SECOND EDITION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 200, 20 August 1918, Page 1

SECOND EDITION

RUSSIA. iRETfJN OF TERROR IN PETRO.' GRAD. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Uec. Aug. 20, 2.2 p.m.) W.VSHFa'iGTOiN, Aug. 19. Official advices from 'Russia through .Sweden state that there is a. reign of tenmr at, Petrograd. There Jaave been thirty thousand arrests of army omeci-s ,'iikl the bourgeoisie (middle classes). Leu in aiui Trotsky are believed to be aboard the warship Aurora, in Kronstadt Harbour, preparing to leave for ■Germany in case of a popular wing against the Bolshevik regime. i.yiI'ORTANT FHKNCiI AUVAINCIi. 1 MA'NY HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS j TAKEN'. (Rec. Aug. 20, 2.10 p.m.) LOXiDON, Aug. 19. Operations with General Tenth Army Me developing. An. offensive, promising important uievpjlo-pmrenrfi, eomiroeiicadj at six on Sunday evening. The Tenth Army attacked between the Oise and the ALme, fon a front of fifteen kilometres, and penetrated to a maximum deplh of three kilometres. By -half-past ten it had captured five hundred prisoners. An important factor is the seizure of the high ridge south of AndtfguieoijH, threatening the German positions and. lines in the vicinity of Soissonw, wh.cli the French may even turn. The new- capture has girc/n them.. on the east of the. Oise what the i.v-. <\<in*.. massif has given them on its west. (Rec. Aug. 20, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON. Aug. 19. The French line now rnn s from Fonf tonoy. Nouvionvingre ridge, aouth •of Andigwieourt. Nainpoel, the sou'thern edge .of ith'j mountain and wood of Tracy le Val. The French army attacked in the' neighbourhood ' of ..St.. Mard Ebeu vraignes and also north-east of Nevrony suv Maetz. Little progress is reported, but 350 rrisonevs have been taken. ■ LONDON", Aug. 19, 4.2 a.m.

A French communique reports: — Thore was \iolent artillery fire during the night north and south of tho AVre. Wo took prisoner yesterday 400 west of Roye. At six: o'clock lawt evening, between the Oise and the Aisne, our troops ri-r tified our front on tho stretch about 15 kilometres between South Ca.rlspop.t audi Fontenoy, reaching on the whole line an average advance-'of two kilometres. We ocupied the plateau we?t ofMnipool and reached the southern run of Ah'digicourt ravine, capturing Xouviqn- • vingre and taking prisoner 700- - •■ LONDON, Aug. 19., .Renter's correspondent at BiilipH Headquarters reports :—Sunday s "attack on the northern portion of the J-.y----salient was on a la.rge scale, and a repetition of the nibbling tactics whevebv the Australians hitherto penetrated from the northern edsc of Nieppe Forest, through and beyond Merris. We Wo now obtained a footing on the -i-id£?e eastward of Merris and look ri-ht into "Baileul; which is only throe m'iJes from our advanced posts.

LONDON 'BUS STRIKE. , (Rec. Aug. 20, 2.45 p.m.) 1 LONDON. Aug. 19. . London is pract*:a.lly without omnibuses The Western suburbs aro tramless. It is estimated that there, aro 14.000 strikers. . ' . ~,,„„ The position is seriously inconveniencing munition workers, who havo been compelled to walk. The County Council trams are running.