Winnipeg Free Press

Manitoba Morning Free Press (Newspaper) - August 9, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s weather air and very warm. Temperatures yesterday , 83.5 minimum 51.8. Pm using up reserves much been heard of the Crown Prince Rupprecht i reserves but evidently a goodly portion of them Wera used up yesterday. Vol. 45. Sun Rifi 603 . F p 8.59 . Moon 9.21 9.36 . Winnipeg Friday August morning pages no. 31. Terrific Early morning assault took enemy completely by Surprise initial assault made by Canadian australian French and British divisions assisted by Many Bonar Law announces capture of prisoners and Hundred declares allies were still advancing at Nightfall. Directed yesterday s blow against huns London aug. Thousand prisoners and 100 guns have been captured in the Franco British offensive Andrew Bonar Law Chancellor of the exchequer announced tonight. He was address ice the House of commons. Up to 3 o clock this afternoon on a 20-Kilometre front be tween mor Lancourt and the Chancellor said we had reached All our objectives and captured 100 guns and prisoners. The Advance was reported to be Between four and five Miles and at one Point seven German plans upset. Or. Bonar Law said that the pc incl Over which the attack was made was immediately in front of Amiens and that its strategic importance was obvious. I do not he continued anyone should exaggerate the importance of the achievement. It is quite possible indeed it May be regarded As probable that the germans on account of previous attacks had intended to retire. But this attack has come upon them As a Complete Surprise and has upset whatever plans they had formed. I am sure it affords the House the greatest satisfaction for session to end with n result that without exaggeration is an indication of the Complete change in the military situation since Ilie last few yield marshal Haig s report. London aug. Haig s statement concerning the new offensive by the British and French troops shows that the enemy line has been driven in about seven Miles and a half Centre at be pc skier which lies Southeast of Noreuil. It shows thai also have been made eastward Over the front of 15 Miles lying Between be pc skier and Iko Lancourt. The statement says that no Cost Ignatc Cun be made concerning the prisoners guns and materials captured but that several them Send prisoners and Many guns have been taken. The text of the statement follows the operations commenced this morning on the Amiens front by the French first army under command of general Deb entry and the British fourth army under sir Henry Tawlinson Are proceeding successfully. The Assembly of Allied troops was completed under cover of night unnoticed by the enemy. Canadians take part in attack. At the hour of assault French Canadian australian and English divisions assisted by a Large number of British tanks stormed the germans on a front of Over 20 Miles. From the avre River at branches to the neighbourhood of mor Lancourt the enemy to sign was taken by Surprise and at at Points the Allied forces have made he rapid Progress. At an Early hour our first objectives had been reached on the of the front attacked. During the morning the Advance of the Allied infantry continued actively assisted by British Cav Alry Light tanks and motor machine gun batteries. The resistance of German divisions in the line Al Cre Over Hornc at certain Points after Sharp lighting and Many prisoners a number of guns were captured by our troops. The French troops attacking with great gallantry crossed the arc River and despite the enemy s opposition carried hostile defences. North of the Somme the main part of our final objectives vere gained before noon but in the neighbourhood of Chipilly and of Corith of mor Lancourt parties of Tho enemy offered a prolonged resistance. Sir Douglas Haig yesterday s big drive East of Amiens was almost entirely a British attack under direction of Field marshal Haig. Canadian pm fines to protect coast formation of District Royal can Adian air service. Announced liable Lor overseas Ottawa aug. A. K. Mac lean a acting minister of Tho depart ment of naval service today announced the formation of the Royal Canadian air Izat Lon will come Nailer the direction of the naval department has for us primary object the defence of can Ada s coasts but men enlisting in Tho new air Force will be liable for ser vice outside the Dominion if Neces sary. Candidates accepted for the Royal Canadian air service will to entered As cadets Anil will be re on for three years or after the duration of French wrecked 338 Erie my air planes in july 550 tons of bombs dropped Paris aug. The month of july 184 enemy air planes were drowned. One Hundred and fifty four enemy were sec.1 falling out of control inside the enemy lines of which number 15 had been damaged by the fire of our aircraft guns. Thus 338 enemy machines were destroyed or badly damaged. In addition our air planes set on fire 49 enemy Cap alive balloons. During the same month our bombarding squadrons during the Day time dropped 194 tons of explosives and in the night Lime More than 356 tons thus making a total tons dropped on Bridges in the mame Valley on enemy troops that had advanced South of alone and on rail Road stations in the Region of Laon Hirson and re Hel. Successful air raid on Metz. London aug. Following official communication was issued this evening by the air ministry on the morning of the eighth our machines carried out a Success Ful attack explosive factories at Rombach Alace Lorraine 10 Miles Northwest of Melz. Good results were obtained. All our machines Hun infantry and gunners smothered entirely unable to Cope with allies with the French army in France aug. 8 Battle in the Region of tie Somme was a Bri Tish Battle under the general com Mand of Field marshal Illg. The French supporting operation was on the right Wing. The French portion of the front was Only about three Miles when the a ton began at Dawn but in View of the rapid Progress of the troops the line soon extended from Bourges to Harl court. The French took 400 prisoners in Marinel. The heaviest resistance was met in Noreuil. Which had to be outflanked before the Ger mans evacuated the position. Advance was expected. Parla. Aug. 3.-r-the Franco British offensive South Iuit of amies has been expected for Home time in Well informed barters. The recent advances in Picardy and Flanders suggested that such a step order. The Axis of the manoeuvre in the present attack seems to be the rail Way from Malc nor to Ham. To Erguler and . The Battle May develop try As our gunners smothered the German their movement was concerted. The enemy Hud Little time to remove his guns. La reported that All along tie line held suns were overrun and a particularly in rec group of captured North of the Somme near Chipilly where escape was impossible owing to the Sharp bends in the Somme River. I believe that More guns and of course machine guns were captured than can be catalogued in a Day or two. Some few of them were used against enemy quite Early in the Day. German artillery ineffective the feature of the Day was extinction of the German artillery. Its answer to our barrage was rather slow and Patchy. It was up to the stun Dart at some placed but it lasted a very Short time in the Glrst de Gree of excellence. One isolated shot deserves men. Ton. It hit one of our ammunition lorries but it did not explode a Alpio it was stated at Tho department today hat pilots for seaplanes air planes and Kite balloons were required immediately in connection with the new . Only Young men born of natural born Brit ish subjects Between the Ages of-17h and 26 and in the highest medical category will be accepted and arrangements have been concluded the militia authorities under accepted candidates will be Reli sed in both localities the of gating was heavy but ultimately our troops broke Down the opposition of the German infantry and their objectives. Final objectives Are beached. South of the Somme the gallantry of the Allied infantry and i Nedash and vigor of their attack had gained during Tho afternoon Jno final objectives for the Day on practically the whole of the i Attl front. Assisted by our Light tanks and armoured of cars cavalry passed in rough the infantry and beyond on objectives Riding Down the German transport and limbers in their Retreat and capturing Vil la Gesund taking Many prisoners. Wei the general line reached by our troops is be Plessie Krosni Villers to Ucan court to clix to Pra Merville to Chipilly to uie West of Morlan Mont. No accurate estimate can be Given concerning the number of prisoners or guns or the amount of material captured hut it is n hint several thousand prisoners and Many guns have fallen our to Advance continues in Good order. I Aris aug. The attack made this morning by our troops we theist of Amiens in conjunction with the British. Troops continues in Good says the official communication issued by stated will be trained in the United states this Winter and Airship cadets will be sent to England for training. The naval department is now open to receive applications from Young men with the necessary who wish to enter As pilots in the air service. Applications should he made on the forms supplied for Tho purpose which May be obtained by writing to the recruiting Secretary department of naval service Welling ton Street Ottawa. The department requires that applications shall be accompanied by a copy of the candidate s birth cer Tia Cate a recommendation As to character from some responsible adults and a doctor s certificate As to medical category. Instructions will be Galvea by the department us to the nearest purposes of medical examinations and in connection with this travelling expenses where he refunded. News Gat Horino indispensable Vns Hington. Aug. News gather ing is an indispensable Industry Secretary Baker said today Drufle regulations though a particular Man s relation to that Industry must or. Baker added up on the facts in his and the possibility of great effect upon the struggle going Shell or Hurt the Driver. T on Between the Vesle and alone such partial successes were few Ine Organ. Re Vars failure to obtain reinforce j and a soon As the infantry was Well meats to combat the Pranco or Etlah Ion the move the enemy s gunners by armies it is believed Here May Force i gun to pack up. Unity of them must have had Little Chance of saving their batteries. 1 As the Sun conquered the Mist our airmen saw scenes of complicated confusion much further allele. But teries and strings of vans stamp died in the Middle of the hurry our airmen with machine gun and bomb took All advantages possible. Attack overwhelming Surprise. All the prisoners agree that the attack was an overwhelming Surprise and that full advantage was taken of it by lie assaulting troops. The German defences at any rate behind the front line were for the most , very inadequate. The old of digging in and going into the ground seems to have been lost. N or did most of the germans filsht Well in the Centre. The prisoners were very numer Ous though an extremely few were taken on the front lines owing to the devastating effect of the four minute barrage on the indifferent defences. The proportion of the men killed Una Largo and at one place the numbers were quite canadians took part first great Rush reached objectives remarkable time leads British army i1j attack history Battleground in Picardy again scene of bitter Advance of allies yesterday places entire German line in precarious position quantities of War material taken and score or More villages to Channel ports vanishes. Sir Henry Rawlinson whose army assisted by French under general Deb entry drove Ger Many Back seven Miles yesterday. Hues press on t defeat at archangel capture heavy guns boiling Stock and stores the German Crown Prince to Retreat beyond the alone possibly to the Chenin pcs Dames if the offensive from Mont Didier to Albert la successful and the army of von mar Liz is forced to Retreat the armies of von Hutler and von ebon which Are located Between Mont Didier and Soissons will be in danger of a compulsory retirement. Smothered enemy infantry. London aug. Dally mail s correspondent at urls Lslie Headquarters says the hardest lighting occurred on the extreme Northern and Southern wings of the British and Vance the passage of the River Luco Ami the capture of the Southern Woods particularly proving very Tough operations which checked the Advance a mile. But. Notwithstanding these for service in Tho Royal Canadian says the Corrich Pondant. The Advance air service. Seaplane cadets it is office this the details Are Given in the British communication. Still to inf at 7 o Clook. B App Rofu i "111 Cut trims lans aug. 8 7 the Progress of the Franco British army expenses to accompany the offensive continues favourable. In some instances the Advance on cached to a depth of More than six Miles. Decide upon draft Extension. Washington. A enlargement of the american urmy programme re Quiring Extension of the draft Ages was decided upon in accordance with recommendations of the military Sec Tion of Tho supreme War Council at i Versailles. Secretary of War. Baker 1 disclosed this today and said a new bill1 covering increased about ready for i Gress. Attack great Success allies losses Light the a Rutish army in Rimce. A Keg Hting their Tlle form inns it Dawn. It of Over i5 Miley in Lyhle British French thi8 had reached to the five to 3lx Melcs los Lluc enemy. This morning belonged am naval inns fled i infantry and eave off Many behind number of prisoners have been taken both by the Holt Ash and Krench and Henvy casualties undoubtedly have been inflicted on the enemy. Thus far everything has Peon accomplished with exceptionally Small losses to the a Lles. Of one entire British corps Tor instance two hours after the attack Hegan Only two officers and fifteen men of the ranks were reported As casualties. Artillery close behind storm t goods the artillery has followed up the storm troops closely and now is hurl j ing shells Down upon the enemy forces which taken by Surprise and fiercely attacked must be in a More or less crippled it is believed that reinforcements arc on the Way to help them. What tomorrow continued on four w1nnipegger killed in smash Moose Lake mlnri., aug. Miss Ella Atkins of Winnipeg was killed ant three other persons injured today when the Automo bile in which they were Riding turned Turtle at Mahtowa. Near Here. The four occupants of the car were members of an Auto party on its Way from Duluth to St. Paul. The injured persons were taken to Moose hos Pital. Went with astonishing Speed All along the line. The tanks which did magnificent work helped the Speed but the prime credit belongs to the dash and training of the infantry. They smothered the German int an plucky fescue of a Ion of the Royal Victoria Hospital two weeks ago. An operation was Pirfo nned in connection with inter Nal trouble but acute pneumonia developed mid was the cause of death. Interment will take place in London London. Any. Forces after capturing archangel Are pushing toward Volonda it was Learned Here this afternoon. The Lionelle forces us easily overcome at archangel numbered about men comprising armed Max Imnel lists too laps Hume -00 Ger and world men. Large quantities of rolling Stock and stores were captured by the allies As Well As two heavy batteries. The German forces North of the Gulf of Finland have been recently reinforced and Are estimated to nuni lick , mostly inferior troops. These forces Are being concentrated for an Advance Turman railways along which there has been some skirmishing. Proclamation of now government Wii Hington Auto. No Tice of the establishment of Tho new government in Northern Hussla leached the state department today in a cablegram from ambassador Francis at inn Dalaku. The govern ment of the country of the North has addressed a proclamation to the people of the District declaring the Olshev Dkl regime at an end and the new govern up Tho duty of that Merit. Hud taken governing the Region. Treason of bolshevik the Power of the bolshevik is the proclamation reads. Because of the treason committed at Lorest Leto ask because of famine the failure to Rico Gelzo the rights and liberties of the country because of pillaging illegal shootings and con Stant arrests the Power of the so called soviet of traitors and criminals is past. The representatives unable to swim s met Lopen president and Federal judges the com Unavie 10 Mouveen Muttee to tax jumped into River and saved executive Simon Paul aged 9 out. A the so caller people s governments have fled. President Wilson taxed at the present moment in the in Washington. Aug. Taxing the Teress of All Russia we take upon the governing the country of the by this proclamation we inform the inhabitants that from today Tho Power of government in Coul lied to the supreme direction of the adv urn ment of the North which la composed by the associated press the historic Battleground Between Amiens and Monedi Glicr Gaia is the scene a i nighty contest. This time the British Iii Al French Are the aggressors and under their fierce onslaughts in the first Day s Battle they have penetrated deeply into the German positions Over a front of More than 20 Miles reaching from the Region of bitches to the neighbourhood of mor Lancourt. Following Short but intensive artillery preparation and aided i by misty weather the Allied attack took the germans completely by Surprise and they fled almost everywhere before the tanks motor machine gun batteries cavalry and infantry sent against them. All the objectives set for the australians canadians englishmen and frenchmen were attained in remarkably Quick time and at last accounts thursday night the Allied forces were still making Progress. Wherever the enemy turned to give Battle he was decisively beaten. Thousands of germans were made prisoners Large numbers guns were captured great quantities of War material were taken and a score or More of villages and hamlets were reoccupied. In addition heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy. At its deepest Point the penetration of the German line was about seven and a half Mides eastward from Villers briton a our to for Limeville while two to ivc Miles were gained All along the front from Northwest of Mont Didier to the Region around Morian court. The fighting extended North of mor Lancourt to the Albert but no official details concerning it have been received. Astride Oahu lines Railroad. The Advance of the allies in the Centre places them Well astride the Railroad leading from Villers bretons eur to the important Junction at haul pcs where lines radiate northeastward toward Penone and South through Roye to comping be. The railway run Ning northward to Bray was crossed when the allies took Frame Viii. Well out on the Plains and pressing Forward seemingly with great rapidity the present offensive of the French and British gives Promise of seriously menacing the entire German front from near the Seii to Rheims. If the drive should proceed eastward to any great depth it cannot but affect the armies of the German Crown Prince now fighting Between the Aisne and Vesle and possibly make impracticable a stand by them North of the Aisne along the Chwmin pcs Pames. Under tie pressure of the offensive the menace to the Channel ports also seems the moment it least to vanish. Already there have been signs to the northward from the positions where Crown Prineo Rupprecht had formed his men for a drive toward the Channel that a retrograde movement by the germans was not improbable. With the armies of his Imperial Cousin on Tho Soissons Rhc Inis salient badly shuttered and unable to lend him Aid when his own forces North of Mont Didier Are in a rather precarious position As u result of the new offensive it h apparent that rup procht will have to defer his Campaign to Cut off the Cross Channel service. On the a Csc front Little fighting occurred thursday except in the process offline straightening operations on the North Bank where under an almost incessant rain of enemy shells both the american and the French troops improved their stands. German guns not alone Are playing upon the Allied forces but also arc hammering away at Bridges across the Stream Over which men constantly Are making their Way to the Northern Bank of the Stream to reinforce their comrades already there. What effect the present Battle Southeast of Amiens is to have on the Vesle Aisne front remains to be seen. Gen. Petain praises work of tank service latino and judiciary. Tho president Hill pay an income tax of or. His j75.000. In of the fact that he was unable to swim s. 413 Alkons Street jumped into the ked River and succeeded in rescuing a i owning boy Yim ten Paul 9 Vears of ase yesterday afternoon the boy. Son of -.mrs. Wernet Paul whose Home la at 429 Martin Avenue dorm Voltl bathing in the River Hud gone to n Point beyond his depth. He was overcome by the water and remained insensible for a considerable time after or. Mcelveen landed him in fact the in Notor had been sent for by but fortunately the boy recovered breathing Powers be fore it could be applied. Or. Mcilveen Una working in the of the c. P. It Bridge when his attention was attracted to the boy s plight. He did not hesitate a moment but ran and jumped to the he curl led the boy to Tho House the Home of Kosky and phoned for a doctor and also to . The Little patient taken to the general Hospital and ills conc lotion last was not considered . To tax automobile horsepower Washington aug. Of 10 per cent on amounts paid for leased Telephone and Telegraph wires including press association and broker age circuits a. Horsepower Tux on automobile owners and a doubling of the tobacco taxes of the present Law instead of a High Range rate previously agreed on. Were written in the Revenue Bill today by the House ways and Means com Mittee. British Success at archangel London aug. War office tonight issued the following official communication dealing with opera on the Murman coast. After Landing at archangel detachments of the Allied forces were pushed for Ward South of the town along the Volonda railway. Opposing forces supported by germans offered some it five Miles South of archangel but were driven Back and retired toward seventy Miles some German captured by. Tho Allied South of archangel War material a s sir George Gibbons dead. Chairman of International water ways and boundaries commission. J Montreal. Aug. George c. J Gibbons k.c., of London out., n i noted barrister and chairman of the International Waterways and Boun Daries commission which had been scheduled to sit in Montreal on Mon Day next died in the Hospital today in his 72nd year. He had been taken ill at St. Andrew s by the sea where he had gone from London on a vacation and was brought to memorial Pavil exceed Paris aug. Numbers of prisoners taken the French and British in Picardy now exceeds ten thousand according to the latest news from the Battle front. The allies also taken an enormous Booty in guns and material says Marcel Hutlin in the Echo de Paris. Of of the s constituent As he i Paris aug. Retain Coin Mander in chief of the French armlet on the French front has issued the following address to the men of the tank recognition of the important role played by the tanks in the Soissons Rheims offensive since the beginning of april our charging artillery have proved in .10 combats and two pitched Battles their powerful offensive value. White the infantry their share thus Ems tvs of this con siders Musolf As the supreme authority from now on to hand Over Power immediately has Chowen her government and As soon As there in a possibility or freely communicating with her. First to regenerate the of the government is first the regeneration of Russia thu resumption of relations Between Hui Sia and other governments and the organization of local Power with the government of the North. Tie defence of the Region of the North and the whole nation against All territorial violation by Germany j convoys his felicitations to the men of the new . The Crewn of the chargers who have materially contributed to the stopping of the. Enemy and who have broken his attack the engineers who have constructed and perfected tha engines of Victory and thu workmen of the factories who have brought Victory to the workmen at the front who have directed the machines Well the Merit of your rep procht s reserves were taken by the German Crown Prince to extricate Hla army from the predicament it Hail encountered through Urshul Roth s counter offensive on the sols sons re clans salient. railways intact in confusion of rout Prince Rupprecht s divisions hit Finland and other enemies is Tho i second of the government. I British army Headquarters in third it seeks a reunion with aug. The enemy motor Huvry. Been visible scurrying away. The 127th. 43rd and i08th of Prince Rupprecht a army have Sinif continued on 1 ago mkt Oitt. Is the Wenther report Hiu cd i Rince Hitup Grecni b army Timve at s meteorological feed heavily while the 117ln Ulvi . Catu Rivay temperature. 80.7 Ajon. Which Only came into the line Sass Ai Imp Metor. 29.73 wind blowing i the Only determined enemy 16 an hour. Wan made around mor Lancourt where there was fighting throughout the Washington. Aug. Firsti a trip through French territory in Ken from the germans in the Aune Marne drive Andre Tardieu Hiah commissioner of France to the United him informed the cum missions Headquarters Here of satisfaction Over what he saw. On the said or. Tier lieu s As made Public "1 Wen with Premier Calcin Ciocian to hols boil n in the Shulo reconquered Region. It is indisputable and it must of emphasized that there has been not n Turman withdrawal followed by a French i occupation but n Ger Man withdrawal forced by a French Victory. The it Gilt ins of aug. 1 and i i especially hot. Tho. Prisoners Nather during i Host two Dayn declared j that they Hail Rcck Lvpl the Oiler hold their Hup at any Price. The heaps of ammunition which i have Ween on the Are proving the Ron fusion and the rout. Tha Ger mans dial not Havn Timo enough either to destroy tin Bridges North or to Cut tour roads. Sot Atoui had Beon taken in the night and on Sun Day we reached the place in a motor Cor. Which demonstrated Titu Himml the Retreat. Pri honeys report quark ten Imong Iron Lnu in on Taro the made several counter attacks but without recovering my 80, Clear 80. Of nor Quap ground b6. Cloudy or int. Albert 80. Fair French forces have also wonderfully. I London. Aug. Is believed Here that the troops engaged by Tho Hwy Al Furrell. To 86 fair Medicine Hal. 84. Lur in Leary. 64. Fair Edmonton 62, the i As. 76. Of nor. Trio weather Hen generally j and decidedly warm today throughout the weft. Minimum and maximum Rupprecht 8 army. It has been known or Leo Lippert. 48-60 Vancouver. 54-70 that he had be Edmonton. 43-80 48-85 Franr Prince Allah. 50-84 Cui Virv. 48.80 Hind am Lena moulded scr front in Here hat 54.88 Ocbina. Lit was expected that the germans 55-b9 Saskatoon. 52-83 win Nigier. Would make their next How 50-b4 i not 32-72 1 Orr sound. The moment chosen for the blow is to Fri 56." considered an opportune one and it 72 Halifax 54-66. La known that a Lagro number of Slayer of Goodwin committed for trial Victoria aug. 8. Dan Campbell provincial police Eon stable today was committed for trial on a charge of Munn Laugham in connection with Llie death of Albert Goudy in draft evader shot near Cumberland. . While he is alleged to Timve been less Lens arrest. I ;