, 1916-07-05
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
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III DdY6O ld M " ANNA"N
Atlantic has reached these shores and is
now coucenled ,omewbere under the waters
of Chesapeake Bay III the vicinity of The
Virginia coas! according to an announcement
nude Yesterday by the Transatlantic Trust
Company Of New York, which is a financial
resnresentnl i've here Of the Austro-H ungari-
an Consul General Alexander Nuber de
Peraked. Although Officials of the Trust
Company refralned from making known the
exact Whereabouts OF the mysterious under
sea craft, they publicly announced It's arrival
in American waters. This statement was
contained 10 a halt page advertisement III
the Hungarian daily news paper the "AmerI-
kas Magyar Nerezawa' whereby the Trust
Company offers to transmit money to any
part Of the territories Of the Central Powers
via the submarine ON its return voyage to
Germany
Ottawa. June 30lh-Sir Robert Borden,
The Primo Minister, tonight issued the
following Dominion Day message tC the
peonla of Canada. The FOrty-nlnth Ami
yersary of our Confederation finds Canada,
in conmon with all The Empire, still inspired
with an uuAinching determination to do
her part in maintaining our cause to a TIL
umphpnt issue. The long list OF casualties
brings It's message Of sorrow to many Cana
dim homes, bot it brings also a proud memo
~ Of the conspicuous valour anu endurance
IF our Canadian troops who have proved
themselves worthy OF the highest trust
reposed in them. During my recent visit
to the United States | found the warmest
admnation of the great part which Canada
has taken in this War, and an intense ap-
preciation of The record which CanhdI-
ans have established in the fighting line.
AS we approach the conclusion of our
"a ~. On Eunn, ul tha lnttIp
fronts of the vast theatres in which the
Allied armies meet the enemy are more en-
couraging than at any time during the past
70 months. We look forward with every
hone to successes even more striking which
will brine stu nearer the victory fer winch
we are striving and the ending OF this terri.
bio conflict.
London, July 2ud-The General Head
quar- ters reports tonight as follows Heavy
fighting has taken place to-day III the area
between the Ancre and the Somme, ospe-
cialIy about Fricourt and La BoiselIe. FRI
court was capt lred by our troops ABOUT z
I. ii. ard remains IN our hands and sonic
DrOoress has been made east of the village.
In the neighbourhood of La Bolsselle the
enemy is offering stubborn resistance but
our troops ere making satisfactory progress.
A considerable quantity OF war material has
fallen into our hands, but details are not yet
available. On either side OF the valley OF
the Aucre the situation is unchanged. The
general situation may be regarded as tnVour-
able. Later OF the enemy losses
show that our first estimate we're too low
yesterday. Yesterday our aeroplanes were
very active in cooperation with our attack
north of the S0mme and afforded valuable
assistance 10 our operations. Numerous
enemy Headquarters md railway centres
were attacked with bombs. In one Of these
raids our oscorting aetoplanes were attacked
bv 20 Folkers which were driven off, Two
enemy machines were seen to crash TO earth
and were destroyed. Some long distance
Reconnaissance were carried out IN spite Of
numerous attempts by enemy machines to
Illustrate the enterprises. Three of our aero
planes are missing. Our kite balloons were
in Tue air the whole day.
London, July 2nd.-Last night parties of
our troops penetrated the German trenches
at various points on the front between Sou
chez and Ypres,in each case lnflctlng casual
ties on the garrisons before Withdrawing.
One raiding party captured Ii prisoners.
Yesterday in spite OF o high wind a large
amount of successful work was done in the
air. An important railway depot was at
tackled with powerful bombs. A large mum
Der of other bombs were dropped on depots,
railway functions, batteries, trenches and
other points of military Importance. Our
machines attacked a railway train on the
line between Douai and Cambria, one Of our
airmen descended to below 900 feet and
succeeded in dropping a bomb on trucks
which exploded. Other pilots saw the whole
train in flames ard heard further explosions.
Paris, July 2nd-The text of the Official
statement is as follows: North OF the Somme,
The battle continued oil day to onr advan-
tagu in the region of Hardecourt aud Curlu.
east of this latter village we Carried a quar-
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