GERMAN ROUT

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 250, 13 July 1915, Page 5

GERMAN ROUT

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ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT. THREE GERMAN CORPS ROUTED. ARTILLERY RUSHED TO REAR. INFANTRY LEFT TO THEIR FATE. PETROGRAD, July 12. It is authoratively stated that the enemy forces decisively defeated south of Lublin consisted of three army corps, of which, as the result of a week's losses, one army corps has vanished. The enemy in this region is everywhere retiring. The artillery has been rushed to the rear, leaving the infanty to their fate. The Austro-Germans are showing increased activity in other districts. DEADLY GASES, A RUSSIAN SORTIE. PETROGRAD, July 12. The Red Cross have ascertained that the Germans arc using more deadly and denser gases, increasing the Russian casualties, where some respirators are ineffective. Official: The garrison of Ossovviec sortied on Friday night and destroyed the enemy's saps. We blew up two of the enemy's mines in the CalbsecehZvabno district. Fighting continues on the JoscfowBykluvva front. The enemy held his jround on Hill 118 yesterday, deliverng a' vigorous alti-ck. which .we repulsed with heavy enemy losses. vVo took •00 prisoners and three machine-guns south of Bykhava. TKS ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, ATTACK AND COUNTER-ATTACK. (Reed 11.10 pan) ROME, July 12. Official: We took the offensive at PalgVande, in Carnia, and drove out the enemy from his advanced trench, inflicting considerable losses. The enemy's night counter-attack .in the Isonzo zone broke down. HUNTING OUT THE AUSTRIANS, GORIZIA GARRISON HARD PRESSED. (Reed 11.45 p.m.) ROME, July 12. On the lower Isonzo the Austrians ar e being relentlessly hunted out of their trenches. Swiss telegrams announce that Gorizia is on the point of being evacuated. Th e civil population has left, and the garrison is hard pressed, but the Austrians hold the commanding positions outside the town. . . PIRATES "SEE RED-" INOFFENSIVE TRAWLER SHELLED LONDON, July 11. A submarine shelled the trawler Fleetwood, fishing in th e North Sea, on Sunday. The second shell exploded in the stern, wrecking the trawler's lifeboat. Th e crew were helpless under cintinued shellfire A deck hand was killed and the engineejr and captain's son severely wounded. The submarine came closer, the commander shaking his fist and apparently preparing to torpedo the trawler. The fishermen held up their bleeding shipmates, and the Germans desisted and depai-ted. sThe Fleetwood] wajs crir>pled, but reached Grimsby. FRENCH GENERAL HONOURED. PARIS, July 12. General Gourand, who waa wounded at the Dardanelles, hag heea awarded the Military Medal.

HUGE . GERMAN LOSSES. THEIR OWN CASUALTY LISTSTHE MONTHLY TOLL. ■ (Reed. 9.10 a.m.) PARIS, July 12. German casualty lists show that since the outset 4000 officers hav e been killed, wounded, or taken prisoners monthly, A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. GIVE AND TAKE ACTIONS. (Reed 9.20 a.m.) A communique stated that after brewing a great number of asphyxiaIng projectiles the enemy attempted o attack southwards of Souchez towards midnight. They failed, but a •econd attack, toards two o'clock, enabled th eenemy to occupy the ceme-, lery and portions of the adjacent trenches. A very keen struggle, wherein grenades vver ethrown, occurred in the trenches south and east of Neuville without appreciable change, tlic enemy •sing shells of every calibre. They •iolently cannonaded various points iear Woevre and attempted several ..ttacks bht all v,-ere repulsed, I An enemy's attack (south-west of ' \mraort7.willc-r was repulsed with imnoTtant losses. We took several prisoners. SBBELLION RAISERS. CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH i GOLD AND DECORATIONS. i A LARGE QUANTITY SEIZED. (Reed 9.20 a.m.) ! PARIS, Julf 12. A French torpedo boat landed at Marseilles eleven Turks they captured that were bound for Tripoli, in- j tending to raise a rebellion. Twenty-five thousand pounds and a' larg R number of Turkish decorations and iron crosses were found on board : their vessels. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS. i PARIS, July 12 The Germans on Thursday fired sixteen 105 millimetre shells into Saftdie, i killed a civilian, and slightly wounded a few others ! Official: There was a violent bombardment of our positions at Metzeral and La Ponten Belle, and west of Am-! j merzw.iller Th e enemy again shelled Arras and Rheims„ • GERMAN SLIMNESS. DODGES THAT DIDN'T WORK. (Reed. 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. "Eye-witness" gives an example of the enemy's slimness. When they saw a British aeroplane using daylight flares th e Germans concentrated their gunfire on th e specific areas of our line, to mak e us imagine the aeroplane was the enemy's, directing German artillery, and thus induce us to shell it. Underlying the idea the ruse was distinctly ingenious. Another trick was, that, knowing the British weakness for collecting souvenirs, they left about the trenches bright helmets, 1 containing bombs, which explode when picked up. LOYAL JEWS (Reed 9.45 p.m,) LONDON, July 12. The Chief Rabbi has returned frora a tour of the front. Jewish officers number 900, and rank and file 12,000.

ACTIVITY IN BELGIUM. PRELUDE TO BIG ATTACK. (Roc?! 11.45 p.m.) j ROTTERDAM, July 12. The unuGUiial activity of the Ger- I mans in Flanders continues. Bridges ar e being strengthened to enable the passage of guns. A German offensive with tremendous artillery is anticipated. AMERICA AND GERMANY. PRESS CRITICISMS. NEW YORK. July 12. The foremost leaders of American thought declare that tha Note is insulting, and demand an urgent and vigorous reckoning with Goran ny. The Herald says the right of ucntitils to the free use of the sea its in alienable. Amerca's position in regard to the so-called war zone is adamant and irrevocable. While the assurance that legitimate American shipping will not be jeopardised is n distinct advance over anything hitherto emanating from the Gorman Foreign Office, the statement that Germany is uilal.de to admit that American citizens should protect enemy ships through their presence on board, is offensive. The Evening Telegram says the Kaiser not only wants his way on the sea, but the sea also, not only "a place in' the sun," but he wants that heavenly body so that he may peddle its rays to the rest of humanity.

I A SHAMELESS ATTEMPT. (Recci 11.10 a.m.) LONDOX : July 12. The "Manchester Guardian" states that Germany is shamelessly attempt hig to make the United States participate ' n German methods, by coramyliicating the names of sailing of ships which Yvould be permitted to go sate, thereby implicably consigning all cithers to their fate. DISASTROUS FIRES IN GERMANY. AMSTERDAM, July 12.The "Tagc-blatt" states that a great turf fire i.s raging at Schwehes. near Csnabrueck Already ten thousand tons of turf hav a been destroyed. Forest fires are extending many kilometres and burning between Witmohen.au and Zeishclz, Saxony. Several villages are threatened, and the inhabitants hav e evacuated them. A forest belonging to the Convent, at Morgen- ( stern was completely destroyed. The military are digging tirenches to con- " flue the conflagration. A GERMAN LAMENT. (Reed 9.45 p.m.) ' AMSTERDAM, July 12. The "Koelnische Volltseitung" says: There is no need to exaggerate the importance of the enemy's momentary success in South-West Africa. We' knew that our colonies would be cut off from the Fatherland, as they were only able to defend themselves with difficulty. Germany must be the victor in Europe, and w e will then rebuild our colonial empire. (The pathetic allusion to the German colonies, especially South-West Africa, being able to defend themscles only with difficulty, is more "unctuous hum. i bug," when it is well-known now that I the Germans plotted to invade Cape Colony from this region, and were well prepared.) IN GALLIPOL!. A FURTHER ADVANCE. (Reed. 9.10 a.m.) MITYLENE, July 12. After another severe battle the Allies' Rifiht Wing advanced another 200 yards . , NEWS VIA ZURICH. ZURICH, July 12. Hilmi Pasha states that the Turks are making huge quantities of animation by home labour. The Austrian War Minister has summoned men between IS and. 42 years of a"e, liable for service in the Landsturm, who have not yet been tailed, to attend an inspection in July. Seventy-seven eases of Asiatic cholera were reported in Austria on Thursday. They are chiefly civilians. BRITISH CASUALTIES. LONDON, July 12. The week-end casualty list totals 15(i officers and 2,220 men. The 7th and Bth Cameronians at the Dardanelles lost heavily in officers. NOT BANKRUPT. AMSTERDAM, July 12. The Hamburg-American Line denies insolvency. MUNITIONS. MR LLOYD GEORGES POWERS. - LONDON, July 12. Dr Addison, Under-Secretary foi Munitions of War, in reply to Mi Cornwall, said that Mr Lloyd G&orgt had sufficient poyeer without any for ther legislation; he could fully eont.ro; th e metal market In case cf need.

iiO'i i.XJrx. io ?i AivriXiJvT^it. TOO FAST FOR THE GERMANS. FREE STATERS ADVANCE ON SURPRISED ENEMY. AN HISTORIC MARCH. THROUGH CHOKING DUST AND PITILESS TKORNBUSII. (Reed 7.45 p.m.) PRETORIA, July 11. While the Germans followed a route in proximity to the railway, th e Union columns under Colonels Myburgih and Brits marched simultaneously in the. form of two horns far separated rigbi and left. When General Botha occupied Ota viafentein. with the central force. Myburgh on rh e right wing occupied the Tim go railway in line wßih the enemy's retreat, and after a short engagement captured hundred men, four guns, a large quantity of material and a wireless installation, and also released live hundred prisoners of war, In the meantim e Colonel Brits, by a strenuous and rapid march on the left, occupied Namutoni, east of Etashapan, releasing further prisoners and capturing large supplies. The enemy evidently did not intend Namutoni to bs th e last base before dispersing ncrthards. The Germans were profoundly astonished at the rapidity of the advance, and believed that with the last waterhole 45 miles distant they were safe for a day or two. At Otaviafoutein. where they intended to make a stand, their first intimation of cur presence was the appearance of many of General Botha's clashing- brigade of Free Staters advancing right up tc their partially prepared positions. They could not credit that infantry had also arrived. The latter had only quarter rations, and limited water, and marched, through choking dust and the pitiless thornbush. LORD KITCHENER'S FREE HAND. TO GET WHATEVER HE ASKS. BONBON, July 12. At the Guildhall meeting, Sir Ed.vard Carson, in proposing a vote of thanks to Earl Kitchener and warail< •lodging tho meeting to support tL>tppeal, said Earl Kitchener possessor the absolute eonMeneo. of the Cabin* - mdj what wes more, the absolute eoriideneo of tho country. The naticr vould give bim whatever he asked lr ■rder to reac-li final-victory. No poor tr service could be rendered by any nan to his comity than shake the conidenco of the nation in Earl Kitchener. (Cheers). In a great struggle for

existence, victory was never 'won oy rpolicy of pinpricks. The voluntary system was on its trial. Did anyboey doubt that if it foiled we ought to hesitate to apply compulsory service* (Cheers). Lord Derby, in seconding, paid that as a practical recruiter he knew that where they wanted a Hood they were tit present experineing .something of a drought. lie resented the embarrassing qustions asked in and out of V:r Hnmcnt, i.e.. if spies were shot in the moat of the Tower. It' lie had his w.; ; - those who nsked the Government these questions would be taken there and shot, too. (Cheer?). If they failed to obtain men by the present system, they would then have the right to go *»> Earl Kitchener and say: "There are other powers. Put them into force." (Cheers). Mr. Winston Churchill, in moving n vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, said he thought it right to repudiate the dangerous and libellous suggestions scattered broadcast that it was due to Britain's shortcomings that the war would not be brought to a speedy eonelusion. He regretted these disputation.l; about tilings which were past. People should not waste their energies on sterile controversies, but keep their hatred for the common enemy. WAR BONUSES. TO POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES. (Reed 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. Mr Samuel, in reply to a question, said a war bonus was granted to Post Office employees of 3/ a week on salaries of 40/ or under, and 2/ on salaries between 40/ and 60/. , BRITISH PRIZE COURT. ; APPLICATION FOR CONDEMNATION (Reed 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. The Prize Court is considering an application to condemn a number of Scandinavian vessels captured going from America, bound for Copenhagen, with, jcargqes including 23-\ (ms.llji.on pounds of meat and meat products, allegedly for re-exportation to Germany.