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IN MORE HEAVY ADVANCES
Germans Fighting Regardless of Losses to Save
Drocourtteant tine
In Only Une Position Bid Foe Recover, and
Then But For a Time
With the British Army in France,
cable; The British force a gained
additioual ground to -day. There as
been hard fighting in the Scarp° re-
gion, where the German resistance ia
tieing sustained regardless of cost hi
an eftort to save their Drocourt-
altleant line. As a matter of fact the
bite is still intact, but this is solely:
because the British have not actually
carried out any assaults against et.
In the. operations to -day there Wee
deeperate fighting, this for the pur-
pose of straightening out the British
line and pushing closer to the enemy
positions... Individual Germans in tan
loeallty, ae at other placee, are show-
ing increased dislike for the war that
is going against them. But In a body
•and under the watchful eyes of their
officers, who, incidentally, have been
forced to shoot some of the men for
refueing to obey orders, the enemy
is offering the stiffest resistance
South. of the Somme the Germans
are retreating before the Australians,
The, French to the south &tying,
reaohed the banks of the Somme back-
waters, the Australians are 'engaged
in clearing the enemy from the small
bit of ground remaining to him west
and south of the river within . the •
angle created by its course,
Banaurfie has virtually been sur-
rounded for several days, 'British pa-
trols having heen in its western out-
skirts, and it has just been reported
to Imre fallen.
South of Bapaume the battle con-
tinues. This afternoon the British
were east of Maurepas and Combles,
while .0inchy and Guillemont have
beeii stormed and captured. 'The
Biatish are reushIng cu.
WHOLE LINE ON MOVE.
Other British troops this afternoon
beat down the opposition and are
moving throughaThilloy, juat south ot
Ilapaume, The Whole British line here
seems to be on the move. The Ger-
mane are falling 'back leaving large
numbers of machine guns on the
greeted out of which they 'are being
pushed.
By this movement the British are
thrusting. out with the object oi mak-
ing their lines conform with those ni
the north With mewed to the old Hin-
denburg line. By reason of the fact
that the line shoots off to the north -
vet, the troops up near the Scarpe
reaehed its continuation, in the shape
of the Drocourt-Queant switch, earlier
tban the other divisions.
In the north hoary fighting is in
progress on both sides Of Builecourt
anti in front of that town. From
eouth of Bullecourt ail the way to the
ticarpe the ,operations are • aimed at
straightenizig the line and gaining
ground. _Viliers-Carbonnet and Bar-
ieux have been ,taken.
Within the past 24 hours the Ger-
Mena have munched several heavy
emniter-attacks, fresh troops beine
employed, in every case oxctpt one
the enemy was beaten back with. ter-
r.ble leases, gaining no ground what-
ever.
The one exception was a counter-
attack south of tlavrelle, north of the
Scarpo, where the Germans managed
to penetrate the British lines. But
they did not remain there long, for
they were driven out, and Gritish
Posts were established as before. The
only result was to carpet the ground
in. front Of the British with German
dead.
'There has been extraordineelly
heavy fighting for Greenland Hill.
This position was reached once by
We British, but was relinquished dur-
ing a counter-attack yesterday. It is
now entirely British once more. The
British captured many prisoners.
Every counter-attack delivered by the
enemy also gave additional prisoners.
Just north of the Somme the Ger•
mans are offering stiff resistance trom
liam on the north bank of the river,
west of Peronne. They have due
themselvea in here with many ma
chine guns, but it is not probable tha
they wal be able to hold out long, fol
the push to the north will outflank
the position.
EXcept in the extreme north the
fight:art is through villages which
have changed hands many times since,
the war began. The reins in some
oases became overgrown with weeds,
grass and poppies mare than once,
only to be churned up aga'n. 7111atm
reported from title to time to have
been captured are net villages at all.
TbeY are Simply mounds of brick,
stone. mortar and wood, ground to
pieced by tons of steel explosieee.
Here and there a wall stands naked
In this War -created dese.t. Occa-
atonally near them lie a maas of old
gray clothes filled with what re
Mains of the body of a German sol-
dier. The ground is littered with
all sorts of implementof war, some
of them new and tome shot to pieces,
and also empty tans in which rations
had 'been isaued. Everywhere, there
are Shell craters and criss-cross
trenehete Long strands of barbed
Wire ate to be seen, some of it. with
the rust of mire on it and Some
coMparatiVely new.
ENEMY LEFT IN HASTE.
In the distaste now and then
there le a cloud Of dust and smoke
arising frOM a "village," showhig
Where a high explosive shell has just
landed. There Is a body of khelti-clad
troOpa 'Minting up a read, And one of
war-batteted Germans Passing it on
the way to the rear toward the prison
cages.
This Country is What the 13ritleli
bane been taking away front the fir -
Mans, but not far away there Is a
land where the, war has not touelied
Billet 1014. Tne Britlah are Within
less than four Miles Of this cOUritry
at tile Aeateet paint.
Evidanee 40rit1rMes to be found
ahoWing how hurriedly the Gentians
left and the desperate conditions
. they eollitidered thernselves to be in.
\Vella have .been found With high
ellargoA .(4 explosives ht thett With
whist% It nes intended to dtrOY
OM. The Gering/1s in their haste,
hOwever, did not have draft to detOtt.
Ito the bombe.
BRITISH HOLD BAPAUME,
A London cable; The occupation
by the British of Bapaume was offi-
cially announced to -night in *Field
Marshal lialg's report from Britisit
headquarters. Field Marshal Haig
reports that along the whole front,
from Bapaume southwards, the Ger-
tnans have been forced to retreat
with great losses in prisoners, guns
and material. The British haye
reached the west bank of the Somme
opposite Brie and Peronne.
The text of the statement reads:
Night—"Successful attacks deliver-
ed eInce Aug. 8 by the 4th, 3rd and ist
British armies, have rendered the en-.
emy's positions on the old Somme
battlefield untenable.
"On the whole front from. Bapaume
eouthwards, the enemy has been
forced to abandon, with great loss In
prisoners. guns and material as well
as killed and wounded, the ground he
galned at sueh heavy cost in last
March and April. We have leached
the west bank of the Somme opposite ,
Brie and Peronne, and have taken
them.
(Note.—This probably refers to the
passages of the Somme at Brie and,
Peronne, which the British were en-
deavoring to capture yesterday.)
"North of Ham we are advancing T J„
on. the general line of Combles, Nor- •1 11
val, Beaulecourt and Fremicourt.
Sharp fighting occurred on this front
to -day. and many •casualties have
been inflicted on bodies of German
infantry who attempted to delay our'
progress.
victorious conclusion, anti that there
will be no peace until Germany ' ib
begging, for inereY.
thoroughly whipped and on her knees cANAL Du Non AND NNE
During their eliort stay inNeW York
the journalists will be tne gueste of
the British ErabiesY. Regarding the
.den's eXteaded stay in England, Mr. French Operations of Past Two Days Have
criticisto in Canada of PreMier Dor-
Richardson Said:
"I wish. to Say that while I hold no
brief for the Dorninieti Prime Minister,
Observation on the OPet combined with
first-hand informatibn absolutely con -
influential, if interested. English in-
terests ever in awkward existence, rep-
resented by Lansdowne and his as-
sociates, constantly advocating peace
by negotiating, which the best and
overwhelming thought of all the calico
regard as fatal to the real, cause and
the issues,
"With all their etalidity and stub-
bornness, the Britieh are an impres-
siOnable people, and pay great heed to
the views oftheir leading men, no
matter what those views may be, Bor-
den interpreted the situation cleirlY,
ho intuitively scented the danger, and
as head of the Canadian Government
he remained at the post in the heart
of the Empire, and upon every oc-
casion, public and private, exerted his
great influence—and let me assure
my Canadian fellow -countrymen that
that influence is enormous—with
the British war authorities, colonial
and home, to buttress tae view that
there must and can be 'but one ending
to the war. In that way Borden ren-
dered magnificent invaluable service
not only to Canaie but to the .Em-
pire.''
Ap . RotiTED
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"This morning the New Zealanders
took posession of Bapaume, driving
out the enemy's rearguard.
"In the sector north ot Bapaume
the enemy is still endeavoring to
maintain his positions. Our troops,
after hard fighting about Vraucourt,
Ecousa, St. Mein, and Hendecourte
lez-Gagnicourt made progress and
have taken many prisoners.
"North of the Scarpe successful op-
erations to -day enabled our troops to.
re:establish themselves in the posi-
tions on Greenland Hill, from which
they were forced back by the enemy's
counter-attack on Tuesday. Wg
gained further ground during the day
On both sides of the Lawe River,
north of Bethune, and also east of
Nieppe Forest.”
SAW GREAT WAR
T CLOSE
RANGE
Canadian Editors Back
From Trip toFront.
Greatly Pleased With King
George.
An Atlantic Port despatch says:
Aboard a British vessel arriving
here to -day were twenty journalists,
who, representing leading Canadian
publications,. have been abroad for
nine %teen visiting the various
battlefronts at tne levitation of Lord
Beaverbrook, British Minister or
information. alley reported having
"The- King talked at great lengtn
and very earnestly of the wondertui
events tnat are happening daily, and
expressed hiniselt as particularly
pleased that the United State,s had
entered this conflict. He said that
he was really grateful for this help
from America. He said that it was
not only wonderful, but came at a
time when the allied forces against
Germany mostly needed it.
"He particularly enlarged upon
the fact that America was going to
ee responsible for an early and vie
torious conclusion of the war, and
:.hen reverted to, the German bomb-
ing of the city, of London, :showing
ale indignation in words and =n-
eer very pialany for that act. In
:act, he said that he never could for-
nve such ruthless warfare.
"During our stay in England we
aaw all of the war manufacturing
plants, and in sounding English pub-
o'opinion learned that throughout the
empire there is perfect confidence that
Victory is onat a matter of a short
dine."
While the party was at the front
.hey had lunenton with Marshal Haig .
(men treated with more than cour-
easy by the military cOnt.ngente
ctle watch they came in contact.
tepeaking of the trip abrcad, R. L.
aionardson, et. v., of The Winnipeg
itribune, said that it had been A
tourney of education, and enlighten -
aunt. "1 waa impressed," he eald,
'by the great. mass of troops which
tile allies are forming behind the
Lighting line, and by Great /3r1tain's
,arand feet, supp.einented by num-
enous American battleships of the
tint class, which are ,guarding Eng-
tand's coast from the North Sett. For
.notanee, en the day that we were
guests of the Grand Fleet we eaw
eerlea of England's battleships, two
lroensg.sels abreast, and seventeen Miles
"We have be•eli on the sea in the
greatest battleehipe. We have been
':n submarines beneath the sea. We
have been in airplanes sailing over.
London. We have 'isnot" Bucking-
ham Zalace and Met the Xing and
Queen and Princess ,Mary, and We
have (leen the battlefields of ',France
at the inVitation and guests. of the
Prettelt Clovernnier 1.
"I should like to say right here
that / was most wonderfully ina-
Meted with the perefonalitY ot Xing
Marge. He is a most earnest Man
and big demodracy is undoubted.
For more othan an hour the Xing
talked with us In 'the most interim1
n1/flitter in Duckinghltni
There Was 110 formality whatever.
• All were Mende—just as exactly as
if we had been in our Mt times,
while shells Ware. Telling all lbelt
thent The Marshal sent NA a Iles -
n Recent Action On the
Ussuri Front.
Russ Revolters Disarmed
by the .Allies.
Seriously Threatened Fir.
Now Menaced
With the French Army hi Franco,
cable; The operations of the past
two days have put the Germans into
another pocket between the .Canal du
Nord and the River Aisne. They
will have to evacuate it promptly or
run a big risk of having their posi-
tions there turned front the north by
the French along the valley of the
Somme,
Since the fall of Novon, which was
the apex of this salient, until this
morning, Mont St. Simeon, a mile and
a quarter to the Neat, is its advanced
defence. This height dominates the
valley of the Aisne eastward and the
valley of the River Move and the
Canal du Nord to the north. These
valieya were lines in the salient last
The taking of Quesnoy Wood this
morning bas tightened the pocket
from the western side, bringing the
French, within &Jelling distance of the
main road leading out of it in the di-
rection of Ham. The road from No -
yon to Cha.uny, which skirts the sal-
ient on the south, Ilan been under fire
of Gen. Mangin's artillery for several
Between theroad ho Ham and
Cimuny a successlon of heights ex-
teini from Mont St. Slmeon to ChauuY,
forming a position of great strength.
• The Germans are violently shelling
the French lines front ithere to -day.
but the imminence of danger, threat-
ening their communication to the
north, suggests Lime they are merely
tieing pert of their immense 'ammuni-
• tion supplies there to ease the Ines -
•;sure will& had became so strong as
to require them to abandon ammuni-
• tion all over the field of the Ave.
Vladivostok, Cable - Reuter Despatch.
The enemy In considerable numbers ;at-
tacked desperately along the Ussurl front
last Saturday. All the allied 'forces par-
ticipated In the fighting except the Am,.
ericans. Upward of SOD of the enetny were
killed.
The Japanese hore the brunt of the
fighting. They captuied two armored
trains and several tieldguns.
According to a wounded Ciech the Jap-
anese, infuriated, by finding- mutilated
comrades on the battlefield.; charged and
touted the enemy ni the • face of heaVY
machine gun and rifle fire.
, The Japanese report that tho= alllect
troops are advancing steadily. • .
Entente allied and Czecho-Slovak pat-
rols to -day succeeded in disarming all
the Russian volunteers who, had revolt-
ed andi gone over to Lieut -Gen,. Horvath,
the anti-BolshevIkl military leader in
Eastern Siberia.
After a discussion lasting an. hour the
Connell of Commanders presented. an
ultimatum to the troops in revolt, who
numbered 400. They were told they could
return to the allegiance of Gen. Tolstoff,
thereby restoring the status quo; join
Gen. Semenoff's forces in Manchuria, cr
Last night the, Entente. and Oze- •
The French troops having gained a
foothold in the valley of the Somme
north-east of Neale may naturally .be
expected to advance eastward on Ham.
which will render the. stronghold of
at. Simeon and the ridge leading east.
4useless to the eftemy, while enormous-
• ly. increasing the difficUlty of getting
the rearguard out of the salient.
The third, French army, continuing
its operations around Noyon, ad-
vaheed along the road leading to
Guiscard to -day and occupied HAP-
plincourt and the field of manoeuvres
opposite.
It will be noted that there are two
lIapplincourts in the region of the
present offensive. One lies about
three miles eouth of Peronne and the
• other, which the French are reported
to have taken, about • a half -mile
north-east of Noyon.
ADVANCE OF 12 MILES.
A Paris cable: Some units ot thg
submit to disarming. . • •
cho-Slovak patrols appeared in the street
in the vicinity of the barracks and virt-
ually besieged the revoluticinaries. The
latter apparently had been warned, and
they closed their doors to the allied em-
issaries and, refused ,to treat with them
for hours.
Eventually, however, they submitted
to disarmament without violence.
This an intolerable situation.. proniising
local disturbances was ended,
WESTERN CROPS.
Both in Saskatchewan and
Manitoba, Improved.
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A Regina., Sask., despatChl The °rep
situation in Siteeatchewan during
the %past two weeks due to ideal
weather conditibns, has greatly int -
proved and the formee.eatimatee og
the, total yield will prebilely•• hatto to
De increased, it was 'gated'. Welk. bit
Hon. W. R. Mothertitell; Minister'', Of
Agriculture. The improved condition*
are responsible for a seriOus shortage%
of labor, and the :local Government
employment offices dire now awamilete
with thousands of upplitatiens Prong:
farmers for men ter °hetet them, lea
harvesting their graln feltelvates
$4.50 pr day. teeee
Winnipeg, Aug, Tr —"\Arlicat cut-
ting in Manitoba is in full swing and
the crop outlook in' the, Centralpnrt,
of the province gives ineemice of a '
considerably greater 'yield than has
been expected," eaitliale ille'lregor,
of the Canada Food Hoard. In an
Interview to -day. He has just returned
ofeorbemin
atrolvptehe.rough the Weitern part
t
"The rains duritig the • Milne sea-
son riOt only increesed the yield Of
wheat," continued Mr, McGregor. "but
'mpeoved the, quality of tito grain as
well."
REASSURING HUNS.
German Paper's Queer
'Comment On. Reverses
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vinces me, OS it has, I am persuaded,
party, that his prolonged stay WAS in
Leave Way Clear For Plied Advance on Ham
Convinced every member of our press
the vital intermits of the great cause
that Canada in common with the Em-
pire has so earnestly at beart, viz., the
Prosecution of the war to a successful
and permanent conolusion, There are
armies of General Debeny and Gen-
eral Humbert north of the Oise River
yesterday advanced for more than 12
miles, according to the Intransigoant.
'1 he newspaper confirms the report
that French troops have reached the
region of Ham, and adds that it doei
not seem possible that the Germans
will be ahle to hold Guiscard for any
length of time, Guiscard is on the
highroad midway between Noyon and
Ham.
FRENCH REPORT.
A Paris cable: The French, After
• capturing Noyon in heavy fighting to-
day, continued their advance and now
have a foothold on the southern slopes
of Mont St. Simeon, more than a mile
to the oast, according to theeWar Of-
fice announceement to -night. They
also have taken Landrimont and Mor-
lincourt, and hare crossed the Ailette
River at several points.
Three French armies, one of which
captured Noyon to -day, are now en-
gaged on both sides of the River One
and are moving forward in close co-
ordination. The inmate of thte 0 Le
at Marlincourt is of interest beiause
it was the first time that Gen. Man -
gin was able to cross the river.
Quesnoy Wood, to tho east of Era-
rilly, which was captured by Gen, De-
beney's army, Was one of the main ar-
tillery centres ofhthe enemy on Ms
front. The text of the statement
reads:
Night—"During the. course of the
day our progress continued in the
region of the Canal du Nord, wl.lah
we have reached along its entire
length, except near Cantigny and Ser -
maize. We have occupied Que.tney
wood, northeast of Ecuvilly, and Beeet-
rains.
"Further south we captured Noon
In a bitter struggle and advanced es
far as the southern outskirte of Hap-
lincourt. To the east ot Noyon •ve
gained a feting on the sea -morn
slopes of Mont St. Simeon, and teok
Landrimont and Morlincourt. We
captured several hundred erlosnees.
e "Between the Oise and the Aisne
our troops crossed the aellette River at
several pointti north and smith of
Champs, in spite of the resistaneeecf-
fered by the enemy. Gutty and Pont
St. Mard are in our hands."
Day—"There were violent boinee.rd-
ments during the night along the
Somme front.
"German forces made many surprise
attacks in the Lorraine sector with-
out obtaining any results. The Fre ich,
Lor their part, made two incursions
• into the enemy lines in the Celine
pagne and took 15 prisoners.
"The night was calm on the rest of
the front."
MONCHY-11-PREUX
Skillful Canadian Strategy
A.msterclam,. cable Cerinmeeting 011
the German withdrawal the Frankfort
Zeitung iende comfort' in toe assurance
that a Shortened defence line will re-
quite fewer reserves', but acknow-
tcdges that the retirehant "means a pain-
ful setback."
It declares that the su,reilder of Itoye,
which is a mere heap of runt's, Avas un-
important from a rnilitaty point ot view,
and concludes:
"Marshal F'Och may again let the MU -
s anI I"Ieflci. poss at .° t e iner-
ken, dIvialons knock their heads against
brick Wall. lie will not, however, break
through the German *ailof defence on
ench sell. Neither. -wilt' lie throw It
back over the Rhine., Our front holds
fis"
The Cologne Volks Zeltung says:
' he mobility of German tattles quick-
ly found fresh meanaof erlunteraeting
the eneiny'il perfected battering weapon
-tlie tank." It then. pary4 ttbute to the
Getratin aki1». 'Whichbetre LS are Man.
aged, "so adroitly twit they are unob-
he in
served by teneyat
CHILDREN IN LOiE'TRAGEDY.
Lenedn, Coale Ari extraordinary
iteeidenAt •liget :tellgtimet polateet, ear,
t m 6 r tti get• 415g,
Daily Express. The firs * h
Doll Theatre, in which the meters and
g;tr:prosultithet. Altdlatletairtteterangd
veetigating, learne(' teem °elite tiojt) tIi
he ',vented to die be'aus' he vats media' ,
111 love with the prima eennta it child
of ten, and that 'he bed teleeted liI
Suit beceure ehe Wee herselfin love Ivith
the first baritone, a boy of it The theatre
was summarily closed and the manager
arrsitod,
Fooled the Hun
And Ended a Long -Stand-
ing. Menace.
correspondent.)
- , • 1 the ana n Forces cable:
I—"Moncuy before breakfast." Such
was the battle cry of a Canadian unit
that went over the top at 3 o'clock
Monday 'morning. They had it by 7.30.
and then the cry beca.ree "Cambrai or
bust." Cambrai le a great why off,
but they are still going strong.
Monchy-Le-Preux is an island emin•
cnie, and donilnates the sea of rolling
country surrounding. Our advance
e,Istward was barred until it was
taken. It was stormed two days alter
we took Vilely Ridge, and at its foot
sti'l lice a rusted, shatterea tank that
founderee on that occasion. It is a
taco ordered streete, and a blasind
.ree 01100. Only on its northwest,
facing that distant lofty ridge,
elle,e lie TM IllanY Of ealtatitt'S, fiOus,
„here still etands intact a great cross
.4 thither. it la a Otte Tit for
a king. For Miles and mules
.tround the country lies a pant:Warne.
.not two miles to the north is the
)iiver thread of the Scarpe itiver, and
3qual distant to the South IS tile
Jojeul. North ot the ,Scarpe le the
Vent bill known a4 Greenland, which
xrras or en aionehy. So great IS.
trategic value that after ite capture
eeterday the enetily won it back lir
t massed attack, ThroUgbeut the
netsent advance ite fire liefi
fored coneiderably with our aclerapc0,
WOG Of Monchy lie two considerable,
hut town hills -e -Orange -Hill, a nillet
to thd northwest, and Mount Hine, the
401110 allitanCe due west. Athwart the
Catnbral road these two breasts.
3wellIng out from the plain, provide
natural redoubts for the 'defence of
Monchy froin frontal attacks. On
tither flank are the two rivers, and
!n. tie rear are the Verte and Hart
,Xoods, Impreghable was the place
In. feudal times..
It le still well adapted for defence
in intelern warfare. Long months
when, pinned to their trenches around
Arras, the Canadians gazed upon
Monchy as the prisoner upon the door
of his cell. The place must be stormed
and consolidated prior to any generel
advance. Then came the •cra of "To
&
tniene," and for a fierce, 3oyona fort-
night alonehy was forgotten. Bach
again in the trenches, it looked smal-
ler, because in the meantime the
force had tested itself. But it wee a
hard nut to crack,
Before the battle opened our admir-
able intelligence service had compiled
detailea -and, as it transpired, accur-
ate, information of the whole enemy
position, mainly based on air photo-
graphs. The enemy decided to estab-
lish his line of resistance athwart
the low, open ground between Monchy
.and the twin hille. On the' western
Slopes of the hills he placed' his light
Machine gurus, with his heavier ma-
chine .,guns strongly placed on 'their
easterti elopes, prepared to sweep the
bky liee of any frontal adrance-Half
a mile back was an elaborate trench
.systeia, and everywhere wile wire.
His heavy guns were massed In the
wooae east of Monehy, and perfectly
registered on all the forward arca.
This was the programme: Monchy
maut be taken at all costs. The at
tacking force, flushed with victory
elewhere, awaited only the word to
goIn,
Ine old days ,those of not many
menthe ago, there would hare been
an intenetve artillery preparation' of
some hours, designed to level a path,
and then our infantry must plough
• heir way through, indifferent to loss.
But With the whole enemy plan char-
ted out in detail, a weakespot in the
enemy defence developed. Ho
not contemplated the width of our
battle lines, not only north' to the
Scarpe Raver, but beyond it among
the heights on which he depended to
proteet, by cross-fire, his right flank
at Moachy. Ills preparations had
been concentrated on Making the place
impregnable against a frontal attack.
Overnight, therefore, the attacking
folio pushed its lett well out along
thetScarpe River, where it met prac-
tical1y. no opposition, because the en-
emy depended tor the fenence of this
valley on his batteries around Green-
land Hill on the onrth and Monchy
on the south. The brigade attacking
was well established -for the kick-off
on Monday morning, with its left
thrust out along the river. When the
parra.,ge opened at three o'clock our
artillery ,conformed mathematleally
with the plan of the attacking, force.
There was a forward concentration
of gulls on the left, but on the right
the lifting barrage took a diagonal
course from northeast to southwest,
because there was no intention of
pushing in a frontal attaek until tha
- left got well on its way towards a
flanking movement frora • the north.
Tanke, however, went :a on the front.
but as they topped the two'hills the3
came under a heavy fire. This was
not until after they had cleaned out
the light machine guns, and thus afe
'forded a footing for our infantry un-
der the Western slopes. No doubt
the enemy was thus deceived tato
(By J. F. B. Livesay, Canadian Press rubble of broken masonry, which WaS
looking for the main ,attack from the
rains its batteries at vvill en Vintae.
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GrowYour *
Own Seeds
1
4•4-•4•4-•-•-•+1-eeteiee-o-e••••-e-e+++-•-•-•-•
(xperimeAtal Feral Note).
While rigid •splection trout year to
year is necessary, for most kind of
IF S
:4F ,
THE DbY
I'M 4...4
vegetables when grown tor seed; and
while to keep them pure the different• Belfaat Yard Finishes Ship
taro° aPaatt Yet taloa of thf3 seed in Five Day§ Alter
growa the home gar-
den le lately tO OM almost or quite
varieties have to 'be grown some dis-
down upon him from the north, tak-
ing alonchy in the flank and rear, the
whole positibn falling automatically,
with considerable •captures of prison-
ers and guns.
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 Speetacular
features this force did not do a whit
better, nor perhaps was even so heav-
ily engaged engaged fts other of our
troops battling' forward that morning
, south of ttie Amiene-Cambrai road
through an exceedingly difficult coun-
try.
The Canadian force rejoices that
the eastward gate is flung wide.
• SNUBBED THE HUNS.
Roumanian King Was Cool
With German Mission.
LaurtOing.
4
as aatiaiitetory results q eVall better
than that Whicit 10 bought, and, as ,A
W ' "4 •
Scone seed May be difficult to obtain 1 W PP'EAL FAILS
hm
ext year, it is recomeaded for each • • •
person who has a garden to let a few • •
pieties or specimens ripen, from which
end, can be saved. e,
It is better to mark the best plants •
Canadian for et.
Tropps
and sae the seed from them rether ' befit WfIllif6billst in
than to save the sed a which remain
after the plants have been cropped.
The folloWlag Minimum number of
feet, planta 'dr .specimens to be saved
hUsbeetts,
Is suggested as being sufficient te sup-
Vancouver has, been, made a basic
n'
ply enough seed for the tome garden poet fa the ritirt
in 1919, 6 ft.; corn, 1, ear; cucumbers, Bessie Isabel Heastio, sixteen yettil
1; lettuce, 8 plants; melons, 1; peas, 5 of age, was drowned while bathing at
ft ; radishes, 3 planta; spinach, 3 Cobourg. '
British Columbia,.
•
plants; squash, 1; tomatoes, 3,
Reginald A. Fowler, a Coneerreti
of beans, or, better rain, mark a few elected by acchrmatton to the Leni
productive plants en
wee
•
free from disease. lature as member for Lennox, in an reserve a few foot of the new farmer, of AnIsterst re
The seed stalks of lettuce are thrown. cored= to the KOT Q. garticalletta
111,
up after the heads aro full grown. The St. Thomas business men will pro -
seed ripens rather unevenly, and, in test to the Dominion Power Control -
order not to lose any of it, each head ler, Sir Henry Drayton, against tho
hould be picked over as it shoWe
white, it being necessary to go over
s
Imp!
the plants every few days, The
plants an however, ..be hpulled and
among the 3ews to join the Seektsle
er,
eity's asupply a Hydro-electrie peer-
Theie is a gush on in New York
recent further 10 per cent. cut in the
gslolletordarydishes are lete' unpullede
battalion of The British army serying
after being ready for 'use, they
soon throw up stalks., ttrld,..good sWeeildt - lin Palestine..
win develop. tile For bestenegults ' Fire of anhnoWn origin caused dam -
Plants shoud bo at lent nix inches eine natimated at mere than 2,2,000,009
apart.
,
Eadr Brent' lumber yards at Blind
e .
Spinach, if thinned. tb Six inches, River.
will produce an abutidanee of seed. Fire In a tehexnent• house on Oa -
In saving home-grown seeds, it Is important to dry thenins soon as pot- -blicildinstgreaent'a Bormansetrrad,losgsutotedr 411,tvit)110e.
sible after they are ripe, then clean Gideon Colneihoun' a highly respect -
them, and keep thena-dra until need- .. • .
ed citizen onititaltener, died. iiiiddenly
ed the following spring.
Peas and beans will n0%1 '90 spoiled at his homedside.
, "Woo"
Unofficial figares of .Stratfod'sr popta-
for seed if they do not dry rapidly in
lation piaceethe • number tn. the eitY
the rod after being hareeeted.
As corn sometimes h,as to be pulled at 17,100. This figure will likely .be
before it is quite hard,increased a little with the final fig-
-,it is desirable •
to see that there is a. good circulation . Utn• •`' I, •
of air around each oar.. A good ' Another world's record has been
plan is to husk the ears and then stick made at a tielfaet aihipbuilding yard
.
each one separately on naile.driven in- . by tb.e completion ofa atanderd ship
to a board and far enough apart so • in five workixIg. days after the launcisa
• ..
that the ears will not toneh. Ing of the vessel. .
The seed of tomatoes dor home use • The London Metropolitan: ponce
should be saved from the plant bear- . threatened to -go on, stallee -after a
Ing the largest crop of early and best nieetint ennateday,,atetirdina; to the
fruit. -Where a quantity of seed is ! Evening News. s Scotland Yard .af-
saved, the tomatoes may be cut in half hterwards`annotiticelle the an 4ncreao
and the pulp pressed out in some in pay had been granted to the to -
vessel, adding about one-third its lice. ' ..
*volume of water. Put in a dark room" 'Commodore. J K. L. Ross,' a Well -
until fermentation sets in, which will known Canadian multi -millionaire,
be in about two days, when the seed
Pain ;• mg . exemption 'trot:m.11160We tax '•Of the
has written to Ole Einal,Times oppos-
Wash out and dry where the sun does
will separate readily from the •
lorthcoming.issue of' Canadian "k-
not shine on it. toey Bonds.
Following are the quantities of seed The Calradian troops destined for
which one might expect: , Beans, -1. service in Siberia will, it is under -
or more oz. per plant; corn, 300 to 600 :stood, be mobilized it either Van-
k6ane1s per ear; cucumbers, 1-8 to 1-4 e
amine or Victoria- The cholla e be -
oz. per specimen; lettuce, 1-4 oz. per Mamie tIte tWO cities has not :yet dnert
plant; muskmelon, 1 to 1 1-2 oz per
Inade,, nor has the date of mobilization
„.
specimen; onion, 1-3 oz. per plant; ,,.,_ ,,m, ,•
.
pea, 4 oz t per ft. or row; Pepper, 1-16 `.'hast aah ' .. ...
to 1-8 oz. per specimen; radish,
- I
A ,barn in the Township of Hillier,
by , fire, together --------- contents,
squash, small seeded, 2 1-2 oz. each; -
aleis' threatening machine and outfit.
squash large seeded, 3 oz. each;
Temato, 50 to 300 each; watermelon, theepreperty. of Mr. J. Roblin., A
spark- from. the theshing machine
2 to 3 oz. each.
per plant; spinach, 1 34 oz. per plant;•Pr nce Edweed County, wait 'deittoyed
- caused the fire.
Federal :lap Landis, at Chicago,
To a Very Young Gentleman.
M'ettle
My child, what painful vistas are be - else'of 106 Industrial Workeras
'denied a motion for a. new trial In the
.. World 'leaders recently eonviatede of
4611'4pin:toy -*tot interfere evith - the Gov-
,
What years of youthful ills and
pangs and bumps—
adore" you, who aythey
errunent's coquet of tho war.
Indignities from aunts who "just , 1 .
With- the arrest of two foreigaera
are Russialia, but ark°
And chicken -pox and measles, croup are' bettered to' be Flans, aesicretasee.
and mumps! •
efetah nufrtenelly • to the allies leeallat
eroded it .Sailt Ste.. Marie. ialat) lope.
I don'tfawiristho to dismay you,—it's not
ritarm :of the, society' Is in the, toils.
for you!
Promoted now front bassinet to
crib,—
But, I my babe, what troubles flesh
' is heir to
Since God first made so free with
Adam's rib!
Laboriously you will proceed with
teething;
When teeth are here, you'll meet
the dentist's chair;
They'll teach you ways of walking,
eating, breathing,.
That stoves are hot, and how to
- brush your hair,
And so, my poor, undaunted little
stripling,
But bruises, tears, and trousers you
will grow;
And, borrowing a leaf from Mr. Kip.
ling,
I'll wish you luck, and moralize yob
so:
• A Paris cable; The German mis-
91.en tO Roumania has been received
tar King Ferdinand, according to
travellers who have reached here, but
the reception was anything but warm.
''he King at first refused to see the
Germans, but finally consented to
'grant a twenty -minute interview in
Atriet accordance with thq protocol.
Twenty niinittes elapsed between the
time the Germans teetered the King's
• residence, and the time when they
Mite eseorted out the gates.
• Beint German.born, Xing Ferdln.
and speake German fluently. Ile
addressed his viSitors in his hest
Itreeich. On his breast there was but• a
ono decoration—the French War
Cress.
The Germans have het attempted
te make another call on the King.
CARPENTERS ASK INCREASE.
• Brantford, Deimatch-Loeal earpentere
bave given the Branttord buildera until
to-morroW to ratify an increase in wages
from 46 cents per hour to Sti eents. and
to inaugurate 811 eight hour day. In the
event of the buadere •retusime tlin In,-
- mend, a. requert will be made tor a hoard
of eoriellietion, Some of tho ballders hived
gratittd the requests of tits' •melt, but
ltliArS ere twitting beck awaiting rati-
fication by the exchange.
LANIGAN SUCCEEDS NIACIINNES,
Winnipeg, Despatch -W. 03, Larilgan,
orie of the beet known railway And bust-
neter num In Western Canada, hie gone
10 elontveal as tannic manager tor uan-
Ade. Tit,ft 11111 N rola doll no ...met -
able elite the annOuncentelit that W. ft.
anteInries, teho wee Mr. Lentgatne hue
Mediate sUperlor lit the C. R. dell/gee,
heel both Made vietatitesident in eherge
of traffic. The fortattl atitirOlneeittent *CM
not, however, Mae. Until td.d119,
L! you can think up seven thousand
methods
giving cooks and parents heart
disease;
Can rine pantry -shelves, and then
give death odds.
By water, fire, and falling out of
trees;
If you can fill your every boyish
minute
With sixty seconds' worth of mis
chief done,
Yours is the house and everything
that's in It,
A.nd, which is mere, you'll be your
father's son!
—Christopher Morley.
Costa R,i.ea a Coffee Exports.
off:elai statistics of Ccata
coati° exp.), ie tor tee past season
snow sej meats totalling 27,044,55J
pounds groat-10,0AX° pounds lys
nan during 915 lb. Of .Beneficiado
or full milled coffee 24,749,136i pounds
we,e exported, and 4.195 416 Pounds
of the Pergaunno (parcament) grade,
these quantitien It -tent respectively
01.51 per omit. and 8.49 per cent. of the
total. The United States took 53.1.4
per Mtn of the shiprnents, the Uniteil
Kingdom 40.14 per tait, and Panama
the bulk of the rgniainder. Some
Cafe° was tient to France. Altalg,alpain exeerienee the, blessing eon self•aaaneare
and Chile. The province of San J080 int),AlsrinilVyeattSntlrinttaIlagrrt057;u11.12
!Mtn/lied 40.34 per cent. of the exports, eele nfo man who takes from yoti nulat
Heredia 10.82 per cent., Cartago 18.22 in turn give.before he *Mutiny teeeives,"
per esot. and Alajettla 12.90 per cent sgen*nge* „heehheate.h.e_
The estiniatel ValUe Of tlio eeiffee ex- eve, ee t a_ Found.
ported was 439 colones. (At ""ere 41141/1)1)1e4$ 15
tt./OntlIg1011Ulitlfi bet the telesen le not far wood epigratt, but not good Phil0110'
$0.4058; exchange now efluetuating.) witYa Where We fittd it, but seldom
!formai exchenge the colon is worth chleritgitte,body Stye that hatibinias is al*
estimate,
The 1011.18 beep is plal,ed at 30,000,- *here we look for it. Title May be a
advitheed to Meat alp detnite phy for the fertit.'Thera We Mai hap.
nitieSs Where WC look fen 11-4. ei,
No, rmthallne, dOar: WA wtuldn't nil-
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virm witt to go to a foundry for things The profiteer shako( the Philli ttata
tbAt, are loc, sod the plumber it still ott the lob.
.,
Vfound quantity of
Ilfiotrietrhhim,a_jeirew
banned by the war Meas-
ures' Mort' arrest e • are looked
•
SEDITtO,LIS SEIZ,
Chicago,,Deipatch-oUpwardoelu,o4nieltet
.iftciisi,000a.
0.1eitrtteetesd and 'other erimintt
p
ed recently. As a result more than 381)
search warrants have been Jested.
According to reports, practically every
pro -German aridscanthiwar organization
has been made.,:r target and the use ot
the malls denled,them.
Anions'Ahlieduiti.rited.in theliearth War-
r:ntkisica.atrioonsilli
filleted, orgartizationsr their -officials' and
t
The I. W. W., its',defence funds:organ-
ization'.. Deopagafedlets and -offieials.
.
REJECTSilE_N)SOviVair DS.
.1Vinnipcg, Despatch -In a .statement is-
sued, to -nay, Manager A. W.3-litaLintent,
of the Winnipeg Electric AtrAlroad,Com-
PanY, refused to meet' fite dethatuldt of
rum. motormen ana teondeetnea for an In-
crease Ia. wages. Ife said that 'tho In-
creatied.USked bythainteni,volthi.anean
half a million dollars ,addittonal burden
annually,: - to --thei.,,tempanyil.sital .,would
cause bankruptcy. It, is said un.efficiallY
that the men 'will apply' for a'bOtied 'of
conciliation., -Should the altartli.:et,. the
boare, be unsatisfatory a strike vote" will
be, taken. 7 •t ,
BELGIANS TAKE OD PRisoNEBS.'
leer's; Cable •-; the'Belgiati
Icat.on reads: .;,
"Our detachment- attae,ked laid night
on a front neeliretnititelteetates mirth, and
aouth of the Langettutreic railvrsty, anti
penetrated the enemy Deena& All eta
objectives, Were reaehed. and .maintein.
d. We inflicted acre heavy Ideaisa on the
enerity and .toteught,' back190.,Unwegaded
prisoners • belonging to siX, regiment*
machine mins, bbnib throwere, and war
material;
'RECORD CROP Or POTATOES.
Winntpeg.'"Dasnetvlealrbat the .Potato
crop of Manitoba for 1018 will be Over
10300,000, bOttliels weethe estithate.made
.tOulay by prof. Bedford, of the.leetiart-
ntent af Agricultttre. TRIS..la by ftr the
largeetcrop the pitovince hest ever .pro-
duced, and howe an Itteretfce or almost
• st million bushels oter the bumper erop
of 1916. In that year C581 acres pre-
eueed 9,e80,662 'beelitne Of _ . POttitoes
Mistallinittottl3q65'plotiAtt CYteittprior 191a is worth
-$8;':A‘C53i
Giving and
it°e
tttannoi thr rote
,
Y:en4o give onaI
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