A SPLENDID RETREAT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3988, 22 July 1915, Page 5

A SPLENDID RETREAT.

THE DAUNTLESS RUSSIANS

AUVAXCIXOi ENEMY BADLY

HARRIED

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED.

RUSSIANS’ MASTERLY STRATEGY

(United Px-ess Association —Copyrisht.) petrograd, July 20. Official: .An enemy column in the Eiga-Shavli region reached the Tuk-yum-Doblin front and advanced on the 18th southwards towards Holyum-berge-Benin. Cossacks raided' the enemy i‘n the rear, north of Okiany, capturing an important convoy. ~We continue to press the enemy in Popelianv region, and repulsed attacks on the Shavli positions on the night of tito 17th, and dislodged the enemy from his last trenches on the TransAl is men front, which we won on the loth.

_ The enemy assumed the offensive on the Narew frolftyVaptur jll g Porely, on the right bank of the Pisia, on the I.7th. • We repulsed attacks on the leli hank of the Chika. near Vyk, and Pchetscimi.sk. Our troops west of . mmlioff withdrew'towards the Narew bridgehead, fighting an obstinate rearguard action. Enemy attacks on the AVilkolazBykhava front in the direction of Lul>!in were repulsed. The enemy captured the Krastosuav and Yieipr:; fords above. '7a. repulsed many attacks on the rigid bank of the Yieprz, hut the enemy' established himself on the right hank of the Yolitza. near the mouth. We llferoupun withdrew to the second line. We repulsed furious'attacks on a wide front.-near Grabowice, and drove the enemy, on the 1 7111, between (i'neitehva and the Bug. after a desperate fight, from all his trenches. Desperate fighting continues in. the Sokal region, '-aiso' on the Dniester, and serious Engagements in other direct ion?. RUSSIA M S 0 PTI ffi ! ST \C„ MENACE ON WARSAW NOT IMMEDIATE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received July 21. i.oj u.m.) LONDON. July 21. •■The Times’-’ correspondent on the Rzur.-t front says that uncertainty prevails a.s to the significance of the lighting in the vicinity of Lomza and J’Vaz vsx—whether it represents, a. new • barman objective or merely a dm a* • strati on to prevent further Russian uncentrations in the Lublin- | t’hob i district. Du ing a recent retirement the Russian.- knew the Germans had planned. ' an a tack for 3 o’clock in the morning. and ?•> they reUr. d in the darkness to trenches op a new line, while tin- Germans fired SO.OOO shells at the r.h • mbmed positions. There is increasing confidence 'that the menace from the south is decreasing. while the threats mi Warsaw from j the north are not immediate. j RETROD RAD. July 21 j (Received July 21. 9.25 p.m.) | A communique records German p-'o- j gross in the Riga. Shavli ami Xicmca

regions. Siege artillery from Novo Gorgievsic successfully bombarded the beads ceneiny columns on the Narew rront on Mindav.

'The enemy carefully approached our new front between the Vistula and the Bug on Monday. Attacks upon the Krylowsokai section continue.

GERiM AMY’S BREADSTUFF®

AN OPTIMISTIC ' REPORT

(Received Julv 21. 9.25 p.m.) ROTTERDAM. Julv 21. Germany is optimistic over the prospects of the wheat and rye crops. The smaller crops suffered owing to unusual heat, hut it is claimed that they resulted in fuller ears, equalising ultimate production.

THE CALLBPOI CAMPA3GNL

POSITION AT CONSTANTINOPLE

TURKISH LEADERS STILi OPTIMISTIC.

(Time? and iSvdnev Sun Services ) ' LONDON, July 20.

A C;tis'o message states ihat a Eur-.-ponn w !u> left Constantinople on July reports tliat there are /50,Q0d Turkish wounded at Omstantir.-opT-, besides those at Adrinnople, Smyrna, the Dardanelles, and Sea of Muriaoea puifs. The proportion lulled is high. The heavy casualties are the only cause of anxiety which the leadens admit. Their optimism is otnerwis© mnliminislied. Until disaster overtakes them the position of the leaders

seems'securc. pood is fairly abundant witn ae exception of rice, bhopkeepers have been ordered to surrender silk sfccc-.:-i„<o>. lace and feminine underdo thing, presumably for the benefit of the icilia lc friends of the German officeis. Much newly-coined gold ha-; ansvca ai Constantinople. Ihe cliiet arc believed to liavc been pant v -p the middle of June.

THE FLEET AT WORK

TUB KISH ENG A MPMENTS DISPERSED.

(Deceived July 22, 1.20 a.m.) ATHENS, July 21. The Allied squadron on TimsnaJ bombarded several points on the Gun m Adrainy and dispersed a encampment. , , , ~ A British demrover b:;nU>ar<xeo Urn Aivali barrack'-, v.'lr.ch the a h i ndoned.

IN THE BLAOK SEA,

TURKISH CONVOY DESTROYED

H AM AN TORPEDOERS’ NOTEWORTHY SUCCESS.

(Received July 21, 9.45 p.m.) PETROGRAD, July 21. Ofih-ird ■ Torpedoers destroyed a convov of 59 Turkish sailing vessels 1 on„d to Trchizond with war maiqiial for tic- Turks in the Chorokh region. Tlie crews were taken prisoner.

THE ‘ALLIES’ CHANGE.

GREAT THRUST NEEDED

WOULD STOP GERMAN ADVANCE.

(Received July 22, 1.5 a.tn > LONDON, July 21 The “Daily Petrograd j correspondent says the point of General Mackensen’s wedge is within twdvc miles, of Lublin and C'hoim, but the Russian resistance is holding nj) the flanks of the wedge, particularly on the left betweeen Dychava ami Wilkolaz, where the .Austrians were repulsed, and at Grabowice, where the Germans were thrown back. The Russians, clenching their fists to meet the blow have withdrawn from the Bzura to Tvangorod to a very strong second line under the shelter of fortresses. The lines have been greatly strengthened during the winter. ~ The “Ruskv I’'valid” opines that Germany is" advancing tranquilly from the trench warfare on the western front where she has withdrawn a great -number of troops, The Allies would do great service by- seizing the opportunity for an energetic tli rust on masse, which might lie wilder the Germans and stop . their ad- ; vance.- . ,

COUNTING THE COST. WAR TAXATION DISCUSSED., WJLL ARMAMENTS BE REDUCED SOME INTERESTING VIEWS. (Received. July 21, 9.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 21. In the House of Lords, Lord Montague, in predicting taxation, said the war taxation m 1914-15 was £18,000,000. He estimated that war taxation in 1915-16 would he £68,000,000, and in 1916 17 £76,000,000. Lord Meath suggested that everyw - receiving over a certain'salary shou i he compelled to accept a portion < ■. the war loan.

Lord Crewe said the war would bo vaiu_.it our £50,060,000 of defence expenditure was perpetual. Only the most sanguine expected an immediate reduction, but he noped toe new spirit of Europe would lead to a progressive reduction in the armies of the Powers, lie urged personal economy in dutiable articles such as fruits, sugar, tea, wine, and tobacco, and luxuries such as silks, motor cars, and petrol. It was impossible to fix rules for economy and the spirit of the country couldn’t lie properly sustained without, some form of relaxation and amusement. Me would not suggest closing the cinemas and theatres. ALLIES’ AIR RAID. GERMAN TOWNS BOMBARDED. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. RAILWAYS AIMED AT’. PAULS. July 20. A communique reports: A violent •bombardment continues round Souchez, Neuville. and Saint Yaast. There is a lively cannonade in the Aisnc Valley. Soissons was bombarded. (Six aeroplanes bombed building's, railway trains, and goods stations atColmar. l.t- is believed that much • damage was done. ;

Pour aeroplanes bombed a station at Oha. lie range Junction. Tlie Press Bureau states: The French air squadron, on the -morning of the 2l)th dropped eight 150-mil bmetre shells and three nineties at Colmar station. None were dropped on the town. The machines returned undamaged. Pour aeroplanes dropped forty-eight shells at Chaderange Junction.

HERO OF AFRICA.

GENERAL BOTHA'S RETURN

ELABORATE EESTIYITi 1W RB I

PARED

CAPETOWN. July 29

General. Botha arrives oil Thursday, j Elaborate festivities arc being prepur- j ed. Ten thousand children will par- j ticipate. • j The Union Government is releasing i a number of the garrison artillerymen j who worked heavy guns m the j Dannirnland campaign, in order that j they may enrol in the Imperial | forces. SYDNEY CAMP INQUIRY. VARIDI'S COMRLAINTS TNVINSTIGATED. ißeceived Julv 21. 10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 21. At- the Camp Inquiry the evidence so far has boon largely on complaints of shortage of the medical staff, alleged neglect of patients, want of proper latrines and washing accommodation, insufficient cooking and dining facilities, bad cooking under dirty conditions, shortage of bedding, delays in issuing clothing and equipment, and j tiiampness of the camp site. _ j On - witness said, tic* quality ot Lie j food was excellent . and the whole trouble-, was caused by incompmeiit cooking AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN. THE BROS RECTUS ISSUED. (Received Julv 21. 1.29 u.m.) MELBOURNE, July 21. The War Loan prospectus has been issuer!. The subscription list closes Ac oust 31. Bonds will be issued m ci,-iumumn-iuns ol £l9, 6100, LoUO, ai:d £!O(M>. payable lb bcagpr and repaid at par on Deer inner 15, 1925. Mr. I'is.her,' in moving the second reading of the Bill, estimated that ihriOO-eua.rterx ot the lean would »>•'• .-.pont- In Australia. FOR THE ALLIES. AM ERICAX TESTIFIES. ■•GERM A A Y'S LITTLE .HOUR.” “F.verv American who loves the liberty vvlncli ins own. country represents must heartily, p raved ally, wish England well in this Titanic struggle with the Satanic powers of Germany.” "has William Dean Howells, the >teran American novelist and journalist, who discusses in the • ‘North American Review” the -uestion why his countrymen • "still believe as powerfully in ’ England’s cause as at the first.” Mr Howells has reproaches for England s doings m the past. Tor the English in ounoral. he says. no« all Americans have much use. as they have. none, or little*, for English patriotism, But—--1 ’From militarised Germany, irom that dead corpse of medieval oppression, galvanised into an ecstaey ot murder and rapine, humanity can hope, not much, but something. It is because we hope for this something, much or little,'that- we wish England godspeed on the hard, nerhapx long, road before her. it is because ws ' .butnanitv. and ho])e Irom English liberty American eqtialiiy, that wo earnestly desire her success in yonder hideous carnage. “I, for one, am ashamed that we seem already to have forgotten the abominable violence, to all law LGermans in their raids h- sea and skv against defenceless towns, Belgian, French and English, or that wo must address Berlin in the same diplomatic terms of question as London. “Let Germanv rage her little hour with her millions of conscripts, her submarines shattering peaceful ships, and her aeroplanes dropping bombs on the roofs of undefended towns and murdering women and children at doors and in their beds. iho hour will he little indeed beside that spacious dav, which must come as surely as the dawn follows the dark, when the English spirit of freedom shall lastinglv mevail against her convulsive force,'and hold her homicidal epilepsy in sanative control. “We cannot, indeed, cast our lot with the Allies, but our will must be with them always because, as I.'began bv saving, they are in the right, if there is' an v such thing as right or wrong. If it is wrong to (build up a ruthless power by a system of world-wide espionage to fortify <i b&d cause bv every art of treachery and deceit, and then to use that power with arrogant disregard of all the international traditions, and all the i laws of religion, and all the impulses of humanity, Germany is wrong and England is. right, and £rT>+ is why we must wish England well, whatever becomes of ohr questions and protests.” V ' .