GALLIPOLI COMMAND

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16992, 20 October 1915, Page 7

GALLIPOLI COMMAND

SIR lAN SERBIANS FIGHTING BRAVELY AGAINST FURTHER SUCCESSES OF RUSSIANS IN THE GALLIPOLI COMMAND. ' LONDON, October 19.—The War Office announces that General Sir C. Monro has been appointed to the command at Gallipoli, General Sir lan Hamilton returning to. England. General Birdwood will be in command pending General Monro's arrival. ALLIES SEIZE RAILWAY. LONDON, October 18.—The Allies have seized the railroad at Enos, Turkey, near the Bulgarian border. Official advices from Salonika state that the Allies have also occupied . various posts dominating the railway to Serbia, and the protection of the line is assured. ATTACK ON SERBIA. AMSTERDAM, October 18.—A. German communique states that the Serbian positions at Avala have been stormed. The whole of the hilly district southward of Belgrade is in Austro-German hands. * v SERBIANS DEFEAT GERMANS. LONDON, October 19.—Bucharest telegrams report a serious German reverse in the Timok Valley. The Germans also failed to break the Serbian line in the Gornacco sector. The Serbians took two thousand prisoners, chiefly Germans, and captured four guns. The enemy's losses in killed were enormous. THE WESTERN FRONT. PARIS, October 19.—Yesterday's communique records the repulse of three fresh enemy attacks at the Bois-en-Hache, northward of Souchez. German attempts to advance north of .Verdun were repulsed. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDED. AMSTERDAM, October 18.—The "Telegraaf" says that a British fleet bombarded Zeebrugge for four hours. Airmen participated. '"■ NO DEPLETION OF' FORCES. LONDON, October 19.—According to the Athens correspondent of the "Daily Mail" a high military authority characterises the reports of depletion of the Dardanelles forces or slackening of operations in order to assist Serbia as purely fantastic. The Allies on Gallipoli are .being reinforced and are holding their positions stubbornly. The pressure is such that not a Turk can be released to assist Bulgaria. BRITISH MONITORS. LONDON, October 18.—Mr Ashmead Bartlett, describing monitors which did effective work at the Dardanelles, says that below the surface the vessels' sides bulge out ten feet and then curve under, forming a platform awash. In the bulge is provision to defeat the submarine. If a torpedo strikes it will explode amid a variety of substances and the hull escapes. These huge monitors cany two 14-inch and anti-aircraft guns. Their speed is slow, but their development is only in its infancy. •'/.■,' RUSSIAN BATTLES. PETROGRAD, October 19.—A communique reports that there is no cessation of fighting between Lakes Demmen and Drisviatz. The Germans were dislodged with enormous losses from positions on the southern side of Drisviatz. POLITICAL SITUATION IN BRITAIN. LONDON, October 18.—There is considerable interest in the political situation in view of the questions of the Balkans and conscription. Sir Edward Carson has retired from the Cabinet.