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GERMANS FAIL IN VIOLENT AHEMPT TO DRIVE BACK ALLIES Attack on Franco- American I'tMitiuns at Fere-en-Tardenois Failed â€" More Towns in Flames. Indicating Further Retirement of Enemy. I A despatch from London says: â€" V hether as a result of weariness after two weeks of inoesgant fightlnK •r becauso of the greatly increased •treiigrh in man-power and positions ©l' the enemy forces l)efore them, the â- Il'ied armies on the Solssons-Kheima front have noticeably decrease 1 their efforts to clear the salient of Ger- mans. If the pause in the offensive is at- tributal>l(> to weariness, the armies of the German Crown Prince also must be worn out by the pressure they have been under for the fortnight, for, not- withstanding the fact that huge re- inforcements were sent to them in their hour of dire peril, they have lackeil the hardiness to endeavor to throw back their antagonists and re- coup their losses. The fourteen day of the great al- lied offensive which has resulted in driving back the (Germans from the Marnc region northward across the •Ourcq River and in materially bend- jlng in the eastern and western side of CANADIANS AGAIN IN FRONT LINE Have .Vlready Captured PrLson- ers From Extra German Di- visions Sent to Confront ( Them A despatch from London says: â€" I'lie Caiittdiaii forcjs now are again In the froiit line and celebrated their return thither by continually haras- sing the Boche opposite, raiding him einiosi «t will and contnlually annoy- ing hini on his conuiiiiulcalons on the rear lines. An extia Gennau division which the enemy can 111 spare for the pur- pose, has been placed in front of the Canadians, from which prisoners have already been captured. Uertrans hold ttdvauce<l posts now »o thinly that their front line is prac- tically no man's land. A young Toronto officer a few nights back penetrated, with a ser- geant, a milt! of the enemy's trench BVHieni, without encountering a single Koclie, and discovered on returning a dugout whence issued many guttural voices. The ottii.er kept guard while the sergeant returned for bombs, and after half an hour the necessary tackle arrived and the dugiut was blown up. Two more Canadians had now ar- rived. The explosion of the dugout roused the whole Gorman line for a short dis- tance. With bombs and one of his men with a bayonet, ho kept a score of Boches down, then making a lucky dash, reached his own posts safely. The Cunadians made several gas projections recently, the wln<l being favorable, and subsequent Investiga- tion showed this enterprise accounted for a few members of ilun working parties. GIGANTIC PANORAMA Heroes -Of Britain At The Canadian National Exhibition. Memories of the great fighters of long ago, the heroes of a thousand battles by land and s<?a, will be re- awakened by the GranJ Stand Kpec- tacle at the Canadian National Exhi- bition. "Britannia Militant" will be more than a mere pageant; it will bo the spirit of our Empire past and pre- sent, translated into flesh and blood, a romantic historic survey in which the spectators will be made to feci their kinship with the men of old. There will be a suggestion of the Arthurian legends, of mediaeval knights, ancient castles, venerable cathedral ruins, and all the colorful paraphernalia of his- tory and of romance. The spirit of the Empire's yesterday will be caught and contrasted with the martial deeds of to-day and the men of the present, now fighting the greatest battle of nil times, will n(>t suffer by compari- son, particularly in the dramatic climax when Currie's gallant Cana- dians arrive on the scene. The set- ting will be a gigantic reproduction of Windsor Castle, the scenic arrange- ment and general ensemble l>eing the most elaborate ever produced at the Canadian National. There will be over 1,200 participants, all brilliantly attired in the styles of the period they represent, and the whole inspiring ef- fect will be cnchanced Yy super ri'-sical treatment. the great pocket with its mouth run-! ning cross-country 3ti miles from Solssons to Rheims, saw little activity on the part of either of the contending forces - except in the nature of reci- ! procnl bombardments. Tuesday \ night witnessed violent attempts by, the Germans to expel the American, and French from the valuable posi- j tions they hold north of the Ourcq, in i the region of Fere-en-Tardenois, and along the western side of the salient near Oulchy-le-Chateau, where Scot- : tish troops arc holding with the French the wedge that has been driv- â-  on eastward into the enemy line. These efforts were entirely fruitless, i Whether the Germans have chosen ; the spot where ultimately they will ; face about and give battle to the allied | forces has not yet become apparent. Likewise whether their retreat finally has ended is not known. Great fires behind the lines possibly might Indi- cate th^ destruction of further vil- lages which it is Intended to evacuate and press on northward to a chosen 1 battle line. GERMAN MORALE IS BROKEN Disconsolate Batch of Prisoners Taken by Australians. I A despatch from the British : Front says: â€" The far-reaching effect on the German morale of the great allied blow between Soissons and the Champagne sector is nowhere more convincingly apparent than among the large batch of German prisoners cap- tured within the last few days by the Australians. I "A sad lot of rabbits," was the de- scription of them by a British officer who interrogated some of them. "I've never run across a more dis- consolate lot of Boches," he said. "What seemed to be the outstanding thought In the minds of both officers and men was the fact that, despite what the German high command had long been preaching about the exhaus- tion of all the French reserves, there is no sign of a let-up in the fighting." Other German prisoners asserted their losses had been heavy in the big Soissons battle. They had believed their big offensive would be a suc- cess, but suddenly it turned into a re- treat. Their hopes in the U-boats had waned, for Americans seemed to be everywhere in the fighting. Added to their discouragement was the fact tnat they had been warned that Bri- tish raiding would certainly continue on a wide scale. German dead alone In front of one Australian battalion which attacked near Morlancourt two days ago were fully 200. BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCE MAKE PROGRESS IN TWO NEW AHACKS Allies Occupy Villages After Severe Fighting North of Ourcqâ€" .\l»o .Advance Two Miles on ll-Mile Front in SoiHsons-Hheims Salient. BURY TORPEDOES IN PATH OF TANKS But New Foe Device Meets With • Poor Success on the j Battlefield. | A despatch from Paris says : â€" That the allies are ingenious In coping with awkward conditions as they arise is exemplified in their method of deal- ing with machine-gun nests which are hidden in cornfields at every avail- able point of vantage. Big tanks â€" those modern land cruisers â€" and small tanks â€" land torpedoesâ€" have made short work of those deadly wea- pons with which the enemy defends himself. To meet it, the Germans hit upon the plan of burying torpedoes of a new kind at a slight depth in fror.t of the tanks. This measure met with only poor sucess, as the invention is not hindering the allies. ->â€"- CZI-XHO-.SLOVAKS CAI'TUUE ANOTHEU TOWsfJ A despatch from Amsterdam says: â€" The town of Yekaterinburff, in the Province of Penn, near the Siberian border, has been taken by the Czecho- slovaks, according to the newspaper Izvestia at Moscow. With this new development of the Czecho-Slovak movement the Bol- shevik press is raising cries of alai-m. The Pravda, for instance, declares the Czecho-Slovak danger is growing like in avalanche, and that the counter-re- volutionary movement is extending. ^ . â€" 0/ Norway's 124,i>00 square miles of lard, about 26,340 sqiiar* miles are cowr d with for«»ts. FOUR TUBERCULOSI.S I HOSPITALS FOR FRANCE A despatch from Paris says:â€" Half a million francs have been appropriat- ed by the- American Red Cross to complete the installation of four tub- . erculosis hospitals. One of these is for use by the National Railway Union, comprising four hundred, thousand members, and another is for' Serbian tubercular cases. I ♦ 34,000 GER.MAN PRISONER.'? | IN A KORT.NKJHT A despatch from Paris 8ays:-^The total number of German prisoners takei/on the Marne battle front and in Champagne during the period be- tween July 15 â€" the date of the be- ginning of the German offensiveâ€" and ! July 31, is 33,400, of which G74 are; officers. BRITISH CASUALTIES MUCH LOWER IN JULY Despatch from London says:â€" British casualties reporteil during July totaled 67,291. This compares with total casualties reported in June of 141,147. The losses for July are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 521; men, 6,474. Wounded o- missing: Officers, .V21; men, 8,474. Markets of the World Breadstuff a j Toronto, Aug. 6.â€" Manitoba wheat' â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.23V4; No. 2' Northern, $2. 20 Ms; No. 3 Northern, $2.17 H; No. 4 wheat, $2.10'/4, in store Fort William, including 2V6c. tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 86%c; extra No. 1 feed 84T4c, in store Fort William. American corn â€" No. 3 yeilow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. j Ontario oats â€" No. 1 white, 85 to 86c, nominal; No. 3 white, 84 to 85c, nominal, according to freights outside Ontario wheat â€" No. 2, Winter, per car lot, ?2.22, basis in stare Montreal. Peas â€" No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. ' Barley â€" Malting, new crop, fl.20 to $1.22. Buckwheat- â€" Nom inal . Rye â€" No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour â€" War quality, $10.95, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" War quality, $10.05, in bags, Montreal and Tor- onto, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, $35 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton. Hayâ€" No. 1, $16 to $17 per ton, track Toronto; mixed, $14 to $15 per ton, track, Strawâ€" Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per ton, track Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butter â€" -Creamery, solids, per lb., 42 to 42M!c; prints, per lb., 42 V4 to 43c; dairy, per lb., ,% to 37c. Eggs â€" New laid, 43 to 45c. Dressed poultry â€" spring chicken.s, 38 to 40c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 23 to 28c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 82 to 35c. j Live poultry -Roosters, lOc; fowl, 21 to 2t)c; ducklings, lb., 25c; turkeys, 27 to 30c. Spring chickens, 30 to 32c. Honey â€" New crop, strained, H> to 20c per lb; in comb, $2.25 to $2.40. , Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following prices: â€" Cheese â€" New, large 23 ^i to 24c; twins, 23% to 24',4c; old, large, 25\4 ! to 2()c; twin 26 to 26^c. Butterâ€" Fresh, dairy, choice 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 to ilc; solids, 44 to 46c. Margarineâ€" 28 to 32c. I Eggs â€" No. I's, 48 to 49c; in car- tons, 52 to 54c. ! Dressed poult!-v--Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 34c; turkeys, 40c. , Beans â€" Canadian, hand-picked, bus. $7.50; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, .$6.50; Japan, $8.00 to $8.75;' Lamas, 18 to 19e. | Maple syrupâ€" SMs-lb. tins, 10 to a| case, S14.50- imp'."i;^\i gallon tins, per tin, $2.25; Ir.ipcrial five-gallon cans, per can, $10.50; l.lcraUon kegs, per gal, $2.00; maph suijar, l-lb. box, gal, $2.00; mapU sugar, l-lb. box, pure, per lib.,\24 to 25c. feed, 97c. Flour, new standard gi°ad«, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs, $6.20 to $5.30. Bran, $35. Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14. , Live Stock Markets | Toronto, Aug. 6. â€" Choice heavy steers, $14.00 to $15.00; butchers' cattle, choice, $13.00 to $13.50; do. good, $12.00 to $12.50; do. medium, $10.75 to $11.00: do. common, $9.00 to $10.00; butcners' bulls, choice,' $11.00 to $11.25; do. medium bulls,! $10.25 to $10.60; do, rough bulls,' $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $10.75 to $11.00; do. good, $10.25 to $10.50; do. medium, $8.25 to $8.75; do. common, $7.00 to $8.25; stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $11.00; caners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $125.00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to $75.00; springers, $90.00 to $125.00; light ewes, $13.00 to $16.00; yearlings, $15:50 to $17.00; spring Iambs, 20 to 21 ^c; calves, good, $13.50 to $16.25; hogs, fed and wa- tered, $19.75 to $19.90; do. weighed off cars, $19.75 to $20.15. Montreal, Aug. 6.â€" Calves, milk- fed, $7.00 to $14.50; choice steers, $11.50 to $12.00; butchers' bulls, $7.00 to $8.50; butchers' cows, $8.00 to $10.00; canners, $5.50. Select hogs, $19.50 to $19.75. A despatch from the French Army in P'rance says: â€" Gen. Manguin, with the French and British troops of his command, is fighting a severe battle north of the Ourcq River and is mak- ing considerable progress. After taking the village of Grand Rozoy, north-west of Fere-en-Tar- denois, the allied troops advanced to the Plessier Wood, where at 8 p.m. Thursday night the combatants are in the closest of grips and the combat is extraordinarily fierce. The heights north of Grand Rozoy have fallen into the hands of the allies, and at several points the allied troops have approach- ed within five miles of the railroad leading to Bazoches, which is the only railroad that can be used By the Ger- mans for maintaining communications. The attack which brought the allies such good results started at 4 o'clock Thursday morning with the aid of tanks. The British joined with the French in attacking the woods, thickets and | villages, each of which had been trans- ' formed into a fortress, with the aid of ! machine guns. By six o'clock Hill 205 and the vil- lages of Courdoux, Servenay and Ccamoisellea had fallen before the de- : termined allied asscults and prisoners | were coming in. By seven o'clock; the advance was so marked that the | British and French batteries were able : to go forward to new positions. The ; German guns replied feebly, but their i mitrailleuses were very numerous. ' The enemy counter-attacked furious- ly from Buzancy and Eveque Wood, but their efforts were splendidly held up by the allied infantry. By evening the allies had occupied Cramaille, north-west of Fere-en- Tardenois, and the hillocks to the north of it. A despatch from London says: â€" Allied troops delivered another power- ful blow against the Germans right on Thursday, penetrating two miles flank in the Soissons-Rheims salient on an 11-milc front, extending from Buzancy south of Soissons, to the vil- lages of Cramaille and Cramoiselle, which lie north and west of Fere-en- Tardenois. Six hundred pri.=;onori were captured. This thrust ia^ serious blow to the Germans, since it means that allied gtins placed at the points of furthest allied advance, will command the rail- road which runs from Fismes to Bazoches and from thence to Missy â€" the only lateral railroad communica- tion left to the Germans in the "poc- ket." The new drive also threatens the German lines along the Crise and Vesle Rivers, between which streams the enemy has been burning villages latterly, as though preparing to (\\\ back across the Aisne River. On this advance which was made in the face of immpnsely stiffened re- sistance, British troops acted in con- junction with the French. Provisions â€" Wholesale Smoked meatsâ€" Hams, medium, 36 to 38c: do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 50 to 51c; rolls, 32 to .^Sc; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; boneless 48 to 49c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 30 to 31c; clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lardâ€" Pure, tierces, 30 to 30%c; tubs, 30Vii to 31c; pails, 30% to 31>ic: prints, 33 to 33V4c. Compound tierces, 26 to 26^4c; tubs, 26'^ to 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 28 to 28 Vic. Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug. 6. â€" Oats â€" Canadian western, No. 2, $1.00; extra No. 1 BRITISH BOMB MORE HUN TOWNS Airmen Attack Stuttgart, Cob- lenz, Saarbrucken and Other Citie.s, Returning in Safety. A despatch from Lonodon says: â€" • The Air Ministry's communication on aerial activities issued on Wednesday night follows: "In addition to the attacks arready reported on the 30th Instant the sta- tion at l.ahr (Baden) was bombed. "On the night of July 30-31 our air- pianos again proceeded to Stuttgart and dropjied nearly two tons of bombs on the Hosch Magneto works, the Daimler works and the .'ailway sta- tion. A fire broke out in the station. "Several bombs wsrt dropped on the Hagnau station and barracks causing a heavy explosion. The Romllly junc- tion and 'two alrdronios.were attacked with bombs and machine gun fire. "On the morning of July 31, at 7.30 o'clcK'k, one of our squadrons attacked the Coblenz station. Owing to clouds observation was impossible. The sta- tion and factories at Saarbrucken were subjected to two attacks, "The first formation encountered large ntiinbers of hostile scouts before reaching tboir objective. Bitter fight- ing ensuiHl, in the course of which four of our machines were shot down. The remainder bombed their objec- tive and on their return journey again were heavily attacked, losing three more machines. One hostile machine was disabled. "The second attack, delivered later, was completely successful. Bursts were observed in the factory. In spite of attacks by hostile scouta all our machines i^eturned safely." "There is no charity equal to the charity that is charitable to the un- charitable." Umkl RANK AS A HOS PRODUCER DENMARK. HOLLANIX GERMANY. 4>4V4t4tiflifli^B^^B^^ ^^^^di^^^ M ^'sMTEa mmmmmm^mm • COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASIS lRBLA«D ^mmm^mm 1 OF THE NUMBER OP FRANCE mmmmmm • ANIMALS TO THE . HUNDRED ACRES OP *^'*^^RITAIN, â- *••*•**• ' LANDINPARMa ITALY mmmm 4 €ANAOA. •«« t U.S. MAKE FURTHER GAINS Push Forward Despite Desperate Resistance in Meuniere Wood. A despatch from the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, says:â€" The American troopi pushed forward their lines at certain points Thursday on the centre of the Rherims^ Soissons salient, notwithstanding the resistance of the Germans, who did not give ground on some sectors un- til they actually had been shot from their positions. The Germans are desperately cling- ing to their strongholds at Nesles, and in the Bois Meuniere, north-east of Roncheres, but the Americans have gained a hold on the northern edge of the Meuniere Wood. The Nesles forest is under the range of the American heavy guns. Aviators reported that the Germans are rushing up reinforcements, in- cluding tanks. The enemy's heavy guns are pounding the Nesles and Meuniere Wooda unmercifully. Observers and prisoners who had been brought behind the lines prev- iously reported the forests as having been jammed with German troops and also with large quantities of supplies. The German losses in men, therefore, must have been very great, as the heavy guns started shelling the woods several day.s ago. « JEWS TRAINED IN CANADA NOW FIGHTING NEAR JAFFA i A despatch from New York says: â€" Safe arrival in Palestine of the first two contingents of the American Jewish Legion was announced by the \ Zionist Organization of America, i Recruited last Spring, the men have , been trained in Canada and England, and will join the Jewish regiment en- ' rolled in London and already on the firing line with the British forces near Jaffa. â€" •> Liege Must Pay Heavy Fine I For Celebrating Marne Victory i A despatch from London says: â€" I The Maastricht newspaper Les Nou- velles says the inhabitants of Liege, Belgium, held an enthusiastic public ' demonstration over the success of the ! Entente offensive on the Marne sali- : ent, during which the Marseillaise ' was sung. Because of this, the news- 1 paper adds, the German governor has ordered the curfew rung at 7 o'clock in the evening for several weeks and the city also has been fined. j Before Action. By all the glories of the day And the cool eveningr's benison. By that last sunset touch that lay Upon the hillg when day was done, By beauty lavi.ihly outpoured And bicsings carelessly received. By all the days that I have lived, Make me a soldier. Lord. By all of all man's hopes and fears. And all the wonders poets sing. The laughter cf unclouded years. And every sad and lovely thing; By the romantic 4g09 stored With high endeavor that was his. By all 'lis mad catastrophes Make fic a man O Lord. I, that on my familiar hill Saw with uncomprehending eyes A hundred of Thy sunsets iplll Their frMh and sanffulne sacrifice, Bre th« aun •wloga hi* noonday sword Must Miy jood-by« to all of thl»â€" By all driifhU that I shall miits. Help me to (He, Lord. â€"Lieut William Noel Hodgaon. WmiOUT THE LOSS OF ONE MACHINE British Drop 23 Tons of Bombs on German Positions. A despatch from London says:â€" The official commtiui cation on aerial operations says: On July 31 heavy fighting took place in the air, with the result that 26 enemy machines were brought down and nine others were driven down out of control. Four of our machines failed to return. Although observation was again dttlicult, many photographs weit taken and 15 tons of bombs were dropped by us with good effect. Dur- ing the night over 23 tons of bombs were dropped by us without the loss of a machine. Several railways, including those at Cambral and Lille, suffered very heavily, many direct hits being ob- served and a number of large tires started. The Air Ministry communication on Thursday night says: On the moruing of August 1 one If our bombing squadrons started to bomb Cologne, but. finding it en- veloped in a cloud, turned and drop- ped its bombs on the factories at Duren tRlieiutsch Prussia) in one of which a fire broke out. All our ma- chines returned. A second formation attacked the railway workshops at Treves, They were heavily attacked by .Ifirge num- bers of hostile machines. Three ol the enemy machines were destroyed. One of our planes has not retutTied. OCCUPY KILI5 BEYOND SERINGES Americans Pretended to With- draw. Then Attacked, An- nihilating Two Companies. A despatch with the American Army on the Aisne Marne front sayii: General DeOoutle, commanding the army on this front, has expressed to the correspondent his satisfaction at the progress already made and the hope that the advance would continue until the Germans were forced beyond their new positions. The allied forces now occupy the hills beyond Serlnges and Sergy. One of the fiercest encounters in the pres- ent offensive was brought about by, the Americans, who occupied Serlnges. During the night the Americans pre- tended to withdraw from the village. Some of them did withdraw, but others remained in the houses and other points of vantage. The Germans began pouring into the place, and the Americans opened flro. Two enemy companies were virtually annihilated, The Americans used machine guus, rifles, pistols and employed both the bayonet and the rifle-butt with great effectiveness. The fighting In ilia streets was savage, but of compara- tively brief duration. Then the Ameri- cana awaited the coming of other Her- mans, but they came not. So, French and Americans together moved bfeyond the village. The Germans are now using high explosive sheila simultaneously with ga» shells. The high exploelvee are designed to drown the "pop" of the gas projectiles, which the allies hare learned to dlstlnguleh from the others. The percentage of gas caaualtles Is low as a result of the dtseoTery of the Uerman trick, becatiae the alllee generally anticipate attack* with gas. '^H * r 'â- -•