HUN HATRED OF THE BRITISH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 68, 20 March 1916, Page 5

HUN HATRED OF THE BRITISH.

ALL CLASSES IN GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.

PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR'S IMPRESSION OF THE CAPITAL,

• (Received 11.15 a.m.) ...... LISBON, March 19. Senor Paes, late Minister at Berlin,- interviewed,, said that Germany lacked men. Hatred of England grew daily more intense*, and the same applied to Russia, though not in the case of France. All classes in Germany desired peace. He was impressed -by France's serene certainty of an allied victory. Germany's economic situation was far worse than the military.

THE ROUT OF THE SENUSSf,

DASHING WORK OF THE ARMOURED CARS,

SOLLUM OCCUPIED AND BEDOUINS CUT U& ';

. LONDON, March 19. The Press Bureau supplies an account of the occupation of the small port of Solium, in Western Egypt, near the border of Tripoli; on-the lithTinst. .- Armoured cars, under the Duke of Westminster, played a very dashing'part in the action. Aeroplane reconnaissances during the morning showed the enemy's camp at Birwar to be empty, and orders were immediately given to push forward with reasonable boldness. The cars found the country bad going, but after eight miles reached the Derna road and increased their speed to 40 miles an hour. . They passed hundreds of armed Bedouins flying westward, but ignored them, and came within sight of the main camp, 25 miles west of Solium. ■'.— -' :--..•-. .x..:r~r. r ~l~r.:~;■;;; ;-' As the cars approached the enemy, the latter opened fire with a field gun' and two machine-guns. The guns were smartly handled, but the teams were shot down from. 400 yds, and the cars dashed into the camp. The enemy scattered in all directions. The cars pursued them, but abandoned the pursuit after ten miles, fearing that their petrol would give out. They gathered in all the enemy artillery, and rescued 90 members of the crews of ships wrecked on the coast of Cyrenaica, and made prisoners by the Senussi. Thus a very skilful. little campaign was successfully brought to a conclusion. The British force in three weeks captured the hostile commander,, killed or captured half his subordinates, took all the enemy's artillery, and scattered the remnants of the forces far beyond-the frontier of Egypt! . It was reported that Nuri Bey, brother of Enver Pasha, was killed by the South-African Infantry in the fight in Egypt on February 26. This now proves to be incorrect, as Nuri Bey" was seen making his escape after the action, and: subsequently on March 14. . '