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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-8, Page 2:-ERRANST:4-AILI ., ATTEMPTTO OIlE� BACK AI.. Attack On Franco -American Positions , at Fere-en-9-'ardex ois Failed ---More Towns isa:"Fiaitnes, Indicating Further Retirement of Enemy. A despatch from London says:--' Whether as a result of 'weariness after 'two weeks' ell l incessat fighting 1 or because of the greatly increased strength hi man -power and positions of the enemy forces before them, the Allied armies on the Soissons -Rheims treat have noticeably, decreased :their efforts to clear the salient of Ger-, mans. If the, pause in the offensive is at tributable toweariness, the armies pf the German Crown: ;'since also neust he worn out by the pressure they have; been under for the fortnight, for, not- withstanding the fact that huge ye- 140reemerits were sent to then[ in their hour of dire peril, they have • lacked the hardiness to endeavor to throw back their antagonists and re -1 coup their losses. The fourteen day of the great al- lied offensive which has 'resulted in' driving back the Germans from the I Marne region northward across the ,Ourcq River and in materially bend- 1 ling in the eastern and western side of the ;great pocket with its mouth run - ping cross-country 36'miles from Soissons to Rheims, saw little activity on the part of either of the contending forces -except in the nature of reci-., procal bombardments. Tuesday night 'witnessed violent attempts, by the Germans to expel the American ;and French from the ,valuable posi- tions they hold north of the Ourcq, in the region of Fere-en-Tardenois,' and along the western side of the salient near Oulchy--le-Chateau, where Scot- tish troops are holding with the French the wedge that has been driv- en eastward into the enemy line. These efforts were entirely fruitless.. 'Whether the Germans have chosen the 'spot where ultimately they will face about and give battle to the allied forces has not yet Become apparent. Likewise whether their retreat finally has ended is not known. Great fires behind the lines possibly might indi- cate the destruction of further ,vil lages which it is intended to evacuate and press on northward to a chosen battle line, CAA.DIANS AGAIN IN FRONT LINE 1 -lave, Already Captured Prison- ers`'From Extra German Di- visions Sent to Confront Them A despatch from London says: - `?'he Canadian forces now are again in the front line and celebrated their return thither by continually haras- sing the Boche opposite, raiding him almost at will and contnivally annoy- ing him on his communicators on the rear lines. An extra German division which the enemy can ill spare for the pur- pose, has been placed in front of the Canadians, from which prisoners have4lready been captured. Germans hold advanced posts now so thinly that their front line is prat tically no man's land, A young Toronto officer a few nights back penetrated, with a ser- geant, a mile of the enemy's trench system, without encountering a single Boche, and discovered on returning a dugout whence issued many guttural voices. The officer kept guard while the sergeant returned for bombs, and , after half an hour the necessary tackle r arrived and the dugout was blown up. Two more Canadians had now ar- rived. The explosion of the dugout roused the whole German line for a short dis- tanee. With bombs and one of his men with a bayonet, he kept a score of )3oches down, then making a lucky dash, reached his _own posts safely. The Canadians made several gas projections recently, the wind being favorable, and subsequent investiga- tion showed this enterprise accounted for a few members of Hun working parties, GIGANTIC PANORAMA Heroes Of Britain At The Canadian National Exhibition. Memories of the great fighters of long ago, the heroes of a thousand battles by land and -sea, will be re- awakened by the Grand Stand Epec- tacle at the Canadian National Exhi- bition. "Britannia Militant" will. be more than a mere pageant; it will. be. the_ spirit of our Empire past and pre- sent, translated into flesh and blood, a romantic historic survey in which the spectators will be made to feel their kinship with the men of old. There Zvil1 be a suggestion of the Arthurian legends, of mediaeval knights, ancient castles, venerable cathedral ruins, and all the colorful paraphernalia of his- tory and of romance. The spirit of the Empire's yesterday will be caught and contrasted with the martial deeds of to -day and the men of the present, now fighting the greatest battle of all times, will not suffer by compari- son, particularly in the"dramatic climax when Currie's gallant Cana- dians arrive on the scene. The set- ting' will be' a gigantic reproduction of Windsor Castle, the scenic arrange- ment and general ensemble being the most elaborate ever produced at the', Canadian National. There will be over 1,200 participants, all' brilliantly attired in the styles of the period they represent,.and the whole inspiring ef- fect will be enchanced - by super musical treathient. CZECRO.-SLOVAKS CAPTURE ANOTHER TOWN A despatch from Amsterdam says: -The town of 'Yekateririhurg, in the Province of Perm, near the Siberian border, has been taken by the Czeeho- Slovaks, according to the newspaper' Izveetia at Moscow. With this new development of the Ozeelo-Slovak movement the Bol- shevik press is raising cries of alarm, The Pravda., for instance, declares the Czecho-Slovak danger is growing like an avalanche, and that the' counter-re- volutionary movement is extending, Of Norway's 124,500 square miles of lead, tnbout 26,840 square milers are ovei4 d With forests, GERMAN MORALE IS BROKEN' Disconsolate 'Batch of Prisoners Taken by Australians. A despatch from the British Front says: -The far-reaching effect on the German morale of the great allied blow between Soissons„andthe Champagne sector, is nowhere more convincingly apparent than among the Iarge batch of German prisoners cap- tured within the last few days by the Australians. "A sad lot of rabbits," was the de- scription of them by a British officer who interrogated some of them. "I've never run across a more dis- consolate lot of Boches," he` said. "What seemed to be the outstanding thought in the minds of both officers and mer[. was the fact that, despite what the German high command had long been preaching about the exhaus- tion of all the French reserves, there is no sign of a let-up in the fighting." Other German prisoners asserted their losses had been heavy in the big Soissons battle. They had believed their big offensive would be a suc- cess, but suddenly it turned into a re- treat. Their hopes in the U-boats had waned, ,for Americans seemed to be everywhere in the fighting. Added to their discouragement was the fact that they had been warned that Bri- tish raiding would certainly continue on a wide scale. German dead alone in front of one Australian battalion which attacked near Morlancourt two days ago were fully 200. BURY TORPEDOES IN PATH OF TAN] But New Foe Device Meets With Poor Success on the Battlefield. A despatch from Paris says: -That the allies are ingenious in coping with awkward conditions as theyarise is exemplified in their method of deal- ing with machine-gun nests which are hidden in cornfields at every avail- able point of vantage. Big tanks-- those modern land cruisers -and small tanks -land torpedoes -have made short work of those deadly wea- pons with which the enemy defends himself. --•To meet it, the Germans hit upon the plan of burying torpedoes' of a new kind at a slight depth in front of the tanks. This measure met with only poor sucess, as the invention is not hindering the allies. FOUR TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS' FOR FRANCE A despatch from Paris says: -Half a million francs have been appropriat- ed by the American Red Cross to complete the installation of four tub- erculosis hospitals. One of these is for use by the National Railway- Union, comprising four hundred thousand members, and anethe>y,is for Serbian tubercular cases.; 34,000 GERMAN PRISONERS IN A FORTNIGHT Ai A despatch from Paris says: -The total number of German prisoners taken on the Marne battle front and in Champagne' during the period be- tween July 15 -the date of, the be- ginning of the German offensive and' July 31, is, 33,400, of which 674 ` are officers.: BRITISH CASUALTIES MUCH LOWER IN JULY Despatch . from London says: - I British casualties reported during July totaled 67,291: This compares with •total casualties reported in June 1 of 141.,147. The losses for July are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 521; men, 6,474. Wounded, or missing: Officers, X521;. men 8 474. f} feed, 97c. Figur, new standard. grade, l� era $10 95 t ' $11 05 H 11 d t -b 90 lbs, $5.20 to $5.30. Bran, $35.. Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67.' ` Hay, No. • Breadstuffs 2, Per ton; car lots, $14. Toronto' Aug 6. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern $2.23Y,; No. 2 Live Stock -Markets BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCE - PROGRESS I TWO NEW ATTACKS a Allies' Occupy Villages'After Severe Fighting North o.' Our q: Also Advance Two Miles on 11 -Mile Front in Sojasons-Rheims Salient. A. desp'atch from the French Army in• France revs -Gen Manguin, with the French and British troops of his command,' is fighting a severe battle north of the Ourcq River' and is' mak- ing considerable progress. After taking the village of ,Grand Rozoy, north-west ' of Fere-en-Tar- denois, the allied tropes advanced to, the Flossier Weed, where 'at 8 p.m. Thursday night the combatants are in the closest of grips and the combat is extraordinarily fierce, The heights north of Grand Rozoy have; fallen into the hands of the allies, and at several points the allied troops have approach- ed 'within five miles of the railroad leading to Bazoches; which is the only railroad that, can be -used by the Ger- mans. for maintaining communications. The attack which `brought the allies. such good'results started at 4 o'clock Thursday morning with the aid of tanks. The British joined -with the French. in attacking the woods, thickets and villages, -each of which had been trans- formed into a fortress, with the aid of machine guns. sa By six o'clock Hill 205 and • the vile lages of ' Courdoux, Servenay and Cramoiselles had fallen' before the -de- termined allied assaults and prisoners were coming in. By seven o'clock -the advance was so marked that the British and French batteries were able to go forward to new positions. The German geirs-replied feebly, but their mitrailleuses were very numerous. The enemy counter-ettaoked furious- ly from l3uzancy and Eveque Wood, but their efforts were splendidly held up by the 'allied infantry. 'By evening the, allies had occupied` Cranmille, north-west of Fere-en- Taridenois, and the hillocks to the north df it, A despatch from London says: - Allied troops delivered another power- ful. blow against the Germans right on Thursday, penetrating two miles flank in. the Soissons -Rheims salient on an 11 -mile front, extending from Buzancy south of Soissons; 'to the vil- lages of Cramaille and Cramo'iselle, which lie north and west of Fere-en- Tardenois. Six ,hundred prisoners were captured. This thrust is a serious blow to. the Germans, .since ` it means that allied -• guns placed at the points• of furthest' allied advance, will` command the rail- road which runs from Fisrnes to Bazoches and from thence to Missy - the 'only lateral railroad communica- tion left to the Germans -in the "poc- ket•" The new drive , also threatens the_ German lines along .the .C�•ise.. and Vesie Rivers, between- 'which streams the enemy has been burning villages latterly,' as though preparing to fall . -• back across the Aisne River. On this advance which was made in the face of immensely stiffened re- sistance, British troop's acted in con- junction with the French. , - Northern $2.20 No. 3 Ngr-thern Toronto, •Aug. �.-Choice heavy 1, a2.171,a. No. 4 wheat, $2.101r i' in store steers, $14.00- to 15.00; butchers' 101 KE Fort William, 1 d' "21/ c t^x cattle choice, $13.00 to $13.50: do. _. r • � r lam, me u mg z � good, � $12.00 to $12.50 • do. me ium %� tranNo. feed 84% 7 stc: 8f, /srt g ' FURTHER GAINS extra No. 1 feed 847/sc, in store Forte $10.75 to $11,.00; do. common, $9.00 •� g William to $10.00; •: butchers' bulls, choice, American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln $11.00 to $11.25; do. medium bulls, dried nominal; No 4`yellow kiln $10.25 to $10.60; do, rough bulls, dried, nominal. $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, Ontario oats -No, 1 white, 85 to $10.75 to $11.00; do. good, $10.25 to 86c, nominal; No. 3'white, 84. to 85c, $10;50; do.. medium, $8.25 to $8.75; nominal, according to freights outside do. common, $7:00 to $8.25; stockers, Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to car lot, $2.22, basis in,stere Montreal. $11.00; capers and cutters, $5.50 to Peas -No. 2, nominal, according to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90:00, freights outside. to $125.00; do. com. and me., 65 00 Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.20•to .'475.00; • springers, $90.00't0 to $1.22. $125 00; I'ght , $13 00 to $16 00.1 Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour - War $10.95, Toronto. Ontario` flour - War qua $10.65, in bags, Montreal and r ewes - yearlings, $15.50 to $17.00;' spring lambs, 20 to 21/_c; calves, good' quality, $13.50 to $16:'25; hogs,' fed and wa-t -lered, $19.75 to $19.90; do. weighed' ity, off cars, $19.75 to $1,20.15. 1 To Montreal Aug 6 Calves ^ milk - onto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered`'M real freights, bags- included: B $35 per ton; shorts, $40 pe. ton• Hay -No. 1, $16 to $17 per track Toronto; mixed, $14 to $15 ton, track, Straw -Car lots, $8 to $8.50 ton, track Toronto. i fed, $7.00 to $14.50; choice steers,' out- $11.50 to $12.00; butchers' bulls,! ran, $7.00 to $8.50; butchers cows, $8.00 to $10.06. ''canners, $5.50. • • Select ton, hogs, $19.50 to $19.75. per per BRITISH BOMB Country Ptoduce-Wholesale. Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., - 42 to 421/2c; prints, per lb., 421/2 , to 43c; dairy, per lb., 36 to 37c. Eggs -New laid, 43 to 45c. Airmen Attack Stuttgart, Cob Dressed poultry -spring chickens, 38- to 40c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 23 to Lenz, Saarbrucken and Other 28c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to, Cities, Returning in Safety. 35c. Live poultry -Roosters, 16c; fowl,' A despatch from Lonodon says: - 21 to 26c; ducklings, lb., 25c; turkeys, The Air Ministry's communication on 27 to 30c. Spring chickens, 30 to 32c. i aerial activities issued on -Wednesday Honey -New crop, strained, 19 to night follows: - 20c per lb; in comb, $2.25 to $2.40. "In addition to the attacks already Wholesalers are selling to the re tail trade at the following prices:- reported on the 30th instant the sta Cheese -New, large 231 to 24c; tion at Lahr -(Baden) was bombed. twins, 23% to 241/ec; old, large, 2516 "On the night of July 30.31 our air to '26c;; twin 26 to 261/2c. • planes again proceeded to' Stuttgart Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to' and dropped nearly two tons of bombs 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45! on .the Bosch Magneto -works, the to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c. Daintier works and the railway sta- Margarine-28 to 32c. I tion. A fire.brbke out in the station. Eggs -No. l's, 43 to 49c; in car- � eSeveral bombs were dropped on the tons, 52 to, 54c. Hagnau station and barracks causing Dressed poultry --Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 34c; , a heavy e plosion. The Remiily jure turkeys, 40c. j tion and two airdromes were attacked Beans -Canadian, band -picked, bus.'. with -bombs and machine-gun fire, $7.50; imp., hand-picked, Burma or l "On tile morning of July 31, at 7.30 Indian, $6.50; Japan, $.00 to $8.75; ' o'clock, one of our squadrons attacked Lamas, 18 to 19c. b- !the Coblenz station, Owing id clouds ,Maple syrap-31,� Ib. tins, 10 to a i observation was impossible. The sta- case $14.50- imp lea] gallon tins per• E HUN TOWNS o •:filet[ ii five a1lon cans. ,tion and factories at Saarbrucken were in, `?a 5 I g per can, $10.50; 75 -gallon kegs, per :subjectedi to two attacks. gal, $2.00; maple sugar,- 1-1b. box,' The first formation encountered gal,$2.00; maple P le sugar, 1-ib.<bo, large numbers of hostile scouts before ,xr pure, per lb., 24 to 25c. 'reaching their objective. Bitter'fight- ing ensued, inthe course of which four of our machines were shot down. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36 The remainder bombed their objec- to 38e; 'do., heavy, 3,0 to '32c; cooked; tive and on their return journey again 50 to 51c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast were heavily attacked, -losing three bacon, 41 to 44c; hacks, plain, 44 to more machines, One hostile machine 45c; boneless" 48 L to 49c: was disabled Cured meats- on clear bacon, 30 „ t 31c clear bellies 29 to 30c The second attack, delivered later,, oLard-Pure, tierces, 30 to 30/c; was completely successful. Bursts tubs, 301/2 to 31c; pails, 30% to 31%c; were observed in the factory. In spite prints, 33 to 332c. Compound of attacks by hostiles, -scouts all our; tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 2632, to machines returned safely,'' 26%c; ails 26% to 27c; ' prints, 28 to 281/2c. --- Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug. 6. -Oats -Canadian western, No. 2, $1.00; extra No. 1 DENMARK, HOLLAND. GERMANY, UNI1tED STATES IRELada.3 "There is no charity equal to ' the charity that is charitable to, the un- charitable ." n- charitabl'e;" CARADAK RANK AS A ROG PRODUCER 1,494,4144s4.44400e + 4n4,. 19 041.43g4riM onirronttriMP elf 44 *N P? 14 va M afdale ai as x 7 FRANCE, ithaageemaitait 6 GREAT 4441004D*, a BRITAIN, ITALY ice i 4 CANADA. sate' 3 COMPARED WiTH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS TO THE HUNDRED ACRES OP ,LAND IN FARMS. Push Forward Despite Desperate Resistance in Meuniere Wood. A despatch . from the American Army on the Aisne -Marne Front, says: -The American troops ;,pushed for}rd their lines at certain points Thursday on the centre of the Rheims - Soissons salient, notwithstanding) the resistance of the Germans, who did not give ground on some sectors un- til they actually had been shot from their positions. The Germans" are desperately cling- ing to their strongholds at Nesles, and in the Bois I euniere, north-east of Roncheres, but the Americans have gained a on the northern edge of the Meuniere Wood. The Nesles forest is under the range of 'the American heavy guns. Aviators • reported that the Germans are rushing, up reinforcements, in- cluding tanks. The enemy's heavy guns are pounding the Nesles and Meuniere Woods unmercifully. Observers and prisoners who had been brought behind the lines prev- iously reported the forests as having been jammed with'German troops and also with large quantities of supplies. The German losses in men, therefore, must have been very great, as the heavy guns started shelling the woods. several days ago. • JEWS TRAINED IN CANADA NOW FIGHTING NEAR JAFFA A despatch from New York says: - Safe arrival in Palestine of the first two contingents of the American Jewish Legion was announced by the Zionist Organization' of America. Recruited last Spring, the men have• been trained in Canada and England, and will join the Jewish regiment en- rolled in London and already on the firing line with the British forces near Jaffa. Liege Must Pay Heavy Fine For Celebrating Marne Victory A despatch from London says: - The Maastricht 'newspaper Les .Nou- velles says the inhabitants- of Liege, Belgium, held an enthusiastic public demonstration over the success of the Entente offensive on the Marne sali- ent, during which the Marseillaise was sung. Because of this, the news- paper adds, the German governor has ordered the curfew rung at 7 o'clock in the evening for several weeks and the city also has been fined. Before Action. By all the glories of the day And the cool evening's benison, By that last sunset touch that lay Upon the hills when day was done,. By beauty lavishly outpoured And bleeings carelessly received, By all the days that I have. lived, Make me a soldier, Lord, By all of all man's hopes'. and fears, And all the wonders poets sing; The laughter of unclouded years, And every sad and lovely thing; By the roniantin-ages stored With high endeavor:that was his, By all Iris mast catastrophes Make me a man 0 Lord, I,`that on my familiar hill Saw with uncomprehending eyes A hundred of Thy sunsets spill Their fresh and sanguine sacrifice, Ere the sun swings his noonday sword Must say 'good-bye to all of this- By his-By all delights that I shall miss, Help me to die, 0 Lord. -Lieut. William Is oel,Hodgson. • • WITIIOUT THE LOSS • EONE MACHINE British 'Drop 2-3- Tons of Bombs. on German Positions. A despatch from London says: - The official communication on aerial operations says: On July 31 heavy fighting took place in the air, with the result that 26 enemy machines were brought down and nine alters -were " driven down out of control. Four of our machines failed to return. Although observation was again difficult, many ' photographs were taken and 15 tons 'of bombe were dropped 'by us with : good effect: Dur- ing the night over 23 tons of bombs were dropped by us without,the'loss of a machine. - Several railways, including those' at Gambrai and Lille, suffered -very heavily, many direct hits being,, ob- served and a number of large fires started. The Air Ministry communication on Thursday night says: On the morning of 'August 1 one if our bombing squadrons started to bomb Cologne, but. finding ,it en- veloped in a cloud, turned and drop- ped its -bombs on the factories at Duren- (Rhelnisch Prnssia) in one of which a fire broke out. All our ma- chines returned. A second formation attacked the, railway workshops at Treves. They were heavily attacked by large num- bers of 'hostile machines, Three of the enemy machines were destroyed. One of our planes has not returned. • OCCUPY BEYOND SERIMES Americans Pretended to With., draw, Then Attacked, An- nihilating Two Companies. =A despatch - with the" American Army 'on the Aisne -Marne front says: General. DeGoutte, ' commanding the army on this front, has expressed to the correspondent his satisfaction at the progress already made and the hope that the advance would continua until the Germans were forced beyond their new positions. The allied forces now occupy the hill's beyond Seringes and Sergy , One of the fiercest encounters in the pres- ent offensive was brought about by the Americans, who occupied Seringes. During the night elle Americans .pre• tended to -withdraw from the village. Some of them did withdraw, but others remained in the houses and other points ,of vantage, The Germans began pouring into 'the place, and the Americans opened 'fire, Two enemy companies were virtually annihilated. - The Americans used machine guns, rifles, pistols and employed both the bayonet and the rifle -butt with groat effectiveness. ' The fighting in ' the streets wee Savage, but' of compara- tively brief duration. Then the Ameri- cans cans awaited the coining of other Ger- mans, but they casae not, So, French and Americans together moved beyond the village, The Germans are now' using high explosive s• hells simulthneously with gas shells, The high explosives are designed to drown the "pap" of the gas projectiles, which the allies have learned to distingulsh from the othere. Tho percentage of gas casualties is loty' as a resultof: the discovery of the German trick, because the allies generally anticipate attacks with gas. 'r.