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- BRITISH 3- Attacking on Front of Eight M ARE liIYilNll _ a TIIE GERNIAN IRIRE ERIE 0E GERNIAN REAR ilcs, They Carried German Outer Works for a Stretch of Five Miles. London, July 23.â€"â€"The British, in- cluding Australian troops, by a mid- ‘ night thrust on afront of eight miles between Thiepval and Guillemont, carâ€" ried the German outer works for a stretch of five miles, penetrated into Pozieres, and, wheeling around the village, have driven awedge across the Bapaume highroad between Pozi- eres an] Bapaume. The German defence line between Pozieres brunt of the attack, and it was here that the British registered their larg- est gains. seizure of terrain, however, is the fact that General Haig has forestalled the German's counter-stroke which was in process of preparation, and for which large Teuton reinforcements had bee gathered behind the front. The initiative is still firmly in the hands of the British, and it is theirs and Guillemont bore the More important than the . ‘to say what the next movement will be. ‘ In one place to the right of szi- Ieres the artillery failed to completely Ilevel the wire entanglements erected ‘by the Germans, and the English troops attacking on that front. were :subjected to afurious machine-gun ,fire which cost them heavily. Deâ€" tspite this, they succeeded in penetratâ€" [ing into Guillemont, anti now hold ‘sections of the outskirts. In addi- §tion, the British for a time regained complete control of Longueval, where Ithere has been heavy fighting for the last week. Later, the official report states, they were forced to cede ground in the northern part of the village before a strong German coun- , ter-attack. ! The gain at Pozieres puts the Eng- lish troops beyond the German third line. They are within two miles of the heights of Martinpuich, crest of ,the plateau. MNNIININs SUPPLY NEANE EVERYTHING New Minister Receives Urgentl Message From Gen. Haig. A despatch from London says: Edwin Samuel Montagu, the new Munitions Minister, had the following letter from General Sir Douglas Haig read at the conference of representa- . tives of trades unions on Wednesday: “At this moment we are engaged in the greatest battle the British army ever fought. I feel confident if the workmen could see their comrades fighting here, both night and day, with heroism beyond all praise, they would not hesitate to surrender their two days’ August holiday. “A two-days’ cessation of work in the munition factories must have a, most serious effect on our operations. It might even mean an addition of many months to the war. The army in France looks to the munitions work- ers to enable it to complete its task, and I feel sure that this appeal will not be in vain. Let the whole British nation forego any idea of a general holiday until our goal is reached. A speedy and decisive victory will then be ours.” Mr. Montagu pointed out how vital was the question which had induced General.Haig to write such a letter in the midst of his overwhelming re- sponsibilities. The confreres unani- mously decided to send a reply to General Haig, assuring him that there would be no relaxation in their efforts, and that all holidays would be post- poned until military exigencies per- mitted of their being taken. The decision was hearty and en- thusiastic, and the conference ended with the singing of the National An- them, “an incident,” says The Chronicle, “probably unknown at 8 Labor conference any time within the last thirty or forty years. o o ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Large Increase in Attendance at Sum- mer Course. In 1915 the number attending the summer course for teachers at the On- tario Agricultural College was 105, while this year there are on the T011 182. Five weeks is the length of the Ieourse, and includes two years’ train- :ing. Thefirst year gives an element- ary certificate and the second year the intermediate certificate in agriculture. The regular staff of the college does .the teaching, but the courses are car- ried on under the auspices of the Deâ€" ,partment of Education. Country and city school teachers get a better idea of scientific agriculture, and the idea is to help in keeping young country {people from going to the cities. The ,Inspector of Elementary Agricultural Classes, Mr. J. B. Dandems, is in charge of the school. 0 00â€"â€" U-BOAT POSTAL SERVICE BERLIN T0 AMERICA. A Geneva despatch to the Exchange Telegram, London, says that the Munich Nachrichten publishes a Ber- 'lin despatch saying that the postal authorities are compiling regulations and scales of charges for a submarine postal service between Germany and the United States. IIIRRIIIIE c GNEAIS IN THE AIR BEHIND IIIE GERNIAN LINES British Aviators Bring Down Five Hostile Machinesâ€"One Battle Lasted Nearly an Hour. â€"_ A despatch from London says: The] down five en- British airmen brought German craft in fights over the emy lines Thursday. Referring to these operations, Sir Douglas Haig’s re ort reads: "Taking advantage of the fine weather the flying corps continued its bombing operations against points of military importance with results. The hostile aircraft were in- _ctive until evening, when there was i good deal of fighting behind the successful ' German lines. Our patrol encounter- ‘ed eleven German machines, with the iresult that three enemy aircraft were ishot down, one in flames. An- ;other encounter between four of our ‘machines and six of the enemy's last- fed 45 minutes. A Fokker was then shot down, and another badly damag- ed by our fire. The remaining four broke ofl’ from the fight. “During many other combats in the , air a fifth aeroplane was forced to the ground. Our total losses for the day were one machine.” 1 lTALY ADOPTS REERISALS AGAINST GERAIAN SUBJECTS Declaration of War by the Kaiser’s Government Expected to be The Outcome. A dcspatch from Rome says :-â€"A )oyai decree Was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday Ponbainins reprisdl measures against Barman subjects. The decree was the exalt of the strained relations be~ n Italy and Germs . The de- gree, which was prepare by Baron fionnino and Signor: SacChI and Rain< girl, extends to the alien enemies of Italy and her allies every measure ladopted against the Austrian Bilb' ‘ iects. The first part of the decree prohi- hits every transfer of property. The second prohibits a recourse to law courts. The third authorizes the Gov- ;ernment to adopt against the alien I enemies of Italy and her allies addiv i tlonal reprisal measures. ’ Relations between Germany and» Italy will now depend upon how i Germany views the decree. W000 NAEENEE Not Thirty Left Alive When the British Secured Possession. A despatch from BI iish Headquar- ters in France, via London, says :â€" Troops on the left of the recent great British advance attacked the (human line which ran in front of Bazcntin-ic-Petit wood, and was proâ€" tected by double lines of wire. Bri- tish guns, however, had accounted for the wire, and before the. Germans re- I'.li7.ed it the British fire was lifted from their front line and British troops were pouring over the remn- ants of the battered parapets on top of them. Two waves went ahead, and as soon as they had swept the front line clear two other followei. The right of the attacking force got through this part of the pro ramme with comparatively few lOSSeg. But the troops on the left suffered more severely, having been raked bv ma- chine-gun fire. Behind he German front line rana great wood, itself spanned by three successive lines of trenches, each with wire protection. These were taken one after another in a series of rushes, the men going as fast as they could in the dim light of early morning through a wood dense and checked with fallen timber, and so full of huge shellâ€"holes that it was all climbing, jumping, scrambling and crawling. Whatever their method of going, they got there. They waited in one trench while the guns behind concentrated their fire on the next line. Then they staggared forward as soon as the guns had lifted and while the artillery went to the next. Then the process was repeated. With alternate waits and rushes it took three hours to get through the wood. It was full of German dead and liv- ing, and at the upper end machine guns were posted which searched the open spaces between the wrecks of trees as the British troops came on But nothing stopped them. By soon after 7 o’clock they had cleared the top of the wood and taken 300 pris- oners. The wood itself was full of dead and the Germans taken there say they believe of all the troops who were in the wood, not thirty men escaped a- live. o GREATER PART OF POLAND WILL SOON BE FREED Petrograd, July 28.â€"â€"General Sakiâ€" haroi'f’s brilliant stroke in forcing the enemy back from the Lipa and the Styr has placed the Austrians in the most dangerous predicament of the war. Unless the Russians can be held off from Lemberg and Kovel, either by way of Vladimir-Volynski or the Stokhod line, the Austrian armies, worn out and depleted, and looking in vain for help from the Germans, are roomed to an ignominious retreat over the whole face of Galicia, and in- to the shadow of the great Carpathian wall, and the greater part of Poland will once more be freed of German troops. o LATEST ZEPPELINS ARE MONSTER AIRSHIPS. A Copenhagen despatch to the London Daily Telegraph describes the new and very powerful Zeppelins which, it says, are housed at the air- ship and aeroplane station in Darm- stadt, the most important in Germany. The new Zeppelins, the despatch says, I are 820 feet long, with a gas capacity of 190,675 cubic feet, mount not only. machine guns, but light pieces of ar- tillery, have four armor-plated gang- ways connecting their cars, engines of 4,000 horse-power, and can make 57 miles an hour and rise to more than ‘13,000 feet. *6 IFORECASTS BIG CROPS IN CANADIAN WEST. A despatch from Duluth, Minn., says: Bumper crops for the Canadian North-west were predicted by Sir William Mackenzie, of Toronto, presi- dent of the Canadian Northern Rail- way, who was here on Wednesday on his way to Chicago. He said the wheat . yield alone this year would be 800,- 000,000 bushels, and he did not think' the farmers would experience much difficulty in securing help to harvest. the crops. â€"_â€"__4.__~..- TAX EXCESS PROFITS 0F SHIPPING FIRMSu A desputch from London says: An- nouncement was made in the House of Commons on Wednesday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald McKenna, that the Government had, decided to take in taxation seventywy seven per cent. of the excess profits of shipping firms. ' ‘the three ships was received here on 'RNSEIANRNIARE EN: REINDEEâ€" iN Diiitilliiiii 0F ERZINGAN’. Capture of Guzuskaneh From Turks Means an Advance by the Grand Duke’s Troops of A despatch from London says: Giizuskamh has fallen before the ad- vancing right wing of the Russian army of the Caucasus, Petrograd an- nounced officially on Friday. The place lies 45 miles south-west of Treâ€" bizond, the Black Sea port. The town has about 3,000 inhabitants, and is built on both sides of a ravine. It is noted for its fruit production. The capture of Guzuskaneh indicates that the Russians are pressing forward rapidly toward their objective at Ed- zingan. Since the capture of Baiburt on July 16 the Czar’s troops have ad- 'i‘il HELP ALLlES It is Said She Will Enter the War in the Very Near Future. A despatch from London says: Roumania will cast her lot with the allies in the very near future. That is the belif in London. The plight of Austria, the continued successes of the Russian armiesâ€"successes that have reached and passed the Rou- manian borderâ€"and the impending al- lied offensive from Saloniki will lead. it is expected, to the important de- cision. Information from Bucharest forecasts developments at almost any moment. ___.>__.___. THOUSANDS TO GO OVERSEAS. Authorities Anounce Important Move- ment of Troops. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€" Ten thousand soldiers, principally from Camp Borden, are to proceed overseas soon, it was anounced at the Militia Department on Thursday morning. The necessary arrange- ments have been completed to secure ships. The units going include seven battalions from Camp Borden and three from Niagara. No chaplains, junior Majors, assistant Adjutants or signallin officers will be included in the ten t ousand to go overseas LIQUOR CONSUMPTION IN CANADA DROPS. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€" The consumption of alcoholic liquors in Canada dropped from .872 per cap- ita to .745 per capita in the fiscal year just ended, according to returns is- sued on Thursday by the Inland Rev- enue Department. The consumption was about three-quarters of a gallon per capita for spirits, for beer nearly five gallons, and for wine .0625 gallon. The consumption of tobacco also shows a falling off of from 3.421 pounds to 3.329 pounds per head. STEAMERS RELEASED FOR ATLANTIC TRADE. Northland, Southland and Canada Back Into Service. A despatch from Montreal says: The British Admiralty has released three of the White Star-Dominion Line steamers which were formerl in the Canadian tradeâ€"the Northlan , ISouthland and Canadaâ€"which have been engaged in the Government ser- vice between Great Britain and the Mediterranean. News of the release of ' Friday. RECEIVE EAITEENGN RACING, Forty Miles in Five Days. of vanccd to Guzuskaneh, a distance ,nearly 40 miles. | Further successes in the Caucasus [are reported in the official statement ‘from Petrograd, which follows: I “In the region of Djwizlyk we made ifurther progress, taking prisoner an gofi’icer and 60 Turks. Between Trcbiâ€" Izond and Erzingan, after a fight, we itook the town of Guzuskaneh. In the iregion northâ€"west of the town of Kiel- gkitscheytli we made prisoner 80 Turk- ,ish officers and 400 men, and captur- }ed important convoys. We repulsed an enemy offensive in the region east of RivandouZa (region of Mosul).” I "GERNANASSANL'IS " FAINTER AT VERDUN Teutons Find Increased Difficul- ty in Concentrating at Any One Point. A despatch from Paris says: Con- trary to expectations, the Germans have made no attempt to follow up the smashing blow delivered against the northern Verdun defences a week jago. The French counter-attacks, ac-y cording to the official accounts, are gradually winning back the ground) gained by the Germans at heavy cost, in the vicinity of Thiaumont and. Fleury. This inactivity on the part ofr the Crown Prince is interpreted bYI {than 18 days in preparation for the attack of July 12. July 15 number 850,655, Ontario lead, ing with 145,195. From the Toronto SCORES OF BODIES OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST. French military opinion as evidencei that the Germans are finding increas- ing difficulty in concentrating troo si at any one point on the front. T 0 French officers say that each fresh as- sault on Verdun is requiring longer and larger time to prepare. They claim that the Germans took no less‘ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~: CANADA'S ENLISTMENTS NOW TOTAL 350,655.l Ontario Leads with 145,195, as Com~, pared With Quebec’s 36,890. A despatch from Ottawa says; Total enlistments in Canada up to division alone there are 79,715. Que-i bec has given 38,890 men, of whom, 30,186 were from the Montreal dis-; trict. From the Maritime Provinces the number is 31,633, and from Mani-‘ toba to- the coast 136,939. Victims of Jutland Battle Floating Amid Wreckage in North Sea. A despatch from New York saysz, ,Scores of bodies of both English andv| German sailors, equipped with life, Ipreservers and floating in a mass ofI wreckage from the big Jutland naval: battle, were encountered off the coast' of Norway on July 2 by the steamer, Lyngenfjord, which arrived here from Bergen on Wednesday. A fleet of small vessels sent out by the Norweg-j iian Government were collecting the dead. __.a o ‘ PRUSSIAN CASUALTIES APPROXIMATE 3,000,000. A despatch from London says: The Prussian casualties up to the present are 2,801,521, according to the Daily Telegraph, which claims these figures are official. EVERYTHING [S [N THE BALANCE German Correspondents Realize That the Fate of the Central Powers Rests on Outcome of Present Offensive. Berlin, July 23.â€"â€"Max Osborn in a ‘ despatch to the Vossische Zeitungi from western headquarters says: 1 "We are shaken by burning pain as new streams of German blood are lossness over what cannot be changed. “After two years of war the Angel of Destruction is passing through the ranks of the German arms with u fury and merciloseness as if the death dunes of battles had only just begun. "Whilst aur enemies surfer fearful losses, we do not blind our eyes to the new mourning come to us, nor over the seriousness of the fate of this de- ' . stand the whole fury and burden flowing, and we recognize our powar- V cisive battle raging on all fronts. We should be unworthy the stupendous task we have to fulfil and. the almost incomprehensible sacrifices our heroes make if we were not able to under? of these weeks. “We feel the raging storm of the united power of the enemy. It is now a question of everything for the life or death of our nation. We stand differently new from what we did in August, 1914. L'nexampled deeds of fate lie between. But still the con- eluding point has to be reached and everything is in the balance of death‘ or life.”