The Wingham Advance, 1917-02-01, Page 7:1••
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11 TAKE STRONG POINT
OFl-MANS ON THE SOMME
Catch Eey Unaware and Win Commanding
Position—Many Prisoners.
French, k Surprise On kight Meuse Bank,
taso Make Heavy Gains.
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With the British. forces in France,
Jan. 28.—In spito of the hard weather
cenditions, n'galiant attack was made
Saturday, by British troops against a
strong German point on tile Somme,
resulting in its , capture with tbree
ofticers aud xnore than 300 men, Tne
(lermaus apparently did°not anticipate
an attack and were eomewleet off
guard, owing perhapa te the heavy
e irost and strong blizeard sweeping
over the snow-cosered field.. The
ernialis reatahleil• snugly. in their
dugouts, probably beligeiageeleat a the
British would. do the'litionst.
011tWAr there was no moveinent
cteettelette 'Wee 4eitesh lines,; bat in the
• trenenee dee •Irdelis were waitingfar.
a eudden attack, which bad beezt well
prepared for and organized before:.
hand. Suddenly, the ordinary desult-
ory fire et the British batteries -was
concentrated-. in.•a severe drumfire,
flinging: :ehells oe enormous destructive
force upon the Genial, trenches and
defensive works. e • •
Tne barbed wire before the German
position was cut as thouge by sharp
-shears. Followitg the curtain of fire,
• `the English troops went briskly .out
into "No elra's Land." The breath a
. the men looked like a smokecloud as
they went across the field of hun-.
mocky snow and shelled craters filled
with solid ice.
The British troops had been cold,
but fresh with the heat of battle they
moved forward like a machine and
carried cut the. operations with pre-
cision and self-control.
• TRAPPED IN DUGOUTS,
The Germans were trapped in their
clugcuese ••The English beys were over
and around the icsitien before,- the
Germans collect get up to leomb %Ilene
or fire upon them with machine gins..
The whole garrise &the strongepoint
sarrendered • almest • -witheut n -fight;
'seemingly thinking tha resistancewas
aeselees. • The •Dritish troolis stiftered
few casualties and sent back the pris-
oners in triumph.
Meanwhile the. German zunners
had seen sigaals of distress and pre-
sently they beeame aware of he fact
that the strong note had been cap-
tured. • They: came out of their dug-
outs and Mean firing at the captured
position, but the visivility was bad,
• oWing teethe' whitish fog and the Ger:,
Man drumfire was not so intense as in
former„clae•s, on the Servile front.
The British -troops had taken pose
seseion of the deep underground
rooins within the German position. In
this way, the officers laughinele said,
they celebrated the German Milner-
o'rs birthday.*-
* THI6 OFFICIAL . S'2ORY.
-te suceeesfel ' operation on . the
Somnie front in the neighborhod .of
Le Transloy to -day, bays the official
communication issued from British
headquarters Saturday night, a" com-
mending portion of a German posi-
tion was captured by British eroops.
More than 350 prisonees were taken
in the operation.
The statee.ent 'fellows: "A seems's-
• ful. operation wee. carried oat. by. our
eee ereOps• ` on - the Stein= battlefront
'earlyethis morning in the neighbor-
hood of Le Transley. All the °Wee-
tives • attacked were , gained and • a
colnmanding portion of the energy's
position was,. captured, We have
taken over 350 prisoners, including
Mx officers.
"Vigorous eoap.ter-attacks were
made by the. enemy durIna the day to
"regain the lost ground. These were
• all driven hack by us with hean'y
loses. Our total casualties were
very slight. ,
."The enemy's positions were raided
.• :"-esasieeeleyeueseteeeYeightetleie-neorning, north -
•nest of Neuville t. Vaasa leilsoneee
' --"atetre -secured .and degouti esepritaining
some 50 'Cinelnans were • eleetroyed.
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We had no caeneateeseea-Enemy
trenches were also entered last night
• by° one of ,our patrols northeast of Ver-
-"emetics', Andsu number of casualties inee
efiletolleon,the hostile 'eterriepue .
• - eereelebeeniburdetettett• ethellei'll. pale
•' ao-deet • In -Mee fneiAlfeeebood . •of
' ;lathe e(Sorrime eront)e, dna' egreatly:
defickaeda . his teeeellepeReeeiellehmee, .of
' Arae, hostile waking, poi:ties *ere
;dispersed. hes. sehr fire, gad •north- of
, }Mauch .deebodi celeeekeietee•-lpfteatr'y •
. was %mut lit:leseebelreatetleW. Seethe
, „severe ee)44-etaffeeedenteee,fienettalties.
eThereWaseeatdeekeliieateellery 'mete-
ite ortebeth sigleateine'theeteeghborhood
of. Armentierese fPeeee'
e.„.;:e • , A.DDITIceeLetTnt'AIDS. • „.
-s The Beath &icia1eonemuniefation
; of 'Sunelay night, ree.d: esee ..
"We „entered. the eenemeee- treadles
iortnease" ote,...Nnuirileeeieteeny,altet. at
eaybeeek 'aka thee elmentag:.'• elany
•• easualtieee wereeinflieTed on 1116 -enemy:
through the bortibing of dagente, and
were" prisoners eVere tan.
• -Another ; eueceseful raid Whe cox-
. ried out eerie this morning noetheast
of reStUbert and- adilitional..peltinfers
were captured; in'cluding .one officer.'
Our partyereturned withoteelees. e.• An
enemy attempt against eme ef our
. poets oast of • leestiebert oft' an In-
tense bontbardneeifteesene deiven Out.
'There was mile ateillere...aettejta
on both sides•during- the day north of
the SoMme eii. the. eeeiglitesehood ..of
• Beautnonneetunel,,Loos, and ellc levee
esseetor., We operated a minter of
.i.itieCe3Sful bombardments, ••-;
"lour German aeroplanes we're de-
feroyell yesteiday in air eoMbate;
three felt in our linee. eteetether- littse
• etileeenaanekeeneasetleiven .closen• daine
.• 41 ••.• • •
' eged."
CrIeRWAlel ADSHSISION.e. , v
•
- "Aft* earCineartillerty,
'le . efeee,..14teseeniejen etettevene neeeedem•e
e doyens:the henanutertereeoft the Get-
' incifileeteital „bate, "1'614141r forces
• yestml,AY sUCC th'd fl ocqupYing
* •31; *it .1.10,41gost eldvatteed
; ..r litMAT! Tektetet pecielone ••defetecleil
• ' ,elier'fiefeeps Miner enerenePrInce Rap-
e's° "letechte-feeethwest "Of *IA', Tranelitee,en
, a an• reeien`norela j thexeleivef Sonntle."1
north of "Verdun, necording to the of -
tidal French, statement issued Sunday
afternoon. Numerous German dead
were found by the French in the Teu-
ton trenches and imported booty was
captured. On the left banks of ethe
Meuse there *were hand grenade en-
gagements near the eastern Mope of
11111,304, The Paris statement reads: •
"On the left bank of •the' River
Meuse there was grenade fighting in
the vicinity of the eastern slope •of
204. .
• "On elte right.. .bank of 7(.1w...flyer
we effeeted a coup de main lest even -
Ing betWeen• Les 'Epargas and the' Ca-'
bonne trench whielt was completely
supeemful. We found. numereue
corpeee in. the .eneme- treneheseeetukt
eeized important' booty'. a
. "Quite spirited artillery eceeens'
have takea. place on the left bank ,oft
the Meuse in the region of Hill r204'
and Le Mort Homme and on the aketa
bank in the sectors of Louevnont gain'
.•
Bole Caurieies.•
• "In Lorraine our batteries destruc-
tively shelled the German organiza-
tions in the Parroy Forest. There is
nothing to report on the rot of „tlie
front."
reightliag of intensity, over a battle,
ground which has long ago been •eac-
curately mapped and ranged for ar-
allery,.. has •marked the renewed
struggles about Dead Man's Hill axed
Rill 304, A.clvicee to -day indicated'
that the Frenele had wrested back
from the enemy again practically all
of the advanced positions whicii the
ecetly German assault bad won. '
A deluge of artillery fire, a flood of
Iliachin,e gun bullete, and fierce hand-
to-hand fighting -has again torn and
eoaked the soil of the two hills, al-
ready furrowed and blacleened bY
&mei-mei& pre:vious battles of pre-.
ciseey theA49tt.- •
'Paris reported 'tb.6'. -belief to -day
that the. concerted aseault tvae an at-
tempt by •by • the Germans to ascertain
whether the French were preparing
an attack on, the west -bank -of . the
Meuse following their recent Success-,
Eul offensive on the east, where Gene
oral Nivelle celebrated his departure
from Verdun andassumption of. • gen-
eralecommand by a bold stroke. The
attack cost • the Gerniane thousands.
of men. . The_ slopes: of -the two hills
offered no protection at all to-- the
adeanting Teutonic columns, and the.
execution of the French guns e was
terrifie. ,
The repulse of several French . et -
tacks against the Tenton positions on.
Hill Ng. 304, northeast ot Verdua, le
reported in an official supplementary
statement issued Suneay evening be
the German headquarters staff. The
statement reade: •
t"On the west bank of the Meuse
several • French attacks , against
Height 304 failed.
"On the Zlota Lista River (Galicia).
Turkish troore repeatedly •repulsed
Russian attacks,
4 • 41.
TO KEEP INN
RAIDERS FRO
THE (A,
Britain Closes Much Larger
Area of the North' Sea
to Traffic. ` •
NEYI Mipt 1ONES
• Will Lock Up Enemy Fleets
*. in Their Harbors, pre::;...:
Raids`. •
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Washington, Jan. 28. --.-
taxer deveropmeate in theelenikipian•
neer 'are:presaged in 'en innocent-1ooc-
iug
Beetien Admiraltpeetatemenr dee•
'-cliaineait • enleiged-serea .,pf tie& Nee
,Sen .ieengereue, to •Miippingebete ticeoubee
Of belligerent orreecitinne.,• rilhhse•ettla
•
..,4,•,,,,inteneltIltrttAng,-:61ttiliday • evelini
•.1auns.-11c,;(1,,a,stietogstrit .sairprige attack
• $1 •;'" textfeleetneti peeitions betiverite
-angebeete„,„ teekili•feetlie rtiver Meuse.' its* wide _kozd .* enetwarsl. The only Synth gfriett44.414, ,W)I.11 *•11 you." 'tinnistinds of dollars. .
.tioanemieent' ot theeAnroneeltee is fete
stneded".• here by the 'tepee beiey tt
eectutton... •s e° '"• eelelie`
„ Heretofore , the ,pettelecals,..-Ittexe
.Minape sae.- dengeroue ejey: "the -Brit-Isla
.dtithoritiee, weeeneeseetertgulier,°.intlaed,.
area extending' from eti6..tieetttheot ttia.
,echeidt River oppoeite Fluslefee"." to
the• le-cat/al eleibook tielitshies% end.' '
(400devitie- Seeds, ,efeilifteltipe unispoeite.
the. entrance ' tb' the ° Internees. !Thee",
.MI116 eld etvese eiteb I len ed. toi.b.aetitet
entry, of °Gentian naval fmeges into; the
Steal% net 'Botceeened. 'the. -;elengliti
... • - .
- -The ...ne•we"actlfgetioece. arettne tee .. ap-
parently .desigtied 'to 'iterve. ace a- bul.
.Warkaagainenethe egreeeleof •ehe.Tier.
fleet erotit the Kiel4Iteal and-tte
vnelOtisebeeeeee on tim*Nerth Sea ,cOast
of (ferment, for it is so delltnited as -
to make a: laego 'tree, of water .oppo-
Oltotheese tleteeetee'bai-Aq dmigo)us *US
eshipping,. .siatiefeent •Captaitte *. being
warnedanoteeta eater .thle regiohe -eat%
tept'at theft-n*1k, ' • s, The• ow banned area, start it 0463,
tweiity't-Iteletileetabborofgh
1Xotdr-orktior • Hritiqkteartt.pkait„
epreetds.eautainepelaneenetpe.d. feette to-
*ar(l '.1ht)arisi:Al;po'rtatilelf boast and.
Vdtsdhellifikklin P-tdirptlentellie Ialand
of Terselieilli*rthi-Abo:-.1)litch roast of
'Iliilitiritt,l';')f,vtri*thing,,osptiiii, and leak.
tat thetreatedeeeipeenee ttletti the'. deng-e
prote,Aterie.,.-'riteteorthetbet ern flfinite
of the news,dangte Onto pace throngh
i
14(14teetevattleirea Daniell ane Datch tore; 5•1ms clviLIANs KILLED;.
watere withia Ude area Wee for Mae, 45 RHE
.
that is the thrzo-rae
etrip of water fringing the Voiteta
them two neutral nations, over with,li
the Ilritish Government would ilave
no jurisdiction,
How this area has been or Will he
rendered dangerous not diecbeeed.
It 1E1 belieeed that team will be freely
used here and that the British fleet
will be ao dletributed as virtually to
Pllt a fighting cordon around the
Nortb. Sea excite of Germane.
Aecording to the views of American
naval experts, tee pUrpOsies of the
Britislt naval authoriticis are as
follows:
Filet, to prevent the egress of Ger.
main sea raiders, as well ao the s'a-
• turn of these recently, and perhaes
still; -roving the Atlantic.
Smola!, to enable the British -fleet
to deal better with the German Meet
seas fleet, should it make another
desh'into the North Sea this spring,
Third., to prevent German raiding
forces from making dashes across the
Neel Sea to attack the coast of
le'ngland. .
Fourth, to enable the British navy
to stop the voyages of the Deutsch-
land and other Gennep. tommercial
submarines,
, The British Admiralty's action was
made public by the State Department
this afternoon in the following an-
nouncement:
American Embassy, London,: has re:
ceivedeinfortnation• from the ,,Brittsh.
Governinent. Unit on, account neat-
gerent operatione the' undermentioned
• atm in•the North Semes dangerous to
shippinge •; .
Aree •eonipeising, allathe,waters, ex -
'Opt Netherlands• and Banish territbre
art waters., Wag'. to 'the teinetewest-
Weed end seeetweed--bf a"elirre .cone
tame in four einiee.s trona the cone t of
Jutland, inslatituee 56 tdegrees north„
jortgitetie degaeeseeast from Green-
witiveand paeMieg thriseghethe fon
lowlng positions:--Initletede 56 de-
grees north longitude •°6 degrees ea,st,
tatitude 54.degrees north, long -Redo 45
minutes enee.„ thence to .a position in.
latitude 53 degrees 37 Minutes noeth,
longetede 5 degrees -eaet, sevenemeles
of the, coast Of „thee Netherlands.
• ie•is known here that 'the .theores or
the British Arlmirally officials regard.
Ing the manlier In 'which •the Moew
and other German sea raiders man-
aged to elude the 'British 'fleet- is
that these commerce destrgyrs came
out of the Kiel Canal' or Wilheln.
snavene followed the line of islands
along the Danish ooast to the stretch
of waters between the Blaayand light-
ship and the Lyngvig lightship; and
thee dashed under cover of bad welt-
thet or darkness into the upper reacg•
es of the Nortlt Spa. .
It is suspected that the positioe of,
the northern pellet of the rine, whtch
Is to enclose :be new .danger area,
means that steps are being taken to
Close 1111 this exit for German -raiders.
This starting point fouramiles .from
the coast of Jutland, is approximate-
ly the Lyngvig lightship, ,lying op-
.posite the town of Ringkiobings From
this Point the line ruus westward
along the line of 6 degrees north 'to
111 ietersectioe with the longitudinal.
tine- 6 degrees east of Greenwich.
This -line, if contineee'-fuether
ward, Weeld 'intersect •-the Firth of
Forth on the ,Scettish, coast. From
jet() p•ginfi'd degrees enorth latitude 6
degrees•east longitude, the line nark-
ing the north-westward limite of the
new daneek area -rune south-westward
to a point oppnsite ,Flamborci Head.
From this •point,. the. line recrosses
the North Sea, ending' at 6, point
wleich is 37 minutes long latitede and
5 degrees east lougi•tucle, only seven
miles feein the Island of 'rerechen
linge
. • NATIONAL SERVICE.
•
-Neville Chamberlain . Has
- His PlaneConipletei • -
•
• • .1
.London cable: IevilIe Clamber -
lain -k ready" "lauall sehenan
of national?' civilian service. Intneedie
.ately tollewlag an outline tors the authoritative bulk frof men acquired , .eor
,the army to'15ribegethe war to ae‘speedir
tin 'end aPPOSOilife that*,nre tt, be teethe
in munition works; coal- eetheeleeleetee
building, traneaort 'Work seesel ettgrteal-
tare Ein effort is to be directen find.
ing a sufficient number of subatitufes
Lor those • evhtie have. been balled 'tie
military eery -ice. At first volunteers
-
will be. celled for, The rate ,of remun•
-eration will he the Mandard rate of
Pay for the job which' the. man Sent
yezeivee, There will not be a simul-
tageous appeal to anen. and Women.
Oitly‘rnen will be lienealed to at pre-
sent: Women • niay lbw 'Melee „iota.
The age.limIte of men will be 19 aud
00. It is not intended to take men al -
'.ready ertgaged.in seork,oe national ire-.
ilereenee. Velem:We're will go wher-
Sever tb.e'Derentoe-Genetal • May aile ,
ethem to go, bettarehenteeraexia not be
„et to ethen.,ecenpaelons thee.' those
leer 'Weeleh they Volpnteered. • .
ONE,Tifilia tiYOMEN AND CHILDREN
00,000 Bornbs Have Fallen
- On the City--:Cathed.ral
.Vaults Being Destroyed.,
New York •despatch: 'Sixty thou-
sand bombs bay° fallen on. Rheims,
France since the beginning of the war,
545 civilians have been killed, and 062
wounded, according to a statemeut pro.
pared by Whitney Warren, the atchi-
tect. Mr. Warren returned from
leranee yesterday, with material for a
supplemeatery report to the French
Institute on the present condition of
the itheims Oathearal,
IOf the number killed 86 were chit-
clren and 102 Were women, Mr, Warren
Ieate. The cathedral, he added, has
received 106 bombs, and all the quar-
ter that surrounds it is absolutely (le-
i molished. .
; "If one overlooks the demolisbed fly -
i Ing buttresses and surface • Wounds,"
i Mid Mr, Warren, "the carcase of the
' cathedral, whthie is built like a Me -
i ress; has restatee nobly. But the Mee
1 winters have passed sinee the burning
of the roof threatened absolutely to
!
- destroy the vaults, which aro thus
without protectiou nem the weather,"
BRITISH LIQUOR SUPPLY HALVED,
BUT rFliCES. 71i11.L BE DOUBLED
Licensed Trades Say That
Br were and distillere have not J et
twee time to dee.hieenalanteactien they
Will Follow New Food ill take wIalt, esegneeriee tees' metric
eons, eneOneetnier • eeoftfertitices
• ., al-
ready haee neea. held; Nora ' winch
„ • .. Mnficient tafermatiesee haeeeeakee otit
to glee the pablic to. anderstenti that
London cable; The Britian publie
tithe year will be allowed to drink only
• Oontrol Rules.
lialt as much beer awl whiskey as
they communed the Year before the
*am- began,•end•each driak . ordeal:ea-
all' cost them Mien' etniuteb as it did
then„.•This.will he ..the resalt of the ,
•ecmd eentrellere draetic reelection's
en the -output of beer aue a !esker,
tweet:Cling to the representatives ear
the licensed •trade .-leitgue,,, •
• • ' •
an atlYnnee In prices will take place
sane time eefore theanew regulation
is .effecteve at the beginaing of April.
II: expectation of this, -whiskey has
advanced sharply in price amen the
Wholesale dealers at GlgsgoW. A mess
meeting of the retattere there has
Leer, summoned to. determine what
they, Will charge consumers. The price,
it is predicted, will be double the pees-,
-one rate,
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LOC
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Supplies of Wheat– Corn-
. • pletely Exhausted -4e
Bread Ration Out, •
• --a-easer'e".
4
Fill 1
rt
•
.P.erhaps' Hardest Campaign
Historsr;
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A' Paris L'Oeuvre 'pnb.
• ". * " J,Isnos a ourioun' story regarding a new
•Riefarial .Gilze: Great 'Wel- peace ino;v,e by tho Kaiser. It is vouch.:
• • • • • - ; otr tor br a. friend of the"teutimr of the
• Londe ncable: (New olerk Times
cable)—A despatch to - the 'Deily..
Chronicle front Athens dated Jan, 23,.
eays:
The blockade has ,now lasted fifty
days,' and, according to -the' Embros,
supplies of *wheat ° are ceixtpletely- ex-
hausted, eread being made entirely...9f
rye. To -day -the bread ratien weke
reduced,' inideinathe aseeialelle
Miele of bread isasent'beloee inn -Men
ALLIES
TiciE GREEK
and dinner ea each person in his room.
This portion must be -taken to ° the re-
'staterant, 'where ,no more can be. suit-
e -Aloe.... Supplies- :of maim are arriv-
ing -in Athane _from Thessalsee
. -As regartie the, English....requialtIon
•of Greek-merehant .1r.eseels, theepropoe
•eitiOnentade has been accepted bl the
owners, ; . • .
Isourparlerseare now proceeding with
tee• ,Bretisb,.Gpvernment with a view
to exempt from requisttion a sufficient
number ot vessels for the commercial
needs:. ot. Greece ,herself. Trans-At-
.ntafic 'vessele are not hecluded under
tlie recent agreement. •. These will 1)0
etheesubject,eetec.ording to • report;• of
'another 'agreement. • , • , • •
9EN.WAR VOTE.'
HMI MU
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Canada's New Measure pat
Double. Last Tear's. •
Borrowing Bill for Hundred
• Million, Also. -
.7. •
Game, Jan. 28: — Canadee ••war
•,yete for the coming fiscal yearlendine
. March 1914,,.. Is ,to be half aebillion
aplIhrs, or just double the hmieunt-
'voted by the last session 01'N -eine
mente. Sir Robert ,Bortlen has 'given-
action- ot .the resolution provieing for,
,tha. exenuat namcd tewarde dettaya•
utile:the 'cost of the 'cletetree.. ined;ee---
meaty of Canada and the. eenducteeire
naval operatione,in.'or _tee
•.e•ond Canada; promoting .the contlau-
eance ..of trade, industry and betsiness.
Gommunications, whether by means ot
insurance or indemnity against woe
risk, • or. otherwise, • sand.payments on
•those.a.Ceoutits.of items not met ey
„the War appreetria.tion act .of 1916.
• Authority Will also be givin the,
Government to' ise any portion: of Gies
• vote tewarde- efinaimin•geiniperial Gta-
eminent war orders in Canadaee
The vote sel11.15e' taken -"up ,in the
Commons,. during the coming• week,
and will he put tleroughesby the Hope
unanirnOusly. •
„Sir Thomas White has given' naide
el a leorrowing bill to enaple the dove
eminent to raise money- for the ken-
eral - purposes of the. Dominion apart
-from the war during the aiming fieual
year. The'atnount•named 10 one
hiin-
dted millions, or twenty-five millheis
'meets than. attthorized .by the borrow -
'Ing bill put through last session. Tho.
'bill' eval be put through both efoeve
befere Sir "eobert Borden lea,Vea an'
the Loncion Confereeee,
StrW; RIJN
RACE MOVE'
Ka...iser. May Make Pro'posa'1,
' •• On. Ills Birthday..
thee Dogger bankot
tly...titis#4action the- British Gotten.
"reen't for •nellitary ,and. naval reason'',
14/4 bil.rrttr ehipping ettte
one all the arks*, orthevlistrish
' lot; PekgFr betIve6a-,
t *high ion thr banish, telist to fiiq
• .come to the Lem „ .1.itmou* Orruatu war book, ",f Actaise. -German tattdry Cbserving ,for- half an
.* .1 he writtes Identify is known. to ,on,iy„ 1030 on Mon,' tottered by exploding
... •
tntee Swigti friends, one of whom fur. .
Aunt., it hells airdo4laek' slitalinal puffballs
joido.p, On. telegmet froin itishea the information in quo
ae,
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•ATTACKED 12
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Daring .Deeds of' Little. Brit-
• ish Flier On.the West
errs': Front,'
EilEMY R• USE
, •
, . .
'Sham, of Control to
• •
Britisher decided to take a chance4 lie
climbed swiftly end surely until he
got far above and to the roar of the
hostile craft. 16vident1y the Gertnane
were intent upon some errand which
they proposer to carry out in force, for
thee* paid no heed to the khaki -014
airman Until he deliberetelY elteed in-
to Moe, tiring as he earn, This threw
the twelve German into a Panic, and
their formation was entirely broken
up. Illectutinee Lieut. A. got beneeth
the nearest 11140111110 and' fired an en-
tire drum of cartridges into It at fin
toga yards. The hostile Maelline col-
lapsed and "Crashed." That is a su-•
• Promo word in th.) lexicon of the fly-
• ing eorps. 41. machine may fall, or
dive, but until it is aetually seen. to
"crash" it ie not counted. as an enemy
"casualty"
After se'eing hie particular ()twiny
"crash," Lieut. A. drew off to think
things over. He was 'somewhat attmee
ed to see still more hostile machine
coming up in formatien, But he dandle
ed at the leader of the newcomers end
sent him in a spiral nose Mee to a
"crash." This led to still more com-
plications, and the intrepid little pilot
soon feline himself engaged with three
machines, elle fight witn these was
indecisive,
"For," says the official record, "bay-
ing expended all his arnraunition,
Lieut. A, set off for home,"
A few den later, it is related, he
took a running dive into a formation
-of, twenty hostile machines, with all
the self-aesuranceaueeagle might, have
in the midst of a flock° of sparrows.
Before he was titroegh ha e' sent
three advemarien "erasable."
• e•i•nis Terme' says ine record, "he
returned to put- aerodromes for more
ammunition and returned to the scene
of battle, where he engaged and dis-
persed such enemy machines as re-
mained in the vicinity. One was seen
to crash upon a houseton,"
This same little Lieut. A. seems to
persist in the records of the, service.
One day he was crossing the enemy
Hues at 11.500 feet when he found
himeelf dlrectly above a German kite
balloon, sent up for artillery ,observa-
tion. Pretending to be in trouble, and
thus avoiding fire from the anti-air-
craft guns, he fell in side -stalls to
1,500 feet, suddenly righted himsele
and dived at the balloon. Ile opened
and continued firing until he almost
touched the big gas bag. .Just as he
Passed over it the thing burst into
flames and was destroyen in a few sec-
onds. .
The •Germene lately have adopted'
the ruse Of "stalling" and shamming
fall out of Control. It is a thrilling
but not uncomnibu thing' to see a aer-
man machine.when closely pressed.
turn Its tail stinight • up in the air
and dive toward • the earth for a dis-
• tance of two or throe thousand feet.
and just as the uninitiated •onlooked
would exited a "trash" it flattens out
ahd steels pell-mell for its own lines.
One does not always get away with
• this bit of -aerial strategy, however, as
the shown by the record of Capt. B.
After -attacking three hostile machines
he saw one of Ahern goingceown in a
eitinningenose: dive. He ;suspected the
honesty of that dewy -and decided to do
a. little..diving "on hie, peen." •This
-dramatic downward duel continued for
full five thousaud feet, until the Ger-
• man was 'driven into a *in "and seen
to creels,"
'
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Witb the Brillett Areuiee.in France,
. "
. • • I,
cable' (Correspondence 'of • the Ase
sociated, -Press)—The itanouncement
that •- 444.pre'ved1* weaiher conditions
,perneittede.encreeeed - aerial , activity
entiteefront,"„ne the laconic
and 'prosaic' eVay he Which the btficial
Oonuenteigite desiiiiesehe settle of thee
meet epecettenIttr eeqoefee 'of the ware
• T6 thoie*.arhoeeieve once• witnessed'.
thie•einteeased'• aetial aetivity,". such,
• an aunounceelent 'cohjtires up at ones;
a mature of bountlese aeroplanes in.
the kir-ageoutinga fighting, diving,
spinntg hovering* over' enemy tar-
gets ,.and calmly sending Wirelese'tige
nais theonglie the fesuntaihs of enemy
fire,. photographing the enemy lines,
bombing his atnmunition. dumps and
steeds ant', supple columns, and. Other-
wise "careering on" in the 'Meer. in '21
manneeeenunly bewildering,to the on-
-1doker, bartypifying in suprenie de-
gree the eltalisoeh,eable part 'aviation
Is pliteleres be title "War. .
cseeandoredftele uncoMmon 111
tithes eebtrife the BriteMeeceeentnunique
-nta.y end -froM nay teaday Walt the
simple staeement thesteene, or two or
three 'or - four '"oe :eneremeelii* have
not, returned." ' This means, 'they
Mee either .beenehit and forced • to
hand hi the enemy lines, oreheve been
shot itowit to.'a fete annre certain. • it
15 betechaers play to edible- above a
'tic:Mete:3 Sroin Preroria; Shut Africa, Is kneen, eeee iettedvfc, teat this c'onling•netarer andineneee like the ext.
upder „date. of eeriday, teatee that Gem
Sae Chrietianeffinute- was accorded a
magnifieent public Nrelcolna upon 111.3
neeleitleen..Pretoria. on that day., Tha.
steette,..WIttelt„were decomted, were
etotreeestokity Reopelo 'front all eeite of
tit,',1"ransiatal; "
Aiiiut4;''' replying to eddresece,
geld; t 1.191** be* . ?had Mew eurprieed • be-
°Yortie:enCeenese-nt %the splendid cos
tePerateen qf the mixed foi•cee et. his
'cent:Mame aid etifeit ‘wo•ulerful work
hiealtee• enmpaftor,'-' 4 Aviiitt "lesrlinps
'nal, the hateestsitt ;thu. history of Alit
asorld.". . .i.;•„ s•
" Smuts said that the ditfiettithee
itt ;the eettfeptagif"eiedee " 1'A:el-center
dhad:Iia*been, . ,
114....(103Cribeij 4,04, Melba a.s one ofi
the most, glorious countries he Ina"
evei. seen. lnitoalso the most diffieull
ivne*,e-dairketetits, - With -111.0sMiliafklilt.
afests, Mitt swamps, Om,
Onisifis added that what gave hint tilt'
gr ealest pleasure was that the "young
Senfli;Afrit.an troops were conipolest
fif scOntlentent eltelaring*,-01 never he,y0
f•Aq'ff ..better troeps mi"life.
I! -;slohtt want. a. pattjtjettte' • for their
ohara.eter„ go tn thonturierous German
wmpen MA. childrolt eeettereel
throughont that liarearette tountryi
4nonymous vilter has le Sable bources' 0 tending tingenvtliyi.oViedne hand o1.
information in (.4.01•111ney. deeth, • But Viegeeteletietle mere than
tie ansuots that. the. Ilimeror's letter
to tbe Chancellor regarding peace pro. 'children—these mere- boys Who • are
hosals was written subsequently. to. 4410 bringing thelustee•ot everlasting fame
•ceateallorea proposal and'uni not refer. to to . the I3ritish, aviation service, ° Some
it, but to a now pones mtive whichIlte. . , ... „
htnpot cr ;:ontemplates. makingsitortly, . are 'scarce ‘eigntecrl. --- it os tare to
pethapsi hext Sattit•day,• on the -occasion tintra flying ostiii over- twenty-five. .
of lee •birtheay. The' Emperor's e pro; , In the agregate, ihowev,ey, the los-
13 P41 %1 00 thke tile followIng 1111,N' 4. '`•
Dosing as futuloe ees ea. in .titO.dlying eorps,,atto as nothing
r4.aunji.z411-:rst...letif"wollillt61 poace. Ur mite was compared "with- tile' useful. and vital
• to prom-nly love for p`ea00, since the tvbrk thewinge'e...ecoomplish. Withoett
• elle e • rejected my offerbut all -adhered then? •the big gungivould have no far-
eneette. idea of universal peace, f' -wilt be
the.;lirst promoter of this peaceamd pre. teeing „eyes...toeeereeet. their* elheris.'
nes*, -that all parties- meet • forthwith to ,,Wtthout them. and, „the ttundreds of
• dic-aose thin primordial artiole of wirl'a . pliotograptk‘ they daily %also...the matte
,eitesc namely,' the reorgithization„ of Tu. .
makers -eonlelenot .trtiee•each detail Of
ttin‘be rIC.. ttit(*•;;ror,' 1( 131 dtirtred,'Nvill:On thig. ' the trenelt poeitions. Witltotit theta
-,lawtaii ,,,,,,,abiantio-.1,1",, 106 Anid, -thb ittiVkat etael. cenad not hecurately
:;* - ne ettly ft powerful enlightened, n.atioll ....
will .:eAtablisit 4 laftele 01 If.{Telltt unitrn allow lust svlute is .golag- On 'he deY
"vett Iv.Ilto ttehtWon of other Anvil:ens will ,(11:14 elfghe.beleiada.thee,en,emy -, lineet
itali•;ti.cie81..e tele, union to otherecesteeen !nal,
.- • . e ee.. 0 044ttliouktheiti modern war would lose
ii...--:.,..; .. . - 7 Its Meet fasciae:111U Wiese. • •
_
:.:1', '' ''''' • ' . " ' •A' "° ' • The ",gCeocr. 'flYilles" of aneingle deter
; OF3'.5•6:r, 814,9Ys'. IN deleA.SKeNex a tmeteellrftesiiietesatseilene. lime repro.
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twilb,Tii,x8hintoeLnett6e.iv,tlitetoAsrleinT'ite2,ii.eretvpaeorL20, Oirtzlen'etc,ote4ata1173.,.• -$4e•br)1,,tfpati:red,,..as.3er-eikeilf:ertit.ellittglIpidttrAa'a63.fileinhelev,beeig.dtitoY.
-iiiirlig.Oeinhat--;..a de,' of a' thousand
' kireedy the nthentatne .feettn: ,eettettep, pereonaI iitchtenta`kriddeeds of daring
ave. mire 'ilium "WI- thenr. ,.,Aliatt-..13). T In the once -tteatlee Strata -Of high thin
!malty yettre,,and sneWslicles.lthen beett;ectir...' '• . 4 .4.0,...,1 :I. 4. .
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WON MILITARY CROSS.
Three More Canadian Offi-
• ' cers Are Decorated.
• • .
!;41:1.ortdon'. cable: •. The Gazette an-
.
noenees the bestowal of honor on the•
.1‘fcitIltrinygocrpe;rielect: lan. officers:
•
Lieut, Edwin Cowen, Canadian in -
'finites% after tlie explosion oe a mine
took charge of the consolidation: • of
two posts under heavy fire, and was
mainly reeponsible•for repulsing three
enemy attacks.
Lieut. Angus. Archibald McDougall,
Pattteias, carried out a dangerous re-
connaissance and obtained valuable ine
formation, :tater be was severely
wounded, but continued to direct op-'
eratloies. •
Capt.;John Foneter, Royal Fuellieref
.formerly of the Patrielae; n Med
against the enemy's trenches With'
• great -courage -and skill.
THE PAID UPON
SJFFLK COAST
Less Than $500 Damage
• Done by Enemy.
Germany, as Usual, Does
• Some Boasting.
Louden cable: A hoetile vessel
arrived off the coast at Lowestoft
about eleven o'olock last night, The
slight Was very dark and the warship
mule not be need° out from' the
shore. 1
elle/Dere beginning the bombardment
sea fleee etve star shells, probably for
the purpose 'of identifying possible
objectives.
The:'warship- theht fired g "number
Of shells, several of which exploded,
but the total Mintage- was less than
.L100. Most 01 113(3 shelle explOded 013
-open ground,
The bombardment lasted only„ three
-minutes. There was no panio. -
A German official ommunicatien
says: •• , •
"During thotight of.Jan. 25-26 Ger-
man light tea forees eadeanced Into
waters- south -of Lowestoft in
order to althelt hostile' 'patrol- Mats
ahd outposts which heat formerly been
reported there.• ' ••.• '•
e4Deritig the WhOle.raid not 0116 hos-
tile vessel was sighted. The fortified
legality a 'short dietetic() touthward
was illuminatee by rockets •and,shell-
ed by our torpedo boats..lilts ev-tire
bbeserved. Our sea forces ort the way
'back did not meet .arty adversary and
returned safely,"
•••••••••••••••...........•••
'COLO WAVE IN EUROPE.
'Laden, cable: The eold wave 111
Europe' is growing More intense, Des-
patches from Holland my that in
Germany it la tensing mutt suffer -
Ing and interfering with the tramper
-
{talon of food and munitions. Naviga.
tton of the Rhine WAS Mopped he lee
Friday. ItiVere and canals in central
and -eastern Germany already were
icebound,
The weather is also severe in Hot.
lank where the inhabitants for the
first time iri font j*earti have been
able to enjoy their favorite pastime,
*skating on ilia
SHORT ITEMS
OF THE 441EWS
ORME DAY
Great Britain to Be Put un.
der a Ration System
Very Soon.
MILITIA ACT SOON
700,000 Inhabitants of In-
vaded, Parts of France
Slaves of Germany.
acCo.,aalusaholartasgime ciose, acute in Ferule,
Over $40,000 more was received on
rsautnua.rc:
day for the Toronto Patrioti
TheFrench Government was sus-
tained: by the Deputies after a secret
seAssWn
dWelling 11.0118e owned and mate;
pied by MY. A, Duraesnil, of Belle-
ville, was gutted by fire.
Win. Wilson, for many year s train
despatcher at Sarnia Tunnel for elle
CITA., wee found dead In bed.
. De Rutherford, sectionman on the
IVI.C.R., was fatally injured by being
struck by a train at Tillsonburg,
The U, S, War Department official-
ly announced that Gen, Pershing b.acx
been ordered to bring his troops out
of Mexico: '
• A verdict of suicide while teMpor-
arily insane eves brought in at the
Vag eleg:Iiiiiiitd:itttdilue death of Col: Gorrell
from being struck on a level crossing
ansarraowreseusletapoef
shook caused y d 'holds
near Farnham, .Que.
A speaker at the Jewish relief meet -
leg at Massey Hall, Toronto, dramatic.
ally removed her diamond ring and
contributed it to the fund.
The Gentian Cetera Prince has been
promoted to be a general of infantry,
says a Barite despatch forwarded by
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent.
The report 'ef the sinking of the
British steamship-Matina was erron-
sous. according to a Lloyd's announce
-
Mont, Her owners .say she reached
port,
Hon, T. W. Crothers, Minister of
Labor, left Ottawa for the west,
where he will endeavor to .settle the
coal strike in the Lethbridge and
teernie
St. Winifred's Well, Holywell, North
\Vales, the most famous in the Brit-
ish Isles, and for centuries the mecca
tor pilgrims from all parts of Europe,
has gone dry_
A fine residences, • with spacious
grounds, has .been purchased jointly
by the IAncoln and St, Catharine,
and will be- fitted up as a children's
shelter.
It is reported in military circles in.
Quebee that in the very' near future
Mr, Armand Lavergne will form a
French-Canadian 'battalion, recruited
In the district oe Quebec.
Daniel Conboy, president 101 the
Conboy Carriage Co„' Ltd., and one
of the veterans of Toronto's industrial
• Life, died at his home. Death was in-
directly due to appendicitis.
Lieut. -Col. John A, Cooper, of the
194th Battalion, speaking at Shea's
Hippodrome, Toronto, made the sig-
nificant remark that all overseas
troops will be out -of Canada by June
1, and that this Militia Act would be
enforced to provide young men for
home defence. •- .
Baron Devonport, the British food
controller, has decided that.' the Royal
eCommission on wheat supplies shall
:control 'the importation of rime into
the UnitedeKlagdom, The sale and
price of . riCei -Telliebe fixed from time
t� time by the 'commission,
' ' It Was Stated In Lonclen, Eng.. that
Capt. W. T. Turner. who commanded
the Lusitaniaewas in command of the
Ivernia, when she was torpedoed In
the Mediterranean and that he was
the last man to leave the ship.
Seven hundred thousand inhabitants
of the invaded portions of the north
of Prance are engaged In forced labor
for the Germans, according -to AL Di'
Indeville, mayor -'of the. Town of
(orchy, who has just arrived in Pari
from the occupied region at Evian.
William C. Anderson, Labor M.P.,
speaking at Leicester, Eng., said he
was giving away no eecret in stating
that the population. .of, the United
Kingdom would at a very early date
be put under a ration system.
Work on the .building of the new
cantilever bridge over *Niagara River
has been started by the Michigan
Central •with Engineer T, W. Tuttle,
NeW YOrk, in charge. The present
bridge, opened in, 188e, will be used
tbiulliidt.he new structure le ready. It
will take eight or nine months to
President Wilson tabled Emperor
William formal congratulations on the
58th anniversaryof his .birth as is
the custom on the birthdays of all
foreign Sovereigns Secretary of State
Lensingand his three chief assist-
ants left their congratulations at the
German Embassy. . •
• A despatch to Reuter's Telegram
Company from Bavaria gives further
details of the earthquake on the Is-
land of Bali, It says that great land-
slides destroyed a whale village with
the exception of fourteen houses.
Three hundred persons were killed in
the earthquake end the, total casual-
ties were nearly six hundred.
"UNIFORIVf BREAD.''
Increasing Shortage Makes
Itself Felt in Berlin.
KIN ATTACK
IN ALSACE
BEATEN OFF
••••,•••••••••,,,,,11...•
French. Easily Repulsed
German Assatats.a,t gart-
mans-Weilerkopf,
BIG ENIMY CLAIMS
Say British Repulsed at Ar-
rnentieres, and Russ in
Paris, .Tan, 29, noon, -'-,French treOPS
last night easily repulsed anattempt-
at Hartmens-Wellerkopt, Alsace, to.
54 attack by the Germans on a trend).
day's War Office statement an-
nounces.
Bering the .night numerous patrol
engagements took place in the Ghatn-
Pagne, and at various points along the
Alsace front,
The statement follows:
"Numeroue patrol encounters occur-
• red last night, especially in the Cham-
pagne, at EParges, and at various
places on the front line in Alsace. A.
• German attack on one of our trench-
es at Hermans-Weilerkopf was repuls-
ed easily.
"Yesterday Lieut. Gastin brought
clown within our tides a German air-
plane of the Albatross type. This is
the fifth machine brought down by
this pilot up to the present time.'Last
night our aeroplanes threw down pro-
jectiles on the railway stations at
• Athie.s, Sexy and Etreillers."
GERIll.A.N REPORT ON WEST.
Berate -Jan. 29, via Sayville.—Brit.
isle troops, advancing in three waves,
• attacked Germaa positions north ea
Armentieres yesterday, the War Office
announces. On the Verdun event four
atacks were made by the French. The
text of the statement reads: .
"Western front: ArtnY 'group of
Crow n Prince Rupprecht: „North of
Armentieres, the British attacked in
three waves the positions of. Bavarian
infantry Regiment No. 23, The attack
was repulsed, with the infliction of
severe losses .upon the enemy.
"West or Feomelles, Put of Neuville
St, yaaat, on the north bank of the
Amore, and north of Vich-Sur-Aisno,
enterprises by hostile raiding detach-
ments were unsuccessful. Southwest
of Le Trausloy a British outpost was
caRAturrmedy.
group of German Crown
Prince: On the west bank' of the
Meuse (Verdun region) tliere was
lively- fighting activity during the
• day. lit the meeting the French trled
to advance by a surprise, without 'ar-
tillery preparation, aealn.st. the posi-
tions on Hill. 30e, captitred on Jas. 25.
They- fell back under our fire, which
began immediately. Beginnine at noon
a.heavy artillery fire was played upon
our trenches.' After a violent fire
unen,; the' lime three more French
-
attacks ensued, which all broke down
and were without success. Westpha-
lian Infanry Regiments Nom 13 and 15
and Baden Reserve Infantry Regiment
No. 109 tenaciously defended the cap-
tured ground, of which not one foot
Was regained -by the French, in spite
of the most liberal use of men and
ammunition.
"In the Vosges a reconnoitering reel
resulted in nine prisoners being
brought in. Atter. strong artillery
preparation on HartmanssWellerkopf,
storming detachments of Wurrteenburg
land and Wehr infantry regiment No.
124 entered 'Preach trenches, and re-
turned with 25prisoners and one ma-
chine fun."
RUSS ATTACK IN GALICIA.
Berlin, Jan. 29, viaeSayville.—In Ga-
licia:yesterday the Russians attacked
with „strong forces positions held by
Turkish- troops on the Zlota Lipa
River, the German War Office an-
nounces to -day. The statement fol-
lows:
"Eastern front—Front of Prince Leo-
pold—On the Iver Aa (Riga region)
cloudy weather and a snowstorm lim-
ited the fighting activities.
"Turkish troops of the 15th con*
which is distinguished for Its valor,
repulsed on the Zlota Lipa Russian at-
tacks which were launched with strong
masses after o heavy tire. At one
place a apeedy couater-attack eleared
a Turkish trench of the enemy, while
1n pursuing him a.numiber of prison-
ers ‘,S,0•ereerintaaknen.
raiding troops on the
Namyttyka (Galicia), brought back
nine prisoners front a Russian posi-
tion."
• Regarding the operations' on the
Roumanian front, the statement reads:
"Front of Arch:duke Joseph—In the
Meste Canesci sector the enemy kept
up a strong fire during the night. Two
Russian attacks failed.
•"Army group ot Field Marshal eon
Ma.ckensen—There is nothing Import-
ant to report.
"14.1a-ee000ian front—There have
been no important events."
Berlin, Zan. 28.-"Unifornt bread," con.
sisting of half rye flour, about 40 per
cent. while flour anti 10 per cent. bar.
Icy flour, is to 'be' adopted exclusively
in Berlin, atcording to a ruling made
Saturday by the magistrates. The rul-
ing conforms with tt recommendation of
thu•Breati Commission, ,wittch han been
investigating the increastnir bread short-
age that has made itselfAndnfully felt
during the last few weeks. "Cake -malt.
Mg has been forbidden hereafter.'
limners of the impending introduction,
of the unpopular "uniform bread" were:
accompanied by reports.' that the weekly
elloweeme of 1,000 grammes would be re.
duced, but it \vas deelared SaturtlaY that
this Step 'nee net intended under my
circiunstanoce.
Even the Man Who has Money to
heel -Altoatel be earefta pleat playing
ith fire.
• TEUTON BRAG.
Parliament Heads Bluster in
the Usual Strain.
Lendon cable: The Presidents of
the Parliaments of the Central Powers
Lave issued a manifesto declaring,that
the'nations they represent are resole -
ed On any sacrifice neceesary for vic-
tory, according to a Berlin despatch
manifesto was issued for publication
by Dr, Johannes Kampf, Speaker of
the Reichstag, at an official reception
given to the Parliamentary Presidents
who are now in conference in Berlin.
The despatch (Motes the mattifesto
as saying that all sacrifim
ces deanded
from the allied (Teutonic) peopleIn
the future 'will be readily made "in
JIM defeitemeagainst an enemy who
has unblushingly unveiled kis mode.*
tory and deetructiee designs."
The President of the Prassian Upper
House, in a epee& at the opening of
the .session, expreseed •the hope that
the present year, "despite its dieare
pointing beginning," might bring
peace, accOrding tO Berlin despateli
to Reuters by way of Amsterdam. Af-
ter eoraMeating ott the rection of
Germany's peace proposal by tbe En-
,tente, the Preeldent wad:
"The fateful hour of the Genet=
'Engem is approaehing. For the see-
ond time war has beett declared en -us,
ond to -day we, a More mea
ow' nd eite.
tured people, accuse:ailed to victory,
are standing behindthe Einperor. Olir
ireneivill shall thee to decrier and the
slim steel of a clean sword in our
hand shall low the way to a Morn
prosperoub future."