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flAIG DRIVES AGAIN SANK I7 FOE SHIPS WITH GREAT SUCCESS IN JUTLAND BATTLE Big Gains in Face of Counter sive Led by German Guar French Near Peronne The French official report Sunday night contained the following sum- mm: “The operations on the Somme front, from July 1 to 7, resulted in the capture by us of more than 9,500 prisoners. Among the important war material that we took we have count- ' ed up to date seventy-six cannon and: oeveral hundred machine guns.” A British summary follows: “We have taken upwards of 6,000 prisoners, twenty-one guns, fifty-one machine Two Miles From Peronne French troops south of the Somme. by a sudden thrust Sunday morning on a front of two and a half miles. drove forward into the German lines between the river and Belloy-en- Santerre for a gain, at its greatest C‘:'\ [.15 DOHDULLV Av- ___’ point, of a mile and a quarter. Since then their most advanced front jurs out within two miles of Peronne, the great German base and first ob- Jective 9f the Franco-British Picardy oflensive. uuuuaxvc. __ Sweeping across a rain-swept and ‘ sl treacherous terrain the French troops 51 carried their front forward on the t] entire sector of attack for an average v of more than three-quarters of a mile. 0 They crumpled up the trench lines of the Germans interspersed between I] where the Kaiser's troops will make their last stand before Peronne. In I their advance the French carried the r powerfully fortified village of Blaches, t a mile and a half east of Herbeeourt, s Hid two miles southeast of Peronne. s ( After the sixth desperate attack this . afternoon the Germans succeeded in l entering Trones wood, according to‘ the British official statement issued Monday night. This was at the ex- pense of very heavy casualties. the statement adds, and the fighting in the wood continues. in a brilliant attack the French have carried Hill 97, a height which dominates the Somme southeast of Blaches. accord- ing to the official statement issued by the French War Ofilce Monday night. London Despatches on Friday said: The second phase of the battle of the Somme developed to-day with a Strong movement by the British over a front of approximately eight miles, enemi- ing from north or‘ Fricourt to the Ancre. In the face of a determined German counter-offensive over a large ‘ portion of this front, into which the Prussian Guards, the Kaiser's famous corps, were thrown, the British made {\1" steady gains. capturing a series ct strong positions. They have entered the village of Ovillers, part of which. they hold. and had in their possession for a time the strongly-defended vii- lage of Contalmaiscn. One of tit;- largest gains recordedoby the British. was won east of La Boiselle. After breaking through a German trench line on a front of 1,000 yards during the night, British troops to-day drove their advance 500 yards farther on a 2,000-yard front. No Casualties Reported, But Much Noise and Complaints bar of overseas troops, mainly of bat- talions from the London military dis- trict, broke out in Borden Camp, On- tario, Monday night shortly before 7 o’clock, and in spite of every effort -â€"3 ‘n‘n 5+6” o'clock. and in spite or BVm’y CLLULu'. of Brig.-General Logie and his staff: lasted until midnight. A companyg with fixed hayonets checked the stone- ' 5 ing the rehearsal parade held in the 1 morning in preparation for the visit 9 of inspection of Major-General Sir Sam Hughes which was announced to take i place on Tuesday. The London men in the disturbance also complained at having been sent to the camp. July 13. 1916 moms AT BORDEN CAMP Smutz Takes w‘l‘amgal Port Gen. Smutz, in command of the British forces in German East Africa, has occupied Tanga, according to a statement issued by the War Ofice Monday. The Germans only ofiered slight resistance. Tanga is the second most important port on the coast of German East Africa, and is the ter- minus of a railroad which the 061‘- mans were building into the interior A ‘4‘“. man: "was. ~â€"â€"â€"â€"__v __ - at the outbreak of the war. About a couple of hundred miles of this road had been completed. _ A Paris despatch on Friday night said: The violence of the British ot- tensive to-day failed to divert thg at- l ‘ Lcuuvu V- vâ€"v â€" perate efforts to capture Verdun. As- sault after assault was delivered against the French lines on the sorely battered Thiaumont region. The enemy succeeded in obtaining a footing in Verdun Continues Counter-Offen- Admiral Jellicoc Reports Officiallyâ€" Four Other Craft Smashedâ€" Narrativc of Victory “Be pleased to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the German high seas fleet was brought to action on the 3181; of May, 1916, to the westward of Jutland bank, coe, commander-in-chief of the home fleets, opened his 'report on Thursday to the Admiralty on the battle. “The battle-cruiser fleet, gallantly led by Vice-Admiral Beatty, and ad- mirably supported by the fifth battle squadron, fought’ the action under, at times, disadvantageous conditions, es- pecially in regard to light, in a man- ner that was in keeping with the best traditions of the service,” Admiral Jellicce continues. ' -- ‘*-- ‘kn (1131'- J CIILLLUC buy}. uuuuuu Admiral Jellicoe estimates the Ger- man losses at two battleships of the Dreadnought type; one of the Deutsch- land type, which was seen to sink; the battle-cruiser Lutzow, admitted by the Germans; one battle-cruiser of the Dreadnought type; one battle- cruiser, seen to be so severely dam- aged that its return was extremely doubtful; five light cruisers, seen to sinkâ€"one of them possibly a battle- ship; six destroyers, seen to sink; three destroyers so damaged that it was doubtful if they would be able to reach port, and a submarine sunk. miral Jellicoe speaks glowingly of the splendid control and drill which pre- vailed aboard the British ships. Continuing his report Vice-Admiral Beatty said: “The sun was behind us. The wind was south-east. Being be- tween the enemy and his base our situation was both tactically and strategically good. Both forces open- iire simultaneously at 3.48 at a of 13,500 yards. The enemy distant 18,000 to ed range steered parallel 5 14,500 yards. may. i DUUL any g responsibil Dne- . the war.’ ‘ Lies. g“Premier .1 far non \V 00d r of; post of Fit Gem 1 quith has him ', Galas 3 ,7 __-- 4“ __- Succeeds Lloyd-Georgeâ€"Other Impoh. tant Cabinet Changes Following the appointment last week of David Lloyd-George as Secre- , tary for War, official announcement, was made in London on Sunday of; . several other changes in the Govern- " { ment. Edwin Samuel Montagu, Finan- ‘ ‘ cial Secretary to the Treasury, takes ' 1Mr. Lloyd-George’s place as Minister : 1:‘of Munitions. Thomas McKinnon; 'gVV'ood. Secretary of State for Scotfi 1 land, becomes Chancellor of the Duchy ‘ of Lancaster and Financial Secretary 1to the Treasury. Harold J. Tennent, i Parliamentary Under-Secretary for iWar, is made Secretary of State for Scotland. “In view of the very heavy = responsibilities of the Treasury during ; the war.” the announcement continues, § “Premier Asquith has invited McKin- ianon Wood to return to his former gpost oi Financial Secretary. Mr. As- ; quith has invited Lord Curzon to be- e. permanent member of the l“._\ ! a \av-~-- i W ar Committee.” Brita ‘ ' “don despatcii on Friday said: A... pull '1“ c- {ear that lack of ammunition Irrigitt hold back the British troogs in ti‘eir Pit-ardy offensive, as ‘11 did in: .tr movements, was removed today ‘ - ‘ Me wuent of Frederick G. Kelle- L. c. es.“ 251‘s, r Secretary to Dr. Addison; Parlia- mentary Under-Secretary for Muni- ti us. Mr. Kellaway. who is a member 01 Parliament, cited figures which show tizat the British output of muni- tions is now at the highest point since _ the beginning of the war. “if necessary i we could arm the front with big guns, â€"â€"â€"~ min 4 « mn'rfip from the 3.0me to ' ' -‘ "M omont of Freaerlcu . LL. Qua \LALV . “- \ .\, ~ mentary Under-Secretary 1:20:15. Mr. Kellaway. who i '1 01 Parliament, cited fig‘c‘ 51:07; that the British outpu Qecrefary to Dr. Addiso: ‘. ('0 c! r« we could arm the front magzle 1‘: muzzle. from “A * sea, and our output is \p-.\- 53,-3.5. tide," was one of his "w statements. 7‘ Li W LA; Ottawa announced on Sunday: An‘ crucial report has been received at; the Militia Department. from the War ' (ff-“toe that Brigadier-General Victor Wiuiams of the 3rd Division is now a prisoner in Germany. He was wound- d in the fighting of June 2nd. Lieut. Hugh Fraser of Ottawa, Staff Oficer' to General \Villiams, is reported with V‘ . The Paris Excelsior. says “ghe Rue- Eafl Crawford For Cabinet sign contingents Whleh arnved 12,. ' d have been quar- TueSday London morning p‘ ' France recently an anggunced that the Earl Of Crawrog l tered at Camp De Mailly, near Troyes, had been offered the presidency of i have been sent to jom the F‘renCJ the ?eard of Agriculture, vacated by 9 1â€"933 2.: the front. "‘1â€" ‘ 1:1- -‘ A. g ‘ [11111 . i rt; '. .- 0rd is th‘ in Fears no Shortage tions Miracée Gen. Williams Captive QdV LJUUUVH ”V‘“C J'â€" "“ l RAG» vvvvvv - tfiat the Earl of Ora. 1. tered at Camp De Manly (.c‘fered the presidency 01%Â¥ have been sent to jou: \J‘ .~__L or Selbome: -The. Earl of; \ w"- Agriculture, vacated by i was 2.: the front. L" -LabAvâ€"â€"v.__ 32 Selbome. -"'I‘he Earl 62 premier earl of Scot- s 1‘11 has pre'ric'usly held oflce Lard of the Treasury. m.“ «- °â€"' he Muni- Major-General Sir Sam liuglzes. ' Minister of Militia, on Friday r‘n- = ceived the following communique 5111's. the Canadian General representative at the front: Artillery duels were iquent during the past week on the ' Canadian front. At times our positions ’ were so heavily bombarded as to sug- 5 gest that an attack was imminent. ‘ On these occasions the enemy ltrenches and batteries were subjected 1to an intense retaliatory fire from our ' guns. During the course of one night ‘the Germans repeatedly shelled a sec- !tion of the area recently taken over i by our troops. and subsequently a hos- . tile reconnoitring party endeavored to lapproach our lines. It was at once idetected and driven off by our rifle i ' iand machine gun fire. ; In trench mortar contests our bat- iteries maintained the upper hand, re- ? ,turning approximately six shells for ' 1 every one thrown by the Germans. 3 . In many places the hostile trenches E i and entanglements were severely dam- ' l aged by our mortar shells. With finer .- . weather rapid progress was made on 3 Z the consolidation of our new positions. Canadians Dominate Germans in Positionsâ€"Artillery Too Good Allan, Adail', Ad air, Bunce, Frank Banks, George Bolger, John Bryon, J. C. Brown, R Bailey, Michael Bailey, J Bailey, T Baker, Chris Bryon, PGI‘CY Borthwick, David Crawford, Chas. Catton, Victor Calder, Roy Chislett, Charles Cross, Roy Cove, A. Corkill. Joseph Connolly, Arthur CampbgllyflG W' German “Commercial" Craft Reaches Baltimoreâ€"Washington's Problem Baltimore despatcbes on Sunday said: The world’s first submarine merchantman, the German under- water liner Deutschland, anchored be- low Baltimore tonight after voyaging safely across the Atlantic. She car- ries mail and a cargo of 760 tons of :message from Emperor William to 1 President Y‘s'ilson, and is to carry back cargo of nickel and crude rubber, sorely needed by the German army. The Deutschland carries, mounted in her conning tower, two small guns of about three-inch calibre. No torpedo tubes are visible. On the surface of the water the submarine has a speed of from two to three knots an hour more than the average “““J ‘1; k1nflg Ll Cross, J t1. Clark, Cam'pbe11 Coutts, James Campbell, W A Donaldson, Alex. Darling, C. H- Dewar, A. C. Darby, wm° Dyre: A Dodsworth, H ‘ SIX SHELLS ESE“: 3 ALI. . \ -- _ merchant steamer. Forced to blaze a new diplomatic trail by the arrival in American waters of *the first cargo- carrying submarine merchantman ever put to sea, the State Department. through the Treasury, sent instruc- tions to Collector of Customs T. Ryan at Baltimore to make an immediate investigation after the vessel d0cks there. A Petrograd official report 611 Sun- day said: “An enemy submarine, with- ‘ out warning, sank the Vperiode . (Wpered?), which carried all the dis- ‘ tinguishing signs. Seven men 1057. 1 their lives; the. others were saved.” Findlay, Alex Findlay, Murray Turnover in North Perth F. W'ellington Hay, of Listowel, was elected by 573 over John A. Makins, Conservative, in the North Perth bye- election for the Ontario Legislature. In Stratford, where James Torrance had a majority of 638 in 1914, Mr. 1-12.} was accogdgd a majority of 94, a turn- 6§ér of 732 votes. Lieut T. Johnston John Robin Foe Sank Hqspital Ship and fruit make DURHAM CHRONICLE. This list is intended to contain Durham and vicinity, also thos ditions Will be made from week please assist in keeping the li names of any who may have erro‘rs in spelling or otherwise J§Aw --â€"v._.___ , Offensive’s Success Summarizuim . , . , Mighty Drive Begins in New... greatly Improve the appearanze or _..._._ a home. Pctrcgrmi dosiiaiciies on Miss Muriel Correll returned to said: Me illicigmi i.-.rc;‘5 adiz.;- _, Toronto on Tuesday of this neck, in Von-gm; ~ Kurd are, m Four or five picnics, with a gardâ€" ing the .i_',;o‘.;‘;:i:d 3.: Mg“, en party or two and a few other poinis, ciosgg, 14113381115; iiie Teu:.:..;1.; outings, have combined to' make forces o,:-...,;_;._ LELCI'JL, tauYS Lo~“.':*'5 her visit to the country a very “'w i.«+..‘.i..i.~..~.n.~.i- The passage Inleasant one. ‘ “ .. A 11", Petroglad despatches said: ”1119 Amman 1'ng in V'olh‘juia is Hugs KG ing the misc: $013.10; poincs, c1053.; 2,111- Goleby, Gray, H Grant, BrOCk Greenwood. J. W Grundy, Wm Griersona Nathan Gun, Dr. A. Gun, Gordon Gun, Cecil Hazen, G. Hazen, R. Havens, Ed. Havens, Chas. Hughes, Jesse Hartford. S. J. Hazen, Wm. Hopkins, W J. Hamlet, Joseph Irwin, Duncan Kress, CaPt- I Kress, George Kelly, Fred Lloyd. George Lake, Wilfrid Lake, wm' LaidlaWa «A' N' Lloyd, J A' Lloyd, Anson Lauder, W- A- Lauder, T. A- Lindsay. R G Legge, C L. Leeson‘ Fred Lucas. J N. ALLA“ “A ”Alwyn An entirely fresh offensive under- taken by the Russians on the Riga giront, northeast of Baranovichi, net- ;ted them, they claim, about 2,806 '1 prisoners, eleven cannon and several lmachine guns. The battle still can- : tinues there. In the Kolomea region iabout 1,500 prisoners and some can- 1 non were captured by the Russians. ‘ -“â€"â€"A_AJ: ‘ Boots and corn nave uuuc we of late. , 0 I ,‘our farmers until next \n ee . y‘very sappy yet. ; Miss May Robson, teacher, came: home from Dunnvi k and reports the crops better ‘in - old Glenelg than in most of the counties she passed through. , " Assisted by a few nimble neigh-t Ev bors, Mr. John McNally and SteW-i 1‘ art reshingled their barn in tnreelI days, last week. , s ‘ A. G. Blair got the foundation a for his new silo dug out last week. Wm. Paylor erected a neat Wire uuu WCLC bayuusvu v, -_..- _, Two heavy blows were delivered against the Teutonic battlefront in the east on Saturday by the Russians. , The first was the capture of two im- | portant viliages in the drive on Kovel. t'l‘he second was the capture of De- ' latyn, an it‘portant railway junction 3 through which the, Austrians had sup« gplied their armies at Stanislau and gTarnopol, protecting Lemberg. week to Week and our readers will the list correct bv furnishing the a a any who may have been omitted or advising oI spelling: or otherwise Ifl-mum-h 9 6 poo-no.1 6 6 0 -â€"-f0r-â€" Marshall, C. A. Murray, George ‘ 3111111309: W111. Morton, WBSIGY Mather, T L Mathesona L Mort. A fence from road to barn lately and John 0. Greenwood graded and gravelled the lane leading to his home. These little touches “Mn" :mmmm Hm mmearanze of McAlister, T. W. McAlister, W. W. McDonald, John C. McComb1 Alex. McIlraith. Frank Mclh‘aith, J. H. McDonald, Norman McConnell, Harold McGirr, Wm. MacKay, Frank M:Gillivray, Neil McFarlane, David B. McDonald. John MoGirr, Lance McAsey, F M. McFadden. J R. McMillan, )7 J. McKinnon, Hector McKechnie, H C. McMahon. J McGirr. EHJ. Mc:\' ally. Cecil Newell. LeWiS Nimol. John C Nichol, C OynSa i Wouldn’t you like i shine in your hom‘ Without obligatlon Thrice the capacity of the Sunshine grates are meeting the fire. Bulld‘ he Baptist Sunday school 10th concession held them nic in Mr. J. McArthur’s Tuesday of last week, a nd For 0...0 V:OOM0000HHO000M00000W.00” 0.0000. 0.. M U 23171309 ".QH‘J‘.’H. ' H.’MO'H‘A..?'H.'H:9 4‘ Q“. o 940 0.0.5 901 0. o co. '0... 9“. ,H. 9H. capacity of ordinary grates is given because 3 grates are three-sided, one side at a time fire. Bulldog teeth smash clinkers easily. barn latel.“ thi ¢+++++++++++++++++4++§é+é+ Petty, Wm. Pinkerton, F. Pinkerton, John Pollock, H Petty, Wm Pust, J A. Pilgrim, Chas Ramag€~ Cnas. Robb, Robert Ross‘ Clarence Ross, John Ross, Percy Manufacture the Cheapest and the Bes t P u m p i n g Outfit 0n the Market. Stedman, John Saunders, Allister Saunders, Mack Smith, J. Fred. Smith. Andrew Torry, Fred Thompson, David Thompson, Walter Thomas. Vollett. Vollett. Vollett. Was better than ever gram was handled by Ashton, .the pastor: . The pro- the Rev. Mr. who contrib- and music. TheEe were éhoruses 0y the young peeple, songs by Coun- cillor Yo_ung3 WLgenny, Mr. and '-‘- -- “zcaan Warmington, Joseph Wall, James \Villis, B. H. Watson, Ferguson the young l)C-U1.uc, ovuaw wd _ cillor Young, W. Kenny, Mr. and Mrs. W. G Littlejohns, Misses Florence Quillinan and Merron Mc- Arthur, Marion and Johnnie Bovd. and the sweetest of music by . 'dllu LILC D W \fv- ______ P. Malone, Miss Coffey and ' her brother, Archie McArthur and others. The sad news Was pnoneu w kindred here on Sunday of the death of Miss Clara Cook of Cev- lon. Quite a number purpose at- tending the funeral on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have had heavy bereavements and the sym- pathy_o_f this community is exâ€" LL --- ant: knnrc {endéd to "‘ruh’“v\l‘ wuâ€"â€"â€" always have a pinEh of sugar stirred in with the butter, pepper and salt used for seasoning. Mashed summer .sqgash should J ames Harold Harry Said by AL.” Vv-â€"____,, ~ them in these sad hours PAGE FIVE. was phongd _t0 Ontario LAYIEJG BUST 1 9. 113 many places} L " authorities have dL oil in preference u keeping down the Where once tried. .continued, and tho years pass Om.- < flan-8 Of Oil \Vill 1:191 . part of the season ' most would be mung the frequent watm] We can give. no d he can give no d tion regarding cos be used. but fancy cheap grade. and [or labor and mat little in excess of watering Some of be able to give value Several farmmw Sound on Tuesd 1:: looking for help I day and board. getting only a CO maiOrity Oh jeci i 31; that the Wage “a. 101' the StI‘CIHIOHS m In our Uplyj Gone reason tr. k I- not nearly so j the town peoflr the other him} to town work 9. when they com labor Farmerk portunity of If": have to Wt'n‘k, are have then when town pr», 10b on the {31? fixed in tht" 3.. tory iObS 1h“ more monotm; healthful €913 of farm life soft 101). he 2 it in farming: of other job [hie Farmim occupation. t .51“ the W15": want to sew? about th The man nod his b- much sym: DURHAM. 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