FIRST MONTH OF THE WAR REVIEWED

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5

FIRST MONTH OF THE WAR REVIEWED

ALLIES HOLD SEAS CLEAR STEADY REINFORCEMENT OF TROOPS IN FRANCE .'■' TEN NEW BATTLESHIPS BUILDING The following k a copy of a telegram received by His Excellency the Governor from the Seorertary of State for the Colonies:— London, September 9, 7.10 p.m. . , .The following review of the war is sent for the information of your Minis- • ters and for general publication:— '.'■■'. . , After one month of war the command of the sea is left -unchallenged in the hands of (rreat Britain and her allies. '. t . The main/Gorman and Austrian fleets remain in harbour under shelter of mines and batteries. ' . . . Four German cruisers, one Auxiliary cruiser, two destroyers, one submanno, and one Austrian oruaser have been sunk. « A German Dreadnought and a cruiser have fled without fighting to the Dardanelles, : . ■■ .■ ..■ ; " . . The loss of British ships hag been insignificant. In consequence of this naval supremacy over 300,000 troops have crossed Hie sea in different parts of the world without 1 losing a man. A British Expeditionary Force has been parried to France. ■ ■ ■ ~ Expeditions have been sent to attack Gorman colonies in Africa and the Pacific, and French troops (protected by the Anglo-French Mediterranean Jleefa) have been escorted from Algiers to France. The allied armies in Europe will bo reinforced without ceasing by troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and India. The German mercantile marine has disappeared from the seas, which are open freely to British commerce everywhere. In the China Seas and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, German ships have avoided action with British cruisers, and their depredations have been small. . . The British Navy will be increased within the next twelve months by not fewer than ten first-class ships, fifteen cruisers, and twenty destroyers. ■ \ During tho Game period Germany will not add more than one-third of this Dumber to her fleet. Meantime, in answer to the call" of tho Government, a large number of fresh recruits nave voluntarily joined the British Army. Eagerness to enlist has grown markedly since the British troops have actually engaged the enemy. During last week in London alone the number of recruits averaged nearly 4000 daily, and on Monday last tho number exceeded 4800. Enthueiasm for recruiting ia increasing everywhere. Russian armies have invaded Prussia. The Austrians have been decisively beaten by the Servians and* the . Russians. . . x Outside Etirope, the Japanese Fleet and troops blockade Tsingtau. has surrendered to an Anglo-Frpuch force, and Samoa to a force from New Zealand.