Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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STUBBORN RUSSIANS

Vienna, July l'J

Oilicial.—The battle between the Vistula and the i3ug its in full swing. Ihe Russians are lighting with extraordinary stubborness, frequently hand-to-hand before giving up positions. A 11EPOUT FROM TURKEY. A Turkish oilicial message states that our bombardment of the camps at lekeburnu and Seddul JJahr caused lires and explosions.

(Received This Day 9.20 a.m.)

THE RECENT FIGHTING IN

GALLIPOLi

London, July ID

Mr Aslunead Bartlett reports that the successful advance of tlie lett wing 011 June 28th took place 011 both sides vt what is universally known as Gully ravine. Although our troops made 110 etforts to advance directly up the ravine they Jfcive fallen 011 the enemy's trenches 011 either side, and placed another mile of this "valley of death" 111 our hands. Someone described it as

:, 'a devil of a place." a description not inaccurate. The Gully varies in depth, width and security. Leaving"the seashore towards Krithia, it twists and turns remarkably. At one point you may walk in perfect security behind a bluff, at another you may catch a stream of bullets from the Turkish trenches in front. The Turks know every inch of ground and formerly lired a tremendous number ot shells into the ravine, but lately there has been a distinct decrease in the vol inn 0 of fire, pointing to a shortage of ammunition. Nevertheless there is quite

enough shrapmil bursting especially v. lioji an attack is in progress. The ravine lies between overhanging craggy hills. 200 feet high and covered with scrub. The summer heat almost is unbearable. The sun beats down this war-worn road with pitiless severity, but there is plenty of good cold water —a great boon to the crowds of perspiring and thirsty soli Tiers. Under the cliffs huntlreds of weary men. back from the trenches, fling themselves down to sleep, indifferent to the shells bursting overhead. Occasionally a man drops irom a- stray builet. yet 110 one seems to trouble. Ihe prolonged experience apparently making all indifferent or fatalists. In the ravine you come across lonely graves marked with a cross and the names ot those fallen in an earlier engagement. ' Every yard we progress the Gully becomes narrower.

-No one will ever forget the scene ■witnessed in the captured Turkish trendies, and in the ravine itfcelf, the uay after our iniantry occupied the position. AYitli the capture ol tho high ground, all the Turks in the ravine were killed or fled. The Turkish positions invariably were filthy. If the enemy goes through the campaign without a great epidemic he will have undue luck. All through the Gully is a litter of debris, scattered bodies hair protruding from the ground, hastily dug graves, hundreds of rifles and ljayonets and thousands upon thousands of rounds of anmnition. "We made a very big haui indeed in this latest engagement. Great fires are burning at intervals. They are avoided by all as they give off a sickly stench. Those fires are burning the Turkish dead hastily .collected. It is all important to get The dead out of the "way quickly iu fills hot climate. CASUALTY LIST. Died of acute lymphatic leukaemia — Canterbury Mounted Kegiment.—Corporal A. E. Trevarthan. 'Wounded.—Auckland Battalion: Private L. V. Young.

Admitted to General Hospital.. Alexandria; enteric, new disease. supervening.—Canterbury Battalion : Private G. Horsrnan. Pronounced out of danger—Wellington Mounted: Trooper E. A. Neill. BRITISH SUBMARINE AT WORK. Solia, July I ( J. Constantinople advices state that a British submarine sank the steamer Bisgas on the Asiatic side of the Sea ot Marmora, also two lighters and a steamer which were unloading in Haidar Pasha harbour. A torpedo missed a steamer loading at Tophaneh Quay, and damaged two hundred yards ot v,-barfing. (Received This Day 12 noon). AUSTRIAN OFFICERS KILuED. (Rome , J inly PJ. Since the beginning of the war with Italy 1200 Austrian officers, including three generals, have been killed. THE POSITION IN TURKEY. The Giornale d'ltalia slates that refugees bring alarming news of the Ottoman situation. The troops at Adrianoplc refused to go to Constantinople, which they call the Turkish soldiers' tomb. Enver Pasha has been summoned to restore order.

A plot was discovered against Enver Pasha and the Germans, as a result of which fifty officers and soldiers were shot on Thursday without a ferial. Anarchy reigns in Constantinople. Private houses are "being requisitioned for the wounded. The price of bread has been inflated and coal is scarce, hindering navigation. There is a shortage of doctors and medical requisites, and the persecution of Arj menians and foreigners jcoiitinues. i The Committee of Union and Progress, | seeing the impending niin, is sending j emissaries to Egypt, Tunis antT Libya | tor \the 'purpose of fomenting crime.