dia DIER TAKEN ALLIED FORCES The Germans Are Rapidly Retreating--The ~ Number of Prisoners Captured in the Picardy Drive Now Total 24,000 The Battle Spreading. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Aug. 10.--~The German army of General Von Hutier is retreating from the Montdidier-Noyon line. The French began a movement south. east of Montdidier last night, and virtually have that place surrounded. The towns of Assanivillers and Rubescourt were captured, and the French reached ! Faverolles, less than two miles east of Montdidier. North-west of Mont- didier the French have advanced east of Arvillers, six miles north-east of | Roye, and have captured Davenescourt, two miles east of Pierrepont. Paris newspapers say that many more than 20,000 prisoners were captured. The German line from Montdidier to Noyon is between twenty-five and | thirty miles in length, and forms a semi-circle swinging south-east from Montdidier to the south of Noyon. A retirement on this line probably | beans that the Germans are going to give up the Montdidier salient, which would be the first marked consequence of the Franco-British offensive in | Picardy. In retreating from this line the Germans are forced to use the | roads a railways going through Roye, which is six miles south-east of | Arvillers, east of which the French continued to advance last night. It is not ! improbable that the French thrust south of Montdidier Friday night in a north-easterly direction, reaching Faverolles ,two miles east of Montdidier, | compelled the retreat here. | Montdidier apparently is in a pocket, but the | French official statement does not say anything concerning the fate of that | town, If the Germans have not evacuated Montdidier, the French advance | would seem to place the troops there in a most langerous position, but their | retreat is cut off virtually on al Isides. There is a small loophole to the | north, but this is being closed rapidly by the French advance to Davenscourt. ! ONTDI The Prisoners Now Total 24,000. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Aug. 10.--The number of prisoners taken from the Germans in the fighting in Picardy has increased to 24,000, to-day's War Office statement announces. American trops delivered an attack in the angle between the Somme and the Ancre, and achieved a considerable success. British and American troops captured the town of Morlancourt between the Somme and the Ancre. Montdidier Is Captured. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Aug. 10.--(Afternoon)--The important town of Montdidier, | which was approximately at the apex of the German salient south of the Somme, has been captured by the Allies. Canadian and Australias forces captured Bouchoir, Meharicourt and Lihons, and have entered Rainecourt and Proyart, The French forces captured Le Tronquoy, Le KFretoy, and Assdinvillers, CAN Ny pe U Battle Spreads to South of Arras. (Canadian Press Despatch.) . London, Aug. 10.--The retrograde movement of the Germans is being accelerated by the favorable progress of a new attack south of Montdidier. The Pirardy battle is spreading to the south of Arras, the Pall Mall Gazette says this afternoon. Heavy fighting occurred this morning in this battle area, with the Allies making satisfactory progress and taking large numbers of piisomers. One hundred additional German guns have been taken bythe Allies. : Chaulnes Within British Gunfire. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Aug. 10.--~The new attack by the French has extended the battle line some sixteen miles further to the south-east in the Montdidier area. I this movement the French scored an advance of four miles in six hours. Tojthe north the important junction of CHaulnes is now quite untenable for DB as it is well within the fire of British field guns. The 100 guns added to 200 previously captured by the Allies were taken by the French in this morning's fighting, The opinion in London to-day was that the enemy could not. now pos- sibly hold any sort of line until he reached the Somme and the canal from Nesle to Noyon. That would mak ¢ a German retreat of twenty miles. Roughly speaking, the Allied advance in two days on a front of twenty miles has been twelve milés. Enemy Retreat Shows Signs of Haste. | (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Aug. 10--_Von Hutier's retreat from Montdidier was cut off when the French captured Faverolles. The German position along the Montdidier- Roye road is precarious. The retreat of Von Hutier's army is showing traces of utmost haste. Much war material is being left behind. German rear guards are fighting desperately. ? 's Destroyer Dead, Ls 88 Despatch) . London, Aug. 10.-- Germany has now officially aadmitted that Lieut.- Commander Schweiger, who com- manded the submarine which sunk the Lusitania, was himself lest with U-88, which was destroyed by British mines last September, ---- Retreating Fro jer; Foeh's Policy Work- : Picking 500,000 Hans Take Town. %; Incidents of 0 3 ry he a Die : ler's Vision of New sn Wateh, n Tro | eagerness and determination mot to {Behind the ra KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1918. ops Are Smashing |THE QUEEN AND OUR V. A.D. PRINCESS { | | A new photograph of the Queen and Princess Mary. taken by Her Majesty's gracious permission in her sitting-room at Buckingham Palace. Prine ess Mary is seen wearing the indoor uniform of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, of which Her Royal Highness is a member. CANADIAN PART IN THE ATTACK Onc of the Jmperishable Deeds of Arms of the War. THE CAMADIAN CAVALRY FOUND ITSELF ON SAME BAT- TLUEFIELD WITH INFANTRY. For First Time Also the Canadian Force [Employed Tanks in Large Numbers, Both Heavy and Whip- pet. (Cahdadian Press Despatch) With Canadian Forces, Aug. 10.-- Although the full fruits of the great victory on the Somme are not yet garnered, enough Is known at this time to place it among the imperish- able deeds of arms of this war. The Canadian force held an honorable position in the Allied armies, which attacked the enemy lines on a twenty-mile front. The Canadians went over the top at twenty min- utes past four on August 8th, and sixteen minutes thereafter the first 'prisoners began to come in. By eight o'clock a large part of the in- itial objective had been captured. The victory has been notable for a number of things. For the first time the Canadian cavalry found itself on the same battlefield with infantry. For the first time, too, the Canadian ferce employed tanks in large numbers, both of heavy and "whippet" varieties. Also it wag the first time that [Canadians had fought side by side with their brethren from Australia. The victory, however, is notable chiefly for the wonderful staff work that alome made it possible. There was no artillery preparation in. the usual sense of the word. The men went in immediately behind the barrage, and kept up with it as it lifted. [The Boche was taken com- 'pletely by surprise and the prison- ers were fastonished to find they were surrendering to Canadians. Went Eagerly Into Action. The Canadian soldiers never went into action with, more irrepressible be refused than they did Thursday. of valor they Canadian commander-in-chief armies, has issued the following order of the day to the French troops dawn touching the eastern sky. Of a sudden with one deafening pulse, the roar of guns e out. Far to the right was the thicker of French seventy-fives and of 'American field guns and heavies. Immediately on the Canadians' flank, the Australians put' up a great show in a sector where they had fought for several days past. Beyond them Imperial troops were in action. Unfortunately on the first day's fighting, as the dawn in- creased, the visibility became poor. A dense fog swept down into the valleys. (While this was: a protec- tion against machine gunners, it greatly increased the difficulty of the troops finding their way over unknown ground. In the first day's fighting the losses were not mnduly. heavy. One unit had heavy 'casual- ties in its first attack, but suecceed- ed in taking its objective after tanks had come to its reinforcement. Ow- ing to poor visibility there was lit- tie fighting in the air on Thursday over the Canadian sector. PETAIN TO HIS TROOPS. French Commander Issues Striking Order of the Day. Aug. 10.--General of 'the Petain, French Paris, "Your years of effort, with our std ~h Allies, four years of trial Stoi- cally endured, begin to bear fruit, "His fifth attempt in 1918 smashed, the invader retreats, his man-power decreases and his morale = wavers, while at your side your American bro- thers have no sooner landed than they have made a baffled enemy feel the welght 6f their blows, "incessantly placed in the advanced guard of the Allied peoples, you have prepared the triumphs of to-morrow. "Not long ago | said to you: 'Abne- gation, patience; your comrades are arriving. "To-day I say: 'Tenacity, audacity; you shall force victory." : "Soldiers of 'France, 1 salute your banners illuminated with new glory." LABOR MINISTER'S WIFE HELPS To Settle Strike of Vancouver Cham. bermaids and Waitresses, Vancouver, B«C., Aug. 10.--Mrs. T. W. Crothers, wife of the Minister of Labor, Interested herself in the strike of the chambermaids and wait- ers at the Hotel Vancouver, inter- viewing both the employees and the nianagement. As a result a. settle- ment was arrived at. THE LATEST NEWS. Enemy retreating all along battle line. In Sates he i» hanvily attack~ ed by British. ve ea by ptured ' \ Vrely, Folies, y and Naurilles. German Sivisienal headquarters staff ca Capadians operating close to strong nr pa po away with stores of ammunition and guns, ; » At Hamilton, ten conscientious ob- seiitenced to life imprisonment. Au- thorities at Ottawa Commuted Ino Poles or Alsatians in this army, | it to | ACCEPT PROHIBITION TO WIN THE WAR Detroit Attorney's = Remark Upon This Test of Citizen~ ship in Canada. Windsor, Aug: 10. Addressing members of the Boarder Chamber of Commerce this afterpoon, Frank T. Lodge, a prominent Detroit attorney KAISER PICKING 500,000 GUARDS To Defend the Rhine Against the Oncon- ing Allied Forces. THE STURDIEST SOLDIERS BEING DRAWN FOR THE POT'S LAST STAND. cause they wanted to win the war Even men, he said, who liked liquor land believed they could not do with- {out it knew that the grain used in manufacture of it was needed to feed the Allied armies. This was a test of citizenship, he declared. WATERED BEER IS Their Hopes For This Year, So| MORE PROFITABLE Victory Is Certain. | With the American Army, August | 10.--From sections of the German | army there is being drawn a certain | - proportion of officers and the stur-| London, Aug. 10.--Hrewery pro- diest soldiers for the formation of alls show a tremendous increase al- force of half a million which is to re- | though their output has been re- ceive special training and have 8 amount brewed in pre-war times. speclal organization. There are fo be |The jump in profits is due te the act that the Government regulations but only fighters the Kaiser believes | fixing the strength of beer permits a . | higher percentage of water in the he can trust to the last. | beverages than formerly. The an- The German force is not to be | nual report of the Guinness stout used as a hammer in any new drive | brewers shows a net profit of $10,- for Paris, not to be used in any blow | 663,340. The company paid a divi- DES- | Brewery Profits in Britain Show Increase Despite Restricted Output. stricted to less than a third of the! against the British, not to be used | nar cent., while_a' special bonus of to "punish" the Americans, but, ac-| $100 in war stock was presented to cording to information reaching the |each holder of $500 worth of ordin- Allies' commanders, it is being form- | 87. stock. The gross profits of ed 'for no othe th t { brewing are $20,513,008, on which 10. other purpose an 10am totaling $9,978,305 stand back of the Rhine against the w invasion of German soil. It so hap-| pens that any Allied approach to the Rhine would be through the a-|HAIG D sace-Lorraine line, on a large part of | which American forces stand. It. is| this force the Americans will face when, with the French, they get ready to "take the war to Germany." Come what may, between now and that time, the Kaiser wants to be sure to have the force with which to make a stand for the Fatherland and self. Than the formation of such an army for such a purpose at such a time when the Kalser wesds all the available forces on the western front, what could better show that the Ger- man high command realizes that the tide of the war is about to tum, if, indeed, it has not already dome so? One may not say that the war is almost won, but one may say that the sun now shines on' our side of the fence. Up to three weeks ago, for many months the Allies had wait- ed to see what the-Germans were go- ing to do and had wondered where they would strike next. The war will continue to be thus. Far more in value than the terrain won back | from the Hun in the last three weeks | is General Foch's taking the Initia- | tive, which, with the help of Amer- | ican troops, the French and British | country by the Federal Trade Com- will maintain. |. mission culminated in the announce- Germany has been more than held | ment that the commission had re- and there is nothing she can do the [commended to President Wilson rest of this year that Marshal Foch | that the Government commandeer need seriously fear. Certainly no and operate ifor 'the public benetit one fears what the Hun may do next | stockyards, cold = storage plants, year when to the Allied forces which | warehouses and refrigerators and held the Boche this year will be add- | cattle cars. ed at least a million and a half more! Monopolistic control of the essen- Americans, against whom the. Boche | tial food supply not only of the Un- will have no counter part. Then the ited States and its army and navy, war will pe taken to Germany where | but also of the Entente counties, it belongs. That the Kalser knows |'Was charged by the commission and that is why he is forming pow | against the five great packing com- that force of half a million men to | panies. be his "Old Guard" which will make | for him the last stand of Prussian | militapiem behind the Rhine. | LOWERING HUN MORALE. excise duty as' paid. EMOLISHES GERMAN RESERVES Troops Smashed Are Some Elements of Crown Prince Rupprecht's Army. here that the troops engaged by the Franco-British forces south-east of Amiens are elements of Crown Prince Rupprecht's army. It has long been known that he had reserves conicentrated behind the Arras- LAmiens-Montdidier front, where it was expected that the Germans would make their next blow. The moment chosen for the blow is considered an opportune one, as it is known that a largé number of Rupprecht's reserves were taken by the German Crown Prince fo tri- cate his army from the predica t it had encountered through Marshal Foch's counter-offensive on the Sols- sons-Rheims salient. WORLD MONOPOLY CHARGED. Essential Food Supply Controlled by Five Companies. Washington, Aug. 10 tion of the packing industry of the 65 GERMAN AIRPLANES { Destroyed or Brought Down in Pie. | rdy jon Thursday. | (Canadian Press Despatch) Allied Airmen Making It Very Hot | London, Aug. 10. --8ixty-five For Germans. | German airplanes were destroyed by London, Aug .10.--Allied airships | British aviators or driven down out are making it hot for German © towns, ins hot advices reach-| Sth, when th Allied offensive in ing 'London. Their activities have in- | Pleardy opened. Fifty British ma- creased within the last ten days, chines are missing, the British loss- forcing the enemy to detach a large | © being chiefly due to fire from the number of fighting machines from | €round. ' the front in order to protect the menaced towns. During a recent raid over Saar- brucken the Allied aviators emcoun- tered forty German planes. This is regarded as an indication of the very serious effect on morale, as well as the military effect that the air raids are having on Germany. Bequests to Church. Stratford, Aug. 10.---Bequests to- talling $21,000 to the work of the Baptist Church in Canada and in the foreign field were provided for in the will of the late George McLaggan, which "has been filed for probate. Thi. estate is valued at $266,052. The new Canadian Air Service which is to be inaugurated is solely for the defence of Canada's coasts, but may well prove to be the nucleus of a distinct Canadian overseas air force of the near future. 0 pk declared that Canadians were satis-| fied to obey the Prohibition Act be- {dend and a bonus equivalent to 16] London, Aug. 10.- Nis believed | Investiga- f control in the fighting of August | CANADIANS TAKE BEAUFORT TOWN CHAUINES THE OBJECTIVE AND OANADIAN TROOPS ARE NEAR THAT PLACE. | ------ ¥ The Canadians Have Occupida the | Outer Defences of Amiens--Ger- | mans Were Captured While Har. | vesting Grein. | (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 1 he Can- | adlans have taken the town of Beaufort, two and a half miles south-east of Rosieres. The Aus- tralians are fighting further north KE long the Somme i It seems likely the Germans will | withdraw ' froin Montdidier. Tho | enemy's forces are under cross fire, | with only one line of raflway to | Supply them. ' a | The majority of German prison- | ers captured in the new Picardy drive were takem between the | Amlens<Vermand and Amiens-Roye road Strong German batteries | were also captured on the heights | between these highways. { The |Allles have penetrated an | average depth of eight miles on the whole twenty-mile front. { French and Canadian troops ad- | vanced two miles yesterday morning | toward the Montdidier-Chauines | railway. <Chaulnes is now khown {to be the Allies' objective. | The Amiens-St. Just-Paris main | rallway can now be used as the re- sult of the Allied offensive, it is learned. [The railway 1s in good condition and probably already is working. Fighting still continued dast night south-east of Amiens, south of. the Somme. (French forces during the day made an advance of four miles and the [British frotu two to three nitles. i The Canadians have occupied the outer defences of Amiens. | Sir Robert Borden received infor- mation from the front that the Can- adians reached all objectives on schedule time. Canadian losses were light. yt The attention of the Germans was fixed on the Vesle attack when the new jpffensive was opened. German edldiers were captured while harvesting gralw"in the fields, | 50 complete was the surprise. | | War Tidings, The Paris-Amiens main ratlway line is now well out of range of aay save the heaviest German guns the Paris-Compiegne-Amiens lin cut only at Montdidier. Prince Rupprecht overestimated himself or under-rated his opponents. It is clear that he little expected a serious Allied offensive. Rather, he was aiming to push on himself. Some high German staff officers were captured. ' Others escaped by the skin of their teeth, fleeing in scant attire and leaving everything 'behind save their pyjamas and their hides, Americans have captured the vil- lage of Fissmette on the north bank of the Vesle river and taken 100 pris- oners, front carried out eight raids |against Austrian positions between {the Asiago and (Canovo on Thurs- day night. IDhey captured 315 pri- soners. ha . a---------- Awarded The Contract. | Brockville, Aug. 10.--The contract | for the erection of & college for the | Redemptionist Order of Catholle Priests on the farm purchased some months ago on the Brockville-Mait- land road has been awarded. The firm which secured it is Piggott, | Healy, & Co., of Hamilton, ork { Will be started on the building at 'once, It is on what wi kuown as the Myers' is about four miles east of in the Township of rae villa of During the month ports of beef from the U athounted to 92,173,000 whic per cent. went to ted Kingdom, Franes, Italy ] glum. Pork exports amounted 169,331,000, of which 83.5 per cent, went to the four Allies. The St. Lawrence River e Company, which is "June -- pounds, of British divisions jon the Ttallan a