. ‘ BRITISH INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES ON“ i ENEMY ON BOTH SIDES OF SCARPE j FBS STS Successful Drive Results in Gaining of Advantageous Positions and Capture of Numerous Towns, Including Croisilles. A despatch from the Stig ish Army! across this section of Frarice, but, de- in France says:— i the carpe River yng? Wednesday, th attacks and wresting defences, surat Og tee their tie . from the serenely ean & as hordes of the Germ: additional -valual a These Germans had. ae ficawn in- ground,» many more is o the fighting in this~section in an postt ‘ions ae numerous pe se includ: stor to keep the British from pene- ig Croisi ‘trating the famous Queant- Esbeer| St the Bae of the wide battlefield erikah line, which formed the n es ‘the British into the hurriedly trranged en MILITARY LEADERS IN GREAT~OFFENSIVE unate in having Bs Plans admirably carried out by Gen. Mangin, Gen. Humbert and our own Sir Julian Byng, ed. on which three British armies—the, ern continuation of the old Hinden- first, third and fourth—are operating burg line after the British last year there seems to be a slight pause. beat’ the Germans back Arras. South the Somme, Fay and,This line has been approached in) | sgt pee been iS a Ablaincourt were taken by the British {several places and has been reached 0. appear above in the order nai without much Aiffienlty, for tHe Ger-/in at least one place fis ae neighbor- hard. pressed south of ood of the Sen: M ki f W ld’ diene sour ike THA Teretichs were theve:)-2 THe success eters te es and larkets o} the or fe ready to go with slight persua-| the res through cP the old Ger. Bio | fence system may have far- Since early Wedtiesday morning | “Fuching « effects both in n the north and storm oe storm has been sweeping the sou latices cada antioba Bee Yay fo. 1 ieeiten: be 24 2: Bae 3 Northern, $2145 No. 3 Stontcin, , son of A. J. Dixon, ee $2.17%;5 2.10%, in ‘FROM OLD SCOTLAND & ge Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded to ees hetea NOTES OF INTEREST FROM ‘HER rick Ralph, Nairn, for service: ‘anitoba oats—No, 87%c) ee 1 feed, 77%, in nae Fort Wil- erican corn—No. 8 yellow, kiln Store Fort William, not including tax| CHAPLAIN WINS ‘ FRENCH REGAIN 40 VILLAGES - VICTORIA CROSS) — IN SWIFT ADVANCE SOUTH OF SOMME)" Germans in peueees North of the Avre River Vigorously J Pursued by Fi ‘oops—Important Town of Chaulne: FOR HERQISH: ong Those Captured.” oe desbiteh< trom Parise wag A in! Ayre River has beon far more speedy la swift advance on Wednesday, Specaiines the fall of Chaulnes than previ- Absolutely Regardless of Personal NAVY GROWS TO 6,500, 0,600 TONS eipCUR CTO: FORCE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 1914 Only One Man Out of very 6,000 Has Been Lost During Trans- port ef British Navy. of the British Ade iti niles mate public fietiree oni fac which throw an encouraging American forces, which now forms an integral part of its fighting strength, consists at present of warships and auxiliary craft whose total displace- nt reaches 6,500,000 tons, against During eles an increase of 160 per cent. Similarly with the personnel. The original 146, We officers and men have ate ae Def ic Geddes, First Tord. of. the of " ay, }and Amerie: BANKS AND BRAES. yuan ae Georne Bain, ROA dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln) — safety in Attending to Needs | ering in six miles at certain! ously, Vigorously pursured by niregeh tani cee ria Be Bed ae Corgi has teek ‘a Cheva. | (ried, nominal. Es ints, the French troops south of| troops and har by their own|the English 1 oh. z Ontario oats, new of Wounded Soldiers. e English Channel were si lier ot the Oxdor of Se ue ekg eaters the Somme recaptured 40 villages. gas shells which ney fete Gabtmasines ha tant an diay were bulles ‘What fs Going On in the autos the King of Bi ‘Te, according to. freights puteide: English lore teant: more bank of jomme has) behind and which are being fired fi and™ on oe ofS and Lowlands of Aul ‘The Lord teeouat Dt'the County| Ontario wheat—No. 2, Wint ho already hola, ‘he been reached between Cizdncourt and) German guns by Frenc Be ee: the statement, h {of Kincardine has presented the King’s | car lot, $2.81; Bs Winter, $2.27; D.8. , has now won the Vic- | Nesle, as ell ae the Be bank of.the}enemy Ji making ‘has ‘oss the| nouncement that during the last shires Beotia. | Medal to Chiet Constable C. George, No, 2 Spring, $2. 0. 8 Spring, toria Cros anal du a wesvern Nesle tana ieee teed an. the "eon atsNens Hidhtha Jef the aivet halt wee 4918: the Stirlingshire has about thirty thou-' Stonehaven. $2.22; basis in store none 1. jo a Rev. Theodore Bayley Hardy, |Noyon, over “the eae part of its! andthe Canal du world output of tonnage exceeded eat Seid for sugar for ‘The death occurred recently of Dr. Peas—No. 2, nom chaplains department, attached | course. | vw Debeny’s men, “without great the world’s losses from all causes by ae |: Ne'MeCosh,; ‘for seventeen. years | Farle soe. Ges crop, $1.03 to eS Lincolnshire Regiment, is the |. American troops in the region of, opposition, advanced 4% miles during] no Jess than 100,000 tons per month, None RK thoysnd three hundred | medical superintendent, of the Dundee Mick tn ebree it gecond clergyman to. win the highest ;Juvigny repulsed numerous German the night, and on Wednesday morn-|- 4s to means.of defence against su and fifty acres in Fife haye been plant-} Royal Infir peas at pes aa ae for. bravery during the present eens and bi up an.ene-| ing their cavalry was upon Nesle,| marines, fi n are Srtaas payee S dititase Mega hed boon ayard-| & Bsa ee and the third sines the V 5 euch to cross 'the Vesle south close on the heels of the. rptiting | Gatch: phow: thé convoy. ayatem he D. M, Urquhart, Academy Street, ' ea ny Sergt. Gavin Greig, son of Gavin | itol si instituted. 1" don’ Gizette, an; fee! a Aaa | played a large part i i has’ proseuted 160 volameés to the. ‘Greig, New Deer, 4 well:mowd author 10 95, ae i our— War quality, aaa he Fie ae aut duensh otha tauktal. chatthee Nema a Noni paeelice on Wednes-| Submarine menace to ocean common a Pale Library saehige ahi faesone Peonecige fon a goats, mbeuous bravery and devotion to duty the great German defensive point on} day morning when the eres seal cations of the A aha onel Gotfion, V.Cy recently open-| Sargt. ‘Hugh Shearer, of the Sea. $10.86, in bags, ‘Mtoitres! and Toront ecasions,” Says the: Picardy:front, ‘on auaneey night. |lery of all caleeseanst ta e period from Aptil. touanneeat Last Sa ai extension of the Soldiers’ and 50 rths, who has . been,awarded the ; prompt shipment “cAtthough over fifty.years et age, he eieue “eavalry ‘Wednesday ; heavy fire'from strong posttaay Tee ae before the convoy system was Sailors’ Home, Perth. Military Medal, is a prominent mem- MilifeedCar lots, delivered Mont- jhas, by his fearlessness; devotion. to ‘ing entered Nese. French in-| of the canal. established, British steamships sailing Capt. Tou Keith Falconer Meleod, ber of the Nairn County Cricket Club, | £¢al. frei bags included; = Bran, men of is battalion, and quiet, uno) fantey occupied the town of Cressy,|, After Chaulnes fell, Gommiecourt,|+. and from the United Kingdom in reported killéd in’ action, AD, per tans harity 970: nae tone: y_|!misive, manner, won the respect and |2% miles south-east, of N tothe north, and Septfours were tak-|the main oversea trades, sufferet ot Re J. MeLeod, Boddam LE ASTOR STE TA tarot; ohiers ee air omy bane dl admiration or the whole division, His| The Sau third ee Wolo: ‘en by. the le rie lnten Cressy, tates hvough Sree action ot a Corporal George Besdtesots Bosal BRITISH RECAPTURE Pe ’;marvelous ener and endurance Sed captured: Dives) and latre, Champien and Rolglise, be- ent, of their total x, the Scot! wou: " MMUNITION DUMPS ey Cor lots, $8 to: $8.50° per) Would be. remarkable even in a ver: the castiard, Teached the Tanne tween: Nesle and ‘Roye, ‘were capture Hoes aiake then ave steadily. fanac awarded the Military Medal. ton. much younger man,’ o Noyon | and more than 'a'score of other vil-|inished, until in the The Marchioness of Linlithgow re- | A Oe dom the BuecteAday es 400 Yards Beyond Our Line. The Gelman retreat orth of he) lages peers rch to June of this year, during cently opened a child welfare exhib |, France says:—The British have re- Country Produce—Wholesale. * 4 Tas aaa ===> | which 93:8 per cent. of the abies. were in the captured larze dumps'of ammunition| _Butter—Creamery, solids, per’ Ib., RRR rene Sap eels SN “Manitoba Calls For Help GENERAL -MANGIN conyoyed, the losses bad d to P i award- | \nich 42 to 42%c; prints, per Tb, 42% to. valor and devotion are quoted. An in- CROSSES AILETTE! 12 4 " which they left behind last Spring, 1b, 3 |fantry patrol had ’& t to attack | Rains have caused démands for in-} < SE! i ent. .of the total TBR of ed to Lieut/ J) Hi S. pelea son of and ‘which the Germans haa wot touche Apes Salty. pe 6 to, {tantry patrol had ‘owe out to attack} i = on ‘di ey citer he 1atéTohre ta ie Portsoy. a hike teleh immoncd eee w laid; 40 to 4 jan enemy post in “ihe ruins of a vil: crease farm in Manitoba. About i aon P Arie ad ittary ioroad tale Haim anrar as ey ieee Dressed ‘oulery “Spring “chickens lage. The Rev. Hardy followed the '9,000 additional men are required to| a aris says:—-| - Share of U, S. Ships seve eas . Gordon Hunter, -M.D., in 3 of German ister ¢| 88 to 40c; roosters, 28c; fowl, 2, to, patrol, and about 400 yards beyond oir help bring: i ps, according ae ngin'a s began cross-| . American troops: who r Bur- Laitat or atch Gor eee a a ritis! me ition ge ery Ror ‘ucttags, Bie; "turkeys, 32’ to 85c, front line of posts found an officer of | the report’ reaching’ the Canada Food’ ing ihe Allee Ee ote Wednesdays ope by July 27. of-this aa totalled % ‘ _|handy an saved re etek as oultry—Roosters, 23¢;. fowl,| the ‘patrol dangerously wounded. He | Board. Labor equivalent i ait it was announced here on Wednesday wal over T o0u0b0 arly half of 6 ae Bent, Ch led te eg e ee ee ise ee ere "o ‘ee; ducklings, th, 2; ee Hoinalied with 8 Seer nftil ajras | |4,000 men will be secured within the | afternoon, . ese were carried by America ahi lent. Cha i David Gauta' Crbdapater Cada ys caer Bees eee seperti ie "aes chickens bs tae re, |able to get assistalice to bring him in. {pears leaving 5.000 sen open French troops have reoccupied aa the vel ited’ States furnished {oF Pith baer: emeaetain the wike et the tall trade gf the’ following. priees:— There was a great deal of firing, and j outside. Mount Renand., tae alle xOmtheRE Esher, ovean. escorts. and 335 Capt. James F. Morris, R.A ing mont, has been presented mek ‘a sword | “t —New, large, 23 A ig ORS PE SRS eat a i er We ee Fide 98% to b44c; old, large, pen ure 26e; twin 26 lo 26%e. nition of the many military honors im | on Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to ugha |42cj creamery prints fresh made, 4I to 47; solids, 44 t ine 32 fo No, Ue, 47 16 483; ‘The’ Military Cross has been award- | |BRITISH ACREAGE IS ed to Lieut. W. Scott-Moncrieff; ‘son RECORD FOR 20 YEARS; of General Scott-Monerieff, of Fosso- way. in car- A despatch from Lendon says:—-| tons, 62 to S4c art ‘The Board of Agi that edad: poult Samuel Pope, for turty years aceluire staten ay—Soring chickens, aataghiiaberdocestcasainey aboot, jthe arable area in England and Wales #8¢5 roosters, 90c} fowl, 34. to B7¢; 3 ged pegently in his eightieth year. | g: to 12,400,000" acres, ‘an jn-| turkeys, 40c; ducklings, we eee of the five soldier sons of Mr. crease of 1,153,000 compared with Ro ah ae poe ae ete thing Mee Leitch, Wolseley Street, '1917, and a record for twenty years.! Burma or Taian, $5.50; Japan, $8.00 Dundee, have madé the supreme sacri- | The sonal” sedahaw baa cual by, Lamas, 18 :to fi | 638,000 acres, andi, record since, Honey, new: Se ned, 60-Ib; Pitesti Carmichael, Canadians, | 1884. ‘Oats “have Hicreaned by: 23, tins, 24 to 24%4c; 10-1 be “Ons, 28% to Dungas Carlene, Lo ochee, | |per cent; corn and ‘pulse 24 percent, 2c}: 5-1. tins, 26. t Combs oF oe awarded the D.C.M. potatoes by ra es cent., all r ¢., —Doz., $8.00 to aay 60. ster,’ the Asis of the leorde. | ré has been presented | ees isio Wholesale Ki Jedal by Lord Pro- | ed “neats—Ham s, medium, vost! Taggart. INEMY IN DESPERATE STRAITS| to Seer do, heavy, 80 to. 32c; cooked: Sergt. Alexander Bdwards, ve, | TO MAINTAIN RESERVES 61 to 53c} rolls, oc en Breakfast Seaforth, Highlanders, 1s a 80 Iie: Cpanel sie cass ter aed Jexander a wards, Lilac cottage, | & despateh from ¢ oe British Army} *°G od meats e cler bacon, 30 Roasiemoutt [in France says: Seah mad te enemy! 4 te: dear | pallies, 29 to “Two sons ott Mie and Mrs. Melsaag, | is off. for reserv hered} Lard—Pui ure, res, 30340} in action te @) 4ist tein appeai ints, ‘Compound; by'the He en a ilngtduving ihe: detente sof ‘Meret? Bice bibs, 26% to Cava ving quietly A bar to his Military Cross has beer eA on the south bank of the Som-' 26% * ils, Sou to 27c; prints, 28 to sat a ea ed — me awarded t . Tyndall McC Hand, me, etn this division lost 22802 Fens utely regardless of his ris e-be-| i oR Sots Light Infantry, Milnat age ve ee acs Pipi "the yee ae E ne Distinguitea Service Order has | Was withdrawn as no longer’ fit | Montreal, Sent, 3. = Onin, Noe co: ee eae iad Lena, “West: been awarded to Major Spiers Dixon, | fight. [ss $1.01 te a No. 1 feed, morlan xteen_y 98 to 99c. Sone ae oe grade, | master of Nottingisin “High School, ay Og oy $10.95 to $11.05. “Rolled oats, ae where he is remeinbered as a quiet, a oy a Shares neem In man, CANADIANS IN VICTORIOUS ADVANCE CAPTURING GAVRELLE ve ue $ Hay, 3 a: tesa ear poe $15 0 to $i6, a | ‘on| 3. Renae et $15. 50 t fant re ey fee Marketa, Australians Reach The Somme on a ee Front and Battle For |heavy steors,, $14 “Ol Bridge-Hea' | chers? cattle, Renee $18.25 to $14.0 |do., good, $12.00 to $12.50; do., med-| despatch from the Canadian, Arm rts of Croisilles. Jigsaw Wood is ium, $10.75 to $11.00; do, pater in the Field, says: Eon Canadian a very hard nut to crack, being situat- $9.00; to $10.00; butchers’ bulls, fore is fighting wide ed in high and difficult ground, pro- choices $11.00 to s00. 25; dos, pe omen orth and south of the tsdcpe Foc | | fected with © machine-gun posts and pat Bs cor a Dita ae irs. Bios ‘gio. 35 fe $10.50; do., good, Mobvesiaktely: Famctaaaedlaktescanics| les, but in this undertaking i is co-operating with a British division, This division has rekervedly nes/Herbecourt, but have 8.75; do., common, $7.25 to $8.00; “th Foes “Obppaition if their ete tanks a $8.00 ti $11.00; canners and HOF @urealiape have reached fe 9. 25 to > 39. 50; do; Ee $8.25 to/ $10.50; feeders, mi Noyon, according to The Shieh gays. that). the approaching Noyon, which is probably nemy patrol. actually penetrated | Temps, between the spot at which the officer hy ‘Twelve years age there. were) only French in. Saskatchewan. chaplain and the sergeant eventually succeeded in getting him to our lines. Throughout the day the enemy's ar- tillery, nacht ine-gun, and tri eee mor- ar fire AB -congeaous, and ci many casu: Netihstantng, pes ee gallant. Success in Canning Heat is ine ad for success it r ali sehr present to) ease ete. ‘keep jars’ in e roll of f the Batish! forts to reach the crossingseof te, awe 50. to! cut-| minutes, gooseberries 12 Jo 15 army north of te Scalp se Tues-| Somme River at Brie and Peronne.’ ‘| i. 50 tas os 50; pes good, to| utes, peaches 12 to 15 minutes, pears day it captured Gayrelle and advanéed| ~The ter part the Tropes, oh 9 0. $12 ate 4c minutes," plum§ 12 to 15 generally. Canadian troops hold! Wood, north of the Somme, has been jan me aie a 875.00" springer: chubarb 20 minutes, aspatairus the line south of immedi- n; unofficial reports say it is ALE ee ane 1g ewes, minutes, greens, 120 ntinutes, u a 3 to saree y lings, $15 00: to 316) 05 a ately west of Pelves, thence’ south-|in the hands of the British, who 00k § ‘Sprint é 90 minutes, cauliflower 6 : <e sete passing Jigsaw Wood, and. Sart| prisoners froma Prussian Guard aie to seh, 315. RCA hogs, Fred | utes, carrots 60 to oa ener oS “ae lw ence in # generally south-| sion Hostile , counter-at-| and watered, 319. 50 to tio 80 minutes, parsnips 9 sates, EN BY TH castatly direction to well t of| tacks north of sie oe have been; “eine? off ca) eas ae 0, EAE qteine Nea This French official photograph shows a crater produced by the ten zine Cherisy and Fontaine-| Jes-Croisilles, beaten off, and ni enseyie Grce sass 60 +t minutes, tomatoes 20 to3 eu fire of the French artillery at the fork of a German trench, The sign abov From here the linc is continued . by| the Ypres sector, the Beco ne aes as panes character never kept a ines, fruit bwithout sugar ‘80 min-)", Indicates the path to a kitchen of a reserve company, but the Germans wit Scottish rool to the western out- aS advanced. man |. do, no. more cooking pyere. The Doings ef the Duffs TOM WANTED ME:-To SEND THESE TROUSERS OVER ‘TO BE PRESSED, BUT | BELIEVE | CAN DO 7 VL BET TOM: Wit. BE SURPRISED WHEN: VTE HIM THAT PRESSED, THEM You DID A Nice JOB HELEN, ONIN. Yoo Gor. THE GREASE Down THE SIDE INSTEAD OF IN FRONT > ross oh Bia Yo ae He eee aa 54 A CHA Qe ‘| hag for: Sete Ba navy eH eg to Biv: forty escorts of niet The total seca of ships of all na- was lying and our et line and aj ne tionalities convoyed Bear tea |Last year there were 32,505. — Five |in theit possessi be aoislenet rs ihr at ee at weiner socaston “he worked un-| Years @g0 there ‘were mot over ten| The retreat of the Germans, which system is: 61,691,000, of which 373,000, der shell and trench mortar fire, aig. |tactors th the Provinee. ‘Now there | has been organized ‘by | Gen eral_von| oy approximately .61 ent. has ging out men buried by @ shell, Ones ate eleht to ten thousand of them. | Bohm during the past fortnight, will| Poon tost while in convo when our iataatiy. had withdrawn | ' Milk is important as a food, because | probably be made in two 8, it is} “gince Asgort 4, 1914, the British from a wood, and it was, believed there | it {s the most spe and well-bal-|said here. The first halt is expected navy has tr nsported nearly 20,000,- was no one left, Geet dy came 'anced of any single food.. Moreover, | to be beh' Somme and Crozat| 999m is oe ‘ferent Wdenttale Etokin® we of it; and on reaching an advanced | it contains tah “principles or sub:| Canal, and the second will bring the 000,000 animals. and 110,000,000 tons ost, asked tor help to get in a wound-|stances which make it ally nieces-| enemy to thé line of March 21, from! o¢ naval and military stor Defeat ary for babies and hire which he launched his great offensive.|° tho-men lost thr hner aban Modeatund Uanssumind: during the transportation bear the pctompee tas by @ sergeant, he made. Broportion:-of “one! to. every: “6,000 his way t he jot where the man Py ——— Jay, within ten yards of a pill-bixwhich had been captured in the morning, but pe ae noah bor ied cee was, subsequently recaptured and oc* q cuvled by the Le pee at Germans Permit Only Paper to Be Wrapped About Bodies. The Germans are expected to strip dead the relatives of the dead, whose fay ings ai Ra by Clothing is very scarce in Germany, Every eG counts. © auvenitient no use. fo wenipineutatath who tals in sick ott; wills 136 we ional ible for the execution of the edict. been propo deceased ts to be authorities, who will furnish a paper costume for the body.” Thu more of these precious: ue materials are a be buried with the EQUALIZES ARMY AND NAVY. England Now Pays Jack’s uch as Tommy's. The anomaly which dates back to the days of ‘Trafalgar of paying the dependents of the man in the navy smaller allowance than to relatives o! men in similar ranks in the military forces has been rectified. Hitherto ti difference in pay ha: been defended by the Admiralty au- Lagat one of.the reasons given te ing leged greater chance of pi notion in the navy. Publio acauiiied Wife as way and Mt bs on a level with Tor Dan vn “rea rd to ‘hla wife's allowance. - Cut all bie before they go to seed, Clean: out tence corners and the | weeds ‘loa ‘the roadside. Many a.man who undertakes to garcy ont ie dena; dlacovens. whén, 1 } h 4 : . re bi . y ; , , Le ae yt OT aR t Ora