HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-12, Page 2BBI"H. INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES ON
ENEMY ON BOTH SIDES OF SCARPE
SUCCessful Dive Results in Gaining of Advantageous Positions
and Capture .of Numerous Towns, Including Croisilles,
A despatch from the British Army
in France says; --On both sides of
the Scarpe River hard fighting eon -
Celled on Wednesday, the British
launching fresh attacks and wresting
from the desperately resisting enemy
,additional valuable stretches of
ground, many more advantageous
positions and numerous towns, includ-
ing Croisilles.
In the centre of the wide battlefield
on which three British armies --the
first, third and fourth -are operating
there seems to be a slight pause,
South of the Somme, Fay and
Ablaincourt were taken by the British
without much difficulty, for the Ger-
mans, being hard pressed south of
these points by the French were there-
fore ready to go with slight persua-
sten.
Since early Wednesday morning
storm after storm has been sweeping
across this section of France, but, de-
spite the unfavorable weather, the
forces in the north have driven deep
into the hurriedly arranged enemy
defences, smothering with their fire
hordes of the Germans,
These Germane had been thrown in-
to the fighting in this aeetion in an
effort to keep the British from pene-
trating the famous Queant-Droeourt
switch line, which formed the north-
ern continuation of the old Hinden-
burg line after the British last year
beat the Germans back from Arras.
This line has been approached in
several places and has been reached
in at least one place in the neighbor-
hood of the Sensee River,
The success of this drive hero and
the breaking through of the old Ger-
man defence system may have far-
reaching effects both in the north and
the south,
CANADIANS IN VICTORIOUS
ADVANCE CAPTURING GAVRELLE
Australians Reach The Somme on a Wide Front and Battle For
Bridge -Heads.
MILITARY LEADERS 1 N GREAT OFFENSIVE
Marshal Poch Ins been Porta nate In having his plans admirably carried out by Gen, Maughr. Gen. Hum bort nue our own Sir Julian
who appear above in the order named.
Byng,
despatch from the Canadian Army; skirts of Croisilles, Jigsaw Wood is
in the Field, says: -The Canadian l a very hard nut to crack, being situat-
forces is fighting on a wide front' ed in high and difficult ground, pro -
north and south of the Scarpe River, tested with machine-gun posts and
approximately from Gavrelle to Crois- wire.
files, but in tl'is undertaking it is The Australians have reached the
co-operating with a British division. line of Fresnes-Herbecourt, but have
This division has reservedly attained met with much opposition in their ef-
pre-eminence in the roll of the British' forts to reach the crossings of the
army north of the Scarpe River. Tues- Somme River at Brie and Peronne,
day it captured Gavrelle and advanced The greater part of the prones
generally. The Canadian troops hold Wood, north of the Somme, has been
the line south of the Scarpe,immedi- taken; unofficial reports say it is all
ately west of Pelves, thence south- in the hands of the British, who took
east, passing Jigsaw Wood and Sart prisoners from a Prussian Guard divi-
Wood, thence in a generally south- sion there. Hostile counter -at -
easterly direction to well east of tacks north of the Scarpe have been
Cherisy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. beaten off, and north of Locon, in
From here the line is continued by the Ypres sector, the British line has
Scottish troops to the western out- been advanced.
SAPID ADVANCE
OF CANADIANS
" Monchy Before Breakfast" Was
Battle Slogan -On to
Cambrai.
A despatch from the Canadian
Forces says:-"Monchy before break-
fast." Such was the battle -cry of a
Censer an unit that went over the top
• at it ::•'clock Monday morning. They
hid it by 7.30 and then, th a cry be-
i came "Cambrai or Bust." Cambrai
i la a treat way off, but thee are still
going strong.
Monchy-le-Preux is an island em-
inence and dominates the sea of rc•11-
in.g country surrounding. Our ad-
vanee eastward was barred until it
was taken. It was stormed two
days after weetook Vimy Ridge, and
: at its foot still lies a rusted shatter-
' ed tank that foundered on that oc-
casion. It is a rubble of broken
masonry, which was once ordered
streets and of blasted tree trunks.
'Only on its north-west slope, facing
that distant lofty ridge where lie so
many Canadian sons, there still stands
{ intact a great cross of timber. It is
a site fit for a palace of a king, for
miles and miles around the country
lies in panorama.
The plan was well conceived and
brilliantly executed by the troops con-
cerned. The men had the satisfac-
tion of breakfasting in Monchy-le-
Preux, but apart from its spectacular
features, this force did not do a whit
letter, nor perhaps was even so heav-
ily engaged, as other of our troops
battling forward that morning south
of the Amiens-Cambrai Road through
an ekceedingly difficult country.
The Canadian force rejoices that
the eastward gate is flung wide.
STRIP DEAD BEFORE BURYING.
Germans Permit Only Paper to Be
Wrapped About Bodies.
The Germans are expected to strip
their dead before they bury them.
Bodies are to be placed into the coffins
without a stitch of clothing, They
may be wrapped in paper, however,
This is the only concession made to
the relatives of the dead, whose feel -
logs are hurt by the order.
Clothing is very scarce in Germany:
Every scrap counts. The Government
has no use for sentimentalists who
would squander garments on the dead
while the liviug are without clothes.
The rules and regulations regarding
burials are not observed strictly
enough by the population of Munich,
says the Neueste Nachrichten, Ac-
cording to a report published by the
Mayor's office there were 936 men
buried in Prince Albert coats and 1,300
men buried in sack coats during the
year, while 136 women were buried in
silk and 2,132 in woolen dresses.
In Munich the custom of hiring
women who attend to washing and
dressing the dead is in vogue. These
women, the official attendants of the
dead, have been ordered by the Mayor
to refuse their services wherever they
ani' asked to put into the coffin a corpse
eiothed in anything but paper. These
professional women are held respons-
ible for the execution of the edict.
In order to facilitate matters it has
been proposed to inaugurate _a new ac-
tivity on the part of the State. All the
clothing worn by and left by a person
deceased is to be turned over to the
authorities, who will furnish a paper
costume for the body. Thus no more
01 these precious textile materials are
to be buried with the dead.
CANADIANS SINCE MONDAY
HAVE TAKEN 3,000 PRISONERS
A despatch from London says: -
The Canadians between Monday and 6
on Thursday morning have taken
3,000 prisoners, r lee"
Twelve years ago there were only
twenty-two autos in Saskatchewan.
Last year there were 33,505. FIve
years ago there were not over ton
tractors in the Province, Now there
are eight to ten thousand of them.
Milk is important as a food, because
it is the most complete and well-bal-
aneed of any single food. Moreover,
it contains certain principles or sub.
stances which make It vitally neces-
sary for babies and children,
Yiarkets of e VY or
Breads tuffs
Toronto, Sept, 3. -Manitoba wheat
-No, 1 Northern, $2.2434: No. 2
Northern, $2.2i3x; No, 8 Northern,
$2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%, in
store Fort William, not including tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 879ec;
No. 1 feed, 77%; in store Fort Wil-
liam,
American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 1
white, 76 to 78c; No. 3 white,, 75 to
77; according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
ear lot, $2.31; No. 3 Winter, $2.27;
No, 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring,
$2.22; basis in store Montreal.
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.03
to $1.05.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Rye -No, 2, nominal.
Peas-Nominlfi .
Manitoba flour - War quality,
$10.95, Toronto.
Ontario flour - War quality,
$10.85, in bags, Montreal and Toronto,
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included; Bran,
$35 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton.
Hay No. 1, $18 to $19 per ton, track
Toronto; nixed, $16 to $17 per ton,
track.
Straw -Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per
ton.
ENELIY IN DESPERATE STRAITS
TO MAINTAIN RESERVES
A despatch from the British Army
iii France says: -flow hard the enemy
is• ell for reserves may be gathered
from the fact that the 1481h Regiment
of the 41st Division appeared in the
battle line during the defence of
floppy, on the south bank of the Som-
me, although this division .lost 2,260
men made prisoner at Warfusee be-
tween August 8 and August 10 and
was withdrawn as no longer fit to
fight, ,
BAPAUME CAS' URED BY BRITISH IN MOVE-
MENT THREATENING HINDENBURG LINE
Germans Fight Desperately to Sustain Their Drbcourt-Queant
Line-Ginchy and Guillemont Occupied by Haig's Troops.
A deepatch from London says:-
Bapaume was captured on Thursday
by the forces of Field Marshal Haig.
The town of Bapaume, one of the
chief highway centres in Northern
Picardy, is twelve miles north-east of
Albert and thirteen miles north of
x'efon e.
It controls a network of fine high-
ways lading to tail ,parte of the bat -
51 to 53e; rolls, 82 to 33c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to' 45c; backs, plain, 44 to
45c; boneless, 48 to 49c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30
to 31c;. clear bellies, 29 to 30e.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 80 to 8035e;
tubs, 30% to 31c; pails, 30% to 31%e;
prints, 33 to 33%c. Compound,
tierces, 26 to 2034x; tubs, 26t/a to
260'ac pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 28 to
2835c.
Montreal Marcia
Montreal, Sept. 8. -Oats, No. 2 C.
W., $1.01 to $1.02; extra No. 1 feed,
98 to 99c. Flour, new standard grade,
$10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats, bag
90 lbs, $5.80. Bran, $58. Shorts,
$40. 1V[oulllie, $6'7 to $68. Hay, No,
2, per ton, car dots_ $16.50 to $16.00.
Live Stock Markets
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb.,
42 to 4234c; prints, per lb., 4235 to
43c; dairy, per lb., 86 to 37c.
Eggs -New laid, 40 to 41c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
38 to 40c; roosters, 28c; fowl, 25 to
30c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to 85c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 23c; fowl,
27 to 28e; ducklings, 1'h.,.25c; turkeys,
27 to 30c; Spring chickens 84 to 35c.
Wholesalers are selling to tale re-
tail trade at the following prices: -
Cheese -New, large, 23% to 24c;
twins, 234'4 to 24i4c; old, large, 251/4
to 26c; twin 26 to 26%c.
Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45
to 1c; solids, 44 to 45c.
Margarine -32 to 34c.
Eggs -No. l's, 47 to 48s; in car-
tons, 52 to 54c.
Dressed. poultry -Spring chickens,
48c; roosters, 30c• fowl, 84 to 37c;
turkeys, 40c; ducklings, 1b., 38c.
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel $7.50; imp., hand-picked,
Burma or Indian, 36.51; Japan, 38.00;
Lamas, 18 to 19c.
Honey, new crop -Strained, 60 -lb,
tins, 24 to 24%e; 10-1b. tins, 2435 to
25c; 5-14. tins, 25 to 25%c. Combs
-Doz., $3.00 to 33.60.
Provisions -Wholesale
tlefieids where for the past two weeks
the Allies and Germans have been
locked in a death struggle.
When the battle began it was one
of theerrata supply basotd.
)for the past tweak the town has
been closely invested by the British,.
buteld out in spite of the fact that
the l3ritiek have passed beyond it both
on the north ,and sou;jsr:,, 1 '
.... . 1 v , , .
Toronto, Sept. 3. -Extra choice
heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.25; choice
heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.00; but-
chers' cattle, choice, $13.25 td' $14.00;
do., good, $12.00 to $12.50; do., med-
ium, $10.75 to $11.00; do., common,
$9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls,
choice, $11.00 to $11.25; do., medium
bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do„ rough
bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows,
choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do., good,
$9.25 to $9.50; dn., medium, $8.25 to
8.75; do., common, $7.25 to $8.00;
etocliers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders,
$10.50 to $11.00; canners and cut-
ters, $5.50 to 10,50; milkers, good to
choice, 390,00 to $'125.00; do., cern
and med. 365.00 to 375.00' springers,
390.00 to 3150.00; light ewes, 313.00
to $15.00; yearlings, 315,00 to $16.00;
Spring lambs, 18 to 19c; calves, good
to choice, 313.50 to $17.50; hogs, fed
and watered, 319.50 to 319.75; do.,
weighed off cars, 319.75 to $20.00.
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GERMAN LOSSES IN KILLED
ARE MORE THAN 2,000,000
A despatch from London says: -It
is estimated by experts here that the
German losses in killed alone now
reach a total of more than 2,000,000,
and probably approach 3,000,000.
These figures were given out after a
study of tables of German and al-
lied losses which have been published.
BRITISH ACREAGE IS
RECORD FOR 20 YEARS
A despatch from London says: -
The Board of Agriculture states that
the arable area in England and Wales
amounts to 12,400,000 acres, an in-
crease of 1,152,000 compared with
1917, and a record for twenty years.
The wheat acreage has increased by
638,000 acres, and is a record since
1884. Oats have increased by 23
per cent., corn and pulse 24 per cent.,
and potatoes by 25 per cent„ all re-
cords.
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32e; cooked,
FRENCH REGAIN 40 VILLAGES
IN SWIFT ADVANCE SOUTH OF SOMME
Germans in Retreat North of the Avre River Vigorously Pursued
by French Troops -Important Town of Chaulnes
Among Those Captured.
A despatch from Paris says. -In
a swift advance on Wednesday, cov-
ering more than six miles at certain
points, the French troops south of
the Somme recaptured 40 villages.
The left bank of the Somme has
been reached between Cizancourt and
Nesle, as well as the west bank of the
Canal du Nord between Nesle and
Noyon, over the greater part of its
course.
American troops in the region of
Juvigny repulsed numerous German
counter-attacks and broke up an ene-
my attempt to cross the Vesle south
of Bazoches.
French troops captpred Chaulnes,
the great German defensive point on
the Picardy front,. on Tuesday night.
French cavalry on Wednesday
morning entered Nesle. French in-
fantry occupied the town of Cressy,
2% miles south-east of Neste.
The French third army on Wednes-
day captured _Dives and pushing on
to the eastward, reached the outskirts
of Noyon.
The German retreat north of the
VERBOTEN BY THE FRENCH
This French official photograph eltows a crater produced by tile terr Ifo
are of the French artillery at the fork of a Gorman trench. Tho sign above
indicates the path to a kitchen of a reserve company, but the Germans will
.11o no more cooking tiler°, A .1.1(111.,A,4').:.
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
VOTES OF INTEREST gitOist litill'
umlitS ANL) BRAES.
What Is Going On le the Highlands
'and Lowlands of Auld
Sceila
1th•lingslllre hall nbouf, tlfirty thew
sand appilcatioua fol Hug::.i for lain
malting.
Nearly. one theusancl three hu.trired
and t]Cty aeras in Fifo ]tnvo born plaut:-
ed iu flax.
D, at. Urquhart, Academy Street,
Tain, las presented 100 volumes t,o'i'lio
Tarn Public Library,
Colonel Gordon, V,C'., reeentty open-
ed an extension of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home, Perth.
Capt. ion Keith Falconer 1VlcLeod,
reported killed in actlmi, was a eon
of Rov, D. J. McLeod, Boddan.
Corporal George Sandilands, Royal
Scots, thrice wounded, has been
awarded the Military &Iodal
The Marchioness of 'Linlithgow re-
cently opened a child welfare exhibi-
tion in the town of Beneath
The Military Cros ham been award-
ed to Lieut, J. H. S. Poterkin, son of
the late John Peterkin, Portsoy.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed, to Capt. A, J. Gordon Hunter, M.D.,
son of Dr, Hunter, Linlithgow.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut. Charles Soutar, son of
David Soutar, Crossgate, Cupar.
Capt. ,lames F. Morris, R.A,P., Pole
mut, has been presented with a sword
of honor and a gold watch in roeog.
nition of the inany military Honors
awarded him.
The Military Crose,has been award-
ed to Lieut. W. Scott-Moncrieff eon
of General Scott-Ntoncrleff, of Fosse -
way.
Samuel, Popo, for forty ears art
master at Aberdeen Grammar School,
died recently in his eightieth year.
Three of the five soldier sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Leitch, Wolseley Street,
Dundee, have made the supreme sacri-
fice.
Sergeant A. Carmichael, Canadians,
son of Duncan Carmichael, Lochee,
has been awarded the D.C.M.
W. Inkster., the firemaster of the
City of Aberdeen, has been presented
with the Ring's Medal by Lord I.'ro-
'vost Taggart.
Sergt, Alexander Edwards,
Seaforth Ilighlanders, is a son of
Alexander Edwards, Lilac Cottage,
Lossiemouth.
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. I1dcisaac,
Cr•oashall, Shieldh.ill, have been killed
in action, • both having been struck
by the one shell,
A bar to his Military Cross has been
awarded to Lieut. Tyndall McClelland,
of the Highland Light infantry, Milna-
thort.
The Dlstiugaihed Service Order has
been awarded to Major Spiers Dixon,
Ii,L.I., son of A, J. Dixon, Springbauk,
Stirling.
The Distinguished Service Cross
has been awarded to Skipper Rode-
rick Ralph, Nairn, for services in ac-
tion with a II -boat.
Sergt: Major George Bahr, R.G.A.,
of Torry, has been created a Cheva-
lter of the Order of Leopold II., by
the King of,Belgium.
The Lord Lieutenant of the County,,;,,,,,
of Kincardine has presented the King's
Medal to Chief Constable C. George,
Stonehaven,
The death occurred recently of Dr.
R. N. 1VIcCosh, for seventeen years
medical superintendent of the Dundee
Royal Infirmary.
The Military Medal has been award-
ed to Sergt, Gavin Greig, son of Gavin
Greig, New Deer, a well-known authori-
ty on Sdottish folk -song.
Sergt. 'Hugh Shearer, of the' Sea-
forths, who has been awarded the
Military Medal, is a prominent mem-
ber of the Nairn County Cricket Club,
Ayre River has been lar more speedy
since the fall of Chaulnes than previ-
ously. Vigorously p rsured by French
troops and harassed by their own
mustard gas shells, which they left
behind and which are being fired from
German guns by French gunners, the -
enemy is making haste to cross the
River Ligon in the, region of Neste
and the Canal du Nord.
Gen. Debeny's men, without great
opposition, advanced 4'35 miles during
the night, and on Wednesday morn-
ing their cavalry was upon Neste,
close on the heels of the retiring
enemy. The pursuit toward the
Canal du Nord slackened on Wednes-
day morning when the enemy's artil-
lery of all calibres maintained a
heavy fire from strong positions west
'of the canal
After Chaulnes fell, Gommiecourt,
to the north, and Soptfoura were tak-
en by the French, while later Cressy,
Balatre, Champien and Roiglise, be-
tween Neste and Roye, were captured
and more than a score of other vil-
lages occupied.
EQUALIZES ARMY AND NAVY.
England Now Paye Jack's Wife as
Much as Tommy's.
The anomaly which dates back to
the days of Trafalgar of paying the
dependents of the man in the navy a
smaller allowance than to relatives of
men in similar ranks in the military
forces has been rectified.
Hitherto this difference in pay has
been defended by the Admiralty au-
thorities, one of the reasons given be-
ing the alleged greater chance of pro-
motion in the navy. Public opinion
has forced the navy authorities to give
way and in feture,Jack will be on a
level with Tommy in regard to his
wife's allowance.
GENERAL MANGIN
CROSSES AILETTE
A despatch from Paris says: -
General Mangin's troops began cross-
ing the Ailette River on Wednesday,
it was announced here on Wednesday
afternoon.
French troops have reoccupied
Mount Renaud, two miles southwest
of Noyon, according to The Temps,
which says that the French are
approaching Noyon, which is probably
in their possession.
The retreat of the Germans, which
has been organized by General von
Boehm during the past fortnight, will
probably be mad't"-in two stages, it is
said here. The first halt is expected
to be behind the Somme and Crozet
Canal, and the second will bring the
enemy to the line of March 21, from
which he launched his great offensive.
U.S. TROOPS
TAKE JUVICNV
Enemy Offered Strong Resist-
ance -French Tanks Played
Big Part.
A despatch from the Anericatt
Army on the Vesle Front says: -Ac-
companied by a fleet of tanks and cov-
ered by a heavy artillery barrage, the
Americans swept forwancl early on
Thursday against the German lines
that slowly and reluctantly foil back
over Juvigny Plateau. The little
operation carried out yesterday by the'
French and Americans had been mere-
ly preparatory to the attack which
began at 7 o'clock on Thursday morn-
ing. The kink had been taken out of
the line on Wednesday, but no deter-
mined effort was made to advance to
any extent.
Late Thursday afternoon the Ameri-
cans held positions in the fighting line
in the Soissons region, extending in
a northerly direction from Chavigny.
BRITISH RECAPTURE
AMMUNITION' DUMPS
A despatch from the British AtmY
in France says; -The British have re-
captured large dumps of ammunition
which they left behind last Spring,
and which the Germans had not touch-
ed. They also have taken immense
stores of German material. The
British ammunition came in very
handy and saved a lot'bf transport, as
it offered bullets and shel,is when they
were needed. Large engineer
dumps, which are most useful in clear-
ing the battlefield In the wake of the
advancing armies, also have been cap-
tured,
ALLIES LIBERATE
OVER 50 VILLAGES
A despatch from Paris says: -The
number of German prisoners captured
by the French in their advance west
of the Chaulnes-Noyon line has been
comparatively small, as the French
have been obliged to move cautiously.
The Germans left mines at various
places, and had scattered infernal
machines and traps of various kinds.
The, war material taken, however, has
been considerable.
In 48 hours the allied advance has
liberated more than fifty villages.
CONSTANTINOPLE RAIDED
BY ALLIED AIRPLANES
A despatch from Basel says: -A:
Turkish communication, dated August
20, announces that, airppl nes raided
Constantinople on the night of the
27th. They dropped bombs and inani-
fi arson was killed and
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Success in Canning
Heat is necessary for success in
canning. Fruits and vegetables to be
canned must be treated to such heat
as will kill any of those invisible
forms of life which are almost every-
where present to cause decay, mould,
fermentation,etc. In sterilizing fruits
and vegetables in pint or quart jars,
keep jars in boiling water for per-
iods ranging as follows:- Apples 20
minutes, berries 12 minutes, cherries
12 to 15 minutes, currants 12 to 15
minutes,- gooeeberries 12 to 15 min-
utes, drenches 12 to 10, minutest pears
20 minutes, plums 12 to 15 minuted,
rhubarb 20 minutes, asparagus 120
minutes, greens 120 minutes, beets
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ENCII CAPTURE NO1
SUCCEED It
Landrilnont nand, Moriincourt
at Several Points-Quesno
A. despatch from Paris sayer -The
French after capturing Noyon in
heavy fighting to -day, continued their
advance and now have a foothold on
the southern slopes of dont 5t.
Simeon, more than amile to the east,
according to the Wax Office sinnuneo-
mont to -aright. They also have jaken
T.andrimont and Morbincourt, end
have crossed the Ailette River at sev,
oral points.
Three Francis armiod, one a yvhicli