GERMAN SUBMARINE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 160, 11 March 1915, Page 5

GERMAN SUBMARINE

SUNK BY THE ARIEL AUSTRIANJSRUTALITY PRUSSIA'S APPALLING LOSSES SEVERE FIGHTING IN THE WEST GOOD PROGRESS AT VARIOUS POINTS ANOTHER GERMAN REVERSE IMPORTANT CAPTURES BY THE RUSSIANS DARDANELLES STILL BOMBARDED

GERMAN U2O SUNK. RAMMED BY THE ARIEL. (United Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Th'3 Admiralty reports that the Ariel rammed and sunk the German submarine U2Q. The crew were taken prisoner. The Ariel is a British destroyer. ANOTHER CLAIM. - FOR SUBMARINE PRIZE. • (Red. 11.45 a.m.) ' LONDON, March 10. Captain White, now in America, claims that his steamer, overdue, sank a submarine in the Irish Sea on January Ist. His boat was dry-docked at Queenstown, and two blades qf his propeller were lost and plates damaged.; THE DARDANELLES. BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. FRENCH ADMIRAL'S NARROW I ESCAPE. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) • PARIS, March 10. Official: The Queen Elizabeth, with four supporting, bombarded Fort Runrilli on Monday from inside the Straits. Bad weather hindered operations, but the Saffren advanced to the* edge of the minefield, and Admiral Geupratte had a narrow escape from fragments of shells.

GERMAN ELEPHANTS. .' CLEARING THE ROADS. (Reed. 11.45 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, March 10. The Germans are employing Hagenback's elephants to clear the roads behind the firing line in France. Koenig, the explorer, |is usin/g fiftyseven Greenland dogs in the war service, though he signed an agreement with the Greenland Administration that' they would only be used in the South Pole expedition. A PROGRESS REPORT. •SOME SEE-SAW FIGHTING (Reed. 11.45 a.m.) PARIS, March 10. A communique states that further progress was made north-east of Mesnlil,, and there was obstinate fighting between Tour-de-Paris and Bolante trenches were taken and re-taken. AN AVIATOR KILLED • FALLS INTO THE SEA. (Reed. 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Ijieut. Shepherd, flying at Eastbourne, fell into the sea and was killed.

CHINA AND JAPAN. • A MANDATORY NOTE. (Reed. 11.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 10. A message from Peking states that the Japanese' Ambassador has handed the Chinese Foreign Minister a Note, which is interpreted as implying that unless the Japanese demands are accepted by the 12th, force w?ll be employd; though it is not accepted as an ultimatum. "YuanfShih/-Kai Idbnfe'rred with the Cabinet and decided to expedite a settlement of the demands, to which ..China would agree.

ARSENAL JSLOWN UP. PYROTECHNICS AT ANTWERP. (Reed. 2.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 9. An explosion of a pyrotechnic character occurred at the Arsenal at Antwerp, by which fuorteen were killed and seventy wounded, mostly Germans. GERMAN NEWSPAPERS. 840 CEASE PUBLICATION. (Reed. 2.10 p.m.) BERLIN, March 9. Official: Eight hundred and forty German newspapers have ceased. publication sine'e the beginning of the war. CONTRABAND QUESTION, BRITAIN'S REASONABLE ATTITUDE. (Reed. 8.25 a.m.) „ LONDON, March 10. British fairplay observance, internationally, is in direct conflict with Britain's own interests, as exemplified jin directions to the President of the Admiralty Court who overruled objections of the Attorney General regarding capture of a prize which contained 1000 tons of copper, despatched from the United States to Gotsenburg. Though a desired requisition for arsenal purposes Britain was prepared to pay handsomely for the copper for use by army contractors.

WHAT GERMANY SAYS. ABOUT CONSTANTINOPLE. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 10. Th e "Koelnische Zeitung" states: If the Turks are unable to retain Constantinople they shall make it a'free city, guaranteed under an alliance between Bulgaria, Roumania and Greece, and under the Protectorate of Italy. DOCTORS WANTED. A WAR OFFICE APPEAL. LONDON, March 10. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) The War Office is appealing for more doctors. PUBLISHED PRUSSIAN CASUALTIES. TOTAL OVER A MILLION. (Reed. 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. The total published Prussian casualties is over a million. CALLING UP THE .UNFIT). (Reed. 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. Geneva assarts that Germany is calling up the balance of the Landstrum previously exempted because of being unfit.

QERMANYS VAIN HOPE. (Reed. 10.45 p.m.) BERLiIN-j )March 10. Addressing the Prussian Chamber, prior to adjourning for the recess, the President trusted that before they met aga/in the sure hope of victory which was theirs to-day would be nearer. THE CLAN MACRAE'S ESCAPE. (Reed. 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. The Clan Macrae sighted the submarina six hundred feet away when 12 miles from the Mersey bar. She warned the vessels in the vicinity. Some of her crew are of the opjinion that there . were two submarines.

THE BLOCKADE. STEAMER ELUDES SUBMARINE. Press Association —Copyright. (Reed. 9.40 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. The steamer Clan Macrea eluded a submarine on the Mersey bar. She was chased for 25 minutes. JUNK WITHOUT WARNING. (Reed. 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. The three steamers were sunk without warning. (This refers to the three steamers mentioned in the High Commissioner's message.) A GERMAN CLAIM. EXPLOITS OF UIG. (Reed. 9.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 10. German newspapers claim that the submarjiria UIG cruised' through the Orkneys, Shetlands and Faroe Islands. She chased the Laertes, sunk the Delwich, St. Illie de Lille, Dinorah, and five other vessels. HOW THE VESSELS WERE CAUGHT. (Reed. 11.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. Half of the Tagistan's crew were Lascars. ' She sank in four minutes, dragging down the lifeboats. The Princess Victoria sighted the torpedo, but had no tjime to manoeuvre, and sank in ten minutes, and the Blackwood went down in fifteen minutes. THE BRITISH LINE.

DESCRIBED BY "EYE-WITNESS." (Times and Sydney Sun SeM?©SJ3 (Reed. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. "Eye-Witness" states that the British line i s divided into two equal portions by the iiiver Lys, North of the river the ground is broken by several commanding heights, but the south is a flat, waterlogged rplaijU. The Jine runs from the river a little south of Frelinghein, through Letcquet, Leybeer, and St. Yves; it turns sharp westward round the.foot of the Hill Sixty-three, about a mile northward again, circling the Wyteschate-Mess-ines position, which represents a great weefce driven in the centre of our l;ine, whereby the enemy has placed himself outside the direct road from Ypres to Armentieres. "WITHOUT MILITARY JUSTIFICATION." GERMAN METHODS AGAIN. (Reed. 9.40 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. The "Chronicle's" Dunkirk correspondent says that, realising it to be imipcss;ible to force the Anglo-French lines at La Bassee and Bethune, the jermans are bombarding the factories without military justification, and similarly bombarding the collieries of the Novxles mines. AUSTRIAN BRUTALITY. A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE. 109 SERVIANS BURNED ALIVE.. (Reed. 8.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A business man, writing to the Hon. Mr Tudor from London, gives an example of Austrian atrocities in Servia, duly certified by the Government Commission.

At Lo-znitza 109 persons, from a child o feight to a man over 80, were fastened in a double row, elbow to lbow, and the whole mass buried alive in a trench previously captured. NEW GREEK MINISTRY FORMED. (Reed 9.40 p.m.) ATHENS, March 10.-. Gournais has formed a Cabinet,with leanings towards the. Triple Entente. The "Times" correspondent says the new Premier is on'e of the most distinguished of the younger Greeks. His foreign policy will be neutrality marked by a favourite disposition towards Servia. Gounais combines the Premiership and the portfolio of War. Hlis leading colleagues are pronounced Entente partisans.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT OFFICER'S CASUALTIES THREE MORE BRITISH MERCHANTMEN SUNK TWO CREWS SAVED. ALL LOST BUT ONE ON THIRD VESSEL. I HEAVY FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE. ALLIES ACHIEVE SUBSTANTIAL GAINS. The High Commissioner reports as follows: LONDON, March 10. Army officers killed, 4; wounded, 9; missing 1; rejoined, 1. The Admiralty announces that three Britiish merchantmen were sunk by torpedo'as on Tuesday, namely, the Tangistan, off Scarborough (only one survivor cut of a crew of 38 is yet known to be saved); the Blackwood, off Hastings, with a crw of seventeen, all saved; the Princess Victoria, off Liverpool, with a crew of 34, all saved.

Paris reports Very hot fighting in Champagne, with Results favourable to the Allies. Between Souain and Perthes two counter-attacks were repulsed and further progress made. Over a ridge to the north-east cf Mesnil yesterday's gaiu of 450 metres was increased by another 200. The Allies carried a German redoubt, taking guns and prisoners. The enemy's organisation was of an extremely strong character, and included armoured shelters, with revolving guns and very deep subterranean chambers. In the Argonne district, between Tour-de-Paris and Bouante, the Allies delivered an attack which made them masters of the first German line over a length of two hundred metres.

FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. CONTINUED STEADY PROGRESS. MUCH HEAVY FIGHTING. Press Associal ion—Copyright PARIS, March 10. Official: We repulsed an attack on East Ste'enstraste, in Belgjium. Fighting at Notre Dame de Lorette lasted all day, but the relative positions remained unchanged. Further progress was made at Perthes, where another 200 metres of trenches were captured. North-east of Mesnil a German i J ed'cubt was taken, together with some prisoners and three machine-guns. The enemy's works were very strong, and included armoured shelters, supplied w|ith revolving guns and deep subterranean chambers. We attacked and mastered the first German lines betw'een Tour-de-Paris and Bolante. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. DESPERATE FIGHTING. ALONG THE WHOLE NIEMENVISTULA FRONT. ANOTHER GERMAN REVERSE. (Reed. 9.45 p.m.) PETROGRAD, March 10. Ofhqial: There was desperate fighting yesterday along the whole Niemen —Vistula front. We captured part of a supply column. The fortress of Osowiec is successfully engaging the enemy's siege batteries. The enemy southward of Khorjele is bringing great forces to the fighting line. The Germans south of Drobin were repulsed with heavy loss. The Pilica action was alternately offensive and defensive. The Austrians in the region of continue the offensive, notwithstanding their crushing losses in the desperate battle of the Bth. We recaptured the '.greater part of ,h!ill 922°near Kozsouvka, and took as prisoners the remnants of a column near Klausse. Near Studente the enemy took the advanced trenches of two battalions. Near Kohiowa the Russians regained all the positions captured by the enemy, after a desperate battle on Sunday.