GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 232, 22 June 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

«. AT GALLIPOLI. STORMING OF ACHIBABA. ARMOURED MOTOR CARS. DO EXCELLENT WORK. i TURKEY'S HOURS NUMBERED. (Reed iiooi..) > . ■•"■ LONDON, June 20. A Renter message states that two armoured Touret rector cars, of the naval air service, did useful work, but the roads are mainly unsuitable for this method of warfare, and they are uii-g but two faiiJy gcod roads, from Sa-ldel Bahr and Cape Hellea to Krithia, which cut ihiough the enemy's Frenches at right angles. Light cars advanced, crossing our tranches over special bridges, ran clos-e tc the enemy's Hues, and cpaned machine gun fire on the deep entrenchments of the enemy, which made further progress impossible. The cars at the same time ofiered a good target for the enemy's guns. Shell ( began to drop around, but the motor cars backed cut of the danger zone, and our Ct-ntre dai-hed so far forward, that two of tne car& weie slightly damaged. We were unable to maim am all the ground, although the laval division fo'ight with th e utmost gallantry. The Turks reserved vigorous coun-ter-attacks till Sunday, wh< n reserves ca.T.e up from beyond Achi Bata. Our men were very haid pressed, and abandoned two conquered trenches.but held remaining ground, repulsing the Turks with great loss. The storming of Athitaba is a difficu't problem, and presents a series of smooth slopes at terraecj intervals, as difficult to mGUnt as the glacis of oldfashioned forts. A Turkish officer that was. taken prisoner said Germany is qui ally. We know our country's hours are numbered. *;ut we fight for her as you would fight for yours. "IMSHI VALLA' AN AUSTRALIAN MESSAGE. TO NEW ZEALAND BATTERY. NO NFED FOR RIFLES. CAiFtO, Juns 20; ' Australians lecenUy sent a message to No. 2, New 2;c;ila].d Battery, which wus doing excellent work upon Colonel Plugge's Plateau: "Go it mates, no need for us to use rifles while you "fire like that."' The men are ro'ketn th>.,t they do not desir e to leave the trenches. The 16th battalion of the Third Australian Inter i ty wero ." • fi» v eeks in "the trenches before they ware relieved. Th* Australians' war cry on the Peninsula is ''lmslii Valla," Arabic wbrtiS. meaning "Ee off, move on." Before iJie Triumph was sunk, she did excellent work in cutting off Turk.itih ereinforsements cemfng up :he guF ■ Gaba Tepe. ■ '. ; f Captain VtelliJssJprd. the ,ohampioa sMij: #}s 'ss '? I,H ''¥& * nt cf

the mainstays of the force at Sari Bair. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. . BRITISH CASUALTIES. THE SHIPPING TOLL. - LONDON, June ID, Arm}'' officers, killed 9, wounded IS, missing 2, men asphyxiated 17, killed 355, wounded 1303, suffering from gas poisoning 72, missing 2SO, prisoners 9. During the week ended 16th, seven ships were torpedoed and sunk by mines, totalling 16,076 tons. Total sailings: arrivals 1,347. Five fishing vessels were sunk, totalling 818 tons. The British exploded several mines yesterday and destroyed the enemy's trenches. Our military rifle fire inflicted casualties on the enemy while trying to escape after the explosions. The electrical power stations at La Bassee was successfully bombarded yesterday by our airmen. LONDON, June 20, 3.10 a.m. North of Arras, after a fierce struggle, Bural Bottom, which was stubbornly defended by the enemy since May 9th, has been carried by assault. On the slopes of East Lorette, in the direction of Souchez, the French captured sevral trenches, making 300 prisoners. The advance in Alsace is continued on both banks of the Fecht. The French bombarded Munster railway station and blew up an ammunition depot. Metzvale, which the Germans set afire before evacuating, has been completely invested. NATIONAL SHELL FACTORY. ESTABLISHED AT BIRMINGHAM. (Rec. 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. It has been decided to establish a national shell factory at Birmingham. A CASUALTY CANARD. DENIED IN THE SENATE. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED. RETURN HOME. (Reed 9.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE Monday. In the Senate Mr Pearce announced tliat arrangements had been made for the United States Ambasrador in Constantinople to sxipply information regarding prisoners of war in Turkey. Mr Pearce emphatically contradicted the statement that casualties amounted to 10,000 monthly. Our men had been fighting over a month and the casualties had not reached 10,000. Many reported M r ounded were already back in the firing line. The hospital ship Kyarra has left Suez with eleven officers, twenty-nine men en route to Australia. Colonel Leggc's appointment is gazetted with the rank of Brigadier-Gen-eral.