E ._..>..-'u u...~.f=a1.‘Ll1 .»- _,i‘ s.\“""" '" , .I ’ _ _ . ., _ . ., . ~ ‘»_--,vw-,-_,L`.. f-J~,,.,._;-_=»).n...-_»_ ' , » ‘rv - i 1 , l,.»_,~_.~;-vi.-.g_,. 1 . _ _ __ l~I,_\_..i~,; ._ 1 ‘ . A , . - » ~= . I ,yn _i ui, , M `.(.... .__ If . . .¢r:§,».:(`,>';.'- ‘I ,‘_ "` ‘ ' " _ , ., Iii. . .» - ‘ _. ' ' " . a " I , .‘-, #’.D\y f°\‘ the Crude UU l- “A “B951 d d h I _` d u people_ which is an excellent simile for the German SUDHIHFIHBB in C0mmiSSl0"‘ Bohemian army of about 100,000 men but Baku is far more lmD0\'i\“\i “\lH\‘ must be spread out very thinly over other. From the mouth ot the Volga rccommence an as assume rapid character which indicates that *P-"' it will probably develop into a rout. 400,000 GERMANS SUBJEC-|-ED al 's the vast expanse of Russia embraced` at the north end oi the Capslan Sen to! Geller' Mugnin strategy has been, 1-0 M051- 1-ERR|Bl_E B9M_ 1 ll tl me _ Baku lg but a nights journey by lyoap crowded with greater and morc` BARDMEN1- OF -|-HE WAR n s ac v s The Bolshevllri Government seems There is every i>l`0SD0Cl that b0f°l`0 bo be unable to command ln the field winter the 400,000 German troops in` the services of its adherents and if the the Ukraine, Transcaucasla and the counter~revolu-tionaries, the Czecho Crimea will be very busily occupied in slovaks and the troops of the republic holding Wililt they have 1" the (WW of Siberia join hands with the Japan- of loot instead oi’ continuinK their W9' speedy success than the most san- _ guine anticipated. Already hull' tho (Special to the Guardian) pocket in which the Germans have PARIS. July 28. (1.30 pan.)-Allied been operating has been rotakon and :rriillr-ry is suhji-fling th.-. entire Huis the enemy driven toward the inouti\|sons-Rhcirns .strlh-ni. within which where they must either retreat in'-l00,il0il Go|'|n.'m.~t ur-_~ vorufontrzrierl. lo ‘ . . , ' , .. . . _ _ V d t _ dvance into Asiatic R“ss|a_ ,disorder or risk 4 battle with thclr,ihc most ttrllilr. bonrbardincnl oi tho °s° and American soldiers that are a OWN army disorganized with the coni`uslon'\vur. Hundreds of thousuurls oi` shclls ~ _...r ...f-.,~,-`.....,...--_,....,.,,_M.~.-_».,.»...,_,.....,. .__ ...,_._._- »_.......-.. ..,.<_..,._,_,_.-.- _ ... of a disordered retirement. of all valihros arc being hurlc'l upon The French, British and American troop conr~onii‘at.ions, munitions und troops are pressing hard on the re-;.~uIl1ply th-pots and lines oi' oominurri treating Germans on the north oi’ tlro‘cntion from the hntilcfront to tho Marne whore a wide area has already rearmost areas. ALLIED s.u.PrEuAcv in its E-sriniisasnl been cleared of tho enemy. This deluge oi' ilro is being dirmzt- 'l‘he f0l'ces of the Allies have ruadc`cd particularly at i~‘cro Tarrluriois, lhf: grerwhoadway in the vicinity oi’ Chat- important. German concentration con- cau Thierry and have advanced about ire. Missy, Suraisne, five miles east ten miles northeast of that town no of Soissons, is .rl-to under heavv born FRENCH STEADILY ADVANCING (Special to the Guardian) PARIS, July 28. - On tho righ. bank oi' the Marne Frenclr troops have advanced their lines north of Port liinsou, On the (illum- pagnc front tho l~`r<-nr'h t'ur1‘ic'l out a local operation in the region south of tho inountain without u. name. They Irrivnm-oil on liumolirs over a [rout oi’ tliroo kilonicircs. Two liiindrcri lsrisauncrs oi` whom seven were officers have lallr-.ri into tho huiiiis oi the l<'rcriL‘h. GERMANS MUST RETIRE (Special to the Guardian) l".'\RlS, July L’R.~- The capture of Oulchy l.cr‘liz|tozu| h_v the Allis-d forr on ucortls to suggest that the entire l\lzIi‘no sullvrii, muy noon hc slrairgiit- cirvri out and thc Gi-rniuris lIcI`orcoii to reiirr- tu _the lino of thc Ardro riv- cr. Ono of the chief bencilta of such :I move io the Allies would be the rc-opening oi' tho important line of the eriat rflllwrxv through Meaux, (`h.r ' ° _ (_ _ . ‘ I _ I , .V .. . ` . , I . _ Re withstanding the fiercest rear-guard hardmcnt rendering pr:u‘tlcally use- icau Thif-rry, Dormans and Epernay, fighting less tho big Aisne Rivet bridge which l'l1is line ima in-‘en rut siure the Ger- gg Elsewhere on the Western front the* Germans 'have' been using for|Inan offcrrslve of Muay A I ae rs 1 3 0 u y en ` ' __________ W. ». __, _ _.M .ww ,__ ;____. __A___,_,. _,>,__________ __,_M_____ _VW________________w__,,_______l__~_N_w_ Were Accounted lor. l _ , M-T (Special to The Guardian) French lost only 72 Ixiachinoielplindalclllgxn N P R I N E ` 27.-A F noh oi- and twelve of these were y S n¢Ia(INI];IIiI:a clihliycerning tnsrfcsuit or ou. This Indicates a net lose of at airplane il-Ehtlnz during the first two least three German blast? f‘;l`B°{’t‘:"’;| . . .. . s weeks in July, shows how recklessly lirench machine. The r o o r h losses is equally' low. The acriul supp' _ untru are the Gorman reD0FlH WMC invariably place the losses of the Al- romacy of the Allies isGnow ind'i;lllll. gl, ble and latterly the ermans uve ues at mom twice to three “mes Use' 3 t f e the music This rs' rl the fourteen days in iusal of battle is not due to cows incurred by the German aviation ser- not cared o ac - mil ty , _ _ _ _ vice. Du ng , question. which incIud'ed~the closing- ice for the German fliers aret bangs! hose of the Battle of the Aisne and men, though less thorouSh1y fi* ~ P t’ th Alli d armies. lt is “W °““"° 9°“.°d of the hams of the than those 0 Bit finders issued to' . . ly the resu o | Oi e, the French aviators and anti l>I`0b“b irs ft unners destroyed Of f0l`0°d P\`°"°“t th” Wasmge °f °'Vi“"°" and. a era Il . _ b min . danserously to land in French territory. 199 airplanes from eco Z is tori German planes. ln addition 161 oth- large. When vitalnccesslty M' 93 I b- irpla-no activity either in HEIIUHE 01' "B were damaged' many of them pm 'A h G an machines have to' ably being destroyed although no as-'scoutingt e erm sursnce could be had ‘lf ""°° '_ V , I (Special to The Guardian) [stayed to iight not for loot but for the former' French front line has been ref time in whit-h to remove his stores. established and that elsewhere an ad- LONDON, July 27.-The capture by` , 4 , . _ , , I IIYIIS IIISNIISSIII IIAISINII RAILWAY RIIIIS [MPI mom SERVICE, (Special to The Guardian) WINDSOR, Ont., July 27.--Declan mg mst me orovewi i“°'°““° '“ (special re The ouarutml might rates vu Clm'=di*=“ f“"'°“‘“‘ orrawa. July' 21.-The postures-l which will amount to from 40 to 60 tm. genemys department lm, per cent. will mean the closing down nouned postmasters ln the val-_ Of C8l'lill¥l l¥ld\\Bl-T195 A" mm vlclmw’ ions cities of the west where the post the -border chamber of commerce will al employe” are on 5¢,|l¢¢,_ that .them forward protestng letters to Ottawa. who “med to mm,-n to Wm-lr today Since the freflht rates were increased ph 1| be regarded as dismissed from ‘ _ by U18 Ul'||l»0d 3'-lil" 9°"°"“m°m Am" Eh; service It would' Hllllear lllilt the; V€1i'Kli\g- upon lforo-en-'I`¢\rdenoiln_ and divisions now available for immediate _ ` inf the pre-sent rate of progress s con- l _ or wer R erica-n manufacturers have been sav clues affected lncmde wlnnlpeg, Cul.i use nf mal vas reserve 1 - , fi h ld t the ne'my out , _ _ ing from $40 to $100 on every Car Ol' gary, Regina. Moosejaw, Saskatoon. “““° B °“ img B 'hundred divisions with which the Ger fl‘0i$~ht IYIIDDGG DY “SWK C°°°m““ -Vancouver. Mid Vl°l°\`l'* and 5"’ ¢°”'» egg; Qhgbrxherosistanec of the A-rmif ;mnrnl§1:de;§.ciae.t out m March to win H tum for shipments destined to rwlnts lined in urs west. weet of Spokane. ANNOUNCEMENTS- THE WEATHER '° COMING EVENTS, TEMPERATURE, ` MEETINGS. BTO. TIDE, MOON, ETO. is-1 ' "THB PLAC=`FOR A HOLIDAY TORONTO. July Z7.-M0d0l'!il~9 il undoubtedly the McMillan Hotel, on west wtlnds. fine and warm. the Nor-th Shore. Large airy rooms. The tide will be billl thi! °"°"“°°“ dns cuisine. moderate terms, Tele- l at 3.46; it will be high Tuesday mom- lllmne today. ti ing at 3.17 and Tuesday afternoon et ' 3.55. “There will be a Joint meeting oi’ The sun. sets today Bl 5-02 *md Boyne and St. G r es L. 0. L. in Tuesday at 5.03 n. Thirty Divisions Now Available of the More Than a Hundred Divisions with- whiCh the March Offensive was Begun. The French l'lave Taken Several Positions and are Now Crowding Up to Fere-en- Tardenois, the Centre ofthe German Communication System Where Large Quantities of_ Munitions are Stored. At Present Rate of Pro- gress the Germans will Eeither be Bottled L'p in or Driven Out of the Marne Salient. , Foch uns not acconioriatmg the ene my‘s depots and roads have been shelled and bombed continually for a week und' In defending- its stores tho German Army has been so out up that Prince is h“vl"`K “ ham unm or it in the Crown l’rince's reserves have been M limit Oujch is brit six _ me “me BH ' y ‘ reduced to tho vanishing point in mak miles west of Fere-cn-Tardcn-ois and is mg good me wusw_ge_ the French of Oulchy Le Chateau and the re-capture of Ville Montolre with 700 prisoners, fu-mish indisputable ev- idence that the army oi' the Crown thocemre or enemy suhnlv system in, i tho salient. The French operating al- ONLY 30 OH/‘SIONS OF 'mg the Ourcq and the Americans com-l GERMAN RESERVES LEFT ing up from the Marne th-rough the I mresté M Few "mr or mz are (mul, There are believed to he hut thirty of Von Boehm on this part of the er p front is doubtless duo to the fact that HEAVY Fm"-"NG the Germans had gathoi-ed' at Fore-en-_I SOUTHWEST OF RWEM3 Tardnols great stores of munitions. 4 'nd “WH” mr' the advance "Wu, There was comparative quiet on that Pad* TM °°“5°"m°“- °! me "snr part of tho front south of the Ourcq vante oi’ about a mile has been made in the sectors whore on July 15th the French fell bark to their battle posi- tions. During these operations 1100 pnisoilcrs, 70 guns and 200 mach- ine guns had been taken. Y UNSUOCQSSFUL ATTACKS ON BRITISH POSITIONS (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, July 27.-Briilsh day and night reports tell oi' unsuccessful Iiiinrks by the elicrny on the recently won British positions around Meter-en. There was also some sharp fighting around Hehuteme on the Albert sec- tor. There are no signs ot an enemy assault, in force on the British front. HEAVY AERIAL FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, July 27.-Throughout ,io the thronc. We have met as we -great debt ot gratitude to you for looming at considerable inconvenience American Army In Than 5,000. ~ (Special to The Guardian) PARIS, July 27.-Among- the prls -oners Captured in the Aisha Marne Battle was a nephew oi' Prince Von Yluelow the former. Gorman imperial (`hansly the King yew ,f|crrlay. “\Vc, the representatives ol ‘tho (lovvrumcut oi` tho Empire who lcorraiiiutc tho imperial War (7onl`¢-.r- vricv, rl(-.~.~'.ix~e hetoro returning to our imriivre to ulgairi express our icelinl.: of Ilisvotion to your blajeuty ami loyalty “lid lnst. year in a time ni' stress and anxiety, which have evoked the hope everywhere ol continuing unanimity' oi' r_e-solution to preserve their rights' and liberties which proved to the world that war and suffering did noi tend to dissolve but rather to unite the, Empire. Whatever the future may iceep‘in store we are couiidr-nt, that _vour people in ovory part of your Ilominionu will in u most iixotl und determined nlannr-r niainiuinv your Empire against the barharniis and' periiidious e.nr=n1_v without; wthlle drawing closer' within the bonds, being; each it part in unity ot’ which the, throne is the outward visible sym- hcl," KING GEORGE'8 REPLY The King`s reply was as foilowsz- “i have rrr_'clveti your loyul and patri- otic address, with peculiar pleasure. and I thank the members oi' the con- ference for coming here personally to he present at it. I rejoice to have tho opportunity of speaking to you ull pcwlorially before you r‘eiurr1` to your homes. The Empire owcs a to yourselves ond to the countries you represent, and at grave personal ‘rlsk, to take personal counsel of my ‘ministers of tho home country hero in the metropolis oi the Empire. ’I`hnI such meetings can regularly take' place ol the representatives of all the overseas dominions is a signal ,proof of tho pow.-roiiha British Ern- pire to keep open the pathway of the sea. lt must bo a source of Inorti- fication to uur enemy. I rejoice that the great romrnonwealtli of Australia is represented on the present occa~ sion and that for the first time repre- I Huw HIHIINI untill ALBANIA I ' (spasm to The ouaranml Rome. July 27.-The odlciai com- fmuniv-aiion issued Friday says "In Ai# partation service in so great that there has been no possibility oi removing those stores during the past week to places of safety behind the Vesle or _tho Alllle. it is thol|¢ht P0ss|bla that the cancellation of the order ofthe 19th to retire _to the Vesie was due to the break down of the enemy trans- port service and the imllvsllbillty 0! saving the Amy's food and munitions 4 se I. ° St. Georges bod” mom “might ai Tho last quarter of the moon will be s u-clock. |mosn.snt'ion‘»mau. as Tucson. my 3°- “V9-14 I- ‘“~ ,.( _ _in a hurried retreat. So Von Boehm yesterday, the infantry on both sides rotnainlnar III their trenches. The con- tre of activity was in the region south- west of Rhcims where there has been extremely hard fighting for several days. East of Chatilion the French advanced further north or the Marne. A report of the operations of the the week tho aerial 'fighting ou theli hiiilla \V0'l¥\¢iHllH!-‘ Dnemy :.-eff 11~ff-rf:-*fr-v‘ » -=-~ - - - ~ - - - '~ Y Y Y ~ ~Y Y Y ~ Y Y - - 'a rr ' T ' T ~ ‘ ' ' ' ' r- *" T . _ ` _ _ M _ _ _V _‘_ _ _ _ ___Y_____________________Y __v.___________.“__ _-_»_,~_-_~_»_-_~_~_ _-_- -_-_~_J_-_~_-_-_-_-_~_~_-_-y_ _ _ _ _ Y _ _ _ _ ~»- -» - _ . _ - ~»~ - - - - - - ~ mp QTHER 1MpopTAN'r TELEGRAMS SEE PAGE SIX, I ¢ i , -u *T0 DAIRYMIN--IANITAIY