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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather fair and warm. Temperatures yesterday maximum 73.1 minimum 36.7. Launch new drive West of Verdu the Franco american forces Hava launched a new drive and the first Day s prongs i was exceptionally Good. Winnipeg Friday september 27, 1918. Morning pages my 73. Twelve towns and five thousand prisoners exes Advance even Miles in were taken on first Day of new drive French make gain four Miles germans on defensive on another Large area of Western Battlefront first big Rush genl perching reports capture in new offensive West of Verdun made yesterday Over front i Twenty prisoners taken is Ioos germans have been fire flying for four years captured first Day i Over a front of Sites West of Verdun in to Cerapion with the French the Brian first army advanced an average depth of seven captured twelve Imore than 5.000 prisoners. Sin. Pershing s co Numic a morning of Verdun the first army the enemy on a front of and penetrated his line average depth of seven As. Pennsylvania. Kansas and Tsouri troops serving in maj. Iffy. Lii sett s corps stormed Mont Blainville Vaud in and Chappy after stubborn a Swanee. Troops of other spa. Crossing the forges Brook i stared the Bois de forges and tested from the enemy the of Valancourt. Bethin a Sion ont Faleon Louisy Nan 3s. Zeal Yargee a Anneaux and the loners thus far reported num-1 hover by the associated press twelve towns and More than German prisoners have been taken by american troops fighting in conjunction with the French in a. New offensive begun with the break of Day thursday in the Region extending from the Northwest of Verdun to within 15 Miles of the Cathedral City of Rheims. The americans advanced to a. Depth of seven Miles overcoming the stubborn resistance of the enemy. Pennsylvania Kansas and Missouri troops were among the fighting forces which in less than a Day won territory of great importance to the enemy and further depleted his army through men captured or killed or wounded. American troops have taken Over a new sector in France and in conjunction with the French have forced the germans on the defensive on still another Battlefront. The Gage of Battle has been thrown Down on a front extending i rom the Stippe River in 13 Miles East of Rheims eastward through the Argonne Forest to the Mease River Northwest of Verdun. In the first stages of the Battle the Allied lines were pushed Forward for material gains that portion immediately Northwest of Verdun held by the americans to a depth of seven Miles and that of the French to the West nearly four Miles at certain Points. Under the terrific bombardment preceding the commencement of Battle the Gennana hurriedly quit numerous positions and into these the americans and French went unimpeded. At last accounts the Allied attack was Prog Essing favourably. Many French villages and German Strong Points had been captured British troops have invaded Bulgaria from the North of Lake Dolmen in Macedonia marking another epoch in the history of the War. Aside from the moral effect of the penetration of the mountainous country of Kin Ferdinand the manoeuvre is Likely to prove of great strategic value once the Strum Anitza Valley leading toward the Sona Seres railway is reached. To of adversity . Meantime Davs of adversity continue with the teutonic allies in Southern Serbia and Palestine and the French Are up their manoeuvres St. Quentin into their hands and British Are still threatening the enemy. Of their rapid Advance and the state of confusion into which the bulgarians and germans have been thrown by the Shock of the Liu Ewi a. The turks in Palestine Are being sadly harassed by the British and the tribesmen of the King of the Hadjez. Almost surrounded East of the Jordan the turks Are frantically endeavouring to extricate themselves from the converging Allied forces. From the East and Souch he British Are driving the ottomans northward and coming South to meet the enemy to crush him Between the two Allied forces Are he grab seemingly with All the Crossings of the Jordan now in Allied hands the turkish fourth army has Little Chance of escape. N a drive of great importance. Taken in with the Allied offensive which has materially Bent the front in. Flanders Artois and to Lardy the Vine the new drive of marshal Foch in the South evil 1-1 i to if it meets with Success. West Argonne new Franco German attack West of Verdun is continuing satisfactorily strongly protest against oppression of Germany Washington sept. Inhabitants Lethonia one of the russian Border provinces seized by the germans under the Brest la Oval treaty have addressed a formal pro test to All the nations the world against their Fate. After having with out result addressed themselves to the j German Chancellor they now Appeal to the outside world in vehement pro test against their oppressors. Through their National in a memorial received Here today declare they do not went i _ to share the Fate of apace Lor carte i pan russian Loffle rence at lbs 1 1___1 i Wail Ltd committee of five formed to Rule All Russia Central authority steadily emerging out of chaos which has existed since overthrow of Kerensky Sharp criticism of government in Reich Stag but they have been Ove d the peace of the bolshevik its and have o important fought to the extreme limit of their Many factions represented first objectives carried without much gain by 9 o clock strength. Against the treaty of Brest lilo Volt they protest because it dismember the territory of Lethonia and is an act of violence against the right of the free ill of the people. They also denounce the new landlord Laws As purely German and in Defiance of the the Lethon ians. Infantry attacked under cover of fog following six hour bombardment which Are gradually bringing the important town in Serbia the serbs italians Gre tag forces with disaster by Paris sept. Franco american attack on both sides of the Argonne is continuing Satis Hafl Torilyn Aee ording to the War office announcement tonight. French troops have made an and r i oiii1 Miles on. System trenches army of raised by conscription in Siberia to co operate with Czecho slovak forces London sept. Brief re ports of the speech made by Adolph Croeber one of the German clerical leaders Al the session yesterday of the Rich Stag main committee have been received Here. According to a despatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Tele j Grafi. Company Herr Groeber Sharp criticised the Imperial government and said evidently there was disunion Between the civil authorities and the military. He declared that resist Ance in subordinate circles to the plan of the government must be stopped and thai military Rule in the Frontier states must be ended. Herr Groeber also demanded that the secret order of the military authorities prohibiting Public species on the Reich Stag peace resolutions be rescinded. Demoralization of bulgarian army Complete retreating in confusion leaving behind enormous amount of material and prisoners Washington sept. 26. Out or the chaos which has existed in Prussia since the overthrow of the Kerensky government by the bolshevik there is emerging a Central authority which officials and diplomats Here Hope wll be Able re establish order and re fight against the common Strong Points taken of St. information reached a etus Sian. Embassy today that the pan prisoners conference at Ufa. European i Russia which has been recognized by i tiie provisional governments opposing ban papers of enemy Labi government decides on drastic issued capture of Skub by allies would make Victory one of7 few decisive ones of War serbian cavalry enters enemy Likely to abandon Gabuna mountains London sept. 2g. British the last certain Points Ivest of the Argonne. The lilt troops in ent i air lion s have captured few Days a German of trenches and Strong Points Northwest of St Quientin with prisoners. Tonight. There 1 were Only minor encounters today. The text of the statement reads were except for encounters Between i _. Raiding parties and patrols on Dif j _ Ferent parts of the front in the 7 the bolshevik. Including siberian government has constituted a com Franco american which we captured carried there is nothing 1 to. Report. Mittee of five As the lawful authority for All Russia. This committee will be to the constituent Assembly of All Russia a rid will 1 provided -50 members composing the conference at Ufa Ere All members of the constituent Assembly which have gathered in i a except those who belong to lie factions of the bolshevik and of a few the social revolutionists i Western readjust itself. The in and of necessity be compel c to norvant fruit would be shaken lateral railway lines of great importance to the German positions Between Laon and Verdun lie directly in the path of the and i 65 the _ he French army on the "aapagr.c. Sept. It of the French a. Operating in conjunction with Anis Loans in a Battle Alons the front have today con St positions that the germans been fortifying Tor four years. Ions that they have sacrificed i wands of men to hold. The French have been remarkably Light in of the fact that the German stiffened this afternoon. Gouraud s soldiers who j to those positions three o Anil have been facing them i since Are now enjoying a satisfaction of being in j Verdun Are in the Meuse a Little further West at Varennes have w in northwesterly direction. A successful line from Valley which leads northward to Sedan and on the Alre Valley which winds out an . Both sides of the att Omir. The operations continue Santisi fit oily. The French troops at some pouts West of the Ai Gonne and six germans withdrew. Paris sept. American troops attacked West of the ver duh Region in co operation with the French this morning. The germans anticipating the attack seemingly had withdrawn a portion of their forces. According to the latest official i reports reaching Paris the am Jeri can Advance is progressing Well and is now seven Miles from the Point of departure. Among the places taken Are Gere ourt Faucon Choppy and in the Pas few Days the first and sixth divisions of the corps. Under command of . Sir p. Brathwalte captured by hard lighting but at a Small Cost an intricate of trenches. Strong Points Woods Ani villages Northwest of St. I Quentin with Over prison ers. In these operations the enemy has delivered Many counter attacks in strength All of which have been re he of special pending Are delegates of thu siberian government of the Union of Liberty the. People of the group of the Renaissance am. Of the social revolutionist and social democratic party. The committee of five be up As he Sovereign authority is composed of 11. To Hainovsky of die government of the North at archangel or. Vol Ogoa sky head of the Western siberian a. Astroff former mayor of Llos Cov and members of constituent democratic party Lieut. Ottawa. Sept. More news papers tracts pamphlets books or any other kind of publications Are to be issued Canada in enemy languages until after the War. This has been decided upon by the government and an order in Council has been passed translating the decision into Law. The order in Council regarding publications in foreign languages re a License from the Secretary of state before such papers periodicals or works can be published in Canada in German Magyar or hungarian bulgarian turkish russian. Rou Manian. Ukrainian. Finnish Euth onion syrian. Croatian or livonian. The importation of such papers or publications to Canada is similarly exception is made London. Sept. Reports received today emphasized the demoralization of the bulgarians who arc retreating in confusion leaving be Hind an enormous amount of material and probably Many thousands of prisoners As the Allied troops Strain every Energy to get to Skub and thereby make the Victory Complete. It is pointed out that the bul Garian army estimated to aggregate 300 000 men is in a very dangerous position but the Victory will not be decisive in the opinion of the military experts. Until us cub of. Till the enemy communication lines is captured. If that is accomplished it is believed the Victory will be numbered among the few decisive ones of the War. British cavalry enters Bulgaria resistance of the bul Garian of German reinforcements in Macedonia have not succeeded in stemming the great Allieu Advance. British cavalry today entered Bulgaria opposite lbs Rasinti thus avoiding the Bel Chista mountains which it is feared might Bear its Progress while the. Serbians. French. Jaeks and British troops routed the bulgarians from either restricted but an in the Case of works of a religious Ori slue of the great salient which now scientific character not containing j stretches far Serbia any objectionable mutter. The serbians who Are taking the authority is taken for the seizing i in Adlung part in the liberation of their of such plants and the destruction of j country Are the Gates of Ishtie object enable matter. The licensing and their cavalry entering the to in affords a method of close of is or has Cut the Only pulsed by the troops concerned with boldirei7, one of the Foremost privilege control and regulation. Determined to stamp out propaganda meetings the North sea to the Swiss Frontier. An. Strong Point of great or r great gallantry and determination.1 French retain gains. Paris sept. Text of the official statement issued at the War office tonight reads in the Region West of St. Quentin the enemy made an attempt this afternoon to drive our. Forces from l Pine de Dallon. All his assaults were repulsed. Between the Alette and the Aisne the Day was marked by violent reactions by the enemy on the plateau of a Topsy farm. And. In the Region North of Alternan where violent combats took place during the entire Varennes All Northwest of v or the Dun. Ing preceding Days. He suffered Croul Aud s i Ogress also heavy losses and left prisoners in has been Good his having Are de3erting. Occupied All the enemy son St with the British forces in the Jame. I Field. Sept. German hots and. A Hundred and two men French army on the deserted West of St. Quentin front. Sept. 2g.-the j night and military experts of Russia and . The despatch to the. Russian embassy telling of the results of pan russian came the from the Chatot the department foreign affairs of Ufa government. Remaining Road running from Prilep to Veles and among a Large i body of reported to be attempting to escape. This probably i will Lead to an abandonment by tin enemy of the Gabuna mountains. I which Are considered virtually impregnable. The review of the first Days fight ing in this attack shows that it is not a of the allies chasing an enemy who is willing to Retreat. On sep their fronts. A. Of Battle of Champagne in 1915 i King of these positions warrant. I situation has changed now blows administered to firm ans on different parts of thai k Ive a different meaning to Tiv filled with prisoners be number of prisoners taken by French is increasing steadily. 7 filing bail by All roads in i 2ps of from a score to several j of card. Among them there is a proportion of Verv Young men 1 heretofore taken. Some of the i Are recruits of the 1920 Are leaving behind i hem i burning villages. Thirty 1 observed in flames up to today. Even this additional unjustifiable devastation can Loine Desolano that we. Spread All Over the sharply ground. The edges ars thick Shell holes tha. At Stajk Nullee turks continue to lose ground in now in hands allies occupied Tienus and Borders of that sea and is it was officially announced the Samura t0the British casualties durin offensive were than the number of prisoners taken from the turks the announcement states. The text of the statement reads in the Northern area our cavalry has occupied Tiberius Semash is Samura on the shores of Tiberius. Sea of Galilee determined resistance of -.irrlsons. East of the Jordan cavalry has occupied Anjean on the Hadjez railway and arc in Pursuit of the turkish forces army two Hundred thousand conscripted in Siberia Washington. Sept. Despatch to the russian embassy today from m Golov Scheff. Assistant minister of foreign affairs of the Omsk govern ment said that an army of More than staff correspondent Ottawa sept. Mea sures Are being taken by the govern men to stamp out anarchy and Bol she Vistic propaganda and teaching s in the Dominion of Canada. Under the provisions of an of Lake Doiran. Which in Council just passed the following elm0ttt at the Eastern extremity bodies and organizations Are declared j present line. Of the Lake Der British forces attack. I on Eithe with b into the order issued by general off Speaks increased com from men on leave at Home opposition except on the left where treason and inciting Ralso Beolence. Rather stiff fighting was required. By 9 o clock Gen. Gouraud s troops had taken Servon. Which had been in sept. Oerman hands since 1914. And were after u bout at Boming Ana in the s the operation which was person j Small formidable ally directed by Hen. Petain. Recalls j they Hart Many russians executed. With the Safe arrival of United states Consul general l Oole at Stockholm from Moscow additional information concerning conditions in Central Russia have been the massacre of russians in Moscow was continuing sept. 9, with Abo 150 executions nightly. More than 1000 persons had been shot m retaliation for attempt to till Lenine the bolshevik Premier. Information also has reached the general re line which rout. S ate department that on sept. 15, the the Bol she northwards along the railway since line. By Sundown through Seleno to Able organizations is a line of a or five years imprisonment. J along the whole enemy languages forbidden Junco iia3 developed into in addition any social Union wlncn., of prisoners and guns taken advocates economical or Aje not surprising owing to the social changes by Means of Force Al Advance of the allies and the whether included in the above or entering. Of All Allied energies in is subject to the same Nan also u to theil. Objectives. Meetings except Church Mee Ings in. U reported Fiat italian cavalry any enemy language or in Krissian. J reached the ground that afford finnish or ukrainian shall i hew i the Only Avenue through the Moun in any part of Canada. I the escape of the first bul which is considered retreating Jordan according to the official each other everywhere of vegetation Long afro this 15, the surface of the ground the impression that it must reduced to a state of mud 1 churned and difficult u dry. Round in crossed and Cris in every direction by Trench. Save been blown out of shape. Of today s operations was activity of the enemy airmen furnished several Spect Aeula. Filers with French observation and anti aircraft artillery. Puffs he everywhere Over the Field. Ward along the railway and Are be in closely pursued the allies. British troops operating 11 Tine Are extending then about the sea of Galilee. Prisoners p fourth army surrounded. In pales occupation they have dazed by ferocity of attack Lle am r can army on the e front. Sept. 2tj. The option of the general staff that is had not discovered the on four British airmen raid Frankfort Tendon. Sept. 26.-British air pm Mes yesterday dropped bombs on the German City of Frankfort according to an official statement this evening by the War five enemy machines shot Down. Four British air planes Are missing. Another communication says wednesday ten enemy machines were brought Down. In 24 hours we dropped 35 tons of bombs on Aird Romes and issued of Niue. Were is virtually surrounded in of the Jordan and faces annihilation general Allenby s forces today advices show. The annihilation of the turkish fourth army now hoped for would Complete the cleaning of the turkish Force accounting for about up in Palestine 80.000 men forbid Possession of to bolshevik publications i to be overcome. The developments today resembled. Iso those of the second Battle of Champagne in july. Then Gen. Go fraud skilfully parried the great German thrust by drawing his in Fantry out of Range of the artillery leaving his own suns in position to inflict smarting losses on the advancing infantry. It a Learned from prisoners that the germans were imitating Gen. Gou Jaud in re tiring their infantry from the first line but that Sas far As. They pro on padre four format Manitoban Dies in . Invermere ., sept. 2.6. M Gertrude l. Mackinnon a former. Manitoban wife of Alexander Dun can Mackinnon of died at Kamloops Hospital on Friday she had been suffering from tuberculosis. The late mrs. Mackinnon was form Erly miss Nichols and was born and brought up near Neepawa Manitoba where she married. Her Mother with a sister living in Vancouver both survive her. As do her husband and her five Small daughters. I cowed and there appeared Little Prospect of a change in the situation. Premier Border taking rest. Ottawa sept. Right Hon. Sir Robert Borden. Prime minister of Canada has left Ottawa for a very continued on Page much needed rest and in Ottawa before weeks. Not expected a couple of Garian army. Of in a most dangerous position. I it is pointed out that prior to toe beginning of this push the allies had no great superiority in numbers and Ottawa sept have i that they face a stupendous task m Skub. Or if there should be t some other development which Woulms i prevent the making of Victory a file icis Lve one. The experts believe 1 the bulgarians have suffered so 1 heavily in men and material that it is doubtful if the army will be Able 1 to recover without the Aid of the i Central Powers and is viewed As unlikely. And rate the serbians i gained part of serbian Macedonia of it and Fri Tosh troops to the i my these Are pressing inward on the a Nev while the the. Crossings is in the hands of the auth full turkish strength in pales Tine is not definitely known As hard Lytho turkish divisions Are of the same size or organization. It is that the allies had to Deal with fighting men West of the Jordan with about communication As Well thousands East of the Jordan. One of the chief advantages of the Victory la that it will a11ow a Large men on As Many Aba tikk item out. I saturday the Day of Days for classified display four 15 000 line classified Section is tomorrow s likelihood. The vre teat Section in the of the greatest in Canada. This Means a crowd in the Community Market where buyer and seller meet in the published word. This is your Chance to strike hard for More business and better business. For your copy classified display and get your copy in Early. Is the report issued Ai St John s Niet Coulos Siciu Vysin Vantory at 7, . Temperature. 69.7 maximum Cor preceding 12 hours. 73.1 minimum for preceding 12 hours. Ob.7 barometer. 30.13 Southwest wind blowing1 11 Miles an hour. The Canadian me Yeoun logical service observations taken it 7 o cd cult lust evening. Of fat. 26, Winnipeg time port Art Hur. Co. Cloudy win Napeff. 70. Fair Minnedosa 66. Cloudy Quap Pelle 64. Fair Prince a Herl. 70, Swift 64. Battleford 70, four mid line a t. 72, fair Calvary. 72. Clear Edmonton 70. Fair port Nelson 56, Cloudy. The weather today has been fair a and warm throughout the West Ivylle from i Ontario eastward it Haa been cold with rain in Ontario and and maximum temperatures Vancouver. 50-68 Kamloops. 46-74 Edmonton 4s-70 Calvary 3s-74 Battleford. 44-72 Prince Albert. 50-72 Moose jaw 43-76 a c1ic1ne hat 34 74 port Arthur. 26-56 Parry sound. 30 42 Jondon 34.-s7 Toronto King Ston 50-58 Ottawa. 46 -52 Montreal 46 50 Quebec 46-50 St. John 40-56. Please remember the free press Carrier boy Call this evening or saturday to collect the Money due him for delivery of the paper for the two weeks ending september 28. Set him a Good example in promptness by Havris the 30c ready for him when he Calls. The work he iras to do takes up the greater part of his time after school hours. He will appreciate it greatly if you Are mindful of him and do not cause him to work overtime collecting your subscription. Manitoba free press co. Ltd. Serbians official report of Advance London sept. Troops reached the outskirts of Ishtie. An important bulgarian base tuesday. S ays a serbian official statement dated wednesday. Elsewhere East of the Vardar the serbians have made important gains. The serbs also have captured Grasko station Southeast Yakub. It was defended by German troops. An enormous Quantity of supplies including 19 guns was captured by Fae serbians. The official statement reads on sept. 24 serbian troops achieved a very important succession the. Lett Bank East of the Vardar we gown Timil on Vajra four f ;