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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 October 1915, Page 3

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•.Ueeeived Tim Day lU.oj a.m.; Hi Gil Kiiii'OliX. IwnUon, Uclober zo. i lnc Admiralty announces thai 11. < Argyll giounucU this morning oil thu < coast ol ricoiland, owing to bad weather. It is learott she will become a total wreck. The officers and wow were saved. i (.Received This Jay S.uU a.m.; THE DAItDA.NIiLLES OI'EItATIONS. London, October -8. Lord JJiassey, inter viewed by liie Australian l ; re&s Ai>osciatioii oil liis return , from tJie Mediterranean and the Dardanelles legion, said:—"l never met any oilieer, naval or military, who was not ol the opinion Unit the operation • contemplated at Lille Dardanelles lrom every viewpoint, was a huge mis take. We were forced to undertake the Dardanelles expedition oh account of 'pressure , by Itussia, who saiil that "we are lighting very hard and you must try to open the Dardanelles.*' The Foreign Oilice felt the justice oi the Russian representation, and no doubt urged thy Admiralty to act. The K-t. Hon. W. Churchill was a dashing administrator, but did not know how difficult the operation would be. Orders accordingly ■were given to the lleet to undertake the task. Having failed in the first attempt by naval means alone, it was decided late in the day that, it should be a combined naval and military operation. It took considerable time to prepare both forces, and the Germans officering the Turks had full time lo piopare. When the second attempt was ready, Gallipoli was a fortress of firstclass magnitude; it was absolutely impregnable. We tried men at three least impregnable places with tearful sacrifices." Bir lan Hamilton,- who has a high reputation, was exceedingly anxious to carry out the uttorly impossible task placed upon -hiin by the Government. He appealed ior reinforcements and Egypt was depleted oi Australians and New Zealanders who tried to penefrate the Peninsula of GallTpoli, which presented insurmountable obsta-, eles to moving artillery. I say that it was perfectly impossible to get guns into positions 'for bombardment. Attack after attack was made hoping against'lTope, One doc- ! tor told me that he saw the men climb j a difficult slope. The Invisible gunners J ai the top were waiting till the men I came into view and then mowed then down. All this happened again and I again. It is considered that the Gov- | erment should much earlier have realised the futility of the attack and J stopped the useless slaughter. When I | was at Lemnos a ship sent' there by the j Jtod Cross Society fnfl of supj plies, but no person had authority to ' distribute them. In that extremity 1 tihe captain asked. me to help with

with tho clothes for the Australians, many of Who neoded thorn sorely. \\ 0 got together such_ things ae wo could provide and tho men wore temporarily relieved.

M. VIVIANI RESIGNS. Paris, October 28. M. Viviani, Prime Minister, has resigned. iM. Briaiul has boon askod to form a Cabinet.' M. Viviani becomes Minister of Justice. BRITISH CRUISER AGROUND. London, October 28. The cruiser Argyll has grounded on the east const of Scotland, and it is feared she is a total wreck. All tho men aboard were rescued.