New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Fighting Now, Asserts Sir
Thomas Miles, Is Just
"The Cleaning Up"
War Heroes in Party
Canadian Aviator Drove Ma
chine Seventy Miles With
Fingers Shot Of

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. ia
British liner that had taken an un-
usually long course across the Atlantic
to avoid submarines arrived here to-
day, day late, with 320 passengers.
Among her travellers was Sir Thomas
Nyles, of Dublin, Kings surgeon in
ireland, who journeyed to this country
10 attend a clinical congress Of the
American College OF Surgeons. He was
informed on arrival that the congress
lad been postponed, and announced
oheerfully that meanwhile he would
make trip to Washington to confer
With the surgeons of The arms, navy
and Public Health Service.
SIR Thomas, who is specialist on
high fractures, said he had made a
rip over the Western front held by the
British, and was pleased to announce
.tst I'VE have the Germans on the run"
.h> fchting now, he said. is just the
eHaine-up process. Sir Thomas was
panied by Sir Berkeley Moyna-
~ Aairman of the board Of consult
icons OF the British army
Hciped Bottle Up Zeebrugge
Another traveller was Lieutenant
H. T. c. Walker, r. ~, who lost an
arm in the operations against the u
BOA. base at Zeebrugge. He was one
Ct the officers in charge of the sinking
OF the old British warship Vindictive
4 the ha1bor channel, and ten minutes
after the enterprise started his arm
vas fractured by shrapnel. He brought
over 500 colored photographs of the
leebrugge operations, which will be
exhibited here before naval men.
A Canadian flyer, home on leave.
Lieutenant l. B. Curtis, was in the
air raid on Mannheim. He was ordered
back to make photographs of the areo
Destroyed and was caught in a barraee
which the Germans laid down about
he time he was returning with his
photographs He was wounded in the
egs, the thumb and forefnger of his
light hand we're shot off and his OBJ
server was killed Steering with his
eff hand he piloted his plane to his
own hanger, seventy miles away, and
rss awarded the Distinguished FLYING
corp, medal.
Germans Fight Like He'll.
Lieutenant Bud Fisher, ca,toonist.
Who had been for eight months with
ne British General Staff, said he had
observed the Germans fighting few
weeks ago aud made this observation.
Don't get the notion that the Ger
mans are quitting. We have them or
ne run, it is true, but they are fight
.ng IKE he'll, and don't let any one tell
Ton anything to the contrary
fifteen officers and men from Aneri
csn destroyers in the North Sea. who
nave been on station year, returned
10 ea1o over sevral new destroyers.
They brought over 81 sheep dog mascot
allied "Sturdie,' which they describe
- the luckiest dog sailor ever had
Also On the steamship were fourteen
representatives of Austrial and New
Zealand newspapers who had made oh.
.e1-vation trips to the British Grand
.leet and along the entire western
'front.'. va u
rnong them vas J. ]. knight editor
and publisher OF ''The Brisbane Cour-
err He said the party had been away
or SIX months, having made the trip
nat tho Australian press might give
o It's readers first~hand resume Of
what Britain was doing in the world
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