The Cambria Daily Leader

< 1 For Best Summary I i of the I .Week s Local News l see the 'Herald of W ales. 16

ERY HEAVY FIGHTING. jbermans Bring In Northern ? ? ? Reinforcements. } i i Reinforcements. %i tEN DIVISIONS FROM PRINCE I RUPPRECHT8 ARMY. Tuesday Afternoon. J LO!DON, TU0Sdav A,fternoon. A message dealing with the situation at the front says lite learn that all was quiet on the British front up to 10 (jelo-cl- this morning, j I Iliere is little change in the battle line to report. Heary fighting hae taken place, and the French bare advanced slightly in the i Ayre Valley towards Amilly, and in the neighbourhood of Tillers Agcon. The Trench re-captured Grand de Rozoy. p Heavy German counter-attacks succeeded in driving .the Americans out of y CSerges, which f The village of Sergy. changed hands lour time?, and is iow in French hands. I j. r fighting is also reported around Burancy.and' 450 prisoners from t. t?hr4ft different divisions have been c a,,)turfd.' t: The tnemy are now employing 71 divisions in the battle, of which ten belong |i to Prince fiuppreclit's army. t ?T!LL ON THE DEPENStVE. ? .¡ Afternoon. PARIS. TU\'6day AiterllQo. ) M. Mare?Hutin, in the Echo de Paris," says— '%Ie cozitinue-t? manœuvre the enemy no matter what pnorts he makes to e- &&p6 from our grip. The .enemy remains en the defensive, and 13 using the whole of the army of t Von Boehm, am well as the reserve divisions froia the. army group of Prince f. Itupprecht for the defence 01 hi6 positions. y !| TRIBUTE TO BRITISH. V < -——?———————————— ? .PARIS, Tuesday. "Y,'he, papers all comment on the excellent bearing of the British troops in the present hdrd fighting, M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," describee how the Scot- tish tfpoops, fighting with General Mangin's. army. carried with magnificent d-tai I the strongly organised park and castle oi BUWllCY. and held them in pite of three j countef-attacks carriesd out by E-Ihok troops. < f j?THEJ?OMGESTED SALIENT. I r -TIU:SCH ARMY, Monday E?ning. ?? i As the line of the Vle is approached our :;lúwt progre? may give a mi«- ? kadrng- impression. S;v,('al ooun, like that of the Guards [we give elsewhere a edrrin?? • (| j story of the AQipr?n victory] arip sure io be delivered as the "'cation, in what f ^ft of the "-?lient incre!l:. as the nanks are JH'o-5din. but these must not ? ?d'. stract' c-ur <?timate of the -nemvt, Li ke-w _e as the congestion n- I (p e.a our airmen's opportunilies will bo enlarged. KjEF#QBT TO GAIN TIME. (From the Press Association Special Correspondent < s" 4 FRENCH ARMY Mcu'daj Afternoon. t t $. j (Received To-day). i i • -Although fighting was very hard at r-gi-fE )ast Xil,-I)t gni ep-r little change m the line. The enemy is retreading by f progressive stages. It seems however that the retirement of the 2?th and 2§th is L ? now complete,-and that a new line of resistance has been rnched, -which tbc' Oer- t mans will endeavour to m!J.k a fresh tand, in. crde1; to gam time, and get away f their guj»&, and.the ,reat larciniulation ed materi-al. f Our treors have found two German 6 old and two'ten inch gnns in the oonrsd of to-day.. [ NEARING S0ISS0N8.   B?tv??B the Aisne and Ourcq, Gf?ctal Ma.ng'n'a A!ny eucr-?cd?d in crossing j f: the Sœ6n:-{;hateauThie;y r?ad at ?vs?l points. The S<'ot?mpB ('!d it I ? ncrth of 'hllemontou'é.where thT succceded, nth the mo?t: stubborn bravery, | I ? m seizing th?-S??tcr part oi the village o? j?uxancy, :ä kilometres south of ''Soi«» ¡ eons, &t -which our advance i, now nibbling the outskirts This explains tL"? dC?s- ? ration of the pn?my in defending the p'jihQn. Further south-our trc?ps have i pad the Chateau Thierry road, gaining ground east of Piessier Helen and Oulehy de- Chateau. V.0 N 8,0 F- H N'S our advance to-dav has been more thm two at 6cmo points, de- spite very vigorous opposition. Our mo gross is r-irti-cill-arlv ints!rcstip-g Aon th« two wings, nsar Soisc-ons and Rheims, extremities oi the Arc formed by tbt German positions. These positions must be maintained by HnemyaL any dost, ( otlierwise any retreat-into which the army of General Von Roehn had moved i "would close on it, and it would be captured. Hence his desperate resistance. A TREMENDOUS BLUFF? Granting every hypothesis, there still ap^'ars to bo noÜng, to account for a. withdrawal bit a sheer lack of men. And it he lacked men, what, in heaven's ziamil-, v-ct6 he doing in the .salient. Was he tryidg to win ground on this side .of I Rheims by, a tremendous bluff of guns, w nile he used his raen ierr the w eightier blow on the other side? The fashion in which he has. hurried his gUllS back, not c'cn halting them to never the forlorn rearguard he has left behind him, gives colour to the supposi- tion, for hib retirement has been perfectly orderly. I A CHANGE OF TACTICS.. • PARIS, Tuesday. Reutoi's Expert Commentator, writing ,last night. &ys:- The battle between Soiaeons an .1 Jtheims to-day entered upon a new phaso. "Whereais since Saturday the German goldiens had been evacuating the 'j pocket of tlie Marne under the protection of an elastic cordon of rua- chine-guns and mobile artillery, intended only to rftard our advance, this morning, on thfe ooiftrarv, he began to coiinter-atvack with extreme vigour, only allowing ground to be snatched from him after having d?fend<v! it foot bv foot. and even making effort* to retake it by repe-iitfd This change of tactics On the part of the German General Staff may. he interpreted in different ways. It Qiay. be supJJos^d, firstly, thttt the Im- perial armiœ have reached the lihiit M 'time assigned for their retreat, or that their intetüauis to hold up the pursuit which became too rapid, and gain suffi- cient time to ehable them to complete the nvaeuation of their material and to pre- pare a line which they mean finally to hold. However, that mar be," Allied troops again mads interesting progress. I' THE FRENCH OFFICIAL MESSAGE Y??. PAKlS.T'?dayAf.-crnoon. m«SJaSySS, ?' "? ? '?? ? ''?" ? '? front of the I laort4 of th. t. I Francft, MoisHar. 11 yj&, T'fio d. was marked bv vsrv violent fisrhting on the whole of the front noHh of the Marne. 'J'}.e enemy, whose resistance has preAtly the ground ¡ toot, by foot, and endeavoured to drnc rs h,4, hy means bf numerous counter-at- tacks. Our troops, repe:iiKg all these attacks, 'ca<ie fresh prc?rCM. '-At ?io?pp?achM' to the, village o! Buzancy (south of ?i&.ous) Scottish troops c?ptnrM! a park ad, c?tle, and 'ir- pf?iti<)n& in ?pitc of rfp??p?  of the U?rm?us to drive th?m out -.?,ft Plemier Hu?? and Ou?hv.?. Chateau 'y e. passed beyond the C'haleavi Thierry road, eaptured Grand Ror.oy .tnd Cugriy, and aleo. took in the course of a brilliant' action the Butte qt" Chalmont. Four hundred and fifty prisoners re- JliaLntH! in liaruls On the. right ttank of the Ourcq we ex- i tended our gains to the north of rere en Tarderwi. and eniciT-yl Sergy. 1 urjrher south, Roncheres fell into our pusse^sion. On our right we passed I>eyond the Dor- Agron, and gaLticd ground west of Bligny and Ste. Euphraisw. In the Champagne a German attack in the region south of Mont-sano-Nom failed.

I JeNt(>y gas i1; i'e. 6d. a thousand. •   duty yields only ?.0?9.aM in 17, Tin sold on ^fonda4v^ at ^3S-5 per ton, compared with fl 32 ,t before the war. said the rosigaat-ion 'If Mf' ?.? ? been ceithe- as?c" fer no? r?c-en pd The Niinist?F 6f ha, up to now "3Mid toT- food, includins ??.<MC.W<3 for home produce! It was said in a case at Southampton,, on Jlondfiy that a paid 4. a lb. lD; cigarette ends and so-M them. mised f topacoo. as M. %-ith ??r the repayment of a ??  wei,?2-5.000 for fa* construction of dock= ?he Select Committee ion XyOcal I>gA^ tKa ?M allow,rj.! "!POration 80 .y.e&a* !?-t' < ..?-< yeaip • -■ Pte. William ThoniMj Royal Welsh Fusih«rs, son of Mr. and MPS. John J nomas, Crown Cottar:. Birch?"tovp. Jansamlet, is reported missing since I May 3t?:h.. cJ?? I?ch-5.:Id WM found dead n?ar his j c o -afta^ ordshire rcMdpnM lat hi?ht. t>e- cea^ed ?ad b??n cut hootin and tJ?ro I girnsbot wound in the head.— i Cress A.-tfociation. I lor riding on a trnm in Cribbwr-fawr yolxiery, pyle, on June :8th. Rohed J. Jones, collier, Aberavon, was at avon Polie, Courct fined Kl.-Mr. J^awia M. Thomas prosecuted. SfntF.nc?ai Bow-.?reet t? three months' hard labour for window-smashing, George William &ton. 36, was to break win- eb" directly he came out of pri!1 m <c<d? to be sent back a? ?a'i" a? — *w'-v v. :t.

7-' MIDNIGHT RAID. -T- Australians Take Enemy Position. HOSTILE ARTILLERY ACTIVE, TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. FRANCE. Tiios(Iay, 10.12 a.m. We captured a few prisoners last night ill a successful raid in the neighbourhood of A yet to. Shortly after midnight, A?stralian? 1. I, bo ?trols entered t?c enemy? position aut Merris. Forty piisoners have been takeu by us in this locality. Hcrttiie artillery has been active with gas shells to north-west of Albert, and has clown activity at a number of points between 1-a Baliee Canal anrl Vpres. MERRIS SURROUNDED. .FRA2\CE, Tuesday Afternoon. Tlie Sp-ecial Correspondent with the British ezys:- • At. 12.15 this morning several strong patrols moved out from various sectors of the Australian -frolit line, and suc- ceeded iu surrounding the ruins cf Merrig while the Germans were still wondering just vii-.it was happening. Then sharp fighting; developed in watch the' indi- vidual superioiii* of tw Australian over the Hlin speedily <tssC.rto* and it cortainiy looks as if t h AustrbtIlS had the village pinched out. A BRITISH OFFICIAL. I -FRANCE, Monday, 7.27 p.m. I h! the|succesiiui minor operatÚms car- ried otit'by us' bat night: in the Morlan- court .6(!et{)J', we c8ptured ??B pdSQnET. l ?nd 36 machine-guns.. All our objectives'were takon, and three local counter-attacks have n beaten off with loss to the enemy. There is nothing further-to report. On the 28th inst., in spite of low clouds, our aeroplanes were able to carry out se\eral reconnaissances and take many photographs. Ten tons of bonibs were distributed be- tween ammunition dumps, railway sta- tions, and billets in the neighbourhood of •Xmaij -Armentieres, Bapaume, and Chaul- nes, In the'vrlv morning there waa a cer- tain amount cf fighting in the air. Nino hostile machines w3:p brQught down, and ti") bestile ?Uo?ns showdown in flames.' Four <? c?r machines mi&sing. During, the niyht B3p<-?? and actiTe hostile batteries north of the ?n?m? were bombed, all our machines returning. I

THE FAT RATION, Ret'ailm'sJ Position Regarding] ISotter oupplies. i It is not b-ç: the public that retailers are r-ot; permitted to I receive more than Wvpor cent, of their supply of fats in the form of' butter. In othr word?, every retailer must receive an ?q??I supply of bbt?'r and m-:rgarine'j 1? a. cf'?su'nfpr'?Mircs margarine only th? rata?er ehcult! s?rpiy her, but in n; case is any consumer to receive more than II ~'$oz, per- lWrl per wee^c of butter.

:M I NtfRS_f-NOM fNEES I For Neath Pa??a?ent?y j Pivisioi). .A delegate meeting or miners in the Neath Lhvis'on was held last Saturday at the'Dockers' Hall, Swansea- Mr. Meth Jonesi registration agent for the Federa- tion, attended and announc?^ that, two miners had been nominated as Labour candidates for the t,li-i9kn: Mr. Josepif Picks (GwaUn-cae-Gurv.ren) and Mr. Joan James (miners' agent, CwmgoTf:?). After eome discussion it was decided that the namps of. both candidates should be submitted to ft.bkllot of all trade union organisations within' the division ;tlong with the nominees from other organisations. MR. i. JAMES DECLINES. In r--ply- b a ^ut'L-iion as to the pos- j sibiiity of accepting no-minatlftn, as his la,le has been put forward as a probable fftndidats for the Neaih end also ths T?dn?Uy Parliamentary Div"non<, Mr. Jo?n Ja?ies, Hie s?a?ent of the Anthra- cite District of MnMr&. wntcs, (says our Mining Correspondent):—" Several of the miners' lodges within both divisions had nominated me as candidate, but havings regard to the importance and urgency of pu-re that must in- evitably arise, both during and after the war, I feel tlxat- I ceD best serve the in- terests of the workers in general, and the ••nin.ers in particular., by con?Di?t; my I ?!:tiyiti.eS ? J!t<'??'?? q ?atioBt." V c4 I"

THE iONAS CASE. £ 2,000 Fine Paid To-day. i Sir Joseph Jonas, ex-Lord Mayc.r t of Sheffield,. wa- on Monday convicted at the Old Bailey oi misdemeanour under th OfRci?! Secreti. Act snd ordered by Mr, Justice Far. rehce to pay a fine oi ¡ to I)aNr a fil,e, morning T?r the purpose of paying th?' fine. Charles Alfred Vernon, Who was also convicted and fined attended and paid the penalty. An order for the payment of costs was also made by Mr. j Justice Lawrence.

ALLTWEN D.C.M. HONOURED 1 Presentations to Pte. Wm. D. Jones i The FubHc Hall, PortLrniiwe, was packed on Monday night, on the occasion of a reception to I'to. Wnt. D. Jones, of the R.A.M.C.. Alltwen, who was lcinc, on JeaVe after b('m awarded,th.e D.C.M. Prior to the meeting Pte.1 Jones -was escorted by the Pontardawe Boy Scouts from Alltwen to the Public Hall. Mr. J. Edwards presided over the meeting, in the absence of 3fr. Cliailes <> illx-rtson, and. presented the hero of the evening with a cheque on behalf of the Pontar- da we and A lit won Soldiers', and SailArs' j Ascjocintion. Also a wrist watch was pre- srhted to Pte. Jonps by Mr. J, Jon kin clones on behaJf- of the Glantawe Steel Plato Works. ?h-. David Wu?-n' Wraith field-road, read an account oi' the dc?ds 1)?rformed b? Pto. Jones vrhich wen for him the br! Ito, JQ 5 wbi?,h weti for b,ii -11 "Ile Speeches followed by Miss Jones' (s<:1wolmj"IT(>s5) and the Rev.* Joel Dovim aTter which Pte. Joaos suitably j

  j SWANSEA'S TANKS LAND MONSTERS TO BE NAMED AFTER BOROUGH Swansea'6 part in, the war becomes greater as the weeks goby. So successful have the-efforts of the town been in con- nection with the iinakoial side of the war that, us a result uf tHe recent War Bonds campaign, the Xatiooal Committee have now notified the Borough Treasurer that they propose to naoge tour tanks after Swansea. The local committee made a re- quest that two of te tanks should be named Abertawe,"v*md the other tivo Swansea." The national authorities have agreed to this—and now Swansea ha? f?.' i' land nioii^ters-rits, o.?n pet f-hiMrea. Como up againit When the GermaBs, come up against them-—or when they |cu!a up against the I Germans—the enemy will have no illu- sions as to the efncieht .nature of Swan- c-ea"s ""Tittle bit war.

I LABOUR LEADERS. Mr. Henderson and Others to Visit Port Talbot. The "Cambria. Daily Leader "under-, stands that, Mr. Arthur Rendereon, M. P., secretaiy of the Labour iJarty, Mr. W, in. Purdy, Mr. • N'erhon JHartehorn, aud Mr. Frank Hodges, Will attend Port Talbot on August 9th, tu hold jin ÜUluinll" intQ t.he miners' application- St>r a ballot on tlte telection .of a labour candidate for the Aberavon Division. ^It will be recalled that at the recent conference Mr. Robt. William* was selected, hut the de- cision the iiiiitQrV nominee (Mr. Wi-,i. Jenkins, J.P.) and the miners' delegates left tha mooting as a protest against the refusal to consider the question of a balhl..

THE RURAL DISTRICT. Area to be Divided into Two Sectistis. ? It was rpp'-?t?! at the S?a?"(? Rural District Council on Tia?d?y, that an, ex- Di4tri,?t C?3"lnt-il Qtt that all, PX-- decided that the present Rural District Council area Should I divided into two jcections: (1) Thai w.-ijiin the propi.:ised new Swansea l>oreugh, irea; and (2) that I outside it; and that <omniittee>s be ap- pointod for each separately.  ) war- Mr. Trevor W i!liab>.s Purveyor) was tpp?intpd local tuel <Tv?r& c'T. 2 nk!w the 'c?ndn? iut? 0)'??Mn of tha n?w S?ihp dMcua?m ??xj on fh? date of boM?gh m'ra&.??mpn?.?hQ Dist)-t Ca?m. ciU b<?i? ot opHU'tn th!'t Apnl would be a incst convenient dnterer fan'?'r. The clerk and of th? Parlia- meHtary Com-raittee ac-e to go to London j to »upi>ort this view.

i WE-nrnMirPOUT. T T The marribge was solemnised on Tues- day at the Lngli«l> Baptist ChurcÎY, Burry-port, of Mr. Alf|ed i nes, youngest 1 son ef the lato Mr. <tnd Mrs. Thomas Jon,E. Mant"el-.õtreet,. wan¿i; and Miss Florence- -Winifred Layet, youngest i daughter of Mr. IAlHf Mrs.John Eager, j M.l.M E., Cac Helyg, Burryport. Rev. D. X Thomas, B.A. (pastoi) officiated, Owing to the recent death of the Uride- groom's father and mother, the csxemony was of a quiyt nature. i

H REM{i\iAl=;-j-=O-FF-RONT. I 1 German Version cf the Retirement. ^jabri-KDAM, Monday (received- to-dajr). A 'Bti'h^ n semi-official telegram that j the removal of the Gerinan Front in the neighbourhood ef Fere en Tard°noi-si and Ville en Tard^ois in the "night cf 'July 26—27 was .carried cut after careful preparation, and that it ws^s at firstVn- observed by the enemy, and only tW-c place after th; tc.tuglt r of everything v. liich might be useful to him.

PREMIER S LOST DOG. I Mr. L'oydt George's W&I?h t?rripr Mr. L!oyd C4,p.Orge' ttrtipr ten d..?,;s 89P. I ()fipre d by the Premier for his Hurn still I -h&ld& good. Cymro is a cnino aristocrat with a [ long pedignf'. i? is n combative animal ,with patriotic instincts, which .h^ dis- i Nayed iu St. Ja.mes'' Park recently by attacking and putting to flight a German dachshund. l This may have giv;m rise to the rumour t' .t the Welsh Guards had adopted him I as a regimental mascot, but in'ldríf'' fail to show that Cymro bM joined up," although obviously Grade I.

I I 1- Thomas Huntrf Mumbles, charged at I Swansea on Tuesday with stealing three sacks, value 5s., I^e. propert^of the Xwaii- sea Harbo u lustees. adnritted taking the sacks from a -iiii), but said he dig not know they belonged to the Harbour Trus- tees. Mr., Talfourd Strick, who prose- cii-,edic-aid there bad been many petty thefts from their warehouses. II ,-N-dtliing Wzis known against defendant, wll,) was discharged ou promising not to repeat the offence. Tell your mates," said the chairman, th?t. you have been considerately dealt I with, and ak other thie.H3to stov> it.? with, arkci a-], ther tA) ?,;t")I) it

"TWO SINN FEINERS." Clai,ged at;Aberavon as Military' I Absentees. j At Aberavorvon Momlav Irishmen, nor (21), labourers, Dock-street, Port Taly h-jt. were changed with being absentees under the Military Service Ait. rj Supt lien flvaus said.that, the defen- iJants- he would not call t hem nien-- I [ vhen' Sergt. Jirice call_ ed upon thepi, ad- mitted' rece; vjog cslling-up notice-?, and I replied. "I.don't intend ) why should j I hs:ht for England. 1 am not g<">ing till | I am fetched." They are two Sinn I Fricerp, the explained, j S(>nt.. Uricp said the men came to wor k at the new works, but now were employed at a fiiel wrk5: The d? '.c-T?ant? ea? that when they cam's from Ireland a year ago it was on the und-vstakfling that they would not be liabie to military service if ttle]f- were em- ployed on munitions. When they wfut b Ptit. I bour Exchange, after leaving Toj\hatn, Jor.es and Railton, they couldn't get their cards endorsed. Sergt. Brice said both were, now mar- ried, and each had one child. A.6pø of40s. was imposed and the de- l fendaBt? w?r? h?ad?d OT-er ? tha mili- try atuth??? '? ??- -'?'-?? .( l, i

SAMMIES BEAT THE GUARDS. ———— 0 ————. Kaiser's Crack Division BITE THE DUST BEFORE THE AMERICANS. (From Press Association Special Correspondent.) American Army, Monday, 4.20 p m. (Received To-day). Opposition is at last beginning to slacken in the southern part of the salient. That is the significant news to- day. It is clear that the'line of the Ourcq I was eeieeted as tne nrst time ot resistance, aid no serious attempt was to be mad e to prevent our actual crossing of the river. The opposition was to begin on the further Sank. We were, if possible, to be driven back upon the river. That programme has not quite been main- tained, but the enemy has put up a big I fight, and has paid a considerable price for it. I THE BAVARIANS. Advancing through the Forest De Fere on a broad front, they found their passage strenuously contested by the tth BavaHan Reserve Division. The ground was all in 4favour of the enemy. The Bavarians^ were good soldiers. They only gave ground when actually compelled to do so, and they exacted the full cost of it from their opponents. The Ann»rican?> fought magnificently. The Bavarians, h? men with p?nty of courage, held their own for a TrM?. and I were completely worn out before they ¡ were beaten. As they bagan to give i I }Tl)und. the troops from ihp ?th I?and- wehr Division were rushed UD t) strengthen th? !?n'\ but <hp?? men were of inferior stuff, nnd could not stand be- fore the Americans. The Sixth is to badly beaten that it may he counted out. The statements I made by prisoners as to what remains I cf their companies are almost in- credible. ) ON THE BANKS OF THE OU Rca. With thee» divisions cieaied out of their W?th. the Americans pressed on across the mc? open ground with the long- ?hnd tor 0?rcf< ju:? ahead of them, bu., 83 they neared the M\-fr, and p-r?parpd to 'rQi.. tbcy were mt b? n intent ri(lp and machinegnn fire from the triple- crested hills. It w?s not, however, suffix fient to deter the men who had iought their way through the dread tengle oi the ¡ e-r^r"§undaV morning, the | v/hols line was actoss the river. I Now, however, the real fierceness-of the tight a u. The Americans cleared Sergy -at the point ot ti-ke bayonet, and even laid held cf some of the ground be- yond, but the Bavarians and one ele- ments of another division came again, Ind drove thPID out of it. ¡ ,E!m cll_l t of,i t. The Americans, however# only left ic order to make tread their vieton GERMAN GUARDS COME ON. J The Fourth Guards Division, one of thk erack divisions pf the Grman Artv, was already lining the hill-crest awaiting a favourable moment for attack I 0 It had been rushed up from Aviecourt. two nights before, and had bivouacked in the Fox est of Ntsler, re-sting before the ) attack. It was as the Americans, flushed } with triumph, were- reorganising their line that the sv,-ept down the I hill on tc them. The Americans were in a considerable minority of num- bers, and there was no withholding the 'I! Germans, all fresh troops and picked men, thoroughly imbued with t h,- Guards' spirit, and determined, at their first meeting with the hated Yan- kees, to strike terror into them. In that t-hey by no means succeeded. A GREAT fIGHT.. j The Americans had to give ground to I the weight of numbers, And the increased severity of the iire. Step by step, thfy -ere driven back, through Ser^y, to the I' brink of the river, and even over it. But they wero far from done with, as the Guards linagined: Before the! Gcrmans quite teathed the situation thsy,?? their turn, were f6rced to yield ground, I Although tem'al'ilJ' I'ei?f?rc&a, th?y ?<r? p?Ai?ed clean thr?ush the vill?KC.- and out, on the farther tidy. BLit tilli" was only the beginning of a (k",pera:1! struggle, which went on all day. Ilovi) «ido in turn had the village in its poa- fce^kion. THE FINAL VICTOR-Y. I It was towards evening that the Am- ericans, with at final fury of determina- I tion, swept the Germans aut of the ruins, and not only drays up the hill, but, meeting on the slopes a last counter-attack of the Guards, broke that too. on either side of the hill, and remained victcrs on a field where the enemy's dead actually lay in heaps. These were mere noticeable since they had come into the fight with an abso- lutely brand new equipment, from their helmets to their boots. Thev- looked as if they had been turned out for a parade before the Kaiser- 'I WHY THE GERMANS FOUGHT SO FIERCELY. FRANCE, Monday, 9 p.m. I' Definite the marked stiffening oi the enemy's resistance in the centre of the salient yesterday and to-day, and his ap- parent challenge to the Allies along the of the Ourcy, and even the statements I p; prisoners that tiiey were instructed to bold OB. as thpy were gvin to be heuvily reiuforred. I am more, than ever con- vinced that the enemy had no mtentiou of making a final stand tin the line of the Yesle is reached, and that th tight he has put up, and the jhen he ha* sacrificed in the desperate fighting along the upper Ourty, 'have been only to secure, for a little longer, the roads en which his re- tirement to Fismes depends.\ 10 —

IWhil repairing a capstan at the London end North-Western tips on Mon- day Thomas Lewis (56). who res:d" at M, Western-stroet. SWana. severely strained his left. hip. lie was taken to the hos- pital and dctajaej,-

IIMPOTANT NOTICE. I "\I" n l..u of Swamea, I" Aii iiiiporta-iit civil event< jib to4cake place outside the h -'1: l; I »Swafi'-jea Guildhall to-mor- | row r-oniiiig at 11. o'clock. The attendance of the public w ill be specially a.p- preciated. ± uli details wriil be posted outside the Leader 011iee at 9.30 to-morrow morning. ALLIES^N O VLADIVOSTOK 1 Ti the HOUEP of Commons on Tues- day Lord Robert Cecii stated that no agreement had been made by this country, cr our Allies with any Gov- ernment in Via dive-stock, Eastern Siberia, or any' loeal government in Far Russia. « MINERS' HOLIDAYS. South Walss Coal Conciliation Board agreed to-day to miners taking days' holiday—Bank Holiday, Tuc?duy and Wednesday. I NEWMARKET MEET!NG. j Betting: 7 to 1 Zea. ,¡ v I ;x 1 I I i r BETTER MAPEET. j Cork. Tuesday.—Firste seror.ds 2155; fresh butter, n8. e METAL MARKET. London, Tuesday.—Copper, 12?. 1.0 1221 and three months. Tin 388 I three months. JToreien lead, n-s! C-rel- ter, -54—50.

FAlfllLY WIPEO OUT. j Terrible Tragedy at Ilford 1I To-day. A terrible tragedy u as discovered. at Iliord on Tuesday morning, in-oh-ingth ) murder ot a vife and four childn by I giving ihc-m prussic acid, ahd subsccincnt I suicide of the husband by taking a tlr..OS8 of the acid himself. j

TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. Outside tomatoes are doing exception- ally w ell this season, and should 'a gobd autumn set in heavy crops will se- i cured. When the plants have set two cr I more bunches of fruit they shou*l be j given frequent supplies of weak liqnid manure water, and if they have made H lot of etrong leaf growt1. the points of the largest lr-AVES should be cut out so ES to lca.e tlie sun and air assist the fruit to ripen. Discretion muet, liowever. he used in trimming the leaves, as if too much is cut fit a time, the root action or the plants is checked. Taking a little off at intervals of four t of five days is much letter than cutting a lot off at once. As soon as the required number of bunches uf fruit are formed the point. d the plants ehould be pinched out to prevent further growth. This -should be done at the latest by the middle of August, as fruits set after that fjeldom ripen outside. One of the tt artificial manures for tomatues is nit!>t-tJ i>. potar-h, and if a little ol this can be obtained and sprinkled round the plants it will corsijera bh. imorove'tbe si w t!«d flavour of the fruits. Grcwsr. i

IN THE SALIENT. i F&eble Reaction of Enemy Artil!er>. j J: rOIll the i-'ress Association^ Corresixsndent.)." I FB.FXCH ARMY, FRANCE. Honday (received to-day'. Further progress Ws been 1A niorriii?g by the Frr-:ich in the P.heiirs— Soissons sv'ienl,-the artiHerw activilv thrrt was in evidence in the Onlcby .le ( hatean region this morning, hiring' developed into a Freach attack at four o'clock in the m?rniu?. By six it ?as )'r(j.;?f(th)? normally', and the ljne 5hen ran through the woods ■ 1.500 yards ,iic!i d Grand I^ovi.v and' thr("lgh, HiJi ICS. The rer. -'tfon of the enemy artillery was feeble, and a ced,lin numbpr of uri?npi's have been hik^n. It ni:i-v b- noted that the captuN:? cf Butte de Ch".lm(-nt and height? to the north of Grand Rozoy gives reason to expect a further advance in the region north of the line between Ouh-hy le Chateau and Fere en Tarde^ois. Last nisrht t.orbenny Farm was occupied bv t-hf- Allies.

70 DIVISIONS USED UP. Whai Enemy's Resistance Has Ccrt Him. Commandant B," the militaiy critic' of the Exchange Telegraph Company w rc The Allied troops continue iheir victor- I iocs pressure in spite of increased enemy resistance, and have made further pro- IZns betv.een Soissons and the Ourcq. j This progress ir interesting, to s'oy noth- ins; ct the haul of prisoner* made. Ii this, pressure is maintained the position of nil the (-°rni'i.ii troops bet«<M>n the Vesle an d the Ourcq will be seriously compromised. JV, n 1 v<: ."> The situation of Ville en T^rdenois seems precarious, and its capture would appear to he imminent. The enemv's »vigorous resistance has ell-itheln lieavily. He has now used up 70 division- in the battle. From what source can he draw to fill up these gaps? wheareas the Allies have the ALuericiint7 pouring in steadily, and the enemv knows to his cost the! li,ki âi!i!J"

GIRL SHOT DEAD TRACIO ACCIDENT AT WAUNARLWYDD- A terrible accident wcurred at Waun- arlwydd on Tuesday morning, when a iittle girl nainod Miriajj. Williams, aged -11, was sh.it uead by her brother, Johii ,],. Wiiliaiits dgeri 8. Mr. W. Lewis Williams, collier, liose- land-road, had gone- to his wurk, and Mrs. Williams had gone w Llaneily, leaving live children in the house, the eldest 11 years and the youngest two years old. About noon, the boy V. m. Lewis Williams (8), got hold jk his father's gun, and ralc- mg it to his shoulder, pretended to tire. The gun, which was loaded, went oif aoci- i dentally, and the girl, shot in the neck, died immediately. I .1 boy named Dd. Wm. Thomas (3), who wari playing with the tther children, also got a portion of the bbot. lie was struck in the leit cheek, a portion of which was blown away. Dr. Jones and lir. McRitchie won ar- rived, but nothing-o»uid be done for the girl. The boy was sent to Swansea Hos- pital. It is said that his injuries are not seri- ous.

STRIKE JFiQUiRY PLANS Embargo iJivcstigatEon at Once. The Minister ct "uunit ions announces that, work having been gcnerally resumed, in Birmingham and Coventry, he proposes, immediately to appoint the Jfromised Com- mittee of Inyuiiy, under a neutral chair- man. to investigate the whole question of the embargo And advise on its administra- tion in the munition works. Woolwich workers, who on Sunday pro- posed to strike, decided last night to re- main at work. The Trades Uniln Advisory Committee are being- suramontd to meet at 3.3D p.m. Oil Wednesday to nominate their repre- < sentative. The Committee will be consti- tuted on a permaneut advisory basis, and it will be given power to set up local sub- committees to deal with purely local di- putes as they arise. Mr. Churchill 'stated in the House of Commons on 5,1 on day that to secure a swift and thorough inquiry the Commit- tee will be kept as small ?s possible.

THE ALIENS. 1T 6:000 Germans to be Dsatt With. Mr. Justice Sankey's Advisory Com- mittee. one ot whose duties is to recom- mend the internment of enemy aliens at -present*- irr~trberty—unless conclnsivs" reraon tor not doing so is forthcûnli tlg met 011 Monday for the first time for executive business since the Government's new policy was announced, and recom- mended the internment of 100 enemy aliens. There are of enemr alif-ns to consider, and Mri Justice Sanke* stated on, Friday last that the reading of the documents will occupy the committee during August and possibly thf beginning ot September. The number of Germans to be dealt-with is 6,000.

lOBENGULA'S LAND. The judgment of the Judicial Commit- J t<? of the Priw Council as to i?R owner- ship 01 114.050 square miles of land in, RhodesiV- known as Lobengula's land, was delivered by Lord Sumner on Monday. There ivere four i laiutants to the terri- tor-the Crown, the Chartered Company, the white settlers, and the natives. The effcct of the judgment, which took 'in hour and a half to read, is that the Dominion remains in the Crown. The Chartered Company will continue to administer it under the, Crown, and may 'v? reimbursed all proper outlays.

BLOOD-STAINED TUNIC. How Ammanford Soidier Spent His Leave. With the front of his tunic bespattered with blood--tains—his own blood, as he explained later—and bearing a much bar- tered appearance, Pte- Benjamin Richards (kaown as "Ben diejiaicl ste^iped into the bo^ at Ammanford Police Court on Monday, and admitted that he was drunk and disorderly in the Ammanford Square on Friday night. I was home on sjek leave/' he said, U and had been without beer for three months, afid so a drop cr two- was enough to upset mes." Chairman (Mr. A. E. Du Buisson); Yon m to have been knocked about your- self. -■ IHfendant (smilinglyV: Yes. Dnlfr Ch ief Constable > He ought to make haste to get bock to knock the Ger- mans about. Chairman: But are ■ the bloodstains those of Germans? -1 Defendant: My own, sir. hair man: You arc home on leave, and vou seefn to have been badly punished. So keep awav ftoffi the drink, and we will pass Ihis over for you. t

FRiEND OF THE KAISER. Prussian General Diirgusted With Militarism. Tlie first Prussia* avneral to become disjjnsted with Prussian militarism (saVs the Daily Express is General Count* Msi-i von Mojitgfelae. tommanding an in- fantry division or the western front, vbo published an article in Berlin's Tage- lilatt- enthnsiastically stipjKjrting ll:o Entente's tut aims as set out by Mr. f?n and Mr. Lloyd Ge:¡. 'd?ridit? Com: t Kertling's continual &U6pi?Mn ?f tlw Ent?nt< stat?mpi. and fndin? wjth a warm advocacy of a League of 'Sr?i?fip -? u?dpr?nd br the Allies. What rt'].?' .MS'Bifk?rK?' to the 3"tid<, is th? fact ?) < the count still holds a command, aad 'lijur he is known to be a friend of the Knisev. It may thus be regarded as rep-.c^entitig views which, after the German defeat, are to dawn at German quarters Count 7cin t). onghly, analyses President Wilson's taft r-a aim speeches which, he remarks, Mr. Lloyd George in the cour-sie of bis speech to American troops in Francs, adopted as the peace tHnts oi the wh<?e EItte1lte. Entente.. •

Leicestershire miners have beeo asked by the Coal Controller to take a holiday on Mod day next only owing to the gretft demand' for more coal. .'S d-li: r..