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Reports received from shore testify to the effect and accuracy of the fire and to its gall- ing character. The flank is thus thoroughly maintained. The enemy brought up heavy guns and rr vigorously to the fire of Admiral Hood's ships. The ves- sels received only trifling structural damage. The opposition from the shore has practically and the preponderance of the naval! TERRIBLE, EFFECTIVE WORK. Dragoon Kills Thirty Germans in Five Minutes. A despatch from Northern France says: At a town near Lille a Dra- goon marksman was stati at a swing bridge with two comrades to for him. It was important that the enemy should be held back without the bridge being blown up. The marksman hid behind a fence sixty yards from the bridge. When two Lancersappeared he shot them, then three, and he shot them, also * five Uhlans came up together. He brought down every one. "Alto- gether, he killed thirty Germans in less than five minutes and retired with his comrades. ~ A great pile of dead men and horses in the narrow roadway on the of ite side of the bridge protected it from the ap proach of 'the enemy durin day almost as well as a mitrail he would have done. a ALL BANK AUXILIARY CRUISERS. Exploit of British Flotilla in the Adriatio. 'A A despaioh from Paris sa, A of British to boat has sunk in the Adriatic a German steamer which has been Convene into a cruiser, according from dons to the The Barcelona cor- Wounded nnery seems to be established. casualties ave been very slight throughout, but one shell, éx- ploding on the yor Falcon, illed one officer and eight men and wounded one officer and fifteen men. Que killed and seven wounded on The enem; % submarities have also been suom's subs king an oppor- tunity to oh the bombarding ships, 'which are covered by British destroyers. The . casualties san- nounced by the Admiralty include Lieut. Hubert O. F. Wanton, of the Faloon, killed ; Sub-Lieut. Theodora Robson, severely wounded ; Lieut. Robert Crossman and Paymaster Joseph Bhepherd, of the Rinaldo, slightly wounded, ROUTES ACROSS CHANNEL. Britain Trying to fo Protect Shipping Against Mines. A despatch from Flushing, Hol- land says: The water routes from Folkestone to Flushing, and from the English coast to Dieppe, Boulogne and Calais are being guarded with the greatest care in order to protect shipping against mines and submar- ines, British cruisers are escort- ing all trawlers and mine sweepers, torpedo boat destroyers and other small naval craft are all along the routes. British aeroplanes also are scouting constantly. Four 'Bel- gian fishermen have been killed near Nieuport in handling a mine that had washed ashore. semanas A esi GERMANS ARE LEARNING. Use Bayonéts More Freely, and Their Shooting is Improving. Ad from Northern France says: e Bel Boldiers. tell a A spondeut the German in- fantry po longer appear to fear the bay: make far | still in Belg British and French Advance Their ' 'Line Further Into Belgium. A despatoh from Paris' saps There is only one conclusion to be | drawn from the very definite and | complete reports issued by the | French Government that the Gler- {mans are being fought to a stand- um, and are losing {ground everywhere in France. It is now entirely probable that there will be news soon of a decisive. vies { | tory by the allies, anda general re- | treat y the Germans. Their tremendous efforts tq break through in Belgium have cost them terribly. Punished by the long: range ine of the allied fleet, they abandoned the coast and tried to hew through in the lower valley of the Yser. The Belgians out the dykes and the Germans fled to es- cape drowning. From the North Sea to Ypres, therefore, they have actually ground. Beéking to obey: the Kaiser's mandate to crush the British mar- ines, the Germans madé desperate efforts gains the British in the re- gion of Ypres and' near La Bassee, They outnumbered the British and supporting corps of French, and they struck with what was proba. bly their maximum power, The at- tempt failed as previous attempts have failed. The British stood fast, ! inflicted great losses upon the Ger- mans, took the offensive themselves and drove the .Bavarians end Prussians from ground they had taken da; fore Not the old centre north of the and 'across the plains of Chalons, the Germans appear to be losing their grip, surrendering entrench- ments and giving 'way to a steady northward advance. of the any They were beaten out of positions' north and east cf Soissons, where they had been rooted for six weeks. rire Brine Women are runming the subway cars in Paris, most of them taking their "husband's places, made - va: cant by their being called upon to go to war. on the west flank, but in|. Aigne | A Inia, on imp: ment for 20 Four of the conspirators were sen; tenced to death by hanging, one bo life "imprisonment, two, fuding Medeljo Gabrinovie, who throw om at. the i rch but which th i exp! years, one 6 years, one' to 13, two to 10 years, one to 7 years and two to. 3 years, The other defendants were acquit etfs CER ORDERED TO LEAVE JAMAICA: |b Germans Given Six Days to Close Up Their Business, Kulenkaipl and hav been ordered to Clos thet busines here within six days. 'The princi pal 'member of the firm, 'wiio ia & naturalized subject of isa Bek | 4 tain, and two German oot" bore Jars with ecanse of 8 ¥ a the cause of Germany in the p! war: RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK. German Ship Flew Japanese Flog and Had False Smokestack. a fourth *smok Ay h a y military men to qe finest body of its numbers ever as- sembled under -arus. They. are THE GOEBEN ALSO BUSY. Torpedoed and "Sank Two Russian easels, entered Penang, 'a British 08 Jon 45-the Blpasts nd fired which sank the Rus- sian cruiser Jemtohug apd a French destroyer. Two officers and eighty- four seamen of the Jemtchug per- ighed. The Emden's entrance into the waters of Penang was a cious. Bhe came in under the guns of the fort, and after sinking the cruiser and destro or, escaped irough the Strait of Malacca. La of Lumbermen. A "despatch from Toronto says: Premier Homst, Minister of Lands, uda- | Forests and Mines, on Wednesday: intimated that réturns from Févénus thus far received indicated that th -be- derived thon year 'would be 000 hr the e fall. necessary kh on to rise of holders of licenses Ee fl EE ear "the situation is going to oi very much better than I anticipated a couple of months ago." tintin 100 Boer Rebels Sareniar. A despatch from Londo The surrender of ome hundred 1. 6 organ A "men a8 wanted for cavalry but the ca a | regiments are soar... CANADIAN KILLED IN FRANCE: Went With. the "Mechanical Trans. . EXPLOSION. Two Men * Hurled Thirty Feet Through Heavy Door. from Winnipeg says : "aged thirty-one, and Fier : A Tho Arthur ere in Iding a the mofor Enrags at 4 fon in "The bodies Ww re. ory, hte Pangieds' oord ro a fibtance of or hrough a plank door. is a Bi) 5 hoary Plank 2 Winnipeg nearly all hi life: ,| came from Sherbrooke, . lived for a time at Col He had lived in ) i) yearn,' 8 VE 3 Vessel Fiji