MONTENEGRO

New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9257, 26 January 1916, Page 6

MONTENEGRO

.... HOW LOVGHEN FELL BAGGED DEFENDERS GREATLY ’ ; OUTNUMBERED. Dy Telegraph—Prcaa A««ocla,t!on —Copy BARIS, January 24. M. Nandeau, the French correspondent,, telegraphs to the “Journal” from ’.Petrograd, denying that the Montenegrin! - army at Lovohou numbered 35,000, or that 30,000 Serbs helped , ,them to defend Lovchcn. Only 0800 , Montenegrins occupied the mountain. They had four old 12in guns, recently purchased from Italy, and six old Russian guns, for which there were no . .shells. The Montenegrins had no help from any quarter, and Antivari was open to “"bombardment by Austrian battleships, which were able to bombard Lovchen. The Montenegrins could not wait for help any longer, as an eighth of the population had died of famine. They had thirty-three field guns, with only thirty shells apiece, the rifles were out - of repair, and there were only 120 - rounds-■ for each. The men had worn out their boots and clothes/ Of 70,00 u available at the outset of the campaign ohly 15,000 were left. They ■were half-starved, and fighting against ■adds of'twenty to one. “ PEACE “NEGOTIATIONS” A JOKE. ■ROME, January 24. The Montenegrin Ministers are making light of the peace negotiations, de- , scribing the peace as a joke. The ■•Austrian anger is only to be expected, but invaluable time has been gained. AUSTRIANS OCCUPY SCUTARI. Mm LONDON, January 24- - It is reported that the Austrians have occupied Scutari. i- In'.the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil said that telegraphic com’.munication with Scutari had. been in- ,, ,terrupted. No information was avail,«y.e about Montenegro. OESRERATEJESISTANGE AUSTRIANS FORCED TO SEND REINFORCEMENTS. < 8/ Totajraph—Fraai Association—Oopyrllhl 1 (Received January 25, 8.30 p.m.) “ ZURICH, January 24. ‘' A Vienna message states that the „ , Montenegrins are making such a dea- „, perato and violent resistance in’ the • ■ Taiaiosoh mountains (northward of - Scutari), that the Austrians have been ♦ t obliged to send reinforcements. The • 1 battle has been raging for two days. I IN EAST AFRICA BiAIN : INTERFERES WITH OPERATIONS. if Tolejraph—Pr«ia Annotation--Copyrljhi LONDON, January 24. -In the House of Commons, the Un- ., der-Seorptary for’ War (Mr Tennant), -replying, to Sir E. Cornwall, said that ...djuring .the recent operations in East Africa a small force of Gormans on December 6th attacked a weak observation post- seventy-five miles from '" Mombasa. The British occupied two ■' ‘ r .placed fn German territory without "'serious'’opposition. Rain was hamper“'irig bpofationa. RAID NEAR LIBAU Serbians get a taste of ' FRIGHTFULNESS. . jCf T«l«|rAph'~Preis AiaoolaUoD-^OopTTlcht . « , PETROGRAD, January 24. . Civilian volunteers crawled in day-. * * light ■to the Libau-Romny railway, shout the sentries’ throats, and broke - (up the -rails. They disguised themselves in the, Germans’ clothes, and signalled a military train, which, was wrecked. Hundreds were killed. BRITISH VESSEL SUNK ■ ’ NEAR NOVA SCOTIA COAST. Hr T«lcßr*ph—Pran Association—Ooorrl*h> OTTAWA, January 24. The British steamer Follentia has been sunk near Nova Scotia. The crew wore taken off. WARNED ; AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP BUILDING ; MAY STOP. By Tale*raph—Frau Association—Coprrl*kt (Received January 26, 0.50 a.m.) ) SYDNEjY, January 25. Speaking at a conference called ‘to devise a scheme for settling the demarcation of disputes in the various trades at the Cockatoo Island shipbuilding yards, Mr Jensen (Minister in Charge of Naval Affairs) warned unionists that if they persisted in inter-State disputes there would bo a danger of warship ■building in Australia being dropped.