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GREAT BRITISH ADVANCE. .—.—.
GREAT BRITISH ADVANCE. .— —. SPLENDID SUCCESS AGAINST STUBBORN ENEMY FIGHTING. —— OVER 4,000 .PRISONERS. News of a great success gained by the British on the Somme--the greatest success since the opening of the big offensive—ia contained in the following dispatches from Sir Douglas Haig Friday, 12.50 p.m. Last night the enemy's trenches south-east of Thiepval, on a front of about 1,000 yards, including the strongly defended locality known a-s the Wunderwerk, were Captured by our troops. This morning we attacked the enemy on a front extending from Bouleaux Wood [east of Guillemont] to north of the Albert- Bapaunae road, a distance of about six miles. Considerable successes have already been obtained. Our troops have advanced some 2,000 to 3,000 yards at various places, and the attack is progressing satisfactorily. Large numbers of prisoners have been taken. In this attack we employed for the first time a new type of heavy armoured car, which has proved of considerable utility. Much aerial fighting has taken place. Four hostile machines were brought down in flarces, and at least four others driven down damaged. One hostile kit balloon was brought down last night and one this morning. Our aeroplanes co-operated with the ad- vance of our infantry from a close height, firing on the enemy on the ground. Bombs were successfully dropped on three of the enemy's headquarters, and the rail- way station at Bapaume was also success- fully bombed, much railway stock being damaged and one train destroyed. Friday, 10.14 p.m. To-day's fighting, which has been severe, has resulted in our capture of practically all the high "ground between Comblcs and the Poj^eres-Biipanme road. Most cf Bouleaux Wood, Flers, High Wood, Martinpuich, and Courcelette have fallen itto our hands. The enemy fought stubbornly to retain his ground. Over 2,300 prisoners have already been p;>wed back, including- 65 officers, of whom six are battalion commanders. Our air service to-day has kept up con- stant and successful co-operation with our artillery and infantry, and frequent and an d fr4c?qiie nt azi d accurate reports have been furnished of the course of the battle. Hostile artillery and infantry have been effectively engaged by cur fire. Many bombing attacks have been carried out against hostile aerodromes and railway stations, in the course of which troop trains were hit and transport railway 6idings attacked with machine-gun fire. Another German kite balloon has been brought down. The total number of hostile aeroplanes de- stroyed to-dav is thirteen. Nine others have been driven down in a damaged condition. Four of our machines are missing. THE LIXE HELD, i Saturday, 12.37 p.m. South of the Ancre, on the main battle Front, there is no material change. Four German field guns have been cap- tured and a further 250 prisoners brought in Two local counter-attacks by the enemy were beaten off, and we hold the line gained yesterday, which now runs 500 yards to the north of High Wood, and includes the whole of the large villages of Cource- lette, Martinpuich, and Flers, each fully twice the size of Guillemont. Many successful enterprises were carried out by us last night at various points on the rest of our Front, our troops entering the enemy's trcnchea in manv places, inflicting casualties, and taking prisoners 4,000 PRISONERS. I Saturday, 11.23 p.a. To-day, south of the Ancre, we have con- tinued our attacks in certain localities, and further progress has been made. Since yesterday we have advanced to a depth of from one to two miles on a Frtfht of six miles. The number of prisoners taken to-day is over 1,700, of whom fifty-one are oiffcers. The total number of prisoners captured in tho fighting of the last two days is over 4,000, of whom 116 arc officers. So far six guns and more than fifty machine-guns ha e been reported as taken or destroyed, and a considerable quantity of war material has been captured. On the remainder of tne Front there is nothing of importance to report. Further reports of the atrial fighting on the 15th bring the total of German, machines destroyed to fifteen. Another hostile kite balloon was brought do v/ii in flames this afternoon. j Two mere of our machines are missing, maiing six in all. 0 GAINS EXTENDED. I Sunday, 12.47 p.m. South of the Ancre our troops have achieved further successes. Last evening, in the vicinity of Cource- lette, we extended our gains on a Front cf about 1,000 yards. In the neighbourhood of Thiepval our troops obtained a considerable success yester- day evening by oapturing the hostile fortifi- cation known as the Danube trench, on a Front of about a mile. Here the enemy abandoned considerable quantities cf rifles and equipment. We also captured the strongly-defended work at Mouquet Farm, the possession of which has been hotly contested for some .weeks past. Tho number of prisoners is increasing. A number of successful minor enterprises were also carried out by us last night on other parts of the British Front. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. I Sunday, 11.5 p.m. South of the Ancre the enemy made Several heavy counter-attacks en our new positions in the course of the day, all of which were repulsed. In particular the enemy attacking from the direction of Let-cbceufs and to the north of Flers was caught by our artillery barrage, and suf- fered very heavy casualties. Between Flora and Martinpuich an enemy brigade advancing to attack in the direction of High Wood was met by two of our bat- talions in the open. Hand-to-hand fighting ensued, in which we were completely success- ful, the enemy being dispersed and thrown back with hoavy losses. To the north of Mouquet Farm wo have also improved our position. Our artillery haa been active during the day. Another conflagration in the enemy's ammunition dump at Grandcourt broke out as a result oi our fire. The number of prisoners taken to-day south of the Ancre is six offioers and 2403 other ranks. Our air service successfully continued its attack upon enemy communications. Another enemy machine has been destroyed. Three of our machines are missing. SUCCESS NEAR THIEPVAL. I Monday, 11.50 a.m. The general situation continues un- changed. South of the Ancre we havo improved our position north of Martinpuich. East of Courcelette a minor attack made last night upon elements of the enemy trenches was entirely successful. Our line has been advanced appreciably at this point. West of Mouquet Farm the enemy entered one of our trenches under covjr of heavy shelling, but was immediately counter-at- tacked and driven out with loss. South of Thiepval we have taken a further portion of the enemy trench system. The enemy heavily shelled various parts of our line at intervals during the night. On. the rest of our Front there is nothing of importance to report. "THE QUADRILATERAL" TAKEN. I Monday, 11.24 p.m. South of the Ancre our troops have made I another important advance to-day. -The strongly-fortified German work situ- ated between Bouleaux Wood and (Jmchy, .'oiown as "The Quadrilateral," which has hitherto resisted our efforts, has fallen com- pletely into our hands. As a result of this capture our lines have ix,en advanced to a depth of 1,000 yards on a, Front of one mile. Seven machine-guns and numerous prisoners were taken in the course of this highly successful operation. Enemy counter-attacks north of Flers have been driven back with loss, and we have made progress. Hostile troops massing for counter-attacks at Lesbomfs and Morvcil were caught by our artillery fire and dispersed. Besides the guns already reported as cap- tured since the morning of the 15th inst., the following additional pieces have been taken by us: Five heavy howitzers, two field guns, three heavy and three light trench mortars, and a number of machine-guns. Total prisoners taken during the last twenty-four hours: 10 officers and 500 other ranks. There was considerable aerial activity yesterday. Several enemy machines were driven down. Four of our machines are missing.
I DETAILED DISPATCH.
I DETAILED DISPATCH. I SIR DOUGLAS HAIG ON THE "MOST EFFECTIVE BLOW." On Monday night the Press Bureau issued the following detailed dispatch from Sir Douglas Haig: Further reports having now been received of the battle of September 15 and 16, it ia possible to give a more complete account. The attack was launched at 6.20 a.m. on the 15th inst. on a front from Leuze Wood to Pozieres. The enemy's position consisted of a treble line of entrenchments, connected together by strong subsidiary trenches. In addition to this, the enemy was holding some ad- vanced positions with machine-guns in trenches, works, and shell-holes. Behind these fortifications, and at a dis- tance of some 7,000 yards from our Front, the enemy had recently constructed and wired a fourth mine-line of trenches in front of the Le Transloy-Dapaume road. I FORMIDABLE GERMAN DEFENCE. Supported by more than 1,000 guns of all calibres, the hostile defence was of a for- midable nature. Punctually our infantry, accompanied by heavy armoured cars, moved forward to the assault close under cover of our field artil- lery barrage. The front German line was carried every- where except at two points-viz., on the high ground between Ginchy and Leuze Wood, and at Foureaux Wood. Neglecting these places, the infantry swept forward round them, and by 10 a.m. had captured the whole of the village of Flers, with its strong points, and advanced to a position beyond the village. The outskirts of Martinpuich and Cource- lette were also reached about the same time. The latter two villages fell into our hands in the course of the afternoon. Northumbrian and London Territorials, Scottish and English New Army divisions, with troops from Canada and New Zealand,' shared with our Guards the credit for these successes. On our right the enemy maintained his hold on the high ground north-west of Leuze Wood. and our efforts to dislodge him were not successful. At Foureaux Wood, however, the- enemy began to surrender when both his flanks were turned, and by 11 a.m. the whole of the wood was in our possession. We thus gained not only practically the whole of the high ground between the Comblea Valley and the River Ancre, but arc well down the forward slopes. PUNISHING THE ENEMY. I Thanks to our excellent artillery observa- tion thus afforded, we are in a position to inflict heavy punishment on the Germans. Our armoured cars gallantly led tht; action, knocking out hostile machine-guns, inflicting heavy losses by their machine-gun fire, enfilading the German trenches, and causing indescribable demoralisation in the enemy's ranks. On the night of the 15th-16th the enemy began to counter-attack with forces hastily brought from all directions. These counter- attacks were continued throughout the 16th, and were all repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. The New Zealand troops, after gaining their objectives on the 15th, were particu- larly heavily counter-attacked, and not only stood their ground and punished the enemy severely, but even made some progress. On the 16th our troops made further pro- STMS, especially in the direction of Les Boeufe. In to course of the above operations, and in close connection with them, New Army troops have skilfully and gallantly extended our gains south of Thiepval, seizing trenches and capturing some hundreds of prisoners. The result of the fighting on the 15th and 16th is of great importance, and is probably the most effective blow which has vet been dealt to the enemy by British troops. The damage to his moral is probably of greater consequence than the seizure of the domina- ting positions and the capture of between 4,000 and 5,000 prisoners. Up to date, since July 1, the British forces alone, on the Somme battle-front, have met and engaged thirty-five German divisions, of which twenty-nine have already been de- feated and withdrawn exhausted. During the past week, in the battle area only, fourteen hostile aeroplanes have been reported as crossing our lines, while our machines have made between 2,000 and 3,000 flights acros the enemy's lines. BAD WEATHER. I Tuesday (11.7 a.m.). Heavy and continuous rain has fallen during the last twenty-four hours. The general situation is unchanged. In the neighbourhood of Richebourg l'Avoue we entered the enemy's trenches in three places, capturing prisoners and a machine-gun and inflicting many casualties. Our casualties were very slight. Since last night's report five more of our aeroplanes have failed to return. (Tuesday (9.45 p.m.). The general situation continues un- changed. South of the Ancre there has been con- siderable artillery activity throughout the day. A local attack upon our trenches east of Martinpuich was easily repulsed. A hostile baloon was brought down by our artillery east of Rausart. In the neighbourhood of Hill 60 an enemy ammunition stn,e was exploded by our fire.
THE KING'S MESSAGE. I
THE KING'S MESSAGE. I HIS MAJESTYS CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS TROOPS. On Saturday afternoon the Press Bureau issued for publication the following tele- gram, which has been sent by his Majesty the King to the British Commander-in-Chief in France:— Sept. 16, 1916. To General Sir Douglas Haig. I congratulate you and my brave troops on the brilliant success just achieved. I have never doubted that complete vic- tory will ultimately crown our efforts, and the splendid results of the fighting yester- day confirmed this view. Signed) George R.I. The following telegram has been received Hby the King from General Sir Douglas aig: ■ I have communicated to the troops your Majesty's gracious and inspiriting message, for which all ranks respectfully offer grate- ful thanks. (Signed) Douglas Ha:?. j
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A court-martial was held at Chelsea Bar- racks on Bugler William McPherson, the deserter from the Royal Irish RiSes who im- posed on various charitable people by wear- ing seven gold wound stripes and strapping his left arm-which he said be had lost in one of eleven battica in which he had taken part—to his side. A Frenoh circua midget, aged twenty-one, who stands 2ft. high and earns A70 per week, tried to enlist in Toronto a few days ago, but was told he was ineligible even for the bantams.
I "THE WILLIES."I
I "THE WILLIES." I lOUR LATEST MILITARY WEAPON. I The reference in Sir Douglas Haig's com- munique to "a new type of heavy armoured car, which has proved of considerable utility" is certain to arouse curiosity among soldiers and civilians alike (says the "Times"). In the Army it has been whispered for some days past that a development of the ordi- nary armoured car, which rendered good ser- vice in Flanders during the early months of the war, and afterwards in Egypt, has suc- cessfully passed the experimental stage, and was likely to bo employed in the next phase of the great offensive. Little was known of the actual construction of the new vehicles. Those who had seen them referred to them mysteriously as "tanks," while the soldiers who had helped to handle them named them humorously "Willies." It was evident from the nature of the country over which any armoured car would be obliged to operate—a desolate, shell-torn, roadless, and trench-intersected wilderness- that no vehicle mounted upon ordinary wheels could hope to surmount the innumer- able obstacles to its progress. It was obvious, also, that to be of any practical utility, an armoured car must be invulner- able to rifle and machine-gun fire, shell splinter, and indeed to anything less formid- able than a direct hit from a heavy projec- tile. The problem was how to combine these various requirements in any automobile structure. Sir Douglas Haig's message makes it clear that the problem must have been successfully solved. Otherwise the "new type of heavy armoured car would hardly have "proved of considerable utility." Of the precise quality of their utility we are told nothing. Whether it lay in the efficiency of their armament, or in their success in crushing down such impediments to an infantry ad- vance as barbed wire, can only be conjec- tured. The gratifying fact seems to be that our inventors have not hesitated boldly to tread unbeaten paths, and to have sought, in this war of machinery, to give practical shape to ideas which, had they been con- ceived by imaginative novelists, would have been regarded as fantastical. When the secrecy which rightly surrounds the con- struction and use of this most recent addi- tion to our fighting machines can be lifted, we may perhaps be enabled to imagine the feelings of the German infantry in their shell-battered trenches when, in the uncer- tain light of dawn, they saw advancing upon them an array of unearthly monsters, cased in steel, spitting fire, and crawling labori- ously but ceaselessly over trench, barbed wire, and shell crater. Engineers, and automobile engineers in particular, (says a special correspondent of the "Telegraph "), will appreciate Sir Douglas Haig's tribute to "a new type of heavy armoured car, which has proved of considerable utility." For many months efforts have been made to devise something that will effectively counteract the effect of machine-gun fire from the enemy's trenches when our soldiers leave theirs to attack. In the past the Germans have retired to their deep dug-outs while our own heavy artillery has been battering their earthworks and wire entanglements to fragments, and re- appeared with their deadly machine-^uns as soon as the hail of shells and shrapnel ceases and when our men leave their cover. While each side remained in tfteir dug-outs during the bombardment by the big guns, compara- tively little damage to the opposing forces, and certainly no progress in pushing the mem v back could be effected. Yet the assault was always a costly business in lives for the force that left the trenches. To-day the British super-motor car, heavily armoured and equipped, is designed to pro- vide a comparatively safe advancing shield, which can keep down in their trench the enemy's machine-guns and their crews, wJlÍle our gallant "Tommies" cover the ground intervening between the trenches. As for the cars themselves and their heroic drivers and gunners—the new iron- clads and their crew-s-motorists,ia particu- lar will appreciate the task that was set for them. Across broken country, over tree stumps, surmounting high banks one moment, then descending into steep cuttings to climb out again as they advanced, all the time pouring a heavy fire on the enemy, they crushed all before them like a modern Juggernaut. No wonder the toll of pri- soners is great, no wonder our losses are light—if our losses can be light in these days of the bloodiest of battles. Those who have been party to their de- sign, construction, and trials must feel proud to-day of Sir Douglas Haig's praise. Tkere is not much that is mysterious in their construction, for they are just an im- provement on the "caterpillar" hauler, or mechanical centipede, that first made its debut ten years ago before the military critics in Great Britain. During the pre- sent campaign "caterpillars" have hauled the big guns of both sides to th-;r positions. England has only further improved the speed and mobility of such inae t?oved the rendering them bullet-proof. They are a further proof that England's craftsmen are still the "handy Jacks of yore 'n this engi- neers' war of ruthless destruction.
BOGUS SOLDIER.I
BOGUS SOLDIER. I At Westminster on Saturday Joseph Mac- donald, twenty-six, wearing the uniform of the Australian Field Artillery, was charged before Mr. Horace Smith with falsely repre- senting himself to be entitled to wear such uniform, also the D.C.M. ribbon. In May last he was wearing sailor's uni- form, and was dealt with at Tower Bridge Police-court as am absentee from the Navy. Taken to Devonport, he said he did not be- long to the Navy, but to the Australian Field Artillery. He was brought back to Tower Bridge, and handed over to the Aus- tralian military authorities. On August 31 he was arrested at Waterloo railway station as an absentee. He was wearing the ribbon of the D.C.M., and asked whether he was entitled to do so, he replied, "I fought for it and got it." He subsequently told Cap- tain T. V. Brown, Assistant Provost-Mar- shal, Australian Imperial Force, Horseferry- road, Westminster, that he enlisted in Aus- tralia in 1914, and proceeded to Egypt, and then to Gallipoli, where he was invalided to England and admitted to St. Thomas's Hos- pital, London. No such person as prisoner could be traced. Moreover, the Army num- ber he gave corresponded with that of another man still serving. Further, Detec- tive-sergeant Cresswell, A Division, proved several convictions against him, including one for felony at Glamorgan Assizes in 1911. Mr. Horace Smith now sentenced him to six months' hard labour. -0
NO BAMBOOS FOR NORWAY. I
NO BAMBOOS FOR NORWAY. I The Foreign Office announces that no fur- ther export licences or other facilities will be given for the export of sauces to Norway and Sweden, or of bamboos, canes, and rat- tans to Norway until further notice. Holders of unexhausted licences should at once communicate with the War Trade De- partment, stating the reasons for which they desire to receive such special authorisa- tion.
RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT.I
RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT. I In a heavy gale in the Bristol Channel on Tuesday, the schooner Mary Orr was ob- served to be in distress off Lundy Island. The Ilfracombe lifeboat, after rowing about twenty miles, took off the crew and made again for Ilfracombe.
AIRMAN KILLED.I
AIRMAN KILLED. I Whilst piloting an aeroplane Lieut. Haden Mostyn Kendrick, South Staffordshire Regi- ment, attached Royal Flying Corps, met with a fatal accident. The machine appears to have struck the top of a large oak tree.
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Sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour at West London Pohoe-oourt for falsely re- presenting himself to be a deserter, Barney Phillips, twenty-eight, a tinsmith, said he was so worried fey the police asking him if he had not been in the Army that at last he said he had been in the artillery.
IN LIGHTER VEIN
IN LIGHTER VEIN BY THOMAS JAY. ILLUSTRATED BY J. H. LVNTt. Writing to a London paper, a gentleman complains of the number of people he has seen on the river boating, etc., and at once we are compelled to admit that he has been there himself. Love of the water is a characteristic of the race. Given a few square yards of water, a man will attempt to sail over it. If we take a jaunt to Cook- ham, there we shall see the houseboat and the canoe, and other things that hang about. In my opinion the houseboat is one of the most peculiar things man has yet taken to. To have a houseboat is considered to be "it" in society, but as I am neither a muni- tion worker nor a slate club secretary, the distinction is denied me. Personally I do not think I could ever learn to love a house- boat. Places with the bedrooms downstairs on the ground floor and the basement up- stairs, as they are on the houseboat, have never appealed to my constitution. To get up from one's downy bed on the houseboat and to plunge right slap up against Father Thames may be all right, but when diving one is so apt to strike a few old sardine cans at the bottom and to study more stars in a few seconds than the late Sir Robert Ball saw in his whole lifetime. We can grow wise in our choice of things just as we grow wise in our choice of wines, though I confess that in these days, when a man has to consider whether he shall have his wines or sell the wife's, family jewels, the wines will be an easy winner. For years men with the little demon in their pen, men of my own sordid profession, alleged humorists, termed by the cynic "comic men" A FRIENDLY SMOKE. as a term of ridi- cule, have made a good living writing h o r r ible stories about the cigars wives buy for their husbande a t C h r i strnas. There have been times w hen I have had to plead that I never smo ke c i g ars af ter d i nner, though it was a barefaced lie to cover up my sheer cowardice to avoid smoking a cigar ? 11 11 which loo ked fierce. To smoke the cigars of some men is to court disaster. To jump into the crater of Mount Etna is sheer cowardice compared to smoking such cigars. Of course, we all accept one another's cigars, and make some cheery comment about the nice band or something equally silly,' and we have taken them home and smoked them, just to kill the weeds and the insects in the plants, or to keep the burglars away. There is one brand of cigar which connoisseurs have always considered to be made of cabbage leaf. But it has been settled once and for all, by a gentleman writing in the "Times," that you cannot use the cabbage leaf to adulterate the cigar. So the bottom is knocked out of another music-hall joke. I thought it would not be long before some charming fellow would come along to help us out of our difficulties and put us in the way of getting a little of the "ready" in these hard times, when one needs to be a munition worker before one can indulge in á few oysters and champagne. Writing in the "New York Sun," a well-known scientist states the oase of an American who claims to be able to make diamonds. I havo been told that tale before, as no doubt have many other people. Henry VI. did a little bit of business 1ll this way, for did he not once state that the happy hour was drawing near when by means of the philosopher's stone he would be able to pay all the debts of the nation in gold? But did he? Other men have said the same. Those old philosophers were very useful in this kind of" thing, and I am rather sorry to note that Pliny has nothing to say about making dia- monds or about the philosophers, because he was the very man to enter into this sort of business with a gusto, for Pliny could tell a whopper when he wanted to. Then there was that other old rascal, Elias Ashmole, who publicly announced that he would make gold in Fleet-street. But he didn't, bless you! There are newspaper men and po-etti and naval writers, who will tell you that it is impossible to make gold in Fleet-street, even in the straightforward way. However, if anybody wants to make diamonds they are at liberty to do eo. Personally, I have no leaning that way, but I am ready to oblige by sampling a few specimens. I am not particular whether they are diamonds or rubies. When sending them to the office have them carefully addressed. Only a few days ago there appeared a letter in a London paper from a Kensington lady, who protested against the idea of oui soldiers having mascots. The good lady did not refer to them as mascots; she preferred the more heathenish word "idols." Only a day or so ago we read of one whole regiment in which each man possesses a touchwood—a tiny, shining, black little imp of wood. To Cromwell's men stone saints and anjjels werv idols, and there are people who think we should abolish the mas- cot as a thing of the dark ages, to be shunned in this age, when superstition re- fuses to strike on the box. But we need be careful, for there are few of us free from the habit of the mascot. The little things that a man carries in his pocket, the loss of which would up- A MASCOT. set his whole day, are but mascots. The fountain-pen of the writer is a mascot, for if it is mislad things go awry. He may pur- chase a better pen, but the new pen will not contain the little demon which helps him in his work. We may have passed the dark ages, but we cling to many of our old cus- toms. Only yesterday a soldier friend oi mine produced from his pocket a piece of white heather, which he hoped to carry with him to the Front. And he will. And there will come to him moments out there when he will reflect; and it will be a sad day for his peace of mind when he loses it. No, the mascot is with us to-day, as ever. "Git out and git under," as I heard a man say the other evening as he swallowed his fourth oyster. Oysters are in full swing now, and. it is just at this time of the year that I wouldn't be an oyster for worlds. Considering that the season has only just started, I consider that some pretty good performances have been put up in the oyster-eating handicaps. Only the other evening I admired a man with a beautiful over-arm swing, who only foozled twice. His time for the course was Imin., 3sec., and he would have beaten the record, I feel certain, had not some fellow shouted "What'll you 'ave, 'Enery." That gave him a crick in the neck, and the oyster, noting the movement, took the opportunity to break away. In my own case, while there was a time when I had a fairly good swing, you cannot tempt mo with an oyster to-day. And if you asked me to tell the difference between a Whit- stable and a Colchester, I should have to bow my head in ignorance. Whether it was Whitstable or Colchester, or whether it was home-grown or trained in our own stables, I should be unable to say. I have seen men swallow them, but I have never understood why. I suppose they do it for a wager or something. Hover, as far as I am con- cerned, all the oysters can lie by nice and comfortable and sleep quietly in their beds, for I want them not.
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MiBs Cccilo Dorothy Bridget Royse, an actress, who appeared for her public exami- nation in the Bankruptcy-court, said that she inherited £4,000 in 1913, aad had lost £ 3,000 at bridge in housce in the West-End.
I OTHER MEN'S MINDS.I
I OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I I Poverty should not hinder the physical, I moral, and mental education of the young.— MB. BEN TURNER. I THE THEATRE'S ROLE. f In war time there is only one way in which the theatre can be of real service, and that is to amuse and entertain the nation.— MR. ALFRED BUTT. I LOGIC FOR OBJECTORS. I I often think that the objector to military life, if he cannot sink his scruples for the sake of others and embrace that life to-day, should commit suicide; for he only exists, free to object, thanks to those in the field.- MR. FREDERICK N IVE. I AGRICULTURAL REVIVAL. I I Britain may yet see herself paying her war debt out of the increased productivity I of her soil.—DUKE or MARLBOROUGH. I THE PROFITEERS. I Germans might be suffering from a sea blockade, but we were suffering from a blockade of our own exploiters.-MR. W. CHURCH. I CONDITIONAL. I Provided that we have in the future reasonably wise legislation and freedom from internal strife, industrial or otherwise, [ have no fear that we shall be able to hold Dur own, and more than hold our own, in industrial atrairs.-Ma. WALLACE THOBNY- ::aOFT. I THE NEAR EAST. I The mastery of the Allies at Salonica means the death-blow to German chances of Empire in the East. She must roll in upon herself; and Bulgaria to-day is cursing the ruler who drew her into such a euicidal alli- ance.—MB. A. G. HALES. I REPARATION. I The hoir of reparation is approaching, alike for individuals as for the peoples on whom have fa'len the blows of Germanic aggression.—M. BRIAND. I THE GIVER OF VICTORY. I While we give thanks to God for the mercies of those darkest days, we must not, now that our strength is so vastly increased and our anxieties proportionately lessened, forget that victory depends in the future, as in th- past, upon God alone.—CARDINAL BOURNE. I BLINDING THE PEOPLE. t  To-day the State creates public opinion by its rigorous censorship and the blinding of I the oyes of the people through a subservient 1 Prcss.-MR. RICHARD LEE I ON THE LAND. I I want to see our people settled on the land at home, for, unless we can succeed in tha.t, we cannot maintain a continuous flow to various parts of the EMDire.-MR. G. ll. ROBERTS, M.P. I WITHIN THE EMPIRE. I As regards emigration, we all agree that if men go away-and I think many will, for I think the attractions which may be offered by the Colonies will be very formid- able competitors—it is clearly the duty of the Government to see that those who do emigrato are by one means or another in- duced to emigrate to places under the British flag, and so add to the strength of the British EMpirC.-MR. BONAR LAW. I NATURE'S BUNGLING. Modern civilisation is nothing but an energetic correcting of Nature's mistakes, and Nature never bungled worse than when dosigning, the exteriors of great minda.— MR. P. G. WODEHOUSE. I I AIRCRAFT FOR THE FLEET. Our aircraft service at the Front is not only magnificent, but it is marvellously suc- cessful and victorious. If we had for the Fleet a correspondingly good service, the Battle of Jutland and other battles which might come afterwards would not give the enemy an opportunity of going back to his port, but would result in a final and over- whelming di-sa.st-cr to the German naval forces.—LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU. I A WARNING. A comparison of English and German possibilities in foreign trade on the resump- tion of peace shows that there are certain advantages on both sides. The German advantages are solid and appreciable, but if England is seething with industrial friction the advantages sho possesses will be leutral- ised and her failure a ccrtaintv.-PRFESSOR I A. W. KIRKALDY. I I HEROES ALL THE TIME. I This war has demanded more in the way of nerve and courage from our men than any war that has happened in the history of the world-more constant courage and en- durance. Endurance and courage have had to be exercised every moment of the day and night.-VISCOrNT FRENCH. I SOMETHING LIKE A WAR LOAN. I As public subscriptions to War Loans simply mean an exchange in the ownership of bank deposits, tho amount of internal War Loans that might .be raised by an ad- vanced community under modern banking conditions is almost unlimited. Given time for alternate collections and disbursements, I could conceive of the United Kingdom being able to mortgage posterity to the ex- tent of at least ten thousand million pounds. -Mp.. A. H. GIBSON. I RECONSTRUCTION. I In my belief, the problem of reconstruc- tion after the war will be a difficult task, it will try severely the character of our people and the capacity of our Government, more even than the task which we havo had in winning the war.—MR. BONAR. LAW. I A LESSON OF THE WAR. r If, ae one result of the war, our people are led to appreciate the value of scientific work, then perhaps we shall not have paid too high a prioo, "high though the price must be.-PRoFr,ssoR G. G. HENDERSON. I NO MORE GERMAN DYES. I It has been said that the dyes supplied by English firms aro not in any way as good as the German dyes, but I reply most emphati- catly that the statement is absolutely un- fminded. The day has gone by when it was necessary to stipulate for German colours in British khaki specifications. If British con- sumers are honest in their expressed deeire not to buy German dyes again they will not need to do ro.-Mn. G. M. WHITTAKEB. I EDUCATING THE FARMER. I Efforts should be made to raise up the ordinary farmer to the level of the gocd one, for which purpose a vast amount of ednoational work has to be done-—DR. E. J. RUSSELL. GERMANY'S SUCCESS AND FAILURE. I In the organisation of material resources Germany has won well-merited admiration, but in regard to moral conduct, and with regard to all that art of dealing with other men and other nations which is closely allied to moral conduct, she has won for her- fle-If the horror of the civilised world.-REV. W. TEMPLE.
SURPRISE FOR THE TURKS. —-0—
SURPRISE FOR THE TURKS. — -0 — ENEMY SEVERELY PUNISHED EAST OF SUEZ. The IVir Office announces: The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Egypt reports: A mobile column, com- posed of Anzac mounted troops, Camel Corps, with "same artillery, left Bir-el-Abd on September 6th with a view to carrying out a reoonnaissance of enemy troops west of El Arish. This column reached the enemy position at Bir-el-Mazar, sixty-five miles from the Canal, at dawn on September 17. A sharp engagement followed, in which our troops penetrated the enemy trenches at several points, and inflicted considerable casualties, while our artillery heavily shelled the enemy camps. The attack appears to have been a sur- prise to the Turks, and our aircraft saw and fired on several parties of them, among whom were German officers, riding rapidly back to El Arish. Wo took some prisoners in fighting. but our casualties were slight.
PAUPER'S BANKING ACCOUNT.…
PAUPER'S BANKING ACCOUNT. Pleading poverty, which inquiry seemed to substantiate, a man had been given out-door relief by the Rugby Guardians which had mounted up to a total of X53 16s. It was reported on Monday's meeting of the Board that the man had died, and that it had since been discovered that he had a banking ac- count of < £ 78, and that his widow had also received over £100 from his clubs. She offered to refund X30 to the Guardians, but the Board decided to call upon her to repay the whole of the money given the man in. outdoor relief.
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The properties of the Austrian Archduke at Mia, Reggio, which have been seques- trated, include the villa and great pine forest, which have been among the most re- munerative archducal possessions in Italy. Complaint is made that in numerous muni- tion areas in Yorkshire the girl workers are spending extravagant sums in high boota and silk stockings, paying as much as 45s. a pair for the former.
PREMIER'S SON KILLED.
PREMIER'S SON KILLED. LIEUT. RAYMOND ASQUITH FALLS IN ACTION. The following announcement was made on Monday at 10, Downing-street:— "The Prime Minister has received infor- mation of the death in action, on September 15, of his eldest son, Lieut. Raymond Asquith, Grenadier Guards." Lieut. Raymond Asquith, who was in his thirty-eighth year, obtained a commission in the Queen's Westminster Rifles soon after the war broke out, and was transferred to the Grenadiers as from March, 1915. He had a brilliant Oxford career, and it was noted that he followed with singular fidelity his father's footsteps. The one obtained a scholarship at Balliol in 1870, tho other an exhibition there in 1897. They both took a first in "Mods," both won the Craven Scholarship, both took a first in "Greats," both were Presidents of the Union; and while the father was a Fellow of Balliol in 1874, the son became a Fellow of All Souls in 1902. Like his father, Mr. Raymond Asquith went to the Bar, where he soon began to distinguish himself. In July. 1907, he married Miss Katherine Horner, daughter of Sir John Horner, First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, whose seat is at MelLs Court, Frome.
NEARING END IN AFRICA.
NEARING END IN AFRICA. LAST OF THE ENEMY'S COLONIAL PORTS TAKEN. j The War Office announces:— Telegraphing on September 16, Lieu- tenant General Smuts describes the conclu- sion oi the operations whereby the enemy has been dislodged from the Uluguru Hills, with the loss of many men, quantities of stores, and most, if not all, his artillery and gun ammunition depots, which are con- stantly being discovered and destroyed. On September 15 our forces, which had fought their way since August 28 through and east and west of the central mountain- ous area, effected their junction near Kissaki, at the southern end of the hills, the remnants of the enemy's troops having retired to the south-east during the night, abandoning sixty-five German Europeans (thirty-four of whom were sick in a hospital which was left behind with all its person- nel) and several Boers who had been de- tained as political prisoners. The movements of our columns in and around the hills have been conducted in cir- cumstances of great difficulty, involving the bridging of numerous streams and the blasting of roadways through the valleyc. As this had to be undertaken while our main body was still dependent on a lengthy line of communication and supply leading back to the Usambara Railway and Tanga. To the west of the Uluguru Hills Major- General Van Deventer's columns are ap- proaching the Great Ruaha River, on the road to Mahenge, driving a strong enemy detachment southwards before them. Lindi and Mikindani, the last remaining ports in the German colony, have been oc- cupied by naval forces, Royal Marines, and African troops, small German forces retir- ing inland in each case. From an intercepted German wireless message it appears that the Belgian columns converging on Tabora entered that im- portant centre on September 11, after fierce fighting on the western outskirts of the town. The German forces retired eastwards along the Central Railway.
FLIES ON CHOCOLATE.
FLIES ON CHOCOLATE. An unusual case was before the St. Helena magistrates on Monday, when a confectioner named Thomas Middlehurst was fined 40s. for exposing for sale chocolate creams which were unfit for food. A medical officer said the defendant's window was swarming with flies. Some bars of chocolate had been melted by the sun and four flies were actu- ally embedded in the chocolate. Defendant aid he had done everything he could to keep away the flies. ——— —————
THE IDEAL RELIGION.
THE IDEAL RELIGION. "The relio-ion that is wanted," said the Bishop of Stepney, preaching on Monday from the step s of St. Mary Abchurch, Lon- don, E.C., "is a plain religion, a strong re- ligion—a religion that will not play the fool with us and which we cannot play the fool with-a religion that asks a good deal of a man, and a religion that will keep us together. I hope the Church may recover that power—which I sometimes think she has almost lost—of holding men together."
CAUGHT IN MACHINE.
CAUGHT IN MACHINE. A verdict of "Accidental death" was re- turned at a Romford inquest on Monday on William John Murphy, aged thirteen, son of a butcher living in Cotleigh-road, who was killed through being caught in the engine at the Recorder Printing Works. No one knew that the lad was in the room until the machinery stopped. He was then found in the wheel, which had caught his clothing and dragged him in. His clothing was stripped off.
NAVAL MOBILISATION DIRECTOR.
NAVAL MOBILISATION DIRECTOR. It was officially announced by the Ad- miralty on Monday that Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, C.B., M.V.O.. has been appointed Director of the Mobilisatioil Division at the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral Culme-Seymour received the C.B. in connection with the Jutland battle.
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The Hungarian Government ia taking a census of the Tziganes (nomad gipsies) in the country, as it no longer knows where to turn for men, and it contemplates using these Tziganes as auxiliary troops. The "Wilhelmshaven Gazette" publishes an official notice prohibiting the private pce- session or sale of picture postcards showing warships which were not published in the Navy List before the war.