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North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13248, 26 April 1915, Page 6

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I - FURTHER DIITAILS 01' FIGHTING ON HILL SIXTY. HRITISH ARMY'S IWTailSi* JSNGACIBMBNT FIGHTING IN APRICA. PIRACY: GKUMAN WARSHIPS MOVINO> (Per Cubic—Press.Association.—Copyright) deceived April 20, 12.5 a.m . LONDON, April 23. A siiliiiitiriiie sank the Eva and Oscar. The crews were landed al Shields, PARIS, April .2S. The Temps stales that 'Turkey has sounded Italy and America with a view Io arranging a separate, pence wilh the Triple Entente. AMSTERDAM, April 25. The. North .German Gazette denies that Germany is preparing peace negnlialions. The journal adds: "iVo sensible person would think of sacrificing a war situation so.favourable to Germany for a premature peace.

COPENHAGEN, April 20.

A sleaiuer lias arrived at Clirisliun, and reports thai they saw on last Sunday a large number, of German warships west of Heligoland. The steamer was slopped nnd evenlually allowed to proceed. Received April 2li, 12,10 a.m. LONDON', April !M, Many Lancashire textile, mills are now making iiiunilinus, chiefly parts of rillcs. CorrospoudoiiU agree thai the present lighting in Wanders has become the logged wherein Hie lirilifdi army has been engaged. It is calculated Hial fJermany linn rushed reinforcements equal to an army corps to Hill III). The lirilish massed a large force of artillery behind the position and their latest siirpiise is a I'oimidable array of machine guns.

The ('ionium losses are appalling. I" the area wesl of llrim.es ami fotirD;ii. Hie road is full of Herman I mop*. 'l'll'' D:iiiH lire slill arriving f r ,„„ oast'■'ii Belgium, ;|||,| 0n,,,,. |,. |)(l | lS m!li ; ( .| ltll | Iliiimii>li Aiv la I'hapelle, westerly, ,-onDiminish for the Inst I hive day*. HI her reports slate one hundred Ihoii•tfiid Germans have heen rnnceulialrd between Anlwerpand Client dining the |cisl few days. •

"ill I'll is a little over one hundred yards lone and is a perfect target for Ihe aitilleiy, hence Ihe great pari of I he British losses.

Some of Ihe Herman trenrhrs are vlr'"■'illy mi Ihe hill and are twenty yards I'l'imllie British, thus Ihe fioul Ironrlici iiic free from shell lire.

I'AlflS, April IT,,

Hi'it Pierreloli visited Ihe (Jneon of the Belgians, ami during a conversalion, reference was made to Bavaria,

'l'lieOjuoon, in a low voice, said: "IVI"' i Ihem and myself all is over. A •-iit-ljiin of sleel has fallen hot ween us I'm all time,"

COPENIIAHEX, April L'll.

The Hermans raptured ;i I);niislt sleanier laden wilh :i *• i-it-n 11 it r:i I pin duds, hound for Hiiinhshy, ami have taken theloal lo Svll.

The Reveullmv T.'i«is Zriluug, in an insulting aidiclc against America, de•'l' I that I lie Pulled States was booming hostile to Germany and can never he mediator,

l.'eceived April L'a, V2,\', a.m. lAVDON, April -I

The War Office publishes official del.'iil< nl' Hie operations in Knst. Africa. I'.y .lamiury 'Jn.l the enemy was cleared mil of lirilish territory ami |hc Rritish Jiikl Indian column, willi I lie assistance " { lll(< naval forces, established ilsell' ■'il»"g the I'mlia Valley anil occupied •Listen, twenty miles of (he enemy's territory, which was held |,y three companies of Indians under Colonel Kaglen Sinj.li.

On January I2lh a slriing (lennan force was repulsed willi heavy loss.

The (lennans, two thousand strong, with six guns ami many niaidiiiio guns, again attacked on the |S|h, and the garrison, losing its commander, shirondered on the l!l|h, afler exliaiislin.; ils ammunition and losing iJ7ii mn> mos | id' whom were taken prisoners. Conriirmilly at Uniba the Allies occupied Alalia. Tlirgarrison siirrcmlcreil. Our armed .steamer on Lake Victoria Xyanza-drove ashore and disabled the armed Herman steamer Miiauza. Our foicos defealed lIHO (ioniums in the Miiiali dislricl, indicting heavy loss. (Official): The lliirly nine officers arerslcd miller (lennan reprisals include Lord (lar- *•»*-■*. Master Saltnuu Spencer Coke Hunter 'lllnir. I'Vceived April L'llJH.llOa.m. LONDON, April |M, The Swedish steamer Jdilh Leilh, goiiifj Inwards (,'olhiulung ami Nooalladol, was Inrpeiloi'il and sunk in the Norlli Sea. Tin.' crew was picked up, I'AIIIH, April M. I'Vonch avialors dropped two bombs mi Km I Kaslm, in Smyrna, killing ami wounding several soldiers. The same airman also bombed Iho railway station mid a (lennan vessel, which sank. The LYlio de Paris' Salonika correspondent says die Allied aeroplanes are fri'(|Uenlly (|yin K over Smyrna. Obe.irvera oslimalo Ihal, \iw are ■'I'I.MIII Turks Iheer. Half are in tho (reaches, and half on the heights overlooking | he lown, Thirty- heavy guns from Ooiislaiilinoplo liaye been placed on ('ho new front.

[ J'BTIKMIIIAI), April Hi.' A tyang coluiiin «l' Idissiiin cavalry I'lllcred Knsl; I'nissia, near Afcms'l, ■tlircatciiiiid the enemy's loft Hank. AMSTEHMF, April M. ' •On Thursday and Friday ni K li|,s ]„„ n y. train-loads of (levuinu dead arrived n't' Hasaclt. Tim civilian's were cqmppllcrf' lo bi|ry I hem. ''• ■ ■ • < 'J'u'Ciily./lvo thousand (Icrninn wound.oil have reached Liege. Mo'st of the, biiHiiii'ss-plneoH lu'ivc'lfortii tjiisforiii'fl.l into hospitals.,.' A German 'oflieinl report claims, to have beaten off tlio Allies' attack from Ypies to Bixsclioote'and captured !M7O prisoners and many rilles and machine' gmis,\ ■ ■•'_'■'

!l'lie Ti)ik(idt|Jica(|qdflrtorß state Hhtttf the Ajulu) nttaokqd tho Aycsliu's crovy,< iiinipliliig 1 Hi rough Hio uVbdil from Lidd South to Jeddnli Tho crew fought thrco (lny 4 and tho Arabs \\oro diivcn off,

Tho Gcnnous lost n lieutenant nnd two Jiio.iijdlled fliul tlirco wounded, Tho latter was plnccd in the hospital, A Jcddah' German pflleial wit'olosg had already, staled that they reached Damascus before March Jsr, nnd thorn was no mention of nhnlfnck. '•'

Received April n.m. ,'. LONDON, April 24.'

■ "l , ]yO'WitnoHß"-.pn i vR a tribute to tho Army .Medical Service for maintaining a low sickness rntiv lip Inontions that (luring tin* Nile campaign tiioro woro more cases of typhoid, in,two brigndes in eight months than in tho whole Brit* ish army in the present war to date, The mobile bacteriological laboratories have proved of great success in detecting the germ-carriers,'nnd inoculation' has proved Ihe surest"defence against typhoid and other diseases. • PARIS, April 24.

1 ■ Supplementary olllclnl messages stato that a I hick-yellow smoke was emiltod from the German trenches on Thursday evening, and was driven before tho northerly wind. Tin's produced an offeel ol' complete asphyxiation, mid was felt even in Ihe second line. Yesterday's counler attacks enabled the Hellish to recover part of (hodost ground, and allowed thonnjn completely consolidate their posit on. The action is progressing \vil|i the support of tho Hiili'iheis, and Hclgians. AMSTERDAM, April 24. Twenty of Hie crew of Elfi have reached Constantinople.. Admiral von Tirpitz was eongralulaled Ihroiighnnl Germany upon the celebration of his naval jubilee. He is hailed as Ihe saviour of llio country. Conn! Zeppolin, has received llio Iron Ci'os'i.

PKTROGRAI), April 24 (Oflicial.)

Wi l seized 1 lit* liiiporliinl, heights of Tclopoics, in Ihe Siiuikii logons, Tiro Austrian iillai'ks ill I'olcii :iin! Volossnlo wcio repulsed willi mormons losses.

CIIIMSTIANA, April 21

Ocruiatiy ilomiituU the opportunity to exniiiiiu* the pieces of llit* liclriilo torpi'ilo, and promises :iii apology if the torpedo is Oormaii, or will refer lit tlio lliigm* if llh* (lovcrnmonls fnll lo agree. STOCKHOLM;. April i!l.

A (Iciiiiiiii submarine sank llic I'innisli slcainVr I'Vank, carrying a cargo of twelve llionsiinil lons of iron from the Hallie. II is believed that the crew were saved. \ PARIS, April iM. (Ollieial.) Tlie enemy's reneweil ami obstinate clloits lo turn lo good account tlio surprise Mi'liieved by I he asphyxiating gases have failed. The r-Vcnoli l.onaves ami liolgian ('arliineers recovered I he village of l.izerno, on the left bank of I lie Yser, wliii-li the enemy had temporarily earned. The I'Yeneh npproe.i-

nbly r/rogrcssfcd' oVthcii loft/ kVeplng Jn touch with tKo Belgians, ami wo ml vnncod moro slowly.j *>' • ' ' On tho French \M\\ ' the Biitish troops mcnnwhilo woro subjected to \\ violent attack nnd ith nn nn ■iiiOdlDto-coiintflf-nttaolc,* the. result.'of whlr.hhn» not yot bccii.aiinonnccd.' '" ' Tho. GoriiitniH exploded five heavy' mines in-the-neighbourhood'', Of ' the French trenches on tho northern Vpiiv' Of a (imn|l fort nt Heniißejour. Dejipite tliO'i-vtoJJnt ■ explosions, • the Allies, outfltfliujljff tho. enemy; occupied' the crntyiii ,tw<pity-fivo metres in dinnictor:

Hot lighting oci'lirrod-i'it Hois d'Ailly, whore tho Gormans made'rcpeateit and desperate ' efforts to recapture > the trnches taken on Thursday. After llie evacuation of n portion', the Allies reitooktboiii nnd now retain them. Received April 211, 1.20 a,m. tfJTKOUItAI), April 20. ■ Tho wholo line of the main Russian advance in the Carpalhians is now in Hungarian territory, the capture of Hie trenches on the height dominating Hill 1001 having brought' the left wing across the frontier. The front extends forty miles between two railways, which cross tho Carpathians at Mc/olaliorcz, west of Uszok Pass. In Ihe east; the Hllßsiail.l, wllilo awaiting favourable wenther for an advance, are lighting ac tions daily, and now occupy the upper Waters of the majority of the rivers running into Hungary. The success near Hill 1001 facilitates the conquest of tho Uszok region by reducing' the imporfniico of Hill 902, whicli is still iir the enemy's hands.