THE DARDANELLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 208, 13 May 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES.

DESPERATE BATTLE PROCEEDING (Reed 9.10 a-m.) ATHENS, May 12. A desperate battle is proceeding between the towns of Gallipoli and Maidos The Queen Elizabeth is firing from the Gulf of Saros on Turkish reinforcements. SIR lAN HAMILTON'S REPORT. BRILLIANT SUCCESS LONDON, May 11, 8 p.m. Lord Crewe, in the House of Lords, paid thle following information had been received from Sir lan Hamilton, of operations till Thursday last. On the night of May 2 there was a violent attack by the enemy all along the line, and fighting went on from 8 p.m. to midnight. The attack was repulsed with inconsiderable loss to us, but with heavy losses to the enemy - On every succeeding night up to the 6th, the enemy renewed their attacks, but with diminishing intensity. On each occasion they were repulsed without difficulty and certain advance is being made by our troops. During the whole of this time the positions that were gained were strengthened and further supplies came up. It wa s reported that on the front of our position odeupiied ithe( 29$i Division, a very large number of dead Turks were found, and nameplates were picked up which showed that the losses of the enemy were very heavy, indeed The French on their side gained an important point on the left, where they are stated to have inflicted with the bayonet very heavy losses on the enemy. Operations all through had been supported by the fleet, but there was no special information to be given yet from the naval point of view, although they had been rendering most valuable assistance to landing operations. Australians and New Zealanders had also been engaged, who had fulfilled a most valuable function in containing the most powerful forces of the enemy towards the narrow neck of the Peninsula.

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. FURTHER LISTS. WELLINGTON, This Day. WOUNDED. AUCKLAND BATTALION. Private F. Gunn, Private A. -T. Phillips. OTAGO BATTALION. Private J. S. Crawford, Private John Hossack, Private C. L. Harding, Sergeant P. Savage. WELLINGTON BATT ALIGN. Private W. H. Biggs, Private F. H. lavey, Private A. H. Hartley. Private P. N. N. Jamieson, Private R„ Richard, Private D. L. Smith. HOWITZER BATTERY. Gunner A. Cock, died of wounds. GREEK PREPARATIONS. A SACRED LEGION. ORGANISED BY VENEZELOS, (Reed. 9.15 a.xn.) ATHENS, May 12. C --Premier Venezelos, at Mitylene, :, organising a sacred legion of 50,000 men for the purpose of realising the Hellenic programme in Asia Minor. MUNITION MECHANICS FOR ENGLAND. SENATOR MiLLEN SPEAKS OUT. (Reed. 10.20 a.m) SYDNEY, This Day. Commenting on the proposal to send munition mechanics to England, Senator Milieu stated that the ouput at the small arms factory was disappointingly below the estimates. The men were only working one shift, with overtime. Instead of sending njen to England,they would be more advantageously 'em* ployed here in. the formation of a shift, for speeding up the output. HARMLESS BOMB - DROPPING. SUCCESSFUL GERMAN COUNTER. (Kee. 9.35 a.m.) PARIS, May 12. German aviators- dropped bombs harmlessly on Compeigne and Audry. A communique states that Germans, during a counter-attack last night, recaptured from the French part of Loos and Vermeilcs trenches, taken yesterday. We maintained our gains else where, GERMAN PRISONERS BEG FOR MERCY (Reed 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 12. Renter’s Paris correspondent states that a wounded •officer, referring'-to the imprisonment -of;8.500 Getnuansp remarketl: “Wo killed'thrice that -n-urr.*" ber.Y Another- doclareA- .-tifet .• v-ftftfty, Osormans new suwenderlr fail -ohtheir knees and beg for .reercy.aod r .r,-r,ti r.fT/jera doing alroU&rly.

RUSSIAN LINS BROKEN. AUSTRIAN'S CLAIM VICTORIES. VIENNA, May 12. Official: Our troops during tEp las: two days have broken the Russian lins at Debica, compelling the forces south of the Vistula to retreat quickly behincl the Wisloka. The eastern wing in Poland is also retreating and evacuating the strongly fortified Nida front, which is unteilable. ITALY AND THE WAR. REPORTED AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRIA. ROME, May 12. Newspapers state that Giolitti informed the King that he eonsidere-3. the Austrians’ concessions were satisfactory. .The Corriere d ’ltalia states tli&o Austria offers to concede the whole Trentino up to Menau, while the Istrian border will start from north cS Goriis, through Nabresf and near Trieste. Italy will be given a free hancl south of Albania. ANTI-ALIEN CRUSADE. NATION ALIVE TO DANGER, LONDON, May 12. ' A procession of City men marched tQ the House of Commons and present£fi[ a petition to the Cabinet regarding thS grave danger of allowing aliens to to* main at large. A deputation which re=> presented the Stock and Baltic Exchanges, Lloyd ’a metal market, anc! the Corn Exchange, interviewed John Simon on the matter. Meetings are being organised in iu3 parts of the country. jj CABINET CONSIDERING QUESTION PORK BUTCHERS ATTACKED. LONDON, May 12, In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant promised that the Cabinet wcukfc reconsider the alien problem and repcrA to the House on Thursday. A crowd attacked a number of GfT~ man pork butchers at Waltham stew., doing considerable damage. WHY AMERICA WANTS PEACE* ■■ . .if NEW YORK, May 12, President Wilson, addressing fens thousand naturalised Americans til

Philadelphia, referred to the Lushas;-:, and said that America must set an trample of peace. The reason she wcnM not fight was because peace exerted a healing influence on the whole world. There was such a thing as a man toting too proud to fight, and such a thi -g as being in the right and there bfeAg no need to convince others by fox;?. The President pleaded tor the welding of the foreign blood that makes the American nation. He pointed out that the true goal of citizenship was loyalty to the country adopted. President Wilson ? » statement at Philadelphia aroused a tumult of enthusiasm. Thousands of small American flags were waved. President Wilson afterwards staled, that the Lusitania was not in his r.ir.d. He had not yet come to a- decision ana is still awaiting the facts.