TURKISH WAR SUPPLIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3201, 21 July 1915, Page 34

TURKISH WAR SUPPLIES.

PARIS, July 18. Tlie Turks have received by rail via Bulgaria 13 wagon Joads of benzine ,four wagon loads of sulphur, a quantity of drugs, and the parts of four aeroplanes. COAL-LADEN SHIP TORPEDOED. PETROGRAD, July 18. The Russian submarine Nerpa torpedoed a large coal-laden ship in the Black Sea. ALLIES’ SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE. LONDON, July 19. The Athens correspondent of Jhe Daily Mail reports that the Allies are attacking vehemently the whole Turkish line, and the ships are co-operating. It is reported that all attacks were successful. TRIBUTE TO MEDICAL STAFF. LONDON, July 19. Sir F. Treves, at a Red Cross meeting at Aylesbury, said there was no hospital at Gallipoli, and no means of erecting one. The wounded were taken off at Gaba Tepe and other beaches and con-

veyed to Mudros, and thence distributed between Alexandria and Malta. Mudros contained a general hospital with beds, and also hospital ships. Pillows, cooking stoves, fly-curtains, and fans meant a great deal to the army. The Australasians were better provided for than the British. There never was an army in connection with which the medical and sanitary arrangements were more perfect, but such a vast expansion was necessary after the outbreak of the war that the

army must look to civilians to supplement its resources. A GERMAN GUARANTEE. CONSTANTINOPLE, July IS. Germany has informed the Porte that she guarantees that Britain will pay Turkey a Avar indemnity of £200,000.000. FOR NEW ZEALAND’S WOUNDED. LONDON, July 18. A gift of £3OOO has been made to The Times Fund for the use of wounded and sick New Zealanders. A central committee hits been formed to administer the fund. WOUNDED AT SYDNEY. ENTHUSIASTIC HERO-WORSHIP. SYDNEY, July 19. Enormous crowds at the railway station welcomed the first batch of wounded to return. Altogether 150 returned soldiers —the bulk being medical cases —were subjected to enthusiastic hero-worship. Their stories add graphic details to the already cabled accounts of the fighting at Gallipoli, including the impersonation of Australian and New Zealand officers and . other slim tactics employed by the Germans. A tribute is paid to the high fighting qualities of the Turks and the splendid and heroic Avork of the ambulance men. MISSING OTAGO MEN. LED BY AUCKLAND OFFICER. SOME FURTHER. INFORMATION. (From Ooh Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Julv 14 News which has come to hand regarding Captain A. B. Morton, an Auckland officer who Avas reported missing early in May, will be of interest to Otago people, for recent letters have stated that Captain Morton was with the Otago Battalion when he' disappeared, and that trace was also lost of a number of Otago men who were with him. The most recent information is contained in a letter written by Colonel Johnston, officer commanding the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, to Mr W. E. Morton, of Green lane, Auckland. • “On the night of May 2 I had sent Captain Morton with the Otago Battalion, and ho was to join me later with his report,” •writes Colonel Johnston. “ The attack %vas beaten back, and the Otago Battalion had to dig itself in. Captain Morton spoke to Colonel Moore early on May 3, and then went to take some of the left trenches. From all I can hear ho was last seen leading some of the Bth Otago men at some Turks. One man says he saw him fall. I would have written sooner, but at first I thought he might be-alive and able to fight his way back to our lines, or that some of the parties helping the wounded might find him. Ho was brave, of course, and fell gallantly. Since May 12, when Captain Morton was reported missing, unofficial news has been received that he has been taken prisoner. No fewer than 92 Otago men, with whom Captain Morton was serving, were reported missing between May 1 and May 22.