ARTILLERY ACTIVE.

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 86, 9 October 1915, Page 5

ARTILLERY ACTIVE.

LONDON, Bth October, 1 a.m. Artillery activity in Belgium and France is general. Progress has been made south of Thelus. Counter-attacks or. the farm at Navarin were repulsed with heavy enemy losses. Our batteries caused violent explosions .on the Aisne and fired the station at Guignicourt. A German attack in the valley of Sondernach and south of Roye was dispersed. The High Commissioner reports :—: — LONDON, Bth October, 4.55 p.m. There has been a violent cannonade on most portions of the western front. Active fighting has continued in the communication trenches south-east of Tahure i towards Mesnil height. FRENCH SUPPLIES AMPLE FOR THE WINTER. (HUES AND SYDNEY SUN BERYICE6.) PARIS, Bth October. A Senatorial ..Committee inspected the army stores, and is satisfied that, whatever the rigours of the winter, the army shall not be short of supplies. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ITALIAN CAMPAIGN IMPORTANT PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ROVERETO. TOWN IN VIEW OF THE ARMY. ROME, Bth October. News has been received of an important advance towards Rovereto. The Italians have been investing the fortifications of Dassdisomme and Sommgalto for six weeks, wherein the methodical bombardment of the forts was continued uninterruptedly. Every fortification is now smashed. The Italians can view Rovereto from \ the summit of their new positions. * They have commenced the bombardment of the fortifications of Finonchio, which are the last of the Austrian defences of Rovereto. The Au&trians are compelled to keep up a stream of reinforcements to oppose the steady pressure. "THE KING'S SPUR" TAKEN UNDER VICTOR'S EYES. ROME, Bth October. King Victor Emmanuel was visiting the Isonzo front, and left his motorcar to witness the fight at close quarters op horseback, though warned of the danger of the Austrian artillery. Suddenly a shell exploded and wounded the King's horse. The King calmed the emotion of his suite, and directed that the horse should be sent tc the Blue Cross (horse ambulance). When recommended to retire, King Emmanuel quickly asked for another horse, and Tode forward with the troops. The latter, shouting "Savoia!" charged and took the enemy's position. The spot is now called "The King's Spur." ARMENIAN ATROCITIES GERMANY HAS DONE NOTHING TO PREVENT THEM. (Received October 9, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Bth October. The Westminster Gazette says : "What the world wants and does not find is the smallest evidence that Germany has done anything to prevent the Armenian atrocities, the most wicked and wholesale killings the world has ever seen." HORROR IN DENMARK. (Received October 9, 10.20 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Bth October. The Armenian massacres have become known through London cablegrams. The public were first bewildered and. then paralysed by the news. Many people were disinclined to take the loathsome story seriously, until the House of Lords debate confirmed the truth of it. Danish newspapers outspokenly protest against the massacres, and hope that America will take a firm stand. A PATRIOTIC STRIKE FRENCH ODL BEING SENT TO GERMANY. PARIS, Bth October. Workmen in an oil refinery at Marseilles struck because the products were being sent to Switzerland and were suspected of being re-exported to Germany. WILD WALL STREET ENORMOUS DEALINGS. NEW YORK, Bth October. There are enormous dealings in Wallstreet, exceeding Hi millions daily. The banks and financial houses are alarmed by the wild speculation, and are exerting pressure to diminish gambling. The Bethlehem Steel Company's shares, which were worth thirty dollars a year ago, are now at four hundred dollars. SYDNEY METAL EXCHANGE. i (Received October 9, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A Provisional Committee for the establishment of a metal exchange in Sydney has been formed. EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURE ANGLO-FRENCH ARRANGEMENT. PARIS, Bth October. M. Albert Thomas, French Minister for Munitions, as a result of conferences with Mr. Lloyd. George, has arranged for joint purchases of raw materials and the exchange of machinery and material which can be used to better purpose in the respective countries, also for the export of partly-manufactured articles which can be better completed in one country owing to specialisation in the workshops. RETURNED SOLDIERS ASSURING THEIR FUTURE. SYDNEY. Bth October. The Government has approved of the appointment of a Central War Council to insure the adequate provision of employment and land settlement for return co! soldiers. JERUSALEM A HUN TOWN. (TIMES AND STDNET SUN SERTICES.) LONDON, Bth October. The Berlin newspaper Zeitung Ammitag claims the discovery that Jerusalem is identical with the North Germau town of Golxlai. in the Hirtz mountains vxd ted tha*

North German tribes to Malta and Messina. Solomon's Temple stood on Mount Broken. ' (PRKSS ASSOCIATION.) COMMONWEALTH REINFORCEMENTS REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE. MELBOURNE, Bth October. The British Army Council has asked 'that the Commonwealth Reinforcements be increased to nine thousand monthly. The present quota is 6500. Up to the end of September 83,357 men were despatched to the front, and 63,357 were in training. RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA. {Received October 9, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Over three thousand Tailway and tramwaymen have enlisted. The annual report of the Swimming Association states that 269 swimmers have enlisted. THE CENSORSHIP WOUNDED AND SICK NOT TO TALK (Received October 9, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The latest ai-rivals by the hospital ship have been instructed not to give their experiences to the press. GENERAL RYRIE'S WOUND BULLET'TSXTRACTED. (Received October 9, 10.20 ajn,) SYDNEY, This Day. Brigadier-General G. Ryrie, of the Australian 2nd Light Horse Brigade, cabled "Bullet extracted; everything right 1 ' THE KIDMAN CASE OVERHEARD ON THE TELEPHONE. EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE. SYDNEY, Bth OctoEet. At the hearing of the Kidman case", Edward Graham, a telephone observa. tion officer, gave evidence regarding a system whereby the wires under observation were tapped since the war. The lines were tinder observation in connection with cases of trading with the enemy and other matters. Amongst others, he had been instructed to observe the Kidman lines. He then detailed conversations between voices which he recognised as Kidman's and Major O'Donnell's. Al-. legedly the Kidman voice informed the speaker at the other end that he was "shoving in a couple of dummy tenders In your'name." With the query "What is your name? Walter D. Howe?" the reply came : "That will be all right. Yes ; my name is Walter D 'Howe. Mind, Howe.** The suggestion was added: "You'll have, to feed me up a bit." The reply to this was : "I will see to that," with certain suggestions as to how to act if any questions were asked, and an assurance that there was nothing to be afraid of. Everything would oe all right. Witness detailed another conversation between the same voices, when Kidman was advised that his prices were not in for a meat contract. He was asked : "Cannot you let us have them now, as we ai-e fixing things up, and put the form in afterwards?" The conversation ended with the prices being sent, and an advice to get the form in at once. GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN SIR IAN HAMILTON'S REPORT. 300 YARDS GAINED ON A FOUR MILE FRONT. LONDON, Bth October. Sir lan Hamilton reports that during the past month the fighting at Suvia Bay has not been on a scale calling for special report. Every night there have been patrol actions and bomb attacks, resulting in our gaining an average of a little over three hundred yards along the whole central four miles of the Suvla front. TURKS CHAINED TO GUNS. j (Received October 9, 10.20 a.m.) ! SYDNEY, This Day. I A soldier's letter says: "The New Zealanders made a charge, and when they took the_ trenches, found that the Turks [ had their machine-gunners chained to ! the guns, so that they could not retreat." A HEROIC OFFICER ATTACK ON TURKISH RAILi WAY A RISKY UNDERTAKING. (Received October 9, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Bth October. The Admiralty states that a commander of a submarine in the Sea of Marmora has reported that Lieut. DOyly Hughes volunteered to attack a railway. He proceeded in a small boat, and then dropped into the water and pushed a raft, carrying a demolition charge, and" weapons, to the shore. He climbed a cliff and blew up the line 150 yards away from where three men were seated beside the railway. Though he muffled the fuse the men were aroused and followed him, and shots were exchanged. Finding it impossible to return by the place he ascended, the lieutenant went further east and placed a charge on the railway. This exploded sis he entered the ■water, and fragments fell between a quarter and half a-mile away. He swam out to sea and blew his whistle, but was not heard, as his boat was behind the cliffs. After resting on the rocks he swam at daybreak round the last ; point. His whistle was then heard, and simultaneously came shouts from the cliffs overhead, and rifle-fire opened on the boat. Finally he was picked up extremely exhausted after swimming a mile in ■ his clothes. TROOPS IN EGYPT LIQUOR AND MORALITY. (Received October 9, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Replying to the Government's enquiry regarding the control of liquor and militai'y morality in Egypt, the commanding officer cables that the reports are much exaggerated, and sieps have been taken to control the sale of liquor.

News has been received, by cable that after serving two months in the trenches, Lieutenant A. F. R. Rohloff, of Canterbury Battalion, and formerly of the New Zealand Railway Engineers, has been invalided track to ' Port Said with a relapse of dysenteric fever. He is progr-essing f&veniiw-feiy, *mv» h^jws «* mam t» th« front: won,