‘THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1915

THE MINER WAR BULLETINS

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ond was stopped before the en-
emy was able to issue from the
trenches: The bombardment of
the position we have taken at
Fontenelle continues, as well. ag
against our advance trenches to
the north of Wettstein (north of
Munster),

Wednesday, . July 14.

London: A strong movement is
afoot to provide a fleet of 10,000
aeroplanes to attack Germany by
continuous assaults on the Krupp
works, the nine bridges of the
Meuse and fifteen bridges on the|;
Rhine, _L. D. Desbelds, lecturer
on aeronautics at Woolwich
military academy, is leading the
movement. Hesaysacontinuous
bombardment of Germany by
aeroplanes, like ants coming and
going on an anthill,
string Germany in one week.

Innsbruck: Archduke Joseph
Ferdinand is expected today at
Cracow to preside over a war
council. If within the next few
days the Austrians cannot stop

the victorious Russian advance,
the whole front must retreat.

Since the loss of positions south

' of Lublin the revictualing of the
armies has become impossible.
Large Austrian reinforcements
have been hurried to the province
of: Lublin, but the Russians,
though fighting against. superior
forces, continue advancing,
The Austrians have been re-
turning to Galicia since the 10th
of July and are now at Wraawy;
The Russians defeated the

; Austrians at Seamosz° and | sur-

wounded -and- captured two! Hun-}
garian battations.

- Athens: Turkish troops at Bei.
rut have. mutinied and driven
their German officers from the
-city.

Washington: The Times today
declares that there has existed

a “Conspiracy titanic i in’ its scope
to destroy freight steamers clear-
ing from American ports for
England and France. Detectives
are on the case, the paper states,

and arrests are expected quickly. -

London: The Paris official com-

munique conveys. the information

that the army of the German
crowit prince has beén definitely
defeated in the Argonne rerion,;
the French | regaining thelr lost
positions,

-. of the German. offensive leads to
‘the belief that-it:-may have been

>. selected as the avene of a general

offensive,. instead of Flanders,
where the main attacks shave
heretofore been made,

‘Geneva: The Italian forces have
_ achieved a notable success in. the
Carnie Alps, ‘capturing twa. miles

of Austrian ‘trenches,

London: -

Balkans ‘say Turkey would . be.

- glad to coiiclude’ peace,.- ‘for -thé
_-Teason that Rumania-is blocking.

the. transport* of ammunition

."gerosa her border. from Aitstria:
Germans. in- Constantinople are
withdrawing: their “money ‘from,
“the: banks, and Teaying. the eity..

would ham-.

‘In this sector andi in.
the region of Woevre the strength

- Reports. from | ‘the |

sen. The reconnoitering trips
are believed to have beet pre-

liminary to an attempt to bom-
‘bard the Krupp works from the

air,

A despatch from Amsterdam
states that an attack on the har-
bor works and supply depots of
the Germans. at Ghent by ten
aviators, from. back of the lines
of the Allies, is told of in advices
from Belgium. The ten aviators
dropped a number of bombs and
returned safely to their base,
The extent of the damage done
is not known.

The annual accounts of the
British dockyards expenditures
for the last year reveal for the
first time to. the public that air-
ship No. 16 was in the course of
construction in 1914.
~ London: ‘The Allies, on Mon-
day, made four assaults ‘on the
Turkish positions on the Gallipoli
peninsula. Says a ‘despatch to

‘the Daily Express from Athens:

“They finally occupied twa hills
defending Krithia and took four

{thousand Turkish prisoners.”’ .

Petrograd (official): “‘'On both

banks of the Shivka stubborn |.

fighting has taken place. Con-
siderable enemy forces between
the Orjetz and fhe Lydynia
adopted the offensive and the
‘Russians, declinivg- a decisive |.

+| engagement retreated ‘during the

night of the 14th to their - ‘Second | :
positions, © On the left: bank of

the’ Vislula.the situation reinains|—
“In the battle nea;

unchanged.”
Wilkolaz, south of Lublin, during
the: week- ‘ending July 11th, the
Russians. captured 297. officers

and 22, 464 men, | In the Cholm
region engagements have taken
place along the Volitza river and
and. on the night of July 18 we
captured over 150 prisoners.

‘On the rest of the front there
have been the usual artillery. ene
gagements, -> > On-the evening: of
July 12 the enemy assunied the}.
offensive on. the Narew: ‘front...

. Fridey, juiy, 16

“Baris: “Hill No. “825°: in the

Forest’ -of Argonne, which ‘was|-

stormed’ by the . Germans . early
this week, has heen recaptured by
the French. Heavy fighting still
continues.” ‘fhe Ger man effort to
break through | ‘the French: line
and‘attack the fortress of Ver-
dun was repulsed with. heavy
loss,

London: Pwo strongly held
Furkish | lines, : defending the
Dardanelles. have been captured

by the’ Anglo-French. forees on

the Gallipoli, peninsula, according
to an announcenient given. out
last: evening by the. British official
press bnreau. cae :

‘London: - the German super
submaring U-61,- credited? with.
having. Sunk several A da
in the Dardanelles; including the
passant. Majestic, . has |

have been driven across ‘the
Dniester with heavy losses,

- Rome: That Turkey has made
overtures for. separate peace is
eqnfirmed by information from
diplomatic sources, but the ne-
gotiations are’ not being carried
on in Switzerland, as reported,
and the Turkish government haa|-
not sent emissaries there. In-
stead, the Turkish diplomats in

the Balkan states ure indirectly |

communicating. ‘with representa-
tives of the Entente powers, who
are authorized: to act. as inter-
mediartes and. fix, conditions, of}:
peace,

London: The Financial News
of today displays - with great
prominence reports “from | ‘quar-
ters in close touch with German
sources of information,’’
Germany. is making “tentative
peace proposals, ” .

Amsterdam: ' The Gernian ad-
miralty has proclaimed a state of

daisted “by” “Claude. ‘Wilsdn; :

siege at: Kiel, in anticipation of
an. attack by British ships and
submarines: upon. that naval base,
according to advices from Berlin,

London: Some of the miners).

of the western districts of South

Wales have ‘agreed to “resume

work tomorrow.

Paris: The following. official
communication | was issued by the]:
war office last night: -‘'The day
has | heen relatively @alm.?!

Canning season : Fruit jars
fruit and sugar—at Sargent’s.

- Bade Farewell to Pastor.
A farewell: gathering { in honor |;
of Rev, Mr, “MacKay, who. is

leaving far i new ‘fields, waa. held
receritly at the home of the’ Ben-

nett Bros., * Ootsa Lake. “The
number of people | present showed
the esteem i in whieh’ the reverend.
gentleman’ is’ “held, and” on alll
sides were heard ‘expressions of
regret ‘at his departure’ ‘During
his three years’ ‘sojourn ‘at Ootsa |

; Lak he has’ proved. most . capable
Land popular, and it is: ‘hoped’ that};

he will return again after a well |:
deserved. holiday. - ;
The ladies of Oitad Lake acted
as: hostesses, ‘providing an abun-
‘dant supply of alk kinds of: dainty.
dishes, which were ‘enjoyed. ‘by,
over thirty: people.. | .

After Juaeh, daticing: and card
playing: were - indulged - in”

was made by all to finish . thie
edibles, -. More : dancing, -eard
playing: and’ music then’ followed,

The playing and.’ singing. of. the i.

Misses. Hinton | WAS” reatly: en-
joyed, ‘and : “they” vere. ably’ as-
: irs
Mitchell. E, Blackwell and__|

; McGrane | in music and. song: >.

that.

throwing:. ;

NINE E HAZELTON MEN |

_ WOUNDED IN. ACTION :

Up to. ‘the prosent, the names
of the following former Hazelton.
men have. appeared: in the casual fe

ty lists as wounded: og
Lieut. Stanley Geary; R, ok
L..1. (Dardanelles) . a
Lieut, C. B. North, ‘ATMTth R &
Corp. D. -Loaghan, 16th.
Corp.! B.T. Hill (Kispiox),1 ‘16th,
wounded, prisoner. in Germany.
Pte, G, RB. Middleton, 16th.
Pte, W. J. Guiney, 16th.
Pte. ‘Al,
16th, .
. Pte. JAR. Barker, 2nd.” ao

- Pte. A, _ Monewr, Princess Pat- =.

ricias.
Pte.. E N, Ford; Th, is a pris.
oner: in Germany.
Lieut. -
from a: -London hospital that he

has been: wounded by a bullet:

which: paseed through: the thigh
borne * ‘and will keep him’ on the!.
sick ‘list. for six “weeks: -
surgical work in -the hospitals,
he says, - is: wonderful, although

from the firing line to, London in

sixteen hours,’ og Og aaa i

Pte: Jack Frost, who i ig doing 7
“| good work asa streteher-bearer ”
. with the i6th; sends ; an interest-
ing. letter to. J.. M. MacCormick,
in -which | tie gives‘some nartiou-|~
Taek :

lars of ‘the war in Pranee..

worl i in which other correspon- :
dents say he does splendidly, ‘but’ i
‘The tells of Bill Guiney, . who’ _WaB. :
hit by | “three: ‘bullets, but , said}
nothing’ of hls aevere - ‘wounds -
until the. stretcher: _men- had. at bo
tended to: another’ “wounded © pris]
vate, for” whort. he - ‘had: -ealled)

‘An7 an’ interesting” letter ‘to.

+ Septeh shipbuilders' have. built “
a crane, that.will lift 200° tons ‘Tl.
feet From | its: mast or 100 tonia 188 BF
| feet, away.” :

Chapple’ (Kisplox),

C. RB. North’ “writes

The ts
the Germans are using, sulphur =\(- .

in their ‘bullets;. which . retards’) pe
recovery. Wounded are: brought iene

tal:
“1 friend in: Vancouver, Pte: JE.
Bennett, ‘16th, ‘SBYS he had- ‘been .
taking.a ten. day course in: bomb- a
“He. ‘tells. “of. the] ”
wounding: of, five of the Hazelton .
{men, . and says only’ three of. the a

i local boys: are left, with: the 16th,
ti lif

| supper, when ‘another’. attempt

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| of Peace:

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