TURKISH HEADQUARTERS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 209, 14 May 1915, Page 5

TURKISH HEADQUARTERS

CONTINUED FRENCH SUCCESS.

ITALY AND THE WAR.

AT THE DARDANELLES.

THE BRITISH AT LA BASSEE

ADMIRABLE FRENCH DASH.

THE DARDANELLES.

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

THE GOLIATH TORPEDOED.

OFFICIAL REPORT

ZEPPELIN RAID PLANNED.

A RUSSIAN REPLY.

IN A TIGHT CORNER.

AUSTRO-GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY.

REMOVED TO RODOSTO CONSTANTINOPLE DEPRESSED ALLIED [ARMIES CONVERGING ON TURKS THE GOLIATH SUNK i TORPEDOED IN THE DARDANELLES * BRITISH SUBMARINE IN MARMORA SEA SUPREME EFFORT TO REACH CALAIS BROKEN

FIERCE FIGHT NEAR GALLIPOLI LONDON, May 12, 3.50 p.m. Last night a German counter attack recaptured from the French a part of the Loos and Verm'elles trenches tak,en yesterday. On Saturday evening Franco-English forejes, operating in the south of Gallipoli Peninsula with support of gun s of Allied fleets made general attack against a position already damaged the day before. Troops with remarkable spirit and vigour took at the point of th e bayonet several lines of trenches on the heights of Kritha

During the day they consolidated and fortified the ground conquered the day before. Turks mad.e no attempt to counter attack.

IN THE DARDANELLES. FIVE HUNDRED PERISH. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. The cruiser Goliath, 12,950 tons, jh as been torpedoed in the Dardanelles; five hundred perishing. Twenty officers and 160 men Avere rescued. El 4 sank two Turkish gunboats and a large number of transports. (The Goliath is an old class of pjteDreadnoughts (not a cruiser) that are rapidly losing their fighting value, toeing in the same class as the Canopus and Vengeance. They displace 12,950 tons, have engines of 13500 h.p., giving a spewed of nearly 19 knots. They carry four 12in, twelve 6in., and ten 12 pounder guns, all of obsolescent pattern. Their protection belt is only Gin. thick. They cost about £850,000, and carry a complement of about 700. ATTACKED BY TORPEDO FLEET

The High Commissioner reports Lon don, May 13th, 5.25 p.m. Mr.. Churchill has announced that the battleship “Goliath” was torpedoed in the Dardanelles on Wednesday in a topedo attack by destroyers while protecting the French flank. TURKS FLITTING. PROM GALLIPILI TO RODOSTO. Received 9.10 a.m. ATHENS, May 13. The Turkish headuarters staff at Gallipoli has been removed to Rodosto. A NORTH SEA FIGHT. BETWEEN TORPEDOERS AND DESTROYERS. TWO GERMAN TORPEDOERS SUNK AND ONE BRITISH DESTROYBR. The High Commissioned reports und,er date London, May 13, 2.15 a.m.: The Admiralty announces that H.M. ships Barbados and Columbia, Muira and Chlrsit were attacked •on May 1, by two German torpedo boats. The engagement lasted a quarter of an hour, when the enemy broke action. The direction of their retreat was qomf animated to British destroyers, which followed and destroyed both torpedo boats.

The Columbia, however, was sunk with a loss of sixteen officers and men Only a deckhand was saved. - Fighting in ISTorth .Arras is continuextreme violence. On Tuessey.eral'bfthe 'enemy’s .eotm*. ter attacks' were refiuitlees. Four thousand prisoners have been taken since Sunday,

THE POSITION IN GALICIA. LONDON, May 12, 11.10 a.m. The High Commissi6ner reports: After the successful actions of the Advance Guard, Russians approached Seavli, occupied by the enmey, and joined in the battle. Cavalry pressed the enemy and took several pickets prisoners. Between the Vistula and the Carpathians th e enemy continues to attack.

On the evening of the 9th the principal section of the fighting, in the region of Strj r scheff, wag created in a situation unfavourable to bh e Russians but an imp’etuous attack by the reserve at Bisko and .Tardmiz, against the enemy’s right wing, which was aV tempting to pierce the Russian front, stopped the onset, the Germans being arrested at th e outset. The success m a bled the Russians to fall back tranquilly to a designed position.

TO GERMAN SUCCESS. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS TAKEN. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. The High Commissioner reports under date London, May 13, 5.25 a.m.: Russians are pressing retreating Germans who were driven from Shavli to the south-west. In the direction of Uzsok Pass and Stryj, Austrian attacks were Repulsed. Near Rozianka th enemy who occupied part of a. crater made by the explosion of a mine were dislodged* and they fled in disorder. In the last few days the enemy left 5000 d'ead on the slopes of the Jawornik Range. In the Tin imdnoY?tor Region, on a front of 40 mile?, the Russians progßessed with great success, inflicting heavy loss. Over 5000 prisoners wejre taken on Monday alone. Th e enemy hastily evacuated the whole of the left bank of the Dneisfer, and were ejected from Zaleszcziki

COSSACKS CAPTURE TRENCHES. ON THE BUKOWINA FRONT. (Reed, .10 a.m.) PETROGRAD, May 13. Official: On,the Bukowina front, on the right bank of tjh,e Dneister, Cossacks traversed the barbedwire entanglements and dislodged the Austrians from three lines of trenches, capturing 2000 men, a battery of quickfirers, and a string of Caissons.

RUSSIANS CONTINUE STRUGGLE. RAILWAYS AID THE GERMANS. PETEOGRAD, May 13. It is semi-officially estimated that the Austro-Germans have already lost a hundred thousand in the eight days’ battle in Galicia. The Russians continue their heroic struggle against superior numbers, which the Germans’ railway system enables them to concentrate. At Donajetz seven divisions on a front of thirteen miles formed the point of a wedge but the efforts .of the Germans only forced the Russians to retire to a more secure /position, which has not been penetrated. - V • The Austro-Germans in ,the Javornik district left five thousand dead on the mountain slopes.

ROADS AND VILLAGES CAPTURED MANY OFFICERS AND MEN. BEING TAKEN) AS PRISONERS. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.) PARIS, May 13. A communiqbe states that an obstinate struggle continues ’ southward of Notre Dame de Lorette. Violent counter. attacks through the night wejre repulsed, the enemy having extremely heavy losses. We carried by assault the entirje village of Cerency Wood, northward of Hill 125. The garrison holding the wood and village was comprised of two Infantry Battalions, a battalion of Bavarian Chasseurs and six companies of pioneers each 300 strong. These had transformed the locality into a formidable redoubt, which offered desperate resistance. On© hundred were bayonetted and 1050 were taken as prisoners, including 30 office(rs and a Colonel and Major of Chasseurs.

We won 100 metres of ground north, ward of Neuville, and seized the road leading to Givenchy. From the southern end we carried the centre of Neuville and the Germans wer e thrown back on the northern en<j which we outflanked.

UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. . IN SEIGE WARFARE. (Reed. .10 a.m.) PARIS, May 13. Official: Every house in Neuville was found to be loopiholed, and every cellar wa s transformed into a covered trench. The village was conquered house by house, the Germans surrendering in batches. Further north the French emerging from th e B,erthonville Wood, dashed through, unharmed, a storm of shot traversing the enemy’s trenches, and dragged sections of the Germans out l|rom their underground lairs, then scaled the entrenched slopes and hill crest, dominating th,e plain. Many French officers fell. Of four battalion commanders only one is left. Four kilometres were covered in 90 minutes. No such success has been previouslly achieved, in this si,ege warfare, either by Germans or French.

ON ALL FRONTS. FIERCE FIGHT IN FLANDERS. In Flanders the battle is raging fiercely, the enemy endeavouring to break through the Allies lines. Paris reports that Germans recaptcred from the French a part of the Loos and Vermelles trenches. Elsewhere all gains are maintained, and the enemy's counter attacks were repulsed. Pettograd reports that the Russians are struggling against superior numbers in Galicia, and that they retired slightly, inflicting tremendous losses on th e enemy. A fierce battle is proceeding at Gallipoli near Maidos, the warships, including the Queen Elizabeth, are participating. ALL ALIENS INTERNED. FOR MUTUAL SAFETY LONDON, May 13. M!r-Asquit|h said the Government proposed that all adult alien enemy males, for their own and for Britain's safety, should be segregated and interned. All over military age will be repatriated and women and children in suitable cases will also be repatriated. Some might remain. An Advisory Board to -consider exemptions would be established, and he added, there were 40,000 uninterned. PILLAGE IN LONDON. EVERYONE OF GERMAN EXTRACTION. TO AVOW LOYALTY. (Reed. .10 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. There aj*e amazing scenes of wreckage and pillage in London. Every German and Austrian shop between Hack, ney and Islington were smsahed. This insistent movement will compel naturalised British subjects of German extraction to avow their loyalty and many are responding, including Ernes and Felix Schuster. 12. F. Schiff, Carl Meyqft*, Felix Simon, and R. A. Lloyd. No one was killed.

SOUTH AFRICAN RIOT. GERMAN PROPERTY DESTROYED. LOSSES AMO ENT TO £200,000. JOHANNESBURG. May 13. Serious anti-German riots' are taking place. The premises of -the whole of the German .afid Austrian', butchers beer saloon's, aad ’merchants' firms were wrecked and MLcd. Tac GeraniV Liederkrauz Gluiw-was Twidfd' AndM-hF furniture hpn-.{|•: edChadchiug'fG pnv.n Lc> were burned. The tofwl”'Abss hr rh»riot p-.j? f-f--. ■-. ...... ~t-.. ••

GERMANY’S INTENTIONS. PARIS, May 13. The Temps’ Rome correspondent says it was known in well-informed Italian circles that Germany intended to invade Italy after Charleroi and Mons, capture Milan, attack France from the south, and capture Lyons. The defeat of the Germans at the Marne upset the plans and forced Germany to court Italy.

FIGHT LIKE HEROES. BRITISH LOSE TERRIBLY. I DUNKIRK, May 13. The British attack commenced on Saturday with terrific bombardment of the trenches and hills. Then the right and centre carried the first line of trenches on Angers’ Ridge almost without opposition. Our troops, including Indians, advanced to the second line when there came a withering fire from rifles and machine-guns. The Germans’ infantry, massed in great force, had suffered little from the shell fire. Their trenches were deep, and reinforced with concrete with underground galleries. When the British advanced the Germans issued from their subterranean trenches and turned on massed machine-guns. Our men fought like heroes in the face of tremendous odds. Our left almost reached Haubouran, but great numbers debouched from Lille, and we were slowly driven back still holding a footing on Aubers’ Ridge. '' V'' The French now command the plain extending from Douai to Lille, and are within striking distance of Lens and La Bassee. They made better progress, but the British had the harder task. In our repeated rushes on the outskirts of La Bassee we lost terribly. I Then men encountered entanglements jin the most unlikely spots. The Germans largely relied on machine-guns. Their number appeared unlimited, and the supply of ammunition apparently inexhaustible. The trenches under tho walls of La Bassee were made of concrete and shielded by thick steel plates against artillery. Our troops returned heroically to the assault again and again. The battle is now diminishing in intensity.

LONDON TO BE VISITED. LONDON, May 13. Rotterdam reports that American ro : sidents in Berlin planning trips to London have been warned not to go.during the coming fortnight, as important Zeppelin raids arc planned. Berlin officials explained that the r*eent raids are a preliminary test for the strength of the British aerial defences. i TYPHUS IN PRISON CAMPS. OUTBREAKS AMONG BRITISH. LONDON, May 13. Mr. Gerard, the American representative, has reported to Sir Edwaro Grey that typhus has broken out in ten .camps in Germany where there are British prisoners. MERCHANT SHIPS TO BE ARMED. LONDON, May 13. .Shipping'men declare that since the sinking of the Lusitania they must seek self-protection. It is officially declared that merchantmen are to be armed as fast as guns can be mounted.

SAVED BY THE RIFLE BRIGADE. LONDON, May 13. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Regiment and the Second Glouceaters were almost surrounded, but were saved by the Rifle Brigade and the Argyll Highlanders swimming a section of the Eperloo Canal, nad falling on the German flank under an intense artillery fire. The Pathas and Gurkhas prepared to advance on Aubers by capturing a wood at Rammeles. The Germans, however, profiting' by their Neuve Chapelle experience, cunningly concealed machine-guns. During the bombardment the British force obtained a footing on the lower slopes of the ridge. The Indians suffered severely. The First Gloucester were badly cut up. The British did splendid work, despite the Germans strewing the plain with thousands of star-shaped contrivances which always had four-inch spikes uppermost. The Bedfords and Highlanders were prominent. At La Basses between Saturday and Tuesday night we fired n million and a half shells. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. LONDON, M.ry i The Germans have decided ir the worst cpines •-id take the Gdebdfi, IVV.& aid iiain-vilel- -i-gjll dgstipyerdv and the best. jhe/ca.harri.cji a port hy.j.rtintiing-thttd’Nbiunt-lep >f rhr ; Russians on a f'h-.v:-. h'Vht wT.V* s c..i<r ; wind prevents the uu- h;r: TbnuHm

BOMBARDMENT B I WARSHIPS. ■ATHENS, May IA Monday’s bombardment of the Dardanelles was of unprecedented >’io lence. It lasted for thirteen hours. All the largest battleships participated. NAVAL COMMANDER KILLED LONDON, May 23. Commander Hood, of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, -wag killed at the Dardanelles. THE TURKS DEPRESSED HEAVY LOSSES. ATHENS, May IS. There is groat depression in Constantinople. The number of killed in recent battles exceeds the severest actions in til? Balkan war. Popular alarm has been intensiiki by the news that a British submarin© entered the Sea of Marmora. ENEMY FIGHTING- DESPERATELY LONDON May 12, The Daily Telegraph’s Mityene coyrespondent says the Turks . on Fridv.y, were fighting desperately to proven# being pushed into the sea between Maidus and Gallipoli. The Allies frora Seddul Bahr, Gaba Tepe, and the Goi-i of Saros were converging on the enemy. V UNION JACK HOISTED. , t BY GENERAL BOTHA. ■ — i GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA-. ‘ v CAPETOWN, May 13 Official: General Botha hoisted lit Union Jack at Windhoek without resistance. He found 3000 Europeans and 12,500 natives at Windhoek. He describes the yesult as practically the complete possession of German South-wesS Africa.