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Flesherton Advance, 21 Sep 1916, p. 7

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' 3 THIRD GERMAN UNE IS SMASHED BY THE BRITISH Haig's Troops Pierce, Shatter and Occupy the Enormous Thiep- val-Combles Barrier. London, Sent. 15. â€" The British tore wide open the enormous Thiepval- 1 Combles salient. In a twelve-hour battle on the eight-mile front from Thiepval to Ginchy, in the face of twelve hundred of the Kaiser's most powerful Runs â€" 150 to a mile â€" th«y stormed, pierced, shattered and then occupied that stretch of the German front north of the Somme which hitherto had afted as a block to their advance on Combles and Bapaume. The barrier broken down. Sir Douglas Haig's troops pu.^hed considerably be- yond it to the north-east, carrying the menace of the Somme drive almost as ominously close to Bapaume as it is to Combles and Peronne. The end of the fighting saw the British in possession of practically all the high ground between Combles and the Albert-Pozieres-Bapaume highway. Three villages â€" Flers, Mar- tlnpuich and Courcellette â€" and High Wood, were completely captured, as was the greater part of Bouleaux Wood. The powerful German redoubt called "Wunderwerk" (Wonderwork), because of its supposed impregnabil- ity, was taken by storm in the turning of the salient's tip near Thiepval. More than 2,300 prisoners were tak- en, including 65 officers. The day was the most successful for the British since the initial phase of the Somme battle. For three days their infantry had enjoyed compara- tive rest, while the artillery paved the way for the new crush. Frenrh Co-operated. The French, though r it launching an attack on a large front, worked hand-in -hand with the British in drawing the ring around Combles still Markets Of The Worldi"HELL" MACHINE OF THE BRITISH closer. The French War Office an^ nojnces that General Foch's troops took a system of German trenches 500 metres deep north of Le Frieze farm, which f(;ll into their hands yes- terday. The British took by storm a group of Gorman trenches south of Raneourt, two miles from Peronne. South of the Somme tl.ey captured three Ter.ton trenches near the vil- lage of Berny-on-Santerrc, taking 200 prisoners. Apart from the results scored, the resumption of the British part in the Somme drive was remarkable for two features. Never before has an attack been marked by .such close and successful co-operation by the "eyes of the army," the aviators. The clash of the infantry legions on the blood- soaked ground was accompanied by a battle royal in the air. The British fliers were met by a cordon of Teuton aviators, and two air fleets vieing with one another in daring, tenacity and skill. The British, according to the night report from headquarters, proved their superiority. Thirteen German machines were destroyed; nine others were brought down in a damaged condition. The British lost four. Cheered as They Charged. The second spectacular feature of the battle was the introduction by the British for the first time of a new type of armored motor car, whose powerful traction enables it to cross trenches and shell craters as if going over smooth ground. A number of these new "wonder machines" whir- red into the buttle with the infantry and in the midst of the hail of shell the men cheered as they charged. Toronto, Sept. 1»â€" Manitoba wh«at â€" No. 1 Nortliein. $1.65i ; No. 2 Northern. $].63i ; No. i Northern. $1.1)04 ; No. 4 wheat, $1.B6J, track Bav porta. Manitoha oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., SGic ; No. 3 C.W.. 5f,lr ; eMxu No. 1 feed. 55ic ; No. 1 feed. 55c, track Buy ports. American corn â€" No. 3 jbIIow. Oaio, track Toronto. Ontario oatH â€" New. No. 2 white, !il to 58o ; No. 3 white, 60 to 52c. accordinff to frel.Thts outside. Ontario wheat â€" New crop. No. 2. fo'jl'^sf'No: roommeTS'-''n.2Vlo Standard gives the following details $1. 24 : No. 3 ooinmiirciai, $1.17 to $1 20, of the new armored cars used by the a<Tordln(r to frclehts outside. n,.ifi.li i.< fV,,. ,iT„c,f. Peatâ€" No. 2. $2.00 to $2.10. acoordlnK Ul lili'n in me west, to frclRht.M outside. Barlcv â€" Malting. SO to 87c, nominal : feed. SO to S2c. nominal, according to frei^rlitH outHlde. Buckwheat â€" Nominal, according to frolKhts nutslde. Hye â€" .\o. 2. new. $1.13 to $1.15 ; No. 1 commercial, nominal, according to TreiirhtM out.slde. Manitoba I'lour â€" Fir.st pateiUs. in jute hags, $s.00 ; necond p,-ilents. In Jute hiigH. $8.10 ; Hirong huker.s'. In julu bags. $7.00. Toronto. Ontario flour â€" New winter to wample. .$11.25. in basra, tracii. i.m.mh... ^ ^ , ^ .i • i ^ ^ \. prompt HhipmtMit . new, aocordlng to constructed to cover the wide.st trench shl""'i'.'' '*''"''' ''""' "'"'^â- â„¢''''' "â- '"'"P* or shell hole and to enable the vehicle Millfeeilâ€" Car lots, delivered Montreal to tackle almost any depth of mire. fi'plght.s, iiags includedâ€" Bran, per ton. Their crews are protected by varving $2S • shorts, per ton. $2!i ; middlings. _,, „ „ . , . • " pe- ton. $30 ; good feed flour, per bag. numbers of armored plates, any one â- '"u^ .V , , . M » : °f which is impervious to machine per''toV$9'J'o'Ty.5Vi'"'tr'ao*k'T(.ronto. " " «"» or rifle Are as well as shrapnel .Strawâ€" Car iot.H, per ton. $7 to $s. bullets, and it is asserted that onlv a track Toronto. j ,1;^^^^ ,,5^ f^^^ ^ g^,, ^^ ^^^.^^ ^.gji-,,,.^ Cotmtry Produceâ€" Wholoaale. \ '^o"'*' P"! "^"^ "^ these monsters out Butter â€" I'"resh dairv. choice. 30 to 32c ; of commission. Inferior. 21 to 25c: creamery prlnm. 35, "While from a defensive point of Late.st Device in Warfare is a Winner Offensively and Defensively. London, Sept. Ki. â€" The Evening "Britain's latest weapon of war is nothing more nor less than a huge land ship fully armored and capable of travelling at fair speed over the shell-battered and cratered terrain of Picardy. Designed, as they are, to traverse the most difficult country and to sweep away all obstacles in their path, they naturally are of fair- • according [y large size, with caterpillar wheels I'k. Toronto. ' ..,. .1 .1^^ 1. WITHDRAWAL TO INNER UNE OF DOUAI, CAMERA! AND LAON German "Straightening of the Front" in Western Theatre E.\- pected to be Forced at Once. do., can- to 37.- : solids. 34 to 3Bc Eggsâ€" .N'ew-lald, 34 to 3 ! .ns. 38 to 40c. Dressed poultry â€" Chlcken.s. 25 to 27c : fowl. IK to 20c ; (lucks. IS to 20c. Ijtye poultry â€" <;iilckens. 17 to 18c : fowl, 14 to Itic ; ducks, 13 to 15c. Cheese â€" New. large. 21 i t» 22c ; twins, 21J to 2131- . iriplels, 2H to 22c. Honey â€" Extra line iinalltv. 2i-lb tins. 12i to I3c : r.-lb. tins, 12 to 124c; 10-lh. tins. 11} to 12c: co-lb., 11 to lUc Comb honey, select. $2.40 to $2.75 ; No. 2. $2 to $2.25. Potatoes â€" (>ntarlos. Columbia Uose. pel- b;ig, wick, coblers. per b;ig, lioans â€" Hand-pliked. $5. $2.25 ; British $2 ; New I'.runs- $2.35. $5. so . primeu. FrovlBlons â€" Wholesale, Sniokod meats -Hams, mediur.i 26e ; do., heavy, 22 to to 37c ; ' reakl'ast ba backs, plain, 2U to 27c ; boneless, TAKE NO PRISONERS ORDER TO GERMANS Soldiers Instructed to Despatch Them With Bayonet. A despatch to New York says: From official British sources The New York Times received on Tuesday the translatitn of a letter found on a German prisoner captured in the bat- tle of the Somme. The prisoner, writing to his family in Stuttgart, said that the Germans had received or- ders "to take no prisoners, but to despatch them with the bayonet." With the translation came a photo- graph of the original letter, which w^as addressed to "Karl Koch and family, Kaltenal, near Stuttgart." A part of the letter, as officially translated, follows: "And now we had three days' rest, and I could get nothing at all to drink except costly wine. It is very dis- agreeable to us that we are obliged to go through it once again; you can- not conceive it. So many of our com- rades are missing, who have fallen or were wounded during the week, and now ..we are obliged to go through it once more. Oh dear! Here we have proper Englishmen against us, and have orders to take no prisoners, but to despatch them all with the bayon- et, which I would not be sorry to do. But they are always getting more prisoners from us, and what do they do with them?" POINCARE'S THANKS TO BRITISH KING. A despatch from London says: President Poincare telegraphed King George in reference to his award of the Military Cross to the town of Verdun: "The French army has received with pride this high testimony of esteem given by the august sovereign of a great friendly allied country." The King in reply, said: "It was a real pleasure for me to award the Military Cross to the heroic town of Verdun, whose name ever shall evoke ineffaceable recollec- tions of victory in her glorious re- sistance against the stubborn and re- iterated attacks of the common en- emy." I Pickled or dried cured meat.s. less than eured. Smoked ine.^ts â€" I-ong clear bacon. 18 to IS Jo per lb. Lard- â€" Pure T...'ird. tierces, 17 to M\c : tubs. 17i to 17ic : pails. 174 to 17^â- . Compound. 13J 10 133e Mon-trcal Markets. a (lelensive point view they are almost perfect, their ' offensive qualities are even superior, 1 and when they have cleared a trench , of the enemy or have forced the sur- vivors into the shelter of their dug- ( outs, these land ships â€" 'tanks,' as the . Tommies prefer to call them â€" have | another little surprise in store for the ! beaten enemy, about which perhaps il were wise not to say more. I "Most of the great engineering I works in Britain can claim a .share in the production of these armored cars. ; They are built in parts at different factories in order to preserve the 3i- ; cooked. 35 secret. of their construction, and they n, 25 to 27c ; .^j.^. ^1^^,,^ assembled at a central fac- ! tory under the supervision of experts , of the armored car division." Hall Cainc, in a special article, says he has been told that if the allies hi 1 .1.000 "tanks" the war would be over I in a month. I Other wi'iters say that the "tanks" ' smash trees and other like obstacles A despatch from Paris says: By its victories last week the French of- fensive has ac-hieved what the Ger- mans asserted was im.possible. It has driven a wedge right through the or- â-  iginal German front, has definitely „ "broken the line" of boaKt.ed impreg-; nable fortifications .stretching across France from beyond the north-west- ern frontier to the limits of Switzer- 1 land. I The village of Bouehavesnes and I'Abbe Wood farm beyond it were clearly behind the rows of trenches . which aerial observation showed to be barring the French advance when the Somme offensive began. That under the menace of the onrushing French tide the Germans have hastily con- structed other lines still further in the rear of the lost positions does not de- tract from the moral value of the achievement that filled the battle- weary troops with enthusiasm. Tremendous as is the moral value of the late.st success, its strategic . effects are even more important still. Highroad No. 37 of the great arteries feeding the German front has been cut between Bapaume and Peronne, and by their advance beyond Hill 70 the French now menace directly and already sweep with their artillery the main road from Paris to Lille via Cambrai, the loss of which is expected to fori e the German high command to consider seriously the necessity of a withdrawal to the inner line, Douai, Cambrai, Laon, that famous "short- ening of the front" that is expected here to mark the beginning of the end. Of more immediate value is that Peronne is now under French Are from the north, west, and south, which cuts it from all communica- tions except along communication trenches or by dangerous night trans- port. Now insteail of being "before Per- onne," the French are at its very gates. 5 AUSTRIAN POSITIONS TAKEN BY ROUMIAN INVADERS More Than Nine Hundred Prisoners and Much War Matsrial Captured in Transylvania. :i to d. 35 27c ; 28 to 1 cent London, Sept. 17.â€" Tlie capture of five Austrian positions by the Rou- manians operating in the Transylvan- ian Alps was announced by the Bu- charest War Office to-night. Ten of- ficers and 900 men were taken prison- ers. The statement says: "On the north-western front we oc- cupied Somerod, Almas, Cohalm and Faogaras. We took 'JIO prisoners, in- cluding ten officers, and captured some war material. In the Strecu valley, Bran Hill was captured by UK. We took 7li prisoners. Our bat- teries sank two munitions barges near the mouth of Lorn River. "In the Dobrudja there were en- gagements with advanced detach- ments of the enemy." Montreal. Sept. I!'. â€" (tats -Canadian . ,. . • i i- Western. No. 2. tioir ; do.. No. 3. tiOc . to their progress, including wire en- evtra .No. 1 feed. tiOc ; .Nn 3 local white, tanglement;;, with the greatest ease. 54ic. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat _,, 1 41. 1 x i _ 11 patents, liists, $8.70 : 10.. seconds. $.s.20; They carry both large and small guns, strong bakers'. $S ; \Vinter patents, choice, $7.75 ; sIrulKht rollers. $7.10 to $7.30 : do.. In bags, $3.40 to $3. 50. U<dled oats â€" BarrnlH, $4.S5 to $5.06 : bag of !M) lbs., $2.»0 to $2.»0. MlUfeedâ€" Uran. $2r. ; shorts, $28 : middling' S3o : moullllu. $2! to 34. Hay â€" N>j. 2. per ton. car lota, $13 to $14. Cheesi â€" Finest westerns. 21 to 2II0.. do., easterns. 20J to 2oiic. But- ter â€" Choicest creamery. 36c : .seconds. 35c. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 45 to Mv : aoleoted, 38i; . No. 1 stock, 34o ; No. 2. do.. 30c. Potatoes â€" per baR. car lots. $1.50 to $1.55. CANADIAN CHAPLAINS WERE BADLY WOUNDED. A despatch from London says: In- formation received by the Canadian Red Cross show tho injuries received ]on the battlefield by Father O'Gor- , man, of Ottawa, to be serious. His I injuries consist of a fractured femur i and wound.s in his left arm and hip. ; The chaplain is in the hospital at Ca- \ miers. Col. Steacy has no information ' as to how the chaplain received his wounds. Major G. W. Wood, the other Canadian chaplain, who was I wounded last week, is an inmate of I the hospital at Boulogne with a gun- shot wound in the leg. - -i « I Winnipeg Oroin. Winnipeg, Kept. IM. -(.'.ash Wheat. No. 1 Northern, $1.5Si ; Nortliern, $1.56 ; No. 3 Norlhern, I No. 4. $1,471 ; No. 5, $!.3S4 ; 11.164 ; feed. $1.03 J. Oats. No. I 60c ; No. 3 C. \V.. 4i)i- : extra feed. 4110 ; No. 1. 4SJc ; .\o. ' Barlev, No 3. SCc ; .No. 7Bc ; feed, 7Gc. Flax. $1.S!( ; .No. 2 C. W., $l.s 4, S8c No 1 pru'es ; No. 2 $1 53i : No. fi. 2 C.W.. No. I 4K4e rejectetl, N W. C, SIX MONTHS GIVEN TO U. S. DISTURBER. A despatch from Montreal says: For interfering with recruiting on Craig Street, Arthur Holland, of Os- wego, N.Y., was sentenced by Judge Lanctot on Wednesday to six months in jail or a fine of $50, this being the first case here under tho new Order- in-Council. MINNESOTA GETS $1,250,000 FROM J. J. HILL ESTATE. A despatch from St. Paul, Minn., says: Minnesota will receive approxi- mately $1,250,000 as an inheritance tax from tho estate of James J. Hill. It will be the largest in the history of the State. Probate Court officials of Ramsey county so declared on Tues- 4lay. NO RICE FOR KAISER FRO.M SWITZERLAND. A despatch from Paris says: The Swiss export commission has refused a personal request of the Kaiser to ' furnish his table with rice. Baron ! von Romberg, the German Minister at I Berne, asked the Swiss Government I to authorize the shipment of 200 ! pounds of rice for the consumption of the Emperor and his family, but the export commission, being tied by an agreement with the allies was unable to comply with the request. weigh over 100 t.ons, and have a speed of five miles an hour. BRITISH TAKE MOUQUET FARM Danube Trench in Old German First Line Near Thiepval Cleaned Up. Willi tho British Army in France, Sopt 17. via London. Monday, Sept. 18. -Tlie Brilbsli to-day took liouiiuel farm. On two former occasicua they had bneii on tJie premises, but woro unable to remain tliert-. It was a strong point on the right of the Bris- ish battle lim-, \vlior»> a ganison of tri'rmaiis and llieir niaehiiio guns seemed proof against shelMlre, says Frederick Palmer. They had llio usual deep cellars and runways under cround and driven . , , , , , . , fmni one exit by shellllre they would bid. I.,lnseed on track .. ., .r^i ,, i,> , . nd to arrive, $2:06 ; September. $2.06 Amerge Irom auolher. The BrllisU got asked ; October. $2.o5i bid ; November, entirely around llieir burrows and «9iq' "u^"'' ' '^""â- ''-'â- "'"'''' *-'"'* â-  *'"y': called down the cellar stairs for Ihein $2.09 asked. ^^ surrender. The Uerinans thought tlv. Stock Market.. ^hat a counUM-attack would come to Toronto. .Sept. ui- ci.olee u.avv st.«!r.s. ••'«"'â- â€¢ assistance as before. The Brit. $8.35 to $9.10 : good heavy steers. $8.00 ish. however, assured \\\^'.m that none to $8.10 ; but<;hers' cattle, gonii, $7.60 would come, as tilov had the trench J."o..*^.;?lno'^:'-$.!'!ro'"r.r$6*M'r '^J^&.»^\ t'.e way round tho farm ,0 prevent bulls, ehoiee, $7.26 to S7.50 ; do., good thoir e.xil or aid from coining to them, bulls. $6.40 to $6.50 ; do rough bull.s, still the Germans refused to yield and $4.50 to $5.00; butchers cows, choice, „,^ ^^j ^,.^„„ ^f „,jj. p^j,,, golloquy i was that the Brlli:di blew In all the] ce;llor dooi-s. But such persistent dig-| gers are the Germans that the British j are not certain but they had some un-l dergroiiiid passage for escape, | The Brilisli also cleaned up the Dan- ube trench in the old German first line TTnitod States larketa. Minneapolis. .Sept. 10. â€" Wheat. Sep- tember. $1.62il : No. 1 hard. $1.70j : No. 1 Northern. $1 63J to $1.66ii : tio. 2 Northern, $1.5!ii| to $1,641 Corn. No. 3 yellow, 82 to 83c. Oats. No. 3 white. 421 to 43c. Flour unchanged. iiran, $20.00 to $21.00. Duluth, Sei)t. 19. â€" Wheiit. No. 1 hard. $1,661 : .\o. 1 Northern. $1,641 to $1,651; No. 2 Norlhern. $1.6i; to $l.f.2ii : Sep- tember, $1,641 bid. Llnseeil BRITISH "WILLIES" CALLED WONDERS New Type of Armored ("ar in Use on the Somme Front. A despatch from l-undon says : Tho reference in the (iiriclul statement Issued by tho War OdUe on Friday to a new type of armored cur. Is the first ottieial mention of a development which has been much whispered about recently in army circles. Those who have seen llio new vehicles refer to them as "tanks," while the soldiers who have been haiulllng them have givon them the nick name of â- Willies." The object which the designers sought to obtain was to render a heavily armored mot<ir car capable of being opernled In the shcU-lorii and roadless wilderness of trencheti, where It is evi- dent a vohiele mounttd on ordiiuiry wheels could not he used. Although no details of Ihe car's construction have been published, the Times says : "Our inventors have not hesitated boldly to tread unbeaten paths. We may iniaglin? the feelings of Oermun infantry In shell battered trenches when in the uncertain light of dawn they S41W advancing upon thetn an ar- ray of unearthly monsters cased In steel, spitting fire and crawliuR labor- iously, but ceaselessly over tr^ncbee, Iwtrbed wire and idiell craters. KING'S SECOND SON INVALIDEO HOME. Ijoiidoii, Sept. 17. -Official announce- lueiil was made to-day that Prince Al- bert, second son of King George, has been invalided homo because of severe abdominal trnub!e. The Prinoe Ir doiiiK well at WlndM>r Castle, but It will be some time before he will be able to return to duty. Prince AJbert is a midshipman in tJie navy. He has suffered from Kastric disorders for some time. Last .\pril he had to un- dergo a course of treatment. In .\ug- usl. 1914, he was openited on for ap- pendicitis. KING CONGRATULATES HAIG ON SUCCESS. lyoiidcn, Sept. 17.- King George sent thti following meeeage to General Sir Douglas Haig. the HrlMwh commondfr In Prance : "I oongrattilate yoni ajul my hi-ave troovs on tlie brIlllaiDt sue- ccHB Just achieved. 1 have nwor doubled that eomiplete vlctorj- will ul- Uuiately ctvwii our effortB. and tli*' splendid re&ults of the fighldng yeator dnv contlrmetl this view. to $5.00 ; Imtchers' cows, $6.50 to $6.85 : do., good, $6.00 to $6.25 do., medium. $5.60 to $5.85 : stockors. 700 to 860 lbs.. $6.00 to $6.50 ; choice feeders, dehorned. $6.30 to $7.00 ; can- ners and cutters, $3.50 to $4.50 : Mlliturs. choice, each. $70.00 to $!i0.00 ; do., com. unil mod., each, $40.00 tO $60.00 : springi^rs, $50.00 to $90.00 ; ll<tht ewes. $7.60 to $S.OO ; sheep, heavy, $4.1i» to $5.35; spring lamb' choice, $10.60 to $10.85 ; calves, good to choice, $10.50 to' neur Thiepval, which Is the hinge of $12.25: do., inedluni, $9.o0 to $10.00- RUSSIAN GENERAL E SCAPES FROM AUSTRIAN PRISON CAMP Great liejoicing Throughout Czar's Kingdom Over Return of One of Bravest Officers in Army. DICKENS' GRANDSON IS KILLED IN ACTION. .\ despatch from London says ; Major Cedric Charles Dickens, grand- son of Charles Dickens, was killed In action in France, Monday. hogs, fed and watered, $12.26 to $12.35 ; do., weigheii oft cars, $12.50 to $12.60 ; do., f.o.b.. $11.40. Montreal. Sept. 19. â€" Choice steers, $7.75 to $S : lair at $0.75 to $7.B0 and coninion at $5.76 to $6.25 while choico butchers' cows brought $6.50 to $6.75, good. $6 to $6.25, common $5 to $5,75 and; bulls from $5.25 to $7 per (^wt.. cannlnf the Sommo battle line. ,\s happened t)efore and after the fierce general at- tack along the whole front, Ihe suc-j cceding days wore spent in rectifying tho line and cleaning up any strong points that still held out. ! Talking with cllicers of corps en cattle. $4.60 to $4.90, iind cows at $3.75 gagtd in Ulo flghlitiR of tho last three to $4.26. Ontario lambs at $10.50 to $11. days, they estimate the losses from two and yuebec stock at $9. .5 to $10. while , , ,, , f ,. ,,^ r,prmnn<; sheep brought from $6.75 to $7.50 „er , W »"« '" "]^ to one lOl tne Uemians cwt. Choice <-aIves, 9 to lOo., and the as agalust those of the British. In one lower grades at from 4 to So per lb., j g^jctor the ratio Was estimated at as llvo weight .S'.Iected hogs. $12.25 to , . ^ : ,, , rp^ 112.40 and tho lower grades at $10.26 to ; "'B1 a« e'K!'' ':?.<',"?• $12 per iwt.. weighed oft cars. Painless dentistry is drawing it mild. the art of GIANT RUSSIAN AEROPLANES DESTROY 8 GERMAN MACHINES TWO BRITISH GENERALS KILLED AT THE FRONT. supenor ! volume of the British sihell tire, now that tho Oernmns are forced Into the open, has a telling effect. ROUMANIAN GENERAL I DROWNED IN DANUBE. A despatch from London says: Two _. brigadier-generals have been killed in Military Police Start Drive as Horses An Enemy Seaplane Station Was Successfully Bombed on Lake Angern, in the Gulf of Riga. "*^« A Reuter despatch from Petrograd to London says that tour giant Rus- (ian aeroplanes of the Murometz type bombarded a German seaplane station on Lake Angern, in the Gulf of Riga, where seventeen seaplanes of various sizes and models were dis- cerned. The Russians dropped 73 bombs, with resultant Are and smoke, which soon concealed tho seaplane sheds. German machines attacked the Rus- sian machines, but were soon put to flight with machine guns. During the bombing and air flght not less than eight German machines were destroy- ed or put out of action. The Rus- I slan aeroplanes returned safely, not- withstanding they were shelled by I anti-aircraft guns. On a previous occasion, the corre- spondent says, one Murometz ma- chine, with a crew of Ave, routed sev- en German seaplanes which attacked it action, according to the latest casu alty lists printed here â€" Henry Fred erick Hugh Clifford and Louis Mur- ray Phillpotts. ALL BELGIAN MALES TO GO TO GERMANY. A despatch from Havre says: Gen- eral von Bissing, Military Governor of Belgium, Is sending to Germany all Belgian males between the ages of 18 and 35. Recently 1,200 were taken from Liege. WORLDS HEIGHT RECORD IS AGAIN EXCEEDED. Go to the Post A despatch from Berlin says: Ac- cordirtg to reports from Sofia, says an Overseas News Agency announce- ment on Wednesday, General Bcssara- bcsku, commander of the recently captured Roumanian fortress of Tur- tukal, attempted to escape in a boat after the fall of the last fortification. The boat parrying him was sunk by Bulgarian artillery, the advices state, and the General was drowned in the Danube. A despatch from Petrograd says: Gen. Korniloff, who was captured at Dukla Pass in April, 1915, has reach- ed Kietf after escaping from an Xns- trian prison cnmp at Essek. Gen. Korniloff was kept prisoner for 17 months. He finally managed to procure a private's uniform, and in these clothes, with the aid of a Czech soldier, contrived to be sent out with a working party. Taking ailvantage of the momentary inatten- tion of the guard they slipped away, boarded a train and travelled unhin- dered to Karashevish. Here they obtained civilian clothing and contin- ued their journey afoot, helped by a perfect knowledge of German. The General's fliRht was soon dis- covered, and a large reward was of- fered lor his recppture. It was too dangerous to travel except by night. In the day time they hid in the woods and suffered extreme hunger for days together, subsisting on berries. One day the soldier ventured into a village in (luest of food. He was surrounded by gendarmes and shot in attempting to escape. Korniloff, who was rapidly ap- proaching complete exhaustion, con- tinued his journey alone. On the 26th day alter his escape he met a party of Koiimanian shepherds, who guided him across the Russian frontier. There is great rejoicing throughout Russia over Korniloff's return. His reputation for bravery is unexcelled by that of any other officer in the Russian army. FOOD RIOTS IN HAMBURG, ANGRY WOMEN RAID SHOPS BEST GERMAN AIRMAN KILLED IN ACTION. A despatch from Amsterdam .says: Tho German lieutenant, Fahlbusch, whose successful exploit:- in the air have been mentioned recently in of- "Down With the Junkers!" "Down With People's Torturer f Cried the Mob. ^ «i,. A despatch from Turin, Italy, says: Aviator Repini, with two passengers on Thursday beat the world's height ficial despatches, has been killed in record, rising 6,.300 metres (morel action, according to the Vossische than 20,000 feet). I Z,itung. An Am.sterdam despatch to the Ex- and vegetables, while another crowd change Telegr-nph Company, London, demonstrated before the Town Hall says: \ shouting: 'Down with the junkers!' "Serious food riots occurred at : "Down with the people's torturers!' Hamburg Saturday evening. Accord- j "Thirty-seven women were arrest- ing to Berlin reports, a mob of angry i ed. Two policemen were badly in- women raided shops which had been ; jured by stones thrown from win- closed owing to a shortage of meat ' dows."

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