Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s weather Fine but. Colder. Temper Turim yesterday maximum 51.0 minimum 28.0. Willau Itou Bulgaria through accumulating to the effect that " Bulgaria through with aurtria Ami Germany and in its request for y Sun Oleca 7.26 . Sola 7.1v o to rises 2.52 sets 5.18 . September 1918." morning pages no. 75. A from so to sea i Smude belgians make important gain of several Miles unmade Zerrien Studenberg and pass Hendele among races captured second peace note is i peeled from Burian Paris sept. Are persistent in Vienna political circles that Baron Burian the foreign minister soon will Send to the belligerents a second peace note according to the Zurich journal. This note it is re ported will be along the same lines As the first but will contain More precise statements which he is said to believe will modify the terms of the entente. There also Are reports in Switzer land that the Central Powers Are pre pared to intervene energetically in j Roumania which is accused of Hun counter attack re letter and spirit of the treaty of Buch prised and terse St Heights carried near routers prisoners taken exceed More than Hundred guns captured London sept. 29. Dix Mude been captured belgian troops it was officially announced tonight. The belgians also have taken Zarren Studenberg passe Hen Daele Ifo Orslene and part of Westoo Sebecke. This Means an Advance of several Miles. J after breaking up a violent enemy counter attack the Belgi ans eap turbid Terbeest height and it the close of the Day had advanced to less than two Miles of routers. The prisoners taken vierday exceed More than 100 guns and numerous Rachine Gims and were and arest. French continue Champagne attack each Ailette at two places on Western end of Chemin Des Advance much War captured. Material have been made big Advance saturday London. Sept. Their attack today Between tires and Dix Mude k a n Advance of More Han three arid a half Miles taking s.e90 prisoners. The statement we attacked this morning Between pfc Trade and North of tires. After artillery preparation in co operation with French and British batteries. The British Fleet bombarded the enemy coastal defences and Points of communication. The belgian and British infantry then advanced and attacked the positions. We captured Sll the organised lines of defence in first position. Crossing this we carried the second position which strongly organized. Despite the resistance and vain counter attacks against the Staden railway we captured the whole Forest a Hou Holst. We captured territory to the line women pier Kenshock schlep by Willie and Brood Eynde. The Advance amounted to More Nan six Kilometres and prison ers were taken belgians. The wot. Which has not yet been a Complete Battery of 150 other heavy calibre 5uns. And important material. The dumber of dead bodies on the Field snows the extent of the enemy sept. The Western end of the Chemin Des Dames the French have reached the River ail Ette at two Points says the state ment from the War office today. In Champagne after repulsing Strong attacks the French have taken the Heights of Bellevue Northeast of Gra Treuil. In the Champagne and North of the Aisne the armies of generals Gouraud and Langin resumed the attack this morning. The germans Are resist ing desperately in the Champagne. North of the Diane the germans Are retiring on the Ailette. I ranch troops have captured fila Iii Chava Pinon Betel and Saint berths. The French occupied the Forest of Pirton and reached and also East of Charignon. On. The sector Between Ostel and just North of the Aisne made Strong resistance against the Advance of our troops. On the Champagne front violent _ attacks were launched Ger i mans yesterday but they were broken j up. The French resumed their pro Gress especially Northeast of grat Treuil where they captured the Heights bulwark of teutonic Alliance is everywhere crumbling before terrific onslaughts of victorious Allied armies austrian a boat sinks French sub. Paris sept. French sub Marine circe was sunk by an aus Trian undersea boat on sept. 20, an official statement tonight. The second officer was the Only survive in the circe was built at Toulon in 1907, and its Gross tonnage was 430 tons. Its peace time comple ment was 23 men. Of Bellevue. Paris Amanca continue j3ept. American army operating on the Champagne front has captured Bri Eulles sur Meuse and Romagne West of that town on the outskirts of the Forest of Romagne and the attack is pro grossing favourably. Reach outskirts of Bri Julleis with the american army on the Champagne front sept. The american line. Tonight extends to the outskirts of Bri Eulles and. By Ermont. Additional prisoners have been taken. In three Days More than. 60 enemy air planes have been brought Down. The american loss in that period was less than 20. A counter attack by in Fantry along the Elbow of the a reuse North of Dan Devoux was repulsed this morning americans. The assault of the enemy was preceded by a feeble artillery preparation. Many germans were killed the operation and a considerable number taken prisoner. Retain command of air Washington sept. Reporting further a.ivance.3. Of the americana Northwest of Verdun Gen. Pers Jiing s communication for yesterday received Here tonight says american aviators have kept command of the have brought Down twelve and More than 60 enemy planes while less than a third of that num tier of planes Are missing. Somme by taken by general Gouraud Paris sept. Gouraud s army in its offensive in the Cham pagne after capturing the important railway Point of Somme by was re ported this morning to be still advancing. The statement reads at 5.30 o clock this morning French troops continue the attack and took possess Gondi Nudd of the canal and thence along the West Bank of the canal to the East or can gains. Fontaine notre Dame Sally Hayn court and Talleur. For Bart argue Tieres to the Rig he flank of the belgian army Tho and Vance of our second army ii de Tylie bulwarks of the teutonic Alliance Are everywhere crumbling before the victorious on Klaus hts of the Allied armies. Striking sue ceases of general Allonby in Palestine Are Al most equalled collapse of the bulgarians. Between the Meuse and the Stippe the Ameri cans and the French Are forcing the germans to g rip upon positions and Terri tories held by them since the first months of the War. South of Laon and St. Queintin the armies generals Mangin and Humbert Are prying off the hinge of the Hindenburg line. Around Cambrai and thence North toward Douai the canadians and British have pierced the Strong defensive lines of the enemy and have made his abandonment of both towns certain arid imminent. And in the tires Dix Mude Region a new offensive by belgian and British troops has pressed Tho germans into Retreat. In addition to the casualties incurred in expensive counter attacks which the germans Ore compelled to make in order to degree of orderly retirement they have lost heavily in prisoners and guns. Marshal Foch has applied1 once More the irresistible strategy of the continuous offensive hitting the enemy hard now in the North and the South or Centre and leaving him no Opportunity to anticipate the direction of the next blow or to mass reserves behind the weaker Points of his defences. Stage by stage the Battle has been developed until it extends practically without interruption from Verdun to the sea. Big a Vance in Belgium. Aided by g uns of warships Oft the belgian coast the British arid belgians launched an attack in Force on Dia nude and South to Ypres on saturday and rapidly carried to a depth of front four to five Miles capturing Dix Mude and Hou Thielst Wood and attaining to much of. The High ground in the direction of and once tide by tattle Over the ground remt ered famous by tile earlier expibits1 Adian troops and a further inroad Lipon Staden. And Well on Tho Way to routers but allies line across the Chemin Des Dames near Kilpin Andi must compel the abandonment of. Ther successes also weaken the enemy s hold on the alight salient in front of arme Tieres a Dis advantage which lie has immediately. Attempted to neutralize recovery the Ridge. The German counter attacks there have broken Down however and the retirement must inevitably proceed. Are. In outskirts of Cambrai. On the Cambrai front where the British and canadians rushed the caria.1 Durword positions on Friday in preparation for the capture of Douai and Cambrai admirable Progress is re corded1. Here the canadians have taken the Bou Lori Wood the limit of the British Advance in the earlier Battles of Arras a dire advancing into the outskirts of Cambrai that valuable position. This is , reported to be already . The French american offensive in Champagne East of the Stippe River continues to increase the embarrassment of the German High command. The French having captured. Somme by Are pursuing their Advance while Between the Argonne Hills and the Meuse River the americans have pushed the Point their wedge to Bri Eulles on the River Aind have Stab is Becl their lines Irr a slightly South Westerly dare Toiv to Cierkes and Premont. Big changes in Balkan situation. J while the German armies in France and Flanders Are. Reeling under the Shock Foch a unceasing blows the Bulgari Are retiring precipitately in the direction of Skub and Kus Lon do before the main attack of the serbs. On the left Wing the italians Are spreading the soviet forces losing ground on Northern front Amsterdam rus Sian wireless report received from Moscow describing the operations of sept. 25 admits the fighting on the Northern front is going unfavourably for the soviet troops who Are retiring at various including Kotlas. On the Eastern front Strong forces of Czecho so vacs Are advancing from two Points against North of Ekaterinburg. Japs Advance rapidly. London sept. Eastern Siberia japanese mounted troops marched eastward from Chita and Northwest from have effected a Junction at Rufu Lov 306 Miles Northwest of bldg Ovest Schensky according to a japanese offi Cial statement received Here. Itself. To the North the British have driven a front fan Wise toward Krushee North of Mon Wod Sre Between Douai and Cambrai Are threatening a which will necessitate they evacuation. North of St. Quentin sir Doug Las Haig s forces have reached Bellecourt and Ebony the Radge beneath who elves the tunnelled bed of the St. Quentin canal and. Which formed the chief defence of the enemy against the Furkins St. Quentin. On the Defit of this valuable Van Tage ground they have. Ca put Rev Villers guis la Iii and probably be. Cate let which brings Vliem to the Banks of the canal. This Advance carries them beyond the hmdenbtirg1 line and demonstrates the fact that the germans cannot now sustain the defence of the positions held against the allies after tile enemy s former retirement from the to Rome. Battleground. La Fere Laon struggle. Tjin ked with this move ment of the British is the Strug Gle for and i icon. Here again theft Erm ans have been amur it their. A officially. Freml a item is Forest in a South Wester Iii direction to Bourg. Regions long1 occupied on the the enemy has with Ranin across the Kaiser the allies Are now close to the Olse " this Mesiab ii Tihes the astir and Are developing a threat. Against the flank of the Lake , where the Allied troops Are also making Progress. The report of Large i Skub Points to1 the improbability of any stand being attempted there. The bulgar. Peace envoys have i ived at Salo Niki and great popular agitation favor of peace is reported from Sofia. The. Arriva.1 of gel Man reinforcements u possible though Urey can scarcely prevent the collapse of a country now at the last stage of military exhaustion. The change in the Outlook of the teutonic Alliance in the Balkans is also emphasized report that the. Germans Are withdrawing from Roumania. The week opens with the brightest prospects for the continued military Success of the entente and for the surrender of at least one perhaps Oil two members the opposing group of allies. With Bulgaria and. Turkey disposed Eastern presenting a fresh demand1 Oil. German energies and resources and the allies delivering crushing attacks in the West Outlook for the Central Powers is one which will test severely the morale of. Their armies and Peoples. British occupy Highland and Bridges around Beau Camp advancing two Miles London sept. Heavy German counter attacks around Beau comp. On the Cambrai front were repulsed Friday night by Accord ing to Field marshal Haig s report from Headquarters yesterday evening. This morn ing the British advanced two Miles beyond occupy ing the Highland and Walsh ridges. The British have captured Marco Iii. Sailly and Paluel As Well As Noyel Les canting and. Fontaine notre Dame. The statement reads the operations on the Fia brai have progressed favor ably. The right divisions engaged in heavy Hightii g last. Night about Beau Camp Ridge where the City lies at our feet and i Ranore of our bold guns. Sain of ground has not been considerable since last night Tor the simple reason that we have had Oao ngh to Chi Clearing up and con what we already have same so there has been Little of Sjur Unity to extend our Advance. Have been some important to however. Apparently the whole of marching is in Jur bands As our line rests upon the pank of the St. Quentin canal which fun East t rom that place. The geographical situation today is Nat while we Are nearly As far for As the extreme limits of our november thrust South of Cambrai 10 the North Are in More and. Enemy strongly this morning they overcame the resist Ance of Thi German infantry and pressed Forward two Miles beyond it capturing the positions known As Highland and Welsh ridges. " later in the. Day our Success extended to the South and Gouze Aucourt was captured. During the morning also the York. Shire division captured marching and progressed Southeast of it. Before midday the Duke of Wellington regi ment forced a crossing of the canal de. 1 Pecaut at alar Ping and established itself in the German defences on the East Bank. Bank. North of. This Post tie this Mpr nigh cleared the West of the canal As far As la. Folia Wood and captured n , canting and Fontaine notre . The Lancashire making pro Gress East of Dame and Are operating in conjunction with Canadian troops North of the is. Pause Cambrai Road. Here the enemy. Resisted strongly and suffered heavy losses in killed and prisoners. North of the Arras Cambrai Road Canadian and English battalions pushed Forward to the est St and North. At Vaillencourt Strong hostile counter attacks launched enemy yesterday. Evening were beaten Back with loss. The canadians gained pos session of this Village arid the ing Village of Sailly with the Trench system running the Romaih these Vil Lages. Further North the londoners entered Paluel. The number of prisoners and guns captured continue to . President sask., sept. Hon j Hanna president of. Oil. Arrived in. The City today on business connected with ithe company. He waa met by a horse and in place of the usual Seyen passenger limousine. On the new Advance on Cambrai British and Canadian troops May be traced on the map Here reproduced. The canadians captured Bourlon Antl have since themselves , almost on the. . Sailly Haynes court nov a Roleux have also been taken while in. The South tie Advance and Noyelles. Influenza in sept. Scribed As having been remarkably 29. Spanish influenza has broken out rapid. About midday the. Line ran Here spreading to All the. Diamond from Wyt Schaec to mines and affecting thin Long opera. Boke a he Luvelt and from tons. This Point the line is. Rather Maiju c to thai there. Were i Pool Capelle and cd Crocken near Ali l cases mostly Mude. This Nighth it is Osti there in n Laon Region fort Malraison Vau Deason and Charignon ing ground. . The associate Prebe South of St. Ejus Isrin to Ita Fere the. and taken some 500 i is hers tie Chemin Dea dairies the French advanced their line for a Dis Tance Miles highest the famous Ridge to Uii Ison with North the frer Icli along the. Bittle 1 and Northeast of Soissons indicating that the enemy line soon Ken at be real busted eastward at least As far As Rheims if not farther the Trench now Are on the. Banks of the Ailette River at the of the it lapps end that this soon must be passed by in Retreat northward. Forb my Maison captured Parisi sept. Mangin has capture dub Ortra Jamison one of the strongholds Southwest of according to the War office. Announce rent. Nowr Bolds this positions to Only. The pc East of the our repeated attacks on the plat eau ca1lb at derm overcome resistance Southeast of Lake wow number London sent. To the number of. And guns had been counted British in pales Tine Friday night according to an off civil communication issued tonight. Notwithstanding turkish resistance in. The Region of Tib Eilas. The British forced further passages of the Jordan. To the South the. British cavalry drove the enemy northward., through Mezi Rab and. Joined forces with the forces of the King of the Hejaz. The text of the communication Fol lows throughput Friday the enemy offered resistance in the Tiberias area holding the Crossings of the upper Jordan positions astride the Road to tvs Nzerib and Derma. In the even. Ixta the australians forced a of the Jordan and saturday . Drove the enemy from their positions and crossed to the left Bank. Southeast of. Lace Tiberias our cavalry overcame turkish resistance at Irbid and is Reintje and drove the enemy northward , joining hands with Arab army about Derma. Capture Railroad stations King. Hussein who. Had captured the Railroad stations and Ghazale the Hejaz line thursday entered Derma and sheikh Saad taking. 1.500 prisoners North Ward the movement of Bur cavalry covered right by arabs being continued from the Derma area and is Mes Erib. In the Southern area in the am Mari District o or column up to Friday evening had captured prisoners and 28 guns a s t. Jordan. On saturday., they were. In. Touch about the by Kastal station. 14 Miles South of troops of the . Force retreating North from Maan. Up night and Cap Cambrai s fall is now expected at any moment canadians in outskirts in North West and 63rd naval Divian in Southern outskirts main Hinde Norg defences Armani Bel englise stormed and whole German position captured my reports line withdrawn allies Advance into Aire Valley says German official state attacks since Over prisoners Harcourt Magny la Fosse and Bah court occupied Berlin. Sept. Reserves thrown in on the line in Belgium checked the Allied and Vance saturday according to the official statement from German general Headquarters today. Heavy attacks were made against toys Chaste Ridge. Between Arlex and Villers Gizis lain a front of More than 12 Miles the German line was withdrawn to the rear the Allied troops continued their attacks in the Cam brai Region. Between the Ailette and the Aisne the German lines " live been with. Drawn. Without enemy behind the Pise Aisne canal. Strong Allied attacks continued on. The front from the Stippe to the Meuse. In most places they were re pulsed. Somme by was lost germans while in the Argonne. The German line was moved Back because of an Allied Advance Tito the Aire Valley. American attacks gained local successes . The. British with the belgians extended attacks into. Flanders and. Renewed at tacks against came Iraq. The French and. Americans attacked again in the Champagne As Well As in the Argonne and the Meuse. A.1mes take Crater positions. The coast to the of Tho Lys there was Vio Loht artillery duels during the night which in creased to the strongest in the morning hours. Between Dix Mude the enemy succeed. Eil in talking our Crater positions and in pressing Forward in places into our artillery lines. The enemy attack was brought to a standstill in the after noon on the line Dumen Clerken Hout Holst pass Hendele Beese lame Zan Voorde Hollebeke. Attacks launched in the evening against this line were repulsed with the. Help of. Reserves the Heights of Wysch acte were held against repeated enemy attacks. West of Cambrai Early yesterday. In Conse Quience the loss of the canal position on both sides of Marquiot in Friday s fighting we withdrew our front from open territory into our rear positions on a line from Arleaux to Aubigny to West of Cambrai and behind the canal South West or Cambrai at marching with a Junction with the old line near Vil Way of gone lieu. , carried out Dur ing the night undisturbed enemy. Between the Ailette Aisne we withdrew our lines without enemy interference behind the canal Between on the Ailette and Bourg in the Aisne. The. Movement which had. Been pre pared for. Some Days ago was carried out according to plan and was not disturbed enemy. Withdrawn in the Argonne during tie night before last in consequence of. The London. Sept. 29. Latest despatches from. Then Estem front say that everything is going sch and that the allies have made distinct Progress on All sectors under attack. Between Dix Mude and Ypres prisoners have been Cap tured and the germans been pressed Back from four to five Miles. The fall. Of Gamb Raij s consid ered Only a matter and the. Allies have gained an import ant footing on the Eastern Side of the canal in. Tie of Belli and there is every quent in so ii will share a similar Fate. X the French Are Maint Jiining steady Progress in Champagne enemy apparently is re tiring from the chem Des Dames. London sept. 29. American troops attacked the Hindenburg Linos on front , three Miles today Cali Turing Belll court and Joe Troy. Announcement was Mude by Field marshal hair in his report from Headquarters tonight. An a Slish division crossed Che Scheldt canal on life belts Mats rafts and improved Bridges stormed. The main Hindenburg defences around Bel englise and captured the whole German position. Statement weather report. Cresov attacks hitherto the in. Apcel. On. Of a eau North of the. Ajane pulled enemy to. Retire toward the Ailette River. Bast of the. Line be Allemant a Iii the German rear we occupied Village acid Southern outskirts of i Tinori. Forest Baudesson Tiaiso Falso capture i iday was attacks on our rights desperate ing Price Eclis Ini i Oll Owenjr Are the weather sued at. St. John s meteor Plotica Observatory on saturday at. T .- tempera Ture 5o.o preceding Ligoura minimum for 38.7 barometer North to Arit wind blowing. 16.-Mlloa-an Trace of ruin sunday at -7 Temps nature. 28.o Maxl mom wind blowing Jinious an rain .01. Sunday at 7 46.4 maximum. 51.0 mind Tum baronet or 30.14 Northwest wind blowing 14. Miles an. Hour., Canadian service at 7 of clock last evening sept 29, Vylen Lpes time 46 fair Clear 4b. Fair Prince fair Swift cur rent-48. Clean fitly Modl. Cine hat. Fair Lamont in 46, Clear. The is Fine throughout the West with toward lower temp Grature minimum and maximum temper lures Prince 52-66 Vancouver. 52-72 48-76 Edmonton. 42-50 Saskatoon. Ref Ina 41-54 48-60 continue cd. On Page at Dawn Liis the Battle successfully developed southward to the. Neighbourhood off to. Quentin. It now extends Over a front of nearly 30 Miles from that town to the sen see River North of Cambrai on the extreme the Tolj corps launched an attack at 5.5.0 . Across the Scheldt from Lise inclusive northwards. Tile Man Midland division provided. With life belts Mats portable bump ing materials and. And under cover of a concentrated artillery and machine run fire s ton net the main Tjin Denburger. Irlich Hare run Alons the Eastorn Bank of the canal. Took whole position. to Lii depth of this the breadth of the canal the Streng Rolv of the enemy s defences. Which included the Village. Of Ell ens Lise and tunnels. And Concrete works tills division Sii Ceeil de in capturing the -.whole-. Go Maii position they. Pressed today with Resit bravery and. Determination up the Hills beyond the canal Tak Riff Many. Prisoners in the course of their adv b Aucourt and Magny la Fosse Are now in our. Pos be Saipan. S in conjunction with thib Brilliant Ojie ration other English troops and continued on Canadian Perchero is a to great Britain from bar u ranch Alberta the Canadian West has its first shipment of Breeding Toi great yesterday. Was uploaded in the stoc Tsaras for a couple of hours 26 Beautiful Chei on fillies Fine Percheron stallion. These . The property of Geol Liane came from the famous bar to. Ranch and his big farm Alta. Foi the Hon Alex. Ander Parker of cur lieu Ava Ricksh ire England who Nas Pur chased. And other prospective breeders of Percheron. Horses fun the horses Are. All or. Iane s own Breeding the. Stallion is new.-. Port .5058, three years old last july he was sired by Halifax the stallion that free sweepstakes american four by Gearou. And by Inke map i the shop Ghent is in Chari re of prof., Carlyle livestock la a Darter l or the George. Lane com. And formerly deaf of the state agricultural Experiment station at and the horses Are accompanied by 3fred Timber of years blah of the bar a where they. Javo Over 600 pure bred Perch Crons pall a Strebi Hon. Came with Tord Orkney to pure Liliee hos ses for the British Sovei Niec it and that Timo visited the bar a and. Sis Miick impressed with the que Lity of the horses. Later he. Was. Louis in charge of tile British steles. Til recounts in j the United die re and i so 1n . Was Percheron horses and Breed them. He e rapid championship the. Hest heavy draft. Stallion any Gre or-., Chase from or. Lane some Inonu is Breed at the Winnipeg Industrial sex j ago. And Lias been habit Ion and who. .was-.1irht to in at. This shipment certainly ".rnarksr. Nibi Tion at Seattle. Dam Canadian fillies acid if Canadian. Two Are by Pinson i their Eli oulds .6s. The Sorc of a double Many inane Shraj. Gran do Clian Pion at seven note Only of horses famous half Mac six. By and ;