GERMAN LOSSES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 83, 6 April 1916, Page 5

GERMAN LOSSES

* WERE NEVER SO TERRIBLE. AS IN RECENT EVENTS AT VERDUN. GERMANY'S DESPERATE ABANDON. BRITAIN WON'T AGREE TO PEAGE. .&■ A NAVAL ENGCUNTER. / LAME GERMAN TORPEDOER IN TOW. FORJS BLOWN TO ATOMS. . SMYRNA DEFENCES COMPLETELY DESTROYED < i _ HEAVY ARTILLERY WORKS AT MALANCOURT. GERMAN CONVO1 r S ATTACKED IN ALSACE. LONDON, April 5. In the Argonne we cannonaded enemy organisations, notably in the region Montfaucon and Malancoart. "West of the Meuse there is rat ier , violent artillery fighting from Avocourt to Malancourt. k . , East of the Meuse the night was relatively calm, and the Germans iipde no attempt on our front at Douaumont and Vaux, which was reseg|ahlished hy our counter attacks yesterday. Our batteries were particu- .. Xarly active on adversary position in that region, the enemy feebly replying. East of the Bois le Pretrascong an enemy reconnaissance was dispersed by our fire. In Alsace our batteries fired upon convoys on the route to Thann and Mulhouse.

GERMANS THRUST BACK AT ALL POINTS. FRENCH ARE PROGRESSING AT CAILLETTE. ENEMY FLUNG BACK IN DISORDER, LONDON, April 5. West of th e - Meuse an attack against the village of Haucourt completely miscarried. East of the Meuse, between Douaumont and Vaux, the Germans delivered a powerful attack against our first line. 300 metres south of Douaumont village the attacking troops were forced back by our fire and flung disorderly towards the wood at Chauffouyr, where they suffered heavily from French artillery fire. i North of the wood at Caillette French troops continue to progress. In the Vosges, southeast of Seppois, a German attempt was foiled. GERMANY'S THREATS AGAINST ENGLAND. FOB NOT AGREEING TO END THE WAR. MORE AND MORE FRIGHTFULNESS PROMISED. 2* THE HUNS HAVE DESPERATE NEED FOR PEACE. r - (Reed. 9.40 a.m.). • < AMSTERDAM, April 5, The Cologne Gazette states that Zeppelins will go to England with.more ana more frequency, armed increasingly with more terrible weapons. The English, who are preventing this awful war being terminated, will learn from air raids that the war will bring them ever more frightful surprises. GERMAN LOSSES WERE NEVER SO TERRIBLE. AS IN RECENT REPULSES AROUND VERDUN. INFERIOR TROOPS WILFULLY SACRIFICED. TO FACILITATE APPROACH OF BETTER FIGHTERS. ENEMY ATTACKERS ALMOST ANNIHILATED. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.). PARIS, April 5. Semi-official: Describing tho attack nreceding the flight of a German remnant to Craufleur wood it is stated that the enemy's object was to turn onr position at Douaumont Plateau, but the majority of attackers were annihilated before reaching our lines. It is noteworthy that troops of inferior, quality, advanced shoulder to shoulder foremost ranks being sacrificed to facilitate the advance of second masses, composed of better fighters. These brutal and futile tactics show a disregard for human material contrasting with the French methods of sparing their men. The enemy's looses were never sn terrible as during the recent re#lses at Avocourt, Douaumont and Vaux. A NAVAL FIGHT IN THE CATTEGAT. CANNONADE HEARD ON SHORE. LAME GERMAN TORPEDOER TOWED IN. f!QP^N^ A A "Til B. Newspapers report a naval o^<--»>*, in e catteuat; A cannonade was heard, and a German badlv damaged, was towed later past Helsingborg, of southern Sweden.

BLOWN TO DUST BY BRITISH WARSHIPS. THE SMYRNA FORTS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. LONDON, April 5.-, The "Times" correspondent at Salonika says the Smyrna coastal defences, and forts at St. George and Sandjak, were blown to atoms by British warships en Friday. The Turkish b attcries did not reply.—Times and Sydney Sun Services. GREAT RUSSIAN ARTILLERIST MATHEMATICAL A COMMANDER WHO LEAVES NOTHING TO CHANCE. " AUSTRTANS THROWN BACK IN CALICIA. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.). LONDON, April 5. Experts point out that the Russian General Ivanoff is a great artillerist mathematician, and that his plans have le'ft nothing to chance. PETROGRAD, April 5. A communique says: We are advancing south-westerly in the region cf Mush and Bitlis. We repulsed an enemy offensive against the railway west of Tarnopol, in Austrian Galicia, 80 miles e.s.e. of Lemberg. The floods are still rising. We fired oh the Germans south of the Dvinsk when evacuating their flooded trenches. TERRIBLE CARNAGE AROUND FORGES. THE FRENCH SUSTAINED NO LOSSES. GERMAN RANKS LITERALLY MOWN DOWN. PARIS, April 5. A communique says: The Germans bombarded the front from Douaumont to Vaux with great violence. The infantry strongly attacked south of Douaumont in successive waves, followed by columns. Our artillery and machine-gun and rifle fire mowed them down, causing them to retreat in disorder to Chauffour Wood, where our artillery inflicted considerable losses. The "Petit-Journal" says the withdrawal near Forges was so skilful that the enemy's day-long bombardment wasted thousands cf shells. When the attack was launched in successive waves the French frontal fire from their new positions mowed down the enemy. The French '7s's opened a terrible fire on their flank. It was a veritable carnage, whole ranks being cut clown, while the French sustained no casualties. Colonel Repin.'iton describes the G erman prisoners at Verdun as ignoble and unmiiitary-lcoking, with brutish, horrible faces, being apparently capable of any crime. Many are under sized. It seems as if anybody, trained cr untrained, has been called ov.t. GENERAL LAKE NE ARING KUT EL AMARA. THIS MORNING THE TURS WERE DRIVEN BACK. THE OPERATIONS ARE PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY. LONDON, April 5. General Lake- reports that at five o'clock this morning the Tigris corps attacked and carried the enemy's entrenched positions at Um El Hamah. Operations are proceeding satisfactorily.

ANOONA RAIDED. THREE AUSTRIAN RAIDERS "DOWNED." ROME, April 5. A communique states: Five Austrian seaplanes, escorted by two torpedoers, appeared at Ancona. They were attacked by batteries on an armoured train, and by four aeroplanes. The raiders fled, three being brought down at sea. GERMAN HYDROPLANE DISABLED. PILOTS MADE PRISONERS. PARIS, April 5. A French destroyer in the North Sea picked up a disabled German hydroplane, and took the pilots prisoners. N.2. MUNICIPAL FISH SUPPLY SYDNEY, April 5. The steamer Cowan has been sold for New Zealand. It is understood she will be used in connection with the municipal fish supply venture. . MASSACRED ARMENIANS. . LONDON, April 4. It is reported in Athens that the Turks have massacred 50 Armenians in Constantinople, and numerous women and children in Nikmidia and Adapazar.—(Times and Sydney Sun Services). GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE. NOT MADE AT VERDUN. A TRUSTWORTHY OPINION.

Mr. Frederick Coleman, who has been with British headquarters since the commencement of the war says: "When the French 75's draw their curtain of fire in front of the German attacking forces, you can be sure that 60 or 70 per cent of the enemy are going to be stopped," said Mr. Coleman. "Don't worry when tho Germans take a line of trench or gain the corner of a wood. They have paid a price which made it a very bad bargain for them indeed. To-day the Germans have got to move. Their position, military and economic, is such that they cannot affcrd to stay still. They have got to do something. I don't think that the Germans' great push, which has still to come, will be made at Terduj' J'They may 'hke Verdun if they are willing tc pay the price—l do not think they will—but they will find another positon just as strong a little way back. You must watch for the great enemy offensive that will yet come, either on the French front or our front; Verdun seems to be about the Inst place where it will occur. You can rest assured, in any case that the French line will not be broken."

, ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. J JUST A FLYING VISIT. ! NO DAMAGE, NO CASUALTIES.. LONDON, April 5. - The High Commissioner reports: A Zeppelin is reported to have crossed the east coast of England between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. The airship djd not stay leng over the land. Although several explosions are reported, no fragments of bombs were found. No damage j and no casualties are reported. i I | ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON BRITAIN i BOMBS CONTAIN NEIW EXPLOI SIVE. I .TERRIFIC STRENGTH OF SHELLS. [ _____ LONDON, April 5. It is officially stated that the Zeppelins' bombs contain a new explosive, which causes blue flames and smoke and ultra-sweet non-injurious ' fumes. It is concluded that the Germans are using wood fire instead of cotton and are compelled to invent a substitute for nitro-glycerine. ! Other reports state that one of the | most significant features of the raids j is the increased size of the Zeppelins and the terrific strength of their explosive shells and gas bombs. All accounts agree that the marksmanship of the anti-aircraft gunners is splendid. In one district seventy incendiary and some explosive shells were collected. Many of the latter failed to explode. A piece of rough cardboard was found in a field in an eastern county. (Written in pencil was, "Vengeance for the airship wrecked in the North Sea recently."

BRITAIN'S WONDERFUL RESOURCES. LONDON, April 4. In the House of Commons, Mr. McKenna explained that the reason the yield of the excess of profits tax was so small was the delay in passing the Finance Bill. Mr. McKenna added: The manner in which British credit has withstood the immense claims upon it is truly wonderful to those familiar with our financial methods and resources, and examination shows we have not borrowed one pound without providing new taxation to cover interest and to provide a liberal sinking fund. DONALD DINNIE DEAD. A FAMOUS ATHLETE. LONDON, April 5. Obituary.—-Donrfld Dinnie, the f*. \ ,?r " Lettish athlete. He won 11,000 ! contests.

MORS SHIPS SUNK. | ANOTHER NORWEGIAN TORPEDOED. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.). LONDON, April 5. The remainder of the Bengairn's crew have been landed. They were three days and nights in open boats in intense cold and were exhausted. The steamer Bendew has been sunk, firemen were lost, the rest were landed. The Norwegian steamer Arena was torpedoed in the North Sea. SHORTAGE OF TIN PLATES. LONDON, April 4. Overseas jam, tinned meat, (condensed milk and other industries using tin plates are seriously threatened owing to the shortage, due to the Ministry of Munitions' demands upon manufacturers for steel, and the restriction of output to tin plates required for war contracts, for which manufacturers must give a certificate. The existing demand largely exceeds the supply, which will be curtailed a further 30 per cent, this month. The present quotation is 32s 3d per box, compared with 13s 9d before the war. 'wheat market. LONDON, April 5. Wheat. —The American visible supply is estimated at 152,374,000 bushels. POORER GLASSES' FEARS. , LONDON, April 4. Mr. Barnes thought the new duties would press severely on the poorer classes, especially in regard to railway tickets. THE PROPOSED DUTIES AUTHORISED. LONDON, April 4. The House of Commons passed resolutions authorising the collection of duties in all Mr. McKenna's proposals. PROTEST AGAINST IRELAND'S INCLUSION. LONDON, April 4. Mr. William O'Brien protested against Ireland's inclusion in the Budget. Ireland could not bear the burdens of indefensible taxation.

A WISE PROVISION. _bNDON t April 5. There is general approval of Mr. McKenna's announcement that the excess profits tax will be extended to the sales of profit-producing assets, thus securing to the exchequer a share in the profit on sales of ships, som e of which cost £30,000 and are now selling at £200,000. PRESS CRITICISMS. LONDON, April 5. Newspapers, commenting on the Budget, dwell on the significance of raising three hundred millions yearly by extra taxation. The chief criticism is directed against the tax on railway tickets. It is pointed out that short journeys are not taxed. Only fares over ninepence for a single journey pay a penny; then a penny for every extra shilling. Many, io,vever, consider the tax a serious mistake. There si little joy riding nowadays, most travelling being a necessity, like rent. Cinemas are an important part of the amusement tax. At least ten million people visit the picture palaces weekly. Penny matinees for children in working class districts are taxed 50 per cent. t+ expected that the Government will issue a stamp wheih the public wi'l purchase with the ticket. '■ — ■. _,