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-6' FRENCH PAUSE FOR A REST
WHILE BRITISH SMASH FOE
Cten. Mangin Hs Made More Secure NS Hold
on the Ailette
Strong Germn Force cn high Erna Threat-
ened Via Capture
eel
A Paris cable: The French troops
on the southern part of the battle line
apparently aro taking a brief 'breath-
ing spell, after day e of contiauous
fighting, under a boiling sun, leaving
the British to go ahead with the of-,
faisive movement. Thls is in ac-
cordance with the Foch system ot
striking first on one section and then
on nother section of the line.
le. The Germans on the part of the
front elong the Divette, between Las-
signy and the Olso, appear to be put-
ting up stout resistance. General
Humbert will need time to perfect ar-
rangements for overcoming the Ger-
man attiliery in this section. The Ger-
man guns- thtindered all da -y, Frtday,
but failed to present Humbert's ntei,
from crossing the Divette in force at
Evrieourt,
Between the Oise and the Aisne.
GeneralMangln has made more secure
his bold on the left bank of the
Ailette, from its confluence with tho
Oise to Pent St. Mard, west of Couree
Le -Chateau. His right wing contin-
ues to work eastward, its object being
to clear Um region north. of Soissons
The troops here already have seized
the heigats ea3t of Bagneux, and far.
ther north have reached the otttskirts
of Crecy -Au -Mont. This advance
brings them within reach ot the main
highway from Soissons to Chaney, and
enables them to threaten with, en-
eirelement the strong German force
occupying the high ground at
Chaviguy and Juvigny. It is be-
lieved here that the Germans at Chao-
igny and Jugivuy, will be forced to re-
tire eastward, abandoning all the
ground west of the Soissons-(,hauny
high road.
THE FRENCH REPORT.
A Paris cable; Artillery action in
the region of LassIgny, and between
the Oise and the Aisne Rivers, are
reported in the official statement is-
sued at the War Office to -day. Raid-
ing operations in Lorraine also are re-
ported. The text of the statement
reads:
In the region of Lassigny, and be-
tween the Oise and the Aisne, the
night was marked by vigorous artil-
lery actions.
"French detachments penetrated en-
emy trenches in Lorraine at many
points, and captured prisoners.
"The night wars calm on the rest of
, the front."
A THOUSAND GERMANS KILLED
. IN ONE COMBAT BY BRIM
Worn -Out Foe Forces Be-
ing Rushed Back Into the
Line.
With the British Army in France,
despatch. -8 a.m. by the Associated
Press)—Tha battle continued success-
fully for the Allies' armies last night,
The British advanced everywhere, and
the eneity suffered heavy defeats.
Achlet-Le-Grand was reported taken
late yesterday, after heavy fighting.
TheatIrttisla advanced beyond Blha-•
court.
.At the same time the British were
reported to be still driving. the con-
fused Gertnans before them east of
Henin, n& blether south of St. Leger
and Ervillers.
Sharp fighting has taken place
along the Iries-Grevillers road. The
Germans are clinging to giraumont,
on the Ancre, northeast of Albert, and
to be fighting desperately.
German prisoners say that it was
expected by them that the Britin
would stop at -Arras-Albert railroad,
and the unexpected success against
them had tontused the German forces.
Tired and depleted German divis-
ions, which have been withdrawn from
• the battle since Aug. 8 are being rush-
ed back into the fight. Troops from
the ..enemy's strategic reserve divisi-
ons, which had been held for later
counter-attacks'have also appeared
along the front.
British advance troops were report-
ed at one time last night to have
reached Sapignies, just north of Ba -
pawn°, but they were pushed bath
slightly by an enemy counter-attack.
They aer reported to be re -attacking
this village. The town of Behagnies,
just to the north, has been wrested
from the Germans. •
The Third and Fourth Britiale
armiee have since Aug. 8 captured
over 30,000 men. Two thousand were
taken yesterday south of the Somme.
The British Fourth army has captured
nearly 5,000 in the, last two days. The
prisoners counted oince Aug. 8 number
-
29,186 men and 693 officers.
North of the Somme a large number
of guns have been captured. They
atelade complete batteries of howitzers
and. ' trench mortars. humediately
eolith of the Somme guns have been
-taken by the British.
South of the Somme 1,000 Germane
were killed in ono, combat. They were
auddieed. in front or the Britiish, in-
stead of being in the customary open
order. The allied casualties are eery
small,
Teaks participated heroically in the,
fighting ycaterday, it is reported. One
, engaged in a duel with an enemy bat-
tery, and silenced the German gun?.
Another group of tanks co-operated
with a group of airplanes, when the
latter attacked German anti-tank gun;
which had been strategically located
at the head of a gulley through which
the tanks had to go. One teak suf.-
renal seven direct hits, and all the
crew was wounded except the pilot,-
-
who kept the moneter running, fin-
ashed off a machine-gun nest, and
brought the wobbly, badly damaged
tank and his wounded comrades back
Welly throush the rain of fire.
then, after having drawn the Pletare
of a paragon, they fail victime to the
Bret kittenish thIng \vita a roving (WY
titat comes Weir way.
WoMen, particularly time or fairly
mature years, aro otten iteard to won-
der what any man can see In "that
feather•pated, silly little girl," the silly
little girl in queotten beteg the centre.
or a group ot male admirer, Dear
(adieu, what "any man" twee and ad-
mires ie theyouth and fresltness, of
which silliness and fluffiness are.
rightly or wrongly, supposed to be the
hallmark. Also "any man" feels hie
manliness to be enhance -I by contrast
with the fieffinees and exaggerated
leminity or the "little gild."
POINTS. OF TRI CIA.)110.
It is not an intelligent game—no
girl with a tingle of the blue stocaing,
eepecially if that tinge be allowea to
appear on the surface, has the ghost or
a cuance. Little tricks of allurement
apart, it la chiefly en affair of cross•
questions and crooked answers, tae
uilliet tile bettor, go long as they are
light-hearted, viyactous eud provoca-
tive of laughter. The whale thing is a
conteat of vitality, not of mind. Good
terape, counts, of course, but bright
eyes and a eedu.otive smile are 'worth
more than wit. It does -not much
matter what the plaything says as the
aaughty or charming way he saye ji
—and, above al. aow she-Ipoks.
If a man could naturally and biame•
lessly satiate his hunger for adventure
and fluff in a series of purely frivolous
engagements he would prebably settle
down later to the seriou3 battle of mar.
riago with a woman of the type do
scribed by the mother of 'King Lemuel
—the tare dear ta all mothers of mar
riageable sous. At least, mime men
would. Then the sensible girls mIgat
get their innings, and all e,ould be
better in this "best of all possible
world."
EVERYBOU ALONG THE RIM •
EXPECTS AN AWED INVASION
Woman Just Out Tells of
Despair—Air Raids' Aw-
fuI Work.
41.4
A London cable: The German
Poeutahon along the Rhine expects'
an aided invaeion, in the opinion of
a Dutea -woman of Germaa descent.
who ha- just returned to Ameterdam
trom visiting relatieee in a small vil-
lage near Bonn, on the Rhine. In a
(statement to the Amsterdam corre-
spondent of the Daily Expreas
"The impression from what I saw
and hoard in Germany was one of
real despair. In spite of what the
newsiapene say or do not say, tae
German retirement in the west is
ir" making the worst possible impression,
-•-• especially along the Rhine. The people
there know that thee will be the first
to be, hit.if the Allies ever come.
"Tee idea that German soll is to
remain inviolate to the 31.st has dis-
appeared completely, and on the
Ithirto everybody expects a forelgn in-
vasion soene,r or later. Many fanflies
Red pteParing to leave for Central Ger-
Many.
"The ravages or allied aircraft are
simply terrine. When you road,
'There Was some material damage.' it
mean* that whole street$ were torn
UP, With a Itea.vy casualty list to com-
plete the .picturq."
CENG DOWN
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In Choosing I
Your Bride
ANSWER'S DR. SOLF.
Pacific Islanders Hate
Huns, Says N. Z. Premier.
London cable: (Router despatch,)
—In an interview to -day Premter Mer-
sey, of New Zealand, replying to Dr.
Solf's demand that Germany's teien-
ial possessions should correepend to
the measure of protection Germaue
have accorded the colored reces, said
that ho had no personal knewipdge of
Germany, but as regards the Pacific
Islands he was able to e AV that Ge, --
many was detested by the native
races, who, on the other navel, had
showit in the most practical form their
sympathy with Great Britain. Naives
of New Zealand and Fiji, Baratonsa,
Gilbert Islands ahd other pluees had
made.the supreme sacrithie for the Al-
lied cause. On the other hand, Pi c-
mier Massey had never haard of a ny
native of any island dccueled by Ger-
many prior to the war wao wanted to
fight' for Germany.
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AMERICA'S TASK
TO FEEL, MIS
Must Supply 500,000,000 Bu.
Cereals Next Year.
4,000,000,000 Lbs. Fats, 900,-
000,000 Lbs. Beef.
GENERAL OTANI
TAKES CONTROL
Of Entente Foroes ait Vladi-
vostok,
Chinese Army On Way to
Join Them.
Viadivoatok cable deepatch (By
the Associated Press)—The Japanese
General Kikluze Otani, commander of
the Eatente Allied forces in Siberia,
took cbarge of his command to -day.
This fact was announced to -day at a
general council of the Allied coin -
wanders, The spirit of fullest co-,
operation was inanifested by tae
council, the officers assuring General
Otani that they were proud to serve
under him.
The various elements will retain
their identity as separate units Con-
cerning matters of administration and
supply, but are subject to orders from
the generalissmo regarding strategic
and military operations. A joint Al-
lied purchasing board bee been es-
tablished for buying necessities in the
local market,
General Otani's staff will consist of
General Yuhl, chief of the first bureau
of operations; General Inagaki, who
was commander of the first guard di-
vision, who will be chief of the second
division of supply and administration,
and General alakziina.
CHINESE CONTINGENT.
A Peking cable says: (By tho
Associated Press)—A. Chinese contin-
gent on the way to join the Allied
forces at Vladivostok has reached
Multden, Manchuria, according to an-
nouncement made here.
• RUSS OFFICERS FREED.
An Amsterdam cable: Twenty-three
thousand former Russian officers im-
prisoned in the Alentieff barracks have
been released, according to a Moscow
despatch printed in the Rhenish West-
phelian Zeitung. The despatch says
the Soviet government was compelled
to abandon its plan for the internment
of tho officers under pressure from
the population of Moscow.
1 -
A Now York, N. T., despatch: The
United States will share with the
Attlee theer amain= of food as well
as blood in the cauee of world demo-
eracy, declared liereert 0. Hoover.
eeeral tutu Aaministatori on his
hale to-ctay. wi route tf) ivaan-
iageela niter a UiLi LO .1-ng1Uu‘.
lance.
,Yez.eriAng Ciat "we, have to make
good," a p.euge to teas effect, Wit,ca
nita .gIven to the allied, tooa aam.n•
.stratore wane sitting at a commou
:mule in a common men'," gr. itoover
,Aid unit, to no mo, America will next,
year have to supply the. Allies 4,000,-
000,000 pounds or fats, 900,000,090
pounds of beef produces, 500,000,090
ousheis of cereals, and 1,500,000 two;
of sugar. However, Alretioover added,
oeginning Sept. 1, thole will be no
need for draetic food rationing in tee
allied countries, ex:ept in the caze
sugar and beef. '
In a etatement dealing with his food
U-BOAT IS SON!
VICTIM IS SAFE
•
Torpedoed Ship Has Reach-
ed French Harbor
While Patrol Boats Finish-
ed the Pirate.
HUN OFFICERS
eaving*IrmAlnel,--
rain). The railway junction at
'Breves wee alsoattached, and etrver-
al burste were obeerved in the eta
-
tion end on the rallwey. Ali our
SEE RUIN NEAR lut!,,teceilinalocIteedpargegely
reputed as
hrilesing on the night of Aug. 18-10,
kas bee itlented Undamaged.
"On Friday night, In spite of ihune
Prisonerri Admit Germany derstorms. our squadron e carried out
A Toulon cable: The British pas-
senger steamship Bandy, while on a
voyage between Mala and Sicily, wee
torpedoed by a German submarine
and, although the explosion tore a
gaping wound in her starboard side,
the vessel succeeded in reaching har-
bor here to -day.
The L' -boat which fired the torpedo
was attacked by patrol boats escorting
the Bandy and was sunk.
Six cf the submar:ae'e crew, num-
bering 65 officers and men, were sav-
ed, including the first mate.
The admirable conduct of the Crew
of the Brady was responsible for the
safety of all the passengers. Ter('
men were wounded when the torpedo
exploded.
The mate of the submarine, when
hoisted aboard a destroyer, attempted
Lo commit suicide. Ile appeared to
be insane and made wandering state-
ments about the less of his submarine.
tie said the lost U-boat had torpedoed
the Cunard liner Lusitania and had
destroyed an aggregate of 600,000 tons
of other allied shipping.
Available shipping registers do not
list the British steamshi Bandy and
she probably is a new vessel. Ad -
vies from London on August 10, said
that LieuthCominander Scawieger,
who commanded the submarine which
sank the Lusitania, had been killed
when the U-boat of which he was in
command struck a mine in the Nortn
Sea.
, ....
r• - r - ' 1 i• -'s '
observations abroad, Mr.. Hoover said 1
gaeculine Mete in. women haes towiteu
----- • - ."' i in part: "The harcests in France •
been the great subject ot interest to ne A
could expect in tho tremendous drat', ovER "Pa
England and Italy are better than o
the female sex, and Tory reasonably so, 1 of man -power to the bora. This le , liafiitan
sinee marriage always has been, and due to the women. There is no sight ,
AL
Id 1 to tea •
no doubt always will be, regarded as i in the world that wou appea
the feminine career par excellence. • American heart as that of the Moran)
A man's calm/w9 of female worth millions ot -women tleang all the wont
-
and attractions differs very perceptiblygetting in the harvaets while their
from a woman's. To realize h
'
have only to think of the sort of a glie . of
are at work. in the shops arid
men are
back the Germans."
tlsyou 1 f
it man's' mother would like hiin to . Of the fecidetuffs which America
marry and compare her with the dem- must export, Mr. Hoover said: "U•poe
sal who engages his young affections.. North America falls the burden of
food supplica. Mile Canada can ex-
port 100,000,000 bunels of grain this
year, the, major aart of the allied pro-
gramme for next year fells upon us.
"We have also to feel our oWn
enormous army. 'We Can do it if we
simply have the will to live wan every
economy and to waste nothing."
History does not re:ate whether King
Lemuel eepoused the notable housewife
whose worth, in his mother's eyes, was
so far above rubies, yet one fears the
good lady must have been disappointed
tit her daughter-in-law. Young men, as
a class, do not ceem 'wildly enthusiastic
about the nice, thoroughly sensible
girls their mothers wish them to
marry, An eloquent rair Of eyes, it
pretty skin, and a guilelessly frivolous
manner go a great deal further where
a young man la concerned than all the
testi:liable and housewifely qualitice put
togetritir. Widowers may be othervtiae
inclined—but then they know.
Marriage to a widower is not se
much an adventure as a business pro-
position; he looks tor comfort rano)
than speed, and the advantages of a
up 0 BApAu m E sintv.
A London cable: (Canadian Ere,S8
from Reuter's, Ltd.)—The British
have captured Dray, and have sur-
rounded Thiepval.
4r With the Dritieli Armies bit Yvette°,
cable: (IV the Aesociated Press.)—
Leber/mile and Ovillers were reported
to have been wreeted front the enemy.
The town htiraureont appears to
have been enrrounded by the British.
'The British aro reperted to halre
reached IlletVillers, one and a quar-
ter mike trent Dapeenne. alighting is
going en there, and in the vicititte of
Mory, vane digitate to the eget cf the
h. A rrae-liepaUnie read.
a A battle le ratting furiously in the
vieiitity of Itibueourt and Sapignies.
The GerMarie are trying desperately
to sae Tlapauirte.
light rotnanee. What the average
young man watts is something pretty
te play with, something bright and
tiyely and olusive—and at the sante
time rather clinging. Ile wants to
nombine the roles of butterfly -chaser
and conquering hero; the demands to
be erioused, stimulated, and flattered In
Ate self -esteem.
At least, judging from appearance,
ihrtt is what he wants; as it matter Of
tact, one isn't so sure he know' him'.
:telt. He follows instinct rather titan
itonvictien—Indeed, inetinet has been
known (0 play the dinette With the
!ingest And beet -settled et eorerietione.
InveryOne has heard young men lav
town the law eland what eert ot girl
they will inerre—quite oblivion% an-
*41-^ Wily, to whether they tbeutselvee
Ineages execillinclee anythina
• lout: silent to theme demitntlette-bitt
that ie a hery 'different Matter. And
1
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
PAY arZa240tudit.vizi
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
PAY C7er c74.4 aelee4
"7"Alrr?i; ",,*1:000,R40.
$ 81600000069 .0404
WONDERFUL BRITAIN.
Great Britain le now spendlite $9,S06,-
000,000 a year on her army, her
navy, her air serviet* end her muni.
'Hon factories and sup-pliett. Atid yet
aho has advanced loanto hoe allIca
*Mounting bit tho aetireeate to $8,-
160,000,000.
-
Sillieuseelt le foolish lo osarry
%%non Cynleus- -Nes, and by
the tinte it fellow is senfileientle well
off to ettord a Wife he le ept to re-
alize he Is well all without ne.
operations against the hostile air -
is in Hopeless 'Condition. drome and the railway station at
Ehrange. A fire was caused and
considerable damage was done at the
latter place. All Our machtnee re-
turned safely."
FICIDTING IN BATTLE,
London able: A SuPplementarY
°Metal communication on aviation,
dealing mainly with activities over the
zone of the present offensive, issued
to -night, says:
"On Aug. 21 our machines co-oper-
ated closely throughout the day with
our troops in the battle area, keeping
in touch with their advance and re-
porting enemy movements. bserva-
ton ior artillery fire by balloons and
airplance was carried on as usual.
"Our low flyine squadrons con.-
stantly- attacked with machine et'. lire
and bombs the German infentry, wag -
need up as gallows:
They say Germany entered the ono and guns, throwing them into =
war with enthusiasm, but this has confusion. Our squadnas, ce-retia-
long since disappearea and the strugr ting with tanks, s'lenced enemy ,Lat-
gle has now 'become an economic one teries which wo:e impeding our ad -
with Great Britain, vance.
They admit that Germany 1 In
-3 -- "A bombing raid en the CI -rir an
practically a hopeiees condition, airdrome Cantin, ee tiliwest
but economically and from the man- Douai, was carried ea: by wome of our
POwer point of view,- and adk whether scouts and escofthig mecinues. seley-
Great Britain cannot uow consider eral of the haneers were E•et on fire
Germany sufticiently reduced to be no by direct hits and %viable guptire
longer a dangerous trade rival, or -
whether the tellies intend to crush her was opened from -t eery low heightson
troops and transport nearby. ea en -
altogether. In the latter case, they say
machine which attacked our
Germany will be forced to fight to the em.Y
readers was saot. deem All our lim-
iest. but they make no effort to con -
tele chines engaged in tile raid returned
ceal their impression of what
mem for the Fatherland.
saf'eAlY•total of 26 tons of bombs v are
They say they believe there is
every disposition to evaeuate Bel- dropped by our airmen durtng the
glum and northern France, and day. Twelve enelnv machines a ere
even negotiate foe the retention or destroyed by us in al' fight:lee and
evacuation of ,Aleace-Lorraine. two more were henget down by tile
They are generally uuanimous '•from the ground. Three other hostile
agreeing that annexations made machines were ilriven down out oil
thue far and tho Brost -Litovsk peace control. Pour irerman bet:none weic
treaty were a great mistake, but ! shot down in flarnes. Four of our
think they cannot withdraw from machines are mieeing.
"At nighte the .wather was cloudy,
Russia in the present condition of af-
fairs there. nearly five tons of bonnie wine drop -
They are aware that the Ameri- nee by us witheut tile lees a»y :au -
can army now 1,as mimed very chinos..
formidable propertions, ana term is "During the last fortnight 328 Ger-
a general admlision of the eerlesie- man airplanes have been brought
nese of this factor, down by our airmen on tit: weptern
The submarin campa ig a thee front and 334 driven ea ha tett of eon -
cannot refer to without gei'nres of tree
impatience. The enemy balloons elioe omen
in the rame period amount to 31. The
Captured non-commissioned offi-
cers attribute recent Ger van de- total weight in bombs flrepnee hy
dur:ng this period was 594 tons."
feats to the inefficiency e1 their
air seiviee, and more cepeelaely to
the inexperiende and lack of stain!.
Ina a the 'Rest recruits, who are
most inadequately drilled and team-
ed, and who are physicalle ineanable
of sustaining the limey strain ef de-
fensive wailer°. The mere pres-
ence of time new recruits, they sey,
produces in a company a d.emoraliz-
ing effact upon the older nine. be-
cause it indicates to what striits
Germany' must be reduced to employ
such poor materiel.
View Struggle as Economic,
With Britain.
Britin Army/Headquarters, Aug.,
•
25,— The demeanor of aundreds
Of 'German officers taken prisoner re -
Gently is in striking contrast with the
attitude of officers captured during
the British retreat last Wing. Then
German officers, made prisoner, were
arrogant and meant to crush the Bri-
tieh to earth, but now they aro de-
pressed and very anxious. They ap-
pear very willing to talk, and the ten-
or of titer conversation may be sum -
United States Tided Coun-
try Over Stringency.
Shipments of Silver Reliev-
ed Situation.
A London cable: That the United
States helped India tais year over one
of the moat serious financial currency
crime in the history of the British
Empire was the statement made to-
day to the Aehociated Press by Sir
Jame3 itieston, financial member 01
the Viceroy's Council.
"Probate), few aeopie In America,"
he said, "realize how vitglly import-
ant to india and to Intia's share in
the r,ar was the legislation paesed in
Washington, re:cuing large quentitioe
of silver for use in alle,:ating th
curreacy situation there. For thie
iction, India, as well as the British
:empire and the Allisee, owe a debt of
eratitude to the tinted States whine
a 13 hardto ormaitate.
-The, Vast carga of Aneerican taleer
arri,cu in dna, and morn 15 011 tilt
way, Taie act ef tae United Stec.
..aa etebitizett tae whole cutrency situ-
ation 111 India, anti came just in the
tick of time, weal teinge lookei Veie
0.11 cal.
"India Imo been doing well in the
war for the past too' years, but tne
exiSia which we faced a year ago
Owing to the sliver situation wilts
acute, and for •a time the future
looked dark, with the possibility of
Zerionq Ulre.st, Mira:tiny in recruit:leg,
Jio slogeelown of war work ant the
eating Off of thole valemble
raw Material exeorte for whiet the
allies are BO largely dependent on
India,
"At the Iteleat et the Mine cline
Ihe 'United Staten and Iteitied eta.
Now we ilia be able et rt on tilth.•
titan ever, Manta to the United
Mates. India t: -day in r WAY to fulfil
all tlemillitle open her for areistaltee
lie tho war."
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A1RMEK OF
BRITAIN RAE
TERME TOLL
Last Two Weeks Were Dis-
astrous for Enemy
Aviators.
462 FOES DOWNED
And 594 Tons of Bombs
Dropped on German
Bases.
London cable: British air fight-
ing on the weatern front dueing ti e
past week provides a striking indite -
non of the ditf.culties now confreut-
ng Germany in the aar, which mug
i ileac in ihe bear euturo ,t5 tee
„roe rag. air eataeriority oi the allees
hat. en _the battie urea,
eiouab y oeufg te the emelt aeavy
air losses over the eicentree
eaiticiaatl, enemy seoute are coin-
eedad to operale in large formations
.t a much graefer heignt thee form-
iriy. twitastandieg tees, tile el. it -
en airmen conanue to take t he tyy
gel at Item.
acvere air fighting has occeerte on
ue trent belvecti_rt atel :he
.m.tensateoye rola, rentaing, azeeea-
ne to lattet reports, in the d.stru.-
oi
oi 62 cnemy maehines, and ibe
4:eying down of 21 airplanes 0. t ot
.oatroi. 'Twenty-six 13ritish -nachines
delis been reported missing.
This imper:oity has bean aitt'nte
eithout any edimmution of the, aerial
activity in other secta:s. • itverge
eumbtr ot raids havaig :nen yede
tgamst e.temp pectious fa: netind
teerman lines, in ',mt.% more tl an
,20 tons of bombs were (trapped,
and attacks on the Rhine pro tinees
eiensed with the utmost ?Igor.
Coueled with ti• virtual eemettioa of
;ordain air raids an Leaden, 11.e no
.aeas.eg nuntber ot bombing raids !li-
ge Cermany, of whin there was
.2 during tho pact week, muet to
leinoraazont, hcorthg tlermany that,
n elate of her utrnoat defensive e1 -
arts. *he Is linable adequately to
trotect hu' air ftonVer.
The e, feet oil the Allied air ruPre-
macy as si en in various -captured
•7erinth ordtra, ore et which directs,
'W1111711 ten milee if the front email
es/soup only of from eight to ten neen
ere to prticeed together."
OlalalCIAL REPORT.
WORLD'S
STRANGEST OITY.
Moves About and Then Away Be-
-fore Its Site Melts.
STAGOERINQ 110
BY BRITISH A
FO
Byngis and Rawlinson's Armies Smash FR,
ward on Entire Frqgt
Freshly Strer.gthenell Germans Fail to
• 7--Bapaume Threatened
'With the
Britieh Army in France. as eoldiers, saying they Were no WA
report: Victorious on a battlefront whatevet• '
or twenty-three miles, extending from have crossed the einem River and,,
Slightly to the south the Britleh
the Cojoul River on the north, acrose started back in the general .direetitht•
the Amore and Somme Rivers. alreoet of Courcellette. Already they' are
to Litmus, the Third and Fourth Bra- reported to be south-east of Grandee
court•''' This 'Move iefeiteles fratn the
,tish Armies, under Generals Byug and
Rawlinson, at Mid-afternoon were rear the German etronghold
Thiepval, which is aa 1d foetrese.
vigorously following up their- suecosecs of to -day, which apparently has PRESSING Oat TO DAP.AUME.
been one of the moot disastrous days At Albert the Britieh pushed for-
ever experienced by the Germans, ward toward Tara Hill, at the back tit
Tete enemy nas lost wide stretches that town. An airplane report Of -
of ground, numerous towns, thou- about noon sale the British ttoop$'
fiends of men made primmer and large held the entire position. About thee
quentltice of materials and guns. Be same time GerMan shells started
also again has had heavy casualties, breaking on Tara, while Britishshrap;
nel could be titien bursting sante des -
Crown Prince ituppreeht of Bavar-
ia, the German commander, has twice on the ether side of it, shoWlag
thrown his men in before the ad- where' the' enemy had ;been drigene
vancing British ermine in an effort Consideeable Miliebera of prisoner
to stave off the inevitable, but only were take% itt this locality.
_ to have them mowed down again and The British troops seem to be pro -
again by storms of metal which gressing well up the eoad from Albeirl,'
poured from the British guns. One to 'Bapaume. Welsh' -troops are pare
entire enemy battalion was annihil- ticipating in the fight in this neighbor-
ated during the fighting. hood. •
Dead Gerntans in great numbers South of Albert, Medulte appears to
are scattered everywhere over the be in British hands, having been cape
battlefield. .As an example, four tured early in the II4Y. Thence tbse'
hundred enemy dead 'were, observed line extends south-cesterly, with a.,
this morning, on one mall piece a break where the perm:a:limiest evening,
ground over which the battle had nianaged to talie Happy Vatter, Juiih!
swept. ,north-west of Bray, by throwiag in*
BRITISH L0SSE13 fresh troOps of the/15th dtviaititt, whteh.
apparently were brought up for thhe
With all this fierce righting, and
notwithstanding the fact that the Brl-
special purpose: . • e
tisk at many places have fought over ThGerinans suffeeed severely hero
during tile firsVitta. The figletl-
Open ground against an -eneeny pro-
ing was very heavy. Since then Ole
tected in "pot holes," end strong
bee.n constantly lteavity
e
points of otherGermans have kinds, the Pritisa los- fired upon.
The most curious of eitlea consist
of wooden huts on wheels, to the n'una
ber ot about ono hundred and thirty,
waich, when the season arrives, are
rolled on the ice on Saginaw Bay,
Lake Huron, The population of this
city without a name is about five hun-
dred. Each hut is fitted with cooking
utensils, hammocks and a stove, and is
Occupied by three men, whose business
on the ice is to follow a peculiar
method of fishing.
In the centre of each hut a hole.
about a yard square, Is dug to the
water. One ,pf the fishermen then
takes a live ash of the herring tribe,
pan -thread' drop b it into the water.
Pack -threat elrops it hint the water.
ses everywhere Eeem to have been ex-
•; •
traordinarily alight. This probably Happy Valley trely as a shamblem
is due to the confusion the Germans Its name belies it:
find reigning behind their lines as VICTORIOUS AUSTRALIANS.
they are fighting a losing battle, South of the Semen the'Australlans
which for them hourly grows more were most sucoesstel -In the part they
disastrous. played in to -days battlei'Theys'eaefle
Crown Prince Rupprecht- to -day had attained allthei r obpectives, and ap-
strengthened his line at many iaaces, parently hold Ohuignelles, Chuignee
but this, instead of stopping the Brit- arid Herlville, and are pushiag taste'
simply meant that the Germans ward of these villages a little dise
suffered bigger losses. , tance to make sure of holding them.
During the night and this morning In this righerk 33 •Geignate offieers
the front upon which the' battle was and 1,600 Men 'of °thee, 'tanks'. were
being fought yesterday was widened made prisner. Eleeen ot the cap-
aaPreclably both to the north and the tured officers vrere from ono regi -
south, while the ground in the middle meat. •
between Albert and Beaucourt-sur- The Germans offered heavy rests-
Ancro, which heretofore • had been
fairly quiet, suddenly was drawn in-
to the whirl.
From the northern edge'of the bat-
tlefield to the south the :situation at
last reports seemed te be as folloveci
New attacks from the Myer Cojeul
and aeuth carried the Beitish across
the Albert -Arras ratiroltil embank-
ment. The Britleh apparently hold
Boiry-Beegiterelle and Boyelles and
The fish dashes away as swat as an have paseed beyond the .Arras -Ba -
arrow until it is pulled up by the 1 paume Road.
thread, when it returns toward tbe 1 The troops just to the south, who
hole, followed by a host of pike and for two days had been fighting for
other fish desirous of feasting on the, and 'afterwards 'from the embank -
dainty morsel. Beside the hole stand moat, stormed forward and reached
the fishernien, harpoon in hand., wait- Harnolincourt and are meshing oe
ing. the arrival of the pursuers, who toward Ervillers, St. Leger, and
are received 'with thrusts of the four Croisilles. Airplaries reported that
road -rarely fails tu bring up seine writhing British tanks had crossed ' the between Ervillers and St. •Leger,
or five -pronged instrument, which
victim.
while some infantry was reported to
Some huts can show two hundred or
more of fine fish at the end of tae be loss than ft thousand. yards west
of Erviliers some hours ago. At about
day's work. The most weird appear-
that time an airplane. reported that
ance of this city is at night, when the '
the Germans had disappeared from
fishermen prosecute the Work by the their positione north-west - of St.
light of torches, which, it is well Leger and. between that town and
known, attract fish without the aid of Hametincourt and that ehe fighting
tha herrirv,
e bait. The flaming torches British found time in the Midst of
their task to cheer heartily.
and the shadows of the men leaning Apparently the hard-pressed Ger-
Over the holes make a strange spe,e, mans, rather than suffer, more here, -
toxic. if fieh are not abundant in the where they have met with some or
sPot• chosen the hut is whaelett to
another site. . their heaviest losses; decided to get
out. This locality was one ot the
• , e
A Leaden cable: The Air Ministry
LV y conialunicaLon on aerial activity
soz:
"On tha night of Au. 22-23 our
aluae,ons made a concentrated attaex
• in hoetie algal eines itt Folpersweller,
en v.13'.ch eight tOns of boinba were
Iropped. eeveral large sheds and
hae,,,are were set on fire.
"Cale ()Neer machine$ attacked the
Thentleal factorita at Saaralbon
Italie), where excellent results were.
abiained. Fires find explosions were
1Cen Meer the atteck. Various rail -
Nate and targets were Mee bombed
vith gaoti afe 't Throe (if ottr nia-
b ee ale int:isle/.
On the tanning ef Aug. 21 oar iime
eltinee euereesfifly attacked the hoe -
tile airdrome at Buhl (Alsace -Lor -
HUN UES CMS
IIF OLD MAKE
Some, Captured by Cana-
dians, 4 years Old.
Huge Park of Ordnance Is
Taken by British.
With the Canadian Pomo cable:
—The most impreesive sight to be seen
now in the vicinity of the battlefield
to the cast of Amiens is the park of
artillery captured by the Fourth Army,
with which the Canadians are incor-
porated. When seen the total number
of German field guns up, numbered
two hundred and nineteen. These
figures by no Means include the en-
tire number of guns captured, as there
are others not yet brought in.
Perheps the Most interesting lice°
of the Canadian trophies aro the high
velocity 5.9 -inch guns. These arc naval
guns of cunt 46 ealibre, with a range
of twenty miles, and have been OM-
DIOyed In shelling our back area, in-
cluding pot shots at Amiens Cathed-
ral.
Taken all in ail, the guns aro a very
mixed lot, showing 'the enemy has
been forced through recent heavy lose -
es to impress into service. weapons
twenty years old alongaide guns of
1018 pattern. It has boon itnpossible
,to keep a record of the machine guns
captured, which are passed through te
the base ordeal= to be overhauled, but
they run into thousands. As for rifles,
they tem° in by the Wagon load. Ex-
cept half a dozen pieces, all the ar-
tillery captured by the Canadian force
74,:e serviceable, and many of them
tired back his own ammunition at the
)3oclio 'before being parked.
'There is a vast Store -of enemy ante
munition of all kinds, enffitient for
thousands of rounds per gam Prate
ritetr'y every captured !run tarries a
chalk le.gttid, ef whin tho followinn
on it naval aim 1.3 typ'ealt 'at:entice-
tion for the award et Ws, artlele As a
trophy is being submitter by the —
Battalion."
ranee wbere the Germans had
tance Ohuignolles, atilt with the as
sistance of tanks the AUstratians
hammered through the enemy • Old
swept on, leaving the town and Its
environs filled -with dead Germans.
On the ridge south of this " tome
there also was fierce fighting, which
almost reached the hand-to-hand stage
before the Australians mado it clear
to the Germans that they were not to
be stoppek•and shoved over ...the
ridge and' onWard. •
Just now large numbers of guns
are roaring away all along tae tine
At some places they are steadily
hammering;' 'al others, it is r011ing
up into 'intense drumfire,
where the fighting is going on, • The'
shells-, seene to be ,efeellIng'
in from long, distances. Evidently .,
their gun e 'hay° been 1110Tfiff "
ward ter -safety. The Genauta 'ago
-tilleryntert annarently have aot stlie
greatest •confidende in the ahility of
their comrades in the infantry to
weed off the' blows being delivered
against theme
' laRtglISH REPORT.
A London cable: 'On a frant. of
about six intlei, from the southeitet'af
Albert to the ,neighborhood of Grail& '
court, east of the Ancre eethe,
British have pushed forward and
gained ground -lifter heiehrar. fighting,
says Field Marshal, Haig's_ communie
cation from heah'queeters, Siehttl let
Grandcourt a German •counter-attack
doubled their strength. - was repulsed. - . .. I
UPSET GERMAN PLANS.
The fighting to the south of this
region began in the night, when
strong British forces assailed Gonne-
court just a few minutes before the
Germans bad anticipated' launching
an attack at the same place. Goraie-
court was British at daylight. As it
happened, the British upset all the
enemy plans, and, after kining many
'Germans and capturing 600* in • the
town of Golniecourt rape, Field
Marshal Haig's men continued their
forward movement and at last reports
were pushing steadily ontard.
Gomiecourt, by reason of Its terrain,
apparently was considered the pivot
of a turning movement, for, nee hav-
ing taken it, the British' sent troops
winging down south in tho direction
of Dapaume. The Germans Oft this
portioh of the battlefront were badly
disorganized There were Germarts trII
over tin, place, but they seemed to
have no ideas of counter-attack. Some
apparently did not even know caeca),
whore they were,
The fighting south of Gomiecourt
to -day was especially severe. Inci-
dentally this movement cut in around
the rear of Achiet-le-Urand. At the
sante time the Britten here, having
launched ahother aontal attack en
the enemy's stronghold, were again In
hard fighting. While the battle was
raging here British planes were help-
-Mg the tightens on theground by
heavily bombing or usingmachine
guns against the enemy. Among other
things obtained were several direct
hits on it building at the rear of which
were a number of bearing cars. The
building apparently was a German
headquarters.
rot ef Ars.
chiCt-le-Grand the Drit-
ish did not start to-day'a operations tagekr whaesagryepttligioltedtlegs.outh oefetniaterrit-na4t:
so ear:y aa farther north,
them. Then they p downa h ve ouearta prisenere wets Won. a" 4
Machine gun tarrage just at the rear heret, ritatteities inflieted on the
of the Gene:tins, who surrendered In a „enemy,"
utneicisItie":::Neeniel vitt r t .
a. -
Zealanders here stopped work e
"played dead" neklop They taktlithi:vTeitiltreteoemult.rpttur‘afi‘11:164,tb
a German counteuriatititathng (we
conLiflUod
enemy infantry was al On ole our attack$ this afternoon. Rennet
body rather than be killed In their
tracks). This happened just north of "Diti yeti Isnew you were bo,hind
hilrituraont Many oftheprlsoners 'Were vele boatel?' aelteil 1Po kooPer -01
iton-cornmiseioned nth:eerie and all artmee, "No, 1 didn't " the
then1 appiared to be elect that they beaedee, "You owe Me fer it Meleth."
bail been raptured. When faikell Mang "01), know net. but 1efinsiiieeed
the Aattriaits, the prisonerS expreesed wen Sent that intich Ithead."---Vattkere
the greatest conteMpt for their al1103 Staletallen.
The advance oe the. Eritish was to a
depth 'ef' two mulbes, and large nem -
hers of GerinanA Were Itilled"er enide
prtsener. Fled viliagee en the Mirth ,tyf
Achiet-le-Grand were capturetl . and
the Britiele pressed ale eastward fro:a
thein, says General 'F,1-iless statement.
The town of •Aciehitele-Chnind
been captured by theitritioli Mid also
Bibcourt, gist to VW etitittithistl of •
Achietele-Grand, told...about 2ee mIies
teem the railroad junction of Da -
patine.
The entire Arras -Albert road has
been crossed by the 'British.. The tak-
ing of Achiet-le-Grand and farther
east of the town of 13Ibcourt gives
Haig a dominathig position over Ba-
paume, froin which the railway and
highway runs eastward to Gambrel.
'settler south the old fortress of,
Thienval is surrounded on- three sides.,
The text of the cominunication foie
loase:
Night—"We preseed our attacks
vigorously and sueeesefully to -day, on
a. front of thirty' utiles. from Monts VS
afereatel. &Mir 13f' the ' Somoin 'ate
carried the villages of Herleville,
Clutignes Chuignolles, with the
woods lying between the villages and
the river.
"In 'the eourse of an a(evanee of
Over Otto Gernittii PoaltinnS
great nuMbers ofGermane have been
killed And iirisonbre taken.
"On the left of the battle front
we stormed the villages of Omni -
court, lttvllbars, Hatimilncourt, Per -
piles antl hTheirY-Weilhdralle, and
made progress east of these vIlleges.
• "On our right Centre* we edeetaced
against German POsitiene on "the
east bank of the Anehe from seethe
• 'east tit Alberf te the heighberhood
of Grandeeurt and gaited MUMS
4.11k o