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The Seaforth News, 1918-08-15, Page 3TH 85 the b fl,R12 can Rir G .aRMANS FAIL N VIOLENT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE BACK AGUES Attack on Franco -American Positions at Fere-en=Tardenois Failed --More Towns in Flames, Indicating Further Retirement of Enemy, A despatch from London says: - Whether as a result of weariness after two weeks of incessant fighting or 'because of the greatly increased strength in man -power and positions of the enemy forces before them, the allied armies on the Soissons -Rheims front have noticeably decreased their efforts to clear the salient of Ger• mans, If the pause in the offensive is . at- tributable to wearincse, the armies of the German Crown Prince also must 1>e worn out by the pressure they have been under for the fortnight, for, not- withstanding the fact that huge re- inforcemouts were sent to them in their hour of dire peril, they have lacked tate hardiness to endeavor to throw back their antagonists and re- coup their losses. The ;fourteen day of the great al- lied offensive which has .resulted In driving hack the Germans from the Marne region northward across . the ,Ourcq River and in materially bend- :ing in the eastern and western side of the great pocket with its mouth run- ning erose -country 86 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 psi. tions they hold north of the Oureq, in the region of Fere-en-Tardenois, and along the western side of the salient near Oulchy-Io-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 linne CANADIANS AGAIN GE JUN MORALE IN FRONT LINE IS BROKEN Have Already Captured Prise ers i:rona Extra German Di- visions Sent to Confront Thera A despatch from London says: The Canadian forces now are aga in the front line and celebrated their return thither by continually hard sing the Bache oppostto, raiding hi almost at will and contnivally atlnoy- ing him on his comtuutticatone on the rear lines, Att extra German division which the enemy can 111 spare for the pur- e pose, has been placed in front of the Cauadlans, from which prisons have already been captured. ' Germans hold advanced posts no so thinly that their front line is pra tieally no man's lend, A young Toronto officer 0 fe nights back penetrated, with a se geaut, a mile of the enemy's teen system, without encountering a sing' Docile, and discovered on returning dugout whence issued many •guttura voices. The officer kept guard whil the sergeant returned for bombs, an after half an hour the necessary tackl arrived and the dugout was blown up Two more Canadians had now ri 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 • in allied blow between Soissons and the Champagne sector is nowhere more s- convincingly apparent than among the large 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, prisoner "What seemed to be the outstanding • thought in the minds of both officers • and men was the fact that, despite what the German high command had u long been preaching about the exhaus- ✓ tion of all the French reserves, there c11 is no sign of a let-up in the fighting." e Other German prisoners asserted their losses had been heavy in the big 1 • Soissons battle. They had believed e their big offensive would be a suc- Markets of the World Breads tuffs Toronto, Aug. 6. -Manitoba whea -No. 1 Northern, $2.234,; No. Northern, $2.20%; No, 8 Norther] $2.171%a; No. 4 wheat, $2.10'x, in stor Fort William, including 2'lzc. tax, Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 86%c extra No. 1 feed 84%,ec, in store For William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, kil dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kil dried, nominal. Ontario oats -No, 1 white 85 t t 2 Live Stock Markets 1, Toronto, Aug, 6. -Choice heavy e steers, $14,00 to $15.00; butchers' e c Dice :. I feed, 97c, Flour, new standard grade, $10.96 to $11.05. 'tolled oats, bags, 90 bbd, $6.20 to $6.80. Bran, $36. Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14. cattl , h ' , $1" 00 to $13.50, do. BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCE MAKE PROGRESS IN TWO .NEW ATTACKS Allies Occupy Villages .After Severe Fighting' North of Ourcq--- Alsfo Advance Two Yfiles on. 11 -Mile Front in Soissons -Rheims Salient. IThe enemy counter -attacked furious- ly from leuzancy and Eveque Wood, but their efforts were splendidly held i up by the allied infantry. By evening. the allies had occupied Cramaille, north-weet of Fero-en•- Tardenois, and the hillocks to the north of it. A despatch from London says: - Allied troops delivered another power- ; ful blow against the Germans right on Thursday, penetrating two'miles Bank in the Soissons -Rheims salient on an 11 -mile front, extending from I Buzancy south of Soissons, to the vil- l ieges of Cramaille and Cramoiselle, A despatch from the French Army in France says: ----Gen. Menguln, with the French and British troops of his command, is fighthtg a severe battle north of the Oureq River and is mak- Ing considerable progress, After taking the village of Grand Itozoy, north-weet of Fere-en-Tar-- denole, the allied troops advanced to the Pleesier Wood, where et 8 Thursday night the eurnbatents 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 Bazoehes, which is the only railroad that can he used by the Ger- mane for maintaining communications, The attack which �rought the a11Ies 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 oft machine guns, By six o'clock Hill 205 and the vil- lages of Courdoux, Servenay and Cramoiselles had fallen before the de -I terrnined allied assaults and prisoners I 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 guns replled feebly, but their i mitrailleuses were very numerous. I which Ile north and west of Fere-en- Tardenois. Six hundred prisoners i 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 Fismes 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 Crise and Vesta Rivers, between which streams the enemy has been burning villages 1 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 troops acted in cone junction with the French. O. SQ AF WITHOUT THE LOSS ; good, $12, to 12.50; da. n,medium,$$9.00 FURTHER GAINS OF ONE CINE t $10.75 to 11.00; do. common, 9,00 to $10,00; butchers' bulls, choice, ,,. n 11,00 to $11.25; do. medium bulls, - - n $10.25 to $10.60; do, rough bulls, Push Forward $7,50 to $8,50; butchers' cows choiceDespite Desperate I British Drop 23 Tons of Bombs o $10.75 to $11.00; do, good, $10.25 to 1•Lesistance in Meu;?iere $10.50; do medium $8 05 to $8 76 - Wood. 86c, nominal; No. 3 white, 841 to 85c nominal, according to freights outside Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, pe car lot, $2.2.2, basis in stare Montreal Peas -No. 2, nominal, according to freights outsid. Barley -Malting, new crop, 31,20 to 31.22. Buckwheat -Nominal . Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour - War quality, $10.95, Toronto. Ontario flour - War quality, 310,65, in bags, Montreal and Toro nto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Ment- on' freights, bags included: Bran, 35 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton. Hay -No. 1,'316 to 317 per ton, rack Toronto; mixed, 314 to 315 per on, track, Straw -Car lots, 38 to $8.50 per on, track Toronto. on German Positions. do. common, $7.00 to $8.25; stockers,. r $8.00 to 310.50; feeders, $10.50 to , $11.00; carers and cutters, $5.50 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to3125,00; do. cont. and med., $65.00 375.00; springers, 390.00 to 3125,00; light ewes, 313.00 to 316.00; yearlings, $15.50 to 317.00; spring lambs, 20 to 21.%c; calves, good,' $13,60 to 316.25; hogs, fed. and wa- tered, 319.75 to 319.90; do. weighed off cars, $19.75 to 320.15. Montreal, Aug. G. -Calves, milk-' fed, 37.00 to 314.50; choice steers,' $11.50 to $12.00; butchers' bulls,' 37.00 to 38.50; butchers' cows, 38.00, to $10.003 canners, 35.50. Select' hogs, $19,o0 to 319.75, ecess, 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 t'itat they had been warned that Bri- tish raiding would certainly continue t on a wide scale. German dead alone in front of one Australian battalion which attacked near Morlaneourt two 4 4 The explosion of the dugout roused the whole Carman line for a short dis- tance. With bombs and one of his men with a bayonet, tie kept a score or Boehm down, then making a lucky dash, reached his own posts safely. The Canadians made several gas projecttons recently, the wind being favorable, and aubsequeat investiga- tion showed this enterprise accounted for a few members or 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 res 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 will 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 et 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- feet will be enchanted by super musical treatment. rZECIiO-SLOVAKS CAPTURE ANOTHER TOWN A despatch from Amsterdam says: '-The town of Yekaterinburg, in the Province of Perm, near the Siberian border, has been taken by the Czecho- Slovaks, according to the newspaper Izvestia nt Moscow. .With this new development of the CzechoeSlovalc movement the Bol- ehevik press is raising cries of alarm. The Pravda, for instance, declares the Czecho-Slovalc danger fs growing like an avalanche, and that the counter -re'• evolutionary movement is extending. Of Norway's 124,500 square miles of land, about 26,840 square miles are eovered with forests. . days ago were fully 200. BURY TORPEDOES Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 2 to 42 etc; prints, per ib., 42r to 3c; dairy, per lb., 36 to 37c. Eggs -New laid, 43 to 45c. Dressed poultry -spring chickens, 38 to 40c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 23 to 28e; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to IN911.3.H OF TANKS i35Live poultry -Roosters, 160; fowl, • 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 they arise 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 torpodoes•=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 oeefour tub- erculosis hospitals. One of these is for use by the National Railway Union, comprising four hundred thousand members, and another is for Serbian tubercular cases. 34,000 GERMAN PRISONERS IN A FORTNIGHT A despatch from Paris says: -The total number of German prisoners taken on the Marne beetle front and in Champagne during the period be- tween July 15 -the date of the 'be- ginning of the German offensive -and July 81, is 33,400, of which 074 are officers, BRITISH CASUALTIES MUCH LOWER IN JULY Despatch from,. London seys:-- British casualties reported during July totaled 67,291. This compares with tota4 casualties reported in June of 141,147. The"lossos for July are divided as follower 3Cllled or died of wounds; Officers, 521; men, 6,474. Wounded 00 missing: Officers, 521; men, 8,474. 21 to 26c; ducklings Ib., 25c; turkeys, 27 to 300. Spring chickens, 30 to 32c. Honey -New crop, strained, 19 to 20c per Ib; in comb, 32.25 to 32.40. Wholesalers aro selling to the re- tail trade at the following prices: - Cheese -New, large 2331 to 24c; twins, 23% to 24%1e; old, large, 251 to 26c; twin 26 to 2644c. Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c. Margarine -28 to 32c. Eggs -No. l's, 48 to 49c; in car- tons, 52 to 54c. - Dressed poultry --Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 34e; turkeys, 40c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus, $7,50; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, 36.50; Japan, $8,00 to 38.75; Lamas, 18 to 19c. Maple syrup -3%-1•b. tins, .10 to a case, 314.50; impenal gallon tins, per tin, 32.25; imperial five -gallon cans, BRITISH BOMB MORE HUN TOWNS Airmen Attack Stuttgart, Cob- lenz, ;;aarbrucken and Other Cities, Returning in Safety. A despatch from Lonodon says: - The Air Mtntatry's communication on aerial activities issued on Wednesday night follows: "Its addition to the attacks already reported on the 30th instant the eta - tion at Lahr (Baden) was bombed. "Ott the night of July 30-31 our air. planes again proceeded to Stuttgart and dropped nearly two One of bombs on the Bosch Magneto works, the t Daimler works and the railway sta. J tion, A fire broke out in the station. "Several bombs were dropped on the }legume station and barracks causing a heavy explosion. Tho Remilly junc- tion uno-tion and two airdromes were attacked with bombs and machine-gun fire, "On the morning of July 31, at 7.30 o'elocic, one of our squadrons attacked he Coblenz station, Owing to clouds observation was impossible. The sta.- ion and factorise at Saarbrucken were ubjected to two attacks. "The first formation encountered largo numbers of hostile scouts before reaching tbelr objective. Bitter light- ing eusued, in, the course of which four of our machines were shot down,. The remainder bombed their objec. live and on their return journey again were heavily attacked, losing three more machines. Oue hostile machine as disabled, "The second attack, delivered later, was completely successful. Bursts ere observed in the factory. In spite f attacks by hostile scouts all our machines returned safely." A despatch from the Americ Army on the Aisne -Marne Fro says: -The American troops push forward their lines at certain poi Thursday on the centre of the Rhei Soissons salient, notwithstanding t resistance of the Germans, who d A despatch from London says: -- an The official oommunination on aerial nt, operations says: Oa July 31 heavy ed fighting took place in the air, with the nts result that 26 enemy machines were rte brought down and nine others were Id driven down out of control. Pour of not give ground on some sectors un- til they actually had been shot from their positi • The Germans are desperately clin ing to their strongholds etNesles, a in the Bois Meuniere, north-east Roncheres, but the Americans h gained a hold on the northern edge the Meuniere Wood. The Neel forest is under the range of t American heavy guns. Aviators reported that the Germans are rushing up reinforcements, i eluding tanks.. The enemy's hes 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, therefor must have been very great, as th heavy guns started shelling the wood several da;• • ago. JEWS TRAINED N CANADA NOW FIGHTING NEAR JAFF A despatch from New York says:- Safe arrival in Palestine of the first wo contingents of the American owish 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. our machines failed to return. .Although observatiore was again difficult, many photographs were taken and 15 tons of bombs were g- ▪ dropped by us with good effect. Dur - nue, ing the night over 23 tons of bombs of were dropped by us 'without the loss 00▪ of a machine. Several railways, including those es at Cambrai and Lille, suffered very he heavily, many direct hits being ob- served and a number of large tires started, Ile The Alr Ministry communication v' 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 lie bombs an the factorlee at Duren (Rheinisch Prussia) In one of which a fire broke out. All our ma- w, chines returned, e A second formation attacked the s railway workshops at Treves. They were heavily attacked by large num- bers of hostile machines. Three of the enemy maobines were destroyed. A Out of our planes has not returned. per can, $10.50; 15 -gallon kegs, per s gal, $2.00; maple sugar, 1-1b. box, gal, 32.00; maple sugar, 1 -lb. box, pure, per ib., 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36 to 38c; do,,_heavy, 30 to 32e; cooked, 60 to 51c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 145e; boneless 48 o 49c, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30 w to 81c' clear bellies, 29 to 30e. Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 301c; tubs, 30% to 31c; pails, 30% to 814c. w prints, 33 to 83%c• Compound o tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%c; pails, 2631 to 27c; prints, 28 to 2814c, Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug, G, -Oats -Canadian 0 western, No, 2, $1.00; extra No, 1 0 "There is no charity equal to the harity that is charitable to the un- haritable," CARAIAt RANK AS A RO6.. PRODUCER DENMARK, tamw,-Mast.1r,o>4VIK1r1r?t,cv,79.44 tv 4;141 41,1 2a HOLLAND. eveneeeesei et el eelease Wan 4atisere eneel Mien Veen 39 GERMANY, eeeeereeeneaeeeeeersaisetteeeatase,se 44 UNITED STATES. IEELieND FRANCA„ GREAT BRITAIN. ITALY CANADA. 11 7 COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASiS OP THE NUMBER OP ANIMALS TO THE , HUNDRED ACRES OP LAND IN FARMS. 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 eMarseillaise 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'e benison, By that last sunset touch that lay Upon the hills when day was clone, By beauty lavishly outpoured And blesings cerelesely received. By all the days that I have lived, Make me a soldier, Lord. OCCUPY RILLS BEYOND SERINGES Americans Pretended to With- draw, Then Attacked, An- nihilating Two Companies. A despatch with the American Army on the Aisne -Marne front says: General Detoutte, commanding the army o1 this front, has expressed to , the corespondent bis satisfaction at the progress already made and the hope that the advance would continue until the Germans were forced beyond their new positions. The allied forces now occupy the ' hills beyond Soinges and Sergy. One of the fiercest encounters in the pres- ent offensive was brought about by the Americans, who occupied Seringes. During the night the Americans pre- tended to withdraw from the village. Some of them did withdraw, but othere remained in the houses and By all of all man's hopes and fears, And all the wonders poets sing, The laughter of unclouded yeare, And every sad and lovely thing; By the romantic ages stored With le - h endeavor that was Ills, By r ', orad catastrophes Mak - :t man 0 Lord. 1, that on my familiar hill Saw with uncomprehending eyes A hundred of Thy sunsets spill • Their fresh and sanguine sacrifice, Ith•o the sun swinge hie noonday sword Must say good-bye to all of this -- By all delights that I shall miss, Help nee stn die, 0 Lord. e -.Lieut, Williean Noel FCodg;on. NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ADO'IIT JOHN BULL AND DU PEOP413) Ocenrreecee lu the bend That Ro1Rne Supreme In the Contmer- cls! World. Queen Alexandra has opened the Nurse Cavell Ward In the London IM- AM'. The Military authorities presented R2 to Tbomae Otbson, a seventeen.' year-old boy or Wold, who captured two escaped German prisoners, Numerous marriages aro reported from Switzerland, between British prlsuners in the internment camps and Swiss girls, As a result of Welsh Flag Day in London, the. Lord Mayor has sone to Mrs. Lloyd George the sum of 118,362. In order to facilitate the promotion ' of younger officers, Reur Admiral S. Bawling bas asked to be plum' on the ' retired list. The agricultural workers in West Gloucestershire ars threatening to strike unle::s they are paid forty-five llllugs a eves], The death took piece recently at Sunninghill of Lieut. -Col. the Hon. 0. H. Drummond, for fifty years a Berle - shire magistrate. The school children of West Sur- rey have raised 4;1,260 for prisoners of war of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. What Is believed to be a record was made by James Slone, of Ramsgate, when be planted ten acres of pota- toes in sixty-four flours, Miss 101. M. MacDougal and Miss Laughton have been appofn,ed prtn- cipai and oleo -principal of the Wo- men's Royal Naval Serviee, The Goodwood Cup, which was won by Shannon in 1371, has been given to the gold and silver collection. of. tint British Red Cross Society. It Is proposed to erect a memorial loisier In the Tonbridge School chapel in honor of old boys and mas- ers who have fallen in the war. The District Council of Hanwell has outributed £100 towards the Lord Lieutenant's Fund for Middlesex Prls- ners of War in Germany. The London County Council has ro- noved foil the war charities register he Great Britain to Poland Fund and he Russian Flag Day. The Admiralty has loaned Rev. arry D. L. Viener to the Air Milita- ry, to organize the chaplain'sdepart est. A number of wounded soldiers were onflrmed in bed at the Chatham Mlli dryster. Hospital by the Bishop of Roth - Two wounded soldiers were rescued 'osn drowning at Weybridge, by Ken- ' eth Puttock, a young munition orker. During the recent battles in Prance early one hand red Church Army urs were destroyed. Southport Council has voted the n1 of £200 towards a fund fbr Pre- te R. G. Masters, V.C.Sir William Napier Shave has been >poiated Scientific Adviser to the overnment in Meteorology. A visit has been paid to the Ifni rsity College, London, by a number leading Italian professors. Two people were buried in a land - de at L-angiand Bay, Mumbles, but caped without serious injury. James Wooten; who has seven' others in the army, was refused ex. option at the Enfield Tribunal. Lord Shrewsbury has decided to 11 in the autumn, Ingestre Hall, affs, with 6,000 acres attached Allotment holders will be allowed` dispose of their surplus stock at eclat stalls in Kingston market. 0 0 0 I -i 111 c Pi n n H su vs G ve of sli es br e se St to sp FOOD SITUATION AROAD. Britain Has Increased Acreage and French Outlook is Better. The grain and food problems to be met the coming year are altogther life ferent from those of the past year, as serts a well known expert in grain. Il England the acreage devoted to fools crops is about two million acres in ex- cess of last year. The caring for this greatly increased acreage has been possible owing to the importation of a large number of American traetore, reported as high as 5,000, with several thousand more expected to be deliver- ed in time for the late harvest or the fall ploughing. The crops in England are expected to be sufficient to ma- terially reduce the demand upon. foreign crops for the past year. Ie France the outlook is so much better that is is expected, according to commercial advices, that importations other points of vantage. The Germans of foreign wheat will be less than half began pouring into the place, and the of the estimated requirements last Americans opened tire. Two enemy year. In Italy the situation has also companies were virtually annihilated. steadily improved as to the supplies The Americans used machine guns, of food, and the crop prospects are Hiles, pistols and employed both thebetter than last year. Harvesting be bayonet and the rifle butt with great `gan in Italy the latter part of .tune,: effectiveness. The fighting in the , and has progressed quite steadily. By streets was savage, but of compara arrangements of the Minister of. W tively brief duration. Then the Amort- peasants were released for harvest cans awaited the coming of other Ger- work, inane, but they came not, So, French The stacks abroad have been itis and lne together moved beyond ; proving for tet least two months. The the village. ;proving situation was expected to be quit Tile Germans are now using 'high'serious early in the year, but owing t explosive shdlle simultaneously with 'eh avanabaity of tonna o• th ]c gas shells, The high explosives are • point In the sug designed to Memn the "pop" ee the pply was• passed ear gas projeetilee, which the allies have I than anticipated and stocks have be teemed to distinguish from the others, I steadily increasing eine that to The lrsreentage 01 gas casualties ie point was passed, law as a result oP the discovery of the-��� i Moray and time spent to beaut Go'muan trtrlc, becttttse the anise the home is the best investment on generally anticipate attacks with gas, can possibly make.