The European War

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 447, 15 November 1916, Page 2

The European War

Enthusiasm Over Yesterday's Victory'

British tramp across enemy's best works

GERMANS PALPABLY SHORT OF RESERVES.

Experts Predict Wholesale Retirement

SURPRISE ASSAULTS WILL NOW BE SUCCESSFUL

GERMANY'S FINAL DEFEAT IN SIGHT.

News from General Lake.

NOTHING DONE SINCE THE FALL OF KUT

Bn table lev Press Association Copyright.

LATEST WAR NEWS. (The cable news in this issue accredited to The Times has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of The Time3.] THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN < THE NEW, BRITISH ADVANCE L> .OUTSKIRTS OF BEAUCOI'JIT ■REACHED. : ' 'Die High Qominissionw! reports: • LONDON, Yesterday., ; A British ofiicM report stm.i-s:-1 works at lk{utnont;H;unvl. uXe ?!'}• .vYinedd 1,0 life, outskirts of Dean cowl ami sovilh-ivesr ot Uif An ere' 1 faMa's .' lo °. I'Nffaievs. " rhc fi - ht " P i.ti.'s eonljnues'. j (ENTHUSIASM IN AMERICA.; - GERMANS EVIDENTLY UNDER- <" j MANN-ED. i . , MAY HAVE TO FAJL'L HACK ; -.(iENERALI/V ReceJvpd tim day* $5.5 aiim:< ■ NEW, YORK, Yesterday. f The British successes 'du Wic ' Ancre cttnmeo. 1 ted upiqn. 1 The New York Time's corrospon - tfent says thait thpyi prove that' the, ; Germans hajvo insufficient reserve to hold ithc taiitile liana- The majir king of surprise attacks a,t unex j." pected places is therefore success-. i ful. This creates a position aifciv ing a geneifel abuadone- [ ment of the .Gfertnan front. i AMERICA'S PROTEST AGAINST ' BLACK^PTING. VISCOUNT GREY'S CONVINCING REM HO.Wj CAN NEUT<RIAI;S FORGET 'SO SOON. **■ ? mm \ (Australian land New Zealand Cable Assn.i and ReuterO 'Received this dav 9.40 ami': LONDON; Yesterday.. Replvinc to the American NoM> fcrofestins that the Black List is an arbitrary interference with neutrail tratfe. Viscount tfjtey, British Foreign Minister.' reiterates tha the titfohMtion of trade applies onlv to BWdisli' sßibteot's iodisrAitailv without, a Britain's jidn:s Replying ; Vo the fe'atfs ot a possible jiiutowa'r'd expansion ot the system* he p/oftis out; that crepiy 'Addition! .to; (Ifc list rcstrktf the British doirajmlerciail oppoittu nities,; therefiore it is .Brian's ?u----,terest to confine, jfre list to the Inmost But it is notorious tfia. many ftttnis ,m ndujWX Countries fiavfc Deem file a,c#\te Agents of Che Ger, main espiionaigp have suppfiect (TeWian cruisers, j&ntt organised o(nja pafa miscreants to destroy ships qnd tac'torios sup plying the Allies',: jit has; beqn suggested' :Hat the military portion i$ now such' that nothing happening in (di'st(ant neutral countries c*m iaffec/b the result , Viscount .Grey wishes' itf were so, b].\t there is sitfl/ ia long s»m*l titter .struggle aheaW, The posssibh inCjOjivenlen |»eto ntfuti&Xs is.. fei«» conapSLraßTe for. ia (moment to tho-' suffering antt iosia pdcaaloned ;to fiy ffie fpro'fongiatfon «of the Va* eVjen |or a w«jelty fuse 'fiun'fcei 1 coait ,to shipfs cansIfrrfeyn fs, flilfy entiftfetf to ve\ ing Che igrqqtrs of r fif&ctf ssffc'<i fifcnx's, m- vj'ew of Gew jnlany's eJßTotfs ," feo frei&ice *'thev ~Ml#ft SoiuWlfeß'i ieWfeiSHg *6ce^

;i.i '.v ;i, resei'v- of Hiitish roa: for )X'ssil)ie British trade, u.-t.wve i 1-t June and i-'qUemP t MOt.li e.i'any sui - marines sank 2(12 ol' which (!"> were neutrals. He (I'aotos Aneoiean i'iv'A \Y;irpi:>--eedents as jtistilicath.'ii for tlw Hiitish action, and I rust-; ihiir tin- c\I iana.tkill t;iven will ivniov" tin 1 sasI leions and erroneous vii'W- prevailing in ilie l'niti>d States. iVKSTKUD.WS IUvII.I.I.WT VltCTOttY,. f-'OMI'I.KTES THH Woh'K W-Y.T.V IS ,11'LY. I-J?IX(;.S XKAUKI.' CKR.M.WY'S H FINAL M'.I'KVT. [Tne Times Service.] lie -oi\ ,-il this il.iy, 12.;'.") :i m', London, yesterday, 'I lie 111• w Hri'ii-h :nl\ai.i,"- is a l-riiltanl- siieecs-;. 11 is u strategic jnij i.uianc,,. ||. has arninj.iisln.Ml l'lie srcoiid portion ui' lh.' work lectin in July, when .v smashed die wiemy's Hue; sc - of tlie Anon'. Piu. t'aii'd 1,0 panetral .• llUi'th-WCsl. 'lie Sill.-V;-((U:. nt. solllaeasteri.y eoni] lotion of a magnificat vietory. There wrae most- unfavutiralce confUtiells, the k'illi:' ioV"l'"d wiili iirad-hoies. ■The stieei'ss u a sirikiiii: nil ill" to Sir Dou»las H;iig" and his glorious army, the raptured ullages ineludthe strongest; points i n an <-'.il or- ; ate system of l'urtiiications which were more powerful than tl.u most lanious of the former fortresses, Ho aehie\em t 'iit nfiiO' (M'-r----many's final defeat. Yesterday's victory wipes out the P'.>aueourt salient, and enaPie.s its to conUnti" oj: 'ration- hi a fairly wide frnni. THE FRENCH USE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assocn) and lleaiter. !{<\XMved this day, 12.25 a in, Paris, yesterday. A communique states:— There was Jively in lie region of Pivssoiiv.. An enemy attack west of A/überiYe. in f, ha.mpatma was repulsed. Tin: night, was eahu elsewhere. ■ ', A iCOIiPF.OTKO MI-SSAC E. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) and Jteuter. Received this day, 12.2:") a in'. London, yesterday. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— . We stormed Bearimont-Hatnel and reached the outskirts of Pea.ucourt-gur-Ancre. We have, taken over 1000 prisoners. Fighting continues ON THE TIGRIS. NOTHING DONE SINCE THE FALL OF KUT. WATER DIFFICULTIES INCREASED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assocn) and 'Hauler. Received this day, 12.25 a.m. London, yesterday A despatch from General Lake says:—Since the fall of Kut no large operations have been undertaken. The troops have been resting and recuperating and consolidating for a while. The abatement of the floods has dried the ground and increased the water difficulties. The Turks still hold the Sanaiyat position, and have constructed other lines on the left bank of the Tigris. We dominate Hai, and could bombard Kut. ROUMANIA. FORCED BACK A LITTLE IN THE HILLS. AN ENEMY GAIN IN JIUL VALLEY. (Australian and N.Z. CaMe Assocn J and Bauter. B;e(ceiVied this clay, 12.25 a..in', Petrograd, yesterday. A communique states- — Enemy attacks in the forestclad Carpathians and in the Trotus, Oituz and.Tirgului Valleys were repelled. The Roumanians were forced back slightly in the Alt Valley. The enemy occupied the village of Bumbeshti, in the Jhil Nalley.