THE BIG OFFENSIVE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11367, 13 October 1917, Page 8

THE BIG OFFENSIVE.

PRAISE FROM HAIG. Received Oct. 1". J. 30 p.m. London, Got. L. The United Press states that rain , winced riie nattlefield ground to n iVrfoot loblolly, but the Bntishers tho mnd seas •md rand, mountains like a mix<icl(. Mon who talked to Sir Dongas . Hai" vesterday state that lie i* Dal Of admiration for the men and sa» that tin? entire history ot I landiis aSm Uat »Md »»•SjgX.tiJto piers’ worst enem>- J-hiM is ™ * a m-euter extent now tlian be c-mse the natural drainage has stopnod Nevertheless Britishers tiom I’d parts of the Empire also the French, are undaunted mud and the Germans, ilu, i nhU Marshal concluded: ‘ They are all simply splendid. A GERMAN REPORT. Received Oct. Id, 12.40 p.m. * Loudon, Oct. 12. German official; Between the Lys -ml tho Ypros-Mcnin Road the hiiug increased suddenly to drum mo inVio morning. Now enemy attacks then commenced on wide seMemThere is intense artilhrymg north-eastward of Soissons and oastW u'-d of tho Meuse and at Monastir tu the basin of the Cerna bend. FRENCH sailer fights submarine. THE SAILER SUCCUMBS. Received Oct. JR 1.30 p.m. London, Oct. 13. The French sailer, Blanch, fought .. submarine for 3,G hours, and was finally torpedoed. An explosion killed the captain and many ot Lie crow. A patrol boat picked up nxteeu survivors. THE BOLO REVELATIONS. Paris, Oct. 13. 'Che Journal announces that its advances from 8010 have been paid. THE WORK OF SPIES. Christiania, Oct. 13. It is officially stated that tho police regard foreign spies as responsible for tho outbreak of fires aiming at tho destruction of goods depots, factories and timber mills producing export goods. A new law provides for the expulsion of twenty thousand foreigners who have arrived ciiice the war. 1