LITERALLY MOWN DOWN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 87, 11 April 1916, Page 5

LITERALLY MOWN DOWN.

MASSED ATTACK. THEY RETIRE COMPLETELY BEATEN. FIRST SIGNS OF A GENERAL OFFENSIVE. TEUTONIC WARNING TO GREEGE. AM EARLY INVASION PROMISED. THE GREEK PREMIES RESIGNED. DRAMATO DEVELOPMENTS PREDICTED IN AMERICA. DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS PREDICTED IN AMERICA. - IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUSSEX. , _ .'*---.-..> t ..., - :. f.J --' -■ i . %" .. ..'v'-lU.r:.. ■ ' :" -"V (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). i .'_ "' J : ' : , LONDON, April 10. ■ Th« Daily Mail's New York correspondent, says there is no need for the Government to show any weakness over the Sussex affair, and predicts a dramatic development in the course of a few days. . NEW TYPE SUBMARINE CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH. f TWO OFFICERS AND TWENTY MEN. SURRENDER. -'. ; ' NEARLY ALL IN THEIR TEENS. [; "* *v: *' (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). LONDON, April 10. The Daily Telegraph states that the submarine which the French captured en Tuesday is one of the newer type. Two officers and 20 seamen surrendered, the majority being only in their teens. GENERAL MONRO'S REPORT ON GALLIPOLI. Vf A NARRATIVE OF DISTRESSING REVELATIONS. : ; THE BRITISH TROOPS IN A DEATH TRAP. ; ™^ ■ ?■■ EVERYWHERE DOMINATED BY TURKISH GUNS, ''^f, ** * ' ■ •' ■ - ■mini '"'"'" :| FORCES GRAVELY UNDER OFFICERED. ":. .'.." ■■ SICKNESS AND DISEASE PREVALENT: , v ,, ; _ • V" '.". . MARCH ON CONSTANTINOPLE- ~'^. •■■■ -• • r - (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). LONDON, April 10.

General Monro recognises that the quantities of stores destroyed and abandoned were considerable, but the great -aim was to save men, guns and ammunition, and he could not take risks in this respect. If evacuation ■were to be completed it demanded good luck and skilled organisation and these were forthcoming in a marked degree in the hour of need from General Birdwood and his corps commanders. Arrangements could not have been surpassed in skill, competence and courage. He mentions that as a result of the rain and blizzard on the 21st November, ther e were 200 deaths from exposure, and that 10,000 sick evacuated the peninsula chiefly Suvla. / }

General Monro will shortly furnish a distinguished conduct list, and Ms despatch covers a period from the Serbian expedition >to the withdrawal to Salonika. He shows that th e tenth division from Suvla, was sent to support the French effort to link up with the Serbians which failed. The withdrawal was ordered in accordance with a previous arrangement -with the Allies Governments.

General Sir Charles Monro's despatch dealing with the evacuation of Gallipoli states that he was instructed on October 28th to report on the military situation and to advise whether the troops should evacuate or persevere, also as to the number of troops required to carry the Peninsula and take Constantinople. Sir Chas. Monro found that the position of the troops was unique in history, possessing every possible military defect. It was completely subjected to Turkish artillery fire. The position was •without depth, and communication was insecure, depending on the weather. There was no means of concealing or deploying fresh troops for an offensive. Further, the Turks possessed full powers of observation and supplemented the natural advantages of the positon by all the devices of the field engineer.

Sir Chas. Monro found that the troops were suffering from various causes, including strain from continuous exposure to shell fire, from which it was impossible to withdraw them because every corner of the Peninsula -was exposed to hostile fire. The troops were also much enervated by an epidemic of summer diseases and they were gravely undei--officered owing to the losses in earlier battles. The makeshift mingling of foot and mounted necessary for holding the front did not tend to efficiency. Other Irrefutable, arguments convinced him that, complete evacuation was the .only course, namely that the Turks were able to hold Gallipoli with a small force and prosecute designs on Egypt and Bagdad; that a British advance from the present position was improbable; and that an advance on Constantinople was quite out of the question. The troops could therefore be more usefully employed elsewhere. • Sir Charles assumed supreme command of the Mediterranean army, appointing General Birdwood to command at the Dardanelles. He ordered the evacuation on December Bth. General Birdwood proceeded with the skill and promptitude characteristic of all he undertakes. It had been previoWy decided that to feint at attack, which text-books regarded as essential, to cover the evacuation would be worse than useless. It would certainly arouse the Turkish suspicions, so General Monro decided that the normal life on land and sea should proceed as long as possible. The despatch deals briefly with Anzac and Suvla Bay, several fresh facts being recorded. At Helles it is mentioned, the evacuation was retarded by the loss of a large horse ship, which was acidentally sunk by a French battleship. Everything depended on the weather. When all was ready on the night of January Bth, a storm unexpectedly worked up, washing away the piers. A submarine was reported in the evening to be quitting the Straits. The battleship Prince George, with 2000 men, was sailing towards Mudros when she - was torpedoed at midnight. The torpedo did not explode. expedition left 500 animals at Helles. Most of them were destroyed at-the last moment. .. <

ANOTHER GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK. RAMMED BY A RUSSIAN DESTROYER. (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). \ PETROGRAD, April 10. A communique states that the destroyer, Strogyi, rammed a submarine, near where the Portugal was sunk. MASSED ATTACK ON A FRENCH FRONT. GERMANS SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES. THEIR MEN LITERALLY MOWN DOWN. THEY RETIRE COMPLETELY BEATEN. (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). PARIS, April 10. Petit Parisien states the Germans hurled at least a division in a fray between Zuavocourt and the crossroads south of Bethincourt. objective was Hill 304. They advanced in company column, unheeding their enormous losses till within 100 yards of our lines, where they were completely mown down. They returned to the attack three times, then retreated beaten.

FIRST SIGNS OF GERMAN GENERAL OFFENSIVE THE ENEMY SUFFER TERRIBLE LOSSES. HEAPS OF DEAD LINE THE FRENCH FRONT. HILL 304 BEING THE OBJECTIVE. (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). PARIS,'April 10. A communique states that operations on the ninth marked the first great attempt at a general offensive on a front exceeding twenty kilometres, the Germans obtained no appreciable results considering the losses whereto they were subjected, their bodies being heaped along, the whole front of our lines in witness. There was violent bombardment west of the Meuse throughout the night, specially on Hill 304. The enemy's attack on Morthomme yesterday, was repulsed with important losses, but it enabled the Germans to penetrate our advanced trenches at Hill 295, for a length of 500 metres. There was a very sharp struggle east of the Meuse, during the night, in the little Avocd at Fontaine. At Saint Mardne we made progress, on the enemy's communication trenches south of Douaumont GERMAN SHIPS VISIT NORWEGIAN HARBOURS. TAKING COAL AND RETURNING WITH OIL. CONVOYED BY SUBMARINES AND TORPEDOERS. (Reed. 8.40 a.m.). « COPENHAGEN, April 10. The Aftenposten, states that for the first time since the beginning of the war, German steamers have, arrived in Norwegian west coast harbours with coal, and taking back fish oil. Many German submarines and torpedo boats escorted them to territorial waters. A TEUTONIC WARNING TO GREECE. ' ! ' ... BULGARtGERMAN EARLY OFFENSIVE IN MACEDONIA THE GREEK PREMIER HAS RESIGNED V Z" t : - OWING TO EMPTINESS OF STATE COFFERS. ""'"' ''"J; _ : . : ATHENS, April 9. Germany has warned Greece that the Bulgars and Germans have decided on an, early offensive in Macedonia. M. Dragoumis, Minister of Finance, has resigned, despite the entreaties of his colleagues. His resignation is due to the emptiness of the State coffers. ' , '■"'.•" •■.■••■ ■ ._'

THE GREEK PRO-GERMAN PRESS. ADOPT BITTER TONE AGAINST THE ALLIES. GENERAL SARRAIL HAS DEMANDED RETRACTION. BULGARIANS INVADING GREEK TERRITORY. THE BULGAR-ROUMANIAN RELATIONS AGGRAVATED. LONDON, April 9. Mr. Calvert, at Salonika, reports that General Sarrail, irritated by the increasingly bitter and aggressive tone of a section of the Government Press, demanded the retraction of various baseless and disparaging reports. Greek Liberal papers in Salonika are hotly indignant at the policy of the Government, considering it is tending to ruin the future of Hellenism. The Bulgarians occupied; So,b)ovo and several" other villages within the Greek border, expelling Greek priests and. schoolmasters and installing Bulgarians. The "Times" correspondent at Bucharest says that B'ulgar-Roumanian relations are aggravated, due to Count Tisza's (Premier of Hungary's) efforts -to precipitate a conflict in order to weaken the prospective Roumanian pressure in Transylvania. He is encouraging King Ferdinand to try to recover a portion of Dobrudja. King Ferdinand interviewed the Kaiser regarding the Hungarian proposal, but failed to obtain concurrence. Dynastic 'considerations may have an influence, but it is reliably stated that Germany anticipates the time when Roumania, with intact forces, may be a useful check on Bulgaria. Undaunted by the Kaisers' opposition, Count Tisza is pressing the proposal on King Ferdinand. ' Latest reports state that Roumanian indignation is growing at the Bulgarian preparations on her frontier. —(Times and Sydney Sim Services). A VIOLENT ALL-DAY BATTLE. MANY FURIOUS GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. THE GERMANS SANGUINARILY DEFEATED. OTHER ATTEMPTS MEET WITH ENORMOUS LOSSES. • ; PARIS, April 10. A communique says: A violent all day battle occurred on the whole Avocourt-Mumieres front, reaching to the eastern bank of the river. A pre-meditated evacuation of the Bethincourt salient effected on Saturday night enabled us to straighten our line from Avocourt redoubt to northeastwards of Harcourt. This line resisted furious assaults. A German offensive on the Morthomme-Cumieres front was sanguinarily defeated. Our machine-guns and artillery scattered dense formations issuing from Cumieres wood, hundreds being killed. All attempts at Morthomme were driven back with great losses. A simultaneous offensive against positions between Avocourt Wood and Forges Brook met with a desperate resistance and was everywhere repulsed.

The enemy gained a footing in trenches north-eastward of Avocourt but was immediately driven out. <

A communique says: t We progressed in trenches south of Douaumont village and captured 150 metres cf trenches to the south-west thereof. The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris says it is believed that the German offensive at Verdun, a'ter 50 days, has finished, and tliat there will be only desultory attack;; n the future.

CAPTURED BY SENUSSIS. CASTAWAYS 5 TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES. STORY OF BRILLIANT RESCUE. LONDON, April p. A stirring account o:E the rescue of the Tara's castaways been published. A company of camel corps rendered invaluable assistance in blistering marches under "a burning sun and scorching sandstorms, ending in the capture of the water supply for the Senussi 's main camp, materially contributing to the evacuHtir.g thereof and the Duke of Westminster J 3 motor in pursuit. The account states that the lara's castaways suffered untold hardships during weary monthsof captivitw. They were hidden at Siai, in the Libyan desert. An Arab guide volunteered to direct the motor-cars and took them over illimitable stretches of barn sand with not a distinguishing m«rfc for countless miles for any but a desert dweller. When they reached the socalled hidden spring, the .party sl'ew the guards. The party discovered rhe castaways, who were living skeletons. Their joy at seeing Englisn faces beggars description.- They were tenderly taken aboard the cars and carried back to safety.

A SISSY UNDERTAKING. IN A B'LAZING HOLD. PILLED WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVE. LONDON, April 9. Lieutenant-Commander R. Warden has been awarded the Albert Medal of the first class for special gallantry in descending" the hold of the ammunition ship Main at Boulogne and extinguishing a fire. Two cases of high explosives were already aligat outside, and the officers and crew had been withdrawn. Private Grimble, of the Middlesex regiment, has been awarded the Albert Medal of the second class for accompanying Commander Warden on the deck and handing him a hose. KAISER AND THE PROPHET. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE. EAST AFRICAN MUSSULMANS FAITH TO BE SUPPRESSED. LONDON, April 9. General Smuts has discovered official documents at Moshi proving a settled policy for the suppression of Mohammedanism in German East Africa., The recommendations included forbidding Government officials to follow the Mussulman faith, interference with circumcission, and a register of all the mosques. The newspapers comment on the effects of this disclosure on the TurcoGerman alliance.

GERMANS BOMB RUSSIAN AERODROME. LONDU-tf, /Vpril 9. A German communi'.ne says: lour naval aeroplanes dropped 20 bombs 011 a Russian aerodrome Ri Oeel and ccmpelled two Russian aenqplanes to descend. MORE TURKISH FICTION. KILLED AND WOUNDED BRITISH. STATED TO BE 1500. (Rocd. 8.40 a.m.). LONDON, April 10. . A Constantinople communique gives a distorted version of the fight eastward of Fallahiyah on the fifth and sixth. It claims that 1500 British were killed and wounded, and that some wer e taken prisoners. SITUATION IN HOLLAND. THE TRAIL OP VON pAPEN.,, LONDON, I April 10. The "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent says Von Papen (who was expelled from U.S.) is engaged in secret service work in Holland, where his agency is amazingly widespread. Newspapers strongly comment on his connection with. the. recent scare. THE GERMAN SERPENT: AT WORK LONDON, April 9.

DRILLING BRITISH SOLDIERS TO FIGHT AGAINST ALLIES.'" GERMAN TREACHERY. LIEBKNECHT'S REVELATIONS. AMSTERDAM, April 9. Further heated scenes occurred in the Reichstag when Dr. Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, declared that he held documents showing an agreement between Herr Zimmerman, Un-der-Secretary in the Foreign Office, and Sir Roger Casement for drilling British prisoners to fight against England. Despite repeated calls to order, and cries of "Traitor," and "Lunatic," Dr. Liebknecht denounced the official encouragement of such treasonable propaganda and also a w .misleading Government memorandum attempting, to prove that the'-British merchantmen wer e rarmed to attack.., German submarines. He said that the war began with a cry against Czarism, but soon the campaign was directed against England. Eventually the House refused to hear Dr. Liebknecht. ' ... NOT GIplN A CHANCE. , TORPEDOED LINERS. TWENTY LASCARS KILLED. MALTA, April 9. The Simla and Chantala were sunk without warning. The explosions killed eleven of the Simla's Lascar firemen. The remainder of the crews and thie passengers escaped. REPORT FROM MACEDONIA. PREPARING FOR ATTACK ON TURKS MAIN POSITION. The High Commissioner reports: LONDON, April 10. From Mesopotamia General Lake reports that General Gorringe's preparations for attack on the Sounaiyat position are well advanced. Though floods have curtailed frontage from which attack can be delivered, the weather has improved and the river has not risen since the 7th.

Count Reventlow writes to the "Tageszeitung": England wants to secure a station on the Scheldt and is preparing for an Antwerp siege whenever the undertaking seems desirable later. He warns Holland that failure to visualise the British scheme means non-independence. The article has amused Holland. SHIRKERS AND STRIKERS. IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. A PUZZLED JUDGE. BRISBANE, this day. Speaking at the university, the Chief Justice said that France was once regarded as the home of sabotage. Russia was once racked by internal disputes, but she entered the war with unanimity of spirit. Whilst England was the home of freedom there were among Englishmen's descendants shirkers and strikers. As a democrat he was puzzled how these existed in a democratic community. The same people who struck and shirked, said that preference to unionists and such concessions were the result of the advanced democracy. Such practices were really the introduction of despotism. FIRE AT CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT. SIX CHILDREN DIE OF BURNS. LONDON, April 10. A children's entertainment was in progress at the Garrick Theatre, Hereford, in aid of a soldiers' comfort fund, when a snow scene composed of cotton wool ignited. Six children performers died of burns.

SINKING OF THE ZENT. • A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. LONDON, April 9. The Zent's steward states the vessel was torpedoed at 10 o'clock at night, killing many stokers. The lifeboats were quickly lowered. The crew jumped in, but unfortunately were unable to shove off quickly enough,, "for the ship overturned, the masts crashing on to the boats. Two wer e overturned and several occupants killed. The crew of one boat wer.e totally lest. Those saved held to the keel of the upturned boat for several hours until' rescued. The ship was not given warning and sank in two minutes. AT ST. ELOI. BRITISH HOLDING CAPTURED GROUND. LONDON, April 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports: A Fokker came down in our lines on Saturday. We hold a considerable portion of the ground captured on March 2th, ineluding three out of four mine eraters.

GERMANY'S ANGER. LONDON, April 10. Tbp Cologne Gazette, semi-offieially, complains against the Allies' folly in not wishing to consider Count von Hollwegg's peace terms seriously. Germany, the paper says, will now only make peace on her own terms. If the Allies do not abandon thein plans to destroy Germany, then the latter will fight to the end. Th 0 Frankfort Gazette publishes a similar inspired article.

GERMANY'S HUGE CASUS TIES. 2,700,000 TO DATE. LONDON. April 9 Official: Germany military easualt since the war are 2,700,000. includi 082,000 killed. OFFICIAL RUSSIAN REPO3 PETROGRAD. April 1( A communiue pays: A vioient ar ler.y duel occurred opposite Pova^ The enemy attempted to attack, I were, driven back. The Turks in the coastal region the Caucasus made three •nisuceessl attacks on our position on the rig bank of the Taardere. ANOTHER WOMAN EXECI3 ED BY THE GERMANS. LONDON, April 9 Amsterdam reports that Madem selle Gabriolle Petit was court-m tialled for alleged treason. She w charged with'carrying on an inforn tion agency on behalf of Germany enemies and was executed. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S GUESTS. LONDON, April 10. Thirty French members of Pari: merit are paying a ten days' visit England, as the guests of the Briti Government. i