MORE ABOUT THE NORTH SEA FIGHT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2371, 29 January 1915, Page 5

MORE ABOUT THE NORTH SEA FIGHT

BLUCHER "BATTERED TO PIECES" GERMAN SUBMARINE RAMMED ByTeleprapli—Press AeEooiation-Copyrietit (Rec. January 28; 9.25 p.m.; T ,. •....,„._ ~ _■ '■ London, January 28. „t 7^ Adm^S, lr , Dai Td;Beatty'_s.report states that the British destroyers n /.SO a.m. sighted four battle cruisers, six light cruisers, and some destroyers,, rourteen miles of his position. He directed the battle cruisers to steer south-east to secure a lee position and cut off the enemv but the operation developed into a stern chase. ■'' on Jl° Ur speed WaS from 28 to 29 knots > mi WG gradually overhauled the enemy. V! nno At 18 i' 000 ,t. yards we - op ! ned - s,ow fire, and began to hit at 17,000 yards, the enemy, returning our fire.' flr» f Th f Lion ,. and having drawn ahead, bore the enemy's concentrated Are for some time, the Lion suffering most. "German destroyers attacked us, but were driven off rt fl . • aame TO, on T e - of . tlleLion ' s fm J tanks at eleven o'clock, stoppina the port engine. The Lion's course was altered to-avoid submarines 3 the Vice-Admiral's flag transferred to the Princess Royal. The disablement of the Lion deprived us of a greater victory, BUbm ™ subse^n «y necessitated the and "* *"°' '*"'»®* c ™ ™» Warily on fire "Prisoners report that our over-salvoes sank the cruiser Kolbers f»Ui Sub^ uent ly,, °n fcou.it of the Lion's starboard engines developing trouble, she was to'wed to port. The damage to the Lion and Tiger was not serious. The remainder of the squadron we-e not hit g H,«- n bfaviour of the officers and men was only what was expected of them Great credit » due to the engine-room staffs lor the fine steaming " K«fl f«m m lL ar ß- eS i S T ha? b - een recei?^,or the Prime Minister of Ne# Zealand from the High Commissioner m London.] The German shim were Righted thirty miles off the 2 The eight °mTlef ™ 6 *' contestants were never closer than On her return the Lion had a tremendous ovation ,'n +1« fe a * € ' from .the Bluoher states that'one terrible shell burst Wff B } l] lt D tx: MM sco ?\- The Bh > chw m» battered to pieces landed! Br£. and fifty4hrce WOundcd and mounded survivors ffi w,i^ P t a r °l the Bk n? r admits at she Participated in the shelling of Hartlepool, when her casualties were ninety killed and twenty-one wounded. PICTURESQUE VERSION BY THE "DAILY MAIL." (Rec January 29, 0.55 a.m.) According to the "Daily Mail" H.M.S. New Zedid »mn!ed"e'SliSer crushed her deck, and demolished the guns, while the TkerN Vti i*Jh ™«l ewept the fore-turret with the gun and the crews overX sidflccoS to a prisoner, a Gentian airman mistook the Blucher for a BritisC and bombed the crew while struggling in the water. "wsuei, ana LAUDATORY ARTICLES IN FRENCH PRESS. wJ\f"Ti! *¥ *£ th *."*s*! articles 0n a d bo n ut J The aT British Fleet. M. Gabriel Hanotaux (ex-Foreign Minister), in tho "Figaro " stress^ r h c? s ) , ,P?, nor . lt y of lts tactics, gunfire, and personnel.—"Times" and Svdnov Sun. Services. J 1 BRITISH DESTROYERS' SMART FEAT.' sub B a r r i-ti3h d6Str ° y6rs ° n German ooast on Sunda y. saw "the a on destr ° y6rS ° harSed the Spot ' and af terwards oil was seen floating THE LOST ARMOURED NAVAL YACHT VIKNOR. off theTor&st tf wSd. """* Vik """ ! > ™ teTpccloed , The Viknor, formerly the steam yacht Viking, owned by the Vikinrr Omi<i ng Co., of London was a vessel of 8529 tons dfsplacemc.it She Keen Iv taken over by the Admiralty as an armed merchantman. y SEVERE GERMAN LOSSES ON MONDAY AT LEAST TWO BATTALIONS DUTCH FEELING RISING AGAINST THE GERMANS Paris, January 2?. A communique states: The Germans on Monday, east of Ypros and at Givonchy and Gmnchy (near La Basseo), lost at least two battalions. We repulsed violent attacks near Perthes (near Reims), and destroyed the enemy's now pontoon bridges at Saint Mihicl (on the Mouse), in the Woevro district. London, January 27. Many British wounded are arriving at Boulogne, Forty motor JUMljulttlwa plied all uwht between, tho railway, juutloua and the hospital*.

PEGOUD SPREADS CONFUSION IN ENEMY'S OAMP. The "Daily Chroniclo's" Paris correspondent states that aviator Pcgoud, with uiiio bombs, blew up German military stores. He also dropped bombs on a company of infantry, and destroyed a balloon which was directing the fire of the battorios. BETTER WEATHER PROSPECTS IN FLANDERS. ~ , London, January 27. Amsterdam reports that tho weather has taken a better turn in Belgium. The ground is rapidly drying, and niilitnry movements will probably be much easier in the immediate future.—"Tunes" and Sydney "Sun" Services. SPECIAL EFFORT FOR THE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY. (Itec. January 28, 5 p.m.) _ ... . . London, January 27. There haß been a notablo increase in the insurance rate in consequence of the popular beliof that an air raid on London and tho East Coast will be attempted in celebration of the Kaiser's birthday. . Amsterdam reports great activity amongst the Germans. It ia anticipated in Germany that an endeavour will bo made to celebrate the Kaiser's birthday by a conspicuoui success against tho Allies.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services, (Rec. January 28, 11.20 p.m.) » r . , ... , , , , . , ~, , Berlin, January 28. fho Kaiser's birthday was celebrated quietly. 'A religious service was held at tho Kaiser's headquarters. Tho Kaiser, m a short speech, exhorted the officers to discharge their duties as hitherto. The Emperor Franz-Josef of Austria and the Sultan of Turkey telegraphed their congratulations. FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. January 5.25 pm) • i ■mn. ~ .. Parian Jiuiuujy 21L. Official.— The enemy blew up fifty safes of fcsnsrfes m tfi* TnwyflroT district, but were unable to seize them,-owing to oar arfffienr fire We ieoccupied and reconstructed them. "Our counter-attacks recovered most of the lost ground westward of Craonne, where a landslide had cut off two of our companieß. The ardour of our troops is beyond all praise. "The enemy abandoned a thousand corpses and prisoners, belonging to lour different regiments." the Prime Minister has received the following from the High Commissioner, dated London, January 28, 5.20 a.m.:— „ . "?? ris r m port ? tn , at e enemy a , ttem Pt«J a coup-de-main in a wood at Saint Mard, Tracyleval, and after a sharp fusillade exploded a mine, which wrecked the Allies' trenches on a front of fifty metres. The enemy was unable to establish himself there owing to tho Allies' artillery, and the trenches were re-occupied and reconstructed. "In fights en January 25 and 26 (west of Craonne), a landslide caused by the heavy projectiles imprisoned two companies of the Allies'' garrison of tho old quarry, which had been used as a magazine for shelter at La Creute. "The enemy, having gained a footing, crept into Foul-on-Wood and rendered the neighbouring trenches untenable. Brilliant counter-attacks restored a good part of.tho lost ground. "The ardour of our troops is beyond praise. The enemy has left two thousand dead behind, in addition to the prisoners." _ . ~ „ . , London, January 27. Pans reports: A Gorman aircraft jvas brought down insido the Belgian Army Hues. ■ Prisoners' statements show that a brigade, (6000 men), and not a battalion (1000 men), attacked tho Allies' trenches east of Ypres. The enemy's losses were equivalent to a battalion and a half (1500 men). ' The Germans' severe reverse at La Bassee, and Givenchy and Guinchy, yesterday is confirmed. The enemy loft dead six officers and four hundred men. The total German losses were two battalions (2000 men). In the region of Perthes, four violent German attacks were repulsed. In the Argonne region, at Saint Hubert, a German attack was driven back by a bayonet charge. A new German pontoon bridge over the Meuse, at Saint Mihiel, was destroyed. FIGHTING AT LA BASSEE CONTINUES. ' (Rec. January 28, 11.20 p.m.) _- ~ x . T „ . . Dunkirk, January 28. Ine fighting at La Bassee continues in the Allies' favour. The German attack on Bethune was carried out in massed formation, and met with a devastating fire. ENGLISH IN BELGIUM TO BE TRANSFERRED TO GERMANY. (Rec. January 28, 11.20 p.m.) ■„,-.. , Dunkirk, January 28. General von Bussing has ordered all Englishmen in Belgium to be transferred to Germany. Some escaped into Holland, but tho majority were arrested in Home's Hotel or in the streets. GROWING ANTI-GERMAN FEELING IN HOLLAND PREMIER ANTICIPATES A VIOLENT CRISIS. Amsterdam, January 27. Hutch resentment at Zeppelins flying over Holland is increasing. Dutch troops are singing: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary." German brutality in Bel. gium and the raiding of defenceless coasts is provoking the populace to ho*, tility. The extension of the Military Service Bill has been carried. The Premier I (M. Cort van der Linden) remarked that a crisis might at any moment arise involving Holland, in unexpected violence. ; The Dutch newspaper "De Tijd," a leading organ of the Roman Catholics, recently drew attention to some extraordinary statements that are made regarding Holland and Belgium in a book which was issued two years ago and of which 25,000 copies found their way into the German world. The author is Von D. Frymann. and the book is entitled_ "Wenn ich der Kaiser war" ("If I were the Kaiser"). After remarking that it would have said nothing about the book if it had not been shown by the events of recent months that the ideas of the writer were shared by many.in Germany,* the "Tijd" continues:—-The writer first complains that people in Germany have always been so passive towards Hclland and Belgium; these States have always been allowed to do what they liked. That is not the attitude of a big Stato against a sma'l one I It is time to give up the "policy of sufferance" and to begin a policy of advance. In Holland and Belgium people would do Well to realise that the future war (the book was written in 1912) will decide tho future of these countries. As the relationships in Europe develop, suoh small States have already lost their right of existence; for that State alone has a right to existence which can defend that right sword in hand! THROWN ON IMPREGNABLE POSITIONS GERMANS IN POLAND RESENTMENT AGAINST USELESS SACRIFICES London, January 27. "The Times" correspondent at Warsaw, in describing the fighting at Sochaczew, states that prisoners related that the Germans strongly objected to assault practically impregnable positions. An officer, scenting trouble, ordered an immediate attack. ■ The situation indicates that the German soldiers feel a growing indisposition to waste themselves without hope of success in response to the desperation of their commanders. RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN EAST PRUSSIA ADVANCE TOWARDS TILSIT. * (Rec. January 28, 11.20 p.m.) Petrograd, January 28. The Russians north-east of Gumbinnen (23 miles inland from the eastern •frontier of East Prussia) have resumed the offensive, and have advanced from Pillkallen (16 miles north-east of Gumbinnen), towards Tilsit (35 miles to the north-west), after driving the Germans out of Lasdenen with the bayonet. TWO AEROPLANES IN COLLISION.' (Rec. January 29, 0.55 a.m.) . „ , . ~ Amsterdam, January 28. Two aeroplanes at Johannisthal, in East Prussia, collided. Three were killed. AUSTRIAN CHALLENGE TO ITALY AND RUMANIA WILL REFUSE TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS. ~ • it. t, • London, January 27. Advices from Rome state that baron Burian de Rajecz (Austrian Foreign Minister) has declared that ho will refuse territorial concessions to Italy and Rumania, oven if it should provoke their intervention in the war.—"Tinios" and Sydney "Sun" Services. (Rec. January 28, 5 p.m.) London, January 27. A newspaper in Rumania, published in Bnkarcsfc, states that Mr. As'qnith's declaration that Britain had undertaken the war on behalf of the honour and independence of small States had found an echo in Rumania, which knows that her motto is; "Not words, but deeds, and will esteem it a great honour to fight for national unity hesido Great Britain. Mr. Budge Coyne, an American, has arrived in Paris from Rome. He states that the whole of Italy is clamouring for war, and the Government is onlv waiting for a favourable moment to enter in. concert with the Allies.—"Times'' and Sydney "Sun" Services. (Rec. January 29, 1.35 a.m.) Copenhagen, January 28. German advices from Sofia state that Rumania has informed Br.lcaria that her miUtary preparations worn Hot directed againot the kiicr, Rußaflij, sm\A not be reads for war before March,

SINEWS OF WAE FOR RUMANIA. . ' London, January 27. Arrangements have been made by the Bank of England to advance Rumania five million sterling against Rumanian Treasury bills.