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BRITISH ADVANCE IN NEW DRIVE CAPTURING TOWN OF ALBERT Germans Are Relrt'HtluK From Section to South of Aituh Hiii-fl I'reBMcd bv Victorious Armies of Field Marslial! HaiR. Conftum ptton Tnmm:i':!ia; .iripwai!Br!« ii'!" Product ioi^ Cueb«« >ilUWrir'Mt1l»4NtHIWM'i|l|t'n4i|i|«Hi;>t{|;il<lllllll|i:H|intlllllll>ftil'Hl -r.ami'Wiii'tn 5JiaJIfiElj2iI!iJIuE BRITISH ADVANCE ON BAHIEFRONT OF TWENTY-THREE MILES A <l«ipatch fvoin the British Army , heavy (JK'hliiijc tiiiitiiiuf.". In France s-ays; There was fierce On the iiorthcin half of the buttle-; fishtinjr on Thursday alonfr « large front the British stormed the enemyi »i'ftioti of the British front, to the positions and captured them, inflict- 1 louth of Anas, virtually through to | ing terrible losses on the enemy. They ; the River Somme. j then pushed eastward at various | Agrain the British have heen victorli points . They occupied Hamelincourt Otis. The battle north of ^he Ancre ' trench, we)l to the east of the em- fagod all day longr, while ten thou- j bankment, ind were reaching out sand yards to the south another similarly at other points, at the same Oritish force, which crossed the Ancre time beating down desperate attacka tlurlnp the niKht and opened an at- launched by th- enemy in an effort to lack at daybreak, was driven steadily reitnin hit. valuable lost, positions. ' Into the enemy positions on the high , Albert is a town in the department pround between Bray-surSomme and of Sommc, 18 miles north-cast of Albert and had already captured a Amtciis. It is situated on the Ancre ^ thousand prisoners. ; River and is a railroad centre. Be- , The (icrmans are retreating f rom , fore the war it had a population of^ the .section between the two points more than 7.000. I where the Briti.sh armies are hammer- 1 Albert has iioeii the S'rene of some injt them and where they are threat- ; desperate fighting and in the recent | ened with being left in a pocket. The British drive the town was surround-j town of Albert has fallen into theied on three sides by the armies ofj hands of the British, who are press- Field Marshall llaig, the village fi Ing the enemy hard. | Avoluy on the north an<i Mcaulte n' .A.long the Arras Albert railway em-] tho south having been reached by bankment and on both sides of it them. i Gain Numerous Towns and Inflict Terrific Losses on Enemy â€" British Within Striking Distance of I^apaume. AlMrtft VrUlShl Colunbl* A despatch from the British Army tlefield . As an example, four hun- in France gays:â€" Victorious on a l^t- [ '^''^^^^nemy dead were observed this tlefront extending from the Cojeul River on the north across the Ancre r »gjq^V g ^ 'JA»^,<^^-^<iiA4SV.atoa mor"tHng on one small piece of grot:nd over which the battle had swept. With all this fierce fighting and notwithstanding the fact that the British at many places have fought iver open ground against an enemy S»eK.. Hen. W.B. P.t.l. lnrMlltliilUliiiiH T.I!inil!lMHM ea 'and Somme Rivers almost to Lihons, ' I the Third and Fourth British Armies [under Cienerals Byng and Bawlinaon j at mid-afternoon on Friday were vig- ; protected in "pot holes" and strong j orou.<ly following up their successes • points of other kinds, the British j of Friday, which apparently has been : losses everywhere seem to have been lone oif the most disastrous days ever, extraordinarily light. This probably experienced by the (Jerraans. I i.s due to the confusion the Germans 'ihe enemy has lost wide stretches | find reigning behind their lines, as (1 e Domestic Coal Co nsvmed Imported Coal Coneurnod Coal Froduced in eanad4 I e Canadian) Mr,erXC«nJ Canada':) Coal Problem- Facts about the protUnlion, importation and consumption of coal in Canada put into concrete form. How can the question of distribution be solved? of ground, numerous towns, thou- sands of men made prisoners, and large quantities of materials and guns. He also again has had heavy . casualties. .Crown Prinee Rupprecht of Ba- varia, the German Commander, has they. are fighting a losing battle, which for them hourly grows more disa.strous. Crown Prince Rupprecht on Friday had strengthened his lin% at many places, but this, instead of stopping the British, simply meant that the Markets of the World medium, $10.76 to Sll.OO; do. com- mon, ?y.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls, i choice, $11.00 to $11.25; do, medium I bulls, $10.25 to $10.fiO; do. rough Breadstuff H. | bulla, $7., '50 to $8.50; bijtchers' cows .Aug. 27.- -Manitoba Wheat i choice. HOW CHASSEURS TOOK LASSIGNY and Drove Out the Enemy. iToronto, .Aug 27.- -Manitoba Wheat i choice. $10.25 to $10.50; do. good,! â€"In store, P'ort William, nominal (in-'$9.25 to S9..'-.0; do. medium, $8.25 to , (jlallanlly Stormed Devitte Wood eluding 2',-c tax); Ko. 1 northern, i $8.75; do common, $7.25 to $8.00; f2.2;u;.- No 2 northern, $2.20>^; ' stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders. No 3 northern, $2.17Vj; No. 4 $10.50 to $11.00; canners and cut- wheat $•' lO'/- I 'ers, $5.50 to $<).50; milkers, good Manitoba Oa"t's - In store. Fort Wil- 1 to choice, $90.00 to $125.00; do. com. liam. No. 2 C.W., 92'Jic; No. 3 C. I and med., $05.00 to $75.00; springers, W., 88«ic: extra No. 1 feed 88%c; No, $90.00 to $125.00; light ewes. $13.00 1 *n»j oia « I to $15.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $ld.OO; i ironcnes oi me oiu posiiioiis vviin.iij , ,, â-  j- , « »u„ .);fr;..,,i»ia. 1 leeg. p4%c. i , , • -V on?/ * oii/ ,. ,„i.,„. , â-  â-  , .l ,-. ; 'a striking indicaton or the difficulttes A.^^,.;r.„„ r^^rs Vo •< «<.llna7 Viln spring lambs, 20M! to 21',4c calves,! were abandonee by the Germans in]""'" f . , . American Corn-No. i yellow. l"ln^^^J„ choice, $13.50 to $17.25; hogs,! March, 1917. Grenades, mine-throw- 1 ''^'^•^^"^â- â- ""t"^ (.ermany m the air , fed and watered, $19.50; do. weighed,,,, „„d „„ <,ther means of trench! ^-^^ "'"""""^^^^ in the near future 62 ENEMY PLANES DOWNED IN WEEK thro^vn his men in before the ad- Germans suffered bigger losses, vanc-ng British armies in an effort During the night and Friday mom- to stave off the inevitable, but only to ing the front upon which the battle have them mowed down again and was being fought on Thursday wa.s . again by storms of metal which pour- : widened appreciably both to the north ed from the British guns. One en- and the south, while the ground in the tire enemy battalion was annihilated middle between Albert and Beainrourt- duing the fighting. i sur-.^ncre, which before had been fair- Dead Germans in great numbers are ly ciuiet,- suddenly was drawn into the scattered everywhere over the bat- •vhirl. Twenty-One Driven Down Out of Control During Same Period. K de.'patch from London says: â€" CZECH VICTORY IN / Czech forces. Commands are being given the Bolshevik in German. The Ussuri River forms the east- ern boundary of Manchuris. â- >. $2.22, -basis crop. No. 2 . 3, 7r> to 77c. off cars, $19.75. Montreal, .'Vug. 27. â€" Choice steers, crs and all other wai-fare came again into '5(j; hund-to hand fighting took place fre- drlcd, nominal. Ontario Wheatâ€" No. ir store, Montreal. Ontario Oat.s- New crop. ino. ;: ^ "'"'''â- ' ^'"'l '':"?,: "'• ,"": white, 77c to 79c; No.. 3, 7r, to 77c.l$1000 to il0.50j good steers, Rve -Nominal ' *" $10.00; choice butcher cows, BL'lo;-Nrw crop, malting, $1.03 to «"-50;,^ood cows, $8.()0 to $0.()0; ^p <;j Q5 canners, ?5.ii0 to $0.00; butcher bulls, Ontario Flour-Winter, in new bags, ' '«8-00 to $9'50 according to quality; â€" .().50 to $7. oO; milK-fcct cal- - â-  â€".00 lbs, cars, â-  1 L $19.50 to $20.00; sows, $17.50 to', d"y inoâ„¢in»<. thereby sealing $18.00; roughs and heavies down to of Lassigny $16.00. A despatch from the French Army on the Oise, ,says: â€" The fall of Las- signy at noon on Wednesday followed _ •â- â-  u • <â-  \.t.- ii,„ ,., ,or«,o ' ..n n • â-  ^ in .. /-> t-» i r 1 f â-  ,. « u»- i„ n,-i British air fighting on the western , wjn Decided Victorv Over Bol five days of incessant fighting in the ^ . • IV ,. ,„„i, „, ,.Moa i^viucu » n.nii^ w.ci x»ui ... , . 1. front during the pji.^t week pruvilesi u -i • i' • t positions which' '^"'"â- â€ž ."'^"!'~,. ,' , ,i,„ j:«:„„i,;„. ! shcv Ki I" otccs IH Tfan.s- •^ .la atrlkinf inHlcaton of the dllTlCUltteS i Baikalia. A despatch from London says: â€" Lord Robert Cecil, the British Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, an nUv and ^ 88 '^e growing air .superiority of the allies makes itself felt. In the bat-] tk CANADIANS SUFFER 10,482 CASUALTIES 130 Officers and 1,474 Men Have Been Killed in Action. Ontario Flourâ€" Winter, in new bags, *»•"" ^ ''iT,;. '^V- *^ -n TV prompt .shipment, was c.uality. ^^^^^^r^l^l^^oo'iot^&'S^'ttti: Montreal, pro.np shioment. ^^ ^I^.q. s^eop, $12.00; choice laml leas -Nom.nal. $18.00 to $19.00; select hogs, off ca Buckwheat--.Nominal. __ _ __, s,u r>n % * eon rtn. >.nvv, S17.50 1, $18 to Straw- Hay â€" Track. Toronto, No $19; mixed. $lfi to $17. Car lots, $8 to $8.50. Millfefid--Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, $-10. Manitoba Flour â€" War quality, $10 95, Toronto. iqoo 'lU'-ntly. p.. area, probably owing to the rej ^^^„^.^j „^ y^-^^^ evening- that re- 1 a despatch from Ottawa says:â€" ^ ' The Germans made a stout stand in --ent heavy German air '"^scs o er, ^^^^^ ^^^ i,^^„ ^^^^-^^.^^ ;„ L^^^on to , Hon. Martin Burreil, Acting Minister Devittowood, which bristled with ma- 'the Somme battlefield, enemy scouts,, he effect that t^ie Czecho-Slovak ' chine gtins and made an almo.st im ' f« compelled to operate in large f^^^^^ -^ Trans-Baik>alia had captured pregnable position. A battalion „f formations at a much greater he_gh, ^hg town of Berchnieudinsck, south of ihe famous Chasseurs, however.' than fo'merljv Notwithstanding L„ke Baikal, and had achieved a de- stotmcd the wood and took it yester-|thU, the British airmen continue to the fate! ^^^^ * heavy to. I of them. ! Severe air fighting has occurred on the front between Albert and 'he Amiens-Rove road, resulting, accord- TAKE OVER QUEBEC BKIDGE WITHIN A FEW DAYS Ottawa says:- V.'hile the officer commanding the Chasseurs, at the head of his men . , • lu j i and with a rifle in his hand, led them ",'g '" /^tf^' '•<^'"^'-"' '". ^^' '^'^^Tl, to the summit of the height to thelfon of 62 enemy machines, and the . „ r â-  1 1 ,. 1 41.., driving down of 21 airplanes out oi cast of Lassigny and planted the ""*'"» " ' J~ . *V, •.• . control. Twenty SIX British ma- cided victory against the Bolshevik forces. Allied troops on the Ussuri River front, north of Vladivostok, out-num- of Militia, in a recent statement to the Car.a.iian Presa, referred to the recent Canadian offensive - ''Since the first of August,'' said the Minister, "the Canadians have marked their entry into the fifth year of the v\ar by achievements which have confirmed the reputation of the igny and pi I' ri'iich flag there, an infantry regi chnes have been reported missing A despatch from Severe tests made of the Quebec ' ment, odvancin.tc from Plessier-de- Bridge on Wednesday are regarded ; Roye, turned the famous Plemont by the Railway Department as very {height to the north. satisfactory. The bridge will bej Thus Lassigny not only hud faNen, ." -j u • i a formally taken over by the Govern-ibut its possession bv the French was' her of raids having beeen made ment with in a few days. 'made secure by the encircling of a'"ff«'"«t enemy positions far behind For the past six months the Rail-l-strong position from which the Ger-| way Department has been operating man.i might have delivered counter- trains over the bridge. Wednesday's attacks. ^^^^""o^^'"' lYtL*^ â-  '" "]''"' test was regarded, however, ns thei In the fighting at dose quarters, We'-'SVi to°r,c- twhi«'?tV'tr2GV^^^^ to which the bridge could bo j and while the Germans were pressing BeanV-Canadian, ' prune, bushel, pirt. | hard at one point in superior num- $ft.50 to $7. .50. Foreign, hand-pick- j <• ; bers, a French lieutenant fell while . ^ „ . ,.,,., ^,„^„ ,„„,,„ I ITALIANS HARVESTED GRAIN 1 directing his men. The men wereMnto Germany, of which there weie Country Produce â€" Wholesale Eggs- -No. 1 candled, 48 to 49c; selected, new-laid. 50 to 51c; cartons. 52 to 54c. Butter â€" Creamery, .-ioliris, 45c; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy nrints, 41 to 42c: ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 40c; hakers'. 30 to 38c. Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to 34c. I activity in other sectors, a large num the German lines, in which more than 120 tons of bombs were dropped, and attacks on the Rhine provinces press- led with the utmost vigor. Coupled with a virtual cessation of German air raids on London, the in- I creasing number of bombing raids bered by the enemy have been forced Canadian corps as the most formid- to -withdraw after heavy fightingj able fighting force of its size on the says a despatch to The Daily Mail , Western battlefront . The recent from Harbin dated Wednesday. ; advance made by our men has been British and French troops were en- important in its results and brilliant the past three ired 10,000 pris- thosuands of units aided in tho retirement. ' machine guns. During this same Bolshevik monitors operating on ! ^'''''f P^'iod they have suffered 10,182 Lake Ilangka are harassing the allied casualties in killed, wounded and chnes tiave been reported "iiss ng^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ .^ execution. In th This superiority has been attained ^J ^^„ ^^'^j^^ ^^^^^^^ ,^^ ^^.^^^^ .^j, ^^^.^ without any dmnnu ion of the «e"al fzecho-Slovak troops. Japanese, oners, 150 guns, and left, and have detained' additional '"â- ssmg, 130 officers and 1,474 men having been killed m action. ed, bushel, $0.75 to $7. Comb Honiv f:hoi<-p, 16 oz., $5 to $6.50 per doun: 12 oz $3.50 to $4 nor dozen; seconds and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Bulk, 25 to 2t!c per lb. Maple Syrup â€" Imperial gallons. S2.90; S-gailon tins, $2.10 per gal Ion. 25c. UNDER FIRE OF THI ENEMY; determined not to allow thrbodrof »- ''"'•'"« the past week, must be I the lieutenant to fall into the hands , demoralizing showing (.crrnany that, A despatch from Washington says: 'of the enemy. They had ijxhausted '_" 'P'te of her -Italian soUliers and civilians have all their rifle and machine gun am itmost defensive ef- forts, sho is unable adetjuately to succeeded in harvesting the grain on munitions and grenades, the right bank of the Piaye River, With nothing else to fight with Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to ^ under fire of the enemy, according to they grabbed the picks used for dig- official reports from Rome. The gi,-,^ trenches and drove back the entire district was swept, v.'hilc the Germana until the body of the lieu- protect her air frontier. Prm-bionsâ€" Wholesale harvesters worked. Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48; artillerv fire. mess pork, $47. i Green Meatsâ€" Out of pickle, Ic less than smoked. j Smoked Meats -^ Rolls. 32 to 33c; | hams, niediiirn. 38 to 39c; heavy, 30' to 31c; cooked ham.^, 53 to 54c; backs,' plain. 44 to 45c; backs, boneless, 48 to 49c. Breakfast biicon. 40 to 41e, nr. by the enemy's â- Â« CZECHS IN SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN THE VOSGES tenant could be recovered. A despatch from Washington snys: â€" Czechn-Slovuk troops in France Cottage rolls. 35 to 3Hc. I have participated in a successful at- Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in tack against German positions iii the ton«, SOc; in cases 30 ";c; clear bellies,, Vosges, according to a despatch 28 to 2RV.!e; fat bucks, 25c. ceived on Thursday at the headquar- Lard â€" Pure, tiircc-,, 30'/j to Slc;!^^^^ here of the Czocho-Sloviik Nr- tul)8, 30% to 31 'ic; pails, 31 to 31%c;| jj^,|„, Council. 4,002 RECRurrs AUGUST 1 TO 15 GERMANS RETREAT RAPIDLY BEFORE THIRD AND TENTH FRENCH ARMIES General Mangin and General Humbert Capture Thousand;, Prisoners and Great Quantities of Trophies. of WAR TAXES AMOUNT BILLION DOLLARS Tenth .•\ despatch from the French Army ^ been taken since Wednesday ovi.!itng in France says; -The retreat of the Germans before both tho Third and and trophies In sucli great ijucmtlties th.1t It has been Impossible thus far TO ONE BILLION DOLLARS , Tenth French armies continued on J;;^^"""' ^'»«"" "'^^ ^^^^'^ l'^''" '''^^ I Thursday, with increased speed, over General Mangiu's troops advanced A despatch fn.m Ottawa says:â€" a i^rgo part of the battlefront, and In seven miles during the night and During the prcsftn fiscal year the ^ go,,,^ pases in disorder. this morning were rushing the cnemVs people of Canada will pay in ext.'-a General Manfe'iii'a men are approach- ; rearguard so energetically that tUa taxation for the war at least one b;l- jng the Coucy forest and are nearly on j retiring columns lion dollars, or a little over one third the line held in April along the River ' confusion, of the total year's revenue. The Ailette. They have also widened their extra taxation is no-w almost equal to hold on tho Oise to Uretlgny, midway the total revenue before the war. In ' between No.von and I'huuny. were thrown Into /-. ij.- i.r . io» <- ¥» 1914-15 Canada's total revenue was ~v tt, i. ^ » ^ .. re Casualties Were 1.43d. 4o Per, $133,073,181. For tho present! ^he French advance towards the Cent, of Them Will be Fit ! fis/al yea^ it will reach nearly $300.- ; '"''""^ '^f'^f to Chauny adds anotter „,;.,„.^ V i.->i- iu tu »^. ,1 „„' menace to their line of retirement Again in (i Months. 1 000,000. For 191.-18 the total re- prints, 32 to 32''m:. Shorten! g, tierces, 20 to 2<i%c; tubs, 2l! M to 2r)%c; pails, 2fl'/4 to 27c; 1 lb. prints, 27V3 to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug. 27.â€" Oats â€" Cana- dian Western, No. 2. $1.02 to $1.03; extra No. 1 feed. 99c to $1.00. Flour â€" Now standard grade, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats- Bags, 90 lbs. ?5.20 to $5. .30. Bran. $35.00. Shorts, $40.00. Mouillie, ij»;7.00. Hay- No. 2. per ton, car lots, $15.00 to $15.50. Live Stock Markef.s Toronto, Aug. 27. - F.xtra choice heavy steers $15.50 to $1(1.25; choice heavy »Uers, $14. .50 to $15.00; but- chers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13.75; <lo, gooc', $12. Ob to $12.50; do. 20,000 AUSTRIANS, 2,500 BRITlSh LOST A despatch from London says: â€" Austrian losses on the British front in Italy between June 15 and August 15 were 20,000, according to advices received here. British casualties in the same periotl totalled 2,500. it is said . ! venue -v^as $2t)l,12o.459. I ♦ Mother 1: of God like A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" A net gain to the Canadian Expedition- ary Force of 1.115 recruits is shown in tho recruiting figures for the period between August 1 and 15, given out: Whenever 1 look in her kind eyes liy the Mibtia Department. The total â-  I think of the wido still sky, number of recruits secured in Canada, tho United States and England was 4,002, while the tot«l wastage report- ed was 2,887. It is estimated that 45 per cent, of the casualties will within a period of six months be fit for general service. For the period mentioned enlist- ments in Canada numbered 3,144; in A -i„.,,„tM, f,-„m I'lris «i.vs- The' the United States 849, aiul in England Whenever she holds me to her breast hold Aliled :rmt hav" lak:; Zre tL^ | 0- The wastage of 2,88V tnen includ- 1 To still tho aching pain, 100,1100 prisoners since ,Iuly 18, snys I Marcel llutin in The Kcho de Paris, j 100,000 PRISONERS SINCE JULY 18 ' Wlicro the breath beauty lies I And the clouds are sailing by. .Whenever her care-worn face I I Or feel her lips on mine. and j explains the acceleration of the I enemy's retreat. Uourglguon, St. Paul- ;aux-Bols and Qulncy tell Into the bauds jof tl'.e French on Thursday, giving I them conim.uul of the valley of the Ailette from the region of Coucy-le- ("hateau to the Oise. General Humbert's troops also are ; pressing the enemy vivjourously. Hav- I ing occupied the height of Plemont. see J^^^ south of Lassigny, which they surrounded on Wednesday, they have I think of tho tears shehas shed for «ai't»r«"t niiescourt. which oompletes . the conquest of the group of hills SilcnTly. without sign. ^f^Zv "n w' T'^'«"-;"f '•''^^"' ,'"»« ' i enemy now havo but a precarious -A later despatch from Paris says: â€" The latest advances of General Mangin'g army, while not completely turning the Chemin-des-Dames posi- tion, menaces it seriously and the fate of the German troops between the Vesle and the .Aisne remains uncer- tain, according to militarv observers here . It is decidedly against Noyon that the principal effort of the French armies at present is being aimed. Noyon is menaced from the north- west and north-east and also from the south, and the enemy Is reduced to fighting from its left fl.ink, from which the guns are pouring a tre- mendous fire incessantly. .\long the whole of the battle-front from Albert to Coucy-le-Chateau the fighting has been waged most furi- ously, especially against the armies of the Briti.-sh generals. Rawlinjon on the valley of the Dlvette River, in which tlie French cavalry Is and Byng, on the extreme left wing, ed overseas casualties to the number; My heart is lulled to a perfect rest, now operating. which is encountering the Germans' of 1,435. I Ami-â€" I am a child again! 1 Several thousand prisoners have most desperate resistance. I3ola:iL«^!«» oiF "fclx© 331x13^31. DISH WMHIMS 13 A CINCH - I OOn'T MIND IT morrV up, im |eETtli«i6 AHEAD OF NOU