REPORT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 201, 3 May 1915, Page 5

REPORT.

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTY _;ST. i' NOT YET TO HAND. | Th e New Zealand casualty .'.it is I nor yet tc hand. The Australia casu|to,s are 17 killed. Turks are sending hurried reiniovcenisnts to the Gulf of' Saras and Sea of Marmora. The British advance continues. The Allies progressed north of Ypres, capturing two lines of trenches. The German s used 15-ineh guns from their Muss iu Flandsrs in.the bombardment cf Dunkirk, British aviators located and dropped bombs on the guns. A Berlin official message states that the Germans; reached ; tho DunabergLibr.u railway. .. . ' Tha Russains lost heavily, and. retreated, losing 1000 prisoners. The German activity north of Niemen is believed to be a demonstration connected with the movements of the feet, covering the landing of troops on Russian soil. &; BLENHEIM, Tins Day. A cable was received to-day stating that Lieutenant Owen Mead was slightly wounded at the Dardanelles. ; NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. WELLINGTON, This Day. Information ahs been received of the following further casualties in Nev Zealand's Expeditionary Force: —Died of wounds, No. 8/751, Private Alfred Richard Hayward, 10th (North Otago) Company, Otago Infantry Battalion; his next of kin is John Hayward, Abbotsford, Dunedi". No. 8/12, Corporal Peter Couperthwaite, 14th (South Otago) Company, Otago Infantry Battalion; his next of kin is A. Gibson, Kelso, Otago. No. 12/483, Private Robert Watson, Gth (Hauraki) Company, Auckland Infantry Battalion; his next of kin is John Watson, Tirau, Auckland. These casualties occurred between tlh.e 25th April and Ist May. TURKISH REINFORCEMENTS. SOFIA, May 2. The Turks are hurriedly sending great reinforcements to the Gulf of Saro s and th e shores of the Sea of Marmora. "AMATEUR STRATEGY." LORD CHARLES BERESFORD CRITICISES THE GOVERNMENT. (Reed. 5.30 p.m.) LONDON, May.l. Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Portsmouth, said the Dardanelles operations up to the present, were like a piece of amateur strategy undertaken when th e weather was unfavourable, and before the army was ready and the nets cut to guard ships from floating mines. Later on an inquiry must be made into th e Government's mistake. The Dardanelles campaign required every available man. GREAT GEBMAK LOSSES. LONDON, May 1. German losses in Flanders during the past week are unofficially estimated at 25,000 to 30,000. BRITISH OFFICER DIES OF WOUNDS. • LONDON,"" May 2. Brigadied H. L. Napier died jl ' ■of wounds received at t|he. Dardanelles^. AN AUSTRALIAN RUSE. .- v• - 70-TURKS CAPTURED. ■ / : £* ATHENS, : May, 2., It Is reported that the Australians per the medium of a ruse, captcred 70 prisoners, including'i officrs. ■■■gttftr-jxKM ?:-''»-. - : --.■"'-' AN OBSERV E R*S? ■■ ;OP,l ! f(l ON. v, v ' AUSTRALASIANS » IW '" TURRET??.'_" * MAKE THEIR■ FOOT'HOLD GOOD.' ■•■ ■!., • j;w- ■-- ' :■. "' ''■•-' (Reed.'B.sS' a.m.) ■"- '«>- rK '-° ! > ' .CLONDON, May 2.

An observer is •■ confident that the Australians and New ZeSlanders were not behind the Canadians in Flanders for resolute soldiership and contempt for They (have) already made good their holdj on-thV lower'slope of the Satebair, ori e of the highest hills on the.rugged peninsula.- v ' AUSTRIAN—ITjALI AN jF RjONl^lEßfc TRAINS OF HEAVY ARTILLERY. USE OF PASSES SHOPPED. (Reed 1 ; 5.55. &.m.)....-v--,: v. ':'-' : '" ■ I VENICE,/May- 2, Trains loaded ftri.th. neavvy.Austrian artillery, are 1 aravingj; at commaftiding positions on th e '(ltalian frontier. Atlßr tria traffic through the passes, *and alsoJiight travelling in the frontier districts.''.