THE WAR ABOUT TRIPOLI

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14895, 22 January 1912, Page 7

THE WAR ABOUT TRIPOLI

FIERCE ALL-DAY BATTLE. TURKS ATTACK NEW FORTS. BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright (Received January 21, 5.5 p.m.) Tripoli, January 20. A fierce battle, lasting all day, was fought on Thursday. A Turkish force attacked the Italians, who were erecting two forts at Gargaress. The Italians repulsed the attack, but when night fell they were themselves compelled to withdraw, as ; their defences were not completed. The Italians lost 50 men, and the , losses of the Turks are reported to be heavy. DEFEAT OF TURKS AT DERNA Rome, January 19. Three thousand Turks and Arabs advanced towards Derna. * The Italian artillery repelled them with heavy loss. The Italians' losses were three . killed and seven wounded. A BRITISH SHIP SEIZED. TURKISH GENERAL TAKEN. (Received January 22. 1 a.m.) Aden, January 21. ' The Italian cruiser Volturno overhauled the British ship Africa and removed 12 Turkish officers, who , were aboard, including the veteran Riza Bey, a famous Turkish leader in Yemen. ITALIANS REPULSE TURKS. (Received January 22. i a.m.) Tripoli, January 21. Eighteen Italian infantrymen in a blockhouse at Benghazi, supported by neighbouring redoubts, repulsed 400 Turks and Arabs, killing 29. SEIZURE OF FRENCH SHIPS. DEMAND FOR MAIL BAGS. Rome, January 19. ; Italians seized the French mail steamer Manouba, bound to Tunis. She was taken to Cagliari. The steamer Schleswig, accompanying the Manouba, was merely searched and! released. DOUBTS ABOUT PASSENGERS (Received January 21, 5.5 p.m.) , Paris, January 20. When the Manouba was challenged the captain declined to surrender. Twenty-nine Turkish : passengers on the steamer said that they were Red Cross doctors and nurses. The Italians claimed that they were Turkish officers and soldiers. The Manouba was, released after the Turkish had been forced to disembark at Cagliari. THE AEROPLANE INCIDENT. Paris, January. 19. ■'■■ The officer boarding the Carthage, which was seized by Italian torpedo boats because it ■; had on board a French aviator . and his, aeroplane, ordered the captain to immediately destroy the aeroplane. The captain refused. , ['. .'//.■. ', ; , ' _ ■:,'..; The Italians then demanded the 1 Tripolitan mailbag, which , was also refused; and the Carthage was then seized.- . _~ , ■, . -- ~ • ■ AEROPLANES NOT FOR WAR. A PACIFIC ASSURANCE. (Received January 21, 5.5 p.m.) Rome, January 20. M. Legrand states that in a cordial interview he assured the Marquis di San Guiliano, Minister for Foreign Affairs, that 'the aviators had undertaken not to place the aeroplanes at the service of the belligerents. The Minister at once ordered the release of the Carthage.