ANOTHER ADVANCE.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7750, 18 July 1916, Page 3

ANOTHER ADVANCE.

BY BRITISH TROOPS. HEROIC STAND BY KENTISH MEN. ■ RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. ANOTHER BIG SWEEEP FORESHADOWED. Eminently satisfactory news continues to come from the Western front of the British forces, and the enemy is every day realising more keenly that Britain’s contemptible little army is a factor to be reckoned with. From New York comes news that another big Russian offensive is in preparation. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

FURTHER BRITISH SUCCESSES. ABANDONED WAR MATERIAL. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 17. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— Further important successes have widened the gap in the German second line. We captured fifteen hundred yards of trenches north-west of Bazentin-le-Petit and Waterloo farm east of Longueval. We are continuing to find large quantities of armament and other abandoned war material in the positions captured, including five heavy howitzers and four 77 millimetre guns. HEROIC STRUGGLE. PILES OF GERMAN DEAD. KAISER’S PICKED TROOPS CUT UP. PARIS, July 17. Some 1500 German dead bore witness to the heroic struggle for Bazen-tin-le-Petit. The English were irresistible. The Germans, realising that once more they were beaten, ordered up what was left of the Prussian Guard, but the British inflicted cruel loss on the Kaiser’s picked troops. The British routed the Germans, and took Longueval in 25 minutes, while the South Africans took Belville Wood. CAVALRY AT WORK. A NICE LITTLE JOB. ENEMY CUT DOWN WITH LANCE AND SABRE. LONDON, July 17. The “ Times’ ” correspondent at headquarters, describing Friday’s battle, says that the most dramatic incident was the cavalry action. Companies of Dragoon Guards and Deccan Horse crossed the trenches and made their way to the neighborhood of a high wood covering the left of our advance on Longueval. They came under machine-gun fire, but their casualties were immaterial. The enemy were sniping from a com field, but the cavalry went through the fields joyfully, one troop with the lance and the other with the sabre. When the horses came on the Germans many threw themselves down and shrieked for mercy. They desperately clutched the horses’ legs as they passed, but lance and sabre did their work cleanly and thoroughly. With the exception of 34 prisoners, no Gennans were left alive when the little job was finished. The cavalry then sent back their horses and dug trenches for the infantry to take over. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT WELLINGTON, This day. The High Commissioner reports:— Between the Oise and the Aisne a strong enemy reconnaissance was dispersed by French fire. Near Moulinse Ustouvent, in the Champagne, a German coup-de-main on a trench sector ut Russe was repulsed by a counter-attack with enemy losses. On the Verdun front the night was relatively calm, except at Hill 204, where the fusilade was lively. West of Fieury elements of French troops made some progress, capturing three mitrailleuses. At Lorraine, after a bombardment, the enemy twice attacked our position in the region of Han, eastwards of Nomeny. Both attacks were repulsed, the French taking some prisoners. BELGIUM'S FUTURE. ANNEXATION BY GERMANY. ENEMY VIEWS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). NEW YORK, July 17. A United Press despatch says that the Berlin press is divided as to the wisdom of the Chancellor’s opposition to the annexation of Belgium. The ‘‘Cologne Gazette” defends Herr Bethmann Hollweg, asserting that it would be a mistake to “swap” horses in the middle of the stream. It acknowledges that the British have a huge reserve in Flanders, enabling them to make continuous attacks with fresh troops. Count Reventlow considers the Chancellor’s policy unwise, as the Allies will interpret it as a sign of German weakening.

IN THE RIGA. ACTIVITY IN THE CAUCASUS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PETROGRAD, July 17. A Russian communique states: On the right flank of our Riga positions we have advanced in the region westward of Kemmern. One of our torpedo boats destroyed 26 sailers in the Black Sea. Ottieial: In the Caucasus we penetrated to the town of Baiburt. The Turks are hastily retreating westward, destroying their stores. THE KOVEL FRONT. TOLL OF PRISONERS INCREASING DAILY. LONDON, July 17. Mr Stanley Washburn, writing from the Kovel front, says that more than half the 42,000 prisoners captured here are Germans, dissipating the fiction of the German invincibility against the Russians. Although the Germans are constantly adding guns and machine-guns on their fronts, they are finding difficulty in filling in the human blanks, while the Russian depots are jammed with reserves, with plenty of rifles, excluding 300,000 of those captured during the offensive. The weather is intensely hot. Many captures are due to exhaustion. It is impossible for such intense fighting to continue long without breaking the German line. ANOTHER OFFENSIVE. TO DELIVER STAGGERING BLOW. “ DON’T SPARE THE BULLETS.” Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). NEW YORK, July 17. A despatch from Petrograd predicts an early resumption of important fighting, and adds: —“The fall of Kovel would he a staggering blow to the Central Powers, completely disrupting their plans. It would also menace Lemberg and open the road to Brest and Litovsk. The Russians have enermous supplies of ammunition. A placard is printed on the cartridge boxes, ‘ Don’t spare the bullets. There is plenty for all/ ” ITALIAN FRONT. DETERMINED ENEMY OFFENSIVE. REPULSED ALONG THE WHOLE FRONT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). ROME, July 17. A communique states: — The enemy in Upper Posina Valley tried to stop our advance and attacked heavily, supported by a concentrated artillery fire. We counter-attacked between Col Santo and Monte Toraro. The enemy were repulsed along the whole front. The Germans in Turkey have organised eight new divisions under German ollicers, which will be sent to the European front. KENTS’ HEROIC STAND A GRAPHIC STORY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). LONDON, July 18. An eye-witness of the West Kents’ historic stand in Trones Wood describes it as one of the finest exploits of the war. An intense German artillery fire was followed up by desperate attacks. Fresh infantry had forced back the British troops on both flanks, and retreat was impossible. A wounded Kent man reached the main British lines with a message that the defenders were hard pressed on all sides, but would hold out longer if essential. A message was sent that relief was coming. Meanwhile the Kentishers were fighting in a blazing furnace, and the trenches were pounded to dust by high explosives. Flame jets and gas were turned on at intervals, and there were constant bomb attacks. A band of picked Germans once penetrated the trenches, but their triumph was short-lived. The Kents staggered the "Germans with a bayonet charge, took a number of prisoners, and drove out the rest. The close quarter fighting was of the deadliest character.

TRADE WITH JAPAN. A BIG OPENING. Australian and N.Z. Ca’ilj Association. (Received This Day 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This day. The Japanese Special Trade Commissioner in the South Seas, after visiting Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, forecasts the institution of a direct steamship service between Japan and Westralia, where the possibilities of reciprocal trade are distinctly good. He considers the wool trade will increase amazingly. Japan is at present manufacturing large quantities of khaki for Russia, and when the conflict ends there will be a great outlet for the same trade in China. He anticipates a big demand for frozen beef, zinc, copper, and lead. HORRIBLE STORY. OF TURKISH ATROCITIES. WHOLESALE MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) PARIS, July 17. The special correspondent, of ‘ 1 The. Journal” in Armenia details the horrible massacres at Kharpout. The Turks arrested Armenian Intellectuals and bound and shot’ them in groups of fifty. The last batch revolted on the evening before their martyrdom and set fire to the prison, preferring to be burnt to death to being massacred. The Turkish authorities therefore summoned the pupils of the central school and French and Armenian colleges, and assembled them in a square at night, where they were massacred. The dead and wounded were then flung together in an immense ditch which they had previously been compelled to dig. SIX MILLIONS D/ILY. COST OF WAR. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). LONDON, July 17. Mr McKenna, in the Commons, said the war expenditure was now over six million pounds daily. The Finance Bill passed its third reading. PEACE. DISCUSSED BY GERMAN PRESS. GREECE AND ROUMANLA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). NEW YORK, July 17. The German newspapers are discussing the possibility of peace following the Allies’ offensive. The “Tageblatt” opines that the Allies will now endeavor to induce Greece and Roumania to participate in the war. THE DEUTSCHLAND. QUESTION AS TO HER STATUS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). LONDON, July 17. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil said correspondence as to the status of the Deutschland was proceeding with the United States. POLICE RAID. OVER FIVE HUNDRED ARRESTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). NEW YORK, July 17. Three hundred police took part in a raid at Philadelphia, and 522 arrests were made. The Magistrates sat night and day passing sentences. HOME- RULE. STATEMENT BY MR ASQUITH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, Noon). LONDON, July 17. Mr Asquith announced in the House that the Home Rule Amending Bill will be introduced before the recess, and the permanent settlement of the Irish question will be considered by an Imperial Conference after the war. This was a matter on which both parties were agreed. CASUALTIES. NEW ZEALANDERS IN AUSTRALIAN FORCE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This day. Casualty List 185 contains the following New Zealanders:— Died of illness in Queensland. — Lieutenant C. Henry. Wounded.—Privates S. Steele, D. Tolomie. Returned to duty.—Q.M.S. E. P. Titchener, Privates W. Campbell, A. W. Reid.

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