ITALIAN WAR

Nelson Evening Mail, 8 May 1916, Page 5

ITALIAN WAR

AUSTRIANS RAID BRINOISI NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE ADRIATIC.

, '. % ■' ROME, May 6. Five Austrian aeroplanes bombed Brindisi. including the hospitals, where they killed four patients. Four Italian destroyers in the Upper Adriatic on Wednesday sighted ten enemv torpedoers, wliich fled to Pola. The ctestroyeis chased them to within 20 miles of Pola, shelling them continuously, and only abandoned pursuit when several large enemy warships left Pola to support the torpedoers. On the same day a French submarine eank an enemy destroyer in the lower Adriatic. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. . • ROME, May 7. The Prince of Wales is visiting the front as the guest of King Emmanuel.

MESOPOTAMIA EXCHANGE OF WOUNDED. The High Commissioner reports : London, May 7, 8.20 p.m. The British wounded from Kut reached headquarters on Thursday and' Friday. They totalled 453. BULGARIA~ANITiOUMANIA ; EARLY -MARCH TO THE D OB RUD A-EXPE GTED. - LONDON, May 6. The New York World's Bucharest correspondent says hasty preparations on both sides of the Danube give: * evidence that a new war is coming in the Balkans .-Early in the spring Bulgaria concentrated 175,000 troops ajid the Germans 35,000 on the (Roumanian frontier. Wel-informed circles are certain that Bulgaria will soon march on the Dobrudja. The Bulgarians demand thht they ; shall fight or return to their homes. The Dobrudja is the south-eastern portion of Roumania, ibetween the Lower Danube and the Black Sea. BULGARS AND AUSTRIANS. LONDON, May 6. Athens reports state that intense animosity exists between the Bulgarian and Austrian troops, who fought for eight hours north of Ondovo station, till German forces intervened and separated them. MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS 1 TERRIBLE STORIES ABOUT THE TURKS. * G-REEES THREATENED. PETROGRAD, May 5. Refugees from Trebizond tell terrible stories of Turkish massacres of Armenians before the evacuation. Adults were taken to the city squares and shot, children were thrown into the sea, and school, girls were sent tc harems. The Turks warned the Greeks that if they sheltered the Armenians they would be instantly- shot. Thousands of Armenians escaped .to the mountains. SERIOUS RIOTSftT BERLIN BUTCHERS AND THE PUBLIC • (Rec. Mav 8, 10.5 a.m.)' AMSTERDAM, May 7. Serious riots have broken out at Berlin. Butchers are concealing and refusing to sell meat. An official search revealed large quantities, which were forthwith sold publicly. The shops were thereafter closed and the crowds endeavoured _to wreck the premises. The greatest disturbances were at Wilmersdorf, where the roili- j tary were called out and traffic suspended for hours. " j DESTRUCTIdNOFA ZEPPELIN ' THE SALONIKA CATCH. LONDON, May 5. » • .The'-Daily Chronicle's £&lonika cojrresponderit gives a vivid narrative of the destruction of the Zeppelin. _ Thenight was cloudless. When the ' coming was announced the city ; was plunged- in darkness. Suddenly the. watchers saw a searchlight catch the" ' raider at a height of "7000 feet over j»-the gulf. Other searchlights quickly ; followed and the silvery form of the Zeppelin was visible for a quarter of an 1 "hour. Then the British naval anti-aircraft : guns opened • fire, and' a, hurricane; of shells burst around the invader . The shooting was wonderfully accurate. One shot was seen to pass practically through i the air vessel, and another burst over the centre. The new French incendiary shells, lit up the town, and the course of the upward of the naval shells could be followed." The Zeppelin- seemed to lose its bearings, and headed seawards, presenting its broadside to the warships. Then two iblazing shells struck its tail.. They afterwards proved to be incendiary.sliells from a French aeroplane, which- ascended despite the darkness directly the raid was announced, and got above the raider. The Zeppelin's tail dipped, and it seemed almost to writhe. Then it dived at ail angle of 45 degrees, and the onlookers lost sight of it for half an hour until a great flame lit up the sky, and there was a dull' Toar. The Zeppelin had fallen in the "Vardar delta fifteen miles away. Either the bombs had exploded or the crew set fire to the airship. Five unexploded bombs were afterwards found in the wreckage. FOUR OFFICERS AND EIGHT . MEN CAPTURED. (Rec. May 8, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 7. Admiral do Robeck reports that! he captured four officers and eight men, survivors of the Zeppelin brought down at Salonika. DESTRUCTION OF A ZEPPELIN. (Official.) LONDON. May 6. Though the Galatea and Phaeton severely damaged the' L 7, her destruction was completed by a _ submarine, which rescued and brought in of the crew . i i A German cruiser slightly injured her while, returning. A BADLY DAMAGED' ZEPPELIN.. L 9 SIGHTED IN THE NORTH SEA. LONDON. May 6. The Daily News Rotterdam correspondent states that fishermen .reported . • that the Zeppelin L 9 was "sighted in the North Sea. flying •(very jslov/ly arid apparently'badly damaged. . r>.;