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Gll\ln¢rSlol»h¢n Msfiollomwollndedarleree righting Along whole western rronl. Allies “I “I” Bam” “I Yl“'¢S» I\\`l`IV¢¢I -llave Captured hnportani Barricaded Positions

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(Special to the Guardian.) violent bombardment last night, in lrrengh curtain. elf fire put an. and at

PARIS, Oct. 17,-Successes for the which both sides took part, in trout a, point on the ilollt oi” Letricourt, to

,__Z__i____ ' .French in Artois and Lorraine are re- of Loos, and to thc nortlrenst of a violent fire, in which thc artillery

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An overwhelming and enthusias-‘

tic crowd assembled at and around the railway station on Saturday evening at about 10.30 o’clock to await: the arrival of the West- ern train; and the unusual spec- tacle presented by this public con- course at such a late hour, together with the attendance of a full battery of soldiers and a. military band, bc- tokened an incident of no small lm- portance. It was obvious that some person of distinction was expected in the city, and this was indeed the ease. And who was that person? lt was Gunner Stephen McKinnon, son of Mrs. M._ J. McKinnon, of Charlotte- town, returned home wounded but cheerful from the war-one.of the many heroes whom Prince Edward Island is proud to own to-day. Gun- ner McKinnon was severely wounded in the great historic battle of' Ypres on the 29th April last, and although he has lost the use of his right arm he is proud to have made the sacri- tice.

From an early hour on Saturday

evening little groups of people began to congregate at the station, and by the time the train arrived, Charlotte- town was out in force to welcome the hero. For ‘fully an hour before the

ed before, he was wounded on April 29, and for thirty days after that he remained in France. He was then re- moved to the Second General Hospi- tal of London, where he stayed for upwards of three months. He was one of nine Island boys in charge of No. 1 Gun (18-pounder) of their bat- tery, tho gun crew consisting of two spare men and ,the following seven: Ira. Stewart, Richard Burhoc, George Brady (whose brother was killed), Stephen McKinnon, W. Higgins, K. McLean and J. Bowden. The artillery cleared tho way for the infantry and advanced accordingly as they did; and when Gunner McKlnnon’s crew were about five hundred yards from the German line a. bursting shell shat- tered his gnn-blowlng it into frag- ments-and at the same time knock- ing over McKinnon and Bowden, whose ankle was affected in the rc- sult. Although hs knew he was in- jured at the time, Gunner McKinnon, strange to say, never felt the slight- est pain for twenty minutes, during which time, as he says, "he felt all right.” After that, however, he be- came unconscious and remained for fully two hours, exposed in the open, apt to be struck again at any mo- ment. The bone from the wrist to

train came in cheer upon cheer' in .the elbow was smashed, and but for

anticipation, rent the air, and hun- dreds of lusty. lungs united in the singing of popular patriotic songs. When the ringing of the bell in the distance proclaimed the arrival of the train the whole crowd joined in the great air. "We’ll never let the Old Flag Fe.ll"; and as the.train stopped a tumultuous uproar of cheer- IDS spontaneously thundered from a thousand throats. Gunner McKinnon was immediately shouldered by a crowd, anxious to demonstrate its ap- preciation. and was taken into the waiting room of the station where he was stood in a position of prominence, He was again loudly cheered. Tem- porarily overoome by the enthusiasm and warmth of the reception, Gunner McKinnon was naturally not equal to anything like a, speech, but he cheer- fully exhorted the crowd to patriotism in a few simple words: “Don’t forget the old red sod, boys! We’ll all do our little' bit. Three cheers for the KIDS and~Britaini" He was escorted from the station to a waiting carriage (driven by a span of white horses) comes, and sat with I-lls vvlorshipi Mayor Sterns, Colonel Peake and his brother, Charles. The carriage, head-__ ed by the Fourth Regiment Band and followed by the Second Siege Battery, Droceeded to Gunner McKlnnon’s home on King street, the Band playing lively patriotic selections the while. At the house the Band played "He’s fl iolly good fellow" and the crowd asain lustily cheered,

Interviewed by a “Guardian'f repor-

Y0\‘ yesterday, Gunner Stephen Mc- Kinnon told some of his impressions oi’ the war ant! particularly of the bat- tle which will ever be the most mo- mentous incident of his life. As stat-

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the kind efforts of Dick Burhoe- whom Gunner McKinnon credits with having practically saved his life-he might have bled to death. Burboe,, with danger to himself, attended to his wounds, bandaging them so as ef- fectively to stop the bleeding. “The pain from the wound,” said the Gun- ner, "was so intense that the danger to which I was exposed in the open was immaterial and of -no conse- quence. I had no fear then of being blown up into the air,” Having been

removed from thi field ill the ambu- lance, he was ta en to a Red Cross .hospital in Boulogne, where he was tenderly cared for by English nurses. The treatment he received in the London hospital he describes as the best imaginable; and there, he says, “I had the best time of my life.” The gun-team of which Mr. McKinnon formed such a creditable part was described by the oiilcer in charge, Colonel Morrison, of Ottawa, as one of the best he had seen in actlon` in either South Africa, where he won the D. S. O or during the present war. In their efforts in behalf of Gun- ner McKinnon, the doctors operated on his arm no fewer than four times in thirty days. Gunner McKinnon was one of the First Contingent that left this province for the front and was in training in England for two months before going over to France. The contingent spent four days in France previous to going into the trenches, and for the first two or three days of action they were somewhat nervous, the continuous and fearful noise seriously affecting many. In ac- tual battle, says Gunner McKinnon, the mon were absolutely without fear. rushing into the enemy with danger- ous determination. Gunner McKin- non was the only Islander among 165 Canadians returning home together, under Major Gaudet. 1-Ie is glad to be with his people again, but says that the firing lino, with all its ghast- ly danaers. has a peculiar fascina- tion, and if he were able to do so, he would readily and willingly return to- morrow. He has not yet become ac- customed to the quletuds and strange absence in peaceful Prince Edward Is-

landé of the uproar and turmoil of the fron . '

Gunner Bowden. who was wounded

in the ankle at the same time he him- self received his wound, has recovered and has in all probability left for the Dal-danelies. ~

Prince Edward Islanders are all as

proud of Gunner McKinnon as his mo- ther is.

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ported in to-days oillcial statement from the War Office. South of Neu- ville and St Vaast, in the former region a strong barricade was seized and held against counter-attacks.

In Lorraine 100 metres of trench

was captured to north of Reiilon. The French have bombarded the German army provision post at Maisiare Agin- court railroad station. The importance of these gains are indicated by the French official report of the preceding day's activities.

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also spirited engagements with hand grenades ln the trenches to the south of the Forest of Hache.

"There were severe artillery chall-

gcs in the sector of Lihons as well as between thc Oisc and the Aisne, ill the regions of I’uisaline and Qucnnevieres,.as well os on the Nouv- roll Plateau.

“Ill the Champagne district our

batteries 'have replied with great energy to a concentration of the encmy's artillery tire ou our positions to the cast of Auderivc.

“Along the front ili Lorraine, a

Souchez. There have been reported lthc infantry and nlachlne guns oi’ Ger-

mans took part.

“ We have further more directed an

effective fire against. the works of the enemy to the north oi' Ileiilou.

" In the Vosgcs there has been very

‘spirited fighting with trench weapons ill the suburbs of Cilapeloipe, to the llortll-cast of I)a<lonviilieres and on thc heights of the Lingo and of the Barrellkopell.

“ There also has been a violent bom-

bardment at I-lurtmann-Wcilerkopt and ill this vicinity."

IIIIIIISH SIIIIMIHIIIIS HIVI EIIIIIIU IIIIIIE

Every German Ship from

Sweden Either Sunk or _Run Ashore. Many oi Them Captured.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Oct. 17.-Holding that the

time has arrived to demand that Greece put an end to all doubts re- garding her attitude, the London Even- ing Standard suggests that Greece should be open to arguments presented with forceful tact by a British fleet in the shape of a blockade.

(Special to the Guardian.) -

PETIIOGRAD, Oct. 17.-British sub-

marines in the Baltic have sunk five German trallsportsand forced another ashore, according to a Russian official statement given out here to-night.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Oct. 17.--British submar-

ines have now cleared the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnla entirely of German merchant ships. Every Ger- man ship which was southbound from Sweden .when the submarines started their campaign, has either been sunk or run ashore. The despatch adds: "Of fifty German ore carriers, 37 are virtually interned in Swedish ports,” the correspondent declares.

That twenty-four German trawlers

have been captured and taken into Grimsby since September 15. is dis- closed in an official statement printed in the London Gazette last night.

AUSTRO-GERMAN LOSSES ON SERBIAN FRONTIER TOTAL 60,000 CASUALTIES.

PARIS, Oct. 16.-Losses of the

Austro-German forces on the northern front in Serbia have totalled 20.000 killed and 40,000 wounded, according to the latest reports received at Serbian headquarters in Nish.

TOTAL BRITISH CASUALTIES 98,899 AT THE DARDANELLES. LONDON, oct. 1s.~'rrc total of

British casualties at the Darlianellcs up to- October 0, according to official figures given here to-day. was 6,899. Of this total the number of men killed was 18,957, of whom 1,185 were oiiicers. Casualties of the Australian contingents were 29,121.

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ZIPPEIIN VICTIMS

I) . home" to Canada. From thc latest casualty list and from information obtained froln local militia sources, it would appear that eleven Canadian artlllerymoll were among those who lost their lives from the last raid. that of the 13th illst. The total military casualties reported in the official statement by-the' British authorities, were 14 killed -and 13 wounded. so that it would appear that Canadians were the chief sufferers. Besides the eleven men \vho lost their lives, three are reported as missing and three wounded. All these casualties took place at Otterpool Camp, Kent, Elig- land.

The casualties took place among the

5th Brigade of the Canadian Second

ese are t c result of o. Aeppelin

raid. Last uiglit’s casualties of this type are all western men, except one, whose next of kill is given as residing in St Catherines, Ontario, and was a member of 29th Battery.

_RED CROSS FUND

` COLLECTION

The adjourned meeting of the Red

Cross Society and the Women's Pat- riotic Assoeiation was held on Satur- day afternoon in the Legislative Cham- ber. A represeniative . gathering of ladies and a number of teachers were present. Mr J. E. B. McCreacly occu- pied the chair.

A publicity committee to advertise

the Red Cross campaign was appointed consisting of Mr McCready, Mr Geo. E. Full and Mr Moran. A communica- tion from Ottawa had been received by the secretary instructing him to obtain the services of the Hoy Scouts ill the work of recruiting. He had had no information regarding ‘tho matter as yet.

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OTTAWA, Oct. 15.-Growing lists

of casualties from the front indicates that the Canadian divisions are doing their bit in the advance movenreut of the Allied forces. lll the over-night lists, tllerc are 20 dead and 23 wound- ed. lll a recent report by the eye- witness mention was made of the ex- plosion of a mine by the Germans opposite the Canadian front and the casualties, which have been coming

- ill 811168. have wld the tale of this

R1ivlsi°“Anglery' As far as iff kn°w“" explosion. About fifty have been re-

ported killed, though all did not lose their lives from this cause. It is also evident that this week Canadian artillery has suffered from similar causes, eight nlen ill the 5th Brigade being wiped out. Meanwhile sniping is going on systematically. All the

batt.nlions,iJotl1 of the first and second divisions, rc now right up in the firing line. Tile aggregate casualties to date is upwards of 10,500, divided roughly illto three hundred wounded, and a thousand classed as missing, or known to be prisoners of war.

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LONl)(JN, Oct. 17.»-Allied troops

left Snloniki fo tile front Saturday ut thc Serblml-l'-lulgarian frontier, accord- ing to all Athens despiltcll to Reuters Telegram Co.

(Special to the Guardian.)

PARIS. (let. 17.-A despatch by the

liavas Agency from Zurich, Switzer- land, says the Russians keep perpetu- ally attacking the German positions nlollg the frontier of Bcssaruhia. Their artillery is active and enormous masses of troops are iryillg desperate- ly to take thc positions by ossnult.

"“"" Great Britain Proves

Destination oi Meat

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15.--

Through Walter H. Page, the Ameri- can Ambassador in London, the State Department has received a memorandum prepared by the Brit- ish Government, in which it gives the evidence on which it based the detention and ultimate confiscation of meats and meat products valued at about $15,000,000 considered by Chi- sago packers to Scandinavian coun- tries. The Britisfi Government charg- es that these products were ailippo:l to neutral countries with the intention on the part of the n-ukers of having them delivered in Gem-any.

of a resume ol all the evidence col- lected by Grout Britain, and will be ct-:sidered as s part oi' the record on \\~!l»:'; the State ' Department vrlli base representations to the London Foreign Omce. These representa- tions will follow the note to be Isnt to' Great Britain this week tm the gen- eral subject of British interference with American trade and commerce.

IIITIIH BINKS A _GIR N . p TOIQM BOAT.

Lennon. oo. als'-!A‘ii¢m¢¢s to

tuc'Centn\l News from Copenhagen says that s British submarine has

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LONDON, Oct. 16.-A special

despatch from Nisll to the llaily 'l`ele- graph says:

“lt is idle to deny thc seriousness of thc situation created by the .~\ll:~'tl'o-I Gorman offensive on the Dallullc frolll. it is lludoubtcrlly critical ztlltl lllay at` any lnolncllt turn to a catastropllt-, us’ grant for the Allies as for Serllizi. .

“Tile collrage and tenacity of tho;

Serbian army has the admiration of the world, but it cannot nccoluplisll niiracles, holding as she does. a front of ncnrly 1,000 kilometres, against :tlil enemy prepared to make any sacrifice

in order to join hands with his Rui-‘ garian allies, and opcll a route to Constantinople.

“Once this object is achieved, tlle‘

Turkish army will be resupplied with anlnluuition, and the whole enterprise,

BIILKIIN SITUATION

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Serbia’s Defeat Would Result Seri-

ously to the Allies as in that Event Communication Between Berlin and Constantinople Would

jrtlllillwlizcil; (lorlmllly with her Bul- garian ally will llzlve it iirnl footing in tho liillltzllls. with :ill army ot' 1,000,000 lllell, wllllt- ltiissiit will llc rut oil’ from ull 1-ollllllllllir'zlt.ioll with tlle Allies.

“ Ill luililllry and political circles,

ill~l'l», illv i\:\ll‘:ll>l'iiillzlry inaction of the i`ol'<-es oi' the Allies ut. Salolliki causes the gl'i»:lir‘sl 1.lll'pri.-ao. lt was expected llc;-e that ill vimv of the ilnniillent <i:lll;,;i=l~. llllt :ill instant would bc lost ill i`ol~\\`nr<lill;; troops to Serbia, but day and tiny passes and not u soldier ul‘ri\'es.

“ it is vicar that once Serbia is de-

l'e:itt~<l. Gcl'lnnlly will bc master of the lizliklxlls, with eolllmuilicntion between lit-rlin and Cmlstalitillople firmly cstzllllishcd. Not 500,000, but 2,000,000 lnvzi would be required to rcconquer the lost territory."

Preaches an

Yesterday morning, the men of the

No. 2 Overseas Battery, Siege Artil- lery, C. E. F., under Colonel Peake, once more paraded to Zion Church for their farewell service. The church was filled in every part. After the singing of a. flue anthem “O King of Kings" and a solo by a lady menlbcr of the choir, the Rev. George C. Tay- lor gave the men a sermon well wor- thy of the occasion.

Mr. Taylor took his text frorll two

verses of scripture: the 12th chapter of Romans, lst verse. “I beseech you, therefore brethren, by the lucr- cies of God that you present your bo- dies a living sacrifice, holy, accept- able unto God, which is your reason- able scrviee;" and also from the 17th chapter of Second Chronicles, ltitll verse: “Amassia.h. the soll of Zichrl, who willingly offered llllnself unto the Lord; and with him two lluudred thou- sand mighty nlell of volour." Atl- dressing the men, Mr. Taylor said; "My brothers, in this olir Inst hour ol’ public worship, likely the last ol--rn sioll I shall have an opportunity nl' .ll dressing you, I would not like to sp- If-i , the time in making refcrcm-.i i.~ NI- l great war in which you will ...»-:H i participate. I would rather .-I~;-’ -A brotherly word to you as man in ::.;.u. I would not like to put it ill tilt form of a sermon as one tnlkillg nt you or down to you. As one in wllolc-llonrv crl sympathy with you, I wollid speak a few words that might help you tn some cxtcllt nt lcnst to realise the greatness of this act. which _vou have performed. To you, I suppose, tllcre is llothing heroic ill this giving your- self to your king and t:olllltry. You have followed an inherent instinct and tried to play a nian's part. This is no cheap service you render to the Empire at this time. It is what I rail a great sacrifice, for it means the leav- ing of homeand friends and all the blessings of life and going out on what is still to you a great mystery. When men responded to this call and offered themselves thus they could not take in all that it meant to thc country or to themselves. Ollly the future could unveil that. ln thus rc- spondinir to the call of duty you are doing that which really is, to my mind, an act of.worship. If you will only follow it out along that line, it will ennoble your service to your country. The idea of sacrifice is very old,-it is as old as the human fam- ily. Through every generntion of men that experience has been mak- ing itself felt. The noblest actions. the grandest deeds, the things that

done in the days hen men were call | ed upon to sacrifice most. The black- est blots on the pages of history have been written in the time of ease and

indulgence. Where thetsxwas a great cause to uphold the nbrs eems to be strengthened, and the ambitions puri- iled and hallowed, and men go out to do the heroic because they could do,

no, other. 'rifle Alien' who tance profit: Oil. "Wit ,t._o-A-tio ollyn $Ii\f:lwor cemmcatlu upset, tm la

espeet as a force for righteousness.

--have ncriiiced their all for freedom andthe iiiihblding of British honour throughout the-lpngth and breadth of

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FIIREWELL SERVICE T0

SIEGE (BATTERY N0. 2

Rev. G. C. Taylor in Zion Church

Eloquenl Sermon

tothe Departing Soldiers.

and with shame ill our hearts that the people who talked most loudly about freedom, who set aside one day in the year sacred to liberty, creep like cow- zlrils behind mean subterfuges rather than take their place with us in this holy war. All through the history of the ages comes the great lesson that man advances in intelligence as man through this very experience of sacri- ficc,-at being called upon to suffer, and through this suffering had been purified. Until men gave-not what they could spare-until men gave their best, until the highest perfected llumnll life willingly offered itself, would this 1-all for sacrifice resound. That. is the point I would like to teach that you might count the cost and also count the blessing. The man that seeks to save his life is sure to lose it and the man who is willing to lay llowll his life is the only man to keep it.. Wllnt. do I say when I speak of laying down oue’s life? Giving oue’s .-wif up to lleatli? It was just to do \'-.lint .leslls (Tilrisi. (lid. lt is not to ilillg olll's\~lvcs nwzly, it is lo go and lnjr ollrselves on (lod's altar, not lay- illl: ollrsf-lvef-l there ns dead sacrifices, but ll,-‘. li\'inr; sacrifices, that we nlight we sm-l-1-tl to llis service, ami rise iu nt-wllcs.-: of life to such powers as he wmllil give us.

"li, is the llllty of officers to try and

get killed" wrote Lord Wfolsclcy, and the nflicfws of the British army have llohly nlldorslood that duty. We know what that cost us ill the Boer Vi/nl°. It is not the duty of the ofllcer or ally lllull to try to get killed, for dead men <-all do nutilillg. When General Long- :-;trl~et. saw that n hidden battery was playing llnvoe with many of his men, he called upon an officer and told him to lake, the bntinry at once. “I will try, Sir." replied thc officer. "I don‘t want you to try, I want you to take it," was the generai'e reply. "All right, Sir, I will tnke it, ifl die in the attempt." said thc officer. "I don‘t want you to die. I wont you to take the battery" replied the general. What we want is not the laying down of our lives, but the laying of ourselves on God's altar and also on our country's altar. ln the old days in Rome they had what is known as the “Thunder- ing Legions.” They were irresistible. because their strength was in God. The ironsides under Cromwell never shrank in the charge because they al- ways saw God leading them. TINY had laid.down their lives. If God called for them to take theinvont of W (Continued on page WNW

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