Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba V today s weat z o fair with show temperatures yesterday maximum 63.8 minimum 1.7. Vol. 45. Sun us Ito air Mem. Did share British airmen have again been most Coniti Cloum in the splendid successes. On the Western Battle front. .53 7.34 0.111. Sets 7 . Uses 8.19 . Sets 6.46 . Winnipeg 1918. edition so German Retreat almost Rou huns Likely to Austria Hungary Start. Abandon entire another peace offensive i Amsterdam oct. Hungary requested Holland to Al and Lynx i Ine belligerents to take part in Zurlo i peace negotiations says the Vienna correspondent of the Berlin Tage Blatt. I the correspondent adds that Holland British naval authorities Retreat will Start being moved already foe launching most powerful counter blows germans fighting As with backs to walk British hold last Strong line of Hindenburg i men. Headed by Premier we Merle ha., arrived at Vienna in connection n new peace move according to t in Cologne Gazelle. I the other members of the Ive Cerle j forty were count Tisza and count i Jiffies have driven their line to Andrassy. Former premiers of Hun Pear attempts to Widen Gary and count Apponyi the Hun Garian minister of instruction. Within six Miles of Mericourt captured country behind German lines in Flanders everywhere signs of enemy disorganization least fifty killed in Shell Plant explosion disaster occurred at Morgan from . Fierce struggle going on in Southern portion of Cambrai liberated civilians relate sufferings endured since 1914 under Hun domination London oct. 4 5.30 there is every indication Accord j ing to authoritative naval building caused blasts sources of an Early abandonment j by the germans of the entire Plant covers area of 12 Square panders coast. The germans already Are moving their guns. The belgian coast been under heavy bombardment for the j operator heroically remained past two Days. I Perth amb r. X.j., oct. J men were killed i and scores of others j London. Oct. Briti Sli have injured in a tremendous explosion j driven their lines within six Miles of tonight Ai. The Plant of the t. A. Gillespie Shell loading at j Amu fration issued tonight. To Morgan near Here. This explosion Lens . The which Tiv germans Are continuing their Retreat. Miles around an some further ground been taken South Amboy the British Between cart Oral and j Home St. Where there f w which for hours defied the etl crts of of the communication fire departments summoned from All nearby cities towns. Local character the number dead and injured the is i Imbor i cannot be determined unto employe.-. Countryside for caused to use from their followed by a series of sex in Hions and by a lire. Hard fighting the text follows Fiu Litins of a place today of Bea Revoir North of and South of Cambrai. Our Jouy on the len5-Armentierc enemy s withdrawal continues. Our troops have reached and Era Inghem. The number of prisoners by us in yesterday s operations North of St. Quentin exceeds four Tunis and. During the night local took place to our advantage Southwest of Bea Revoir and in the Southern out skirts of Cambrai. Advanced our posts slightly Northeast of Epiney and repulsed a hostile attack on one of our posts South of beaches St. Vaas Between Leas and North of the Scarpe we progressed Between oppy and Mericourt. Fur ther North our advanced troops be aupied the railway East of Lens and the general line of Berlau Kournis and Hou of the Plant a Roll Call in. The morning. Estimates late tonight have placed the number of killed and Hurt at from 50 to More than eight bodies were placed in the morgue at others were being. Plant shortly before Midnight. It believed that several More men were in the building where the original explosion occurred and most of these with the British Arm Irr . Oct. Been scaling of the most Furi Ous nature along the British front today. Liia been True especially along the Beaure voir line in the Region East of be Cate let. The last Strong line of the Hind Enburg system Iva Virag been smashed and tvs British in posses Sion of it and having reconnoitre far in Advance the germans feeling that they were fighting with their backs to the Wall have launched six powerful counter attacks during the past 24 hours. As a result of of them the British withdrew Cor a from Beau Evtif and from a to the Western out skirts of he Village for these the. Germans used two divisions which been released from the line tic capture by the tin All the other counter offensives failed in Turly and at the of them the Bod ies of German dead were piled High As a of the machine gun and a lie d lire and uie British in Possession of vital lines of the German defence. I the breach that been Mude in i the system of defence Here Row one As. Yet. Ami choking of enemy transportation systems causing great confusion along the whole of the battled the in Flanders and Picardy the Ger mans Are fighting desperate delaying actions in the Hope of gaining sufficient time to permit the. To. He organized and to prevent the Reo Rivarol movement of their decimated and tired divisions from becoming a rout. The rapid Progress of the both East of tires and Southeast of be Cate let Between Cambrai and St. Quentin Lias thrown their transportation systems into confusion. Roads and railways Are reported to be practically choked with traffic while every mile of Allied Advance Inch eases the congestion and brings fresh difficulties for the enemy. The Battle by Means of which marshal Foch is endeavouring to bring his ten week struggle to a decision is growing in intensity. The enemy displays in the frequency and bitterness of his a nervousness which augurs ill for the Success of Liis efforts to gain a breathing spell. Exhaustion is overtaking the germans where they confidently anticipated that the vaunted strength of Jie Hindenburg line that condition on their opponents and bring their1 offensive to a Stop just As the Winter was settling upon the country. One British racer is reported to have said nothing would Surprise us. This May turn into a. Rout and this disaster which the German staff is striving with might and main to Avert. In the of the front the germans Are already removing heavy guns from the coast defences. This is the first step in the process of abandoning Western Belgium. The wedge which was so rapidly driven into the Flanders line East of Ypres Over territory which previously been fought Over foot by foot is being widened Anil deepened though at a slower rate owing to the wet ground and the panic stricken Energy of the German counter strokes. West of Lille British Are Only six Miles Distant from that important Centre and progressing toward it. At Cambrai there is a sitting of great ferocity. East of the Hindenburg line at St. Quentin the Possession of each Point of Vantage is being hotly contested but the balance of advantage is swinging into Possession of the allies. Capture Heights in Champagne Turkey will hold out till last minute believes eleventh hour capitulation is Likely to result in better peace terms Brilliant fighting of Advance line to n i n Naif Llull i 111. Three British divisions London. Oct. Supplement statement issued by Field marshal Haig today says in operations undertaken by. The second British army in Flanders on the 29th of september and subsequent Days the and 35th Divi Sions rendered service. Under most unfavourable conditions of Ivea Lher they advanced to a depth of i Over nine Miles across extremely diff t cull the whole Ridge East arid Southeast of Ypres and i ing a prominent part in the capture Essad Pasha glad Buigas got Good 1 of More than prisoners and 100 and brutal nation in Champagne in two sectors Franco americans Progress five Miles Northeast of Somnow by taking number of prisoners guns i the 9th division on the first Day i j of the attack look Bece Laere five j j mites East of its Starling Point and Days later reached led Ghem. I on the first Day the 29th division j j i 1 my t passed beyond a Duvelt and and italians baking rapid Vej Kruis seke. Having advanced over1. Five Miles along the Menin Road. On j the right the 35th division passed beyond our old positions of 1917 and look i Chall Range evacuated but occupied by germans under intense fire violating agreement belgian report says line forwarded in direction of Hoo Glede and routers Allied endurance i surprising Zenewi doing so she would receive better cause it is i human. And of in for that Rea South Amboy .am1, j Jon the armoured a ars Liick went out removed from the lot last night reconnoitre deeply and rounded up new positions. Then Titiev ret in Neri. Fast widening of breach Gem vans now seem to be most j Ai like or either Side of brat h. J apparently they Fuciu that efforts i will be made to Widen it. Mean railways every j which enable them to harass the enemy s rear and to sustain accurate gun fire against his front immediately East Oje Rheims. Gen. Debeney improved his positions North of that City and Gen. Bert Helot is maintaining the pressure West of the Argonne. In Macedonia the greeks have re occupied Seres and in Albania Are following up the austrian Retreat. Assad Pasha the Alban x i terms to of tiie Ian Leader in an interesting interview at Salonika expresses the opinion that Turkey will hold out until the last moment possible in the Hope of obtaining better terms of peace than the allies appear to be willing to concede. But in face of the helplessness of the Central. Powers there is no Prospect that the ottoman government will be Able to escape the logic of the is lir no state to devote Energy to assisting an ally which isolated and Germany Jie thei Merv . Spare for the prosecution of a Side show which can in. Any Case bring no Relief from the dangers which arc threat 1 ening . No atom the Allied forces in i ache and the Effort to i Smiht the turks involve Germany in still greater difficulties. Renewal of austrian place offensive tie renewal of the peace offensive by Austria Hungary is also . Kullum seemingly been asked to Issue form invitations to the be Lig rants to a peace conference. This action May quite possibly have been taken without consultation with Germany. The inter Nal dissensions of the dual monarchy Are growing so fast that Germany is finding increasing difficulty in. Controlling the actions of its partner the. Present policy bring revolution Geneva. Get. Pasha tie provisional president of Al Bania and Fornier Leonii Vandeu in chief of the turkish forces at i Scutari in an1 interview before his departure from Salonika de a cleared that Turkey would hold intensification of fighting drive out to the last minute before capitulating in the belief that by Paris oct. The fighting in Champagne the French and Ane i i cans have advanced about Miniea j North of. Auberie and about five ing germans to desperation futile _ i expressed his pleasure at the Fate of Bulgaria which he said thrown in her lot with the Teut p been in Progress since sept. So with tin. French army in b Rance the four great Battles that oct. Miles Northeast of Tak ing a number of villages according to the French official communication issued tonight. The Railroad town of challerange., been evacuated but not been occupied by the enemy. Both Artil series Are firing upon it. The text of the communication Fol. Lows f the French brutal nation and forces Rheims and All a with great intensity. Blow after blow is being dealt the germans Only entered the War for personal Rnic of bolstering up of Turkey can weaken i gain thereby pm Olin Gill to yesterday. On our left we pushed our in their strongholds of tie Hinden four Kilometres North subsidiary lines. And eight the endurance the allies have Quatt Siiling with a diminish Somme eyed ardor struggle Over so River extended a front against such formed it Lone ires As far a lines of Northwest of the Arne 1 the Bulgari uus should punished for their felony Esperi Lally. Convard Britain. A great j Bulgaria would Nice i constant j would anarchy in. The Balkans whereas a a great Serbia would result in the germ ans have been of lipped Hows continuance for the government by the Gillespie company. Employs several while the roads men and women Ivo King in three shifts but tonight there were Only about men in the Plant when the explosion occur real. Explosion in i .n.t. Vat the Plant which covers an area of 12 Square Miles comprises Many Small buildings situated along cheese quake Creek. The first explosion occurred in one of these buildings in which was being made and flames spreading to other Struc night and blasts. Lama a this morning made Progress in the i the proc u damage been whore. In the rear Are crowded with eastbound traffic. The civilians Are evacuated from Many towns. In Flanders today the Advance of the Allied troops seemed slow be Ceatise of the bad roads and soggy ground made it almost impossible for them to Rego late the terrain at Many places. The soldiers diff tins Here Are covered of them to Wade hip deep through the Fig Hting their Forward. Again there Lias been fighting in the Street of Cabral. Especially the Southern portion of the town bring revolution in Austria Hungary. Yet the adoption course of to bring the warring factions even temporarily into agreement Means the virtual repudiation of the pan German program and the reassertion of austrian Independence of Prussia. It is doubtful whether Germany can afford at this stage of the War to attempt to hold Austria in Leash by Force. If there Are Many indications Flint the germans -expected., that exhaustion have obliged the allies to a. Breathing spell Long before _ to i entirely different use of their i reserves than they planned. Each. Have received j the results have been negatived j sys Gondi Tion than Bulgaria will hold put Point of Vantage taken it i to the last minute before Capitu a Latium in order to obtain better i terms As we want this Sec tit us. 1 1 1 to the machinery which Germany All along utilized for the maintenance autonomy As de hued by .1. Resi of its hold on the dual monarchy is proving inadequate u the Tufe contemplated setting up of coalition governments in both its constituent countries implies that Prussia can no longer dominate the teutonic the collapse of Austria As an effective military Factor in the within sight. Deot Wilson wit i our Constitution based 011 the British and Larae rican greek troops a his took the villages Oft Rudesin court. Dorrien St. Couplet and Woods in the Region of grand Bellona. Furulie. Each we reached the of St. Etienne Arnes and gained a footing on the plateau of. Which Village was captured. We evacuated Chall Range which not been occupied by the enemy it is undergoing an intense fire by both Arcille one of the most., successes yesterday was. In the fighting where medea situated. This Point was captured by american Paris oct. Anie Vicuna have oops co operating with the French made an Advance of three Kilometres Champagne this height gives two Miles in the Argonne. To the artillery command of wide stretch of territory sloping Westward line slightly advanced. Havre. Oct. Belgian com toward the River Stippe and the Vail j Mun cation issued tonight the Athens. Oct. -1. Morni Tiff occupied Seres on its evac positions on the Monts c by the bul a radians. The popu East of Rheinish and to _ almost been reached especially in making hurried preparations to the Dune country of Belgium j Glass and Alon the seat roast. Dugouts arc be de blown up there. In the arme Tieres sector the re rent of the germans continues. Tho British arc now Well to the East of Lens. Mericourt. Southeast f Lins Lias been captured by Hais .1 it n. The belgians together with Frenzen rooms have reached a Point two Yards of jail Yards Southeast of the Chapelle of tourers Road. Civilians Are being moved in a hurry from co Artrai. 15 Miles East of Ypres. No sign of Hun reserves there Aix no signs of fresh car Man reserves anywhere. There is Verj indication of disorganization int Only in the enemy infantry out j in the artillery. Riot Are reported to Hare occurred among certain Ger Man Ui-.-, in which Everi their officers participated. A British officer familiar with the entire German situation in Flanders Aid. They were placed in ambulances and taken away. Woman employed at the who a Young Plant As a Telephone operator probably never expected in her life to be under Shell fire was the. Heroine of the fire with shells bursting around her. She stuck to her Post sending out Calls for firemen and Doc tins calmly she gave directions As to the Plant. The Southern portion of the sector. U is now definitely established that j the. Belgian troops did actually i Hout -rouie.rs. But because it. Was the Peak of the wedge which they have j minister killed Alexander a Klichkoff sex Leader of october St party Keport Ett murdered by bandits where he led the october St party. I and later became speaker of the clump. Gutchkoff resigned As i minister of War . J.d17, Declar Iii that he refused to share j ability for the conditions then existing in Russia. I it. Gutchkoff in september. I joined the Korn Ilott a j few Days later. In. Was reported that he been arrested at Pskov but was released shortly after. A despatch from Amsterdam on i Une 28, declared that Gutchkoff j and prof. Paur Milukoff. Leader of the russian constitutional democrats lation . Been reduced from 25.000 to those remaining being Mofit Ley of the Stippe and the River Ames j French have slightly North of Moron Villiers. Guns posted Forward their line in the i 011, the slopes of medea will be a Calion of Hoo Giede and routers. To bombard the rear of the German i tank in support. On the Monts of Champagne. I in France Enfil Ade their l i Brilliant Al line of Retreat toward the North. The German reserves brought up to by o old men arid women and children i defend that height and who could the capture the greek have occupied the Denur do Are Coli tinting today to make Eric ans his Iii i vain counter attacks in an of Titre oct. 1. Ujj. Tack of thursday which resulted the capture of Blanc Mont by am supported by 1 Rench of now holds the entire line of the i the bulgarians in violation of Stop the Allied tid Vanc their a a re Emertt removed All Grain of Rii Eims Gen. And cattle and even the furniture from the houses. The people suffering from Hting or and were Clad in. Rags. Bulgari burning villages. Salonika oct. Villages marked the Trail of the retreating bulgarian army in Macedonia according to telegrams received Here the quickest method of reaching driven into the German lines Here rep advanced troops were drawn in a. Little ii View of the possibility thai i London oct. Guich the germans a slight Opportunity coff. Former minister of War and i of cutting them off. Meanwhile the i Leader of the october St. Party wedge in this Region wid been murdered by robbers. This in Ned and still is being widened so formation was received today by the at a per time Centra news in a despatch from arrived at Harbin 5 the belgians will take up their Rou lers positions again which they apparently can do at time they desire. In Durazzo unimportant Oer. Vienna claims Amsterdam quoting Moscow advices. Then selves at the head of counter revolutionary movement. Clemenceau and Foch Confer. Paris oct. Clemenceau passed the Day at the front where he Tad a Long conference with marshal food. Is were found in the smoking ruins at Many places by the advancing Al lies. Advices state that this work of destruction surpassed even that which been reported from districts in France and i a ilium from. Capture 3.000 prisoners. Paris. Oct. And army now holds the ensure line i uie i French forces in their victorious and Aisne canal Between and tic a Ance on the Crest of Oluic a River Aisne. Excepting bits in the the Champagne captured prob salient of sapi Shiesl Moskou acid near j owners according to the pc no a the Road from Loire to Couray. The French Day official. Canal been crossed Al la Neuville. I oct. Troops in the la Godat and Loire while the Posi j St. Quentin Region have tons in the Region of Betheny have j Casl of Berdins. Says the Wai once been improved. State in it today. Driving in wedge i american and French troops in in the Region of St. Quentin. The Ciampa one have made further of Gen. Debeney is driving a Vincus Northwest of Blanc Mont and wedge into the Hindenburg line Mode no farm. Around Les dines. Every gain of ground North and Northwest of Rheims there increases the danger to Tho Ger French i Iuva incr Sisco their troops the St. Goblin Forest and Kimiji Ovid their tie Region of Betheny. N and the entire Region East of la Fere Wuh a tar Mun cation Cut by the an e in Fere j Uon tile regi hich the germans have been driven. Wuh a tar a notifier of their who statement rends Large Navy league an. Oct the Lyric War act town and a Day nothing Surprise us. Tills Mav turn Rrt o a rout now. There is tangible evidence that the germans realize their position North East of St. Quentin is extremely pre still carious for the roads in Vienna h a Alii material damage was Ine to an official com sued today. Attempts to pen Alexander j. Gutchkoff. Minister of min Nerio. The first revolt a theatre was twice filled to capacity mans in Flanders it was Learned to 1 Qon Arv Cabinet and speaker of to the " Navy league meetings and that the Kings Wurt Tembert joined the october St party during the in that year italians pushing ahead. J lines of communication Cut by the during the night we Rome oct. A front of 50 Allied forces operating in Hamm no Advance East of be Sims the italian forces in Albania combined movements in Ion pf.St., Quentin. The Iii hit i eastward of on at. North and Northwest made an i the re Cohne to Advance during the Day that Region and con ill ii Liltz Saxony both narrowly missed done Accord the , according to line with communication which adds that in mania the Austro hungarians Are 1 withdrawing undisturbed by the r enemies. The text of the com to tiie breached Hinden Bun Coli Josted with traffic. The railways Are jammed with War material moving eastward at a great t rate and on some roads British Avi i wors have observed a Strang Naff i of civilians who Are Fly evacuated from the rear. I Bea Revoir having been penetrated two Noine. He germans soon will find the great j difficulty in arresting the pro press of the British. Prisoners say of hey Given orders to hold onto Boa toe last moment in order to give the germans an Opportunity to construe. A line at Valenciennes. British thrusts Between Fresnoy Ana the River Scarpe. Show that the Are holding on with desperation there probably in an Effort to save some of their material and Navy s jigs. C withdrawal of the front is taking place a o plans undisturbed by the pressing enemy. Wednes thirty enemy naval units and a Thieu airmen bombarded Harbor of Durazzo for in material damage was Hen the British guns suddenly opened upon it. They fled in a hurry and As far As is managed to 1 tet away safely. Some enlightening information was gained from these liberated Flemings some of them from ledge hem said i that Ever since the germans Glrst came to their town in .1914, they forced All civilians to sleep on the doors while husky germans occupied their Beds. .twenty-eight.of, the Vil la ers were killed by the germans. One of these was taken out stood against a Wall and shot. The Villag ers were fed by the american com a Mission f or Relief in Belgium ency revolution in 190 founded the news in 1917. He was i and principal Crosby of the High elected a member of the Council of i school were appointed the Empire and then of the Duma Tives for a Nedosa. Two addresses were Given in. Public schools by or. Hali Dominion com missioner. Or. Molson barrister the yesterday the War office announced today. In addition to occupying Bera t they Aie advancing in the direction o f Al Basan and Devoli Valley. Quentin would make Liui. Position i enabled the French critical. The enemy j to enlarge their lipid Semeao of Aie Tion against such a is a canal and to the line secondary to the j position that passes by k i soy arid it -. Said Iii an attempt to Penneti ate the a food Awa r with and Slid their ats failed. One gliding boat i Varia turkish official report. Tendon. Oct. Turkish official communication dated wednesday and received Here today is As lows after desperate fighting on the Heights South of Damascus in which our re guards. In conjunction Vith German defended then selves the greatest gallantry against Superior numbers until the night of b ept. So. When we were compelled to leave the town in the hands of the Portugal s Flag will Fly today today. Oct. 5. Is the eighth anniversary of the proclaiming of the Republic of portus Al. In Honor of tie Day and in compliment to Ahe people of portuguese extraction who Are with us in this country the nag of Portugal one third Green next Tho Flag staff and the rest red. Will float from the free press building until Sundown. But the germans always took i away from them and. Gave own German Bly were bad and unfit on sept. 28 that the germans ordered the villagers of ledge hem to evacuate the place but Many of them i hid in cellars in the suburbs of the. Town where they remained unil the British entered. The germans the villagers that they would. Like surrender to the scotch troops 1 sat the scots the Nasty habit of cutting the the germans when they caught feel and fore they were afraid to take a Chance the germans the villagers say also told them terrible British would do to the villagers Jar Hen Teeth villagers Manly German horses have died in Flat because there was no food of and the German told to but Automo Toi Al Tim american aviators. A successful Sas attack was nid Ltd Jav the americans on this at Vit Osnes on the Devoux. ,1 the american ens removed More than 100 furled continued on Page Taree ;