HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-05, Page 2ORITISH ADVANCE IN NEW DRIVE
CAPTURING TOWN OF ALBERT
Gevmaa6 Are Retreating From Section to South of Arras Xlard
Pressed by Victorious Armies of Field Marshall Haig,
,A,deepatch from the British Army heavy fighting eontinuee.
in Franco says: -There was fierce On the northern half of the battle -
fighting on Thursday along a large front the British stormed the enemy
median of the British front, to the positions and captured them, inflict -
Routh 'of Arras, virtually through to ing terrible losses on the enemy, They
the River Somme. then pushed eastward at various
Again the British have been victori- points. They occupied Hamelinoourb
ous, The battle north of the Ancre trench, well to the east of the eme
raged all day long, while ten thou- bankment, anti_ were reaching oat•
eand yards to the south another similarly at other points, at the same
British force, which crossed the Ancre time beating down desperate attacks
during the night and opened an at- launched by the enemy in an effort to
tack at daybreak, was driven steadily regain his valuable lost positions,
into the enemy positions on the high Albert is a town in the department
ground between Bray -sur -Somme and of Somme, 18 miles north-east of
Albert and had already captured a Amiens. It is situated an the Ancre
thousand prisoners, River and is a railroed centre. Be -
The Germans are retreating from fore the war it had a population of
the section between the two points more than 7,000.
where the British armies are hammer Albert has been the scene of some
ing them and where they are threat- desperate fighting and in the recent
ened with being left in a pocket. The British drive the town was surround -
town of Albert has fallen into the ed on three sides by the armies of
hands of the British, who are press- Field Marshall Haig, the village f
ing the enemy hard. Avoluy on the north and Meaulte en
Along the Arras -Albert railway em- the south having tieen reached by
bankment and on both sides of it them.
medium, $10.75 to $11,00- do. com-
Markets of the World I mon, $9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls,
choice, $11.00 to11.25;-do, medium
bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do. rnugh
bulls, $7.50 to $8.50• butchers' cows,
choice, '$10.25 to $16,60;- do, good,
$9.26 to $9.50; do. medium, $8.25 to
$8.75; do common, $7.25 to $8,00;
stockers, $8,00 to,$10.50; feeders,
$10.50 to $11.00; canners and cut-
ters, $5.60 to $6.50• milkers, good
to choice, 90.00 to $125.00; do. com.
and med., $65.00 to $75.00; springers,
$90.00 to $125.00; light ewes, $13.00
1 feed, 84%c. to $15.00; yearlings, $16.00 to $16.00;
American Corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln spring lambs, 203/2 to 211Ac; calves,
dried, nominal. good to choice, $13.50 to $17.25; hogs,
Ontario Wheat -No. 2, $2,22, basis fed and watered, $19.50; do. weighed
in store, Montreal. off cars, $19.75.
Ontario Oats -New crop, No. 2 Montreal, Aug 27. -Choice steers,
white, 77c to 79e; No., 3, 76 to 77c. $10.00 to $10.50; good steers, $8.50
Rye -Nominal. to $10.00; choice butcher cows, $9.00
Barley -New crop, malting, $1.08 to $9.50; good cows, $8.00 to $9.00;
to $1.05. canners, $5.50 to $6.00; butcher bulls,
Ontario Flour -Winter, in new bags, $8.00 to $9'50, according to quality;
prompt shipment, was quality, $10.85, canners, ..6.50 to $7.50; milk -fed cal -
Montreal, prompt shipment. ,ves, $12.00 to $15.00; grass-fed, $7.00
Peas --Nominal . to $8.50; sheep, $1.2.00;'choice lambs,
Buckwheat -Nominal. - 1$18.00' to $19.00; select hhhgs, off cars,
Hay -Track, Toronto, No. 1, $18 to $19.50 to $20.00; sows, $17.60 to
$19; mixed, $16 to $17. Straw 318.00; roughs and heavies down to
Car lots, $8 to 38.50. 316.00.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran,
per ton, $35; shorts, 340.
Manitoba Flour - War , quality,
310.95, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale
Eggs -No. 1 candled, 48 to 49c;
selected, new -laid, 50 to 51c; cartons,
52 to 54c.
Butter -Creamery, solids, 45c; do.,
fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy
prints, 41 to 42c• ordinary dairy
prints, 38 to 40c; bakers', 36 to 38c.
Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to 34c.
Cheese -New, large 281/2 to 24c;
twins, 231 to 241c; spring -made,
large, 251/2 to 26c; twins, 26 to 26/c.
Beans -Canadian, prrmc, bushel,
36.50 to $7.50. Foreign, hand-pick-
ed, bushel, $6.75 to r.
Comte. Honey-Chmce, 16 oz., $5 to
35.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.60 to 34
3cr dozen; seconds and dark comb,
2.50 to $2.75. Bulk, 25 to 26c per
lb.
Maple Syrup -Imperial gallons,
12.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gal-
lon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to
@5c.
Provisions -Wholesale
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48;
mess pork, 347.
Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less
than smoked. CZECHS IN SUCCESSFUL
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32 to 83c; ATTACK IN THE VOSGES
hams, medium, 38 to 89c; heavy,.30
to 31c; cooked hams, 53 to 54c• backs,
plain, 44 to 45c; backs, boneless, 48
to 490. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 41c.
Cottage rolls, 85 to 36c.
Dry Salted Meats -Long clears in
tons, 30c; in cases, 301e; clear bellies,
28 to 281ec; fat backs, 25c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 8031 to 31c;
tubs, 309',1 to 312c; pails, 31 to 31%c;
prints, 32 to 321e. Shortening, tierces,
26 to 263c; tubs, 26 2 to 26%c;
pails, 2631: to 27c; 1 -ib. prints, 271/1
to 28c.
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Aug. 27, -Manitoba Wheat
--In store, Fort William, nominal (in -
eluding 21/2c tax) ; No. 1 northern,
32.23%; No, 2 northern, $2.201/2;
No. 3 northern, $2.1731; No.
Wheat, $2.101/.
Manitoba Oats -In store, Fort Wil-
Wmliam, No. 2 C.W., 92%c; No. 3 C.
., 88%c; extra No. 1 feed 88%c; No,
TAKE OVER QUEBEC BRIDGE
WITHIN A FEW DAYS
A despabch from Ottawa says: -
Severe tests made of the Quebec
Bridge on Wednesday aro regarded
by the Railway Department as very
satisfactory. The bridge will be
formally taken over by the Govern-
ment with ine a few days.
For the pat six months the Rail-
way Department has been operating
trains over the bridge. Wednesday's
test was regarded, however, as the
severe to which the bridge could be
put.
ITALIANS HARVESTED GRAIN
UNDER FIRE OF THE ENEMY
A despatch from Washington says:
-Italian soldiers and civilians have
succeeded in harvesting the grain on
the right bank of the Piave River,
under fire of the enemy, according to
official reports from Rome. The
entire district was swept, while the
harvesters worked, by the enemy's
artillery fire.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 27. -Oats -Cana-
dian Western, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03;
extra No. 1 feed, 99c to $1.00. Flour
-New standard grade, $10.95 to
$11.05. Rolled.. oats -Bags, 90 lbs.
$5.20 to $5.30. Bran, 335.00, Shorts,
$40.00. Mouillie, le'$7.00. Hay -
No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15.00 to
$16.60.
Live Stock Markets
Termite, Aug. 27. -Extra choice
heavy steers $15.50 to 316.25; choice
heavy steers, 314.50 to 315.00• but-
chers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $18.76;
do,, good, $12.00 to 312.50; do.
A despatch from Washington says:
-Czecho-Slovak troops in France
have participated in a successful at-
tack against German positions in the
Vosges, according to a despatch re
ceived on Thursday at the headquar-
ters here of the Czecho-Slovak Na-
tional Council.
20,000 AUSTRIANS,
2,500 BRITISH LOST
A despatch from London says: -
Austrian losses on the British front
in Italy between June 15 and August
15 were 20,000, according to advices•
received here. British casualties in
the same period totalled 2,500, it is
said, e
100,000 PRISONERS
SINCE JULY 18
A despatch from, Paris says: -The
Allied armies have taken more than
100,000 prisoners since July 18, says
Marcel Rutin in The Echo de Paris,
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HOW CHASSEURS
TOOK LASSIGNY
Gallantly Stormed Devitte Wood.
and Drove Out the Enemy.
A despatch from the French Array
on the Oise, says: -The fall of Las-
signy at noon on Wednesday folldwed
five days of incessant fighting in the
trenches of the old positions which
were abandoned by the Germans in
March, 1917. Grenades, mine -throw-
ers and all other means of trench
warfare came again into play, and
hand-to-hand fighting took place fre-
quently.
The Germans made a stout stand in
Devitte wood, which bristled with ma-
chine guns and made an almost im-
pregnable position. A battalion of
the famous Chasseurs, however,
stormed the wood and took it yester-
day morning, thereby sealing the fate
of Lassigny.
While the officer commanding the
Chasseurs, at the head of his men
and with a rifle in his hand, led them
to the summit of the height to the
east of Lassigny and planted the
French flag there, an infantry regi-
ment, advancing from Plessier-de-
Roye, turned the famous Plemont
height to the north.
Thus Lassigny not only had fallen,
but eta possession by the French was
made secure by the encircling: of a
strong position frgm which the Ger-
mans might have delivered counter-
attacks.
In the fighting at close quarters,
and while the Germans were pressing
hard at one point • in superior num-
bers, a -French lieutenant fell while
directing his men. The men were
determined not to allow the body of
the lieutenant to fall unto the hands
of the enemy. They had exhausted
all their rifle and machine gun am-
munitions and grenades.
With nothing else to fight with
they grabbed the picks used for dig-
ging trenches and drove back the
Germans until the body of the lieu-
tenant could be recovered,
4,002 RECRUITS
AUGUST 1 TO 15
Casualties Were 1,435, 45 Per
Cent. of Them Will be Fit
Again in 6 Months.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -A
net gain to the Canadian Expedition-
ary Force of 1,115 recruits is shown in
the recruiting figures for the period
between August 1 and 15, given out
by the Militia Department. The total
number of recruits secured'in Canada,
the United States and England was
4,002, while the total wastage report-
ed was 2,887. It is estimated that
45 per cent. of the casualties will
within a period of six months 'be fit
for general service.
For the period mentioned enlist-.
ments in Canada numbered, 3,144' Irl
the United States 849, and in England
9. The wastage of 2,887 men include
ed overseas casualties to the number
of 1,435.
62 ENEMY PLANES
DOWNED IN WEEK
' t
Twenty -One Driven Down Out
of Control During Same
Period.
A despatch from London says: -
British air fighting on the western
front during the peat week providea
a etriking indicaton of the difficulties
now confrontng Germany in the air,
whch must increase in the near future
as the growing air superiority of the
allies makes itself felt. • In the bat-
tle area, probably owing to the re-
cent heavy German air losses over
the Somme battlefield, enemy scouts
are compelled to operate in large
formations at a much greater height
than formerly. Notwithstanding
this, the British airmen ' continue to
take a heavy toll of them.
Severe air fighting has occurred on
the front between Albert and the
Amiens-Roye road, resulting, accord-
ing to latest reports, in the destruc-
tion of 62 enemy machines, and the
driving down of 21 airplanes out of
control. Twenty-six British ma-
chnes have been reported missing.
This superiority, has been attained
without any diminution of the aerial
activity in other sectors, a large num-
ber of raids having beeen made
against enemy positions far behind
the German lines, ink which more than
120 tons of bombs were dropped, and
attacks on the Rhine provinces press-
ed with the utmost vigor.
Coupled with a virtual cessation of
German air raids on London, the in-
creasing number of bombing raids
into Germany, of which there were
82 during the past week, must be
demoralizing, showing Germany that,
in spite of her utmost defensive ef-
forts, she is unable adequately to
protect her air frontier.
WAR TAXES AMOUNT
TO ONE BILLION DOLLARS
A despatch from Ottawa says:-
burtng the presetn fiscal year the
people of Canada will pay in extra
taxation for the war at least one bile
lion dollars, or a little over one-third
of the total year's revenue. The
extra taxation is now almost equal to
the total revenue before the war. In
191445 Canada's total revenue was
only, 3188,078,481. For the present
fiscal year it will reach nearly 3800,-
000,000. For 1917-18 the total re-
venue was $261,125,469. -
Mother
Whenever I look in her kind eyes
I think of the wide still sky,
Where the breath of God like
beauty lies
And the clouds are sailing by.
Whenever her care -worn face I see,
Or feel her lips on mine,
I think of the tears she has shed for
me,
Silently, without sign.
Whenever she holds me to her breast
TQ still the aching pain,
My heart is lulled .to a perfect rest,
And -I am a child again!
BRITISH ADVANCE ON BATTLEFRONT
OF TWENTY-THREE MILES
Gain Numerous Towns and Inflict Terrific Losses on Enemy.-.
British Within Striking Distance of Bapaume.
A despatch from the British Army
in France says; ---Victorious on it bat-
tlefront extending from the Cojeul
River on the north across the Anere
and Samme Rivers ,almost to Lihons;
the Third and Fourth British Armies
under Generals By'ng and Rawlinson
et maid -afternoon on Friday were vig-
orously following up their successes
of Friday, which apparently has been
one of the most disastrous dpys ever
experienced by the Germans.
The enemy has lost wide stretches
of ground, numerous towns, thou-
sands of men/made prisoners, and
large quantities of 'materials and
guns, He also again has had heavy
casualties.
Clown Prince Rupprecht of Ba-
varia, the German Commander, has
thrown his men in before the ad-
vancing British armies in an effort
to stave off the inevitable, but only to
have them mowed down again and
again by storms of metal which pour-
ed from the British guns, One en-
tire enemy battalion was annihilated
durng the fight,ing.
Dead Germans in great numbers are
scattered everywhere over the 'bat-
tlefleld, As an example, four hen.
dred enemy dead were observed this
morning on one small piece of ground
over which the battle had swept.
With all this fierce fighting and
notwithstanding the fact that the
British at many places have .fought
over open ground against an enemy
protected in "pot holes" and strong
points of other kinds, the British
losses everywhere seem to have been
extraordinarily light. Thieprobably
is due to the confusion the Germane
find reigning behind their lines, as
they are,,fighting a losing battle,
which for them hourly grows more
disastrous.
Crown Prince Rupprecht on Friday
had strengthened his line at many
plaees, but this, instead of stopping
the British, simply meant that the
Germans suffered bigger losses.
Daring the night and Friday morn-
ing the front upon which the battle
was being fought on Thursday was
widened appreciably both to the north
and the south, while the ground in the
middle between Albert and Beaucourt-
sur-Ancre, Which before had been fair-
ly quiet, suddenly was drawn into the
Whirl. '
CZECH VICTORY
IN SIBERIA
Win Decided Victory Over Bol-
-- sheviki Forces in Trans-
,
Baitelle.
A despatch'"from London says: --
Lord Robert Cecil, the British Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, an-
nounced on Friday evening that re»
ports had been received in London to
the effect that the Czecho'Slovak
forces in Trans-Baikalia had captured
the town of Berchnieudineek, south of
Lake Baikal, and had achieved a de-
cided victory against the Bolshevik
forces.
Allied troops on the Ussuri River
front, ,north of Vladivostok, out•num-
bered by the enemy have been forced
to withdraw after heavy fighting,
says a despatch to The Daily Mail
from Harbin dated Wednesday.
British and French troops were en-
gaged in the battle, but the brunt of
the fighting fell on the Cossack and
Czecho-Slovak troops. Japanese
units aided in the retirement.
Bolshevik monitors operating on
Lake Hangka are harassing the allied
left, and have detained additional
Czech forces. Commands are being
given the Bolshevik in. German.
• The Ussuri River forms the east-
ern boundary of Manchuria.
CANADIANS SUFFER
10,482 CASUALTIES
130 Officers and 1,474 Men have
Been Killed in Action.
A despatch" from Ottawa says: -
Hon. Martin Burrell, Acting Minister
of Militia, in a recent statement to
the Canadian Press, referred to the
recent Canadian offensive,
"Since the first of August," said
the Minister, "the Canadians have
marked their entry into the fifth year
of the war by achievements which
have confirmed the reputation of the
Canadian corps as the most formid-
able fighting force of its size on the
Western battlefront. The recent
advance made by our men has been
important in its results and brilliant
in execution. In the past three
weeks they have captured 10,000 pris-
oners, 150 guns, and thosuands of
machinen
gu s. During this same
brief period they have suffered 10,482
casualties in killed, wounded and
missing, 180 officers and 1,474 men
having been killed in action."
GERMANS- RETREAT RAPIDLY BEFORE
THIRD AND TENTH FRENCH ARMIES
General Mangin and General Humbert Capture Thousands of
Prisoners and Great Quantities of Trophies.
A despatch from the French Army
in France says: -The retreat of the
Germans before both- the Third and
Tenth French armies continued on
Thursday, with increased speed, over
a large part of the battlefront, and in
some cases in disorder,
General Mangin's men are approach-
ing the Coney forest and are nearly on
'the line held in April ;long -the River
Ailette, They have also widened their
hold on the Oise to Bretlgny, midway
between SToyon and Chauny.
The French advance towards the
roads leading ito Chauny adds another
menace to their line of retirement, and
explains the acceleration of the
enemy's retreat. Bourgignon, St. Paul -
aux -Bois and Quincy fell into the hands
of the French on Thursday, giving
them command of the valley of the
Ailette from the region of Coucy-le-
Ceateau to the Oise.
General Huinbert'e troops aleo are
pressing the enemy vigourously. Hav-
Ing occupied the height of Plemout,
just south of Lassigny, which they
surr'oklnded oil Wednesday, they have
captured Thiescoprt• which completes
the conquest oli the group 0± hills
known as the Thiescourt Massif. Tito
enemy now have but a precarious
hold on the valley of the Divette
River, in which the French cavalry 1s
now operating.
Several thousand prisoners have.
313 °'a. fres.
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been taken since Wednesday evening
and trophies In such great quantities;
that it has been impossible, thus fan'
to count them also have been cap-
tured.
General Mangiu'a troops advanced
seven miles during the night and
this morning were rushing the enemy's
rearguard so energetically that the
retiring columns were thrown into
confusion.
A later despatch from Paris says:
-The latest advances of General
Mangin's army, while not completely
turning the Chemin-des-Dames posi-
tion, menaces it seriously and the fate
of the German troops between the
Vesle and the Aisne remains uncer-
tain, according to military observers
here.
It is decidedly against Noyon that
the principal effort of the French
armies at present is being aimed.
Noydn is menaced from the north-
west and nofith-east and also from the
south, and the enemy is reduced to
fighting from its left flank, from
which the guns are pouring a tie,
mendous lire incessantly.
Along the whole of the battle -front
from Albert to Qoucy-le-Chateau the
fighting has been waged most furl,
ously, especially against the armies
of the British generals; Rawilneon
and byng, on the extreme left wing
which is encountering the Germane
most desperate resistance.
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GERMANS DO NOT
EXPECT TO WIN
Prisoners Captured bY\ tana.
duns, Though of Splendid
Physique, Lack Morale,
A deapeteh from the panadiep
Army in the Ffeld,-says:-lt to pn7rekl
to make a brief record of the remark.
able work being done by the Intel$.
price Braneh of the Canadian force,
Unremitting and unflagging, this
great military detective forge does its.
work silently and without any sort of
public -recognition; but through exer-
tions the Canadians have the infinite
advantage that instead of fumbling In
the dark, it can walk straight In the
light of day.
Since August 8, the exact number
of enemy divisions identified iJy the
allied armies on the Amiens-Montdid•
ler front approaches forty with the
addition of `„milked" battalions from
another division.
Of these divisions some eighteen
have been drawn from • German re-
serves. The fourth army, . with
which the Canadian Corps is incor-
porated, alono has captured prisoners
from twenty-six divisions.
While there is no doubt that the
enemy resist our advance in some
parts of the field with great bravery,
there is yet a marked depreciation of
his morals as compared with that of
prisoners captured earlier in-tho year.
The belief seems prevalent both'
among his officers and men that Ger-
many cannot win the war.
HELPING THE WAR BLIND
•
Surprisingly Numerous Are the Occu-
pations ThaL'Can Be Entered
Recent experience has taught that
men blinded on the battlefield liter-
ally have to learn to live their lives
anew.
They are taught typew icing -not
as an occupation, but to enable them
to communicate ideas through a me-
dium other than speech. The heed -
writing of a blind mail rapidly dete-
riorates -as, of course, might be, ex-
pected.
It is important to give the blinded
goldier as many points of contact with
his fellow being as possible. As for
the typewriter, one should remember
that the insrumcnt was originally in-
vented to enable persons blind from
infancy to write -an art which wore
otherwise be impossible for them to
acquire.
The moat important problem is to
enable the blinded soldier to earn a
livelihood. He labors under a very
serious handicap, but it may be over-
come. Most of the men thus afflicted
are taught cobbling. They do very
well at it. In six or seven months a
blinded man can learn to sole and heel
a pair of shoes es well as anybody.
Other employments usefully avail-
able for the blind are basket making,
rug and carpet weaving, chairmaking,
brushmaking and joinery. They rine
not taught to be all-around joiners,
but to make small furniture, corner -
cupboards, teatrays, ornamental 'ta-
bles and the like.
Learning is greatly accelerated by
the employment of blind teachers.The
.more intelligent and apt of -the ?elk*,
pupils are retained in the .military
schools as instructors; and it is easy -
to imagine how stimulating it must
be to a newly blinded man to find his
first fumbling efforts directed .by a
teacher who himself was blinded on
the battlefield a few months pre-
viously.
Poultry 1 farming has proved
surprisingly successful as a pursuit
for the blind. Sightless soldiers are
taught .the, business on practical and
up-to-date lines.
For those blinded soldiers who are
of the highest intelligence and best
educated, three occupations are pre-
ferred, Qne pf them 18,11083050 worli
(greatly in demand at the military
hospitals), at which they prove ac-
tually more efficient than "sighted
operatives, Tho second is telephone
operating. The third is shorthand
and typewriting.
This last might seem to be for the
blind an impossible kind of work.But
it is accomplished by the help of an
ingenious little machine tliat bikes
down the Braille rained -point script
in ti contracted form at a speed com-
parable to *at of an ordinarily clever
stenographer. Blinded soldiers ac-
quire the art with really remarkable
rapidity, soon attaining a speed of
more than 100 words a minute.
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Those -NT' Know Vs Best
The world may publish all aur faults,
And magnify the -same,
May gloat o'er all our failures,
4Jiad vilify our name;
While any virtue we may have
ilVill prove a stranger guest,
Except to those few golden hearts,
Who time to know us best, a -
How sad is all the worldly strife,
Mien fame arid honor clash;
en ,glues • principles are made
Subservient to cash;
And what a struggle life would be
By evil tongues possessed,
Were not for a few true frieuds I
Who gem to know us best.
When all the ups and downs of life �o
Are histories of the past,
And wo aro nailed befthe Br
Of tint Great Judgeore at last,a
There may appear to Vouch for us,
The plead for heaven's rent,
A few of those Mina -hovered frionde
Who seem to know ttn best,
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