THE TRIPOLI WAR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1343, 22 January 1912, Page 5

THE TRIPOLI WAR.

SEIZURE OF FRENCH VESSELS. By TeleeTrph—Press Association—Copyriulil Paris, January ID. Further details have been locoived regarding tho seizure of tho French steamer Carthago by Italian torpedo boats. The Carthago, it will bo remembered, had an aeroplane on board with »which M. Duval proposed to compete at tho Tunis aviation meeting.' Tho officer boarding tho vessel ordered tho captain to immediately destroy tho aeroplane. The captain refused. The Italians then demanded tho Tn J politan mailbag, and this also was refused, and tho Cartilage was then seized. Tho company has authorised the captain to land tho aeroplane. Italians seized the French mail steamer Manouba, bound to Tunis, and took bar to Cagliari, in Sardinia. The steamer Schloswig, Which was acccmpanying tho Manouba, was merely Searched and then released. BOTH VESSELS RELEASED. (Rec. January 21, 5.5 p.m.) • Paris, January 20. The captain of the Manouba declined to surrender 29 Turkish passengers, saying that they were Red Cross 'doctors and nurses. The Italians claim that they were Turkish officers and soldiers. Tho Manouba was released after tho Turkish passengers had been forced to disembark. . (Reo. January 21, 5.5 p.m.) Rome, January 20. M. Legrand, of. tho French Embassy, states that in a cordial interview he assured the Italian Prime Minister, the Marquis di San Giulliano, that tho aviators on tho seized French steamer Carthage had undertakem not to place their aeroplanes at the service of the belligerents. ■The Marquis di San Giulliano then ordered tho Carthage's release. RIGHTING NEAR DERNA. FIERCE ALL-DAY BATTLE. Rome, January 19. Three thousand Turks and Arabs have advanced towards Derna, near Benghazi in Tripoli. Italian artillery repelled' them with heavy loss Tho Italians lost three killed and feven wounded. (Eec. January 21, 5.5 p.m.) • Tripoli, January 20. A fierce all-day battle took place on Thursday. Tho Turks. attacked the Italians who were erecting two forts at Gaigaross. The Italians repulsed them, but were themselves compelled to withdraw at nightfall when their defences were not completed. ' The casualties on the Italian sido totalled fifty. Tho Turkish loss is reported to be heavy. HEAVY ODDS. (Rec. January 22, 0.30 a.m.) Tripoli, January 21. Eighteen Italian infantrymen in a blockhouse at Banghazi, supported by neighbouring redoubts, repulsed four hundred Turks and Arabs, killing twentynine. TURKISH PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. Constantinople, Jannary ID.. The Turkish Parliament has been- diseolved. BRITISH- VESSEL OVERHAULED. t (Reo. January 22* 0.30 a.m.) Aden, January 21. The Italian warship Vulturno overhauled the British ship Africa, and removed twelve Turkish officers aboard, including Fiza Bey, the famous Yemen veteran. 1