The Seaforth News, 1918-05-09, Page 2see
DESPERATE FIGHTINGIN YPRES SECTOR I LEADING MARK
, • TOWNS CHANGE HANDS MANY TIMES
Ames Stein Advance of German
Voormezeele is Wag
London, April :18,- :By one of those
"back to the wall" 11 81021110 fur whici!
they have been famoue in this wee,:
Frances-Brit:We forces 1111'. (1 KJ 0011 the;
112 the Ypres eector from
turning into an immediate big :mete:est ;
for the Geeinane, after the 10,Is ily the
1(1810(1 foreee of the dominating peak
of Rommel.
Had the enemy been able to intim,:
distals deeelop his sueceee in the
mniel sec ter, as ho attempted to do,
the reeult probably svonid have been
disastrous to the allied troops in the .1
"Ypees
The British, linwesene held firm
against the attacks which lasted all
day in the neighborhood of Voorme-
zeele, two miles south of Ypree, and
the Freneh were equally firm in do -
fending the line in the sector of Leers.,
west of Returnee protected 1,y the
heighte of Mont; Rouge am? Scherpen- t
berg, 1
With the Britieh Army in Teraiwei
April 28. ---Hard fighting centiuned f
about Lucre and Voormeeeele, but .1.,
ehiewliet'eus IOO tosdae lute beert 28 a
day of rest for the infantry ae t
whole, The battle for Loeee ta
Vooemezeele has been moot desperate. p
p aee loIre Changed hande see-
eral times in the past twenty-foer V
hours, and at toile latest reports, it was 11
theBritish A000 131
in possession of Voormezeole, while ,It
the enemy seem,: to have sucetteeled et
'TS
' N 2.2 2, do..
'Proops—Struggle For I.oln'e anti 1111 1 112111,
Ah,atitaitt
. ;0'' $ ; No.
.ed With Bitterness. :1 OAS!.
0.
t'•%V., st.we e'er( 11'1111..u.
.
• IP11.1'1V11.11 1'4,111- No vootv kIljj
An engagentant north of the Ypres- 111,1.ed. 3 ll
".1. o,
Contines Canal wam in progress `1.1t'';;, ,1.01V11
throughout most of the night, No.'" 'e„
with the British holdiug doggedly -and In,
inflicting heavy 101442014 on the attnek- sot. eaeen wals a
ing troops, The German ea:amities in e,.011...1,111 10 s:.7o. accormng
this putt of thc front have In very lenriee -.qattelts: eteie te 81.21. go
te freights caitehle.
I Serene. nol:wit $1.4•1 to .$1. 11000rdi
ng
1.0••re hat; changed hands: .at least -
ilvtt times since Friday. The Cer.„ emete,.. 2' 32'112' """rd1"4 t' fr'Ighte
twine forced thedr way into the village 110;IrtPt141,11;;;I:atr,fnli,;- \rat • "uall'Y' $1 1.10'
aftei• eanguinnry battle Friday, but • fl,,l(0 timir••• Aver %manta% 1 1 9.ee,
00 '4' thrust mit by a French counter- r.;:;:fe-1,,',1,g;',',.; , 'and urv111
"orennon the enemy again (1 81110k11(1 tack Oita night. Yest;eelay in the 1 3111(1 110 11 1111
heavily and recovered the village, Y?' 1. 1. eer '1'011.426 11,1'11,0$011°tiritleed,
nIy to toSe it when the b't•ench coun- e T
tete 1019 top, $9,511 to 49,
ered in the afternoon. teeee 'temente, '
Tlibi morning'e assault was deliver -
d about 1 o'clock, and 3113881.
leid. 39 to toe; eelneted.
11131111 11111/ apparently' gained entrance 11
•1.1 'Igti;•••
0 tilo phtee their tennre of it WEIS be- `1?-4T!"laOo (1 t'1.1. en 71 2.4
(114' h.0otly ..netested by the poilus, rdietti". 11(1(03' (.012(80 34 t1 bc11erS',
t‘ Vs,. •
A eimilar 'fight had been 34'1184%'1134'1184%'11t(beet e -22 t Vie
oe Voormezeele. The Germansa re- 7111,...,":lite,t.,,,,e.t,.,:;,:i.:12e7w1.1,11,ktorLe;...i.,e6,;;.:2,:;1:1,:118.,0•1: tiro,
tok the heinlet last night, but Were
1,0nos--(1111cullan. ('0(200, bushel, $7.60
to Vs; Foreign, luttol-piettoa, bushel,
SG•'Cl.0Inb° P107.1toY—•C'tiolee, le oz., 33.50 Per
dozen; 12 cat_ $3 oor dozen; seconds
and clerk enroll S" 50
Country Produce—Wholesale
ble te hold it only a short time, for
he British in a brilliant counter -at -
%.k stormed their way through the
laces and ejected the enemy.
An attempted enemy attack near 5-s;,1,111,',1:,' '17;,7,1'-8-.211.NIT,1,11.114111„1e°11., "5, 11.12,ti
illere-Bretonneetx yesterday Was ner pound, 21 to 25e.
IllaShed. by artillery fire, The Ger-
Proyndone—Wholesale
ans eoncentrated east of the town
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, ati to
(1(11g the forenoon, but the Iltitisn heavy, 30 to 32e; t•ooked, 47
put dm h a g to 49e; rolls, VI to 820: breakfast bacunt,
11 to 'Ito; 'bitel-s 1.1 ISo;bone-
1(511: - the troops and d•ispersed . less. 40 to 49atsc.
aired me-. -Lona clear bacon, 20 to
one; elear benles, 20 to 30c.
Lard—Pure, tieroes, 31$ ,to 32c; tubs,
110 to 331e; poo
lls, 32 to ne: prints,
23 to 312c. tlerves, 20 to
211e, tube, 261 to 2tne; 268. to
oriuts. 273 to 28e.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, A pell e---rca ts - -Canadian
-western. N.. 3. 51,02; extra No. 1 reed,
81.02; No. 3 weal wlitte, 01, pun1'—
No' standal.d. SPring wheal grade.
210,1,6 to $11.05. Rolled nats---flags, 90
lbo.. 10.00 - 35.60. 'Bran. 626.40.
Shorts, $40.40. Middlings, $43.50. Moun-
tie. 050 to 492. Itay. No. 2. nee ton, car
low, 417,
early in the clay in getting,. a foothold: an
0111.
in Locre again. th
GERMAN LOSSES !BRITISH AND GER -
EXCEED 5,000,000, MAN TANKS MEET
609,000 Killed- and Wounded in Fought in Fields Near Amiens
. •
Recent Great Offensive. ! With Victory For British.
A despatch from London says: tier- , A 1c;ptach 'front the British Armies
man losses in killed and wounded in. in Frence saye: For the first time the
the great offeneive temounted to no wsunieee IlErstip
Britiel: and German 1:wh4. have met
less than 4300,000 mem, 31(02 8111 t-ci it, L.. (1 , . . 0 • lycimine-, Anvil ne—etteh urices•
renable information received (1 21 Hie : : sei , 4...
. i ..., y is for the tetts-see...?, sew., else; zee- ,.. &,.., eei-7 there are the Constitutional Monar-;
t.so. eney emiges on Wednesday : eftee No. 1 47,..d. Stu. No, Creed, 554e ; chists, consisting mainly of cadets„'
Scandinavian sonrece, Theee figefi
rei, in the smelt elde around Villers -Bre --1 'ie: ..i'; 0.4'..;: r'efeet4.'lar-e-e':1 fd 50)o chzsts Co11'11311ng mainly 01 eadets
cand111ao lan 001031 '119 1 ,:r 1 1 1,11 11,11 1110(111(1 1 iliet 11 B e \ 4 t' i 8 1 41 fl'."ies.3,1, Ssir.117 :The other two parties are the Social
which are, of cou-,,,e, un„fik j„1, e.u.i:t tonneuX and east of Amiens, where! (...;,to.ei-3-..;,., 1 .e.evese„ $.870; :No. 2 (,l 1Revolutionaries, who are pro -ally, and .
from trustworthy eourcee. There hes tee enemy
teen much CliSe113Si011 FIS to the mo- made a determined and for 1 . -- i Soviets, who represent the Bolshevik
; a Moment suceessful a•ttaek upon that * tritium states markets
tive behind the disclostrue a Karl Tea
4011 11111'(1130(I,1, .1.3.011n011 30—(l.rn—Nn. 3 ''P- (ili'25. -
white, 36 trt 57c. Flour—Unchanged, ' •
ytilow. seer, In CROP CONDITIONS IN WEST
Brae --032.11. i
WERE NEVER BETTER.
t
1."'40 (4
The Forlenini holds the world's
Zeppelin. This airship has a celery
FROM SUNSET COAST
enn•maral
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLO
ARE DOING.
1.1rogress of the Groat West Told Af
in a Few Pointed
1'44
'4 ;,,,:::!';';''..-0.''7:$. '
ts; fli,
.i, 1
! . : haS Wen 81)POinte11 ollicer-in.com.
-1 caveat hospital, *Victoria.
0' 1i1414488'.i Public Works, Victoria, has 194 1(1 de -
1 comidel101.1a bravery.
i F. D. Edwards, who lost both handl
as the result of wounds at the front,
:Comte& with .the Militetw OrOse, for
4 440"
il J. E, fildillth, Deputy Dilatator of
Mend of P2 111113(81 military coeval -
Lieut. J. 13, Dicl,e0111111, of Vieteriel
Capt. Thomas Roos Griffith, 301.1 of
'Paragraphs.
iii who 1,,ft with the .1 0111. Brigade, C.F,
...........,..--............ -.............. A. has been awarded the 'Wintery
New Italian Dirigible. Cross for devotion to duty during the
operations before Passehondaele.
12114 operations 140,0rodoilid)fortilll.tildel of 17,000 feet, against 18,000 feet made by the ' The Police Commis,,ion,ws of Vic,
aria . 01 33 aided to the Attorney -Gera
1 eral for his flat for proseeution 11
GERI NS OCCtill HUNT KEMPIIEL „i,„T„,„. ef names of those who aro at.
.1 1.1Aecgto,d to have violated the Lord's Day
FOUR AND A HALF MILES FROM YP,RES'iZIL`e-na:gi,,r,r.„ }':,.',•:',.wtt.-Y. In
7070
TROTZKY ASKS
ALLIED MD
Bolshevik Official Press Has Be-
come Pro -British.
&despatch from London says:—
There is a significant tone toward the
allies, especially America, in the Bol-
shevik official press. From being pro -
German it has now become pro -Brit-
ish, above all, pro -American. Leon
Trotsky, who emerges once more as
the strong' man in the situation, is
getting a force together which is
causing the Germans anxiety in view
of their wholesale withdrawal of divi-
sions from the Ease
Trotzky apparently is inclined to in-
vite co-operation of the allies to as-
aist in organizing this force which
could soon be made effective under
Proper direction,
There are still, however, four eon -
Rioting parties in Russia, each more ,
interested in partisan ends than liber-
ating the country from the German
yoke. There is a small refractory
counter-revolutionary party aiming at
the restoration of the autocracy. Then
French Forced to Abandon important Position.—Counter-Attack
1803811 the Okanagan Valley south of
Sicamous, replacing the tri-weelcly
service that hod been operated . fee
Launched by Anglo-French Armies. me.
sotime,
It is estimated that
aha deficit for
The lose of Eemmel Hill is serknie, the fiscal your ending March 3 1, iota,
•, for it overlooks much of the lowlands at Vietoria, will be about a million
lying back of the allied lines In the dollars, 213 e0111pered 30811, .1 ricfieit of
Ypres salient,
!approximately two 001111,11(1 in the 411- A despatch feom the British Army i eal Year ,('13219(114 N18,1,11 4'1017.
in France, says:—The allied arm) on The Fraser River has been at war
Friday were taking the initiative On' trial the e4101.1.113111Meng 14214 100,188,1 80
both the tun -there and southern ends the Cariboo county, and c01421104(1 out
of the battle front. Friday morning' every lee bridge no the vicinity of
the Britieh and French troops, acting
Big Bar, leaving ice from twelve to
in conjunction, began counter-ope,ra-; thiety feet high along Re banke,
tions in the region of Mount Kentmel!". Lieutenant Gordon Carmichael, of
; and the neighboring territory which New Westminster has been awarded
the Germans captured in Thursday's the Military Cross for bravery at
sanguinary struggle.
PaN"octba"pdailtileele of ice has formed on
the Arrow lakes, near Nalsttep, D.C.
Mount Kommel is a deep hill, morel The lowest temperature so far this
than 400 feet high, lying about four, winter has boon one above zero,
rniles and a half south and west of ] A seyeee penalty was 81112313140(1 ten
oval,Ypresbeing. Inrlyhallteceoamiaratian(1
vely te flatitfoipomis. a e
New Westminster tiehermen.w19
wae caught fishing with tt set net at
50110l1 -'(vest to north -cast and half that the mouth of the Sumas river.
di -stance from aouth-east to north: Vital statisties coveuing British Co -
West. Its slopes extern] outward into 11110019111for the ,,n'.,'7 ehov• t
A. despatch from London says:—
; Rommel Hill, a height which Mrs been
!looked upon EIS the key to the southern
side of the Ypres salient and an ims
!portant strategic position On the
northern battle front in France, has
been taken by the Germans. After a
I defence which will become one of the
heroic chapters of the war the hill
was surrounded and the French farces
entrenched on its slopes were over-
come.
The Teutons launched terrific at-
tacks along the whole Wytschaete-
Bailleul—IVIeteren line.Wednesday, ap-
parently for the purpose of finding. at
point which might yield. They evi-I
dently, found that spot In the section
of the front held jointly by the British
and French troops and against it they!
hurled fresh divisions which fougerC
their way forward all day Thursde
y
until at nig•htsfall they had surround-
ed Keenmel Hill, 011(1 isolated the
French troops holding the position;
All night long the fight went 011,
and it was not until Friday that the!
Germans succeeded in storming up the
"lopes of t'ho 1 ' •
Bleiand the high ground around it.
Gebtreu, Neuve Tiuropa, that the The German tanks led the attack,
rt . 1050614Up te OP end ef sn'inffifflr on the town from the
Tammey thie year utneunted nort-
hea,t and front eouth, and in
,4.5.6.0(,() men killed. wounded and
their Willie came the infantry with
risencrs, excluding the navy anti 11,1101181:e guns, heavy mortars and
, 1. ./
gli011ita tee0P94 aUNinar!"' foreeac and light artillery, Altogether there were
I
eaths due te, sickness. Combined . 10111..01. live tanks. They were bulky
British Navy's. Raid on Flanders Coast is big Blow to Operatians
. , .
"th the figuree of the recent battles '1411(1 ungainly creatures, quite unlike
e
1May Halt Armies Unless Problem Can
eete'far exceed anything Germaity had ,atiek-firing guns,
emeany's total losses 110W execed : the Britieh tanks in appearance, with
0011,4100. The total given by Blelt,.. a broad squat turret containing a German Submarines—Obsolete Cruisers Laden • I
• The coal problem 80 Italy is equally
Be Sol%ed.
eviouely admitted. There is a sug- - The British tanks came up during
st•ion that Bleibtretee article we' the morning. and the German tanks
tended to minimize proportionately '
0 recent losses on the western front, , —stalled forward through the t 8,
shell I ltrAuill'' N'...:1,,ti ssfii7.550 t: cs':
Duluth. Milet., April 2.1—I.Insned—
$4.0 71 to 84.1 31; arriVe initi 11,193 and , •
July $4.077; fatober. 03.57 bid.
deepatch from Calgary Alta.,
Livo stook twaxects
from all parts of the province indicate
the fuothille from Et quarter to half a ling decrease in births end marriages,
mile. The linage of Ken'iniel lies as against an increnee in mortality,
just ttt the norsheaust edge of the Since the B.T.P. Railway lute been,
heighte. - , completed through Fratemis mut
.. __. _._ .._...„..-- iTneha Lake district, near Prince Rue
1
ZEEBRUGGE CANAL BLOCKED AND • . - Ithere•
pert, four hundred people have settled
...
1
OSTEND FAIRWAY NARROwFD; COAL FAMIN-E IN ITALY.
'says: Crop reports being received
Toronto, .\ nril 110-8xtra choice heavy
steers, $13.75 to 015; eludee heavY that conditions were never better, and
Steera. $12,75 to $1 3.50; glual beery it is estimated that the average 813
Ole, $12.25 tobutchers' cat-
tle, choice, $12.50 tn $12.75: dn., grad, crease in acreage seeded will be in
St2; dm. niedhpla. ell to 511.5'0: the neighborhood of 20 per cent. Cool
do.. eonotion, S10 to $10.50: butchers'
bulls, (hele. 610.75 10 611,25; dn.. good have retarded germination
nights
balls. $10 to sliest); do.. medium bulls, somewhat, but -in many parts of the
S9 to ele2e: do.. rough bulls, $.6.75 to
37.50; butchers' t. .11'13, l'ilake. $ i 0.75 E0
• ' --W en they, saw them approaching 0(1.50: M.: ,Fooa ‘311, •I' to 310.59; do.,
licit are causing serious disturbance; : ere ta engage
Gemiany. When the enormous efts-, ed.sbeir them.. They concentrat- 1 "",?.,:a At,:ea ntu tter;4, 40.5 4 ti o $7.50! 0 . nil lk-
ifeS of the battlefield are added to gents on one Britieh tank, but I ciernn. 701,)1 merti.,lact‘; $9d; gtrlitig!ez:s, g 3 ii
., ineredsed rate of mortality 01' tl . •
others came to the rescue and in the 1 t" $1111: meet owes, Si :see to eie
00 or
Concrete Sunk to Block Entrance.
as serious as that relating to food
shortage, but ito solution ie 06' "1
A. despatch from London says; '170e ' breach ir the viaduct and a eolith- spontlent. Before the War 11111,0 im- •
South wheat is above the ground. 1 net result of the British- navy's raid west or westerly wind the sand shift- ' moie deficelt, says a Rome corm -
There are a few complaints of lack of - on the Flanders coast, according' to a ing has proceeded rapidly, and it will ported 950,000 tons of coal every
moisture and drying winds blowing 1 high naval authority, is that the Zee- take the Germans some time to over- i
;month. Despite the fact that the re-
al' the -top soil, but this happens every I brugge Canal entrance is effectually i come it. quirements for coal have considerably
year in Southern Alberta to a greater blocked, a breach 120 feet long has 1 The removal of the blockshiles 1 tion continued to fall off mall last
i increased since the WEtr, 1843 itrIpCleta
Jarnl
n le dad. that followed one enemy I ebniee. 013.50 to $15.50; liop,i, fed and the Mole with the hind and the Os- I slow and delicate job, bemuse the Ilee ;1011S were imported every month, The
,e, els to 8-0.00: calves good to or less extent.
----0.----.....-- been made in the Riaduct connecting I across the cane1:4 mouth also is a 1 year, when on an average only 524,001
Man population, it: is clear Ger:
ilY's losses cannot be recovered
eiteration. in ponent of less bulk and lighter arma- ' erontreni; Ate•ii ete--tehoiee.steere, 312
intent, while the others scuttled att'a.V.
1 tank was put out of action by its op- PetTd'e„ fob tj.011e14hed ef2
tn 913: gnod steers, $11 to $11' medium
ears, TURES Tk6,RE K.,.1.RS 14",3 1.'l
tend fairway has been hle011Veniently of heavy charges would still fur
: N D fie0 RI teSIAN GL NS narrowed but •not •h II lher ' - .1 •
Eel 1- A BAD SECOND ,
IN BOMBING t; A ME: '
ondon, April 27.—The Air Minis -
announces that the number of !b
bs dropped by the British over en -8
lines in Prance opposite the Brit- :
11
rout during March was 213,099, by se
and 13,080 by night. The enemy
ed in the area (templed by Brit- ef
coops 517 by day ancl 1,9.18 1'W 23
OTAL OF GERMAN MISeING • I
l'e'ciS:etXO' seNgial'icetetl:rt il'Ali, to day says:
jets NOW REAcRED 6114104t orr ears. 921 to $21.50:, Sews. 8:0 "We have oceunied the tout:Teas 01!baata constructed at Antwerp werelinstead of Zeebrugge as their thief ; could net be run by burning wood in -
I siu.20. it was through Zeebrugge that U1 time the Germans must use Ostenti ; was utteney paralyzed. As fast treble
Amsterdam, April 28.—Speaking ; t-.' I . Ears w -as a etrong•ly fortified twill and general supplies for coast defence.! down the chrome' than they like. I them.
Ears and captured 8010 guns." !brought to• the coast, also munitions'! refuge, thus bringing' them further , stead of coal it was decided to stop
efor the Main .Cornmittee of • the ! BULGARIANS FIGHTING WITH I -wad et great krateg10 1,1100rtam° t° Zeebrugge harbor has been daily 1 The raid was a splendid enter- I Fortunately, England and Franee
erreen Reichstag- on Friday, accord -1 . _ GERMANS AROUND AMIENS.' Russia. It lies tel an elevation iff i dredged by two dredges owing to the ; prise, ably and in,genionsly planned, . came to Italy's rescue and the latter
g to Vorwsterts, Gen. von Risberg
1 6,000 feet and is conn.ected by rail- i perpetual shifting of the sand. The magnificently executed and showing .' placed 240,000 tons of coal at Italy'e
ate,' that on March 31st the number 1 A despatch from Paris SaYS: Tile 1 IVa'Y With Tiflis. It several tinles ba's !British sunk one of these dredges. The the dauntless pinek of the British • dis 0- I I
ti 1170 were )ri
German miesing had reached,a total , presence. of Bulgerian troops on the i been the scene of • notable battles be -
t:64.104. Of this number, he said, western front is now confirmed. It : tween the R i i other was damaged th
: 000 in England, 157,000 in Ruesia and j is there Eip what troops are represent- hi 1855 and again in 1877, and in 1873 •
• FRi'llvf7 LAUNCH •
lased in Italy is consumed by munition
• . injure the entrance walls of the can- ccame ea acute that
eie.eo; medinet. se to earen plinie9 01 0-- •
. choice, betelier Mills. $10,09 to The Zeebrugge Canal is much more als aud the blockships were construct- I and in order not to diminish the ma -
i
!all available stocks were cehausted,
C let ntin ple kprit — The important tanto the German navy's oper- ed peculiar manner so as to give I put of munition factories tual other
butcher colt's. $19.50: griod eows, $9.50
Turkish official communication issued( ations in the channel than Ostend, 513 i them high reeisting power. For a war industries the railway servo. -ea
LAND YIELDS
TO GERMAN ISel.41.1.NI)S. of' the B‘ulgett7ian IVIinister in Vienna,
rep'snied as dead.
so at with a-kievy with its inspiring mo 1 fl t p ea , tile the former guaran-
sorters in France, 11 0,-i ie not known here how large a force Was captured by the Russians in 182B,
ARABS AND BRITISH future. Threefourths of all the cord
uss ans anti the Turks. It ra ec . teed to send 090,000 tons. inonth
GERMAN LOSSES OVER 500,000 I London, April 28.—Arab forces, ea—
Rumania, and the remainder reelil be' ed but -mono, the oflieers is the son waseeededeth Russia.
OCCUPY RAILWAY !ft.! vi „Ad . ; factories mut War industries, while t1•1
I Toscheff. remaining fourth is t onsumed by tita
' ritilroade. Efforts' ales, no b
don, April Ms—Holland has
$UCCESSFUL RAIDS In addition to the large force of SINCE OFFENSIVE BEGAN. I operating with the British i •%
0. ti mane s demand con- , BA% CANADIANS :VT LENS: German trc'alis flaw attacking the al -
transportation, and the sup-
Ilied line east of Arniene, concentra-
and and gravel, although it I. Britten Headquarters in France,11 times are reported further north, ope
erstood that the -amount of.' April 28.3.—The Canadians have carried posite Aryans, as fOr as Ypres.
ncl gravel will be limited in- ' out three successful raids opposite(
ofunlimited, according .ta a Lens, taking sixty prisoners and four
.from The Hague t o PUBLISH U-130AT SINKINGS
.tha maehine 1.71.1110 and killing, many Ger-
Mail, dated Sunday. , 110, ONCE A MONTI-UN FUTURE.
1V1Y REPULSED IN TRE
A despatch from Lonclott saYa:
t-9 :held shortly in London.
south of Mann, according to an official
ee'rveridle Plied in Attempt I conference for thie purpose will be
that the German losses in the great Yesterday. Mann is 75 mikes eouth of .
high British authority is informed • report received from General Allenby
D'esiroy"Yard and Ship. 1 "From its results Mises life and
at half a, million casualties and other . Kaiser Hurries To Zcebragee
French staff estimate puts the total 1
battle have been very high, The ! Jerusalem,
ter in the French mercantile marina said the Fetid Commistioner r tl
Paris, April 20.—The lergesrfreigh- the- conduct of the war will depend."
cupied 53 miles of the Iledjaz Railway,
'h4" i 0.111140,4(3(2,3 1J1570,319j); to increase the quantity of coal as-
signed to Italy by the and a
estimates 800,000. At a secret ses- But ,Not To Glee Iron CrOsSeS • terdese is now :taco in a French part . less ft is satisfactorily eolved with.._e A despatch from London says: The promised that victory could be gained I
sion of the Reichetag, Hindenburg 1 remote from liw fighting .zone. It is out further delay, [0 apt to prevent
A despatch •trorn London eays:—.., 450 feet love and ie of 10,000 tune dee. Italy front -mutilating the war.
launched at Dunkirk yeee implying that. the coal problem, un -
Admiralty has announced the cessa- I at a Coat of 1,000,000 casualties, and 'The Kaiser visited Zeebrugge per-. Piecemeal.
Ilosses and .the substitution of a month- I
tion of the weekly retuen of shipping I afterwards amended -it to 1,500,000.1 serlallY on TueedaY, it is officially The lisrmene, aWare of the lc:rather,'
Iv report on th Th sai • The Gorman civilian population is in- I admitted from Berlin I '
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etch from Londoe says: The • share of the burden of the great I 1
table German drive in the 'battle. 4010
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ancl Armentieres sectors,' Notwititetanding the frantic
gan on Wedneeday morning, peter9one rentle lee the Clemens for a
oped into a terrific etrug0e. ' con! Moline° 17' their drive toward
%eh, having been leveed back Amiens and tlio extrema violence ofi! ..
llers-Bretonneue, latmehed a the fightime, the entire thus far in that -,
ttack, s•eetook the 1'i1121 410 : ropior; have )icon trifling. Along the
t the Germans 'melt almost to , line from Albert eteuth to Castel tee-
,, . e •,,, which were held before the 'east et Haturard. en -flanterre. the Gr-
ghting began. Tho Austra- 'num assaults have been hurled back 1
in the vietery. The i by the allied fOrt.f•,i, which ((('11 ztrong- :.. ,, ,-,h ...1-
ve been driven bock but p8'' ly melted on the higher etreund to i
e-Santerre, but nre holding I which they retired during the last i
tone close by, while on the 1 days of the German drive in I'leartly,
west of Yprea, the Britleh 1 It is unofficially reported that from
', compelled to withdraw' four to six German divieione, or from
fore furious attacks along 1 43,000 to 72,000 men. have been heried
n-Bailleul-Wytschaete line. I at the British and French linea near
Americans aro arriving at , Ypres. The retirement of the British
.behind the French line in I heythis sector must have been small,
.. sector, showing that Gen, for there are no gains reported by
, ten are bearing their j'Berlin so far,
Americans Build Largest Tank its 'Wm id.
"America," the largeet battle tank in the world, and the first of its ki ad built for the United States, The
giant tank weighs forty-five tons and is operated by steam.
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