FROM OTHER SOURCES.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1918, Page 3

FROM OTHER SOURCES.

f AUSTRALIAN & N. 7.. CABLE ASSOCT.-VriO-N ALIBIED CAPTURES. THE GRAND TOTALS. NEW YORK, September 2i». Reports from France, state that the French, British, Americans and Belgians have captured a total of over 49',000 German prisoners in the pa-st three davs. Since the 18th of July the Allies have taken over 200,000 prisoners r 3000 gum 20,000 machine guns and hage «piantities of material. These figures do not include Hi" Palestine Macedonia ,or Mesopotamia fronts. ANZACS EAREWELDED. LONDON, September 29. Mr Gilmour writing fi-om the Austrilan Headquarters, describes the departure of the first batch of TOO, out of 7000 Anzacs, who, under a new scheme, are being given six months leave to visit Australia. The scene was on P of boisterous enthusiasm. Practically every man entitled to leave accepted it. A few officers, however, declined, saying they had been there from tlie first, and would not be satisfied if they did not sec the end., A proportion of the men, Mr Gilmour says, are so impressed with recent Allied progress, coupled with signs of German demoralisation, that they consider they will not again be needed • General Birdwood and the men’s comrades, who were awaiting the next brittle, took an affecting farewell of the Australians. BELGIANS CAPTURE ROULERS (Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 30. The United Press London correspondent learns authoritatively that the Belgians have captured Roulers. GHELUVELT CAPTURED. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. The British have captured Gheluvelt and are nearing the outskirts of. Monin, bv which the advance on Lille is. endangered.

BRITISH CAPTURES. .’ (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 30. Hon. Bonar Law announced silico July 12th. the British have captured a thousand square miles of territory,.2so villages and 120 thousand prisoners.

'praise OF NEGRO TROOPS, deceived This Dav at 11.25. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.

The New York “Times” correspondent with the American Army says the Alliance sings praise of a certain tingent of negro troops from New York, who upon arrval in France were green, unfit recruits. They have now demonstrated themselves to be almost super soldioils. Many of their number received the Croix-de-guerro. I asked a white Col one what he thought of them. Ho said “They are just as good soldier material as United ' States can produce. They have faced every hellish contrivance and have done everything demanded of them, and they have come, through with the colours flying and spirits high. I have not seen better soldiers in tins war than these negroes. French officer are delighted with them.

SHOTGUNS. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 30

Answering Germany’s threat to'Fhooi, American prisoners carrying shot guns, the state department has notified Berlin that prompt reprisals will be adopted. Mr Lansing points out- that the Hague convention sanctioned the use. 0 1 shot-guns.

AMERICAN AIRMEN. (Received this day at l .’.O p.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 30,

Mr James, the New York “Times” correspondent on thev American front, says the American army has all American air fighters, bomliers, pilots and

observers, for the first time since United States lias entered the war. American Divisions in the latest offensive had not to depend, on help from French or British airmen. Americans are still using French and British machines, but American built planes are arriving in France faster and faster and soon American airmen will use American planes entirely. American flyois since Thursday made countless flights taking hundreds of photographs behind Ivrcmbille —St F.llung defence system. I Bombers have done immense damage at strategic points far back in enemy territory by forming a cordon with 109 battle planes around the winding section of the Meuse, American airmen prevented .enemy flyers reaching the American line.

j i” TROTSKY ATTACKED. i B STOCKHOLM, Sept. 30. 1 A revolutionary socialist attempted 11 to assassinate Trotsky, who was slightlv wounded in the shoulder. The perpetrator was arrested. |