St. John's Daily Star, 1915-10-18

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 monday october 18 1915 no 153 altho mowed down belgans held on brave stand of belgians subjected to a terrific bombardment which was but the prelude to a german attack in force on their lines at dixmude and ypres—bel gian artillery scattered the infantry of the enemy as they leaped from the trenches—several german at tacks repulsed la panne belgium oct 17 via paris 18 — the belgische standard pubished here says a terrible bombardment was in progress along the yser front on saturday nd sunday nights and firing was especially violent near dixmude and ypres this bombardment was a pre lude to an attempt by the ger mans to break the belgian lines the belgian artillery returned the fire shelling the enemy communi cation trenches and scattering his infantry as they leaped from the trenches a second attack on a similar scale was also repulsed this offensive took place in the dixmude region as a spot known as deaths highway which has been stubbornly disputed by both sides although mowed down in rows the belgians have not yielded an inch of ground king of italy and son are pals paris reports successes for our allies in the lorraine and artois dis tricts—trenches captured this is a recent photo of king victor emanuel of italy and prince hum bert vvho recently had his first view of real war the king and little trince are pals germans hard pushed for men on both fronts enemy troops holding the western lines made up of fragments of various regiments and corps german troops working under the most trying circumstances paris oct 18.—according to a ha vas news agency despatch from geneva the german troops bearing the brunt of the attack of the french a long the champagne front are not a homogeneous force and their condition and equipment are far from being up to the standard these assertions the despacth states are based on information gathered by calfriler a swiss military writer from from persons who have been at the front it is added that the forces on the german side in the champagne are made up of fifty six regiments hast ily formed from scattered units of many other regiments and various corps a complete list of these is given showing a heterogenous assembly of regulars landwehr reservists and guards some of whom had just arrived from the russian front the guards go ing directly from their trains to the fir ing line british warships bombard points on belgian coast flushing oct 17 — during the whole of afternoon continuous heavy gun fire south is audible here it is thought probable there was a bombardment of the belgian coast owing to fog it is impossible to make observations greek king favors allies said to be preparing to go to saloniki greece and roumania swinging toward cause of allies athens oct 1 7.—the energetic ac tion of the entente allies and in the opening of actual hostilities bet ween bulgaria and serbia are appar ently modifying the attitude of the greek anti-war party there is credible authority for the statement that king constantine is pre paring to go to salonika in the near future it is said in circles well informed that greece will abandon her attitude of neutrality as soon as the concentra tion of troops is completed and army arrangements perfected the impression prevails here that roumania will shortly ally herself with the entente powers mmmmmm martial law proclaimed at russ city of moscow \ petrograd oct 17.—an imperial decree has been issued proclaiming a state of war in moscow and moscow district first newfoundland regiment lieut stan lumsden and lieut j nunns lord northcliffe predicts german failure in east says that as enemy's costly efforts in the west have fallen flat so will his designs fail in the balkans and on the suez canal—lengthy strug gle in prospect l ondon oct 18.—in reply to a cabled request for an expression of his views on the european situation at this time lord northcliffe owner of the london times and the london daily mail cabled today that the new war situation is particularly interesting the germans after colossal losses have abandoned their attempt to reach calais and their more recently express ed intention of breaking through the line at arras and cutting off the whole british army my own correspondent tells me that the german losses during the last fortnight in front of the british lines have been immense though the censor does not permit us to say o here i am hoping that he will allow me to let the facts get thro cable that the germans have fought with magnificent courage against our men germans were mowed down last week exactly as they were mowed down in the first battle of ypres held off everywhere in fhe west they are now making for the east and by crushing little serbia hope to seize the suez canal and hold up the british empire for an immense indemnity my absolute conviction is that just as they have been beaten in the atempt to get to calais and paris so they will eventually after immense further losses of life on the part of our armies and theirs fail in the east as they have failed in the west i still hold the opinion expressed at the beginning of the war that the world is now in for a long upheaval of a na ture it does not at present foresee bulgarians gash with the allies athens reports fight between the french and the bulgars at ghevg heli just north of the frontier of greece i i ondon oct 17.—french troops en countered bulgarian army at ghevg heli according to a despatch to the exchange telegraph co from athens ghevgheli or gievgeli is on the nish-salonika railway line in serbia about nine miles north of the greek border a despatch from athens to the lon don news last night said that the rail way administration at salonika has been ordered to prepare seven trains for the transport of allied troops to ghevgheli another news agency despatch to london from athens said that the al lied troops had left salonika on sat urday for the serbian-bulgarian fron tier sunk 5 hun transports british submarines still active and successful in baltic—drive hun troopship ashore petrograd oct 17—british submar ines operating in the baltic have sunk five germans transports and forced another ashore according to an official statement 3,000,000 recruits needed by spring kitchener says and these must be obtained by com pulsion or other wise else the military authorities cannot be re sponsible for the war—germany's great reserves of men i ondon oct 17.—britain needs three millions more men by the spring this declaration was made to day by brigadier-general sir eric swayne director of recruiting in the northern command in a speech at hull he said that he estimates that germany still has be tween nine and ten million men from the ages of 18 to 45 that therefore it is useless to talk about wearing ger many out in the spring said he germany would lose more men than the allies which would balance the number of the allies and the central powers but if britain raises 3,900,000 additional germany probably would recognize that it would be fruitless to continue britain he added did not want com pulsion but unless 3,000,000 more men were recruited by the spring the military authorities could not be res ponsible for the war americans will represent gt britain in bulgaria washington oct 17.—the british ambassador notified secretary lansing today that a state of war exists between britain and bulgaria at britain's request british interests in bulgaria will be looked after by the states 71 lives lost in french ship admiral hamelin is torpedoed and sent to the bottom paris oct 18—seventy-one persons lost their lives when the french steanv ship admiral hamelin was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine the despatch from marseilles which brings this news does not specify whet her the victims were passengers or members of the crew serbs repel hun attacks serbs repel nish says that austro-germans sus tained heavy losses one force be ing driven into the swamps daris oct 17.—a nish despatch of thursday evening says that all aus tro-german attacks have been repuls ed the enemy sustained serious losses the german army which attempted to turn the right wing of the serbians at semendria were driven back into the marsh at godomine on the fight bank of the danube ne the fortress of se mendria a bavarian battalion wac hrown into the swamps along this en tire front ah is quiet today nish and other serbian cities are pre paring solemn receptions for the anglo french troops mmmmmm germans on defensive russians make offensive moves along entire eastern front—enemy anxi ous to capture dvinsk petrograd oct 17.—with the ex ception of dvinsk the northern end of the russian battlefront where heavy artillery fighting continues the germans appear to be on the defen sive along the entire eastern front russian military officials say they have obtained information that the german armies have been ordered to take dvinsk at any cost german attacks at this point have been made with the utmost impetuos ity under cover of terrific artillery fire but so far they have been unable to break down the russian defence german losses are reported to have been extremely heavy v»k prohibition meeting tonight men wanted lots of them so earl kitchener tells the people of birmingham — appeals to every able-bodied man flew york oct 17—a cable to the new york times dated saturday says that the birmingham post has re ceived the following from lord kitch ener to the people of birmingham with reference to the recruiting cam paign in that city i need more men and still more men if the armies now in the field and the armies which will in-their turn proceed abroad are to be kept at proper strength i appeal to all men who are able bodied and can be spared to respond to the call unless they are satisfied to all#w the many lives given by their fellow-towrrsmen to have been given in vain i can only do my duty by the coun try if you do yours by me we must have more men at once f allies ministers leaving greece so a despatch from athens to the cologne gazette asserts amsterdam oct 1 7.—according to a despatch from athens to the col ogne gazette the ministers of russia and italy are preparing to leave greece the families of the diplomats the message adds probably will leave greece today for a ship bound for italy franco-bulgarian relations are severed paris oct 17.—the council of min isters has announced that a state of war has existed between france and bulgaria dating from six a.m on oct 16th allies make sure of communications road to serbia in their hands various strategic points dominating the nish-saloniki railway in the hands of anglo-french forces and protection of line is regarded as assured—strumithia bulgaria in hands of the allies allied war ships cruising in the aegean off bulgarian ports itha in bulgaria has been l ondon oct 18—strum occupied by the allied armies of great britain france and serbia according to official advices from salonika various points dominating the railway from salonika to the in terior have been occupied by the allied troops the correspondent says and the protection of the line regarded as assured the occupation of strumitha is confirmed by a despatch from ath ens the despatch adds that the allied armies are advancing and that a number of allied warships are cruising in the aegean off the bulgarian port of dedeagatch had to return east athens oct 18.—accord ing to information from diplo matic source here the army of gen von linsingen which was origin ally intended to be thrown by the teutonic allies into the serbian theatre of war was forced to re turn to the eastern field of opera tions to face the successful ad vance of the russians seek to prosecute german who called wilson an ape ** icurt yon reppert at torney who is alleged to have * branded president iwilson as an."ape crook and jackass at a closed meeting of * the german american alliance a week ago has received threatening l e_t t r s since " ' w - kurt vox russians give germans no rest perpetually attack hun positions with artillery and many troops paris oct 17.—a zurich despatch says the russians are perpetually at tacking the german positions on the frontier of bessarabia • their artillery is active enormous masses of troops are trying desperately to take the positions by assault britain will wage war until victory is gained so lord reading assures american in terviewers on the eve of his de parture for england—will stop short of no other conclusion to the present great struggle fiew york oct 1 7.—lord reading chairman of the anglo-french loan commission and two of his associates sir henry smith and sir edward holden sailed for liverpool today on the american liner st louis although contracts for the five hun dred million loan to be floated in this country were signed yesterday virtual ly completing the work of the com mission the two french members will remain in this country to attend to any necessary details in connection with the actual placing of the loan in measured words carefully chos en and slowly spoken so that all the interviewers might record them lord reading asserted that the british na tion would accept no other ending to the present struggle in europe than victory whatever happens he said nothing can change the attitude of britain and her allies jlad-es furs latest shapes and styles 1 collaretts t j necklets l ] stoles and muffs r g in orenburg marten ! s wt opossum : m labrador sable m squirrel and seal 1 an early call for [ the best selectioh | bowring brothers ltd j drapery department = i i==i 1111 r===i i . iie-atf read the daily star if r___==ii____i__===j j i for the i i sporting £■ season mksm guns j ! j9bßs revolvers j_hbk|h nobel's kynoch's & u | fj mgm im c ammunition pow i < * cr ' ®^ ot an * gaps an * = m 4 fc all necessaries r bishop sons & co ltd g zz i m d_=f