A FIGHT AGAINST GREAT ODDS

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 26 July 1916, Page 5

A FIGHT AGAINST GREAT ODDS

THE NORTH SEA SKIRMISH

';/, GERMAN SHIPS DAMAGED. PATROL SHIPS AND SUBMARINTS. AMSTERDAM, July 24. Dutch trawlers report witnessing an encounter between British patrc, ships and two submarines on the Sottish coast. Subsequently five German destroyers were seen returning to Zeebrugge, two with a heavy list. A German Admiralty's communique states:—"German torpedo boats from Flanders carried out a raid towards the Thames Estuany. When returning they met several small British cruisers and destroyers. A brief gun duel followed. We scored some hits, and our boats returned undamageu." ENEMY PROPERTY. .BRITAIN TAKES OVER £6,500,000. LONDON, July 24. in the House of Commons Mr L. V. HarcourtJ ''' "frjrst "', Commissioner , pf '•Works, stated that t^e] value of. enemy 1 in'the :Pnblic v Trustee 1 £4,500.000, w&ila that vested, hi Me Boa^ au of; Trade' was valued at £;2,oW,uv<L ' : m - ' - - 'THE KAISER'S .INSPIRING SPEECHES ! NOT PUBLISHED IN GERMANY. TC£ &OMME TROpPS.,, \ £■ SUGGESTS FRlGHT^' ['\ i ' <;::-v . ■ ■ ' ■',' Cv ON GERMAN -. WOMEN AND' ' ' • (Received 10.55) BERNE, July 25 The Kaiser in his speech on the Spmme said: "It is your especial privilege to fight English, who have syorn to destroy Germony and build up a combination of countries which, at a given signal, will fall on us. who are •the most peaceful people in the yorld. The English led us to believe they •were our friends, yet were plotting our destruction. The English, offensive intends to caiay the war on to German soil to the peril and undoing of our helpless women and children. It is your duty; to break the English offensive, and prove that Germany is invincible '' Conservative circles in Berlin are angry at the Kaiser's so-called inspiring speeches are withheld from publication. They intend to demand Hollyeg to explain in the Reichstag why they ane withheld " ifEEMANS REINFORCED AT . ">■'".' :> i POZEERES ! •SOME VIOLENT ATTACKS " REPULSED. 5" THE HUNS NOWHERE. REACHED BRITISH TRENCHES. . (Received July 26, 11.30 a.m.) . / LONDON, July 25. , Sir. Douglas Haig reports that the Germans- on the Somme front have been further reinforced with infantry aiid . guns. There was hostile bombardment throughout- the whole of yesterday at times it being of the heaviest. ©ufl artillery frustrated, during, the afternoon, an attack on our right flank. The Germans, last night, launched two infantry attacks against our centre, with specially violent artillery, but our concentrated gun fire and rifle fire stopped both. The Germans have nowhere reached the British. t ren ehe s -. The losses in these fruitless; attacks must have been severe/ Elsewhere there has been a good deaLof hand to hand fighting. Our infantryman .some-, .places,, worked, their way forward to the northward, of PozLer»,'sb<MJr«aten part of which is now in our possession. Th e Germans are >ffering wong opposition, : b.ut•.here • also W gained some ground.

THE BLOCKADE

AMERICA AGAIN OBJECTS. i ■ ■■ i (Received July 26, 10.55 a.m.) Washington, July 25. The United States Government will protest, denying Britain's right to a black list because her action amounts Ito a world-wide boycott, which ofiiI cials say cannot be tolerated, j The San Francisco bombing is considered part of a nation-wide plot against the Government. From investigations at Chicago i" is xpected there will be sensational disclosures. UNCLE SAM BUYING TERRITORY. FROM THE DANISH GOVERNMENT I I TREATY ENTERED INTO. * (Received 10.55) NE|W YORK, July 28 The New York Times prints a despatch fom Copenhagen stating thnt a treaty has been negotiated for the pur chase by the United States of the Danish West Indies for five million pounds. Under the treaty, which is shortly to be submitted to the banish and,United States Parliaments, the United .States will take' possession of the islands cf St. Thomas', Saint John" and Saint Cruz. ■'■•■;■ * ■ FRENCH' SUCCESSES.,:) .',,,.. STRONG GERMAN- POST CAP U, :yfi iuo TURED tv IN" ALSACE, ,' '.? THE GERMNS REPULSED. (Receied 10.30) PARIS, July 25 A communique states that southward of strees we captured a strongly fortified post and drove the Germans out of trenches which they occupied northward of Vermandovillers. Our rifle fire dispersed many German recouaissanecs endeavouring to pen trace Tracyleval. Our machine gun fire stopped a grenade attack againct llill 304. There is violent bombardment tn the region between Fleury and La Laufe. After artillery action the Germans in Alsace attacked northward of Altkirch. After a lively engagement we threw the Germans out of the trenches penetrated. Our air squadrons bombed stations at Mangiennes. DUTCH FISHERS DETAINED FEEDING THE GERMANS. LONDON, July 24. The Foreign Offic e announces that inquiries have disclosed that the Dutch fishing fleet has been supplying the Germans with about ninety per cent of the heirrings sold in Germany (?). Consequently a number of fishing boats have been placed in the hands of the Priz e Court. Others have been detained. THE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN. RUSSIANS HAMPERED BY FLOODS. GERMAN TYPHUS SCOURGE. (Received 10.5) PETROGRAD, Julp 25 It is thought that the Dniester floods will make the region impassable for infantry for two or three weeks. This will enable Bothmer to transfer forces elsewhere. He has already concentrated certain of his effectives in the Carpathians along with a new army composed of remnants from Pflanzer's ! army and troops from Trentino and the Balkans. There is a serious epidemic of typhus among the Germans in the Dvina swamps. Hospitals at Vilna are icrammed and the mortality is very 1 great. i