THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1911, Page 3

THE WAR.

HEAVY .ITALIAN LOSS REPORTED. AIONKS AND NUNS AI ASS ACRED. [BY ELECTRIC i'ELKGRAPH--COPYRIG*iT. ] [PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION. J MALTA, October 24. Then, are persistent rn.-inotirs that the Italian casualties at Benghazi totalled ] 2.000. It is reported that the Arabs massacred all the monks and nuns. At Donia four thousand Arabs helped the Turks in the defence. The Italians -bombarded Derna or ten hours. AHAIiS FARE MADLY. FOURTEEN HUNDRED TvTLLED AND WOUNDED. (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.} HOME, October 21. Six hundred regulars and, i'o.ir thousand Arabs opposed the Italians landing at Benghazi. Four hundred Arabs were killed, and it is estimated that a. thousand were wound'ed. Nightfall favoured flightinland, but few remained in the town, a I'aet. which explains the complete lack of resistance when the Italians occupied it. The damage done was not serious. Arab chiefs are tendering their submission. The report thai Christian missionaries, at Beng- I liazi, were massacred, is unconfirm- I cd. I