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IERMANS. ilia, To CROSS MARNE:
RHEIMS FRONT HELD BY FRENCH
Desperate Effort to Capture Cathedral City by Encircling lViove-
meat-Repeated Enemy Attacks North of Aisne Smashed.
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Toronto, Tune 4. -Mardi:4a wheat
--No, 1 Northern, $2,28%1 No. 2
do., $2,20%; No. 8 do„ 32.17%; No.
1 wheet, 32.10%, in tttore ,b'ort Wil-
liam, including 24e. tax.
Manitoba oaes-No. 2 C.W., 8110;
No, 3 C.W., 7814c, extra No. 1 feed,
1:780tow. ruoliunl, feed 75 In store
"tinuing with undiminished voilence et
Park, June 2, -The battle is cone en-Tardenols, which now ie tinder* a
beavY fire.
On both flanks also t. rang (mem AMOI1OFAD corn --No. 3 yellow, !kiln
the end of the first' week of the re -
are eligaged. The tint of these eap- 4ried, ziorainel; No. 4 yellow, kin
eumption of the offensive by the Ger- tured Solesone. On the eastern dried, nominal.
mous. With the beet troope at their flank, however, they aro meeting with Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 80 to
oommand the German coramandene the sternest defence from the Prime°. 811 No. 3 white, 19 to 80e, aceording
to reighte eutsitle,_
are eniploying every strategy and the melee eeeeee, which, neverthelette, Ontario ' wheat- -No, 2, Winter, per
battle on the left wing is 'being eon- have been obliged to realign in order ear lot, 32.22; betas in store Mont-
teeted with a bitterness hitherto un- to keep the front straight, - • real.
known.
On the -tying between Rheims and positions in the battle -lint r ey
Chateau Thierry the enemy is held, are being thrown in to etre then
while between SeieHene and the 1V4erne the defending' forces where the, are
Allied reserves are now taking up Peas -Nominal.
BarioY-Malting, 31,40 to 31.42,
aecording to freights oueeicle.
Rye -No. 2, 32.10, according to
freights outside.
Ma dentist flour -War quality,
310.95; new bags, Toronto;
Ontario flour -War quality, $10,65,,
new bilge, Toronto and Montreal
frei3hbs, prompt shipment,
Millteed--Car lets -Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran,
Per ton, 335; shorts, per ton, 340.
Hay---Nce 1, per ton, 315.50 to
310,50; mixed, 318,00 to 04.00, track
Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 38.00 to
38.50, treat. Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale
the French rewietance is bee:awing weakest in preparation for the elac-
.victorioue. ing of a barrier to a further German
The Germane continue to pour new ee„„e.
divisions Into the battle. No doubt A despatch from London gays: On
now remake that they always intelia- the fourth day of the righting the
ed to make their supreme effort on German Crown Faucets army failed
the Marne, rather than' in the Offen- to gain any coneiderable ground. On
sive towards; Amiens, which was start- both flanks of the 30 -mile fighting
ed in March. There are 40 divisions front, the allied troops refused to give
on the Soleeens-Itheiree battle area, up further territory, despite persist -
among them. aro the best trained eat enemy aetucks, while in the con-
troope in the German array, attired Ire, between Fere-en-Tardenois and
in special uniforms and following new Vesily, about seven miles north of the
offensive methods. Fifteen of these Marne'the French reserves have
divisions were among Gen. von. Hat- eheeked the German thrust in the di.
ier'a 22 divisions, in the March drive rection of Chateau Thierry. It would
appear that the allied reserves have
come into action as planned and, have
made their power f alt.
Soissons is regarded se more vital
to the allies because of its importance
to the Montdidier-Amiens line than
the other end of the front. The French
are holding the high ground on the
fortified plateau of Belk and Mon-
tagne, commanding the southern and
south-western exit from the city,
from whence the main roads run to
toward Amiens. The Germans ma
a desperate effort to capture Meanie
by an encircling movement. They
temporarily' occupied Fort Pompelle,
but were immediately dislodged by
the valiant troope led by Gen. (-lour-
and
A stabilization of the front, seems
to sum up Sunday's fighting, While
the Germans have engaged 45 divi-
sions, they still have an equal number
ready to strike.
French troops Saturday night Villers Cotterets. The possession of
smashed repeated German attacks of Chateau Thierry and absolute come
the greatest violence In the sector nand of Soissons and its arteries
north of the River Aisne, between the would not only hold out a distinct
Oiee River and Bassoons.
Mont de Choisy, after being attack-
ed four times by forces of the Ger-
'man Crown Prince, was finally storm-
ed, only to be lost again by the in-
vaders at the point of the bayonet.
On the front between Soissons and
'Chateau Thierry the Germans oc-
cupied Longmont, Gooey, Faverolles
and Troesnes, but later were driven
out by energetic counter-attacks.
On the Rheizns-Dorznans front bit-
ter fighting is taking place and the
Germans have crossed the high road
east of Ville-eneTardenois.
The French troops, in a counter- at-
tack west of Neuilly St. Front, drove
back the Germans and 'also in an at-
tack recaptured Hill 163 in this re-
gion. The village of Champlat also
was recaptured and near Ville-en-
Tardenois some ground was gained by
the French troops.
Gallantly Holding On
A despatch from London says: -
The desperate efforts of the 'French
and British to stem the tide against
the invaders have served only to slow
down the rate of speed of the German
advance; the defenders of the heights
north of the Marne seem to have been
swept aside in the rush of the enemy
toward the road to Paris, and the
Marne has been reached on a ten -
mile front. Aside from the move-
- meat of ,the German armies south-
ward, two other significant incidents
of the tremendous jaatele have occur-
red. One is that the Germans have
extended their attack to the north-
west, along the Ailette River, from
which the French have fallen back foe'
some distance. The other is that the
battle has extended to the east of
Rheims, which city, during the first
few days of the battle, formed the ex-
treme eastern end of the line of bat-
tle.
Along the sides of the salient form-
ed by the rapid German advance to
tie Marne, the French and British
have been holding their positions gal-
lantly. South of Soissons the French
have defended their line with such
vigor that the Germans have not
made much impression upon IL On
the other side of the battle area, the
British are still holding the forts of
Rheims and positions just west of that
war-sericken cltY•
There is a statement in the French
report on Friday night which may
mean that Chateau Thierry has been
captured or outflanked. This would
mark the beginning of a turning
movement toward Paris.
Paris, in its report on Friday night,
says that German attacks on French.
positions on the right bank of the
Ailette River have been repulsed. It
is admitted that the Germane have
reached the Marne, light detachments
having penetrated as far as the river
between Charteves and Joulgonne. On
elm right flank of the batble area the
situation is unchanged, which is also
the condition woe and north of
Rheims. More than 45,000 prisoners,
over 400 guns, and thousands of ma-
chine gone have been taken by the
Germane, according to the Berlin of. -
Adel communication issued on Friday.
Beginning of Drive.
A despatch from the French Ariake
in France says; The Germans in the
Champagne pushed farther towards
the River Marne on Thursday. The
intention of the Tailbone probably is
o some a position enabling them to
rn to the westward with the bulk
o their sebtacking armies. The ef-
forts of the Germans since their first
O tepid advance appear to take a fan-
. like movement The .principal ool-
I Mean of the Teuton &mime seems to
he *meting the dieeetion of Wren.
threat to Paris, but would enable the
enemy to link up his battle fronts on
the 'Aisne and Somme, widening out
his original salient so that for the
purposes of a counter-attack it would
cease to be a salient at all.
The danger is by no means past,
and bot fighting continues along
the whole front, especially to the
southward, the German official state-
ment claiming that they are fighting
their way toward the Marne from
Fere-en-Tardenois. According to the
statement the enemy claims to have
taken 35,000 prisoners and a tre-
mendous amount of booty in cannon
and material.
A despatch from London says:
Telegrams from Amsterdam indicate
that the enemy is preparing the Ger-
man public in advance for the slowing
down which seems to have occurred
on Thursday. Military writers, gen-
erally supposed to be in direct touch
with the' German high command,
suggest that counter-meaeures which
Foch will undertake will, in the next
few days, slow down, if not bring% to
a standstill, the German advance.
They suggest that a new offensive
must be looked for on another part of
the front.
Butter -Creamery, Wks, per lb.,
42 to 42%c; prints, per lb., 43 to
431/2c; dairy, per lb., 86 to 37e.
Eggs -New -laid, 83 to 34e.
Poultry -Roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl,
28 to 30c; ducks, 25 to 30c; turkeys,
27 to 30e.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Cheese -New, large, 28% to 24c;
twins, 23% to 24%.c•, old, large, 25%
to 26e; twin 26 to 26%e,
Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45
to 47c; solids, 44 to 450.
Margarine -82 to 340. lb.
Eggs -New laid, 40 to 41c; new
laid, in cartons, 43 to 45c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
70c; roosters, Pc; fowl, 38 to 40c;
turkeys, 40 to 45c.
Live poultry -Spring. chickens, 60e;
roostere, 26c; turkeys, 30c; hens, 33 to
370,
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel, 38.75; imp., hand-picked.
Burma or Indian, $6.75 to $7.25;
Japan, 38.25 to 8.50; Limas 19 to
20c,
Maple syrup -3% -lb, tine, 10 to a
case, 314.50; imperial gallon tins, per
i
tin, 32.25; mperial five -gallon cans,
per can, 310.50; 16 -gallon kegs, per
gal., $2.00; maple sugar, 1-1b, box,
pure, per lb., 24 to 26c.
Provisions -Wholesale
KE GAINS IN
Allan WOOD
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked,
49 to 60e; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to
45c; boneless 48 to 490:
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30
to 31e; clear bellies, 29 to Pc.
Lard -Pure, tierces,31% to 32c;
tubs, 3111. to 32%c; pails, 32 to 32%ce
prints, 83 to 331/2.c. Compound
tierces, 26 to 2641.c; tubs, 26% to
2661.0; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 27%
to 28c.
adontreal Markets
•:.
One of the big guns which helped the Canadians to check the German advance in Flanders,
1,137 AIRPLANES
DOWNED IN MAY
British Bag 492, French 234,
Americans 13, and Belgians 5,
While Germans Claim 222.
London, June 2. -The Times, in an
article on aerial operations Saturday,
says:
"Up to Friday night, 1,137 airplanes
were reported downed on all battle
fronts in May. This surpasses by 67
the total for March, which, with
1,062, constituted the record month.
The losses on the various fronts deer -
mg May were:
Western
Italian
Macedonian
Palestine
:Mesopotamia
"Details of the totals on the west-
ern front were that 492 German ma-
chines fell into the hands of the Brit-
ish, 234 to the French, 13 to 'the
Americans and 5 to the Belgians. Of
the 222 allied airplanes claimed by
the Germans they have not put in
a claim for five British machines re-
ported missing last night, but this
number is included in the total of
971 down on the western front.
"Eleven German observation bal-
loons also were destroyed during the
month.
"The number of British airplanes
reported missing in the same period
is 126, inclusive of thosewhich failed
to return after raids over Germany.
In March 156 of our machines were
reported missing and the total num-
ber of German machines accounted
for was 590, including two Gothas
which raided the Paris area.
"The German figure of 222 allied
machines is one more than is claim-
ed in the daily report from the Ger-
man main headquarters in Merch,
Montreal, June 4. -Oats Canadian
Western, No. 2, 93c; do., No. 3,
89%c; extra No. 1 feed, 861/4.e. Flour,
new standard Spring wheat grade,
$10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats, bags,
90 lbs., $4.85 to 35.00. Bran, 385.
Shorts, $40, Mouillie, 372. Hay,
No. 2. per ton, car lots, 315.50.
Live Stock Markets
British Secure Additional Foot-
ing Beside the Ancre River.
With the British Army in France,
June 2. -The British made a minor
attack against a portion of Aveluy
Wood early yesterday. The attack
gave them additional footing in that
wooded tract beside the Aucre River.
The Germans have very little
room for manoeuvring west of the
river, opposite the old Somme battle-
field, and the loss of any ground,
however slight, adds to their dis-
comfore and adds to the disadvan-
tage of an attack westward up the
slope towards Amiens.
By attempting raids and main-
taining a harassing artillery fire, the
enetny is keeping up at any rate a
formal activity on the front between
Flanders and Montdidier in order to
keep the allied forces occupied.
971
120
25
8
3
Toronto, -June 4. -Extra choice
heavy steers, $15.00 to 316.00; choice
heavy steers, 314.00 to 314.25,• but-
chers' cattle choice, 314.00 to $14.25;
do., good, '313.25 to 313.50; do„
medium, $12.00 to $12.50; do. cern-
mon, $11.00 to $11.26; butchers' bulls
choice, $12.00 to $13.90; do., good
bulls, 311.00 to 311.50; do., medillM
bulls, 310.25 to $10.60; do., rough
bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows,
Choice, 312.00 to $13.00; do., good,
$11.00 to 311.50; do., medium, $10.25
to 310.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.25;
feeders, $11.25 to $12.00; canners
and cutters, $6.00 to $7.25; milkers,
good to choice, 390.00 to 3140.00; light
ewes, 315.00 to 318.50; lambs, 320.00
to 321.00; calves, good to choice
314.00 to 315.50; hos, fed and -we
tered, 320.00; doe 'weighed off cars,
320.26; do., f.o.b., 31.9.00.
Montreal, June 4. -Choice steers,
$14.75 to 315.25; good steers, 312.01'
314.50 Choice butcher cows, 311.00
to $11.50; poorer grade, 39.50 to
$12.00, Butchers' bulls were $9.00
to $18.00; sheep, $13.00 to t15.08;
Spring lambs, 38.00 le $12.0 each
Choice hog's, 320.50; sows, 318.00 to
319.00.
GERMANS ARE USING
NEW LONG-RANGE GUN.
A despatch from Paris says: Exam-
ination of the shells discharged by
the Germans in the long-range bons-
bardment of Paris, which began again
on Monday, indicates that new guns
are being used. Larger shells are
being employed than formerly, the
calibre of the guns being 24 -centi-
metre (91/2 inches) instead of 21.
The powder charge is greater, and the
detonation louder, but the force of
the explosion does not seem to have
Increased. A alai exploded only a
dozen yards from a man seated on a
bench, and clid not injure him,
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CANADIAN HOSPITAL BOMBED BY AIR-
MEN: MANY KILLED ANDWOUNDED which affords a strong 0500115)00p
CONQUERED LANDS
,TIge.
Germany Calls On Men of Hanle
Provinces to Join Her Colors.
A despatch from Parisi earl; Gtene
many has begun her eaMpaign to
Utilize the omit reef:amen a butane
Material in the Baltie provinces to
augment decimated ranks in the
army, according to a despatch from
Switzerland, which deelaree that the
Dorpater Zeitung, the German proe 1
paganda organ for the Brake pub- 1
Relies an appeal to youeg MOD in
Courland and Livonia, inviting them
to join, under the German flag, "Ger.
many," itays the appeal, "has DOW
'more than ever the need of eadiere;
it is natural that the children Of the
provinces delivered from Maali
ximet
tyranny should give themeolves up to
enable Germany to intensify, her ef-
fectives and perform their duty like
all children of the Empire."
MARNE NOT CROSSED
AT ANY POINT,
A despatch from London eayst
Latest reports from the front state
that the Germans have not crossed
the Marne at any point; that on the
southern bank French reserves io
large numbers are holding command-
ing positions, while all the bridges
have been blown up for many miles
to the west of Chateau Thierry. To
the north-west of Chateau Thierry,
the Germans, following tine line of
the Oureq, are reported as having
reached Neuilly, with the evident in
tention of attempting a drive betwee
the Marne and the great wooded dill
trict surrounding Villers Cotters
Building Collapsed Burying Inmates -Majority of Patients Were
Rescued by Heroic Men Who Risked Lives to Reach Them.
A despatch from the British Army operate on an aviation officer when
in France says: Early on Thursday the crash came. All those in the
morning German airmen bombed an- room were buried under an avalanche
of brick and woodwork. The demo -
other hospital -this time a Canadian
lished wing caught fire and burned
institution -and exacted a consider- fiercely with manyvictims still pin -
able toll of casualties, Among those ned in the wreckage.
killed by the explosion or flumes was Nothing more awful has occurred
an American medical officer who was in the annals of the hospital service
administering an anesthetic to a since the war began. Every avail -
British ahem in the operating room able person' in the neighborhood was
when that part of the hospital was called out to assist in the rescue work,
demolished. The raid occurred at and two fire brigades were called in,
10.80 o'clock in the morning. With the assistance of ladders and
The hospital attacked was a large other fire apparatus the hospital pro -
one, It had been in existence since per was rapidly emptied of patients
the early 'days of the war and was and personnel. It was a desperate
marked by huge Red Cross signs. situation. A roaring furnace repre-
On the storey above the main floor sented what was left of the big wing.
were the office and patients' room, and Scores of people worked frenzied-
above them were members of the ly at the flaming mass of twisted A
despatch from Paris says:,
hospital personnel. Part of the wing timbers in their attempts to reach removal of children from Peri
was demolished by the terrific exploe those entombed, and many uncoil- begun on 'Thursday morning
sion, and many unfortunate people scious forms were carried out bY 1,000 children from the Mon
tnl
heroic men .who risked their lives to district of the city were place
board a special train, bound iJ
vacation colony in the Departm
Allier, in Central France.
This is the first action taken
a plan for removing Paris e
ll
from the possibility of harm f
long-range gun shell striking a
filled with pupils, as a church
worship was in progress was
on Good Friday last. ,
sition to the French holding the lit
south-weat of Soissons.
Last Measage by Pigeon
Told Fate of Three 'Balbohior
A despatch from British Hes
quarters in France says: A sto
just to hand tells of the heroic c
duct of three French battalio
which were surrounded in the For
of Pinon Monday. They entrenc
themselves, determined to resist
til the end. Succor -could not be s
them. Their rifles and machine g
were heard for many hours. The
message from them came Tues
afternoon at 2 o'clock by c
pigeon. It said they would hold
until the last. It is probable
when their ammunition became
hausted the survivors were capt
1,000 PARIS CHILDREN
REMOVED TO COUN'
ANOTHER AIR RAID
ON PARIS FAILED.
A despatch from Paris says: Seine
airplanes crossed tho line in the di-
rection of Paris on Thursday night.
The alarm was sounded at 11 o'clock,
and the "all clear" signal was given
at midnight. The enemy machines
were under a heavy fire from the de-
fences of Paris, and some bombs were
dropped on tho region about the city.
There were no casualties.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
166,000 FOR MAX.
Although Listed Last Month Were
Victims of Somme and Flanders.
A despatch from London says:
Casualties in the British ranks re-
ported during the ' month of May
reached a total of 166,802. The losses
were divided as follows: •
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
1,586; men, 20,518. Wounded or
missing: Officers, 6,182; men, 138,566,
British casualties reported week
by week have recently been running
near the 40,000 mark, evidently repre-
senting the losses sustained during under its peovisions. This takes in
the heavy fighting that sbarted with all men who have reported from all
---ee-.--.
the beginning of the German offen- points in the Dominion under all
sive in March.
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i. drafts.
:
AERIAL POSTAL SERVICE
Present lighting Front BETWEEN PARIS AND LONOnN.
Extends Distance of 75 Mlles --
A despatch from Paris says: Avia-
Paris,itt front extent% 120 kilometres as tors De Vienne and Lorgnat flew from
June 2. -The present fighL.
the bird flies, It is 82 miles from Paris to London and back in a hydro -
airplane IA three hours 01111 ten
min-
N'oyon to Soissone, about 40 from etes, (tarrying mail. It was the first
Soissons to the Marna, and over 40 , in connection with an aerial post -
from the Marne to north of Mame, al service between England teed
according to the totraneigeant, I France which is being organized,
No Attempt To Force Creasing
Yet Made by the Invader
French Headquarters in France,
,Tune 2.-Althou.gli the enemy, oce
auplee the north bank of the 1VIter00e
for a !stretch of a <keen mike east
from ehe vicinity of Chateau Thierry,
he aetnne to have made no serious at-
tempt to force a crossing, the only ef-
forts in this direction time have been
reported being made in email force,
These were vigoreuely repuleed by
tho Erenelt,
were killed and wounded when tha
building collapsed and buried them.
Strange to say, those who were
on the top floor had better luck than
those below them, and several escap-
ed because they fell on top of the de-
bris.
The
surgeons were just about to
reach them. Excellent work on the
part of the firemen finally resulted in
the fire being extinguished, but there
were still many people, including
more than one sister, buried in the
ruins. There was no hope that they
were alive.
ANOTHER BRITISH
HOSPITAL BOMBED
POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODED
BY AIRMEN AT ZEEBRUGGE.
A. despatch from Amsterdam says:
A. long, heavy aerial attack -was made
on Zeebrugge Thursday night, mid at
about 1 o'clock Friday morning there
was a tremendous crash and the cone
cussion was fat hy the entire neigh-
borhood. Flames vose high he the air,
and it is supposed that a powder
magazine was exploded, according to
a Flushing despatch to the Tele -
grad,
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RAISED 67,80e. MEN
UNDER SERVICE ACT.
A. despatch front Toronto says: It
was announced unofficially that since
the Military Service Act was put into
operation last October it has pro-
duced 67,800 of the 100,000 required
several others wounded, one of the
latter probably fatally.
The raid lasted two hours, but,
thanks to the fact that most
AMERICA ALONE IS REPL
hospitals were uot crowd , the cas- TONNAGE SUNK BY II-
ualties. were much lighter than in the
previous bombardment. One hos!ple I
01
Germans Again Attack Hospi- tal,
eh had a large /lumber A despatch froin Boston ° much deadweight ship tonn
tats Raided on May 19. wounded men in it, was bombed, but
been launched from the Milli
With the British Army in France,
June 2. -British Red Cross hospitals
have again come under the German
bombing s.covege. This latest attack
began at 10.30 o'clock Friday night,
and the hostile airmen raided the
same group of hospitals which suffer
ed on May 19. Several hospitals. were
hit, and the casualties among petients
and workers Is considerable,
One hospital was almost demolish-
ed when an enemy aviator dropped an
explosive on it after getting his bear-
ings by letting tall a brilliant flare,
which lighted up the whole district.
owing to lucky circumstances, corm
paratively few were killed or wounded,
the precautions taken saved a heavy
loss of life, One hospital had one
ward destroyed and two other wards
damaged. Several attendants were
killed in this plate, and there were
other oas!ualties.
Tho operating theatre of still an-
other hospital was wrecked.
the United States in the la
weeks as was sunk by Gerr
marines during the entire
April," said Dr. Charles
chairman of the National Se
tion of the United States
Board, addressing the Am
city of Mechanical Engin
Last week alone, Dr. Eato
ships representing 106,000
Keep the hoe and cultivator going' weight, went down the wa
to keep down the weeds that will be I ---e----:
very troublesome if allowed to get the ONTARIO SOLDIERS
start of the gardener. Loosening the ARE SAFE IN
soil aerates it and conserves the mois- -
A despatch from Oita
One ester was killed at this place and tore.
GREEKS SIRE HEAVY BLOW
ON THE MACEDONIAN FRONT
Capture 1,500 Germans and Bulgarians With Quantities of
Material -Advance on Seven -Mile Front.
A. despatch from London says: -
More than 1,500 German and Bulger-
ian prieoners, among them 33 officers,
and a large quantity of war materials,!
have been captured by Greek troupe I
on the Macedonian front. The °Metahl!
statement from Monica says:
"Greek troops, supported by French
arlille,e, Wore ceptured the strengl
enemy positions of Srke 01 Legcn on
the Steama front on a width of twelvel
kilometres and to a depth of two kilo -1
metres. More than 1,500 Bulgarian
and German prisoners were token, in-
cluding 33 officers. A large quantity
1 of material also was captured.
The French official report deserib-
ing the battle says:
"Greek troope, supported by French
artillery, attacked enemy positions of
great strength of Srka 01 Lsgen,
south of the Struma. Over the whole
of the front of the attaek, which mea -
aures 12 kilometres, and to a depth
War
of 2 kilometres, the infantry captured
in the first rush the first position of
tliiiveenemy, reaching all of their objee-
esand passing them at certain
points. The enemy reacted strongly
with violent artillery fire, and at-
tempted west of &dm Di Legen a
counter-attack, which failed complete-
ly.
"Marc than 1,500 prisoners (Bul-
garians and Germans), including 33
officers, have been counted up to the
present. Important war materials
have -feline into our hands, The
Greek troops, and the French soldiers
which were co-operating with them,
in; in s ito
have 5110100
of unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
1 "The aerial forces took an active
part in the battle, using their ma-
. ehine gum at a low altitude on the
' Bulgarian reserves. They have bomb-
. arded with I success railway stations in the Vardar and the aviation
grouted at IludovYo:,
is officially announced
chief press censor's office
lowing troops have arriv
England: Infantry from
tario, Nova Scotia, New
and British Columbia.
Composite battalion fr
Railway construction
Siege artillery,
Details.
300 SOLDIERS EITIED
BY Bum
A despatch from Lon
an instance of the grea
of the continuous air r
British are malting day
different points behind
lines where there are
tration of troope, a Ge
stated that in the ret
the British Flying Su
there were 800 sold
wounded in addition
done.
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"Let me draw the 1
farmers of Canada to
of planting every 000
is in shape to grow i
not be an idle man 1.
who is physically fit
arable T. A. Orerar,
culture for Canada,