably less than the number of prise
eners taken by General Byng's men.
A despatch from British Headquar-
ters in trance says: The British re-
newed their attack on Fontaine and
are still holding the ground between
Cautaing and south of Fontaine. It is
unofficially estimated that several
score of guns have been captured.
The attack came after a night of
comparative quiet along the Gam -
brei front and was delivered against
the German positions at Fontaine and
about both sides of the southern part
of the Bourlon Woocl, which domin-
ates Cambrai and much of the sur-
rounding -territory. At the same time
Irish infantry with tanks were mak-
ing an assault against the enemy de-
fences about Moeuvree, where san-
guinary fighting already had occurred
during the last three days, and early
in the morning bad stormed the
ground in the vicinity of Tadpole
Copse, which lies on an elevation just
west of the town, and forced the Ger-
mans to withdraw after a sharp en-
gagement.
The enemy on Thursday began the
concentration of troops and artillery
between Cambrai and the Bourlon
Wood, and gave every indication that
they purposed to battle desperately
for the recovery of their lost territory,
tions which vie held in the neighbor- of them being of large calibre. Since I —_—.. ...
hood of Bourlon and succeeded in Friday the fighting for the high IA , 1 r
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pre .:,ran„hack our troops from pore • ground in Be ''at �'n•'-1 '•• been of , 4 ' k j¢�� `
s f the village. Our positrons in the most cle�nerate character, the peel�'"'��"" `"°"' PREACH ""l
Cron_ 0 1�v
Bourion Wood -and on the high ground shims changing hands several times, ! jar t r. a �' BE 8 e 'n .4
are intact, but finally resting in possession of CONS T A II�} OP L ro,e O jj•�-, E MEUSE
'Fighting also occurred in the Hin- the British,
de a • n!
ores, wherewecaptured prisoners. it is believed the civilian popul do
"The number of prisoners taken has been removed from Gambrel.
i,bu1•g support line west of Moue- An Associated Press despatelt says T
FRANCES WHEAT
IS LESS BY HALF
Other Craps and Live Stoci. Are
Much Reduced Compared
With 1913,
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Food Controller's office on Thursday
made public figures of food production
in France which are far below the pre-
war average. The most serious de •
-
cline is in wheat, the 1917 crop being
short 53.3 per cent., of 176,000,000
bushels, as compared with the produc-
tion of 1913, The potato crop is short
33,1 per cent„ or 105,000,000 bushels.
The eugar beet crop has fallen off by
67.9 per cent., or 113,000,000 bushels.
The -number of cattle has declined 16.5
per cent„ or 2,405,000 head, The num-
ber of sheep has been reduced by 30.6
per cent., or 5,525;000 head, There
has leen a decline of 40.2 per eerie, or
2,825.000 head, ih the number of hogs.
In order to conserve its much-re-
duceil supplies of wlcea, France re-
quired that not more than 80 per
cent. of wheat flour n:ny he used in
the making of bread, •the remaining
20 per cent, consisting of rico, bar-
Iey, mete, maize, brans and ground
nuts. .
CANADIANS IN
TANKS FOR B'2NG
A deepatrh from lend in says:—
The A:I ocdated Press bas rereive'l the
Gnome. g telegoun from France:
"Camele will be intensely into rested
le th spleediffie euceeseaul ataek on
the levet Searpe. The credit of the
victorygees to General Dyne., the
cam -wattle' former Commander. ! ith
hint are some Dnminii,n S of oiet.ir
who .1 ' e -, with tum can n ue
left 1.11e Canlull n,. One aril, wee led
by a Canadate maiem, yintn_
Paseeliendeele beetle.
jeaied L; n, e
spii: 'id aumy. .,i:: male. . "'h h !woke
thrr t n, the Cerniao ,1c -.r deameee ative
,,hand is of adv etu1 Ute eming
CanaL.nns, 'i1:1- ,:ireicei legeming
as kNiccr with the , ..r...,. irorpe
as the Flying Carrs,
U. S. TRANSPORTS
HAIN Ea:t'i i INi; TRIP
A <d patch Teen a 3 r• i •h Port,
sayn:---The latest. America mane -
ports to r:aa,h here aed en a 1tin"
trip tiwcugh the eetimarine ,son.. The
first eight in the :ore tion tron parts
collidiea One wn r.li Frig da , a;gcrl
while the other had a „mall hole torn
in her bow and t fete tieneemieg ;,un;:
damaged. l,ee tris a tmee 1.p;,ttK
were :wade ::end .h,- , ees eriseeedad.
The f.)llowing a..11c n .011;n1arine
settee:ell the 1ralIo ,,rt.. The wake of
a tar )edo v'ie eeen off the bow of
one of the eeseelii, tut , c 3neir ow-
er or t eii-•_ps e , bi . the .f ins•
ports Ai,ad ahead an ,i(Toede,l. iu
reach:,te pot ',afsly,,there tits atlbeam wee
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MAN,t GREEK DIVISIONS
IONS -
H A'C E JOINED IALONICA ARMY
A o sp arch :from Wa the egton,
sayy Greece 1e rapidly jnemaring to
take rtee part in the, .war, A cable-
gram resedved Isere on Thursday from
Athens, via Switzerland, says many
new dly'leiunc of Geeek troops swiftly
formed have taken their ltllmee at the
front, The morale of the now troops
is declared to be excellent.
IT Y HOLDING
EER BA T TU EINES
Resist Fierce Attacks Lauaached
by Invaders.
A despatch from Headqum•ters of
the Italian Army in Northern Italy,
says:—The fourth Itallen army under
General Robilannt is meeting the full
force o£ the tremendous shock the
enemy has concentrated between the
Piave and Brenta Rivers. In author-
itative quarters the correspondent was
told that the enemy forces delivering
this blow aro in the proportion of
three to two as compared with the
Italian forces, and this is practically
the relative strength on the two wings
west of the Brenta, where General
Pecori commands the first Italian
army, and the right wing along the
Piave, where the Duke cf Aosta holds
the enemy as in a vise.
A despatch from London says:•—Be-
tw•een the Brenta and Piave Rivers in
the Italian theatre the Italians and
the Teutonic allies are still at deadly
grips, with the enemy endeavoring to
'break through to the Vetetiar, Plain,
but with the Italiana everywhere
tenaciously holding them. All along
the front the fighting is of a particul-
arly sanguinary nature, the troops
frequently meeting in hand-to-hand
encounters and positions often change
Mg hands.
The enemy everywhere is throwing
tntti es of men • .e.,inet the Italians,
and Lis leasee in men killed, wounded,
or made prisoners have been extreme-
ly heavy.
The invaders are making herculean
orfrrte to break out upon the plain be-
fore the expected British end F.•ench
reinforcement.; arrive, but up to the
pr tent their efforts have. been with -
Oat ;.avail, Comparative trative quiet prevails
along the Piave Ihi-c to the Adriatic,
TEN THOUSAND TONS
OF SUGAR RELEASED.
A deepat•h Leen New York says:
Ten thousand tons of sugar, which had
Leen pevrha ed for tbe Imperial Rus-
sian Government before the revolution
and ;.Loved in a warehou-e hate as
seized by ream al Achr_inlstat<,r
George M. Ralph. It will he placed
upon the market immediately.
The euetar Wit, 1,0lght for the Gov-
ernment of Fortner Emperor Nicholas
by the Marine Tran:partaticn Service
Corporation. After the overthrow of
the Rueeian dynasty there was no
elamruit for the sugar. Tela trans -
.potation cm -cremation attached it a;
part of the personal property here of
Nichola= lto;utrtoh, the deposal Bove -
reign, in 0 reit to recover 52,800,000
!for alleged breach of contract..
71ERi,lNSIY'S TROOPS
HAVE SURRENDERED.
A dcs,petch from Copenhagen says;
"The .Bnlshevilci preSS fleury adfdad.
I'.q report:: ,fron Petrcigrad that aid of
Premier Kereneky's troops have sur-
rendered and that the Bolsheviks also
have gamed a complete victory Lrt
Mosconi," says a despatch to the Bel'-
, liagske Tidende from Ilnl,arancla•
':The Ukranian Government "has
sent an army of 150,000 against Gen-
esi Kaledine, head nun of the Don
- Cossacks, and et the same, time Getn-
eral Krasnoff, a member of iTer-
ereeky'e staff Ifs:, gene to Xaiediue's
I headquarters to open • negotiation;
(with him."
A British Machine Flew 2,000
Miles in Series of
Eight Flights.
A despatch from London says; Tho
Admiralty announces that a success-
ful air attack in the vicinity of Con-
stantinople has been fully accomplish-
ed by a large British bombing aero -
I plane, which fiew from England to a
'British base in the Mediterranean in
a series of eight flights. The stopping
places included Lyons and Rome, and
the total distance covered was nearly
two thousand miles,
' The machine was actually in the air
thirty-one hours. This'is believed to
be a world's record for a cross-country
journey, and for the weight carried.
During some parts of the flight strong
'
winds and heavy rainstorms were ex-
perienced, and there was one stretch
of 200 miles over a mountainous coun-
try, where it would be impossible for
any machine to land,
BRITISH ,
THE HOLY CITY
Capture Village Within Five
lVliles of Jerusalem.
A despatch from London says:
Britieh troops marching on Jerusalem
were on Monday last within five miles
of the city and carried at the bayo-
net's point a village almost in the
shadow of the Mount of Olives, It was
on the top of this elevation that the.
Kaiser endowed what ostensibly was
al hospital, but this "hospital" has
"turned nut to be a fortress with guns
commanding the surrounding region.
11,030 HU
IN TEN MONTHS.
Grand headquarters of the French
,The rmy in Fn^1ailce, I+Inv...n 4.—
The bril-
liant record of the F1•oneli aviators,
including the members of the Lafay-
' ette. Espadrille, for the ten months
ending in October, shows that they
destroyed 120 German airplanes over
the French linea, and 397 over the
I German lines, whose destruction has
been fully confirmed. There also were
' 513 others over the German lines
. which probably were destroyed, but
' confirmation of the fret was not ob-
tainable, This snakes a grand total of
1,030. Twenty-two Carman captive
balloons also were destroyed,
See
CANADIANS TO CAST 'VTI?.:;
' AT POLLS IN UNITED STATES
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
T'or the first time in the history or the
• Dominion Canadian polle will be es-
tablished in the United States. Many
Canadians have joined the Royal Fly-
ing Corps and are stationed in one of
the Southern Stites, For these, mill.
tary polls will be established, and the
men will cast their vote in the elec.
tons as though stfil in Canada, i'ur-
then, once a soldier leaves Canada his
female relatives are entitled to vote,
Therefore, female relatives of Cana-
dians in British or Caeacdian units in
the States will vote as well as the sol-
diers themselves,
CHOLERA KILLED MAUDE.
(.'arse of Brilliant British General's
Death in Mesopotamia.
I 5,00601, Nov. 25.—General Fred-
erick Stanley Mande, the Commander
of the British forces in ,Mesopotamia,
v'he died November 18, after a brief
fitness, succumbed to cholera, accord -
Two Lines of German Trenches
and Dugouts Captured and
800 Prisoners.
Paris, Nov. 25,—In an attack in the
Verdun region Sunday the French
troops captured first and second lines
of defence, heel -tiding deep dugouts,
and also took 800 Germans prisoner,
according to the French official con-
municatior issued this evening.
The text follows:
"In the region north of Chemin-
des-Dames and northwest of Rheims
there has been marked activity by the
two artilleries.
"On the right bank of the Meuse
we carried out this afternoon some
operations of detail to the north of
Hill 344, where a German attack was
repulsed yesterday. Along a front of
three and a half kilometres, between
Samogneux and' the region to the
south of the Anglemort Farm, our
troops captured the first . and second
German lines, and also some deep
dugouts organized by the enemy on
the slopes to the, south of the ravine
in the Caurieres Wood. Thus far we
have „counted more than 800 prison-
ers,
"In the Vosges a surprise attack
against one of our small posts in the
sector of Sondernach, southwest of
Muenster, failed
CA.TCII OF SEA FISH
SHOWS INCREASE.
.A despatch from Ottawa says: A
resort. on the results of sea -fishing
operetians - in Canada for the six
menthe from April to September, and
also far the month of October, has
been issued by the Department of the
Naval Service, It is stated that in
comparison with a similar period last
year the landings of cosi and halibut
on the Atlantic coast have increased'
by over half n. million hundredweight.
The herring catch for the six months
this year, however, was far below that
of last, amounting to only 045,844
cuts. as compared with 940,487 cwts.
The quantity of salmon taken on the
Atlantic coast during the season of
1917. was 1,578 ewts.• short of the pre-
. vions season's catch.
122 BRITISH SHIPS
LOST WITHOUT TRACE
A despatch from London says:—
In the House of Lo•da on Friday Ad-
miral Lord Beresford, retired, called
attention to the inceasiing number of
ships that are "missing without trace”
and to the disclosure in the com-
munications of Count von Luxburg,
former Gorman Minister to Argentine,
of Germany's plans for the sinking of
vessels in this manner. Lord Lytton,
Civil Lord of the Admiralty, replying
to Lord Beresford, said that in the
three years, ending with October last,
122 vessels hacl been lost "without
trace." The normal average in peace
times, he added, was 15 vessels yearly.
As the result of careful enquiry, Lord
Lytton added, he had no reason to be-
lieve that such disasters were increas-
ing.
BRITISH TROOP'S IN ARABIA
POST CAPTURED 1O1)I' NEAR ADEN
A despatch ,kfrom London sayee--The
Britieh War. Office on iaday night
issued the following statement on
military operations in -,Southern
Arabia:
"We attached and captured i. Turk-
ish post. at Jitbir, 15 miles north of
Aden, Losses were inflicted on the
enemy, and his defences were destroy-
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Preadstufs
Toronto, Nov. 27—Manitoba wheat—
No. 1 Northern. $2.221 No, 2 00, 82.202;
No, 3 do,, $2.171; No. 4 wheat, 52,102, in
store Fort William. including Ole tax.
Manitoba oats—No, 2 C. 11 Ile; No,
3 CMS 712c; No, 1 extra teed, 720; No.
1 feed, 001c; in store Fort William.
American corn—No. 3 yellow, nominal.
Ontario onts—No. 2 white, 71 to 720,
nominal; No, 3, do., 70 to 71e, nominal.
according to freights outside
Ontario wheat New, No. 2 winter,
32.22; basis, in store, Montreal.
Pres—No. 2, 33,70 to $3.S0, according
to (3rafghts outside.
13ar1e}•—i5111t.ing, $1,22 to $1.23, ac-
cording to freights outside.
liuelcwheat--$1,46 to $1.60, according
to freights outside
nye -- No, 2, $1,72, according to
freights outside,
Manitoba dour—First patents, In jute
bago, 311,60; 2nd, do., 311.00; strong
bakers', do., 510.60. Toronto.
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, 33.00. in begs, Montreal; 30.70.
Toronto; $0.711 bull, seaboard, prompt
shipment.
Wilfred, rev lots, delivered Mont•cai
freights. bags included --reran, per ton,
$35, shorts, do., 342: middlings, do..
546 to 016; good feed flour, per bag,
53:25.
Nay --No. 1, new, per ton, 516 to $17;
mixed, do„ 313 to 315, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $5.60 to $2,
track, Toronto.
Country Produoe—Wholesale
'Butter—Creamery, solids. per 10., 421
to 41e; prints, per 10., 43 to 431e; dairy,
per lb., 36 to ase.
Eggs—Freak gathered eggs, 47 to 48c.
Potatoes —Wholesalers cure paying
grower's and country shippers $1.35 to
$1Wholesafirst-class
er syar es selling �'to btheo retail
tirade at the following prices:—
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 231o; twins,
235 to Mc; early cheese, 251 to 26e;
large twin, 26 to 262e.
Tiutter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 46 to 46c; solids, 44 to
4oc.
Eggs --New laid, in cartons, 63 to GOT;
N0. 1 storage, Oe; select storage, 47 to
42c•.
Dressed poultry—Spying chickens, 24
to 26e; fowl, 20 to 22e; squabs, per cion.,
1.1 to $4.50: turkeys, 26 to 72c; ducks,
Spring., 20 to 23e; geese, 18 to 20e.
Live poultry --Turkeys, 25c; Spring,
chickens, ib.. 10c; hens 18 to 10e;
ducks, Spring. SS to 10v; geese, 12 to
14e.
Honey--Comb—Extra fine, 16 oz.,
$3,60; 12 oz,. 33,00; No, 2,$2.40 to
62.50. Strained—Tins, 21's and 6's, 12
to 191c. per 1b; 10's, 151 to 190; 60's, 16i
to 301,0.
nerves—Cnnacllan, nominal; imported
hand-picked, 36.00 to $6,76 per bush;
Limas, Mr Ib„ 17 to 171o.
Potatoes, on track --Ontario, bag, $2.16
to 53.26,
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked ,nems --lines, medium, 30 to
31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to
42U, rolls, 27 to He; breakfast bacon.
83 to. 420; bucks, platin, 40 to 410; bone-
less, 43 to 446.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 2271
to 20e 10; clear bellies, 201 to 27u.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces,. 27 to 27110;
tubs, 273 to 274r; ]tails, 271 10 101;
comppunh tierces 21 to 221o'; tube, 233
to 281c; pails, 231 to 24e.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Nov. 27 --01110. , anadlau
Western, No. - 05c; do., No.7 Sac; ex-
tra No • 1 feed, 33e, 13arle5 Tallinn,
$1.33: Llour—Man. Spring wheat
patents, firsts, 011.60; seconds, 311.10;
strong bakers'. 310.00; straight rollers,
bags, 35,20 to 35.36. .Rolled tats—Bogs,
06 lbs., 54,221 to 34,25.-Etran—$36,
Shorts—$40 to 341. Middlings --$15 to
360. Mouillie--015 to 350. Iiay--Ne. "
per ton, oar lots, 312,55. Cheese --Finest
Westerns, 212e; do„ finest easterns, 2111.
Euttcr—Choicest creamery, '16 to 451e;
se,'ands, 421 to 44c. Eggs-1,'reeh, 02 to
56e; selected, 46 to •17c; No. 1 stock,
42 to 48c; No. 2 stork 00 to 40,', Po-
tatoes—Per bag. car lots, 32.20' to 32.25.
Wiuutpag Efrain
Wnnt,ipeg '1Vat '7 --Cash prices—
Oats--No, C.W., 75e; No. 3 C.W., 7190;
extra No 1 feed, 72e; Na 1 teed. 691e;
No. 2 feed 6G10 Marley --N0 3, 31.22e;
No. 4, 3.1.161; feed and rejected, 31,07.
Flax- ,No, 1 DL17.0., 32.05.
'United status Markets
33inneatulls, Nov. - 27—Corn—No. 3
'allow, 32.05 to 3g2.10. Onto --No. 5
white, 60 to 07o, Flour--Fapey patents,
unolfengorl; In carload lots, first clears,
$g0.60, jute; second clears, 33,76, jute,
Eran—$33 to 313.50, -
3)01011t, Nov. 27--Linseed—$3,331 to
$7.30$;. to arrive, 33.222- to 63.247; to
arrive in Nae (.111b01., 33.301; November,
33.274 bid; December, 33.22!1; May,
38.105.
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1;lve Stook Markets
Toronto, Nov, 7—Extra choice heavy
steers, $11.60 to 312; da., good heavy,
10.76 to 311.46; butchers' cattle, choice,
10,25 to 310.50; do., good, $3,60 to
0,76; do. medium, $8,75 to $9; do.,
common 57,50 to 30; butchers' burls,
choice, $8.50 to 36; doe gaud bulls, 27.40
to 57.86; do., medium bulls, $6.8 to
$7.10; do., laugh huhu, $6 t:o 56; 60fOh-
ors' caws, choi0t 36.50 to 0; do., ood,
37.60 to 38; do, medium,,6.00 to' 06.76;
st.e0leerx, i$7 to 38.26; fS to
$0.76; r,tnners nod cutters,"415";,'11 -$5.66;
milkers, good 10 eholee, 305 to 5160; do.,
cam. and end., 576 to Mi
syrlhgcti,
506 to $1.60; li ght ewes. $liJi0 to $13.60;
bucks a;1,0 'nibs, 311 10 310.00; sheep,
heavy, $6.10 to $1.60; yenrlinggs..$12 to
513: rslrns, gaud to chniee, $14 t0 I5•
Sprhtg lambs, 3.10,26 to. 16.75: hag's, foe{
05,1 watered, 310,26; do., weighed oft
ANCIENT IIIA
General Al'lenby's Troops Make
Further Progress in Palestine.
Landon; Nov. 25, -The site o
ancient Hizpath, 11,000 yards west of
the Jerusalem-Nabnles road, has
been stormed by the British, the Wei
Office announced yesterday. British
mounted troops which had advanced
northward were forced back by the
Turks,
The official text reads: •
"On Wednesday. we stormed the
Nobi Samwil Ridge, the site of the
ancient Mizpah, which is 5,000 yards
vv t of tl e Jerusalem Nabules road
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
NJIWS 13T MAIL ABOUT .00111'1
BULL, ANl) 11194 PEOPLI9
Occurrences in the Lend That P.eigne
Supreme 1n the Coatnler.
Oa! Wozld,
A large number of counterfeit half-
crowns and florists are in circulation
in the city of London,
A night guard of St. Pancras Volun-
teers has been ftu'uielled for the local
workhouse and infirmary,
George Brand, of Canning Town,'
has been awarded 11200 for the loss
of two sons, one was torpedoed in the
Dover Castle and the other in the A1n-
wicic (300110.
A roylii t' u'i' nt has 1)0011 issued
granting the hono'a1'y rank of major
to all commissaries of Indian army dee
partlnetits,
The Electrical Trade Union have
asked 1110 Ministry of Labor for a
forty -eight -hours week and an advance
in pay.
Brigadier -General F, W. Lumsden, -
V.C„ D.S.O., Pwarded the Victoria
Cross, in June last, is reported wound-
ed,
A divisional commander in the Pun-
jauh hats sent 8100 for the upkeep
of a Church Army recreation. hut in
France.
Street lamp posts in Chiswick aro
all being painted. white by female
labgg.
Philip Brandon Jones has been
appointed heoclnlaeter of the Scar-
borough School of Art,
There is a movement on in St,. Pan -
eras just now to build a new town
hall after the war, to cost 2100,000.
The representative of the County
Education Authority has stated that
juvenile crime has increased enorm-
ously since the beginning of the war,
f On the anniversary of the death of
Lord Shaftesbury a wroath of white
lilies was placed at the foot of the
statue in Westminster Abbey by Sir
John Kills,
The Na'y League demands from
the enemy ton for ton compensation
for merchant ships destroyed and
reparation for loss of men before
peace proposals are considered.
The Town Council of Preston have
aelced Alderman Cartmell to eon -
time in office as Mayor for the fifth
' time, and he has agreed,
Sir Cyril Jackson, K.B.E„ has been
appointed a member of the Central
Tribunal for Great Britain under the
Military Service Act,
es n
Repeated counter-attacks by the
Turks have been beaten off, The en-
emy has bombarded the mosque con-
taining the tomb of the prophet
Samuel, which we carefully avoided.
"Our mounted troops, which had
approached Belt Unia on Wednesday,—
AIRMAN'S $2,500 PER WEEK.
were forced back by a strong counter -
Receive Receive One Hmidred and
attackand are now holding Beit Ur Twenty -Five Dollars for Trial Trip.
El Foka, on the Upper Beth Huron.
"After a heavy rain the weather is Big fortunes have been made by the
now bright and cold. airmen who test new airplanes. There
"General Allenby's report that the have been instances where a eingle
successful action of Monday, when aviator has drawn a check for $2,500
the enemy was driven from the defile for a week's work.
west of Kutyet-El-Enab, was due to It is seldom that these highly train -
the gallantry of the Somersets, the ed men get less than $500 a week, for
Wiltshires and the Gurkhas." they usually receive $1255 for every
The town of En-Nebi Samwil, about trial trip they make, They are re -
five miles northwest of Jerusalem, is tabled and paid by private firms on
generally believed to have beim the government contracts, and from the
site of the ancient town of Mizpah, nature of the risks they run their re
the famous city of Benjamin. Tradi- ward is not extravagant.
tion points out this was the birthplace, Every time they go up in a new ma -
residence and burial plaice of the prep- chine—even though it has passed the
het Samuel, and there is a moso,ue severe factory tests—the expert flyers
:which contains the traditional tomb r.f take their lives in their hands, lard
the prophet. 1 more than one has come to grief ow-
ing to some structural defect in the
t„v t•1 1 -'1 machine that could not be detected •
until the strain of flying brought, it to
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— J IN GERMAN S'T AFRICA
Enemy Unable to Make Furtlum A despatch from Lml600i eaye: -i he
Progress Against Gallant I folio :'ills' s.ffkill communication was
Italian T1'tlot t4, i 1 00011 nn I'1• ll. o leg lint;' d•he o;nera-
I time of the Brinell fercce ' in East Italian Army Headquarter, in i Africa:
'Northern Italy, Nov. 25,—The "tt is.- ; .,1 .:dtto clay our L•; „emelt, be in.,
,tion to -day is virtually uneh:unged • traveracd the M.tl,un,''• i'l a'm,u , +:user-
' along the northern battle front end + ed `a.a oven n:;h•:; ninth -meet of
on the Piave River, The artillery. nc'-? Kitten:mai. Fifty -seen t --010214 and
tivdty continues violent, and here and 75 A .kali.; sur, erd-. r:: 1.
there bombardments are taking place; "On i"rirlay err ri"t c,,1 u.nit 1:11 r -
but there is 0 lull in the ag;r0.; he ed Nor ala and 1 1 name an,l ; .;
!mass attache,' as both sides rem a ,,carr.. wore 03::uiel.
time for the purpose of refnivio;n "In last .Fuiay'e action t ;Ianlcicd,
their broken ranks. i i t the
, our .mall bees 1, t ,l cl t
The Prussian Huard Regiment ie , nine:' sally suucrdur ,,,;=m;. Iowa
among those contingents having tete' greater than they sur,,,. .::d, and arca
heaviest losses. Three battalions of the cait urcd priennet•s”
Guard were thrown against 1h: charge
lewhich carried the Italians leek into C'AN %DlAN TROOP;;
• one of their strategic northern height ARRIVE IN ENGLAND.
�7),
positions. The Guards were swept , ��
aside in an impetuous wave of en-, A dctlpetch from Ot'awa says: It
thusiasm, and only a battalion of is officially nnnounred through the
them was able to reform in small ' chief Press Censor's Cellee, that the
groups. 1 ty .
nr � following troops Fare '11.1• rel in 7'ng-
Rep .ts chow that the Italian avis- - land; -.._936th Batta:litu±, illontl'eal.
tors have brought down 51 enemy ma-' Draft..:-•-Ttoyel' Cana�ki;n1 Regiment
chilies during the fighting of the last from Halifax; 5th Roy-•] Highlanders,
thirty days ---o• nearly two machines Montreal; C.M.R. Depot Hamilton; A.
daily. M. C., Montreal; (':yl list Platoon,
Quebec; Naval, - Quebec; Artillery,
150 '1'() 200 TANKS Potasvatvct'j Forestry, Aldershot;
USED IN BRITISH DRIVE Royal Flying Corps, 9ilnte, Toronto;
detail1.
A despatch from Amsterdam, :,Sys
—A Berlin despatch quotes the Lnit
Anzeiger as saying that the • Britisl
used from 160 to 200 tanks on thei
advance 017 °embi'ai.
al RUSI•+IANS IN CAt14
Byng Promoted For Victory.
A despatch from London Bays
King George has promoted Lieuten
ant -General Byng to the rank oi' Get
oral, in recognition of hie distinguish
ed service in the field in the recon
operations, it was officially announced
1 I+1•Iclt
" 1IiUa
WIN 11111 VICTOR'S!".
A despatch from i'•trngratl says;
The Russian Caucasus armies have
won a marked :emcees agethlst the
enemy along •the River Dyal, accord-
; Ing to information reaching the army
and the Workmen's and Soldier's
Gen
Delegates. The Russians initiated an
" attack and overcame the enemy, op-
t turilig 1,600 of them, of whom 1:14
were officers The morale of the
troops is said to be excellent,