SUBMARINE WARFARE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1917, Page 3

SUBMARINE WARFARE

THE BRITISH IN PALESTINE

BRUTAL SUBMARINING:. Received, this day at 8.45 a.mi* LONDON November- lil. A survivor of the Cittadiliarr,. sunk near Corfu tells of the appalling, barbarity of the crew of the submarine. Airs. Askew Novilisk was seen ih> the water wearing a lifebelt and caiuying a pet dog. The submarine came up and snatched the dog and then coollyleft the woman to drown.

OVER 10,000 CASUALTIES.

SUCCESS CONTINUES,

(Received Yesterday at 11.10. p.m.) LONDON November 10.

Egypt official.—Our mounteds advancing rapidly captured another fourhundred men and ten guns. Our line now runs in a south-easterly direction from two miles northward of Thanneth to two miles northwards of Arakel Menckye, on the central railway and general is ten to six miles, northward of Wadi Hesi. We have occupied Askadon.

Our aeroplanes continue to bomb bodies of retreating Turk s and all important centres of communication (hoping three hundred bombs during, the day.

The captured gnns number over seventy . of which several are of 5.9 calibre.

General Allenbv estimates the enemy’s casualties at ton thouscand exclusive of prisoners.

FINE YORK OF TROOPS

(Received This Dav at 11.25. a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 11.

Mr. Massey, tho war correspondent, telegraphs that interest on Thursday centred in the position of the division holding tho. Attawinkla sector southeastward of Gaza. Though deprived of support on the right and left it held the trenches and redoubts, but was heavily shelled. We had begun on

Wednesday to act round both flanks and the Anzae Mounteds tried to move across the rear. Apparently they deterniined to remove the bulk of troops at night, leaving the trenches lightly held. The West Countrymen got these early in tlie morning, and afternoon brought indications that the Turks were retreating, a big ammunition store being blown up a long way in the rear. Tlie Scottish Territorials had marched during the night thirteen miles across the sand dunes, the sand being ankle deep throughout, to the high around northward of Wadihesi preventing tho Turks using, the railway for the rcroval of material

Scot* brought up his field guns "and heavy batteries, a wonderful feat, over the terrible ground. The Turks felt file weight of the metal from these and at .Athibaneen moved out of the way Troop s on tho east, meanwhile were overcoming the difficult, conditions. The Irishmen, Londoners and others, by long marches and spells of hard fighting. for their progress, with dismounted veoinanry displayed fitness and determination. Their keeness was Whetted by their trials. The work of the Mounted Yeomanry, Australians and- New Zealanders has been magnificent. Aeroplanes bombed two bodies of Turks numbering five thousand, near the Coast, between Seneid Madjel Flire, also attacked many with machine guns and bombed a column of transports, stations and aerodromes.

i GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Nov. 9

German official—The . .English advanced on the Struma Plain but a. powerful Bulgar Counterthrust threw them back. We crossed the Livenza and continue to overcome tlie resistance of the Italian rearguards advancing by the mountain roads towards the plain in snow and rain towards Piave.

GERMAN REPORT. T ADMIRALTY—PER WIRELESS PRESS.]} j (Received Yesterday at 11.10. p.m.) 1 LONDON November 10. German official —English attacks north-east of Poelcappelle were repulsed after hand to hand fighting. There, is most violent reciprocal artillerying along the Yser and Houthulst Wood as far as Zinvoordet. We wrested from the French positions in Chaume Wood. . ~ Austro-Hungarians are pressing forward at Valsngona and upper Piave valley. We captured Asiago after desperate street fighting, and repulsed Italian rear guards who made a stand westward of livenoza, and reached Piave from Suesgana as far as the sea.