Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

1 Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. [BIKCUCIt IKIiKUUAIMI - UOI'i"UIUUT.J ru.ii.tia .usa~i.:.i<iuuft ; — ——_ « (.Received ! lliis Day U.ol) a.m.) A I'iIE.YUJJL LOiYLU U.NIQ UJfi. I'aris, July 5 A comniuuiue states that after a vi lent ibombardmout tlio Hermans jiuk two night attacks, one against fciouchi and the other against the Labyrinth Both were repulsed, the enemy,leavii: many dead. Tlie Germans on tSunck: afternoon took the offensive 011 a froi of live 'kilometres from Foyenhaye 1 tiie Moselle, also to the east of JVoyej liaye, as well as in the western part Bo is le l'retre. They succeeded altc a violent bombardment in regaining footing in their old lines previousl taken by us, ;but despite an energeti .1 ttack were unable to advance i'urthej Their attack eastward on the Moseli failed and they sustained heavy losses (Tteceived This Bay D.u a.m.) JBIG BATTLE AT GALLIPOU. London, July IS. A delayed exchange message iron -Uitylenc states that a gen oral attad against the .Straits from the sea am land ivas opened on Sunday. Athens, Ju'y 5. All the despatches agree that tin struggle around Krithia has derelopec into the greatest land battle since tin troops of the Allies landed. The concon trated armies under General Sir Lai Hamilton are sweeping the Turks ha el

along the peninsula with ft succession ol short rushes. THE ARMENIAN. Washington, July 5. It has been decided not to protest against the loss of American lives on the Armenian, and the incident is cloaod officially. The opinion was expressed that the belligerent or non-bellige-cut status of the Armenian does not count since the submarines challenge was disobeyed. BERLIN'S ESTIMATE Berlin, in estimating the Austro-Ger-inan victories during the two months preceding June 27, calculate that 520.000 prisoners. 300 field guns and 760 -machine guns were taken. DETAILS FROM THE DARDANELLES. London, July 5.

t Router's correspondent at the Dardanelles, giving details of the British victory on the 28th June, states tile British success on the 4th left a bulge 1000 yards deep in the centre and tlie French advance on the 21st partly j corrected this inequality on the right r flank, but the progress on the left n this (juarter has been incessant since the 4th, when the British drove the 'I urks from trench to trench with bombs. The Turks counter-attacked desperately and short' and bloody struggles were of nightly occurrence. The condition of the newly-occupied trenches bear .sickening witneses to desperate struggles which are not chronicled. The main weight of the attack on the 28th was launched against the trenches running across the plateau from the cliffs seaward to tlie bottom of the deep ravine of Saghildere. Tho preparatory artillery hammering was the greatest the Turks yet experienced. It began at nine o'clock in the morning and lasted two hoiins. A number o? ships that lay off Cape Helios fired with deadly precision; an observation balloon directing the fire. An aeroplane attempted to bomb the balloon, and was driven of?. Our field guns opened fire at 10,30 a.m. with the object of destroying tlie wire entanglements, and in this they 'were completely successful. They cu{ gaps all along the line as shown by the speed of the victorious infantry attack. When the aifcillery work was finished the infantry j started for the first objective—the Boomerang fort, in the bottom of the Saghildere ravine. The Boomerang consisted of a main trench and'innumerable saps, running along ihe ravine. Before the bombardment began only a few yards separated the British from the Boomerang, butT'the space'was filled with wire entanglements and anyone showing above the sandbag parapets courted death. The task of capturing the Boomerang was assigned to a famous regiment which has undergone a record of splendid service tsince ft landed. The men crouched under the parapets on tho platform with rifles at the ready. The artillery briefly pounded tho Boomerang with high explosives, and then at a signal the men sprang over the parapets in a Bingle ibound and rushed across the intervening space Tvith surprisingly small loss, and dropped into the main Boomerang trench. iR outer, continuing, statee that two main attacks were launched, one at 11 o'clock and one- at three o'clock. The men rushed the first three lines of trenches on the plateau through the gaps in the wire and carried the trenches brilliantly. The trenches were filled with dead and 100 survivors surrendered. A further advance from the captured trenches began at 11.30 and two more lines were taken. This was the moist spectacular movement of' the day. The space across which tho men advanced consisted of several hundred yards of open ground and the men advanced magnificently, the sun glinting on the (bayonets. During the afternoon the Turks' artillery was active but outranged by our guns which hammered the Turks throughout their retirement. The British, before evening, carried the two remaining lines ol trenches and

also the small ravine (beyond. In the night 400 Turks worked their way down the Saghildere ravine and ascended - the plateau between the first and seo- * ond lines of conquered trenches. They were discovered iand caught in the centre with maxim gun and rifle fixe; only 100 regained the shelter ol the ravine. Part of the Boomerang fort iwas full of freshly killed Turks with a dozen cricket ball bombs lying at their feet ready tfor use. The Turks had occupied the trench for weeks shielded by the bodies otf thejir comrades, breathing the intolerable stench and walking over the halfnburied dead wheneveir they moved, and yet tthey fought 'knowing their own bodies .would sooner or later bo used as a substitute for sand-bags or stamped into the reeking clay. Vast amounts of equipments and a large nlimber of machine gums were captured. Tlie flies make this an ill country for . the wounded, especially 101' our men. ) We gained a mile of ground along the i sea coast as the result of the battle 011 the 28th. r Router further states: After the fight 011 the 28th the captured enemy tren- ; ches presented an appalling spectacle, , especially the nullah near the Boomer- , ang trenches. In the (bottom of the nullah dead Turks were lying in shallow pools of greejti water. Many had been lying there for month's and could not be burled. In the Boomerang the stench was frightful.'The parapets had been built over the bodies of dead Turks, for the Turks used the dead o stop bullets, and after the fight would throw earth over them to make parapets. In the Turkish trenches tlie limbs of half-buried Turks stuck up from the ground. One trench was full of halfmummified bodies. GERMANY'S SUiPRiEME EFftX)RT. A diplomat states that the Kaiser, speaking at Berlin last week, said there

would be no more winter campaigns; the war would end in October. Tlie diplomat added thai Germany nevertheless was preparing for another winter campaign which all classes dread. Germany is to make a supreme effort in the autumn probably with a general furious offensive on the western front. (Received This Day 11.10 a.m.) A STEAMER. BEATS SUBMARINE. 'London, July 5. 'he steamer Anglo-Californian has arrivod at Queenstown. She was shelled by a submarine. The captain made I daring and skilful attempts to evade the enemy, but several shells struck the vessel and killed the captain and ten of tho crew, while eight were wounded. The S.O.S signal brought help and the submarine disappeared. The schooner Hirondelle was sunk by a 'torpedo off Ushant. The crew' woro landed. BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

Mr Pa,ge, American Ambassador ii London, informed Sir Edward Grey tha a representative of the American Em bassy in Berlin visited the British offi cer.s imprisoned at Blankenberg. Manj were playing tennis and had no com plaints, except the .monotony. Th< allowances of beer and light vines hac been increased owing to the heat. Since a I" renehnian attempted to escape ilu officers are not permitted outeido tht dormitories after seven in the evening, The prison camps near Aldtdamm are healthy and surrounded iby a pine •wood. There are 400 British interned there, one has died of wounds. Their principal diet is vegetable soup and pic kled herrings. The prisoners play football and also have organised a band HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, July 5 Two German attacks at Soucliez and the Labyrinth were checked at ten o'clock on Sunday night. The enemy took the offensive of! the front of five kilometres between Feyenhaye and the Moselle and regained a footing in one kilometre of trenches atiUois 'Le Pretre. The remainder of the attack failed .with heavy losses. INTERNMENT OF ALIENS. Mr W. Brace, Under-Secretary to the Home Office announced that 7144 aliens had been interned and 4800 repatriated since May 30. The totil interned was 26,713. GERMAN SUBMARINES BOMBARDED. French torpedo boats bombarded two German submarines ih the Channel One was hit several times before H disappeared.