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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
THACKER HAS
LARGE CROWDS
Will Speak at Westminster
Tonight on Prohibition
and World War"

Three services were held Sunday in
the evangellstic meeting in progress
at Westminster Presbyterian church,
and large audiences were present at
each service.
In the morning, at II, Rev. J. Ernest
Thaeker. D. D., the evangelist, spoke
on The Prominence of Christ" At
p. m he addressed a large audience,
composed of both children and
grownups, on THE Making of a Mod
ern Man" At night, DR.. Hackers
theme was THE Church. Its Com
plant and Its Cure" DR.. Thacker is
a most eloquent and forceful speaker
and his sermons are making a deep
impression upon the congregations.
Tonight Prohibition and the World
War" will be the subject of DR..
Thacker's address. DIR. Thacker's
home is on the Atlantic seaboard and
he has seen ship after ship depart
with American boys for France, and
has preached to the men in the large
camps of the east. His address to-
night will be by a man who knows
his subject we'll
Lovers of church music are finding
i treat at Westminster. Children
especially are singing in the services
with rare delight, under the training
of J. W felix's. the leader and soloist.
Mr.. Jelk's solos are also n feature OF
the music. The services are held
twice daily, at 3 and Z p. m
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28

Paso is dry but you've got to do
more than clap if I am to say the same
! thing next Wednesday night"
Clean Cities Get Tourists.
Mr.. Fisher then briefly reviewed
some Of the principal arguments Of
the VETS" refuting them with exam
/ pies cited from AriZona's history since
| It became dry
They tell you that all the tourists
will pass up FL PasO If you run booze
out" said Mr.. Fisher. Z tell you that
clean cities get the tourists that pay"
The speaker placed a small boy and
girl upon the rostrum, and turning to
his audience:
Presents Children for Protection.
These are what the saloon men
are after. They want your boys and
girls. They want to take this boy
into their back door. give him his first
drink. and finally to kick him into the
gutter without his money and his
own self respect. They want to take
this little girl and ruin her life. You
can rear your children to avoid the
evil. you say2 Maybe you can and
maybe you can't Is there any way in
the world by which you can rear your
daughter so that she will not love a
man who loves liquor more than he
does her2"
Bringing out a blackboard on which
were drawn 500 short strokes of the
chalk, Mr. Fisher announced that he
would call for contributions. and that
for every dollar he got. he would
erase one mark. The total was $500.
In about ten minutes the required
amount was subscribed.
Present at GStraw VOte.o
Rev. Mr.. Knickerbocker touched on
the effect of the prohibition movement
or public morals. Referring to the
donation raised by the congregations
of the city toward the prohibition
movement he said.
7 am proud of what the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches have done
toward the movement today I believe
that If the same willingness is shown
at the polls on Wednesday, FL PasO
will go dry as sure as I am standing
here.
Il was present at a conference of
70 FL PasO business men today Each |
one of those 20 men had seen ten
other men, and had taken a straw I
vote Of the entire zoo. The report /
made was that IS percent of the men /
interviewed had dry convictions. and /
would so cast their ballots"
WinGO Intends to Save Son.
T N. Wingo, manager of the cam
paign for prohibition. said:
Il have been asked many times"
said Mr.. WingO. why I am so active /
IN the movement TO run saloons out of i
FL PasO- ! have always given as my
reason, the conviction that il would be
peLtel LOT lne prosperity OF the city, /
socially, financially, morally, and in a
business way But not until today
have I given my real reason
Il have a fine six foot boy of my
own Ny principal reason in conduct
ing this fight against liquor is to save
him, and thousands of our FL Paso
boys like him, from the evils of grow
ing up in saloon infested city.
Must Have Every Dry Vote.
7 believe that we have done all that
can be done in the cause of prohibition
up to date We have refuted every ar
gument the opposition has brought up.
we have fought a clean fight. and
have not allowed the liquor interests
to confuse or befog the Issue as they
nave frequently attempted to do And
1t is my firm belief that Ell Paso will
30 dry next Wednesday, provided
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
LIQUOR
TRAFFIC MENACE
Moonshining and Sale of
Liquor to Soldiers Are
Ordered Checked.

Washington, D. C.. Jan. 2s.-The ne
cessity of arousing state and county
officials to their responsibilities in as
sisting the government to break up
the manufacture of moonshine whisky
is urged upon the governors of pro-
hibition states today in letter from
internal revenue commissioner Roper.
The letter was made public as part
of nationwide campaign against dis
tilling recently announced by commits
sioner Roper when it was discovered
that the manufacture of "moonshine"
was rapidly increasing in bone-dry
states and whisky was being sold il
legally to soldiers in southern arain-
ing camps.
Prohibition Violations Increase.
Constantly increasing violation of
prohibition laws in several localities"
said the commissioner appeal to the
governors. open defiance of federal
authority and the apparent inability
of the local police to cope with con-
ditions are astounding and distress
ing. The morale of every army camp
in the prohibition states is in jeopardy
through the Illicit distilling and sale
Of whisky. You will, I am sure. de-
termine upon the most practicable
method Of arousing you county off
cials TO their responsibilities and du-
ties in cooperation with federal
agents"
Many Arrests Made.
The commissioner also wrote con-
gressmen from prohibition states ask
ing their cooperation. and letters Of
instruction went forward to internal
revenue collectors The campaign
already has resulted in arrests IN
many states. Evidence gathered by
federal ageats shows that raw corn
liquor has been sold about army
camps at So to S12 a quart
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28

third and no less cogent one. is based
on the fact that coming generations
will be sullied by liquor II it is not
been proved to transmit the craving
to their offspring"
Fighters Must Be Sober.
zone of the lessons that this war
has taught US is that the men who
are to do the fighting must be sober,
said Cyclone" Davis, in an address
at the First Baptist church Sunday
afternoon A large number Of people
turned out to hear Mr.. Davis
The contention of the "antis" that
the liquor question was not a moral
one, but rather a business matter,
came in for a severe scoring by the
speaker. He said that burglars, users
Of cocaine and other people who had
passed beyond the pale of civilization
could probably also contend that their
avocations helped business
Booze Helps Crime.
One Of the businesses that is helped
by the liquor traffic. Mr.. Davis said,
was the business of the police, the
criminal judge, the keeper of the Jail
and insane asylums and the business
of the undertaken and grave digger.
Mr.. Davis reviewed many instances
that had come to his attention during
the number Of years that he has been
fighting the liquor traffic. He said
that he was not fighting the saloon
man. but rather the government that
permitted the saloon men, the brewer
and distiller to continue in business.
Along the Same Lines.
Sunday night Mr.. Davis talked along
the same lines at the First Christian
church to a large audience Many
people were turned away from the
door because Of lack Of room
Want Full Vote Cast.
Rev. John NJ Jackson and chairman
Wingo spoke at the First Methodist
church Sunday night. both saying the
only possibility the "drys" have OF de-
feat is danger in not getting out the
full prohibition vote on Wednesday.
Nebraska Evangelists Help.
Nebraska evangeliSts. headed by
Rev. Q. A. Deck. created much in
terest on the streets and at Fort Bliss
Saturday night and Sunday by their
banners, calling for dry" votes. The
preachers advocate prohibition at
their meetings at the corner Of South
Stanton and East Overland streets.
night the visiting evange-
lists viii hold a song service at the
base hospital Y. NJ. c. A
J. H. Cyclone" Davis, former Texas
spoke on East San An
tonic street Saturday night for the
prohibitionists. calling attention to
the waste Of fOodstuffs used in max
ing alcoholic drinks. He said that
100, 900. 900 bushels of grain last year
were made into liquor. which should
have been made into bread.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
Sermons on Prohibition
Featured bu Ministers

Albany. n. Y. Jan 2s.-Five thou
sand pastors in the state Of New York
preached Sunday on prohibition and
urged their congregations to work
with the state senators and assembly
men in the fight for prohibition.
The prohibition fight in the com
ing legislature, as in the other states.
viii have two phases First, the
drive for emergency war prohibition;
second. the fight for permanent ma
tional prohibition. Senators Brown
and Barnes are in arms against any
sort of prohibition. Governor Whit
man and state comptroller Travis are
supporting the cause.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28

The queen Of Holland frequently takes
part in the maneuvers OF her cavalry
regiments she being an expert rider.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28

II you freeze your cylinders take
them to Brown Welding Co., who will
weld. test and guarantee every cyIin-
der fixed.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
.Underclothes Equipped
For Bottle Goods, Charge

Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 2s.-Thos. Phe-
land and ThOs- Leonard, Of Bisbee.
have been arrested here. Officers
say each excited suspicion by body
disproportionately large when COM
pared with his face. When examined,
II is charged that each was found
provided with a novel sort of under
garment, equipped with pockets for
storing 80 pint bottles. The men had
been to FL Paso.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Ruth BURNETT, Elmhurst, and Miss
Rosenthal tied for second honors.
ANOTHER WAR
BY TEUTONS
Continued from page IL

sian minister of war is quoted in an
interview in the Morgen Post
I'VE have experienced some set
backs and let US confess we suffered
a defeat. At the front ever since the
beginning, the possibilities of check
have been admitted. But in the rear
such reverse constitutes warning,
for it shows us the war is not yet
finished. What has to be done now
is to. drive back the enemy attacks
and spare our forces"
Pessimtstic rumors floating among
the population of Magdeburg has
brought about official threats. Any
person spreading alarmist rumors is
liable to a fine of 1900 marks and a
years Imprisonment.
Efforts to convene the reichstag
are meeting with determined govern
ment opposition, presumably from
fear that German socialists and
others will raise embarrassing situa-
tons for the government.
Meanwhile Austria's economic stu
alton grows more menacing.
Twenty glass factories of Vienna
are about to suspend operations be.
cause of lack Of coal.
Commercial negotiations between
Vienna and Berlin are to be resumed
shortly, diplomatic cables states, pre-
sumably with a view Of relieving the
situation in Austria.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Omaha Live Stock.

combatant air force and anti aircraft
guns to meet the new drive.
The American allies plan of retri-
button for German air atrocities has
been reached only after long and de-
liberate thought
Germany carried the war into I'M
armed cities of France and England
via the air. The allies refused to
strike back. though the civil popula-
ton demanded that there be no fine
observation of international law rules
against such an enemy.
Now vengeance is being taken. The
growing American airplane force.
coupled with the increased production
by the allies, has made 1T possible to
undertake this counter movement
It's purpose Is to cripple, as much as
possible the output of important war
munitions. For instance the Mann
helm raids, though made under diff
culties, evidently accomplished the
wrecking of some of the chemical
works in that city.
Perhaps even more important on the
whole, is the psychological effect OF
the raids Germany is whining over
them. Germany is scared about them.
She shows every sign of not liking
her own medicine.
American flyers just back from
abroad, speak highly Of the American
planes already there, the Liberty mo-
tor pleases those who use 1t and their
only cry is send us more of them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
JOSEPH EMERY
KILLED IN WAR
The Family Has Friends in keokuk
and He Was Prominent Citi-
zen Of Quincy,
Illinois,

Lieutenant Joseph Emery of Quincy,
who was killed in action, July Is, al
though his parents did not know 1t un-
til yesterday, had friends in Keokuk,
and his sister Mrs. Ralph Gardner,
has visited here and mas peen a guest
at the Country club.
On July IS, Lieutenant Emery
cabled his parents that he never felt
better, and two days later was dead.
He was born in Quincy twenty two
years ago. of one Of the oldest families
of that city, took honors at Dartmouth,
and made next to the highest grade at
the officers training camp, winning a
commission in the regular army.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
COMMUNITY
BAND CONCERT
It VIII Play for Over an Hour '" wv
Down Town Streets Tomorrow
Morning Before Taking
Train.

The Community band will play :, =
the Carthage fair tomorrow ana w !"
fore the members go to Carthage .nI;
will give Keokuk people over an hou' :
concert .o,d
Starting at $3.50 o'clock the pss
will play on the corners of MIMI Its a
Main streets, Eighth and Main 81, n
Seventh and Main streets, ana
front of The Daily Gate City builut m
The band will furnish music for AN IN
races at Carthage in the al,erhv Al
Thursday night the organization
return to Carthage and give coh0e''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
PLAY CRAPS ON
CHURCH STEPS
And Run From the Police So Quickly
That They Leave Twenty
Cents of the Stakes
There

Five colored youths chose the steps
of Trinity Methodist church as crap
table last night, and found it bad
luck to shoot the worries on church
steps.
When the police descended on them
just before midnight, the gamblers
scattered and ran so quickly that
they left twenty cents of the stakes
on step.
The police confiscated the four
nickeIs and took one of the players
to the station where he Ianguished
today. They expect to get the other
four soon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Mexican Bandits Wreck Train

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
Ell PASO, Texas, Aug. 27.-Plung-
ing down a deep canyon at a sharp
curve on the national railway near
Tepelnuanes, Mexico, where Villista
bandits had torn up the rails, one
hundred passengers on train were
killed and sixty-fve injured, accord
ing to official reports from Chihuahua
City today. All not killed of the
sixty-five Carranza soldiers acting as
guards were dubbed to death by the
bandits. Many women and children
passengers were cremated in the
coaches
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
THEFTS FROM
AUTOMOBILES
Clocks and Tires and Loose and At
tached Accessories Taken from
Cars Standing at
the Curb.

Thefts of automobile accessories
from the cars standing at the curb
are becoming too common for the
comfort Of motorists in Keokuk.
E. Carroll Taber had the clock
stolen from his automobile last even
ing, the instrume emit being removed
from It's place while the car was I'M
attended.
demountable rim with its Fis
tire, and tube was stolen from the
rear of the automobile of Robert H.
Hart while his car was standing at
Sixth and Main street for a short
time during the evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Late Market Quotations

1875, light, $1s.1o@1s.so; pigs $500
@1s.50: roughs, s17.10@176O.
Cattle-Recei7ts. 10000 head. Mar
ket steady to. strong. Beeves, $1,000
@1S.eo; butchers stock, $776@
1850; Gamers and cutters. $1,000
800; stockers and feeders, $4,000
1926; COWS. $7.75@14.50; calves,
s725@1s.00.
Sheep Receipts. $4,000 head. Mar
ket slow and 15 to zoe lower. Wool
lambs. s1OOO@1S.35; ewes. $4,000
1915.
st. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 27.-Cattle- Re-
ceipts, 1880 head. Market slow.
Native beef steers. $11.50@1S.25;
yearling steers and heifers, $4,000
1850; cows, $7.50@12.50: stockers
and feeders, $s.50@12.00; calves.
$775@14.00; Texas steers. $4,000
1910; COWS and heifers, $1,000
1900.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000 head. Mar
ket sc lower Mixed and butchers,
$19.45@19.S5; good to heavy, $19.75@
1885; rough, $1775@18.0O; light.
$19.5O@19.9O; pigs, $1450@1S.75;
bulk. $19.5G@19.S5.
Sheep-Receipts, $500 head. Mar
ket steady. Ewes, S11O0@12.00;
lambs, $14O0@1700: Gamers and
choppers, $6.o0@9.oo.
kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 27.-
Cattle-Receipts. $4,000 head. Mar
ket steady and 10c lower. Steers,
$7.5o@18.25; cows and heifers, $3.50
@15.0O; stockers and feeders, $7.50@
1850; calves, s7.O0@13.50.
Hogs-Recefpts, 10000 head. Mar
ket steady and sc lower. Bulk, $3.50
@1945; heavy. $19.00@19.45; me-
dunn, s1s.75 @19,5O; light, $4,000
1910.
sheep-Receipts. 5000 head. Mar
ket steady and 15c lower. Lambs,
SIS. 5O@17.60; ewes, sS.00@1260;
wethers, $6O0@18.00.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Aug. 27.-Cattle receipts,
1880 head; market steady. 10@15c
lower. Steers, $10.O0@1S.00; cows
and heifers, $6.75@12.5O; stockers and
feeders. s7.OO@16.0O; calves, $1,000
1875; bulls and stays, $s.00@12.00.
Hog receipts, 100 head; market
steady, 5@1oc higher. Bulk. $18.40@
1875; top, $3.50.
Sheep receipts. $4,000 head; mar
ket steady, weaker. Yearlings, $1,000
@13.25; wethers, $11.50@12.50;
lambs. s14.oo@17.55; ewes. $4,000
1150
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Half a Hundred Citizens Selected for
the Venire of the Next Term
Of the District
Court.
MOST ARE KEoKUK MEN
Court Term Begins September Six
teenth and Three Jury Com
missioners Drew Names
From a Box.

Petit jurors for the September term
| OF the district court were drawn by
jury commissioners at the county
court house Monday. Fifty men were
chosen but probably many of these
will be excused from serving.
Court will open September Is, with
Judge W. S. Hamilton presiding. 1t is
the rule that the jUrymen be selected
twenty days before court opens.
Herman J. Schroeder, of TT. Madi-
son, A. j. Hardin, Of Keokuk, and
James Vermazen Of Charleston town
ship acted as jury commissioners. to-
Igether with 0. R. Johnson, county
jclerk at Ft Madison and Daniel H.
Annable, deputy county auditor at
Keokuk.
Who They are.
The jurymen from Keokuk are: p.
]. Richman, G. w. Baker. H. A. Turn
er, w. E. Steele, O. c. Carlson, ]. C.
Ferris, William Brennan, P. ]. Vanden'
doel, John c. Hitler, j. W. Brady. w.
j. Howell, Walter Swinehart, G. G.
Meister, ]. G. Erhart, Oscar Swartz,
l.. D. Davidson, Henry w. Weyand
L. J. Haggerty, M. R Kenney, John
Rogers, Jr, H. Boone, Louis Gregory
F. c. Smith, G. c. Hill, Roy Walsh, ].
W. Shelter. Hugh Mckenzie. A. w
Jones, A. l.. Hemmenwa..-, ]. NJ. E1g1n.
F. J. Lamb, c. R. Beck. A. S. Hall. D,
C. Wiley, S. P. Stahl, L. Culk1n. q. b.
Clemens, ]. w. Devc-oe, John NC
Namara, S. e. Millspaugh.
The men selected from Montrose
township were: ]. L. Johns, ]. l.. Van
ausdan, R. L. Reed, Robert B. Philip.
Those from Charleston township are
w. H. Eyler, Walter GRADER.
Robert Cruze and F. G.. Shark OF
Des Moines township and ]. d. Burk
and Frank C. Cutler OF Van Buren,
| township.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
New York Produce.

New york Produce
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-F1our. on,..
Pork, steady. .dess, $40 .0O04 a
Lard. stronger. higher. Middle Wss.
spot, $26.95@27.0 e''l
Sugar raw. dull. Centrifugal ta.,
i $6O.55. 'ess,
Refined. dull. Cut loaf 900
crushed. $8.75; powdered, $7.S5: sra,
ulated. $3.50. e'aa'
Coffee Rio No. Z on spot, SIC.
Tallow, quiet. City, 17%c; spec.,
1870. 0pssa''
Hay. weak. No. 1, $1.65@1 60. NJ
10. $1.26@1.S5; clover, $1.05@1.5o
Dressed poultry, dull Chicken,
broilers. $4,000; fowls. 24h @3sc.
ducks, SIC.
Live poultry, quiet. Geese, 2o@22c.
ducks, 2S@40c; fowls, 3O@s2c; TN
keys. $50 soc; ROSTERS. 25c; chickens
|34c.
Cheese, quiet. State milk commm
to special. 211z@26Ac; skins com.
mon to specials, 7@2Ihc.
Butter, firm; receipts, $500. Cream.
cry extras, 461s @46Ac; dairy this
1914 @46c; imitation creamery arst,
800 400
Eggs, steady; receipts. 1898. Near
by white fancy, 66@s6Sc: nearby mi,
ed fancy, 3S@52c; fresh, 43@52c.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Aug. q. Butter
Creamery extras, 45@451kc; cream
cry standards. 45@45Ac; dairy ex
tras, 44@44hc; dairy firsts, 411t@
42Ac.
Ordinary firsts. ss@s7Ac;
firsts, 33@3911c.
Cheese-Twins, 24H@25c; Young
Americas, 25@26hc.
Potatoes-Receipts. 81 cars. Wis
consin, per cwt., s215@2.4o; Mime
sofa, per cwt., $2.25@2.40.
Live poultry Fowls, 2712sc;
ducks, 25@28kc; geese, Ice; spring
chickens, 29@29kc; turkeys. 32c
st. Louis Horses and Mules.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. Aug. 2s-
Horses-Extra heavy draft, $1,000
$50; choice southerns. $115@130;
eastern chunks, $150@185.
Mules-16@16h hands. s20o@325;
I15@15k hands, s14O@225; IA to 14B
hands, $90@135.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
Grain Review.


limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-There was
weak trading in all grains on the Chi
cago board Of trade. Fine curing
weather for corn, with liberal re-
ceipts, were depressing factors.
Weakness in oats was inspired by
the corn trade. Provisions reflected
the grains.
August corn opened late at 1881.
down y and lost two cents more be-
fore noon. September corn was Il
down at the opening 1904. later drop
ping BE. october corn down II at the
opening lost 31k more to 1854.
August oats down y on opening
late at II subsequently lost Ias. Sept
ember oats opened at 715a unchanged
but later dropped to 7O5s. October
oats opening at 1874 was rs up. but
shortly lost ~.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-27
German Mutlny ouelIed.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 27-A German
battalion ordered to the front, unant-
mously refused to go, according to a
despatch from the frontier published
in TELEGRAPH Thereupon every tenth
man was shot. The remainder yielded.
New Attack Launched.
IBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Aug. 27.-(Noon)-T
British launched a new attack south
of Bapaume at 4:45 this morning with
the prospect OF making the situation
below that city as precarlous as it is
above, where the line is actually be-
yond the city. The New Zealanders
are on the northern outskirts of
Bapaume having taken Beauvnatre
1.-TWO miles northeast of the city, dur
ing the night. They captured prison
ers from three battalions, including
a battalion commander.
At the same time, British troops
are moving eastward along the
Scarpe, Highlanders on the north and
Canadians on the south, taking aid
vantage of yesterdays important
gains.
The British last night swept down
the slopes of Henen1l (three miles
north of Croiselles) and over the ad
vanced trenches of the old linden
burg line These they captured
easily, but they found the Germans
holding hard in the support lines.
The fighting below Bapaume is I'M
usually violent in places. The Ger
mans threw the eighty-seventh divi
sion into Longuevallast night, counter
attacking and driving back the Brit.
ish just after the latter had seized
the town. This makes more than
twenty divisions probably 24O.0OC
mem identified opposite General
Byng's army so far.
AS yet little effort has been made
to carry Bapaume directly, although
there is patrol fighting constantly on
the outskirts.