GERMAN OFFICER SHOT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 206, 8 February 1915, Page 5

GERMAN OFFICER SHOT.

CARRYING A WHITE FLAG. Received 7, II p.m. Cairo, February 7. A German major, who was shot, at Serapcum, was found to be carrying a white (lag, folded inside a special wallet. Tne streets are full of newly-arrived Australasians. The city has not lost its gaiety. Crowds of natives wait at the station tor hours, in the hope of seeing tne prisoners. High, native, dignitaries, who have hitherto been pro-German, now wholly support the British. NO AUSTRALIANS ENGAGED. , STATEMENTS BY TURKISH r PRISONERS. j' Received 7, 11 p.m. |' Sydney, February 7. '' Cabling on Saturday, Mr Bean (tin: ' Australian official reporter attached to J'the expeditionary forces), says that obj'viously the Australians must be contens j'with very little news of their own force ;'during the approaching weeks. It is ■•possible, however, to state that no Australian troops were engaged in ('the fighting on the Canal, described in /the cables to date. He adds that there 'was no fighting on the canal yesterday.

| Tile force, which attempted to liridge j'the Canal was part of the 25th Turkish i' division, which had marched from ' Beersheha, via Elarish, being thence i'brought to the coast by cars drawn by / oxen and buffaloes.

j' Two non-com. 'prisoners state that l'(> 00 reached the bank of the Canal where j'thoy were received by a well-trained I'heavy lire and they surrendcnl. |' A captured officer declared that in I'spilo of the fierce rifle rage he mini. j'aged to launch a boat, but as it apI' proached the other side it was ri-.1-iMled iMled and sink, lie and one boatman 'only being lauded ami surrendered. J' DEATH OF MEDTCAL CORPS ' OFFICER. ]' Received 7. 11.10 p.m. London, Februan 7 ' Obituary.—Captain .1. A. Bell, of the I New Zealand Medical Coi-ps, in Egypt. j DEATH OF A TROOPER. i ■ Dunedin, Last Night. ( Hon. Mr. Allen has received a cablegram from Cairo, informing him of the death of Private Hani, of Motueka, who was dangerously wounded in the neck at Scrapeum on the 3rd inst. NEW ZEALAND FULLY REPRESENTED. Dunedin, Last Night. Hon. .las. Allen has received cable advice that, the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago battalions all took part in last week's engagement against the Turks at the Suez Canal,