RECENT FIGHTING HAS CHANGED WHOLE A SPECT OF THE WAR » : They Have Brought Eventual Victory for the Allies Maggy thin the Region of Calculable Certainty don Chronicle's military correspondent writes under date of October 1; “These last five days have ct of the war. e west now bel jong definitely to the allies in such a ee that whenever and at rade point the hammer s' is now de- livered it. will go crashing through the serried lines of fortifications upon of which all his hopes, not of victory, t of an honorable, peace, as he calls it, are entirely based. Each new dees will bring ‘the inevitable end will cease to surface. Suddenly a vital spot will be touched, This may happen any day, and then will come a sudden shrinking of the German line and the abandon- ‘ment of a large part, perhaps all, of & EY the occupied territory. Such a point 01 near Pere, north of the Ar gonne, upon e French ting Massiges. ‘The moment that railway is reached the whole line, probably to the line of the Sambre and the Meuse. Similarly, the British capture of La Bassee and Lens would be followed by a shrink- ge of the whole German line before Lille. The tale ing as it is, is nothing like so enhear' ening as the clear and unquestionable proof that not merely clearing of France and Belgium, but the definite defeat of she enemy, hin our power. Hig ne last five days’ offensive.” SUDDEN STROKE TO BE LAUNCHED French Close Swiss Frontier and Re- © strict Other Communica- tions. A despatch from Paris says: The War Office announced that the German casualties in killed, wounded and pri- in excess three army corps; 120,000 on the fifth day of the fighting on the western front amount of booty is enormous. Already 79 cannon have been dragged to the rear of the French lines with a mass of uncounted material, including we machine guns, ammunition and s plies. The battle eontinnes without respite, t 1s reache as Hill 140, and the extensive orchards to the south. This hill, the highest in ode pitta are placed on its summit the communi FRENCH GAIN MORE GROUND Everywhere in Champagne the Great Offensive Movement Con- tinues. A despatch from Paris says: More s been sitet bythe French, and everywhere Artoi bid ir Cuipipapne tic creo cudetaive continues. booty captured in the first rush rapidly as the work of completed, so that now the seriousness of 1] erman losses i: more Steasiy understood than was the case immediately after the first onslaught. The number of heavy field pieces ta- + in Champagne tate now totals on bombardment of unusual intens- ity of the newly won positions in Ar- tois has failed completely to dislodge the French troops or even to shake the security of their hold. The latest entrenchments taken in this tions for miles around will be nips In | Champagne the struggle contin- | ues no less furio are Pradentie making their way up| e Tahure heights and are closing in| along the approaches to the village | man itself, These heights, like the ees | of Hill 140 in Artois, will afford the | m that region ult. as shure ah north of Man- siges, where the fighting was as bit- ter as at any other point on the entire esh gains of the tod resistance be- ing offered by the i no pect of the Geir of this re- ermans are doing the stiffest fighting yet displayed by them in the Betkace he heaviest fighting since the offensive be; ow going on, for the British are aveatictnge the Ger- man third line ot ee: south of La Bassee Canal, a ermans have brought up ath roctentots against both the digas and the Pb neh, and are making every effort to reaiavs the lost pron: Belgium, despatches from Holland say, has been denuded ‘sof troops, while German detachments ‘tare even being removed from the east- took up their present positions from Belgium to Switzerland. The Germans are trying to divert the allies by a heavy artillery bom- bardment north and south of the anes but, plans having been made Gen, Joffre, the French are strik- ‘here is | i" Pari: Vimy, are being planted with heavy | batteries. At several points the French troops | have gained a footing in the second line, and some of them even went | right through, but encountering Ger- captur mans, however, ad- it the loss of Hill 191, to the north of parted wh e ar cicetcn. "of wi ig been of the greatest uiranare the Germans, as one of the li age been used for inoniping The -Acgutmesteny: French Wounded in Paris. The wounded French soldiers now ‘ould “Chiba pagne particularly it was the cavalry that completed ‘he rout of the Germans from their first positions. The charge of ‘the horsemen, the wounded, fine spectacle, and was the it coe needed to turn the Germans that made the most wounds. A great yaaa too, are suffering from bayonet nds. ates. teens reinforcements for ie i all their forces at theit COM] there ia a possibility of the offensive that the mperor has | breaking: out on some other section of poral nt the western frout ie con,| this front, In fact, the correspondent firmed, and he has already dismissed | °f the Cologne Gaz G 80 his generals for allowing pe hig Senclices that sn 8: their lines to be pressed back to al- was made east of* cnueeerites it the breaking point. $____ PERSONS KILLED _— MOSCOW RIOT from Petrograd says: lé of unwarranted interference | with the police. | The prefect also requests the peo- ple ae to gather in crowds, saying that begin diso people as-| t there was ho political Bieclar/enny | “nected with th fi main await opportunities to | sage whe The ws A180) was about sixteen feet long. The which he says was repulsed —_—-F GREAT BRITAIN ISSUES, DUMBA’S SAFE CONDUCT A despatch from Washington says: Sir Cecil-Spring-Rice, the British Am- ssador, personally delivered to Act- the Secretary Polk at the State De- partment a safe conduct under which ‘onstantin Dumba, the Austrian Ambassador, will return to Vienna. e Dumba telegraphed from the Summer Embassy at Lenox, Mass., that he had been ordered home, and requested that arrangements for -his safe pas- made. The Sahara Desert has an area of about three and a half million square miles. lance of the Middle Ages le pre- y lance rarely exceeds eleven GERMANS ADMIT 47 SUBMARINES SUNK — “No News Has Been Received From Crews of This, Number for Some Weeks from Britis! Sean etre grey light of morning, them right through the village of Loos and to the summit of Hill 70 and be- yond this, will as glorious exploits of the British fell firs open sie streets of Loos fighting with and then out of the village Ae of Hill 10, shout half a mile to last seperate rush ae them to na summ: even beyond until ‘checked by a strong earthwork defen i machine guns. ae enemy’s batteries had by this e begun centrate on the slopes of the hill, and therefore our GENERALS FOCH AND] FREN CONFERRING ABOUT THE WAR Gen, Foch, French commander of ‘Marshal sir J Gen, is in absolute charge of th he I’ rench army of the north. the army of the north, and | Eield n French con ferring ‘at the headquarte n. Foch, considered one of France's greates rategiots: sh headqi = Nothing’ coulateiap German trenches defending the ae across some and they were in the then a race he: bombs to con elles trenches in the g, which Ik as ‘one Some hai and bayonets, with ant part in the xe and them from the hi ‘ pressed forward wire entanglem mae men dashing thro carried Eg g th; ‘machine guns ring ad be-! holes in the walls of cott of the| charged and captured, th ee AUSTRIAN (AEROPLANES nd-to-hand| | A d following tical statement the | issued at ing three me © Boing | of military. significance, ond vi lalla cnd'ina, The cae detachments tried vainly to Drina near Resnik. A simila was made near Porachni jumerous SCENE OF BRITISH Stone at a EES eblea 'D SERBIAN TOWN lespatch from Nish says; men were ordered to dig in about a mit. GERMAN DEAD 7 PILED FOUR DEEP Capture of Loos One of the Most Glorious Exploits of the British Army. ‘A despatch from London says: A correspondent of Reuter’s ompang sends the following despate warters describing the fighting in the great pee of the allfed/on the ighting continued arou the hill on Sunday and M onday, "The new army battalions played an impor. ta attack; men who had gallantry ould ‘stop. Paying no heed to the tere fire poured on iden guns, ley ly pac making their way through the barbed | ments, foreing the ene- | 5" my’s trenches and bayoneting the Ger- ‘Msermaas, cought hiding in cellars, from which they kept up a steady fir e ‘ough the | niceate: th. thassilage-cpeba. ba led | $34. through ages were The has: been lay enemy cross the attempt | 9 ERVINS. Ge servis Peuoieu. eo eee pes = v7 ret Source oriynie aes Bor! F RESNICOURT=———— 7 ay GOUY esac ban otavin Snksaine SO eile the map shows Hulluch a recaptured, Adenourerre § iz, 3 Nouer te: \\ANGR' J ap (Markets Of The World Breadstuffs: Toronto, Oct. 5.—Manitoba wheat— os New crop—No. forthern, 97¢; Ni 2 Northern, 95c, on track 1 3, immediate shipment. rican corn—No, 2 yellow, 72c, on pele lake po. Canadian corn—No. 2 yellow, T4c, on track Tor Ontario Bhi New crop—No. 2 88c; No. 3 white, 35 to 31 to B4c, accord- outside. : Winter per car lot, 8 tough, 80 to is—I is age Barley—Good put barley, 52. to Bde; feed barley, 43 to 45¢, according inal. Rye—No. Be Aominal, aetording to dreights ou “; Manitobi 0 flour—-New Winter, 90 per Leent. cous $8.80, seaboard, or To- ) freights in bags, prompt ships pe ton: ear ta atalino per ton} good feed flour, $1.80 per ag. Country Produce. itis resis dairy, 2 Te} in- ferior, 22 to 286; creamery prints, 80 to 31¢; acti: 28 to 29%. Bees Wo & 6 to Bie Pet dozen, in case I e. Honey NS Pilghe (wholesale), 20 retail, 12% Combs (wholesale), "per heen Ne J, $2.40; No. 2, $1. Poultry—Spring chickens, 300; fowl, 16 to tie; meee , 17 to 180; tur- keys, 22 to 2 Cheese14% to 15e; twins, 16 to BY. Potato is auiet with car Suan quoted at eee per bag, ms—Medium, heay 1 00 15¢; rentiany bacmage to 28¢; backs, iain, 28 to 2des,bone- Tess backs, 25 Soghint ark Mis easier; pure | lard, tubs, 12 to 12%c3-do., pails, 12 |to 124%4c; compound, tubs,'8% to 1 do, pails, Baled ee ae ooh Baled hay, ton, $15. to $16.50; No.2, ‘eon, 3 to gid; Spaled straw, ton, $6. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Oct, 5—Corn—American No, 2 yellow, 7: ats—No, 2 local white, 43% to 44e; No. 8 local white, 42% to 48c; No. 4 Yoeal white, 41% to . Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5. strong bakers’, $5.15; Winter pat dlings, $30 t 00 $381. $4.80 to $5; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.86. jolled oats—Bbls., $4.90 to $5; do., (bags, 90 Ibs., $2.25 to $2.30. "Bran, 25. Shorts, $25 to $27. Mid- .” Mouillie, $80. 'to 2, pe ci Bi eas Canad short Ba 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to lz ee} e % to 12¢;" ye | Wood vale 20 “bs, net net, 12% to 18c. tier eee: United States } Markets. flour quiet? steady. Hops quiet, Hides steady. firm. eather eae Stock Market to 0 $7; do., 10 $5.40; ieee: bulls, est, to ss 75, and the that mn. t poorer: lots to $9.50 per ewt., weighed. off nate Sapecmmere cpr eanye) ind Loos, and Hill 70, just below Toms eae in the great ery. and" Souchez, which DUTCH AGAIN COMPLA f SRPPELIN VISITS A carpet from The Hague veya: The Dutch Government has made serious Bretese to Germany cinco the passage of German airships over Dutch territory. Holland declares it expects Germany to uate adeq measures to avoid erie ition of Duteh ni territory in the futi iy| the British success against the Turks | to in toward Bagda I Oc; eee them, and they '85;|for this purpose, and as quietly the | tish nurses have ceptable to the French doctors, 0. rank ard mess and whatever privileges for per- —No, i brafesonl nurses, | easily imagined, particularly: when we ¢;| tals wher _| in this lose anil ep, | foot of a soldier’s bed and said with a ‘0, periences which are both comi :|the Canadian and . the A’ despatch from London says: J. Austen. Chamberlain, Secretary. for India, gave out additional details of in Mesopotamia, in which the previous report said that the Ottoman forces were in full retreat toward Bagdad, with she British in hot pursuit. statement says the British cay- south-east of Bagdad, on the Tigris by roa Along the river gunboats and steam- TURKS FLEE UP THE TGR PERSUED BY BRITISH FORCES ™| Additional Details of the | munication trenches British Success Against _ the Ottoman Forces in Mesopotamia ers with an Indian brigade aboard in 1 prisoners captured ag- d 1,650,” says the statement, “but Tae are coming ie ‘Turk- ish force, which is ‘cont anol by aay in Pasha, is estimated at some 8,000 regular troops, who are assisted by < considerable number of tribes- alry ean) Kut-el-Amarna, 90 miles | mer The captured positions showed the trenches had been constructed with remarkable therobehneas having com- extending ‘for miles and a system of contact mines.” ENGLISH NURSES ARE VERY POPULAR WITH THE FRENCH PEOPLE. Over 200 Have Been Working Since Last December Along the French Line. form of the English n in fewer rs now than during last eet n the British Red Cross hi still speculate on the meanings of erent ‘uniforms, Baru cerienens the “Nurses Anglaise: din the hospitals ishing tle line whtke Britiat ican nursing prevails eonch seldiera’ cakaitne Ducnieatral lucky. The comfort Se cleanliness | heard very little, al- thou that little is of great account. orders of the French military authori- ties and who are paid by the French Government. Very quietly an Englishman offered to organize a staff of British nurses French military authorities accepted, all along the Frenchrline f nursing ac- Hardships and Dangers. a year, and they pay all incidental ex- hy e sent home, and that is all that i is done for them, sonal comfort may be going. of the armies, and the position of the British nurses: has often Their first heavy ‘ork wa: among, the wed patients au their value in such work may be learn the dea modern conven. fences in the "hastily. installed hospi- they were called upon to darthele ben Oue-aucss sepivag? “This is certainly a, weird place at hundr and fifty patients duty. n are delirious, and it is'a constant cheng from one ward to the other to tuft stim into their little beds.” ‘fim another part of the line we cp oie tributes to British nurses, patients into the comparative safety of cellars, they stayed by those cases tl cheerfulness which prove nurse eon ring, “a who was tired bivand descr peas elle esos day, after some difficulty with an or- derly who did not understand her ver: broken French, she sat down on the sob, “Im ane a Tome. stand it any lon; 's’ too awful.” which the soles just put his head down on. his pillow ,| child, “So, of course,” said the nurse, “T couldn’t go. If they find us as use- ful as that, no sacrifice is too great to make for them. Difficulties of Language. The difficulties of the language have caused many. nurses to have ex- ical and serious, as they make for misunder- ings. To translate from English into French is extraordinarily danger “Jo veux,” nacy; viet, ue a enough to erb ‘other tense the. ating would es en obedient as she could wish, The food fed yet another drawback, for there is o human being alive who appears to atch ae .isporiahice to an “Eng- ’>than the hospital nurse, Great praise is gi ~ ven tothe Scotch, Provincial trained English nurses for their power to adapt themselves to anything’ and everything, Seataliel we ~ IN FRANCE) tes: iS We have grown as used to the uni- ad 80 | fau! Hate, hospitals in the city, the nurses | j have not left us altogether, and we| thai writes a | m ti French oar epee well of French military hospitals under direct | 5, so that since ee December 200 Bri- een pent: hard | * y have They are paid at the rate of $200/ 0% es themselves, If they fall ill oq comforts are rare in the aan er zone | * whom | co1 and eried like a! membe! s,| oU8. -” says a nurse to an| she thas lived. with he orderly, and he bristles with obsti« “only knew 8 if you have not the necessary tools, and how often do ni nglish minimum of hospital necessaries, ck BRITAIN’S SHARE IN THE WAR. Has Doe Far iors ‘Than Was Ever the pes prepared at the day the war broke out down till now have done our share, and far more did send proved itself ower of strength out of all proportion to its sin the earl very. to call for any emphasis; they offer the flat contradiction of self-evident truth to any suggestion that Great. Britain has failed in her duty, or*that she is failing in it . the present time, FRENCH HERO Sard RECEIVING MEDAL A despatch from Paris says: ceeiony, of Secor eRe, a large num- er of officers and soldiers assembled a the:Hotal Deb Invalldee was sareos by several incidents. Second Lieu- Sanaa aie who: had been badly wounded in the head, war cross on Praquins’ Another soldier whose leg had been amputated and. wh e medal being greet- ed ith appa. by the numerous bohtaainrhices LISTED POTS A AND PA IN THE KAISER'S HOME A despatch from Geneva says: The Emperor's palace in Berlin was visited recently by the commiaaton having in charge the seizure of metals for Gov- ernment use and a list of the metals Gourt was demanded, The Court chamberlain. ordered, all the of the royal family to make individual lists. “By the‘ orders of Bm: peror William,all metals not in actual necessary, Us¢ will be seized. fine hel _© Many. Curious’ Idioms, English, “as she is spoke” in Glas. m contains many curi- in accordance with the will the house was sold. I'am sorry ‘for auntie, as front Being asked if he had killed any Ger- mans es “spud yes, I’ve done fora fe 240 GERMANS K ILD 2! ea AULURT = h trom Stockholm aayer The “Raaateties Dagens Nyheter pe factory at Wittenberg, russia. Two hundred and forty-two geen were killed and many in- SS Brig a eerahe age ate teg Te OES ac eteny 7) ie OP SARS? eee eee