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NOW FIGHTING FOR
HINDENBURG LINE
North and South Extremes of the Line Under
Bombardment by British and French. British Advanced on 20 Mile Front Reaching Po- sition Ileld by them Before March 2|.
‘ (Special to The Giisiiwlian)
LONDON, SCPQ. 9.-Berlin says “ on the battlefront
we are everywhere in our new positions.” This statement is an admission of a general retreat to the Hindenburg line on all that part of the battlefront from Arras to the Aill-ette River. On the north and on the extreme south the Hindenburg line itself is under attack by the French armies. On Saturday in theiregion between Cambrai an 'I St. Quentin and for some distance southof the Quentin Peronne road British troops advancing on a front of 20 miles pressed forward and reached at most points the front held by them before German attack of March 21. At one point north of Havrincourt they captured a strong position on the west bank of the Canal Du Nord taking a number of prisoners and machine guns. At oth- ers they closely followed the German rear guards infiict- ing numerous casualties. The capture of Roisell, an ini- portant road centre to the east of Peronne and the high ground to the south forced the enemy to retire on a wide front as far south as the St. Quentin canal. The former British front in this region is not yet held in foce.
A bulletin issued in,London last night states that
“advanced British troops have entered the different sys- tems of their old battle line held prior to the German offensive last March.” This statement, taken in conjunc- tion with `tlie German report that everywhere the Ger- man- troops are in their new positions, indicates that the
enemy is prelpared to resist an attempt to breach the Hindenburg ine between St. Quentin and La Fere north of Cambrai. Of course the capture of the Drocourt switch by Canadian and British troops gives opportunity for an
enveloping movement which may render unnecessary :~ fronta -attack upon the Hindenburg line in the regio between Cambrai and St. Quentin. The French upon thai part of the front held by them between the St. Quentin Canal and the Aisne are in close touch with the Hinden- burg line at most points and at the villages of Sercais and B'arisis have partially breached it. Sercais lies on the southern side of a wide marshy valley through which the Oise runs southwestward toward Chauny. As out works of the forest positions of St. Gobain a vital part of the Hindenburg line south of the Oise the -enemy held a num- ber of villages located on the southern of the Oise Val- ley. These villages from west to east are Sinceny. Amig- ny and Servais. The two former were captured after stiff fighting Friday and on Saturday night the French reach- ed the outskirts of Soivais. Here upon the northern fringe of the forest and some what less than two miles from St. Gobain village after passing through the low forest of Coucy they captured the Hamlet of Petit Bar- risis and the French stormed and took the village of Bar- isis, slightly to the east. They stand now upo_n the edge of 'the forest and in close touch with the main Hinden- burg line. _, _ __.
g A PLAY THAT GRIPS
Yesterday forenoon, by special invitation a number
of citizens were permitted an advance view of the great patriotic production “It is for England” which is to be produced at the Prince Edward tomorrow afternoon an rl evening. The play is a dramitized edition of the novel by the same name and intended to depict the machinatioiis of the hidden hand prior to and since the beginmngiof the _wariand also to show how the British Empire re- -sponded t othe call to arms. It is a realistic, gripping pro-I duction,`,,full of tense situations, appealing to_the imagin- ationand patriotism of every~one_ _who sees it. No ex- Pénse seems to have been spared in‘putting~the story ori the screen, special permission having been granted the British Admiralty and War Office to takemoving pic- tures of Naval and Military scenes. '_I‘he British House of Commons also gave special permission to have ciremat- ographic views of a full dress _ debate in the historic chamber and well known politicians may be seen adress- ing the House. The great mobilization scene_o_n the eve of the war is graphically depicted and the military scenes- and enthusiam of Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zea- land, South Africa and-India are thrown on_ the screen in a' manner calculated to arouse the enthusiasm ofthe audience. In addition to the plot revealing the machin- ations of the .hidden land,a delightful love story runs throu iiotlt the ten film reel This is a picture which ev-
I » I - ‘ ` h ' th t 'ii ig 5.»i=<»ii},-‘?`,°..§’;,," I.°2,‘§’,,3‘.§1iiit5‘f§i..*it 2.23.23 stlgekdr. “A i ){,éérinany.ln those early _days
GERMAN iiesisilncs
»csEAILv,i,ucnEAsf;n
Have Launched Nhinber of Colinter Offensive
But in Their Retreat they, 'Left important
.Supplies Behind. Indication? are -they will
Defend the Line to the Utm sf.
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` (Special to The Giiaiiuilliii) LONDON, Sept. 9.-Paris intimates that the Ger-
mans are offering greatly increased resistance and south 0 fthe Ailette have made a number of counter attacks. The official report from Paris states that during the re- treat of Saturday toward the Hindenburg line, in the region between the Somme an dthe Oise, the enemy left everywhere in the hands of the 1, pursuing troops very important supplies. The intenti of the Germans to defend the Hindenburg line to the E 'most is indicated
hy a great increase of their artillery V re all along the ront. ‘.4
A storm of wind and rain which roke on Saturday
and continued throughout yesterday as greatly inter_- fred with operation all along the front south of Arras.
.Und-er these conditions it will take ‘ the British and
French several days to bring up and mount a sufiicient number of guns to reply adequately to the German bombardment. We may therefore expect a lull in the battle unless Foch begins a new engagement elsewhere along the battle front. '
BRITISH ANI) l"ItEN(.‘l'l (l()N\'}‘}l((ilIN(l ON LA FERIG (Special to The (iiiaiwliaii)
LONDON, Sept. 9.-Pushing aheagl today between
Peronne and St. Quentin British pa rols have occuép- ied the towns of Vermand, five and a half miles north- west of St. Quentin and Vendelles two miles from Vermand. Th`e British this morn- ing were attacking Gouzecourt, south east of Havrin- courtwood. They are on the western and northern edge of Ephy within two and a half miles of the Hindenburg line, twelve miles south of St. Quentin. The town is the. have passed through the village. French troops now hold the Crozat Canal, practically along its whole length. They are only four miles from St. Quentin and their cav-
'alry patrols are close to La Fere. La Fere is one of the
principal Allied objectives. It is behind the Hindenburg line, twelve miles south of St. Quentin, The town is oi strongest points in the Hindenburg defence system and is of the highest strategic importance.
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FRENCII A'1‘ G.»\'l‘E.S‘ OF L'A l"}‘}RE (Special to Tho (iii:\i'di:i|I
PARIS, Sept. 9.-The French 'are at the gates of La,
Fere which is still aiiame. The fall of this Bastion of the! Hindenburg which the Allies were unable to_occupy inl 1917 is probable.
MANGIi\"s 'i‘IcOOl’s ON 'l‘III<:lIt |917 l’OS|'l'ION
' (Special to The (iuai'di:|ii WITH THE FRENCH ARMI_ES IN FRANCE, Sept.
9.-The troops of General Mangin, between the Aisne and the Oise Rivers, are now virtually behind their old wire entanglements in their old trenches of 1917 along the edge of the Forest of Coucy and through the w_estern horn of the St. Gobain forest. The Germans are only two hundred yards _away and in some places they are in pos- itions on the old Hindenbuig line that are iainiy visible
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‘from theheights west of Chateau Coucy.
- ADMIRA Ii'l‘Y (‘()N(ilI{i\'l‘IIl..\'l`I‘IS SIR
i A D0ll(iLi\S IIA IG _
' (Special to The (iunrdinn _
. LONDON,`Sept. 9.-Sir Eric Greddes, first Lord of
the Admiralty has telegraphed to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig the heartiest congratulations of the Ad- miralty- on the triumphant continued advance of the British armies in France. ,
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BRITISH TOOK 19.000 l’RIS()NERS l*`Il{S'll \VI‘}El{
IN SEl"|‘l‘ll\ll¥El{ .
i (Special to The Gimrdlan)
An official report announces that more than 19,000
grisoners were taken by the, British in France during the rst week of September. i .
AMERICANS RE.\D\' 'ro MO\'E ON Loim.-\INE
LONDON, Sept. 9.-There is as yet no sign of an
American offensive on a large scale on the Lorraine front buts cable`from' Paris announcesihat secretary, Baker of the United States war de artment has reached France
accompanied l;y an otlicisl garty. Deipatches during the pdlitfwesit hav ’_i'n‘¢l_i§x_til;'eilUtlIat,_iTyener Pei~shing’s organ- - nation 'of 'the' iirdt n‘iérican,_i .ggmyi .is _almost ' complete. Tim resence of the war Secret y-may mean thefnter
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NEW UP-Tl]-IJATE
There arrived in Churlottciown, on`
Saturday night, for the Prince Enward Isl-iinil Railway, two brand new Mogul engines Nos, 32 and 33 the [in est creation oi’ their kind ever brought to this' province. They' are of the heavy type-narrow guage-and were brought here direct from the works of the Caiiallilaii liocoinotlve C0., Ltd Kiiigston, Ont. These engines are the vanguard ol’ two others which are due to arrive heie within the next
two iveeks. They came froin King- ston in ciiurgo of Mi‘. Alex Van Aiy'- tlne, ldiigiiiie (fomniissloner, having left the works on Aug. 20th, and were met at Tornientlne y Mr. A. J. lioule. who left here at 4 o'cock Thursday and supsrlnteiideil the work ol' nuload~ Ing them from the flat cars, and had [hem In (`h:ii‘lollelown under their own steam in good time for 'Saturday evening everything working most sfitlsiihctorily.
date in all respects, having everything about them that ls to he found In the best standard engines made and even ln appearnce alone ,they have a decid- edly superior look. They are equipped with electric headlights and the E. T. equipment ulr-brake and Walshei' valve motion, which means the last
These engines are thoroughly up-to-H
ENGINES HERE
FIIII THE P. E. ISLAND RAILWAY
word in modern engine construction. They euch carry 175 pounds of steam pressuie and the tanks have a cnpac~ ity for 30,000 gallons. The engines weigh forty-eight tons dry and when equipped for the road eighty -eight tons. The cab has steam guoges. slgnl ilgbts and eiich engine is fitted with ii steam-lieuting process for warming all the cars, both back and from of the engine.
The securing of these new
narrow gangs engines, does not mean that the P. E. I. R. is to con- tinue indefinitely to be ii narrow guage road. They were purchased with the intention of facilitating the hroudenliig of the guage,, which work is now being rapidly proceeded with. It is expected that the guage betweeen Charlottdtown and Borden and be- tween Borden and. Surnmerslde will be completed this autumn. The other engines are being put in repair one by one and soon will be in better shape than they sve been for a long tline. The Canadian Loco- motive Co., Ltd are tui'nlng out on an average three engines a week. The building of a narrow guage engine entails as much work as the standard.
The company has two thousand men employed _
forces reported in the week
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GERMAN \\".-\RS}III’ SUNK '
`iIici'r is iii ff\`.`s'"i`i`K`i?ifi il:'f§f"l'i?*(ii`t""i'§`f-i'II=.iii‘ ".`\"`i-§il:`ii"
V (Spe,cial to Thc (iliardiaii)
LONDON, Sept. 9.--Casualties am‘ong the British
ending Saturday totalled
20,640 oiiicers and men compared with an aggregate of 14,484 reported in the previous week. _
(Special to The (iuardlan) `
LONDON, Sept. 9.-A German warship off Holland
has been mined or torpedoed were drowned.
and sunk. Many of her crew
ENMEY I’l)i\i\'S l"RI7S'I`l{A'1'l:`.l)
(Special to The Guartliaii)
LONDON, Sept. 9.-The stock of coal and metal
captured along with large quantities of war material prove it was the eiienify’s intention to occupy the Somme battle front during the winter months. _
war on China, and Japanese
sIisEnI.i_s'I_'_rIiIrEIi (Special to The Guardian)
LANDON, Sept. 9.-The Bolsheviki has declared
troops now occupy Khabar-
ovsk, Siberia, capital of thc Maritime Provinces.
AERIAL \VARFARE
(Special to 'I‘lie Gimrdian)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Sept
(Special to The (iiIaI'Ilii|.ii
9.-A big German drive to bring victory by autumn is what Ludendorff is planning, according to Capt. Van Alberts en whose father is said to be one of the Kaiser’s
advisors. I '
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(i‘rl'iR.\I.f\NS AN'l‘l(‘ll’.\'l`l'] l"Ul{»'l`llER l{E'l`Rl'}A'l‘
PARIS, Sept. 9.--Members of theLandsturm sap-
pers Corps today are building a new line of defence. It
is believed the German command proposes to make this conform to the Meuse line in the event that a retreat to it is necessary before winter.
(‘i\N.»\I)IAN (il0\'El{.i\'l\lEN'I‘ \\'ILL ISSUE \\'EEKLY PAPER
OTTAWA, Sept. 9.-A weekly is to be published by
mation. i
the Government following the lines of the U. S. public- ation. The Canadian official record “will aim to keep its readers fully informed of the actions and decisions of the Government and the activities and programmes of the Government departments, more particularly in con- nection with war efforts. The papers will be issued under the direction of Mr. Nicholls, director of publicinfor-
NOT MORE 'rII.-\N TWO AND A lI.\LI~‘ MILLION GERMANS IN LINE (Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, Sept. 9.-Reuters correspondent in
France states that the Germans appear to have no more than1,250,000 bayonets at their disposal for the present operations and expresses the opinion that there are not more than two and a half million German troops alto- gether b'etW,¢¢I1, the North Sea and Switzerland. If the information. upon- which this statement is based is at all accurate the commander in chief of the Allied armies might well decide that a general offensive not merely
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Messrs Hyndnian & Co., receivcifl
advice Saturday night that the Si-Ii ooner Clifford May was ashore noni- East Point and likely I total loss. Captain Bain and crew got safely ashore. The vessel had just discharg. ed ii cargo of coal, at New London
and wal; on her return voyage in Sydney in ballast, Salvage from tho wreck will probably be taken to Sou- rls where It will be disposed of by' auction.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURE,
FIDE, MOON, ETC.
TORONTO, Sep 10 North Easterly
winds occasional showers.
The tide wlll_ be_ high this after-
noon at 2.51 and tomorrow at 8.31; It will be high tomorrow morning at 2.24 and Thursday at 2.48.
The sun sets this evening at 7.40
and 'tomorrow at 7.38; it rises tomor- row moming at 6.51 and Thursday at 6.52.
The moon rises tonight at 9.40. There was a new moon on Thurs-
day, Set. 5th at 6.44 a. In. -
The first quarter of the moon will
be on Friday, Sept. 13th at 11.02 a. m.
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