DARDANELLES LOSSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 8

DARDANELLES LOSSES.

CLAD! BY A GERMAN. (Received April 6, 1 a.m.) London, April 5. A German officer, who is assisting in the operations at the Dardanelles, claims that the warships Irresistible, Ocean, and Bpuvet were sunk by the Turkish batteries and not by mines.

SAMOAN GARRISON.

HEALTH OF THE TROOPS. [by telegraph.—press association.] Wellington, Monday. A report on the health of the troops at Samoa, dated the 4th inst, states that the health of the troops is fair. In the sth Regiment, Private Hook is suffering from colitis; Private A. J. Larsen, septic ankle; Private J. Lucre, appendicitis; Private J. H. Mitchell, septic ankle; Private H. V. Wright, swollen glandj in the neck. In the Railway Engineers, Sapper A. L. Lloyd has renal calculus.

DANISH SYMPATHIES.

CURIOUS STOCKHOLM STORY. Stockholm messages report a rumour to the effect that Denmark has enlarged Esbjerg Harbour — the North Sea coast of Denmark—for the special purpose of facilitating a British attack on Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel. There is no knowledge in official circles of the truth of the story, and it is generally believed that England has probably found a better way of attacking Kiel.

ALLIES AND FRIENDS.

RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. At a Slav relief meeting in London a letter was read from the Russian author, M. Goremykin. It said: "I promise that any sympathy you show my people will meet with hearty response. We are allies now, and I hope will be forever. It is time we studied each other more. May the war which has joined our two forces also bring together our two nations. Every Englishman will be treated in Russia as a friend. I firmly believe that in our union lies the hope of the world's peace."

GERMANY'S SUBMARINES.

SIGNIFICANT INDICATIONS. The naval correspondent of the London Times assumes that when Captain Weddigen was transferred by the German naval authorities from submarine U9, ho was given command of the best submarine then available, namely, U29. Probably submarines U3O and upwards have been commissioned since then. "If they had been available during the first month of the blockade," the correspondent adds, "they would probably have been used, because of their superior speed, sea-keeping capacity, and gun-power. " The Germans have been apparently keeping back their newest submarines for use with the fleet. The fact that the latest submarines are now being used as commerce-destroyers may iudicato either that a fleet fight is considered more remote than formerly, or that owing to losses the Germans do not possess other boats."