INHUMAN DESPERATION.

Evening Star, Issue 16348, 14 February 1917, Page 3

INHUMAN DESPERATION.

LONDON, February 12. The 'Morning Boat's' Petrograd" correspondent states that the Germans are utilising as machine gunners soldiers who have lost, a leg, as they are unable to escape. .Many have been found dead alongside the guns.

ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

Australian and X.Z. Cable Association and Reuttr. Admiralty per Wireless Press.

LONDON, February 12. An Italian official report states: We reached Tarvis station i nC ar tho fson/o source), and repulsed an attack in the Vedel zone after violent hand-to-hand "gating. Ihe survivors were captured. v\o re-established our lines east of Gomia, and repulsed the enemy with serious losses.

TURKISH CLAIMS.

. AMSTERDAM, February 12 Turkish official: We repulsed "British ittacks on Kut on Saturday morniiK- with jeavy losses. Subsequently the enemy penetrated our trenches, but all the, positions were retaken by 3 p.m. on Saturday.

We repulsed a .strong British attack with heavy losses south of Lake Doiran.

THE SINAI THEATRE.

Reuters Telegrams.

CAIRO. February 12. It as understood that the Turks" pulled up two Tail ways, in accordance with Herman orders, and are constructing another line from tho material. Allied prisoners are employed on the work Thev are overworked, ill-fed, and disease-stricken.

BRITISH PROGRESS.

NORTH OF THE AXCRE.

Australian and X.Z. Cable Association and Renter.

c- -n , £°> DOX > February 12. Sir Douglas Hatg reports : We further progressed last night in the neighborhood at the Beaucourt-I'uisieux road."and occupied 600 yards of trench without difficulty. Counter-attacks southward of Serre riill were caught by our artillery barrage and easily repulsed. We entered the enemy» line at a number of places We exploded an ammunition dump south-east of Armentieres.

. „ . February 13. A I'rench. communique, states : There is intermittent reciprocal artillery work in .the Bezunge. sectors, in the .Vosges.