AN ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3180, 3 September 1917, Page 5

AN ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

ON FRONT OF. 800 YARDS TRENCH WARFARE (Rec.'September 1, 3.30 p.m.) London, August 31. (( An official dispatch from Egypt states: "We advanced, our line last night on, a front of eight humdred yards, southwestward of Gaza. Our losses wero insignificant. Our aeroplanes achieved eight direct hits on the enemy's engine sheds, and caused damage to a field battery and also to troops. All the machines turned."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. (Rec. September 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, September I.' Since the operations lost April tliero havo been no important actions on the Palestine front. The conditions on both sides have more or less developed into irencli warfare. The opposing lin«s aro close together near Gaza, but gradually £-row further apart as they enter the barren and' inhospitable regioj farther south, until they finally tail off altogether in the desert, whye the Anzac and Imperial mounted divisions keep watch over the right flank.—Reuter. ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS EAIDS ON THE ENEMY'S LINES. (Rec. September 2, 11.30 p.m.) London, September 1. A Britisli official report from Salonika states: "We raided the enemy's lines at various points on 'rhe Doiran-Vardar front, and repulsed counterattacks northward of Doldjeli. Our bombardment continues." A French official communique states:— "Bulgarian attacks at Serkadilegeu were l-epulsed, partly by counter-attacks. Tho Serbians attacked in the mountainous region west of Nonte, penetrating the enemy's, first position, capturing a few prisoners."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.. Heuter. THE DRIVE IN EAST AFRICA RECENT OPERATIONS. (Rec. September 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 1. An official dispatch from Headquarters, East Africa, states': "The British and Belgians in the northerji area have cleared the country between the Ruaha and XTlanga Rivers, and driven the Germans southward. Later the enemy broke ont from Megepos, making for Mahenge. "VVe are pursuing. We have occupied Tun-duru.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-R-euter. STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE REJECTED BY TRADES CONGRESS . PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. (Bee. September 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 1. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades .Union Congress has decided that the conference at Stockholm cannot be successful at present. It recommends as a first step the securing of general agreement among the workers of the Allied nations, then an International Congress would be" of great service.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn. ONE 500Q-TONNER EVERY 43 HOURS HIGH-SPEED CONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA. (Rec. September 2, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, September 1. The Federal Shipping Board has contracted for the construction v of three shipyards for turning out one high-speed-five thousand-ton steel ship in each forty-eight hours. The first of the. huge aircraft lleot has safely arrived in France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . WAR SPIRIT IN AMERICA BAD TIME FOR PEACE AGITATORS. Now York, August 31. Mr. Lochner, ex-manager of Mr. Henry Ford's peace agitation, while attempting to organise a pence convention in the Middle West, at Hudson, Wisconsin, wao driven out of the town by indignant residents. Other cities, including Milwaukee (where there is a large German population) threaten similar action. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SMALLPOX IN GERMANY •TWO THOUSAND CASES. (Rec. September 2, 5.5 p.m.) • Amsterdam, September 1. Tho German newspapers report that there are two thousand' cases of smallpox in. West and North Germany, and tthvo hundred deaths.—AuJt-N.Z. Cable Assn.