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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-11-30, Page 6BRITISH TROOPS ACHIEVE GREAT VICTORY OVER FRONT OF 32 MILES General Byng's .Troops Advance Toward Objective, the Railroad • Junction of Cambrai-Take _9,004 Prisoners. . . . A despatch from London says; The I to midday Thursday. The British great Hindenburg defence line, upon easualties are declared to be conSid- . which the German commander-in-chief ! erably less than the number of pris- had budded his hopes of holding the I oilers taken by General Byng's men. British from inroads into the open1 A despatch from British Headquar- territory beyond, has been smashed, I ters in France says: The British re - and the task apparently was an easy nerved their attack on Fontaine and one. I are still holding the ground between Attatking over a front of 32 miles, I Cantaing and south of Fontaine. It is extending from the Scarpe River east !unofficially estimated that several of Arras to St. Quentin, with his Eng- score of guns have been capture& lieh, Scottish,. Irish and Welsh troops! The attack came after a night of - General Sir Julian Byng, who planned comparative quiet along the Cam - and carried out the attack, has made heal front and was delivered against . one of the most rapid and spectacular the German positions at Fontaine and drives of the present war, catching ! about both sides of the southern part the Germans completely by surprise of the Bourlon 'Wood, which domin- in the onslaught, capturing numerous tithe Gambrel and much of the sur- poeitions which were considered im- I rounding territory. At the nixie time pregnable, !Irish infantry with tanks were mak- The British manoeuvre which has as ing an assault against the enemy de, its objective the encircling and cap- fences about Moeuvres, where san- tare of the important railroad junc- guinary fighting already had occurred tion of Cambrai. in Northern France. i during the last three days, and early Cavalry, tanks and infantry are oper- in the morning had stormed the atiner along a line running from west !ground in the vicinity of Tadpole of Cambrai to south of the town. All ; Copse, which lies on an elevation just of the vast area captured the past two 'west of the town, and forced the Ger- days has been retained and consoli-imans to withdraw after a sharp en - dated with the exception of Fontaine gagement. Notre Dame, a village captured this The enemy on Thursday began the morning, but subsequently lost as the !concentration of troops and artillery result of a counter-attack. 'between Cambrai and the Bourlon In addition to heavy losses in men Wood, and gave every indication that killed or wounded more than 9,000 they purposed to battle desperately Germans had been made prisoner up !for the recovery of their lost territory. BRITISH STORM !FRENCH WIN ANCIENT MOAB ON THE FIFE General Allenby's Troops Make Further Progress in Palestine. Landon, Nov. 25. --The site of ancient Hizpath, 5,000 yards west of the Jeresalern-Nabules road, has been stormed by the British, the War troops captured first and second lines Office announced yesterday. 4)British of defence, including deep dugouts mounted troops which had advanced and also took 800 Germans prisoner, northward were forced back by the 1 according to the French official com- Turks. $ munication issued this evening. The official text reads: '"On Wednesday we stormed the The text follows:, Nobi Samwil Ridge, the , site of the 1 "In the region north of Chemin- ancient Mizpah, which is 5,000 yards I des -Dames and northwest of Rheims west of the Jerusalem-Nabules road. i there has, been marked activity by the Repeated counter-attacks by. tbtajetero artilleries. • Turks heve•been beaten #: ' Tte'en- "On the right bank of • the Meuse I ning the tomb `of the prophet. operations of detail to the north of emy has bombarded the mosque con-. we carried out this afternoon some tai Samuel, which we carefully avoided. I Hill 344, where a German attack was "Our mounted troops, which had !repulsed yesterday. Along a front of approaehed Beit Unia on 'Wednesday, ' three and a half kilometres, between were forced back by a strong counter- . Samogneux and the region to the attaca and are now holding Belt Ur south of the Anglemont Farm, our El Foka. on the Upper Beth Huron. i troops captured the first and second "After a heavy rain the weather is German lines, and also some deep now bright and cold. 1 dugouts organized by the enemy on "General Allenby's report that the !theslopes to the south of the ravine successful action of Monday, when ' in the Caurieres Wood. Thus far we the enemy was driven from the defile , have counted more than 800 prison - wet of Kuryet-EI-Enab, was due to ; ers. the gallantry of the Somersets, the I "In the Vosges a surprise attack Wilrebires and the Gurkhas." !against one of our small posts in the The town of En-Nebi Samwil, about sector of Sondernach, southwest, of five miles northwest of Jerusalem, i.s :Muenster, failed generally believed to have been the site of the ancient town of Mizpah, the famous deer of Benjamin. Tradi- 1,030 HUN PLANES ' Linn points out this was the birthplace, IN TEN MONTHS. residenee and burial place of the prop- het Samuel, and there is a mosque - Grand Headquarters of the French Two Lines of German Trenche and Dugouts Captured and 800 Prisoners. Yes, they are girls! -working as coal haulers in the London Hydraulic Power Company's pumping station thereby releasing men for the fighting. AIRPLANE BOMBE CONSTANT/NMI A British Machine Flew 2,000 Miles in Series of Eight Flights. A despatch from London says: The Admiralty announces that a success- ful air attack in the vicinity of Con- stantinople has been fully accomplish - ITALY HOLDING HER, BATTLE LINES Resist Fierce .Attacks Launched by Invaders. A despatch from Headquarters of the Italian Army in Northern Italy, says :-The fourth Italian army under General Robilannt is meeting the fuil force of the tremendous shock the Markets of the World nreasestags Toronto, Nov. 7 -Manitoba wheat-- No. 1 Northern. 322,233: No. 2 clo., 32.20b: No. 3 do., 33.173; 2'Jo. 4 wbeat, 32.103. store Port Wffllaxn, Including 24c tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 0. W., 750; No. 3 C. -W., 710c'; No. 1 extra feed. 72e; No. 1 feed. 694c, in store Port William. American corn -No, 9 yellow, nominal. Ontario oats -.No. 2 white, 71 to 72e, N nominal; o, 3, do„ 70 to 71e, nominal, according to freights outside Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Vinter, 32,22; basis, In store, Montreal. Peas -No. 2, 33.70 to 33.80, according FRANCE'S WHEAT IS LESS BY HAL Other Crops and Live Stock Are Much Reduced Compared With 1913. A despatch from Ottawa says: 'The Food Controller's office on Thursday rreiglits made public figures of food production Barley -Malting, $1.22 to $1.23, ac- in France which are far below the pre - cording to freights outside Buokwheat---$1.46 to 31,50, according to freights outside Rye - No, 2, 31.72, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour --First patents, in Jute bags, 311,60; 2nd, eo., Mee; strong bakers', do., 81.0.20, Toronto, Ontario flour-VvInter, according to sample, 39.90. in bags, Montreal; 29.70, Torouto:, 39.70 bulk, seaboard, prompt shi pment, Millfeed, Inc lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags ineluded-Bran, per ton, 336, shorts, do., 342; middlings, do., I.1 ,,5,5to 349; good feed flour, per hag, IfflaY-No. 1, 11 AV, per inn, $16 to 317; mixed, do., 313 to 315, track. Toronto, Straw -Oar lots, per ton, 38;60 to 30, trook, Tqronto. Country Peoeuce-Waoiesale Butter -Creamery. .solids, per lb.. 424 to 430; prints, per Ib., 43 to 436e; dairy, per lb.. 36 to 38c. Eggs ---Fresh gathered eggs, 47 to Ole. Potatoes- Wholesalers are paying growers and country shippers $1.86 to , stock, f,o.b. loronto. ley, oats, maim, beans and ground war average. The most serious de- cline is in wheat, the 1917 crap being short 53.3 per cent., of 176,000,000 bushels, as compared with the produc- tion of 1913. The potato crop is short 33.1 per cent., or 165,000,000 bushels. The sugaeeebeet crop has fallen off by 67.5 per cent., or 148,000,000 bushels, The number of cattle has declined 16.5 per cent., or 2,485,000 head. The num- ber of sheep has been reduced by 36.6 per cent., or 5,5:35,000 head, There has been a decline Of 40.2 per cent., or 2,825,000 head, in the number of bogs. In order to.conserve its much -re- duced supplies of wheat, France re- quired that not mare than 80 per cent. of wheat flour may be used in the making of bread, the remaining -0 per cent. consisting of idea bar- '1Vholesalers are selling to he retail trade at the following prices t-- nuts. • cheese --New, large, 23 to 233t.: twins, 233 to 230a; early cheese, 253 to 211,; lame twin, 26 to 263e. flutter- Presh dairy, choke. 40 to Ole; creamery prints, es to 46e; solids; 44 to to 28c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs. per doz.. 45e, Eggs --New laid, in cartons, 55 to 60e; No. 1 storage, 43c; select storage, 47 to 48e. Dressed poultry -Spring elfieltens, 24 ed by a large British bombing aero- enemy has concentrated between the g4,rg,&)(,(1u(1."1: Ib.. 19e; hens 13 to 119 itative quarter.e the correspondent was British base in the Mediterranean in chickens, plane, which fiew from England 'to a Piave and Brenta Rivers. In author- Lve poultry-TurkeYs, 25e; ing ducks. 1-pring, 18 to 19e; geese, 12 to 14c. efenee-geo me -Extra time, 16 oz.. $3.50; 12 az.. 33.00; No. 2. 22.40 to 32.50, Strain,ed---Tins. 21's and' O's, 19 to. -103e per 10; lo's, 183 to lee; 00's. 18 to 183c. Beans-Canatlia,n, nominal; Imported hand-picked. 26.60 to 36.75 per bush; ib., 17 to 173c, told that the enemy forces delivering a series of eight flights. The stopping this blow are in the proportion of places included Lyons and Beane, and the total distance covered was nearly three to two as compared with the two thousand miles. Italian forces, and this is practically Tho machine was actually in the air the relative strength on the two wings west 'of the Brenta, where General thirty-one. hours. This is believed. to s be a world's record for a cross-country Pecoei commands the first Hellen, Paris, Nov. 25. -In an attack in the Verdun region Sunday the French which contains the traditional tomb of Amy in France Nov. 24. --•-The bril- the prop}tet. liant record of the French aviators, including the members of the Lafay- ette Escadrille, for the ten months tIOLERA KILLED MAUDE. ending in October, shows that they destroyed 120 German airplanes over Cause of Brilliant British General's the French lines, and 397 over the Death in Mesopotamia. German lines, whose destruction has been fully confirmed. There also were London, Nov. 25. -General Fred- 513 others over the German lines crick Stanley Maude, the Commander1which probably were destroyed, but of the British forces in Mesopotamia, confirgeation of the fact was not ob- who died November 18, after a brief tainable. This makes a grand total of illness, succumbed to cholera, accord -11,030. Twenty-two German captive ing to The Saturday Review. I balloons also were destroyed. BATTLE OF DESPERATE a ARACTER RAGES IN BOBLON WOOD 3EGON Positions Change Hands Several Times But British Hold the Dominating Posts -Prisoners Now 'Total Nearly 10,000. London, Nov, 25. -"There has again been severe fighting to -day west of Gambrel," says the official report from Flanders to -night. "At midday the enemy strongly attacked the posi- tions which we held in the neighbor- hood of Bourlon and succeeded in pressing back our troops from por- tions of the village. Our positions in Bourlon Wood and on the high ground are intact "Fighting also occurred in the Hin- denburg support line west of Moue- vree, where we captured prisoners. "The number of prisoners taken since the commencement of our op- erations on the morning of November 20 has now reached a total of 9,774, including 182 officers." Saturday's report said that the British had taken over 100 guns, many of them being of large calibre, Since Friday the fighting for the high ground in Bcerlon Wood - been of the most desperate character, the po- sitions changing hands several times, but finally resting in possession of the Britieh. An Associated Press despatch Saye it is believed the civilian pepulation has been removed from Canihrai. army, and the right Wing along' Val journey, and for the weight carried. During some parts of the flight strong Piave, where the Duke of ..9.ost,,eer. ., winds and heavy rainstorms were ex - the enemy as in a vise. perienced, and there was one stretch A despatch from Londo,' ? of 200 miles over a mountainous coup- tween the Brenta and P try, where it would be impossible for the Italian theatre V • on track -Ontario, bag, 32;15 any machine to land. ! the Teutonic allies o 1 grips with the en C1 'break through through to t 1 but with the. Ita BRII EH EAR the front the fight' tenaciously holding Ty feai.dy sanguinary y meet - i . encounters anelel ing hands. The crtemet*tvers. HE HOLY 0 Capture Village Within Five Miles of Jerusalem. A despatch from London pays: British troops marching on Jerusalem were on Monday last within five miles' of the city and carried at the bayo- net's point a village almost in the shadow of the Mount of Olives. It was onithe top of this elevation that the Kaiser endowed what ostensibly was a hospital, but this "hospital" has turned out to be a fortress with guns commanding the surrounding region. Byng Promoted For Victory. A despatch from London says: King George has promoted Lieuten- ant -General Byng to the rank of Gen- eral, he recognition of his distinguish- ed service in theP field in the recent Li Provisions -Wholesale d meats -Hams, medium, 30 to 0. heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to , rons, 27 to 28e; breakfast bacon, to 42c; backs, plain, 40 to 41e; bone- less, 43 to 44a. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 274 to 28c 11.: elear bellies, 294 to 27e. Lard --Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 275c'; tubs, 271 to 278a; pails, 273 to 28c; n, I compound, tierces, 28 to 233e; tubs, 233 ere to 233c; pails, 233 to 24c. ong I Montreal Markets - ticui-1I .nront real, Nov. 27-0a ts-Canndtan troops Western'No. 2, 85e; do., No, 3, 83c; ex- ; tra No. 1 feed, 83c, Earley -Molting, to -hand , 31.33: Flour -Man. Spring wheat Z3,f.:'111.(':!r$11g- patents, .80;giTi„0i: bags, $5.20 to;6.35. Rolled Oats -Bags, 90 lbs., 34.223 to $4.25. Bran --$36. Shorts -240 to $41. Middlings -248 to , 350.• Montilla -256 td 3s56.Hay-No. ay -No. 2, per ton, e11Iots,212.50.Cheese -7Vst ,‘sieris,1c,;a(..11neteasternsie. cluing throwing masses of men against the Italians and his losses in men killed, wounded or made prisoners have been extreme - '1y heavy. The invaders are making herculean efforts to break out upon the plain be- fore the expected British and French reinforcements arrive, but up to the present their efforts have been with- out avail. Comparative quiet prevails alongethe Piave River to the Adriatic. MANY GyEEC:IV ISl0:S HAVEo;NEDSALoN::AARMY A despatchfmWas:ton, D.C., says: Greece is rapidly preparing to take her part in the war. A cable- gram. received here on Thursday from Athens, via Switzerland, says many neev,divisions of Greek troops swiftly f operations, it was cilficially announcedormed have taken their places at the on Friday. front. The morale of the new troops is declared to be excellent. neeeteheineeei'ace4,71•V'...teee:eneeeee.,,,..... .....ee:„:',rt'e;".etteeteeeeee,e.ee.,'Siee.eee -.,- -eheeagelae,',.steneeeedenreee•ge!.s.d e'e Se* • 14.,,,,Alert, Al.r.••••,,17,Mv5174,empt:44,,,,,z". • 14. 4▪ 0'14.V4141,t,6 • iii'-:,:o"41;`ketgi.SAVONPp,i , •-• • .., t•fq.4.0,14 "P! • W)41/`:'14C . ^ o '"Verfter f*A t, , a ea yeeeve; " `-ey4eeeeittle4r e , 514'. '`e• '.2...4,40e0;4P'..sheiegeheeetteettegletikr. • .16 tI3'• , • su,' 1.14.4tee s 'view. 4741r" •ogeng. ee. 're° q'Ff • ..4.4,7i4rAnow., 1. • ( ef, 0 T 0 Butte'r-Choicest creamery, 45 to Mc: seconds, 483 to 440. Eggs -Fresh, 58 to 55c; selected, 46 to 47e; No. 1 stock, 42 to 48c; No. 2 stock, 39 to 40e, Po- tatoes --Per bag, car lots, $2.20 to $2,25. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Nov. 27 --Cash Oats-NT^.e 2.N";?AZ" 718c; extra feed,72c; No. e 693e; No. 2 feed, 663c. Barley --Nn. 3, 21,224; No, 4, $1.163; feed and veJected, 31.07, Flax -No, 1 32.98. 'United States Markets Minneapolis, Nov. 27 -Corn ---No. 3 yell OW. $2.05 to $2.10. Oats -No. 3 white, 66 to 67c. Flour -Fancy patents, unchanged; in carload lots, first clears, 89.50, Jute; second clears, 48.75, jute. 13ran-$33 to 333.50. Duluth, No 27-tinsecd--$3.333 to 33.353. to arrive, ;3.224 to 23.240; to arrive in November, 23.304; November, 23.273 bid: December, 32.223; May, 33.183. Live Stock Markets Toronto. Nov. 27 -Extra. halve heavy steers, 311.50 to $12; do., good heavy, $10.75 to 311.40; butehers' cattle. choice, 310.25 to $10.50; do., good, 39.50 to $9.75: do.. medium, 38.75 to '40; do., eommon, 27.60 to $8; butchers' bulls, choler., $8.50 to 39; do., good bulls, 37.40 to 37.85; do., medium bulls, 36.85 to 37.10; do., rough bulls, 35 to 36; butch- ers' ttowi, choice. $8.50 to $9; do., good, $7.60 to 38; do., medium, $6.60 to 36-75; stockers, 37 to 38.25; feeders, 30 to 39.75; canners and cutters, $5 to 65.55: CANADIANS IN TANKS FOR BYN-G - A despatch from London says: - The Associated Press has received the following. telegram from France: "Canada will be intensely interested in the splendidl3 successful attack on the River Scarpe. The credit of the victory goes to General Byng, the Canadians' former Commander. With him are some Dominion Staff. officers who ole ! to go with,leim evhen he left the Canadians. One unit was led by a Canadian officer, who, since the Passchendaele battle, joined Byng's splendid army. The tanks which broke through the German defences have hundreds of adventurous young Canadians. This service is becoming as popular with the l_ominion troops as the Flying Corps. U. S. TRANSPORTS . HAD EXCITING TRIP A despatch from a French Port, says: -The latest America . trans- ports to reach here had an exciting trip through the submarine zone. The first night in the zone two transports collided. One was slightly damaged - while the other had a small bole torn in her bow and a few projecting guns • damaged. The temporary repairs were made and the ships proceeded. The following night a submarine attacked the transports. The wake of a torpedo was seen off the bow of one of the vessels, but no conning tow- er or periscope was visible.. The trans- ports raced ahead and succeeded in reaching port safely, where the col- lision damage was repaired. TEN THOUSAND TONS OF EITGAR RELEASED. A despatch from New York says: Ten thousand tons of sugar, which had been purchased for the Imperial Rus- sian Government before the revolution and stored in a warehouse here, was seized by Federal Administrator George M. Ralph. It will be placed upon the market immediately. The sugar was bought for -the Gov- ernment of Former Emperor Nicholas by the Marine Transportation Service Corporation. After the overthrow of the Russian dynasty there was no claimant for the auger. The trans- portation corporation attachedit as milkers, good to choice, 295 to $150; do„ part of the personal property here -of com. and med., $75 to 2856 ; spreing5rs, $95 to $150; light. ewes, 211,0 _to $1.3.0 Nicholas Romanoff, the deposed sove- bucks and culls, $9 to 210.60; sheep, reign, in a suit to recover $2,800,000 • heavy, 35.75 to $7.50; yearlings. $12 to 318: ealves, good to .choice, 314 to 15; for alleged breach of contract. Spring. lambs, 316.25 to $16.75; hogs, fed and watered, 218.25; dn., weighed off CATCH OF SEA FISH cars, 318.50; do., f.o.b., 217.26. KERENSKY'S TROOPS T_ HAVE SURRENDERED. SHOWS INCREASE. , A despatch from Copenhagen says: "The Bolsheviki press agency offivial- A despatch from Ottawa says: A ly reports from Petrograd thst all of report on the results of sea -fishing Premier Kerensky's troops have stir - operations in Canada for the six rendered and that the Bolsheviki niso months from April to September, and have gained a complete victory at also for the, month of October, has Moscow," says a despatch to the Ben - ern issued by the Department of the lingske Tidende from liaparande. Naval Service. It is stated that in "The Ijkranian government has omparison with a similar period last sent an army of 150,000 against Gen - ear the landings of cod and halibut eral Kaledine, head man of the Don n the Atlantic coast have increased' Cossacks, and at the same time Gen - y over half a million hundredweight, eral Krasnoff, a member of Km. - he herring catch for the six months ensky's staff has gone to Knledine's his year, however, was far below that headquarters to open negotiations f last, amounting to only 645,844 with him." cwts. as compared with 946,487 cwt$. The quantity of salmon taken on the Atlantic coast during the season of 1917 was 1,578 cwts, short of the pre- . Separate 'nectar, m,prosItly,n-Apglo. vious season's catch. 150 TO 2I0 TANKS USED IN BRITISH DRIVE A despatch from Amsterdam, says: --A Berlin despatch quotes the Lokal Anzeiger as saying that the British used from 150 to 200 tanks on their advance on Gambrel. BRITISH TROOPS IN ARABIA CAPTURED POST NEAR ADEN A despatch from Lendon Says :--The British War Office on Friday night issued the following statement on military operations in Southern Arabia : "We attacked and captured L Turk- ish post at Jabir, 15 miles north of Aden, Losses were inflicted on the enemy, and his defences were destroy- • ed ."