THE DARDANELLES INQUIRY.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 29 July 1916, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES INQUIRY.

NAVAL AND MILITARY MEN

ADDED

INQUIRING INTO ORIGIN OF

CAMPAIGN

LONDON, July 27

In the House of Commons Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux moved as an amendment to the Bill appointing Commissions of Inquiry concerning

the Dardanelles and Fesopotamia, that on the Dardanelles Commission a naval officer and a military officer to be selected from the retired list be added. This was carried bv the House.

Mr Winston Churchill, in moving that the Commission be instructed to J"| inquire into the circumstances under i which the naval and military operations at th e Dardanelles and -on Gallipoli were undertaken, said there were r certain simple salient facts which the nation was entitled to know. These facts could be ascertained without any long delay. Mr Asquith agreed to accept another ) amendment inserting the words "origin, inception, and conduct of the campaign. '' Mr Churchill acquiesced in this and withdrew his motion, the amendment accepted by Mr Asquith being agreed to by the House. The name of Mr Walter Roch, a member of the House of Commons, was added to the Dardanelles Commission. 3. A PRIZE COURT CASE. " 7 DODGING THE BLOCKADE. i (Received 8.50) f LONDON, July 28. During a prize court case, resulting from the detention of a cargo of cotton, a letter from a Gothenburg firm wa s re ad which advised the American shippers how to evade the Britlsn blockade. It was suggested that the - captains should go well to the north of the Shetlands ; sliding dewn the Norwegian coast, where there is little risk of .capture. It added, we directed seve......ral boat S; thus,, which were not interfered with. >•' ■••• J, .».. THE, BRUSSELLS' CAPTAIN. ,; > ' SHOT J3Y THE GERMANS*-: ~ ,; , "(Received; 10.15) .;•;./> !•..,■. ■> . NEW YORK., July 28. < A Sayville wireless, message <reports the Germans shot Captain Fij'attcf • the Great Eastern steamship Brussells,; because..he tried ; to, ram thetsubmarine' before capture. ~.,.....,!;;. ..,::■■■; :«"•».■•• • ' ] r v ;''^E n 'GERMAN..GpVERNMENT. &n 1: EFFORT CONTROL SOCIALISM.- ' '\ ;i ' [ " (Received 8.50) BERNE, July 28. Bethemann Hollweg, communicating with Socialist leaders, with a view to merging German trade unions into a single centralised union, stated the Chancellor's aim \v»is to s eiuira control of the union, and German Socialist,, newspapers, including the "Vorwaerts" which is publishing appeals to workers not to listen to strike revolution propaganda. .. ■-■ -. •* w*.'"ftHitm^ EX-JOCKEY WOOTTEN. AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS. (Received 9.45) LONDON, July 28 Stanley Wootten, the ex-jockey, who died of wounds, has been awarded the Military Cross. ROUMANIAN INTERVESTION. WARNINGS FROM GERMAN PRESS. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE STOPPED. RIOTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. GROWING UNPOPULARITY OF « GERMANS. Received July 29, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, July 28. ( The "Cologne Gazette" states that England and Russia are endeavouring to coerce Roumania; that important conversations arc proceeding between Viscount Grey and Roumanian Ministers. The "Gazette" warns Roumania of the folly of intervention, asserting that the Russian offensive is at a standstill. A correspondent in the Balkans states that peace demonstrations are being held in Constantinople; thou- [ sands of Moslem women protested to the Sultan to end the war. The police dispersed them. German unpopularity . is growing; food is dear, and there have been outbreaks of Asiatic cholera. , -■ ' J.( GERMAN TRAIN BOMBED. V OVER 2000 SOLDIERS KILLED. • : : l AMSTERDAM, July 27. 'i British aviators performed fine work, t dropping bombs oh a troop train near f Lille, killing 200 soldiers. lr

BIG AMERICAN VOTE

FOR THE NEW ARMY. Received July 29, 9.40 a.m. WASHINGTON, July 28. Th e Senate has passed a Bill authorising the expenditure of 312 million dollars on the army; this is onethird more than was voted by the House of Representatives. MIRACULOUS ROAD MAKING. ■ | ANGLO-FRENCH PREPARATIONS. i | FOR THE SOMME OFFENSIVE. Received .July 29, 11.17 a.m. PARIS, July 28. A correspondent who visited the Somme front stated that the AngloI French troops have constructed a j thousand railways and over a hun- ; dred stations for the transport of \\ munitions, besides a hundred miles of roads for motors conveying troops. BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT. GERMANS DRIVEN OUT. .. DELVILLE WOOD AND ELSEWHERE. I BOMBARDMENT IN OTHER j SECTORS. | Received July 29, 11.10 a.m. LOSDON, July 28. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We drev e the fifth Brandenberg division out of all remaining positions in Del-" ville Wood, and the wood is in our hands. We beat off two counter at- \ tacks inflicting heavy loss. Further progress was made at Longueval. There were heavy artillery duels last night. Small parties of Germans penetrat\ed trenches at two points' at Neuvc Chapelle, but were immediately driven out. Our artillery, is shelling- north-east of Souch.ez and.-' a*'several -other points, i:r ..•:;:•■•• rb:i.i\■■■!■:- ■■■■■' u 1:

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. CRMMANDINGFFOINT in reach. .; PARIS, July 28. : With the capture oi the windmill, the Australiansiare;.only a;-few3hundred' yards from the point-on the plateau, which is. a slightly. mbt%'' corn-' mathding position than Foreaox i; Wb<;d, ; three miles to the eastward.'' "•-'''' "' tA TWENTY-FOUR SQUARE MILES. V' BRITISH GAINS ON THE SOMMK. LONDON, July 28. The British have won 24 square miles on the Somme since July Ist. THE POZIERES BATTLE. , PICKED GERMAN TROOPS. A GALLANT DEFENCE. LONDON, July 28. Correspondents state that the stubborn resistance at Pozieres was due to tie Germans being all picked troops. It is reported that the Kaiser himself ordered that the British must be kept out at all costs. Over two hundred machine guns defended the approaches of Pozieres alone. Our bombardment destroyed most of them, the remains '' being scattered over t?he ruins, but 30 ' were captured in good condition. ' A German company in a small fort in the centre of the village was completely surrounded. They held out for twelve hours. When their stronghold was taken only four men were alive. Sixty dead were heaped one above another in a little armoured sheltei-. The commander of a Bavarian batallion defending fee north east of the village, realising the danger menacing l the garrison, ordered a retirement. The Bavarians were obliged to cross a fire-swept zone of three hundred yards, [ where the British batteries decimated ] l them. j

CAPTURE OF POZIERES.

BRITISH POSITION DISTINCTLY IMPROVED.

GERMANS LOSE THEIR STRONG-

HOLD.

LONDON, July 23.

The capture of Pozieres distinctly improves our position on the Somme. t is believed we are through) the Germans' most elaborate defences. The Germans are doubtless feverishly wprit ing for miles behind, but there is no time to create anything like what has been passed. A correspondent says: I am well informed, in saying that we are not afraid of anything they can createy but they have enormously massed infantry, which is now our most serious problem.

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