ITALIANS IN TRIPOLI

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8054, 7 March 1912, Page 5

ITALIANS IN TRIPOLI

ASSAULTS REPELLED BY COLD • STEEL AT, DERNA.

By Telegraph—Press Association— CoprrigU> ;■ ROME, March 5.

Thero was fierce fighting at Derna, frequently at close quarters, dll day last. Tile Italians made repeated bayonet charges, repelling the Turks and Arabs* The latter’s attempted flanking movement was frustrated by a timely Italian reinforcement. . , ' The Italian casualties numbered- one hundred. and fifty. The Turkish losses aro unknown. RED SEA BOMBARDMENT. _ PERIM, March 3. An- Italian toPpedo-boat bombarded the Sheik Said, forts.

COST OF THE VICTORY.

(Received MarcE 6, 11.15 p.m.)

ROME, March 6. Eight officers' were killed and thirteen wounded at Derna, and fifty-two men vycro killed, twenty-nine severely and a hundred and thirty-five slightly wounded. The Eritrean Battalion had a sixhours’ engagement,’ and repelled Arabs near Bird. The Arabs lost a hundred killed, ’while the battalion lost nine killed and twenty-eight wounded. ■ ■

DARDANELLES CLOSED AT - NIGHT.

(Received March 6, 11.15 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 6. The Porto Has notified the Powers that the Dardanelles are now closed at night time.