{ ' THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 191 THE MINER WAR BULLETINS / 1H, i 45) London: Haig’ reports no in- fantry fighfing at Ypres,in Flan- ders. German attacks northwest of Lens were repulsed. Thirty German airplanes were brought down by the British, eighteen being out of control. ish lost twelve machines, .The -French have completed the conquest of enemy territory south of St. Jansbeke river and Breenbeke river. Two strong German redoubts at Les Lilas and Mondovi farm, which had held out against all attacks since the beginning of the Allied offensive on Thursday, capitulated. - : Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria continues to hurl coun- ter-aitacks agoinst the new posi- tions captured by the Canadians! in their recent offensive in they region of Lens, The enemy has been driven back with heavy losses, — Paris: Guynemer, France’s famous aviator, brought down his fifty-second airplane on ‘Sat- urday, German airplanes bombarded Nancy, with no victims, Yes: terday seven German. airplanes and a captive balloon were des- troyed by our pilots and eight other enemy ‘planes foreed to /land ina badly damaged condi. tion. The Hague: Two German air- planes, each carrying three men, landed near Winsehoten today. *One fell in flames and the other plane was shot down by Dutch Soldiers. ‘The occupants were uninjured. . Madrid: Germany will accept the Spanish proposals under which hospital ships will be protected from submarine attack providing| - that a neutral commissioner is carried on each hospital ship as a guarantee that it transports only’ only sick &nd wounded, Montreal: It is believed that 25 persons were killed in a pow- der explosion which destroyed the plant of Gurtis & Harvey at Rigaud, Quebec, yesterday. While threats to blow up the plant had heen feceived by the firfa, it is believed that the ex- plosion was caused by a fire re- sulting from the accidental over- heating of machinery. . (f& daddies Paris: A new and _ terrific]; battle is reaching its climax on the bloody ground about Verdun. The fighting has developed in our favor, The conflict extends over a front of 12 miles from Avocourt wood to Bezonvaux, On both banks of the Mense the _ French attatked magnificently, ,humerouvs prisdners being taken, The_ bravery exhibited by the ‘French is incomparable, . The artillery duel in Belgium continues violently and theres i considerable artillery activity in upper Alsace. ~ London: By’ sheer weight of steel the British forces continued their recessions of the German ’ linein the Ypres‘Poelkapelle. gec- tor today. A ‘number. of. liuge}. tanks aided in the British drive: ‘The, British losaes are extraordin- drily Jight considering. the inten- The Brit- | A big fire has destroyed half of the city of Saloniki,and 80,000 : people have been rendered home- less. ' Rome: The Italians, in’ an offensive started yesterday, have crossed the Isonzo river and have already taken 7,500 prisoners. The offensive extends from the Adriatic to the Alps. Berlin:. The French, ‘without fighting, ocezpied Tatou Ridge, on the Verdun front, on both sides of the Meuse, At all other plates on a front of 15 miles fighting isin fullswing. ‘alou Ridge was relinquished because this line of defence since March had been occupied only by out- posts. ‘Copenhagen: Wntente aviators recently dropped bombs on the bathing place of Homburg. where the Kaiser was staying, aceorling to a traveler aryiving here from Germany. The Kaiser inspected units of the German fleet at Wilhelme- haven and then visited squadrons in the North Sea and at Helgo- land, aceording to announcement made by the German admiralty yesterday. Exmouth (Eng.): The miners decided by a vote of 876-854 that the British Lahor party shoud nat |! be represented at Stockholm. Ottawa: Hon. Robert Rogers, mainister of publie works, has re- signed, his reason being. that there is too much delay in carry: ing into effect the conscription bill. * Dr. Michael Clark, member for Red Deer, will retire through ill health and aversion to Teadership by Quebec, ~ ‘WEDNESDAY, ANG. 2 ralverreeeeeny cladeds ted tu nhs trates tade Londen: Britain, France Italy and - Belgium are joined today in the most “gigantic offensive yet directed against Germany. On the west front fram the Belgian seacoast-to Switzerland ~——over 485 miles—now rages one figantic battle, with thé French, British, Belgian and Portuguese troops attacking. Lo Southward, Italy’s most for- midable offensive has thrown millions into grapple over a front of almost 100 miles. On the Isonzo front the Austrian ling jg beginning to bend and give way at various points, . The Italians are supported by floating and fixed hatteries and monitors, and are marching forward to success in spite of undiminished enemy resistance, capturing 10,000 men. Haig’s drive in Flanders is pressing forward, while the Can- adians are getting a tighter guip on Lens, | Petain’s troops are driving fiercely ouffof Verdun, and. are steadily increasing their pressure along the Chemin des Damus and in Champagne. Russia alone of the great Allied powers is not participating i in the concerted assault, but little Rou- mania, through her reorganized and revived army, is- making a stubborn resistance to the: great’ Teutonic attémpt to encroach- upon the fragment: of Roumania left in Alliad hands. By a- -vote of 1,284,000 to 1, : 231, 600 the Labor- party. decided to! ' participate in’ the Stockbolm ants peace, conference, and will appeal nity of the drive. South of Lens|to,the government tg grant pasa. the British made st suiceessful raids. [ports t to its Tepteyentatives,. , Front, # on the ay In an air raid over Belgium, bombs were dropped on Middle- kirke dumpand Bourgeoise works and all machines returned safely. - Petrograd : are making vigorous attatks in southern Roumania.s Russians and Roumanians are offering a stubborn resistance, but have been forced back at some points, Corfu: One-quarter of the Serbian city of Monastir has been destroyed by fireas a result of Bulgarian bombardment, British aviators raided Gon- stantinople and again damaged the Turkish cruiser Goeben. — Ottawa: While congiderabie progress today. was made towards the formation of a union govern- ment, no definite decisién was made. Sir Clifford Sifton will not be included. Hon. J, D. Reid will look after public works until a successor.is named. ~ ier weyrery ye. _ THURSDAY, AUG. 23 EE) Loadon: Another rapid suc- cession of blaws by thé British and French, striking at various points along the Franco-Belgian feli this -morning: on the Germans in the region of Ypres, where the British advanced over the ‘fiercely-contested field be- tween Langemarek and Prezel- burg. . No details have been received of the new hattle, which is being fought over a section strongly organized by the enemy with conerete redoubts and with machine gun nests in shell holes. Sharp fighting continues about Lens, the British making. prog: | ress in spite of determined resis- |" tance by the Germans. _ The enemy last night continued his efforts to recapture ‘ground gained in the new French drive Verdun front. counter-attucks on hoth sides of the Meuse were repulsed. The total number of prisoners taken. by the French is 6,116." Several strong German’ attucks along the Aisne were répulsed, Ten German planes approached the English coast in the county |. of Kent yesterday, Two of the machines were brought down. Bombs were dropped. at Dovér and ‘Margate, injuring two, The raiders were unable to penetrate far inland. ~ Austria’s terrible toll of cagual- | ties, continuing in the Italian |i advaree, have exceeded 85,000 in dead and wounded. Italians have swept the enemy feuni che Villages of Desdta- Britof, Canale, ‘Bomrez and Rosa which were all found smoking ruitis, shatterad by artillery fire and later burned by the Austrians, * Rome: [talians in the offensivé on- the Isonzo front, with, 18 guns. - ‘lhe Austrians adinit the loss of Selo, | === on the Carso Dlateau,., 7 Petrograd; ‘The Germans have begun a drive between the fi HMiral |. marshes and the‘river Aja\on the northern line, and., the, Russians hava rétired somewhat: “In ‘the region of Dvinsk and Brodie the enemy is bombarding’ heavily. 7 " Vienna: . “It is believed’ Austria} ’ is-willing to evacuate, ceeapted) territory and renounce ‘her élaima. to’ indemnities once“ the’ Pope's | ¢ proposals are carried. out, but it most: be” ‘underatood : ‘that. the agreement should include the: dis: |: appearance. of the, “British naval | ve Sererererery . Austro-Germans | ° Heavy| killing three arid] |! More than 13, 000 Aus ' trians have been eaptured - by the bases of Gibraltar, Malta,and the Suez canal and the abandonment. by Italy of Aviona. | MA risitrrerrerrennrnrrrTTii FRIDAY, AUG, 24 Egeeereee rns FidiatiAtdadiclichs lial tds htt dite dh chet th Achdh Fi, * London: Haig reports a slight advance southeast of Lens.. On the Ypres front east of Lange- marck hostile attacks were re- pulsed. The Allies’’ great offensive, ynceasingly boring ahead today, has already cost the Germans and Austrians 100,000 im dead and wounded and over 21,000 in prisoners on the British, Preneh Fand Italian fronts. Despite her staggering losses and no let up teday in the deluge of both shells and men against her lines on the west und Italian fronts, Germany is starting an offensive against the Russian lines, The drive has already gained ground on the Riga front, The Russian army’s wealthess in munitions and suppliespermits a relatively small force of well- organized Germans to make a strong impression arainst them. The city of Roulers is being evacuated by the civifians-in an- ticipation of a fight for its pos- session. . Roilers lies: ahout 14° miles northeast of Ypres and i ig a very important ‘pivotal. point, Details of the fira at Saloniti on Sunday show that 60,000 are homeless, A scarcity ofewater made it almost hopeless to subdue the flames. Three enemy planes Canadian Express ‘Money Orders: ISSUED—Payable Everywhere. J.P. Maguire Financial and Commereial Agent " ‘HAZELTON Blt un Li foocmnen It? bombed the city while it burned, Paris: Prisoners taken by the French since Monday total.8426, with 24 cannon, and more than 200 machine guns. Two incendiary bons dropped by two German aviators on two hospitals ‘behind.Vérdun on Sun- day killed ten wounded men-and wounded 45 nurses. . Le Matin deplores the sending of American troops anywhere’ othet than the French, Prout, there being a strong belief in political circles here that Russia demands on the- eastern front the presence of Allied troops. It urges ‘that Japanese be sent to the Russian front, . Petrograd: Russian forces on the northern end of the-eastern . front, where the Germans yes- terday began ai offensive, have retired under pressure from the region from Raggedzemjto Kem- merm to the Lake Sployyirn and Frankendorff region, Amsterdam: Zeehrugge and its environs-was bom bed;yester- day by Entente airmen. -Great explosions ocetirred, The bom-., bardment lasted ninety, minutes. “A policy of might alone and not right is doomed to failure . from the beginning,’? was the interesting admission of German foreign secretary Kuehlman in a speech in the reichstar yesterday. James G. Powell Provincial Assayer _-BNALYTICAL CHEMIST NEW ‘HAZELTON y - BC, Assay Office and Mining ‘Office. ‘Arts and Crafls Building, 578 Seymour Street’ VANCOUVER, B The Estate of J.. O'Sullivan Provincial Assayers and Chemists Hstablished_ 1897 by the late J. O’Sul- ., livan, F.C..8., 26 years with = Vivian & Sona, Wansea. . MINING SURVEYS Dalby B. 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