LATE WAR NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 2 September 1915, Page 5

LATE WAR NEWS.

IN THE EASTERN THEATRE. ENEMY SUFFERS DEFEATS. 1X SOME HARDEST FIGHTING. Received September 2, 1.45 p.m.RETROGrRAI). Sept. J. Details of the defeat of the German General ITlanger show that some of the. hardest ligating took place on the River Bug. near Baelykamen, 10 miles south-west of Dyinsk. The e item y on Sunday morning essayed to storm Height 5(5(5 h\it all the attack's wev« repulsed. Tiie Anstro-Gernums, who were reinforced during the. night, delivered live separate assaults but were repulsed wuh very heavy loss. Nevertheless three further attacks were made before dawn and were beaten hack with enormous losses. .Meanwhile Genera] I‘flanger attempt-, ed to force the passage of; the Strypa, hut-was driven back, enabling'th c Riusshins on -Monday to assaime the ofteaysive af«i siittound n. portion ot - tlio AtistTO-Gertoan farces where theMloga-tin-Tarnopol railway crosses the Strypa, p-fiirting ltlmi s wind. j>ri*'OTifers. The enemy" on’Sunday ■nvsde nine'attempts to cross the Strypa hanoff. 10 miles south of the' railway, hut iilf were reinihsed. Attacks south of the Dniester .were also without, result;

THE WAR IN THE WEST; cannonadincTin argonne. OF ENEMY POSITION. Received September 2, 1.45 p.m. LONDON. Sept. L French official reports continue to record violent cannonading, especially m the Argonne, indicating a continuous effective bombardment of Geiinau trenches, shelters and. cantonments. BRITISH NEWS. ROYALTIES VISIT A HOSPITAL. WOUNDED FROM GERMANY. Received September 2. 12.10 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 3. The King, and Queen spent two and a-half hours in the 3rd London General Hospital-at Wandsworth. Two hundred soldiers who recently returned frorti Germany unfit for further service were drawn up in double file wearing the blue hospital uniform. Their Majesties walked up the, lines, speaking to each man. All of them bore visible evidence of terrible wounds. , , ~ The King asked one man how they were fed in Germany and the soldier replied.. ‘‘Thev tod us like cattle. Ino King retorted, “Not upon hay. 1 hope?” . ; . Later their* Majesties visited a number of convalescent Australians and New Zealanders from the .Dardanelles.

FOR VALOR. VICTORIA CROSSES AWARDED. C ALLA XT OFF 1C ICRS. Received September 2. 12.LTp.in. LONDON, Sept. 1. i- Five Victoria Crosses have been awarded as follows: Major Wheeler '7th Mariana Dancers). who twice led his squadron .in a lance- charge on Turkish' positions at S'haiha ami was killed on April l-.V far ahead of his men, riding single handed straight for the Turkish standards. Captain O’Sullivan (Ist Inniskdling Fusiliers). South-west of Krithia (Dardanelles) on the night of July 1, when it was essential that a portion of a lost trench should be regained. Caplain O’Sullivan, although not belonging to the troops at thatpioiut, volunteered to dead bomb-throwers., and in Older to -throw bombs to greater effect got upon a parapet where lie was completely exposed to the Turkish fire. Ho was finally wounded, but his inspiring example enabled the party to recapture the trench.

Received September 2. 1.25 p.ni." LONDON', Sept. 1, Sergeant Somers (Ist TnnifJtilling:, Fusiliers); On the night of July 1, in the southern zone of the Gallipoli Peninsula, when some British troops retired from a sap owing to bombing Sergeant '-Somers remained alone until a party brought "up bombs. Sergeant Somers then climbed a Turkish trench , and bombed the Turks with great effect.' Later he advanced in tluyopeu ntul -held back the enemy by throwing bombs on , their flank until a barricade, had been ■ established. Throughout the operations he ran to and fro from tire trenches, obtaining fresh supplies or "bombs, bis groat gallantry; and coolness being largely instrumental in recapturing a portion of our lost trench. Lieutenant Rochfort <Tst Scots Guards) for bravery on August J between Cambrin and La Bassee. A German trench mortar bomb a working party and Lieutenant Rochfort might easily have stepped round the cornel - in perfect safety. Instead lie 'shouted to his men, “Look out! and ran to the bomb and hurled it over the parapet, when it exploded immediately. His splendid combination of presence of mind and courage saved rnanv lives. . Second Lieutenant James < Itn Worcestcrsliires) : On July 25 in the southern. zone at Gallipoli, when a portionof a regiment tv as chocked owing to all the ofti-ers being killed or wounded. Second Lieutenant James, who belonged, to a neighboring vm it. gathered a body of men and led thcm forward under, heavy shell and rifle fire. Ho then returned and organised a (second party, putting fresh lue into the attack. ’ Second Lieutenant James on July 3 headed a bomb-throwers' atrack on a Turkish communication trench. When nearly all the men.were wounded he remained alone and, kept back the enemy single-handed until a barrier bad been built behind him and the trench secured. Throughout he was exposed to a murderous fire. NEW ZEALAND & THE WAR, WAISTSCOATS FOR SOLDIERS. AUCKLAND RAISES £7« O. r»B tJHXTPD VRySB A.,SPnCIXTTOS. AUCKLAND. Sept. 1. Flowers were sold during the day m the streets, by _ the ladies ol the otic League with the res,nit that Ltou was collected for the provision of winter waistcoats for the troops.