Australians Again Advance.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 9 July 1918, Page 3

Australians Again Advance.

SUCCESSFUL MINOR OPERATIONS. Received this day, 8.50 a.m. London, July 8. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the .Australians advanced their line slightly on a front of 3000 yards astride the Sonune, capturing prisoners. Scottish troops successfully raided southward of La Basseo Canal. Australians entered enemy trenches eastward of Hazebrouck. Hostile artillery is active astride the Smnmc, following our operations, also westward of Beaumont Hamel and the neighbourhood of Bethune. Dwindling Reserves. i KESTRKT COMING GERMAN | BLOW. |. Received this day, 12.55 a.m. Paris, July 8. Kxperts ore of opinion that the German reserves amount only to 55 divisions compared with 80 in the Spring. Hence they expect the coming blow to be on a much more restricted front. Italian Daredevils S()SIK AMAZING FEATS. Received this day. 10.30 a.m. London, July 8. The Italian Arditi, or "Daredevils," performed some astounding feats of agility in the closing phases of the Piavc battle. They adopted a novel method of approaching and silencing a nest of machine-guns which were behind barbwire. Carrying long vaulting poles, the Arditi made a mighty rush find jumped the obstacles. Landing in the rear of the bewildered Austrian gunners, they drove long daggers into tlieir backs. One of the Arditi alone stampeded eight Austrian? into the Italian lines- under the menace of an uplifted hand-bomb. One Bersaglieri company captured a battery of six 4-iueh field mortars. - Another, preceded by Arditi armed Avith flame-throwers, stormed a factory in the face of forty machine-guns, blew up a munition depot and prisonered an entire Austrian command.

Serbia Starves. HUNS STEAL ALL THE-FOOD Received this day, 8.50 a.m. Copenhagen, July 8. The Serbian Minister has received reports that the situation in Sorbin, is desperate. The Aust.roGermans have removed all food and the population is starving to death. WOMEN RECEIVE THE Mlfr ITARY MEDAL. London, July 8. Received this day, 8.50 a.m. The Kins? lias awarded tlie slililary Medal to six women for gallantry during an air-raid in France which destroyed a women's auxiliary camp, also for removing wounded from the vicinity of an explosion in a munition dump. POLITICIAN-AVIATOR KILLED. Received this day, 9.5 a-.an. New York, July 8. A despatch received states that Major Mitr-hell, ex-Mayor of New York, was killed at Lake Charles. He fell while flying a scout machine. BIG RED CROSS FUND. Received this day at 11.30 a.m. London, July 8. Subscriptions to the British lied (.'joss Fund exceed eleven millions sterling.

ENGLISH BANKS FOE THE DOMINIONS. Beceived this day at 1.1.30 a.m. London, July B._ Tlie Morning Post's financial correspondent says numerous circumstantial ruhnours are current that certain English Banks are about to acquire large interests in banks in Ihe Overseas Dominions to foster Irade after the war. DISTURBANCE IN GLASGOW Received this day, 10.80 a.m. London, July 8. Several hundreds of self-styled Bolsheviks in Glasgow created disorderly scenes, demanding the release of Maclean, sentenced to five years for inciting Socialists. The Bolsheviks liekl up the tralms and attacked the drivers and conductors. The police quelled the disturbance.