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> OFFICIAL NEWS.
•> JSIELEOUIlNIJj'-Monday. I
;; Tho : fpllowingcablos * liavo bcon ro
'coived by the Federal Government from
tho -lligii ' CommiBsiorier. ' datecl Sen tom
bor C 0. 55 p.in. ’
Ambassadors, of the -Triplo Entente aro
making./Jost efforts to: keep' peace with
(Turkey! v; ‘ . ‘ ..
Rnsaiph Successes continue, Tlie Aus
, tria’n--army, winch -is operating in:Rub-:
Biau-Poland,. and which mot .with suc
; oess .at Lublin;, was‘caught* by the Rus
mansion Saturday, at- Tonmscow, be:
twopn,Liiblin and Fholm. • V" r
:-Tho.jAiifltripu 10th Army Corps was
defeated .and 5000 prisoners wore taken.
Twp '\Rusgran army corps wore caught'
between; Spldnu : and (AllenBteiu, and
were, .driven back with loss, by over
whelming 'Germans,. who reoccupied/ A1-,
Jonstoin. ’ • '
It • .is uaptioipd.tod >? that central Ger
many' will; bd invaded at threb’points—!
• EastjPrussia,.Posen .'and• Silesia.
Thp?o. is 'h6 Aground for confirmation
of • tlio reported" withdrawal of tho
enemy's forces from west to east.
Tlio . Belgians Inflicted losses on the
Gormans at ' <Termonde. The Belgians
cut llie.tdykesv;to flood tho enemy.
Tljo Wilson linerTluno vtas mined and
Blink:, oh..Saturday, 20 miles off {lid'enst"
coast. The -prow and pass eager s were
' saved, excopt 20 RussidiL immigrants.
■ ' IX>?fBON, Sunday/9.50p.m.:
Official: Tho 'Netlay - hospital1*is-, occu
pied by« 80Q ‘ .patients’ from -the front.
Shrapnel bullets . account for nearly all
tlio .wounds. .-Great .’majority- of tligse
injured nro not dangerously. Tlio loss of
limbs, ia so far very uncommon* from tho
conditions, r;Tho Tact-that there .are'-bo
' fow .'riflo bullet .wounds, feenis to . con
firm tho ^ statement-that the German in
fantry aim badly.
Following is a summary of Uio Press
Bureau's "Voviow of the situation in
Franco muce.thd/ battle at Cam.brai on
tho 26th' lAugust." '
Tlio British troops successfully turned
the ,left’ 'flank* of - the whole lino- of
French armies from,a deadly turning, at
tack. Supported ' by’’ enormous tureen
tiny Frcucii, armies huve'ouiim into, opera-,
lion on our left iiiitl rights relieving tlio
strain,on did-'men. On August 21), the
French, gained a -i.pl!<1 success over three
Gcriwui, tinny: vorF* * wear • Gulsar.; In
spiio of ffilw a general retirement to
'tho'ficutli has*’continued
, '(JjrmanTirmiuH are. remaining, in prae*
tieally continuousi • contact with/ our
Oa September 1, a very vigorous,effort
by the tier tuaim air might about a sharp
action near' Ponipicgno with a result en
tirely , satisfactory to the British. Tire
brunt fpjl, uiioii. tho. Guards Brigade,
wlio lost tli r co ’ him deed killed . and
'won tided.. Maud i«l a tighter wu«‘ inflicted
upon tho Gej roans, and, as reportcd - in
nn eariier telegrain, ton guns were cap*
vL’ho British*, troops have not been en
gaged rtinco 1st- oeptoiiiher,, advantage
bciug takeu of tlm quiet interval to HU
up -tlio gaps and, consolidate tlio units.
Drafts amounting to ! nineteen thoii-**
wand dmvp rnnclicd our nnny, or are ap
proaching our- linen of communications.
During the whole period.of lighting/
tlio British. cuBUallins aro estimated |al
iiftcon thousand officers and men., • *.’
It is known that a very considerable
number of thorn hying im*Jtided In this
•total will rejoin the colors rarely.
-■- Tho looses; though heavy, have in: no
wiser affected tlio rtjn'rit of tho troopa.
.They do not amount to one-flurd ol
•tho loMUfl inflicted'by tho British force
.upon tlio. enemy, and tho • nnorifico re
quired of the army has not been out of
•proportion .to its military achievements,
liio British army are now pouth of -the
diver Marne, in a Jino with tlm French
forces on the right and loft,
Tlio ilntcat information' in that the
enemy is; neglecting Faria, and march
lug south-east towards tho Murno and
French left and centre.
Tlio German enveloping movements
upon tho Anglo-French left appear to
havo been abandoned either because
they wero no longer nrncticablo or in
lidos* °f lllrcct attnc^ (,fl tlio Allied
'J’hero is no doubt that our men have
established a personal ascendency over
.the Germans, and arc conscious that
anything like even numbers tho
result would not.bo doubtful, .
During a rearguard action tlio Gor
mans wero soou giving assistance to our
wounded. . -
Tho -weather is very hot, but our sol
mors aro wclP and hearty and our
horses . aro *in excellent condition.
■ It may bo said that tho war so fur
has added to the,reputation of.tho.BrJ
tinu arms, but wo must havo moro mon
operoto./on a. scalo proportion*
tlm. strength and power of the
iumpire, . ,
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