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I3RJTISHAND FRENCH MAKE
FURTHER GAINS ON AERGIAN FRONT
A'll Objectives"Captured in Ypres Region and. Advance Made Near
Langemarck--Les Lilas Redoubt Taken.
London, Aug, 19, *The official re- The French have completed their
port from British headquarters in conquest of the enemy territory south
France Sunday night reads: of the St, Jansbeek River . and the
"By a successful minor operation Breenbeek River, which branches off
from the St. Jansbeek to the east,
early Sunday morning in the neigh- Two strong German redoubts, Les Li-
borhood of the Ypres-Poelcapelle las and Mondovi Farm, which had held
road our line advanced to a depth of out against all attacks since the be_
about 500 yards on a mile front, and ginning of the allied offensive . on
all our objectives, including a series Thursday, have capitulated, and the
of strongly fortified farms, were cap- French have pushed their front Tor-
tured at very slight loss to us. The ward to a natural line formed by these
enemy's losses were considerable,. We waterways.
took several prisoners. The German Les Liles redoubt lies about a third
prisoners captured by the allies dur- of a mile west of the juncture of the
ing the fighting Thursday north-east St. Jansbeek and the Breenbeek. It
of Ypres are now ascertained to num- was a large fortification of concrete
ber 2,114, including officers." and steel, armed heavily with ma -
The French Friday night added to chine -guns. Although the garrison was
the gains the allied armies • have I small, their position was well-nigh im-
achieved last week on the Belgian! pregnable so far as infantry attacks
front, making further progress on the f were concerned, and it was only when
road ' between Bixschoote and Lange -1 heavy artillery was brought up and
marck. A strong point of support east I concentrated on them late Friday that
of the Steenbeke River was captured. I the Germans surrendered.
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TO LO tlK AFTER !GERMAN SHIPS
CANADA'S INTERESTS , BADLY } MIME
Ina3uguratioxa of Association int British Have Skirmish
London to Promote This 1 Them in North Sea.
Country's Welfare. . 1London, Aug. 19.—The Admiralty
A despatch from London says: Ar_ I announces that a hostile destroyer and
rangements have been almost am'smine-sweepers were damaged
I severely by Britishhon naval forces on
pleted for the/ inauguration of the 'Thursday. The British warships were
Canadian Association here. The ex- I not damaged,
ecutive of the new organization will The announcement follows:
be composed of the High Commission- "Some of our light nayal forces
With
er, Sir George . Perley, the •Agents -
"General of the several provinces, and
bankers, .with a few other Dominion
leaders. The . main object of the new
association will be to watch and pro-
mote Canadian commercial and finan-
cial legislation and the social interests
which have the welfare of the Em -
pine at heart. II ed shortly after the .sighting of the
A careful lookout will also be kept I destroyer, and a heavy fire was open -
for whoever may at any time seek toed on them, At least two of the
of he
exploit Canada at the expenset I
. mine=sweepers were seen to be very
good reputation of the Dominion. I severely damaged,but, similarly
Apart from war organizations, the , the S with
only body which in anywayap roxi- l deotroyer, our ships were unable
mates to thenew pp to follow :them, awrng •ta;c;the..pra:�im-;
one is the . Canada !Ay of the mine '
Club which formerly met for social i " fiela.
During the engaggement our ves-
sels were attacked by a submarine,
and after the action a -second sub-
marine attacked, in both cases without
result. Our vessels suffered no damn
scouting a German Bight on August
16 sighted an enemy destroyer at
9.45 a.m. Fire was opened and the
enemy destroyer was chased. She
was seento be repeatedly hit and to
be on fire, but she escaped through
the mist over the mine field.
"Enemy mine -sweepers were sight -
purposes, but whose gatherings have
been suspended during the continua-
tion of the war,
FRENCH AVIATOR BAGS age whatever." -
HIS 52nd MACHINE
Paris, Aug. 19.—The renowned avi
ator, Capt. George Guynemer, brough
,down two more German machines
making 52 he has accounted for.
Grynener visited headquarters on
Friday to receive a decoration from a
distinguished Rumanian general. The
medal was pinned. on the breast of the
intrepid airman beside numerous
orders he won, including a decoration
from the King of the Belgians the day
• TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED
t,
>1 A despatch from London says: The
Admiralty announces the stettkessful
{ carrying out on Thursday of a 'series
of raids by aviators of the Royal Na-
. val Air Service, who dropped tons of
bombs on military objectives in Bel-
, gium, The Ostend railway station and
' sidings and the Thourout railway
junction were attacked. ^ill
BEHIND GERMAN LINES.
ef�re. a aero-
drome at Ghistelies was bombed and
CHINA 1S SEIZING
ALL GERMAN ASSETS
A despatch from London sats: The
Chinese Government, a Reuter des-
patch from Pekin says, is arranging
for the prompt liquidation of the Ger-
man Asiatic bank. Fire officials of
the i' oreign Office have been appoint- ,
ed to take over the accounts and cash
here and in the Shanghai, Canton,
Tien Tsir- and Hankow branches.
Chinese troops have seized Austrian
concessions in Tienn'Tsin, according
to an Exchange Telegraph despatch,
and Carman and Austrian shipping is i
being seized at Canton, Amoy, Swa. •
tow, Shanghai and Nanking. The ves-
sell include several small warships.
several fires were observed. Attacks
!from the air were made on the aero-
: dromes at Engel and Uytkerke. All
the aeroplanes returned safely.
1 y
Deposed Czar Now in Siberia.
Petrograd, Aug. 19.—It -was offi-
cially announced to -day for the first
time that the new residence of the
deposed Russian Emperor, Nicholas,
is at Tobolsk, a Western Siberia town
which recently achieved a certain
dubious publicity in revolutionary
Russia as the birthplace of Gregory
Rasputin, the mystic monk who
wielded a remarkable influence over
the ex -Emperor's family up to the
time of the priest's assassination in
Petrograd last December.
CANADIAN T. , ° PS IME ENTERED
7
LEES AFTER CAR TTANG HILL 70
Pushed Into Western Part of Coal City—Total Prisoners Cap-
tured Almost 900. Ten Counter -Attacks Repulsed.
A deepatch from the. British Front
in France and Belgium says: After a
briliiart advance in which the Cana-
dians captured Hill 70 and then
swept :on north -w t of Lens, the at-
tackers arc iii' close grip, with the
Germans in the weetern part of Lens.
A despatch from Canadian Head -
vertex s in France says: The taking
of Hill d
70 stirred the German higher
command as nothing else has done on
'this front this year, Prince Rupprecht
has made frantic efforts to •recapturo;`
the lost positions and a grim ` battle
Was 'waged throughout the day, 'par-
'
ticularly on sand around Hill 70.
Ten „times the enemy came on, but
they seldom got close enough for
fighting with the bayonet or bomb.
Hour after hour these attacking
troops—including the Fourth Prussian
Guards, one of the elite divisions of
the German army—were subjected to
a fightful concentrated fire from
our artillery and machine guns. Their
losses
Wer
e frightful.
'
A despatch from London says: The
British made further progress east of
Loos, in the Lens area Friday morn-
ing, Sir Douglas Haig .announces in
his official report, and the total of
; risoeers captured there has now
reached 806.
LEADING MARKETS r533 DIVES LOST
Breadattalfs
Toronto, Aug. 21—Manitoba wheat---
No. 1 Northern 32,40; No, 2„Northern;
$2,40; No. 3 Northern, 32.38; No, 4
white, 32.32, nominal, store Port Wil-
liam.
Manitoba oats—No, '2 C. W., 76e, track
Bay ports.
American corn --No. 3 yellow, nominal,
track Toronto.
Ontario o wwheat—No. 2i official
,far
lot, 32.55 to 32,00; No. 3, $2,53 to 32.68,
according to freights outside; new crop,
No, 2, $2,30, nominal.
Peas—No, 2, noxninal, according to
freights outside.
Barley --Malting, nominal, according
to freights outside.
Bye—No. 2, nominal, .according to
freights outside,
Manitoba flour—First patents, in into
bags, $312,40; secondrbakers, in • Jute
bags, 312,00.
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, 311.20, in bags, track Toronto,
prompt
shipment.
delivered Montreal
freights, bags included—Bran, Ban, per ton,
$36; shorts, per ton, $45; middlings,
per ton, 347 to $48; good feed flour, per
bag, $3.25.
Iia Extra No, 2, per ton,11,50 to
312.00; mixed, per ton, $9 to $10, track
Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7,50,
track Toronto.
Country Produoe—Wholesale
Butter—Creamery, solids, per lb., 37
to 3790; prints, per lb„ 379 to 38c;
dairy, per Ib„ 30 to 31e,
Eggs—Per doz., 38 to 39c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices :-
2200 to s239eTe triples, 234: to 239e; 'twins,
large, 30c; twins, 309e; triplets 309c,
Bcreamery prints, dairy, 41oCesolicls, 3389
to 39c.
Eggs—New-laid, in cartons, 49 to 50c;
out of cartons, 44 to 45o.
Dressed . poultry—Spring Chickens, 26
to 30c; fowl, 20c; sdtiabs, per doz., 34.00
to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30c; ducks,
Spring, 20e.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 1b., 20
to 22c; hens, 16 to 1Sc; ducks, Spring,
17c.
Honey—Comb—Extra fine and hea
weight„ per doz. $2.75; select; 32.50
32.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.25.
Beans—Prime white, $$.50 per bus
imported, hand-picked, 39.25 per bus
Limas, per lb„ 16: to 17c.
Potatoes, on track—Red Star, b.
$6.50; North Carolinas, bbl„ 35.5
seconds, bbl., 33.50 to $3.75; Ontar
bag, $2.50 to $2.65.
vy
to
h.;
b'1.,
0;
io,
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 30 to
31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to
42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon,
33 to 36c; backs, plain, 36 to 37c; bone-
less, 39 to 40e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 26 to
2690 per Ib; clear bellies, 25 to 26c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 259 to 260;
tubs, 253 to 269c; pails, 26 to 2690, com-
pound, tierces, 203c; tubs, 20go; pairs,
21c,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 21—Oats—Canadian
Western, No. 2, 800; do., No. 3, 78c;
extra No. 1 feed, 78c. Barley 1Vlariitoba'
feed, $1.26. Flour Manitoba Spring
wheat -patents, firsts 313;do.,seconds,;
$12,50; strong balers `:$12 30; 'Wixtt r
Patents, choke. •313, ,.;ra; raight 'rol i
312.4044o ,-cy sD,y ..I
$s,1aired,oats-�;Mlsalr., _ts,.
bag of 90 lbs, $4.40 to $4.50. Mileed
Bran, 335 to 337;shorts:' $40 to $,�F3;'
middlings; 348 to $50; mouillie, 360 to
361. Ray—No. 2, er ton, car lilts, 39.50
to' 310. Cheese—Finest westerns, 213x;
do„ easterns, 215c, Butter—Choicest
creamery, 41 to' 4190; seconds, 40 to
4099c. Eggs—Fresh 50c;• selected. 47c;
Dressedto hogs—Abattoir-killed, 8 324 to
324.50. , PQrk—Heavy Canada short
mess; barrels, 35 to 45 pieces, 351 to
$52; Canada short cut back, barrels, 45
.to 55 pieces, $46 to $48. . Lard—Com-
pound,v
29c; do., pure, woodOpails, 20 lbs. net,
249 to 25c,
N NEUTRAL AL SIPS
On British Merchantmen 9,748
Have been Sacrificed.
London, Aug, 19.—The loss of life
resulting from tlae destruction .of
neutral vessels during the war up to
Tune 30, according to figures which
are declared incomplete, gives a total
of 533 persons, There are records
here of that .number, but only the
neutral countries themselves are be-
lieved to have the figures of the full
losses.
It was recently announced in the
House of Commons that 9,748 lives
have been `lost on British merchant
men during the same period. Th
fear of German inhumanity to neu
tral as well as belligerent delegate
attending the seamens conference con-
vened here now to consider the
crimes committed by U-boat com-
manders makes it necessary to keep
their names secret, especially as
some of the delegates favor a pro-
longed boycott of all "German ship-
ping after the war.
HARVESTERS, READ THIS!
The best way to the harvest fields
of Western Canada is by the Canadian
Northern Railway. Special through
trains will. be operated from Toronto
to Winnipeg at 9.00' a.m. on August
21st, and 10.00 p.m. on August 21st,
23rd and 30th. Also from Ottawa
10.30 p.m., August 28th. Through
8,811 VETERANS
Ii HOSPITALS
Military Hospitals Commission
Announces O' erti' 7,000 in
Convalescent Homes.
A despatch from Ottawa says: With
an increase of 320 new patients added
to the list of convalescents in the
military hospitals in the past week the
.total number of men at present re-
ceiving treatment under the difdction
of the Military Hospitals Commission
in Canada is recorded as 3,811. The
number of these who are at present
In convalescent homes is 7,032, with
1,104 in sanitoria for the treatment of
- tuberculosis, and 675 In other institu-
e tions, chiefly general hospitals.
- It is
announced that tall returned
s men are now divided into five
cars connect from Montreal and Joli-
ette. Going dates:August 21st and
August 30th, from Canadian North-
ern stations and agencies, Toronto
and north to Sudbury and Milnet,
Ont., and east to Chaffey's Locks,
Ont,, inclusive, including branches;
from all stations on Algoma Eastern
Railway. August 23rd and August
30th, froze Toronto,and all Canadian
Northern and N., St. C. and T. Rail-
way agencies, west and south of . To-
ronto. August 28th. From all Cana-
dian Northern stations in Quebec ex-
cept north of St. Raymond and
Rivierre a Pierre. From all Canadian
Northern stations and ' agencies in
Ontario, Hawkesbury to Capreol.
i(Pembroke-and Noetil Bay line): and
,'Ottawa) to Brockville,' Elgin and West
ort, inclusive; and from all New
;k” Central B,R'.• stations in Canada.
liar iteiit win consist -of edec- deavored to win -Russian trenche
ar ... ," and • . but their, e-ttae r r :4 a ,;
�Frlab :ears 'and Zrincli ,. 1. !,.,t-.(i*�rid
Iter cars, especially designed to the Russian barrage fire.
ate: to the needs of large bodies of �'OF
Shen at moderate rates. West of Win- PROHIBIT EXPORT OF
nipeg the demand for labor is great I+ LOUR TO U. S.
along the lines of :the Canadian North -
Railway and the wages are -con- P Ottawa says: An
despondingly high. All particulars Order -in -Council has been. passed at
from nearest C.N.R. agent or General : the instance of'the Food Controller f
Passenger Dept., Montreal, Que., and : Canada prohibiting the export of Can
Toronto, Ont.
adieu flour to the United States fo
• the period for which the export' o
MET TO CONSIDER Canadian wheat to the United State
I
as been prohibited,subject to th
CRIMES OF GERMANY. ' k�
!proviso that the Food Controller for
Ganada may issue licenses permitting
A despatch from London says: ' "To � the .export of flour in proper cases for
Germany and seamen of German -G-
oats,"
_ such export as he deems necessary
oats,"was the official description of and expedient.
the ur ose of the
purpose gathering here on I DEPRECATE RETURN
Friday of representatives of seamen's OF GERMAN COLONIES.
organizations of several allied and _
neutral countries. France, Italy, the! A despatch from Melbourne,A
classes. Those fit for general service,
or likely to, be fit in a short time;
those fit for service abroad, but not
for general service; those fit for ser-
vice in Canada; the temporarily un-
fit, and those waiting discharge or
reclassification.
Until this time practically none in
the ,first two classes have been re-
turned to Canada. Those designated
as temporarily unfit are those requir-
ing medical treatment while those
fit for service in Canada are divided
Y into three classes, those detailed for
special service companies, those for
special companies in C.A.M.C., and
a third class for sedentary work, such
as. clerical positions,
SUCCESS ON
RUMANIAN F
NT
Teutons Beaten in Slanic and
Lake Naroc Districts.
41,
London, Aug. 19.—There has been
a considerable stiffening in the front
in Rumania and also in Russia In
the region of Vilna. South of
Grozechti, Southern Maldavia, the
Russians have made a stand against
attacks of the Teutonic allies and
repulsed them; and In the Slanic
sector also Have beaten off attempts
by the invaders' to take further
ground. ulii the Lake Naroc district
of the 'Vilna front the Germans en=
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Aug, 21—Cash 4uotations—
Wheat—No, 1 Northern, $140; No.. 2
Northern, $2.40; No. 3 Northern, $2.38;
No. 4, $2.32; No. 5,32,14; No '6, 31,39;
feed, 31,72; No, 4 special,' $2.32; No. 5
special, 32,14; No. 6 special, 31.89. Oats
—No.2 C.w., 670; No, 3 . C.W. 60c; ex-
tra No. 1,feed, 66e; No. 1, 64c; No. 2,
62c; track, 653x.
Barley—No, 3 C.W., $1.24; No, 4,
$Flaxr-Note1 N W C, $3.289; No, 2
C.W. 33.22; No. 3 C,W., $312; track,
33.269.
'United States Markets
Minneapolis, Aug. 21—'Wheat--Sep-
tember, 32,04; No. 1 Northern, 32,60 to
32,65; No. 2 do., 32.55 to $2.65. Corn --
No. 3 yellow, $1.74 to $1.76. Oats—No..
3 white, 58 to 59c, Flour unchanged,
Bran unchanged,
Duluth, Aug. 21--Wheat—No. 1 North-
ern, $2.80, nominal; No, 2 do„ $2.75,
nominal.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, Aug. 21—Extra. choice heavy
steel's, 312 to 312.65; clitlice heavy
steers, $10.60 to $11; butchers' cattle,
choice, $10 to 310,40; do„ good, 39.50 to
39,75; do„ medium, $8,50 to 32,85; do„
common, 37.50 to 37.65; butchers' bulls,
choice, 38.50 to 39; do., good bulls, 37.60
to 38; do„ medium bulls, $7 to $7,25;
do., rough bulls, $5 to 36; butchers'
cows,' choice, $8,25 to $8.65; do„ good,
7.50 to $7.90;do„ medium, 36.65 to
6.85; stockers, 36,40 to 38.25; feeders,
17,75 to $9: canners and cutters $5.25 to
6.25; milkers, good to choice, 880 to
3100; do.,
$80 to 3120; alight ewes $8.50
to 39.78; sheep, heavy, $6 to 37,25;
Yearlings, 310 to 311,50; calves,' good to
choice, $13.50 to 315,50.
Montreal, •Aug. 21 lambs Ontario
$14 to 314.50; Quebec,312.50 to $13.50;
sheep, $8 to 39; milk -fed calves, choice
313 to 311; good, $10 to $12; grass fed,'
$6 to $9; hogs, 317.50, $17.75 and 318;
rough, heavy, mixed, sows, $15 to 317.
KORNILOFF STILL HAS
CONFIDENCE IN ARM'S°'.
A despatch from Petrograd says
Lieutenant -General Kornilofff, the
commander-in-chief, in an interview
on Friday said that in consequence of
the energetic measures which had
!been taken, the moral fighting eapa-
city of the army had been consider-
ably strengthened, lie hoped for com-
plete regeneration of the Russian
forces.
Thegeneral predicted edz t
g p c ed operations
on a vast scale on the Rumanian front
and also elsewhere, especially in the
north, where he indicated there was a
possibility of a combined land and sea
action. He expressed the opinion. that
another winter campaign was inevit-
able.
BRITISH FOOD
STOCKS GREATER
No Fear That England Will Be
Star"ved Out by U -Boat
Campaign.
A despatch from London says]
Premier Lloyd George, speaking ill
the House of Commons, said that this
time last year the wheal in this c.oun,
try amounted to 6,480,000 quarters
and that now it is 8,500,000 quarters,
The stock of oats and barley, he de-
clared, also was higher.
There had been a considerable say-
ing in bread consumption, the Premier'
said, and owing to the closer milling
and food economy there had been an
addition to the wheat stock of 70,000
quarters per week. (A quarter is
equivalent to 480 pounds.)
Mr. Lloyd George said the acreage
under cultivation showed an increase
of one million acres. If the harvest
weather was good the condition of
food supplies was very satisfactory.
The Premier added that there had
been an increase in the sugar reserve.
"The Government has come to the
conclusion," Premier Lloyd George
said, "that with reasonable economy
there is no chance of starving "= Eng-
land out.
"The Admiralty plans for dealing.
with submarines have been increasing-
ly successful."
TRADE E IN JULY
SHOWS INCREASE
Almost One Hundred Million
Dollars Greater Than
Last Year.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Canada's trade, exclusive of imports
and exports of coin and bullion and of
foreign merchandise shipped through
Canada, increased, according to a
statement by Hon. J, D. Reid, Minister
of Customs, by almost one hundred
million dollars in July last, as com-
pared with July, 1916, and by nearly•
$290,000,000 in the four months ended
July 31st, in -comparison with the like
period last year. -The value of mer-
chandise entered for consumption' in
s July,1917,was9.
$90,181„5�6, and in
or . Jury 191,L,__was vias `40:691 ,Fa . +rc?t1ds,,,.
entered or consumption in the four
months of the
present fiscal year
amounted to $382,100,850 as against.
$249,867,867 in the like period of 1916.
Exports of domestic `goods reached
$177,866,148 in July last and $507;
854,674 in the four months' period,
or They were $104,964,270 in July, 1916,
_I
r and $350,345,305 in the first four
r i months of the last fiscal year.
f j Exports of foreign merchandise
s i have shown a decided falling off.
e They were in July only $2,850,372 and
in the four months $11,604,620 while
j in the same periods of 1916,' they.
1 reached $55,637,340 and $122,627,072
!respectively, ,
ANGLO FRENCH
SIN IN FLANDERS
QRS
United States, Canada,Australia
Holland, Belgim and the Scandinav, ; traria, says: The Senate has rejected I
resented . by'without debate or division a motion
ian countries were represented 'that the time had arrived for the Im- I'an emarek Captured and More
Masters, mates; engineers, sailors,
cooks and stewards. penial Government to announce a I Than 1,800 Prisoners_ the
NEGRO BATTALION
FOR BRITISH ARMY.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—The British Re-
cruiting Mission in Chicago announ-
ced yesterday that it is attempting to
raise a battalion of negroes, subjects
of Great Britain in Chicago. If the
effort is successful, the battalion will
be trained in Chicago and later at-
tached to the British army.
.The mission is also recruiting
among friendly aliens. This departure.
was taken because of many applica-
tions from Poles and Bohemians,
peace basis whereon the allies were j French Gain Bridgehead.
prepared to negotiate.
The Senate also passed a motion A. despatch from London says:,
deprecating the return of the German Again the great Anglo-French war
colonies. ! machine has struck the Germans in
, Flanders, and again it has been sue -
EY -CZAR TO BE SENT I cessful. The village of Langemarck
TO FRIGID SIBERIA. land other important positions were '
a ;captured.
A despatch from • Petrograd says: I More than 1,800 prisoners, includ-
The semi-official Russian news agency ' ing 88 officers, already have' been
announces to -night that former Em- counted by the Anglo-French• forces.
peror Nicholas and his family were Sonia German guns also were taken.
The latest blow in the Ypres area
was on a front of nine miles, and only
removed from, the palace at Tsarskoe
Selo and that it was reported they
were being transported to Toboisk, on the extreme right were the allied
Siberia. forcos unable to make progress. The
Germans resisted stubbornly, suffer-
isig heavy losses, but on the greater
part of the front they were forced to
leave valuable positions in the posses-
sion of the allies. -
Before the fighting between Lens
and Loos had died out the French and
British moved forward north of the
Ypres-Menin road, Throughout Thurs-
day bitter fighting continued. On the
left the French occupied the ground
A despatch from London says :— 1 Canadians have organized and made between the Yser canal and Martje
li'reuch troops in the Ypres area have !secure the positions . captured yester- vaart and then drove the Germa f
progressed in the neighborhood of the day,and havefrom the important made an � p t brid ehead
advance west g of
River Steenbelco. On the British par-� oi' Lens, Dreigraclrten,
tion of this front, according to the of- Substantial progress toward ....She
ficial report from British Headgear- liberation q b ration of Belgium was made on
tars in France to -night, there have }Thursday. Although the gain of terri-
tory was not great it was all to the
o.
gad. But what t i
so
of
much ore im-A
m I.
portance is that there are now. fewer
Germans in Belgium than previously, 1 e
The A.uglo-French have now probably j
got two thousand prisoners in their
collecting cages, whilst we know for
a certainty that the enemy's dead and
wounded must form an appalling total.
CANADIANS AND FRENCH SAKE
GAINS; BRITISH CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS
Germans Have Ceased Counter -Attacks -2,000 Prisoners Taken
and 24 Guns.
been no changes, and the Germans
have ceased their counterattack. The
Frenth and British troops have cap-
tured 24 German' guns. The British
War Office denied the Gerinan.,,elaim
of the recapture of Langemarck.
The number of prisoners taken by
the Canadians in the Loos-Leng„ sector
has noiv reached a total of 1,120. The
GERMANS HALTED
IN EUIVIANIA.
A d
espatch from Petrograd says:
ustro-German attacks in southwest-
rn Moldavia, especially in the region
f F:okshani, have been repulsed by
the Russians and Rumanians. In the
region of Ocna, the Austro-Gorinans
have made no gain, adds the official
report issued on Friday by the War
Office.
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