The War News.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 April 1916, Page 3

The War News.

SATURDAY

Russians in France—Enthusiastic

Reception -^-America Threatens Germany—Turkish Massacres of Greeks — British Cabinet Crisis over—Agreement on Compulsion

Reached; ' ' '/.' ;, Russian troops have landed at Marseilles to join' the allies on F the.; Western front. ,There were scenes of. M indespribable enthusi-' asm as they marched from the, docks to special camps. !' The British' Cabinet has agreed tip6:n proposals to make to Parliar mention the subject of recruiting. The proposals will be submitted, to a secret session of botKlHouses c)f 'Parliament on_ Tuesday,, so|ha.t the membeirs;maybe informed confidentially, of• the main facts' and figures. ~ , A Note1' has "been despatched by the United. States to Germany proposing that the German Governmetit v * should now im-'1 riiedialely declare and effect an aljaiidbnment of its presentmeinods.of warfare against pas"'1 sengers and freight-carrying vessels." -;ii ■■■■■'■ •■ ! '." ' .•■.■•.\"" Vl

:^ Attacks were made upon the British line at ; several points inthevregion of Ypres on Wedries-,. day! night.l r The Germans . captured two'crSters at St.Eloi and a trehck;,-on. the.; Y.pres-rLange-marck ! Road. At ■ other points | the attacks Were repulsed. l!;''.'•l.:J':i 0 The'capture of Trebizpnd has,created consternation in Constantipole and> Berlin^ The news" haslnotbeen published, arid it is, feafed'it.'^iir'Henlpralisle.-:iTurkey;--to tne pomt Jpf seeking a separated peape.; It is stated that the Grand -Buke-' Nicholas is how master of the, situation in Asia Minor, and free to strike where he will. ; . , .r: • ~?

nTxebizond was defended 'by about 50,000 Turks. ; The force may retreat either; to . Eeres un, 65ymiles jp,/the west!, ;or to: Erzingari, in the South.

cyßy ■&;■ night-assault 'the':! Russians carried: a high mountain range west of Erzerpum, .driving tj|e! f^Tur.fe Pui °f strongly-organ-ised positions.' -■'^■■■- ■ ; ■ "

'Considerable ; cnanges in. the British aircraft organisation are recommended by Earl Curzorir in?a reppft to the Government.

MONDAY

Advance in Africa—Union Forces engaged—German Atrocities to Tactics at Verdun. !''" ;!l" ■'v '■ ~:"':':' ■'■'■■'■'■■ ■ "••■■•

! Within eleven days the mount-1 ed forces .Tin.de,r. General van , der Venter advanced in German East, Africa about 150 miles in a^so^t^i-westerly direction, capturing ,two small-- garrisons ;on April 12^anti> 14. ; -■■ -^

The British have recovered the trench captured by the Germans on the Ypres Langemarck road. This success was gained by the Shropshire Light Infantry. There was considerabl@:activity in the Verdun region ;on Thursday and s FriM-y., ' . The- V French attack Mri^the "\rfegion\ of-Mart Homme Hill resulted in the gaining of new positionSf which were maintained, in spite of a fierce counterjattstck. - v, The :, cpuntef-attaick agai,us|itne JBritisb i orce^ to'ri-3-tfte Tigris was made by 10,000 Turks, some of the detachments beir;g led by Germans. An official estimate states that;, 3000.,iTuiks were killed,* a \numb%fthaJL.exceeds the total number of casualties of all kinds sufferedT^by the

British. t:-% ':\^\ ?-..£ 4 , The loss of^ TrSbiztiM'is* admitted by a ~communique<.,issued in Constantinople on Friday. Another record';of;atrocities in the treatment of British prisoners by Germans is contained in an official, report regarding condi.tiajvr|i|X Sotfth^vNTfest Africa.--After d'Siilfeihg"* many outrages of whicli British soldiers and civilians were the victims, the commtsskmsstates that the responsible officials were all at liberty in South-west Africa. . . >

TUESDAY

Attacks on Verdun— Appalling GermanrLpsses—War Council in Ger"---many-%>ißCMSsing American Note —Turks! s V in .Armenia— Brftisn Check Yn Mesopotamia.

A crushing- defeat was inflicted on the Crown Prince's 'army, at Verdun on Saturday. In response to his-o'rd^r that. Mort Homme must be "taken at any cost, the Germans made three desperate attacks on the hill, and were hurled, back with appalling losses, estimated in the case of the Silesian.s at 40 per cent. As a diversion'; a fourth attack was made against Caurettes Wood. Though torrents of blazing liquid were poured over the French trenches, the French troops stood their ground. . Desperate attacks have been repulsed by the Russians at Ashkatine, west of Erzeroum, where

THE WEEK'S SUMMARY.

;they recently dislodged the Turks from a strong mountain position. The Py^ssmns 'made-' a counterattack iagainst va' strong eneiiry" position.'; ... _~; ; -; ... ..^ .„ An account of the^ capture,Tof' Trebizonci states tiiat Hhe'Rus-^ sians engaged the Turks on the Kara Dere on Aipril 18^ and finally routed; them ;dn April 19., the defences "of th&i. po'ffc tered by |he Black aSea'fleet', and" the Russians entered the city in? triumpli.l KAOOB '7i HAD (;v-A : A new attack on 'the Turkish position at S^nnaiyat. w,as, niadeby theßritish on' 'Sunday. ' 'Qw-' ing to.,the flooded' cohditibii'''of the grqund only one brigade was able to'adyance^and^ihßisuppQrt* ing troops were unable to reinforce it.

A great war council has assembled in Germany to discuss the crisis created by the United States----Note, The—position- isviewed with the utmost seriousness in Government circles. T^e^ifl^^an^,amJ)assadon^at i Berlin has been warned to safeguard Americans in Germany arijd allied > GQimt4es.4.n4he 3e>erit of^war between the1 Wriite^States' and Germany. i -i WEDNESDAY Defence of Sii6z •■» Canal ; Two "jurkish Attacks—Efforts to Land Arms in Irelandr--pisguised, German Ship Sunk—British Success :ih East AfricaV'|!^" ;i" "y"'[". '' '; A double attack has,been .made by'the Turks'on British positions onithe El Kantara-El Aristi roadV Amorce of 500 Turks! was beaten off by Australians jat-Bir-el-Duweidar, 15 miles from the Suez Canal, and heavily-piinislled 'a£; it retreated.

■An attempt lias been mad£r>ta land armS^ancl 'atnmiinfiiidfi "in" Ireland from a* German (auxiliary*: wKich was.. a ,accQmpa.nied .b^.a,; submarine. uTfel siink,"'And among the prisoners wa¥^ne^;nc^rMi^ iSitol^ im SlifRoger Casement.

• c tory- over -the enemy is reported by General Smuts as a result of,the.,%-hting at Kond^a-. Irangi, in^r^an-Saisfe^^rical There has been hand-to-hand figbting.-in^itlie/ Gerniapi.xommirriication trenches' before' 7Mort Home, in which the French made some progress.

1 Twp> !Zeppelins: v^rosged the cod,st v-of Nbrfolk'late1 'on' Monday evening. They dropped a few incendiary bombs. ■

THURSDAY

Lowestoft Shelled — Naval and Zeppelin Raid—Pursuit of German Squadron—Serious Riot in Dublin

. The town of Lowestoft w,as shelled ,ori")Tues4ay morning by the German battle'-cruiser'squad-roni;wh.ich was maccompanied by ligjrft^ cruisers,^ ..idestroyers, and submarines,^, :and ;i at least two Zeppelins, The enemy squadron was driven off by light cruisers and destroyers. Four, civilians' were killed^during! the ment.

The ! abortive" attempt to land arms ; in Ireland from: a German vessel' has been followed by a serious outbreak in Dublin, pre-suffie'dTo^haye-dire^ with_ Sir.. . Roger Casement's. sch;eme. An armed force of Sinn Feiners.opcupied Stephen's, Green at noon ,on :!i Mpnday(j seized 'the post office and occupied many houses in the centr^e* of A military force-is^now.believed to control the situation.

The German aerodrome- at Mariakerke,, near Ostend, was attacked pn punday: ah,^ a'gajn; pp. Monday, J by British naval' Aeroplanes. Two' enemy aeroplanes were destroyed