THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 6

THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST

SHELLING THE TSING-TAG 'forts An official message to the Prime Min- , Istor, fiom -the New Zealand High Com- . / inissipner,- relates the progress of events in-the ..attack on Tsing-tao:—

i London, November^ The .War Office announces that stnco • :;. : tnfe'forces besieging Tsing-tao seized the . ' enemy' 6 advanced positions on Septem- ■ ber. 28, they. have been energetically or- ; ; ganising. an attack on the- positions, and bringing up heavy siege-guns. On October 31 a general bombardi ' . -nient with all heavy siege guns was ; ppt-ncd; at the same time the blockading fleet. concentrated its fire - on the j: ; enemy's fortsfrom the sea.with' coili siderable effect. ; As a result of these ■ bombardments , . great'.damage was done to litis Hill, the ' ' east,fort on.th.e right wing, the enemy's ; • land- front defences, and works at Hsiaochaiishan, in the vicinity of the dockyard, ir.&ido Tsing-tao town, and ;the: oil tanks were set alight.- The i: "enemy did not reply to the Lombards j;.. .. ment with vigour. !••••• (Reo. November 5, 11.5 p.m.) • • ... Tohio, November 5. ..- . Official.—lt is understood that the. . Germans at Tsing-tao have blown up i.' th .eir 'floating 'dock, and also (lie' Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth.