TO RETAKE PRASNYSZ.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 162, 13 March 1915, Page 5

TO RETAKE PRASNYSZ.

HALF A MILLION GERMANS ivi ASSI NG. Press Association —Copyright. (Heed, 12.30 a.m.) PETROGRAD, March 12. Tiie Germans are concentrating hall a million men with the view .to retaking Prasnys/.

OBSTINATE BATTLE 1N POLAND. PETROGRAD, March 12. Official: An obstinate battle continues at Simnc in the valleys or' the rivers Omulec and Orjitez, and ir the direction of Prasnysz. Austrian units at Orlitza were annihilated. THE CRISIS PASSED. GERMANS SHOT THEJIR BOLT. JAPANESE GENERAL EXPECTS PEACE IN" SIX MONTHS. PETROGRAD, March 12. General Oba, the Japanese army on the staff of the Russian Commander-in-Chief .in an interview, said he was convinced the German efforts passed the culminating point in Von Hindenburg's operations on the Warta in December. Though they had partial successes the enemy had been swept away. Genral Oba anticipated peace within six months.

EGYPTIAN FAILURE. (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) CAIRO, March 12. Djmal Pasha has received a. gold medal for his services in Egypt, it is believed with the view ,to hiding the failure of the expedition. Twenty thousand Bedouins and others deserted the expedition, and are carrying away their arms. Most of the German officers of the expedition are returnir|£ to Germany. THE TURKISH INVADERS. "A POOR ODD LOT." A SHAME TO SHOOT THEM. PERTH, March 12. An Australian soldier arriving from Egypt says that the Turks who attacked the Canal Aviare a poor odd lot. None were young, their ages ranging from forty to seventy. It was a shame to shoot them. Prisoners say that the German officers shot them if they refused to advance to the front. AUSTRALIANS IN EGYPT. CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERPRISE. LONDON, March 12. The High Commissioner's publictiy department sent a photographar to Bjgypt who secured four thousand feet cf films of the Australians training. These will be shown in eleven hundred cinematograph theatres in Britain, commencing on Monday.