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GREAT VICTORIES From Coast to Argonne. Six great attacks are being made on the German armies between the 13olgian coast and Verdun, and in all these regions progress-in Iso7rne cases very considerable—is being made by the Allies. The at- "tacks are:— 1. BELGIAN FLANDERS.—Belgians and British under I King Albert. Dixmude to Ploegsteert. I 2. DOUAI-CAMB RA I.ST.Q U ENTI N .-British, Overseas, and Americans, under Sir/D. Haig. 3. CHEMIN-DES. DAMES.French, under Gen. Mangin. 4. CHAMPAGNE.—French, under General Gouraud. V 5. EAST OF THE ARGON N E.-Ameridms, under General I Pershing. & J 6. WEST OF ARGON N E.-French. 1; — THE BELGIAN FRONT. I C To-day's new victory—the old ones are I itill going on—falls to the Second British • Army and to their Belgian comrades on tBeir left, both under the supreme com- nialnd of King Albert of Belgium. The front of attack extended from the floods near Dixmude in front of Ypres to the LyS. and at every point on this front a signal advance was made. Dixmude is in our hands. Mersines is ours again, and Houthem (behind the Wytechaete heights, which, the enemy'S report, limp- ing lamely behind events, claims to hold), and Gheluvelt, tie scene of the greatest passage in the ftrat battle of YpretS-place over memorable to Wales because of the stand of the Borderers in 1914—which the battles last year never revisited; Broodseinde, too, and Passchendaele, with their story of tragic heroism, vic- tories over the Germans balked by the rain and the mud. We have gone farther. Westroosebeke, the extreme eastern spur of the Passchendaele ridge, has passed into our hands, and Houthul.st Wood, of which some famous general once said that who held it had Flanders. A hundred guns is the spoil so far. And we are within three kilometres of Roulers. THE CAMBRAI BATTLE. The battle for Cambrai has spread north and south. To the north Douai has been outflanked; our troops have taken the last Cambrai defence line at Marcoing; and north of St. Quentin British and Afiraricaos have broken well into the main Hindenburg or Siegfried positions. On the Combrai front alone 16,000 prison- wa have been taken 6ince Friday and 20& ?UJ?. | I DDU*I is to Lille on the "south what Ifenin is on the north, and the main re- sult of the battle of Cambrai, which has £ one on without intermission (says the Times to-day), is that, in addition to •fceiilifiittg the military value of Cambrai to the one-Y. we have now cut across the efiSmj^ications by rail and road between ik-g"head over the marshes souttl of Doijai, are now in our possession, and, working down towards the old Cambrai battlefield, our lines now form a complete semi-circle round the town from Auben- cheul in the Sensee marshes to Marcoing. As though this double menace to Lille from the south and north were not enough, we have, with the co-operation of American troops, re-opened a new attack on the north side of St. Quentin. He what is at stake is the safety of the pivo- tal German position at St. Gobain. If St. Quentin goes, this position is turned from the north; and on the other side, between the Ailette and Aisne, General Mangin, who for some time has not been trying to storm the German positions, but advanc- ing by eie?e methoo. has now _4= at *a "bound to the old advanced French positions towards Laon of November last. IN CHAMPAGNE. North of the Aisne the French, under Mangin, have advanced-, beyond the wes- tern end of the Chemin-des-Dames nidge and are six miles from Laon. This is for- ming the Huns to retreat from the Aisne. From Champagne to east of the Ar- gonne the Franoo-Amercans are being desperately resisted, but still gain. Last night's American official says that the enemy has hastily brought up d/ivisions from other parts of the front. Between Oeres amd the valley of the Aire our All-a" h-e repued he?vy counter-at- tacks. The operations against St. Quentin and the Chemin-des-Dames are to be regarded as the centre of the huge offemtive that is developing against the German position in France. The Cambra-i and the Ypres battles belong to the left wing of the same general movement. The opercition-s of the French and Americans in Champagne, an the Argonne, and on the Meuse heights are the right wing. On thiis right wing, which was the first to move, the progress is a little slower, but it is invaluable. ) WHAT MAY HAPPEN. I The completion of the Allied success may be more easily achieved than even the most saqguine dared to expect some weeks ago (eays the military correspon- dent of the U Darlly Telegraph.") Or it may be postponed by the difficult ies which wintry weather imposes upon the huge paraphernalia of contemporary arm ies. On the other hand, if once the German line is properly broken through, especially if broken through at the centre- or left, its retirement wiill be the most difficult of military operations, for the neck of Bel- gian teraitory between Maestricht and Luxemburg is eo narrow, and the German forces covering Flanders are at such a perilous angle to their only line of retreat that the destruction of the German cen- tre might well mean the fall of the Ger- man Empire and a very rapid end to the war. Is this manoeuvre a feasible military operation? One cannot answer without discussing the present military resources of the Allied armies, their fighting power, moral and material, the degree of pre- paredness reached by the American Forces in Franco, and the information they pos- sess about the same matters in the Ger- man camp. Thda much may be hazarded: Hardly any audacity is impossible to a great army which is evdently superior to its adversary, as Marshal Fooh's army is superior to the Kaiser's. INVESTING ST. QUENTIN. I The Press Association correspondent with the French Armies telegraphs to- day:- The new line crosses the Chemin des Dames near La Royere Farm, so that the road is in our jxtssef^ion for a distance of over three miles The whole of the teau stretching southward to the Valley of the Aisne, has also been occupied. It is probable that along the whole front between the Oise and the Aisne the I enemy will endeavour to make si stand on his present positions, while completing I his preparations for a further retirement. In the morning another liiik was added to the chain of battle which Marshal Foch is forging around the German front by the First French Army, which at. tacked and captured the culminating .-iiiit --Nf-the German line of resistance be- tween St. Quentin and the Oise. The investing line around St. Quentin has been advanced an important step. It now forms a semi-circle around the wes- tern and southern sides of the city. I I I RE-CAPTURE OF DIXMUDE. I PARIS, Monday. Reuter's Expert Commentator writing last night says:- The battlefront is ablaze from the sea to the Meuse, and the Germans, under the victorious pressure of the Allies, are everywhere falling back. r. The offensive of the Belgian Army. re- inforced bv French elements, and acting in conjunction with the British Army of General Plumer. is developing magnifi- cently- Dixmude -was recaptured at mid-day to- day, and the Passchendaele crest was I carried. The Allies afco made progress in ex- Sllent condition* ?g ?r as the approaches it e ?t co1n 1141I"t?i"01"ftA as far as the apprcarzh,-? The British attack extended from the Sensee to St. Quentin. The British have arrived at the ap- proaches of Cambrai. and have even pene- trated the suburb of Cantinpre. Fire6 are reported in the town. The road from St Quentin to Cambrai is in our hands over a greater part of its extent. Since Friday morning the Allies have taken over 22,000 prisoners and captured more than 300 guns. In Argonne, where the Americans are j attacking, our line now passes through I Ste. Marie, and Py, north of the Somme, the southern outskirts of Oaure and Vieux. On the other side of the Argonne, the Americans have had to face some very violent counter-attacks.

t-UNVANT CHAIR WINNER,. LUCKY LLANDlLO-TALYBONT The Rev. J. Gimblett, Brynhyfryd, won the prize for the chair poem at Dunvant eisteddfod on Saturday, the subject being "The Soldier's Mother," and nko the prize for an essay on The Future of Democracy." Mr. John. of the Inter- mediate School, the adjudicator, declared that the poeiu was an addition to Welsh I ^it<>rature. "V' j Though the general tendency through- out the country is for the'rates to go up f jUilt now, the LI a n d-i 1 c-T a 1 y bom t cversepre have just declared the current rate at 4s. 6d. in the X-no change from last rate, and a decrease of 2d. on the corresponding rate last year. Pontardulaiis, Goreeinon, Grovesencl and Pontlliw arft embraced in the area. j

I BEST WEEK OF THE WAR. I I The following captures of men and I guns have been reported during the week in the several theatres of war: I Men. Guns. Turks' Palestine Debacle 50,000 350 Bulgars' Rout 20,000 300 Franco-American advance in Argonne 18,000 100 Bri £ i%h blow at Cambrai 22,000 200 FlaxviOTs 6,000 100 II Total .1W- 1,050 i WEEK-END CAPTURES. I I The following are among the captures by the Allies during the week-end: I BELGIAN FRONT. Messines. Westroosebeke (six Houthem. miles from Roulere) Beclaere. Clercken. Passchendaele. Woumen. Houlthoulst Forest Dixmude. 6,000 prisoners. BRITISH FRONT. Haynecourt. Fontaine Notre Dame Epinoy. Raillencourt. Oisy le Verger. Sailly. Gouzeaucourt. Palluel. Marcoing. Aube;lcherl au Bac. Noyelles s u r l'Eo&- cault. Arleux. Cantaing. More than 16,000 prisoners. FRENCH FRONT. Jouy. Cbavignon. Aiiy. Fort Malmaison. I Pinon. Forfet de Pinon (6 Vaudesson. miles from Laon). AMERICAN FRONT. More than twenty towns.

At Swansea, on Monday, Joseph Lea- ner, steeplejack, was fined 40.s. for travel- ling on the G.,t). without paying his fare. V .Daniel David Thomafc, an absentee from the Welsh Regiment, charge4 at Swansea I on Monday, had already deserted twice. j He Said he had been in France three timee. -RemaAded to awaiit an escort,

? FEAR !N BERLIN i i "V0RWA8TS" IN FRIGHT- I immm I Bulgaria leaves the control of the Al- I tQ jpfcc.es.. gary and Turkey will "follow suit. That means that our arm no longer reaches paet the Bohemian frontier at Bodenbach and that we lose all influence over the parts of Poland and the Ukraine occupied by Austria. Then we German people artand alone, facing French, English Ital- ians, and Americans, with our backs to the wail and destruction before our eyes. -That is the possible situation which we have to faco to-day with Ail the necessary courage." Thus the Berlin isocialist Võr- warts," paints the possible icsult of Bul- garia's defection. But the Hague cor- respondent of the "Daily Mail" eays that it continues with an evowjwre ter- rible picture of oollapse on the western front and the pouring across Germany of an undisciplined horde of broken troops and starving refugees; nJén, women, and children ehot down in the street in a des- perate effort by the authorities to quell a wild revolution: famine stalking gaunt through the land, and one Government after another falling after vain attempts to buy off the enemy with the widest con- cessions. This horror, says Vorwarts," is pos- sible unless two things happen: the Wes- tern front must stand, firm and a people's Government, displacing the military oli- garchy, must make peace as quickly as possible and as well as possible." The German phrase, (f so gut wie moglich." means, as ordinarily employed, on the i best terms we can get." ANOTHER KAISER TELEGRAM. I Amsterdam, Monday.—The Kaiser has sent the following telegram to the West- phalian Patriotic Society:— Glance at the magnificent success! Our heroic sons and their leaders protect the German people even in the change- able fortunes of war, against unworthy discouragements and unjustified doubts. Germany has decided to utilise all forces to fight this enforced defensive war, and until a victorious end is se- cured, so that the Fatherl-atid is pro- tected for all time against foreign oppres- sion."

I SAV*?1 BY HIS WATCH. I I Lieut. Percy Hay, M.C., son of Mr. Geo. Ll. Hay, of Aylesbury-road. Swansea, Who is in hospital in this country suffer- ing from a gunshot wound on the hand, had a remarkable escape. It appears that at the moment he was reclining with his hand resting on his head, when a bul- let struck his wrist watch, smashing the timepiece and embedding a portion of the works in the flesh of the hand. But the resistance prevented the progress of the bullet through the wrist to the brain, and so saved the young hero's life.

I BRITONFERRY WORKS. I A report is current in Britonferry that I the locallron works, which has been in constant employment for mangjrears and employ over 200 men, is shortflrto change hands, the new owners being a firm well known in the South Wales Iron and Coal trade, and who are interested in the new works to be buiilt at Jersey Marine, be- tween Britonferry and Swanea. I Negotiations have been ia hand for some time, and are satid to be now practically, complete. The Britonferry Ironworks were built in 1817, but since that date have been dismantled, rebuilt, and brought up-to- date.

John JenHns, of Llanelly, was t1m-1 moned at the Neath Court, on Mondy, for cruelty to calves P.C. Warren heard the calves bellowing at night in the yard I of an hotel. They were tied to a furniture van, with no bedding or food, and were in a very weak condition. Defendant was fined £ 5.

ALLIES' TERMS TO BULGARIA DELEGATES AT SALONIKA I No formal reply can be sent by the Allies, to the. Buijarian appc iar armistioe and subsequent peace negotia- tions until there has been an opportunity for consultation between the Allied Governments. This consultation, it is understood, is now proceeding. In the meantime, the general lines of the de- mands that will be made-are known. Put briefly, they include:— Complete severance of relations, poli- tical and military, between Bulgaria and I the other enemies of he Allies, 1 Demobilisation of the Bulgarian army., or its us" against Germany and the other allies of Bulgaria. Evacuation of all territory seized by Bulgaria during the war. Guarantees against the despatch to Bulgaria of German or Austro-Hungarian reinforcements. Three Bulgarian delegates, M. Liap- tcheft, Minister of Finance; General Lukoff. commanding the Second Army; I and M. Radeff, an ex-Minister, have ar- I rived at Salonika, where they were to see General d'Esperey on Sunday. They are said to be accompanied by an American. According to a Berlin telegram to Copen- hagen, this is the United States Charge d'Affaires, who has apparently played a very important part in recent events." It will be remembered that the United States ia not at war with Bulgaria. According to an Amsterdam message to- day. the Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Gazette" says that it is certain that King Ferdinand does not waver in his loyalty to the Alliance, and it is cer- tain, too, that a powerful German army is about energetically to come to this threatened ally's help. The French Commentator to-day says -that there i6 not the slightest doubt but that the Bulgarian representatives will accept the conditions laid down for the conclusion of an armistice.

THE ELECTIONS. I Councillor Ivor Gwynne and St. John's Ward. We are asked to say that Councillor l YOr Gwynne will he a candidate for the St. John's Ward, and knows nothing about St. Helen's Ward He has definitely decided to stand for St. John's Ward, the ward which he now represents;

UNCULTIVATED > LAND. I At Carmarthen on Saturday, the Oarmar. thI18hire War Agricultural Executi?:.rvr- mittee proceeded against farmers for not cultivating their quota under the Land Cul- tivation Order, and in the three cases fines totalling £ 80 were imposed. Mr. J W. Nicholas appeared to prosecute for the Com- mittee. I

SWANSEA'S EXTRA SUGAR. J There is eome dissatisfaction in Swan- sea over the fact that while extra sugar for jam-making has been allotted to the adjoining authorities, none has been allo- cated to Swansea Borough. It is under- stood that the Swansea Rural area re- ceived a half-ton extra, and Oystermouth the same quantity. A protest on the mat. ter has been forwarded by Mr. Victor Evans (Chief Executive Officer) to the Divisional Office of the Ministry of Food at Cardiff.

Mr. Wm. J. Coakley, 81, High-street, Goreeinon (formerly of Swansea) is to take jover the business of Mr. Gpo. Thomas, fish, game, poultry and rabbit salesman, 20, Oxford-street, Swansea, which has been established since 1S50, and is situated two | doors from the Empire.

UNCONDITIONALLY! Bulgaria Surrenders. Tne cc Lea d er receive d 1 ea er' receIved this message at 1.45. p.m.: Reuter's Agency learns that Bulgaria has sur- rendered unconditionally. SERBS GOING AHEAD. More Prisoners Taken. To-day's Serbian Official says ;that over 700 prisoners and 20 guns have i been" taken, and Karevo-Felo has been taken. Serbs are also 10 kilometres north of St. Nicholas, which the, en- emy vainly tried to defend. SWANSEA PUBLICANS FINED. At Swansea to-day MT. Danford Morgan Thomas, landlord of the Three Lamps Hotel, was fined S10 and for (1) selling beer in a saloon bar beer of the same quality not being simultaneously in the public bar, and (2) selling beer above the maximum 5price. Mr. Henry Jones, Lowet Lamb Inn, ana Susannah Jones, Bird-in-Hand, were each firied £20 for overcharging. BELGIANS ADVANCE 8 MILES. To-day,sAilitary Situation. The 2nd Belgian Army has advanced on a 25 mile front for an average depth of fire miles to a maximum depth of eight miles.

THE BIT-BADGE MEN. A smoking concert was held at the Hotel Cameron, Swansea, on Saturday evening by the Swansea Branch of the Discharged and Demobolised Sailors' and Soldiers' Federation. Mr. Hinder (United Fervice Brigade) presided. The secretary (Mr. W. F. Francis) reported that the women's section of the branch had com- menced operations. During the month six pension cases were got through. Their membership was now between 1,100 and 1,200, 120 members being enrolled during the last month. A satisfactory report was also pre-sented by the treasurer. A musical programme was given by Messrs. L. Tltomas, G. Gale, Hopkins. C. Coats, Hinder, Sam Eees, Mac- kenzie, A. Williams, and Bryn Lloyd.

THE WELSH CHOIR. The R.N.V.E. Welsh Choir from Crystal Palace sang at Shepherd's Bush recently with great success. A.S. H. Thomas (Dunvant) made his debut as a soloist. The ohoir visited the Central Hall. Brom- ley, and had a cordial reception from over 1,000 people. They were aiso the chief attraction at a grand concert in Croydon on Wednesday evening. T&O concert was presided over by the MaýGr. and Mr. Lloyd George had intended to come, but failed. During the week one of the members. J. Williams, Porth, Rhondda, learned that he had gained a A40 scholarship offered by the Glamorgan County Coun- oil on the results of the higher certificate examination of the Central Welsh BoanL

Recently some wounded prisoners, cap- tured with German machine-gunners, were weaning Red Croes armbands, and when questioned on the point (eays# a dIith t.a) aani?tted that th?-7 had been fir- ing machine-guns. By the Swansea magistrates on Monday. a Norwegian was fined 60s. for having been ashore after hours without a per- mit, this being his second offence, and a coloured man 20s. for a similar offence. M. Henri Bidon, writing in the "Journal Des Debats says that withdrawal to the coast would lie of ex- ceptional gravity for the Germans. Amsterdam, Sunday (received Mondavi —According to a Berlin telegram, Ad- miral von Hintze, the Foreign P?cietar^. accompanied Count Hertling, the Chan- cellor. to Main Headquarters. A meeting of Mannesmann workers w&s held at the Elysium, Swansea, on Sunday. The proceedings were private, but it is understood that the meeting decided to transfer to the Steel Smeltere Union. A well known local mechanic writes us congratulating Mr. Mainwaring on his ex- cellent work in changing a elhaft at Gumos Tinplate Works in five days. Another war time record. At a meeting of the Oysfewmouth aad Gower Hospital Qommittee, on Monday, the porter was granted a war bonne of 7s. 6d. per week. A telegram has been sent to the King of ihe Belgians from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig offering him the heartiest congratulations on the magnificent re- sult achieved under your supreme com- mand." M. Clemeneeau visited General Pershing at his headquarters an Sunday. l

To-days Communiques TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. i Monday, 11 a.m. In our operatioc-s yesterday nort-E of St. Quentin, the 46th—North Midland—Division alone captured 4,000 prisoners, and some 40 guns. In the sector between Bellecourt and Gonnelieu, the enemy resist- ance yesterday was obstinate. Americans, Australians, English troops continued heavy fighting until late into t4ie evening, and, in spite of strong opposition, gained ground and took many prisoners. At Bony, Villers, and at Guislain, hostile aounter-sttacks during the latter part of the day succeeded in pressing back our troops slightly to the western outskirts of these villages. Elsewhere our positions were maintained, and to the north of Gonnelieu further progress was made in the direction of Lesnee dPA51 Vignes. Heavy fighting took place also yesterday afternoon on the left of the battle front, and our advanced troops, who had taken Aubeucheul- au-Bac and entered Arleux, were compelled to withdraw from these villages. West and north-west of Cambrai the enemy was unable to prevent the progress of our troops, whose advanced detachments have reached the junction of the Aras-Cambrai and Bapaume-Cambral roads, and have entered the northern outskirts of the town. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy in the repulse of deter- mined counter-attacks launched by him in this sector. Heavy rain has fallen during the night, and the weather is still stormy. FRENCH OFFICIAL. Sunday Night (received to-day). To the north of the. Ailette, the pursuit continued. In the course, of the night we took Pinon Forest, and reached the Ailette in this region, as well as east of Chavition. On the Ostel-Phavonne front the enemy offered a lively resistance to the advance of our troops. On the Champagne front, the violent counter-attack s made by the enemy during the daytime yesterday were broken up. Our troops have restfmed their advance. We have gained possession of the heights of Bellevue.