RESIGNED TO THE INEVITABLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5883, 1 April 1915, Page 7

RESIGNED TO THE INEVITABLE.

WARSHIPS ON BELGIAN COAST.

SUBMARINES BOMBARDED.

AUSTRALIA OFFERS MORE MEN.

ANOTHER CONTINGENT ACCEPTED

A courier from Constantinople states that the city is resigned to the inevitable. The Government is preparing the inhabitants for the arrival of the allied warships by proclama» tions posted in the mosques, which state that the fleets will sail away in a few weeks' time, content with having made simple demonstrations. The operations of the French and British squadrons in the Dardanelles and of the Russian fleet at the entrance to the Bosphorus are forcing the Turks to divide their fortress engineers. Von der Goltz, who recently left Constantinople, has reached Berlin. German submarines at Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast, have been bombarded by a British squadron, allied airmen directing the fire of the warships. A number of German Taubes engaged the allied airmen, and one of the enemy's machines was brought down, two of its occupants being killed. There has been fierce fighting at several points in the Argonne, with little result. The allies' artillery forced the Germans to evacuate a village north-east of St. Mihiel, on the Meuse. Persistent attacks by the Austrians in the Carpathians have been repulsed by the Russians. Australia has offered another contingent for service at the front, which the Imperial Government has accepted. General Botha, who is conducting the campaign against German South Africa, is confronted with the difficult task of crossing a waterless desert. The Germans have dynamited the railway in the Aus district, 60 miles inland from the coast.