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^â€" â€" -« ! «â- â- â-  'W» ^ FRENCH RECAPTURE 30 VILLAGES IN ADVANCE ALONG THE AILETTE'RIVER Cermans (iivo Way on a Large Front Rapidly I'lnsued by I'ranco- Ameriran Tntopn â€" Allies Advance Toward Si. ()uentiiv A dc.ipatih frnm Pari* 3«ys:â€" ' vijtorously pushe.l, «"<! The French troops made important advaru'ea have heen made. •on-iiderable I A despatch from the Briliah Annie*; in the Field »ayii:â€" (Jen. Humlwrt's ; men crossed tho Somrne at Kpanaa- * court c'uring VVeilnesday tiiffht, oc- • cupying several points on the ea** bank. Farther .south the advance continued this morning with irroHterj facility than Wednesday between the: 0-!ie and the Autrecourt HeiKhts. The : pasHage of the Somme wuii effected after a iteries of sharp enifairtmeiits : in which the (ierinan mountain troops I contested vigorously every foot of ({Tound. Hidden amnnf^ the bullrushes and In the hollows and the dried beds of ^ branches of the river, the Germans I were able to use their quick-firers ef- fectively, ccmpellfnK th« pursuers} advances on Thur.sday both alon({ the (;iina1 du Nord and north of the Vtsle, • crordinjf to the W.ir Office announce- ment on Thurnday night. During the i-)ur!ie of the day thirty villages were retaken alonj; the Ailette River. In the latter area the enemy began a hasty retreat this afternoon, and the French, pre.ssinj; forward on a front of over twenty-live miles, made very rapid progress. The French are now on the ed(fe uf part of the St. (iobaln Forest, thf ihief outer de- fence of Ix>an. A *ide turning movement might be attempted here. South of Fresnes the French hiive penetrated the old Hindenburg line. In the whole s«-ct«>r of southern Pictu, and in that between the Vesle and the Aism-, huge Urea are burring everyA^'here behind the German lines, irdicatin^ 'hat the Gt^rmiun intend to continue their retreat. Tho advance toward the Aisnc is 'being pressed spiriteJIy, and Franco- American troops have now reached and, facinjr a galling fire, '^""^'"^^'^ ' dried' nominal the height.s doniinatinjr the river at "" ' ' * '"' "^ '' points. A turning movement against HAM AND CHAUNY CAPTURED BY FRENCH WHO MARCH TOWARD ST. QUENTM Line of 1917 Practically Regained â€" Nord ("anal Left 8 Slile.s in Rear With Enemy in Rapid Retreat. AT UA V : -Lomlon livsiander. Markets of the World Rreadatiiffs Toronto, Sept. 10. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 52.24^i; $2.21 'i Dry Sailed Meats ""lyong dears, in tons, :iOc; in case.'<, SO'.vc; clear bel- lies, 28 to 28'sc; fat backs, 25c. I.ard â€" Pure,* tierces, 30 '.4c to .lie; tubs, .S0% to .31 '4c; pails, "1 to 31%c; prints, ;!2 to 32 He. .Shortening, tiorces, 2<n to 2H'/4c; tubs, i.'6U to the Germ.in positions on the Aisne is under way. Farther north the P'rench movement toward St. Qiientin is also being HUNS RETREAT ACROSS AISNE .Vmerican Forces Following the Enemy Retreat Are Over North Side of Pluleaii. No. 2 now and a^ain to slow up their Pro- i Northern,' $V.Tl'"i; 'No"3 Northern, Srt-'Jic; pails, 2« to 27c; 1-lb. prints, gpe.'s in order to turn difficult posi- : 12. 17i^ ; ' No. "4 wheat, $2.11''4, in 27V4 to 28i:. tiors. (J.irsral Huinlvert's men built' store Fort William, not including tax.: foot briajt«« under the enemy's fire.' Manitoba oatsâ€" In store Fort Wil-i .Montreal Market* T]\e llrsl briir'M were destroyed, to- ' Ham, No. 2 C.W., 85',ic; extra No. I!' Montreal, Sept. 1(1. -Oats â€" Canad- , gelhor with their builders, but other 'ee'i, 82y.c; No. 1 feed, 79?ic . ., J ian Western .Vo. 2 $1.01 to $1.02; - - „„ii.,„fi. -.,„!..,= < f».«=. Vill-,1 â-  American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, kim extra No. 1 ftcd, !)< to 98c. Hourâ€", gallantly replaced those kilted ^^.^^_ ^^^.^^j. ^^^ y^.,^^_ kiln New standard grade, $10.05 to $11.0.5. ! ^ ., , nominal. Rolled oats- Bags, 90 lbs, $5.30. until pontoon.1 and foot-bruigea were j Ontario oats, new crop---No. 1 Bran, $^5. Short.^, $40. Mouillie, ; thrown across the stream. I white, 76 to 78c; o. 3 white, 75 to $67 to $08. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, Pluckily crossing the stream ' 77^^ according to freights outsiile. car lots, $17. Ot). Cheese â€" Finest under fire, the French troops finally 1 O/itario wheat â€" No. 2, Wint«r, jer easterns, 22'4 to 23c. Butterâ€"; took the positions which were verit- car lot. :^2.31; No. 3 Winter. S-' 27; Choicest creamerv, 43Vi to 43%c | able nests of machine guns. No. 2 Spring, $2.22, basis in store, Egg^- -Selected, ..1 to 52c; No.. 1^ Montreal. Peas^-No. 2 nominal. Barley â€" Malting, new crop to $1.05.- Buckwheat â€" Nominal. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal Manitoba flour â€" War A despatch from the French Array in France says: -The French have re- orcupiert all their old trenches along the whole front to the north of the Ai-ne River and also captured the towns of Ham and Chauny in the salient south-west of St. Quentin. * South of the Aisne the .American troops have in&de further progress in the legiun of Villers-en-Prayeres and Revilloii. I The French advance east of the Canal du Nurd at some places has reached a depth of more than ten kilometres. -At the present rate of progress the Entente allies will soon have driven the Germans from all the ground gained by them this year and the of- fensive operations may enter a new- phase. French cavalry after passing through Chauny this morning are in the region o^ Viry-Noureuil and are advancing towards Tergnier, which s 2'/2 miles west of La Fere. The cn.^my is retreating all along the Ham-Gui.scard line with the ut- most speed. South of the Oisc Gen. Mangin's troops are pressing in close to the enemy's line from which he launched his Spring offensive. In the region of the lower foreirt of Coucy French troops are within a mile of that line at Hill 75 and in front of Fresmes. Near I.affaux, Gen. .Mangin's men are within four miles of the Chemin- des-Dames and or^y about ten miles from the citadel of Laon. The forest of St. Gobain which sheltered the first long range gun that shelled the Paris region and which was the cornerstone of the Hindeubur^ position at Tang'.e where the line turns to the eastward a^ong the Chemin-des-Dames, is under the fire of French fciins over its whjle Ca- tent. .'ust south of the River Oisa the Germi ns this morning were still re- siating at Sinceny, between the river and the lower forest of Coucy, with the evident object of gaining further time to save their materia! further louth. The line now follows practically the 1917 front. North of I^ndrlcourt the French are fighting from their old first line of trenches while a little to the south-east they are approach- ing that line at the ravine of Vaux- aillon. - Tluirsdny forenoon passed, however, with nothing more serious than a lonprang» bombardment of the Am- erican rear lines. Violent explosions were heard along the line this morning. Ob- sen-ers r-^ported that they believed the Germa.is were destroying their Q^to, prompt shipment. r>i stock, 47 to I80; No. 2 stock, 45 to ' 46c. Potatoes -Per hag, ear lots, , $1.03 $1..')0 to $1.00. Dressed hogsâ€" j Abattoir killed, $29.00 to $29.50, ! Lardâ€" Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs net, j32 to 33c. quality, I ALLIES TO PURSUE FOE IMPLACABLY $10.95, Toronto. ..^''iV""'-" , """'mT"! .nrxS^' Toronto, Sept. 10.-Extr;» choice $10.8.--.. m ba^s. Montreal and T^°f- ),etivy steen, V5.r,0 to %V\.00; choke °" ! heavy steers, $14.50 to $16.00; biil- Mve Stock MnrkcU Toronto, Sept. Millfeed- -Car lots, delivered Mont- A despatch from the American forces north cf Vesle siys: The Am- erican forces, following up the Ger- man retreat from the Vesle, moved steadily over the plateau between the Vesle and the Aisne on Thursday. ^ and by noon their advanced elements had filtered into the slopes on the August Added 124,675 Tons Hmmnnition dumps. 1 Mjllfeed---i;ar lots, (leiiverea •«"";â- â-  chers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $14.00: An aviator reported a ternflc ex- real freights, bags included. Bran, ^^ ^^^^^ $12.00 to $12.50; do. med- plosion at 9 o'clock at Vlllers-en- $85 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton. , .^^^ $10.76 to $11.00; do. common, Praueres, on the Boulh bank of the Hayâ€" No. 1, $18 ,»•" f]''. P^V""; $9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls, River Aisne, directly north of t"'--l'._T°,""*°; '"'^*''' *''' ^ ^^^ P*' choice. $11.00 to $11.25; do, medium Fisme.s. Other explosions took place in the same region during the morn- ing. ton, track. Straw â€" Car lots, » « Kn ,,=, fnn bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do. rough to .5.t.u per ton. ^^^^^^ ^,. ^q ^^ $8.50; butchers' cows, """ choice, $10.26 to $11.00; do. good, Countrv Produceâ€" Wholesale $9.25 to %9.oO; do. medium, $8.25 to Eggs, No. 1 candled, 47 to 48c; $8.75; ^o. common, $7.26 to $8.00; selected new-laid 50 to 51c; cartons, stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, selected, new laia, ou lo ^ : $10.50 to $11.00; canners and cutters, I D »..!'"â-  r,<...,r,»rv solids 45c- do $6.50 to $6.75; milkers, good to Butter â€" Creamery, solids, 4»c, ^o. » » > • ° A despatch from London says: Bri- ! fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy choice, $90 00 to $135.00 do com. completed prints, 41 ' to^^42c; ordinary 3 'ia^ry -d -e $05^00^to g^OO. springers. ^^^^""^'^ %tigarinetbesrg;\Vell2to'to $15.00; yearlings. $15.00 to 84c. Cheeseâ€" New, large, 23^4 to 24c A Paris despatch says: In a tele- gram replying to the congratulations of the Paris Municipal Council, Mar- shal Foch, Commander-in-chief of the Entente allied forces, thanked the Council in his own name and on be- half of the French and allied armies, and added: "The German rush which menaced Paris and .\miens has been broken. We will continue to pursue the enemy implacably." Entire Horizon Is Aglow With Light of Conflagrations To Great Britain's Shipping northern side of the plateau Virtually no opposition was en- countered. Aerial and oth<-r observ- ers reported that there was every I '''^ merchant shipbuilding completed prints, _41 indication that the main bodv of Ger- j and entered for service in ' mans had retired across the'Aisne.. | "' August amounted to 124,675 gross It is expected that machine gun ; t°ns and perhaps artillery resistance will 1 be encouiitereil in the lowlands near- ', Cottlnje Is the c-apitnl of Monte- er the .-Msiie. Wedneeiday night and n( ^ro. 4y $16.00; spring liimbs, 16 to 17Hc; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to BRITISH CROSS CANAL DU NORD: SIX MILES FROM CAMBRAi theese-TJew. large "â- Â«'^" ";• $18.00; hogs, fed and. watered $19.60 twins, 23% t? 24Hc; sormg-made • ^^ weighed" off cars, $19.75 large, 25Vi to 26c; twins, 2b to ihViC ^ • to $20.00. 10. â€" Choice steers ge. â€" w /• -- , Beansâ€" Canadian, prime, bushel,: v, (real Sent *1-? ti*y'V.t^$7'?o'""''' .$12'oo'To $13S0; good, $11.00 to HUGE TOLL OF FOE PLANES A despatch from London says: Four' ' hundred and sixty-five enemy ma- ! ' chines have been destroyed and two ; hundred disabled since the commence- ment of the offensive on August 8, according to an official statement on aerial operations on Thursday night. Sixty-one hostile balloons were des- troyed and 911 tons of bombs were , dropped on various targets. Two hundred and sixteen British machines are missing. Germ.'ins Fail to Check Progress of (Jen. Haig's Armies in the Lys and ("ambrai Area.s and Suffer Heavy Losses. A despatch from London says: â€" j At Nurlu and Templeaux la Fosse, The Canal du Nord and the Tortille ' north-east of Pcronne, where strong River have been cro.ssed on a wide | ^''™«" /?'»'"*f".'"''.'..""'' machine grun ners hud been holding, were swept clear and the positions now are in the Comt. Jloney-Lnoice, io o. ,. .^ ^ j^^„ ^^q ^q ^ .,')0 to $2.75; Bulk, 2ac Maple S/rup â€" Imperial yo'-;rfrV7v"Blilk""25c"to'26c p-rlto $0.00; choice butcher cows, $9.50 $2.;.0 to $2.7... Bulk, 2je to <it>c p.r, ^ ^^ ^^â- _ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^p. per $2 lb front north of Moislains by English and Welsh troops, according to Field ] hands of the British Marshal Haig's communications. On the northern part of the battle- Moislains lies about three miles north front there have been slight .skir- of Peronne. Other English divisions m gained the west V)ank of the canal , b opposite Demicourt and Boursies. here are making no attempt at a| Moeuvres. six miles from Cambrai, real advance. The enemy seems to' has been occupied and the fighting bo content to be let alone here, and continues there among the old Hin- | showing no signs of any serious coun-| deiiburg line defences. | ter-nltack. A later despatch says:â€" The Brlti.sh Substantial advances are again rc- huve made further progress along porte<l all along the southern part of their front north and south of Per- the line. The Australians have onne. according to Field \larshal crossed the Somme on a wide front Haig's report on Thusday night. | .''outh of Peronne and after overconi- British patrols have been able to , ing heavy opposition p.ave driven into cross to the east bunk of the ("anal du the territory the enemy was holding. Nord .south of Miirciulon. The Cunad- I St. Christ, Brie, Leme.snil, Dnignt and ians are in the latter section. lIpJAthies Wood all have been taken and to Wednesday night tho British had ' progress Is reported to have been taken in four day.i over 10,000 pns- j made east of these places. I oners and more than 100 guns. The enemy also has been driven During the night and throughout back from east ami north-east of on Thursday the (Jermaiis marie a Peronne. Over tlie whole nr.-.t from number of slrong attacks in the' which tho Germans are retreating on Cambrai and the Lys areas. They 1 this large section bf the front many were beaten in every case, with heavy I fires are raging nnd numerous ex'-i losses, while the Briti.sh continued to, plosions have been heard. Whole vi improve their positions. | lages are afiame between the points "rho Rerlin official reports admit! to which the British have reached and withdrawels at a number of points, the Hindenbut-g line. Here and in A despatch from the British Army the northern ureas the Germans are in France says: -AH day Friday the burning vast <iuantilies of w-ar ma- Germans have been retiring gradual- ^ terials which they have not had time ly, but surely toward the Hindenburg to save, i.s the British are pu.shing line in the face of -iteady pressure, them too hard. gallons, $2 25V6-g»l''on'tins. $2.10 per gal- lon Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c. Provisions â€" Wholesale Barrelled Meuts^ Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, $47. , . , , , , Green Meatsâ€" Out of pickle, Ic less 1 than smoked. Smoked Meatsâ€" Rolls, medium, $6.00 to $8.00; lambs, $16.00 to $17.60; .-iheep, $12.00 to $13.00; calves, milk-fed. $12.00 to $14.00; gras-s-fed, $7.00 to $10.00; choice select hogs, off cars, $10.50 to_$20.00; rough and heavy, as low as $16.50. GERMAN MARK GOES DOWN; VALUE OF POUND IS UP ^ 32 to 83c; I \ despatch from Copenhagen says: hums," medium, 38 to 39c; heavv, 30c r^^ present situation on the Western to 31c; cooked hams, 53 to 54c^backs^, ^^^^^^ j,^^ caused a fall in marks of while the $5.04. CANADIANS ON THE CANAL ALONG THEIR WHOLE FRONT ' A despatch from British Head- quarters says: Tho British advance towards Cambrai has lulled into a ser- ies of patrol fights. On the main line : our advance continues- widely astride the Bapaume-Canibrai road. The Canadians are on the Canal du Nord along practically their whole front. ^ while the British home troops, south i of the Cambrai road, have also reach- ! ed the canal at many points. .A despatch form the French .Army I in France says: The horizon at night ' glows with the light of conrtagrations. ' for which, however, the Germans themselves are furnishing most of the fuel in their own stores of supplies • that the pri^ssure of the allies has I oblige^! the enemy either to leave on the spot or destroy. The villages ' burned were scarcely more than the ruins of the villages destroyed more : than a year ago, with only a few frame buildings, erected fo# the re- turning inhabitants. » â€" __ U.S. Troops on .All Fronts Pass 1.600,000 Mark A despatch from Washington says^ General March has announced that the total embarkation of .American soldiers for all fronts, including the Siberian expedition, has passed the 1,600,000 mark .\ugust 31. In ans-.ver to a question GAeral March sai^l it was estimated that more than 250.000 had landed in France during .^ugxist. The record for monthly shipment, he added, was 285.000. «K LENGTH OF BATFLEFRONT j REDUCED BY SIXTY MILE,^ I A de.spatclT from Paris says: The F'rench rediiced the length of th« [ western battlefront by nearly t'O miles since .Tuly 18 by pressing back the (Jermans from the territory which ' they conquered in their offensives of March, .April and .Tuly. This place.') at the disposal of the Entente allied I commander-in-chief a considerable I number of divisions w-hich heretofore had been engaged in holding the line. fess. 48 lishes and intermittent machine-gun P'H"'/' B.efkVast^'^42 tr44c. al>o"t seventeen pfr cent ursts along the canal, but the British : Cotli.ge rel's, 35 to ^6.-. j pound steriing has risen to CANADIANS CLEAR UP AREA SOUTH OF SENSEE RIVER 59 Square Miles of Territory, 20.373 Prisoners and Scores of Can- non Have Been Captured by Dominion Troops. In Hot Water At tlie .South African hospital at llivhinuiul, Eng., the patients are put to balli upon arrival r..i(l are kept night and day in water maintained at a temperature of 98 degrees. It's hot at first, but they soon get used to it. A despatch from the Cjinadian Forces says: On Friday our infanti-y cleared up the area included in the triangle south of the Sensee River and west of the Canal du Nord. The i enemy carried on an intermittent ', ' bombardment of our line and supports from both the north nnd the east, but ' he appears to have withdrawn his batteries from our Immediate front. He still holds the east bank of the : canal, which, w-ith its marshes beyond and the hills gently sloping dow-n to 1 them. fring«»<l with dense woods, â-  ; makes hisi position very strong. j Prisoners taken by the corps w-ere 9.131 in the .'\miens show and 11.242 in the present show, the latter includ- > : ing 2i!2 ofiicers. making a total of 20,;n3. The penetration in front of Arras has been twelve and a quarter against fifteen miles at Amiens. The count of guns captured in the first week of the present show has not been complete owing to the scattered country. Fift;.->tx sciuare mile-=; have been recaptured by the Canadian Corps, but since Monday morning we have captured 34 field guns, 13 5.9-inch guns, 10 4.1-inch guns. 2 4.1-inch long naval guns, 6 anti-tank guns and sev- eral hundred of trench mortars and machine guns. The^ captures of enemy artillery have not been on the same scale as in the southern battle be- cause here we have attacked tho enemy in his defensive posit'ons while there we caught him preparingj, for a grand offensive w-ith all his puns out in front. , These figures do not include sever.-il thousands of the enemy dead lef' oA the fiel^, and take no account of lh« damage done to his 31 divisions en- countered. Therefore our casualties are small us comr>ared w-ith the loss,- both moral and material, inflicted. o OlLllX'^' o* -fclro Dixir^. WHERe OIP I THE FLOWrRS i COME PROM ( \miss sm»tm" â-  "Your wife bkouoHt thek while wou WERE AT IM\:H j 'â€"I MR. OUPF ( WHN-A-SHtA |MO»TlONEC>,ToPAi V^AS HER. , '