THE FIGHTING IN EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2377, 5 February 1915, Page 5

THE FIGHTING IN EGYPT

BRITISH V. TURKS ENEMY REPULSED NEAR THE CANAL BRIDGE MATERIAL CAPTURED BATTLE IN FLANDERS / ; The Turkish advance troops which are covering the projected German-Ottoman march on Egypt have been easily repulsed in encounters with' British troops in.the vicinity of the Suez Canal, with the loss of men and bridging material. Deserters from the Turkish army have come into Cairo, an presented a strange medley of excab drivers, ■ peasants, and beggars, unsatisfactory fruits (from the enemy's point of view) of the aotivity of recruiting agents. A heavy battle, is Taging in Flanders for the possession of the Great Dune, east of Nieuport, and a terrifio bombardment is raging. ,Along the rest of the front in the Western theatre there has been sharp fighting on . the Aisne and in the Argonne, all the enemy's attacks being repulsed. The Kaiser is reported to have presided over an. important council of war at Berlin, and sensational war plans, it is stated, have been discussed: Another report hints at a projected development in the German naval campaign, involving battle actions by fleets operating in the northern and southern waters of the North Sea theatre. The recent oommerce raids by the German submarine craft are interestingly discussed by contributors to big Loudon dailies, but there is no sign that the merchant community or the public have lost their composure over the events of the last few days. ' It • is felt that merchant ships should revert to the ancient custom of sailing in company, for mutual protection, but this suggestion, it is pointed out, involves interesting questions of international law. In the Eastern theatre the Russians are making progress along their immense front; successful cavalry operations on the right bank of the Vistula . have compelled the Germans to fall back to a. point about 27 miles from Thorn, as the crow flies; while in the Carpathians the advance towards Hungary is being steadily maintained, with, severe losses to the enemy—one report states that the Austrians are fleeing from the mountains, and that Russian troops have penetrated into Hungary. A Russian submarine is reported to have sunk a German destroyer in ■ the Baltic. The editor of one of the leading Japanese dailies, on a visit to Sydney,.states that in his country the opinion held is that-the-war will be over by July. Great preparations for the Spring campaign are reported to be in train behind the Allies' lines- on the Western * front, the large concentrations of troops pointing to big events in the near future. ' Viscount Northland, only son, and heir of the Earl of 1 Ranfurly (sometime Governor of New Zealand), has died of wounds teoeived in action at La Bassee. ' •