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Zurich Herald, 1917-09-28, Page 2CENTAL SPAN OF QUEBEC BRIDGE BOLTED INTO PLACE' A' IBIG INCREASE; Successful Accomplislunent of Vast Engineering Feat Gives Canada Largest Structure of its Mass in the World: A despatch Quebec says: ---The p from Q steel structure of the greatest canti- lever bridge ever designed was com- pleted at 3.28 p.m, on Thursday when the big central span of the Quebec Bridge was bolted into position. After 11 years of work and two accidents, which cost the lives of 78 men, the bridge is practically finished, but it will he some monthsyet before trains can be run across it. It will be about three yelhrs before the final touch is put to the structure, which has yet to be painted at a cost of $35,000. The bridge, which is 3,239 feet in length, cot in the ieighborhpod of $20,000,000 to build, and the total weight of the steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. Work was begun in 1906, and the en- gineers at .that time planned to throw out the two great cantilever arms un- til they met 750 feet -above the water hi midstream. In 1907, „when the south cantilever arm was all but com- 1precipitating m ore pleted it collapsed, I than 100 men into the river. Of 'these, 70 lost their lives. The bridge I was then redesigned and the engin- ] eers determined to avoid the menace of collapse from cantilever arms of Isuch, great length by building the cen- ,, , tial span on pontoons, floating it into position and hoisting it to its place; i Last year the attempt to hoist the central span ended disastrously, when 1 the lifting apparatus broke. This ac- cident cost the lives of eight more men. The pinning up of the central span to the hangers that are to permanent- ly support it marks the successful se- t complishment of an engineering feat !without equal in the annals of canti- i lever beidge building, and gives to i Canada the credit of possessing a structure the largest of its class in the world. CANADIANS COI • • MUCHCANADIAN SOLIDAT1NG GAINSFop. NEEDED Road and Railway Maintenance Men at Work East of Ypres. Canadian Headquarters in France, Sept. 23. -Occasional attempts to raid our outposts, sharply repulsed, are the only evidence of enemy infantry activ- ity on this front. The use of gas shells in considerable numbers is an- other device of the Germans whichre- quires constant vigilance at night on the part of the men in our trenches. There has been a marked renewal of the enemy activity during the past few days. This seems to be associat- ed with the increase in his long-range shelling of the back areas and the counter -battery work. While the Canadians had no part in winning Thursday's victory in the region east of Ypres, where for many months in 1915 and 1916 they kept the flag fiyingeunder most difficult condi- tions, they are doing their full part in the consolidation of the ground won. As at Messines, part of the road and railway maintenance under' fire is un- dertaken by companies of Canadians who have remained in the Ypres re- gion ever since 1915. COAL DEALERS WARNED ABOUT RAISING PRICE A despatch from Ottawa says: -The. office of the Dominion Fuel Controller on Friday repeats the warning to coal dealers throughout the country that objection will be taken to any advance in the price of coal being made with- out notification first being sent to the Fuel Controller. The view of the Fuel Controller is that the coal deal- ers had a liberal profit last summer, sufficiently so to enable then to con- tinue the present prices into the win- ter, and give the smaller users. of coal the same price, notwithstanding any increase that the nines may make at this time. Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons From Canada and 1.T. S. A despatch from London says: In- auguration of a new food economy, campaign in Great Britain was 'an- nounced on Thursday by Baron Rhondda, the Food Controller. "If voluntary measures fail," •he • said, "I shall have no compunction in putting the nation on compulsory rations." • Baron Rhondda added that the danger of the situation did not lie in the submarine peril, but in the world's shortage of cereals, meats and fats. Baron Rhondda made this state- ment to correspondents, aft$r telling them that the minimum food stuff re- quirements from Canada and the United States during the forthcoming twelve months would be more than 10,000,000 tons, representing an ex- penditure of. £250,000,000. BLOCKADE MEASURES ne ?w WILL BE MORE RIGID: A despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Blockade, and Albert Metin, under- secretary of the French. Foreign Of- fice in charge of blockade matters, had a conference here with the object of gaining closer co=operation from the United States in a policy which aims at exercising more rigid pres- sure on the enemy. This policy will be carried out without interference with the economic condition of neu- tral countries. FURTHER LOANS MADE BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. A despatch from Washington says: Loans of $50,000,000 to England and. $20,000,000 to France made by the United States Government, bring the. total thus far advanced to the allies up. to $2,391,400,000. CEN AIC'S NEW OFFENSIVE IS MUST IN RECENT ° ONTHS Marked Success Attended Advance of British Troops in Crucial Sector Between Ypres-Roulers Railway and Hollebeke. , A despatch from. the British Armies in France and Belgium says: The Eritish at daybreak on Thursday launched a heavy offensive against the German defences about the Ypres sa- lient along an extended front, which has its centre around Inverness Copse, and astride the Ypres-Menin road, a little south-east of Hooge, From the first moment of going over the top the assault proceeded with marked success, especially in the cru- cial sector between the Ypres-Roulers railway and Ilollebeke, where the Bri- tish early in the day had forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machine- guns to a considerable depth, and were continuing the bitter fight in the neighborhood of the famous Inverness Cppse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse Wood, where much blood has been shed since the allies began the Battle ;:if Flanders on July 31. Thursday's attack was another fine success for British arms. Our troops penetrated to a depth of a mile, which is a Wonderful achievement, eonside- ing the ground advanced over. The troops reached the Sennebeke-Ghelu- velt lithe, and also • advanced beyond the central parallel of Polygon• Weed, We are now bombarding the Germans, who are lnaesed for a counter-attack, " It is believed ,that the number of prisoners, ;will reach four figures. Every shell: hole yielded about a dozen prisoners, sometimes surrendering without resistance' arid sometimes fighting stubbornly. In one instance the inmates of a semi -concealed ,gra- ter held up our troops for some time by bombing. In other instances -the enemy came out with fixed bayofiets, as the barrage crept towards them. A despatch from London says: The number of German prisoners taken by the British in Thursday's fighting on the Belgian front now exceeds 3,000, according to the British War Office statement, The British repulsed sev- eral strong counter-attacks of the en- emy, who suffered execptionally heavy losses. British Headquarters in France says: German officers taken prisoner Menin road battle were impressed greatly with the magnitude of the British success, and have axpressed. keen, dissatisfaction with their own higher command. They freely admit the great efficiency of the British are tillery preparation before the attack, and characterize as awful those tro- mendous barrages which swept over the German territory ahead of the at- smelting troops. The vast number of German bodies which lie in the muddy shell holes within the territory tra- vereed'by the British and the devasta- tion wrought by the big guns give added strength to their testimony. Total For First Five`;', ntis Of Fiscal Year 131,12 4,119 4,119• A despatch from Ol f Nv? says: Trade figures for August �1d'tlze firstr.T five ]months of the present, seal year, , made public by Hon. J, 15,id eid, show that Canada's great tt idslf 'expansion continues unabated; :Latt,,;t seal year Canada's trade aggregate " Vo billion dollars, but at the preset rate the trade for the pre >.nt i•!, i; chi year should be at least Ei ,te , cried mil- lion more than last year' greet re- eord. For the first 5 month '.ofthe pre- vious fiscal year our tota ,;trade was $768,635,214, while for. ' 1ic corre- sponding period this et;"il is $1,- 128,274,,119. The trade ba dice in our. favor for the first five nxax,tl:s of the prwent fiscal year MORE. PQMETIONS TAKEN BY BRITISH Consolidated New Gains and Captured 3,243 Prisoners. London, Sept, 23. -British troops,pulsi after repulsing ,attack ng a German north-east of Langernarck, in Flan- ders, early to -day, attacked. in turn and captured additional defences from the Germans as well as a number of prisoners.The official report from British headquarters in France to- night adds ti'rat on the rest of the Ypres fighting area the British are consolidating their new positions.-. So far in the recent operations there the British have captured 3,243 prisoners. M GOM USE The total y i5 $1 y0'i00,000. imports it August BULLETS a amounted to $94931,000, 4 y against $72,331,014 for August • xst year. For the'ffve ment'hs'of t1 . present fiscal year, ending.with 2reigue,t, our total iinports. were valuecftatt' $474, 031,859, and for the ss ie' period last year $322,198,881 With this increase in our import trade bas come a corresponding increase it revenue for August of. $3,075.,000, and for the five months, $17,5,40,000. The export trade shows a corre- sponding increase of., from $96,832, 161 in August last year to i 4152,563; 345 during the corxespendin; month this year. For live months our ex- port -trade totalled $672,42,640, an increase of $217,291,385 ; .over the same period last year. Fisheries show an increase for the " month of $200,- 000 in export, animals and, the pro- duce $8,000,000, agricultural pro- ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures $27,000,000. There was a slight de- crease in exports of minerals, °and $2,000,000 decrease in products of the forests. PLOTS N O New Kind of Frightft ness Sets Men's Clothing on Tire. British Headquarters in France, Sept. 23. -It is reported that the Brit- ish battalions which captured Shrews- bury forest' and Bulger wood, to the east of the former place, in Thurs- day's drive, experienced a new kind of German frightfulness. The advancing troops are said to have been fired on with "flaming bullets." These bullets set the men's clothing afire, and in several instances, according to the account received here, wounded men had to be rolled in the mud by their com ,ades to extinguish the flames. cumEsEARMY FOR FRANCE Trial Division of 24,000 Soldiers Will Reach Front by January lst. BY UNITED STATESAe pam Pn h Presidendest andtch thefroCabinetekihavesays: agreedTe Incredible Story -of, German Con- spiracies Involves New York Judge,;,'.: Washington, Sept -most startling revelation of Gern>4nin- trigue in the United States that has been made since the ;.war began, im- plicating well-known' men who claim American citizenship and involving a Supreme Court justice in New York City, was made last night by the Gov- ernment committee of. Public Infor- mation. "In the form of letters, telegrams, notations, cheques, receipts, ledgers,. cash books, cipher codes, lists of spies and other memoranda," the commit- tee says, "were found indications - in some instances of the vaguest na- ture, in others of the most damning conclusiveness that the German Im- perial Government, through its repre- sentatives in a then friendly nation, was concerned with: "Violation of the laws of the United States. " "Destruction of lives and property in merchant vessels, on the high seas. "Irish revolutionary plots against Great Bri,taitn. "Fomenting ill=feeling against the United States in Mexico. "Subornation of American writers and lecturers. "Financing of propaganda. "Maintenance of a spy system un- der the guise of a commercial inves- tigation bureau. "Subsidizing of a bureau for the purpose of stirring labor trouble in munition plants, "The bomb industry and other re- lated activities." P.t DOZEN BRITISH SHIPS SAVED BY THE SMOKE -BOX SYSTEM to the plan of sending a trial division of 24,000 Chinese soldiers to France, if money, equipment and shipping are available. The Entente allies have approved the proposition,' and France is eager to receive the contingent, T=e Ch1}hese probablyould rear 't France by January 1. abundan number of fairly trained soldiers is immediately available for the expedi- tion.. RUSSIAN T CAPT RPD BY HIM Jacobstadt and `Positions on 25 - Mile Front Abandoned • to the Enemy._ London, Sept. 23.-Jecobstadt, on :the Dvina, has been captured 'by tithe German forces on the Russian front, together with the positions on a front of 25 miles and six miles deep on' the west bank of the river, army head- quarters announced to -day. The Russians, after giving up their bridgehead and the terrain it protect- .. ed, fled to the opposite bank of the Dvina, leaving Jacobstadt in German hands, together with more than 400 prisoners and more than 50 guns. The German aviators engaged in the operations at Jacobstadt were under the leadership of Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, cousin . of Emperor William. COSTA RICA BREAKS WITH TEUTONS. A despatch from San Jose, Costa Rica, says: ghe Costa Rican Govern- ment by an official act on Friday afternoon severed diplomatic relations �Nith German . Passports were hand- _ y w A despatch from Landolt • says:- ed to the diplomatic and Consular re - The Press Association hears on high the sentati 'Rican of Germany here auls naval authority that the new defen_ Costa legation and Cons sive measures against subin trine war- ,in Germany were recalled. The pec- fare are meeting with success, justi- pie and the newspapers strongly ap- fying the hope of 'a further reduction proved of the Governments action. 1 in the losses, and says it can' be stated A despatch from San nose said that { on official authority that the results of diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and Germany were considered i severed because President Tinoco had 1 discovered that German residents y there had joined with the followers of b t eah' h former President Gonzales in conspir- A 1 during ing against the Government. t RUMANIAN SOLDIERS' WOUNDS WITH SAWDUST. DRESSED'ii'` � KORNILOFIy TO BE TRIED the methods adopted in the past month give cause for growing confir ende, ,According to an Admirait state- ment dozens of hies have eerl saved y the smoke -box system, : ` 1c the Admiralty the past few months has supplied .a najord:tr of i3ritish mere "fan men. • ' : BY JURY AT THE FRONT. A despatch from Petrograd says: Gen. Iforniloff, leader of the; recent re- volt, it has been decided definitely, will be tried by court-menti"al with a jury. At the instance ok the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers''Delegates the Government has agreed that the trial shall be hold at the front instead o:, In. Petrograd. A despatch from Washington says: Rumania is so shortof medical sup, plies that wounds of her soldiers are being dressed with sawdust, says 'a cablegram received here, from the American Red Cross Commission to Rumania, The cablegram adds .that the Rumanian railroad system is bad- ly crippled, and that there is urgent need for ambulance . transport, with drivers and mechanics, athets of 'the., World GENERALS SHT • 7iresdpttz±fq FOR CIC Toronto. .Sept, 25 -Manitoba wheat --- No, 1 Northern, 32.21; No, 2, do., $2.18; No. 3,. do., $2.16; No. 4 wheat, 32.10, In store,'Fart'William, 67, in Manitoba. oats -No, 2 C.W., store, Pert virilliam, American earn -No. ' 3 yellow, nominal, track 'Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 60c, nomi- nal; No;, 3, do., 59c, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -Now, No. 2, 32.17 to 32.20,according to freights outside. Peas -Nominal. Bailey -Malting, new, $1..18 to 31.20, -according to freights outside, Rye -No. 2;31.70, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, 311.50; 2nd do., $11.00; strong bakers', do., $i0 ;60, Toronto. sample, $10.20; igs, track1Toroto nto, prnm p t shipment. Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real 'freights, bags. included -Bran, per ton. S35; shorts, do„ $42; middlings, do., $45 to 346. good feed flour, per bag, I-Iav-No. 1, new, per ton, 311.00 to $11.56; mixed, do., 38 to 39.60, traek Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $7 to 37,50, track Toronto, Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 39 to .-209e; prints, per ib„ 399 to 40c; dairy, per 1U:f8'3 to 34e. Eggs -Per doz., 40 to 41e. 'Wholesalers are seIline• to the retail trade at Lhe following prices :- Cheese -New, large, 23 to 231r; twins, 23.1 to Hire; triplets. 239 to 24e; old, large, 30e; twins, 3010; triplets. 309c. Butter -Fresh: dairy, choice, 30 to 40c: creamery prints, 42 to 43c; solids, 419 to 42c. Eggs -New laid, in cartons, 62 to 54c; out of cartons, 4G to 47c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 25 to 30c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doz., $4 to $4.50; turkeys,, 25 to 300; ducks, Spring, 22c. Live poultry -Spring - chickens, ib., 22c; hens, 20 to 22c; ducks, Spring, 200. Honey -Comb -Extra fine. 16 oz., 33.25; 12 oz., $2.75; No. 2, $2.40 to 32,50. Strained -Tins. s and 5's, 170 per ib; l0's, 161e; 60's, 159 to 160. Beans -No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imported hand- picked, per bush; Limas, per ib., 15 Potatoes, on track -Ontario, per bag, 31,80 to 51.85. • Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium. 85 to0': 31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 38 to 40c; backs, plain, 38 to 300; bone- less, 42 to 43c. Cured meats -Long clear. bacon, 27 to 279c lb; clear bellies, 269 to 27c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces. 26 to 269e: tubs, 261 to 261e; pails, 269 to 270; compound, tierces, 20 to 209e; tubs, 201 to 209c; pails, 209 to 210, Montreal Markets • Montreal, Sept. 25 -Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 779c; No. 3, 769c; extra No, 1 feed, 769c; No. 2 local white, 70c; No. 3 .local white, 69c. Barley -Mani- toba feed, 31.29; malting. 31.33. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 311.60; seconds, 311.10; strong bakers', 310.90; 'Winter patents, choice, 312.00; straight rollers, 311.50 to 311.80; do., hags, 35.60. to 35.75. Rolled oats-Bbls., 38.70 to 89,00; do,, bags, 90 lbs„ $4.20 to $4.4V Middlings, 34.00 to 335.00. Shorts, 540.00.; Midd ings,' $48.00 to .$50.00. Mouillie, 355.00 to" -360.00. Hay -No. 2, per tori, car lots, 310,50 to $11. Cheese Finest Westerns, 111c; finest East - erns. 211c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 421 to 43c; seconds, 419 to 42c. Eggs- Fresh, 53 to 54c; selected, 47 to 48e; No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c; No. 2 stock, 40 to 41c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 31.56 to 31.60. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Sept. 25 -Cash pi•ices- Wheat-No. 2 Northern, 32.16; No. 3, do., 32.16; No. 4, $2,10; No. 5, 31.91; No., $1.81; feed, $1.70. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 67c; No. 3, do., 65e; extra No. 1 feed, 65c; No. 1 feed, 64c; No. 2, do., 639e. Barley -No. 3, 31,20; No. 4, 31.16; rejected, 51.12; feet, 31.12. Flat --No. 1 N.-SV.C., 33.27; No. 2 C.W., $3,21; No. 3, do., $3,10. United States Markets Minneapolis, Sept. 26,„ -Corn -No. 3 yellow, 32.06 to $2.03. Oats -No. 3 white, 58 to 599e. Flour -Unchanged. Bran -$30.50 to $32. Duluth, Sept. 25 -Linseed-$3.441; September, $3.449 bid; October, 53.449 bid; November, $3.439 bid; December, 33,909 bid, Live Stook Markets Toronto. Sept. 25 -Extra choice heavy steers, $11.10 to $12; do., good heavy, $10.25 to $10,75; butchers' cattle, choice, 30.75 to 510.25;• do., good, $9 to 59.40; do., medium, $8.25 to $8.65; do., common, $6.75 to 37.40; butchers' bulls, choice, 38.30 to 35.65; do,, good bulls, 37.40 to 37.85; do., medium bulls, 36.85 to 37.10; do„ rough bulls, 35 to 36; butchers' cows, choice, 38 to 58.25; do., good, $7.35 to 37.60; do., medium, 36,60 to $6.75; stockers, 37.50 to 39.25; feeders, 38 to $9' canners and cutters, 55 to 35.50; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $186; do„ coni. and med.. 37'6 to 386, Springers, $90 to 3136; Iight ewes, $9.5u to $11.50; sheep, heavy, 55.75 to $7.50; yearlings, $1r to $12: calves, good to choice, 314.50 to 515.35; Spring lambs, 315.76; hogs, fed and watered, 317.50 to $18; do., off cars, $17,75; do., f.o.b., 316.60. Montreal, Sept. 25 -Choice steers, $$10.50; good, 39.75 to 310; lower grades, $8; butchers' cows, 36.60 to $8.50; bbulls, 37,26 to $9.00; canning bulls, 36 to 56.25; cows $5 to 36.25; Ontario Jambs, $14,75 to $15.25; Quebec lambs, 51.3.60 to $14.6,0; sheep, 38.50 to 310; choice milk -fed calves $14 to $16; lower grades, $0 to 313; . selected hogs, $17.60 to *18. Op. 'AII.GENTINA TO DECLARE WAR AND SEND TROOPS TO PRANCE A despatch fromBuenos Ayres says: The Chamber of Deputies late on Friday postponed discussion until to -morrow of the crisis with Germany caused' by the unfriendly action of Cotint von Luxberg, the dismissed German minister. This postponement was taken after reeeipt of a state- ment Foreign nielit fro g Minister ue r- P y redori that the Government has re- ceived information which he will pre- sent to the Congress -to -morrow. After meeting of the Ministry on Friday afternoon it was announced that the. Government was prepared to take grave and rapid measures in view of certain 'new developments. A high Government official declared that these measures probably would include an immediate declaration of War against Germany, to be followed by the de- spatch of troops to Europe. ' EXECUTION OF NOTED MEN IS NO UNCOMMON THING. Military and Naval Leaders Who Have Showed "White Feather" and Paid Extreme Ronalty, The leadership of an army, or a' place of responsibility sin the navy, carries with it grave risks as well as high honors. General Socecu, one of the leading Rumanian soldiers, was tried by court-martial for "something that went wrong" at the battle of Argesu, owing to which the Rumanian army had to retie, whilst Falkenhayn and Mackensen ravaged the fertile plains of Rumania, and finally captured Bu- charest. The sentence of the court was that General Socecu should be de-- graded, e-graded, stripped of his uniform, and sent as a convict into penal servitude for five years. It has since transuired that Socecu was a naturalized Germaun This fact is very significant, in the light of events to -day. But the whole affair reminds us that the severe punishment and even the execution of noted gen-. erals who have failed their country in the field is no uncommon thing. Fate of Admiral Byng. The most famous case is that of Ad- miral Byng, who was shot by order of a court-martial for having failed to do his best at a naval action off Min- orca, It was, however, certain that his failure had nothing to do with either dishonor or cowardice. He was shot on board the Monarch at Spit - head, as a great French writer pun- gently put it, "to encotirage the others." Then, too, there was General White. lecke, who, in command of an army of England against the enemy at Buenos Aires, showed the "white feather," and fairly funked the risk and danger of fighting. For this crime he was brought in due course before a eourt- martial, ordered to be degraded, turn- ed out of the Army, and sentenced to prison, .as "being unfit to serve His Britannic Majesty in any capacity whatever." Some of us can remember the ex- citement and tense feeling, in many lands when the ill -fitted n7arsled Be mine was "in 1873 tried in Franca anc sentenced to be shot, for not having defended Metz to the utmost, nor even to thebest of his ability, during the Franco-German War•.of 1870-1. This sentence was later commuted to one of twenty years' imprisonment. But the following year .Bazaine escaped from his prison and made his way safely to Madrid, where he died in 1888. There is also in ear memories • the case of General Stoessel, at Port Ar- thur, during the Russo-Japanese War, It will be recalled that Stoessel, after defending the town..for nearly a year;` finally surrendered it on January 1st, 1905, to the Japanese generals and ad- mirals investing it. For this he was afterwards brought to trial by the Russian military authorities, and sen- tenced to death. This sentence, how-' ever, provoked such protest, not only. from Russians, but from other lands, that had watched with interest and .sympathy the struggle at Port Arthur, that the Czar commuted it to impris- onment he a fortress for ten years. The brave, but unfortunate Stoessel, died lonely and broken-hearted a few years later. The Shame of Yorktown. • It was, perhaps, as much as any- thing, th€ thatneful surrender of the English garrison of 10,000 officers and men at Yorktown which decided the struggle between England and her American colonies, by which the Unit- ed States became a separate and inde- pendent nation. For that surrender several of the leading officers were tried later, and various'sentences were inflicted one them, with degradation. from their rank. Indeed, it"was only high influence and powerful backing which saved one or two of them being shot, so angry and outraged was the British public at what had' Happened in Yorktonm on that oceasion. REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT • FOR GERMAN ,DIPI,OMA'T- A despatch from London -says: It is learned that Great Britain does not at present intend to approve any applica- tion for a safe coxidiet for Count von Luxburg, the German Minister to Ar- gentina, whose passports have been Goy- , to him b3 the Argentine 'D eminent," 4.900 BRITIS R KILLED IN ONE WEEK". A despatch from London says:. Casualties in the '.British ranks re. ported for the 'Week ending Sept. 18 follows: ' died of "wounds olli•. Killed ord , 135 cers and 4,755 nen; officers wounded or. missing, 431, and men wounded or missing, 21,848. '