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“At the end of September the sit- uation may be summarized as fol- lows: Since the opening Qf the battle on July 1 we have taken 26,735 pris- oners, and engaged 38 German divi- sions, of which 29 (about 350,000 men) have been withdrawn exhausted or broken. We hold the half moon upland south of the Ancre, occupy every height of importance, and so have dirnct observation ground to the “These victories brought our front line at more than one point within a mile of the German fourth position west of the Bapaume-Transloy-road." The statement continues: “The en- emy has fought stubbornly to check our advance, and since Sept. 15 seven new divisions have been brought against us and five against; the French. The severe and prolonged struggle demanded on the part of our troops very great determination and courage. official statement issued givz of the fighting on the Somn after the advance of Sept. 15 ing the capture of villages, : Combles, Gueudecourt and ‘ and proceeds: , ,V.V._°v u...) uuuv auu the enemy lines of communication were disorganized.” “The hard-pressed German infantry in the trenches had been shouting for help, and troop trains, ammunition trains and transports of all sorts fill- ed the yards at Cambrai. They pre- sented a fair target for the British aeroplanes that suddenly appeared out of a clear sky. One heavy bomb blew up an ammunition train with a tet~ rific explosion, the second hit the enâ€"‘ gine and the third struck a troop train.» A fourth landed in the centre of a group of detraining troops. “Then the aeroplane dropped with in machine gun range and peppered a transport train alongside the rail- way and the groups of panicstricken soldiers. Great damage was done and l AL. 77 " V BRlTlSH HAVE TAKENâ€"25,735 AND SMASHED 29 Davsgms The Fruits of “Prisoners declare that the ever-in- creasing activity of the British aero- planes in attacking German infantry columns inspires terror behind the German lines. There was a wild scene ‘ at the railroad station at Cambrai, an important junction far behind the| German trenches, when British aero-‘ planes attacked. ' A despatch from London says: The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt l‘Ab- baye and Le Sars suffered terriny from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. Accord- ing to some prisoners, the Germans lost three-fourths of their men. A correspondent at the British front telegraphs: Activity of British Planes is Terrorizing the German Soldiers. FOE QARRHSGNS SUFFER TERREBLY Montreal enlistments for the fort- night ending September 30 are given as 856, nearly double the enlist- It may be noted that the recruiting total of 6,351 for last month fell very considerably short of wastage at the front during September. Consider- ing the number of casualties, and the comparatively large number of men who are now being \veeded out of the battalions proceeding overseas through the final medical inspection prior to leaving Canada, it is safe to say that there are fewer men actually in the expeditionary ranks now than there were at the beginning of Au-l gust. l A despatch from Ottawa says: The falling off in recruiting during the past tw" .nf three months, and the imperative need of systematic method of adjusting the supply of men to meet. the calls both of war and of industry, call for prompt action by Sir Thomas Tait and his fellow-direc- tors. Sir Thomas, in coâ€"operation with the officials of the Militia De- partment and of other departments of State. is now preparing detailed re-1 commendations for the consideration} of the board. | despatch from London says Eighl_ Thousand RECRUITS IN SEPTEMBER 7-.- _-.,v. ..u statement issuéd gives details had been shougiBE for u trains, ammunition sports of all sorts fill~ Somme Advance Set Reserves are Us: the Sormme front villages! including :1 Canadian Soldiers Have Returned From the Front and Have Been Discharged. T hiepvai, ‘, describ- :An LESS THAN THE WASTAGE uu‘ wan noscue machines and many with enemy troops on the ground. For every enemy machine that succeeds in crossing our front, it is safe to’ say two hundred British machines cross the enemy's front." “In this action troops from every part of the British Empire and Brit- ish Islands have been engaged. All behaved with discipline and resolu- tion of veterans. Our aircraft have shown in the highest de ee the spirit of the offensive. They ave patrolled regularly far behind the enemy’s lines and have fought many battles in the air with hostile machines and many with enemy troops on the ground. F‘nr “The importance of the three months’ offensive is not to be judged by the distance advanced or the num- ber of enemy trench lines taken. It must be looked for in the effect upon the enemy’s strength in numbers, ma- terial and morale. The enemy has used up his reserves in repeated, cost- ly and unsuccessful counterâ€"attacks without causing our allies or ourselves ‘ to relax our steady, methodical pres-‘1 sure. ‘ “I thought you told me you were on your way to enlist?” “I am,” replied ’Plodding Pete. “I’m bryin’ to enlist sympathy fer me large an’ unsatisfied appetite.” east and north-east. fallen back upon a f a low ridge just west Transloy road. ,v. ._..-...b um ulsuh the British regained complete posses- sion of Eaucourt L’Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field Ifortifications extending from a point Inear Morval to St: Pierre-St. Vaast Wood. During the day the French advanced still farthed east of Morval. , , 7 . _ . u u u v.4. uqu v at. The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt L’Abbaye and Le Sars suffered ter- ribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. According to some prisoners the Ger- mans lost three-fourths of their men. Rain fell for the greater part of Wednesday, and it was only between showers that the allied artillery could carry on its “softening” process against the new line of defences which the infantry now face. There were scattered engagements of a violent, but local character. During the night the British regained complete posses- sion of Eaucourt L’Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field £-.4:‘ of Field Fortifi- cations. A despatch from London says: With the French and British before the German fourth line after more than two months of almost continu- ous fighting, the Autumn storms, for which Picardy is famous, have brought a temporary lull in the oper- ations on the Somme. French Carry BRITHSH REGAN ALL EAiiCéE at Forth Officiallyâ€"Enemy’s 'sed Up. ' Iservice. Most of these have been in- ‘capacitated by wounds, and will re- ceive pensions for the rest of their lives. In England there are several thousand more members of the Cana- dian force in hospitals who will prob- ably never be able to go back to the front, and who will be sent to Canada for discharge as soon as they are suf- ficiently convalescent. By the end of the present year Canada‘s pension roll will probably be well over the ten ‘ thousand mark. 9 73,895; Kingston-Ottawa, 38,535; British Columbia, 35,871; Alberta, 33,147; Maritime Provinces, 333,074; London, 30,500, and Quebec, 7,206. About eight. thousand soldiers have so far returned to Canada from the front and have been dis- charged as unfit for further active The aggregate enlistment to the end of the month was 365,867, to which Toronto district has contributed 82,830; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 73,895; Kingston-Ottawa, 38,535; British Columbia, 35,871; Alberta, 33,147; Maritime Provinces. 333,074: Columbia is second with 434, and To- ronto third with 367. Other districts show: London, 187; Kingston-Ottawa, 349; Quebec, 96; Maritime Provinces, 228; Manitoba-Saskatchewan, 235; r31e_nt 79f any other district; British Alberta, 391 rth-east. The enemy has upon a foug‘th line behind A Real Recruit ,“v -r._â€". ve. They {lave patrolled behind the enemy’s lines ght many battles in the of the Bapaufi; Powerful Line Twenty Elm 18,500 tons to the British co-mmisrsiio; Greece and France, were also an- nounced by the Federal Company. A despatch from New York says: Negotiations for whht is said to be a record-breaking single transaction in refined sugar with any one nation were completed on Wednesday by the Federa‘l Sugar Refining Company, which announced the sale of 30,000 tons to a foreign Government, probâ€" ably Great Britain. The purchase in~ volves about $3,500,000 and shipments are to be made in January, February and March. Immediate Shinmpnf: n‘F Serbians Reach Position Within Six Miles of ’ Monastir. I ’BRQKE THROUGH BULGAR LENES A despatch from London says: Fighting on its home soil after months of expatriation, the reconsti- tuted Serbian army is making steady progress towards Monastir. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Sa- lonica reports that the Serbians have broken the Bulgarian first-line de- fences on Kaloni,.and are only six miles from the chief city of Southern Serbia. Officially they are reported as crossing the Cerna River, near Do- broveni and Brod, and to have occu- pied the towns of Buf and Popli. 30.00 The allies' positiQn is everywhere excellent, the line having been straightened out after the capture of Combles and Thiepval, and, contrary to German reports, has been extended, not; shortened. l 1 The report from General Haig’s iheadquarters contains an interesting statement of the number of artillery pieces and machine guns captured from the Germans during the pro- gress of the Franco-British offensive. It says: “Between July 131: and Sept. 3rd, besides large quantities of other war material, we captured or recov- ered from the Somme battlefield 29 heavy guns and heavy howitzers, 92 field guns and field howitzer‘s, 103 trench artillery pieces and 397 ma- chine guns.” Twenty-nine Heavy Guns and Howitzers, Ninety-two Field Guns. A despatch from London says: The Germans on Friday delivered numer- ous counter-attacks in strength along a great part of the front north of the Somme. Their artillery fire also is becoming heavier, new supplies of,am- munition having been brought up. De- spite their strenuous efforts, however, the British and French lines are un- changed, except for some local ad- vances made by the French in the1 Morval sector. Here Foch’s troops; have pressed further to the eastward, [ in the region of the Peronne-Bapaume f highroad. i BREFESH SWELS FEW THE SWME tary tries ll Although the offer can hardly be Fconsidered a formal one, it is of an l ofl’icial character and is more definite {than previous overtures. King Al- bert has been ‘ approached several times by German agents. Last spring the most ambitious of these efforts were made, but the Belgian King spurned these offers repeatedly, deâ€" spite the fact that considerable pres- sure was brought to bear by 'the Gerâ€" mans on various parts of his'country. It is likely that nothing will come of this latest ofi‘er. But it is inter- esting because it shows that the Ger~ mans are modifying their views about the advantages they hold in the mili- tary occupation of neighboring coun- 0 TONS OF SUG SOLD TO GR] The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cables as follows: German agents, acting through King ‘Albert of the Belgians, suggested re- cently definite terms to the allies re- garding Belgium, Serbia and Lor- raine. This I learn from excellent au- thority. The proposal included the withdrawal of the Germans from Bel- gium, the payment of an indemnity for destruction due to military occu- pation, the retirement of the Kaiser’s forces from Serbia without an in-1 demnity, and the return of Lorraine‘ to France. Withdrawal From Belgium : Payment of Indemnity Part of Offer. GERMANS MADE A PEACE OFFER T0 GREAT BRITAIN} The 9'9"“ A despatch from London says: The Russians scored successes at numer- ous points a‘hmg a line extending from the district west .of Lutsk in Volhynia to the Dniester in Galicia. The Russian ofl’ensive, which halted temporarily while fresh supplies were being brought up to the front, is again in full swing on the entire southern portion of the front. Tre- mendous efforts are being made by the Czar's forces, aqcording to den‘ w 1 NUMERQEJS GAINS BY RUSSHANS ‘ IN VGLHYNIA AND GALICIA From Sept. 18 to Oct. 4, according to the communique, the French in- creased their total prisoners to 40,313, the British to 27,602, the RuSSians to and These figures were obtained from the official communiques. (HALF A MHLEEQN PRESGNERS TAKEN BY mags IN 10 WEEKS A despatch from Paris says: The Paris Journal publishes a table of the prisoners and booty captured by the allies on the four principal fronts ‘ A despatch from Esbjerg, Den- mark, says: Fishermen who arrived‘ here on Friday report that at noon on ( Monday they sighted a partly sub<l merged Zeppelin thirty-five miles) north-west of the Island of SyIt, in[ the North Sea, off the coast off Schleswig. Several German destroy-l ers and two large vessels were sur-f rounding the Zeppelin,, the fishermen, said, in an attempt to keep her afloat] Thosé Captured by the ZEI’PELIN WRECK ED sugar and a half-pound of soap a month. Besides these he has two and a half pounds of black bread and three-quarters of a pound of meat a day. For smokes he is allowed two pounds a month of “Machorka,” the chopped up roots of tobacco. Fights and Dies With a Fatalistic ' - Resignation. English observers who have been campaigning with the RuSSian army say that the Russian soldier gets the slightest material and‘othel‘ returns for his services. He is a kindly, dumb, patient man, ready for anything, for his religion, ‘the Czar and native land. He is not naturally q fighting man,‘ knows none of the glamor. of gloryfl or of self-sacrifice, but fights and dies! with a fatalistic resignation. Thel highest reward‘that he can hope for; is an iron cross for bravery or; the field. For rations he gets a quarter of a pound of" 1253?, five pounds of Lord Derby expressed keenest satis- satisfaction with the progress of the western campaign, which, he declared, only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: Germany representing that I was terrorized and London in I will not say that London is t defended of the allied capitals can assert that there has been improvement, which means tha Zeppelins will be brought ClOVW they come again.” French . British . Russian . Italian . "Kalds will continue for the effect on the German people, who have been taught that Zeppelins, like submar- ineg, could“ bring England to her knees. Hence the ridiculous com- muniques and neWSpaper articles in A despatch from London will continue ' Zeppelins despite the and the great improv capital air defences. was expressed to t] Press on Wednesday 1 Derby, who said: ‘ “Raids will continué on the German people, taught that Zeppelins. NOTABLE DECLINE IN ACCURACY OF GERMAN CERCAAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly Total THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER OFF DANISH COAST. Emperor Has Left for the Scene Muscovite Attacks. ch from London says: continue to be visited by and London in flames. that London is the best ‘ there has been a vast vhich means that other be brought dOWn when capitals, but I Roumanian and Salonica Armies Are Included. recent losses Formerly, They: Are I in What They Relate It is officially announced that peror William has left for the e front to visit the troops of Gen Linsingen, against whom the pI 9.1 Russian attack is being ditec spatches from correspondents at the front. The Austroâ€"German resistance apparently is stiffer than during tha‘ early stages of the drive, however, the defence of Lemberg and along the‘ Volhynia lines being especially de: termined. whom July 1 to Sept. 18. The cap- : tures of the Roumanian army and the “Salonica army are not included. The A figures are: Guns. Guns. Prisoners. 145 729 33,699 109 223 21,450 841 1,580 402,471 35 92 3-12 DAD 1,131 2,624 490,668 f 432,564 and the Italians to 34,248, giv- ‘ing a grand total of 534,727 prisoners taken on the western, eastern, and southern fronts from July, when the Somme offensive began, to the present time. and tions effected in public works and railways and canals expenditure. It now seems certain that the total re~ venue for the year will amount to at least $210,000,000 or pessibly $220,‘ 000,000. 'yable the Government to apply $50,â€" E000,000 or more against the principal :outlay on war account. The official {returns for the first half of the fiscal year. that is to say, up to September €30, are now available and make, in the opinion of the Minister of Fin- ance, a showing satisfactory beyond the highest expectations of the bud- get. The revenue of the Dominion from all sources has reached a total of $103,000,000, or $30,000,000 in ex- cess of that for the first half of last year. The total expenditure, whichin- c‘ludes an increase of interest of $4,- 500,000 upon war borrowings. is about the same as last year, the higher in- terest charges being offset by reduc- Showing is Satisfactory Beyond the Highest Expec- tations. A despatch from Ottawa says: A revenue of well over $200,000,000 is in prospect for the present fiscal year, according to an estimate made public by Sir Thomas White. This will en- EANAM’S' REVENUE @VER $209,080,000 l “One of the most striking features - of the present phase of the war is the notable decline in the accuracy of the official German reports, which over a considerable period, I am in- clined to believe, were reasonably ac- curate. Now they are evidently writ- ten for home and neutral consump- 3tion; they are notoriously false in :what they relate and strikingly signiâ€" fficant in what they minimize or con- {ceaL The best example of this is ‘their delay in admitting the fall of iThiepval and Combles. ‘ “The Germans absolutely} believed ‘ Thiepval to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and when the British made their final assault a regiment which had asked the privilege of hold- ing the place without relief, fought to a. finish.” Asked about the possibility of the end of trench warfare, the Earl of Derby, who now holds the post of Under-Secretary of War, said it was impossible to make any prediction with respect to that. Guns. 729 223 1,580 92 Now Notoriously False whom the princip. is being directed. of the Principal Prisoners. 33,699 21,450 402,471 38,048 i that Em- the eastern von Not