LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5364, 23 February 1916, Page 5

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

ACTIVITY IN THE WEST. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT DON

(Received this day at 8.0 a.m.) London. This Day. Sir Douglas Ha'g reports that twenty-six aeroplanes attacked the enemy depots at Don and extensive damage to stores, the railway and enpdiy aircraft result’d. Recently several night attacks were made on various towns in our area, but with no military results. A few civilians were killer!. RAIDS IN ALL TH’fcATRKS.

RECOR t>-BREAKING DAY. LOSS OF ENEMY MACHINES. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) London. This Day. Communiques show that yesterday was a record-breaker in aeroplane :.t----taeks. Apart from the destruction of a Zeppelin in the great raid on Don. air raids and fighting is reported from all theatres .including Austrian raids on Briscie. in Milan, where there was small damage, and a Russian raid on Buczaez and Manasterjisk. The French brought down a Fokker. an albatross, and a third machine in the various sectors. Seven niaesines «Iso fought four aeroplanes at Hatt-on-Chatel. where two were brought down and the others fled. A French Chaser srjuardon attacked fifteen German machines and forced the latter to fight at Revigny. One was brought down. A squadron of seventeen dropped seventy bombs of heavy calibre on the aerodrome at Habsheim .and the goods station at Mnlhouse. A squadron of twenty-eight bombed the enemy’s munition factory at. Pagnysnrmozelle. All the machines Returned safely. A Zeppelin was reported to be in flames at Boatantleroi. It was shot through with incendiary shells. AUSTRIANS RAIDED. (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) Baal«, This Day. It is authoritatively .stated from Vienna that Russian aeroplanes dropped thirty bombs on the Austrian staff headquarters. , BERLIN SHORT OF BUTTER. (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) London, This Day. The Berlin authorities are limiting the sale of butter to a quarter of * pound weekly to each person, obtainable on a presentation card. RECONN AISANCE AT SUEZ. ENEMY POSITION B(>MBED. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) Cairo, This Day. Official: A British aviator, in a reoonnaisanee on Sunday of the enemy's advanced pbsts eastward of the Suez Canal, descended and dropped a hundred-pound bomb and destroyed the power station at El Hasson*). ZEPPELIN SHEDS WRECKED. A HURRICANE INTERCEDES. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) Paris. This Day. Reports in Swiss papers state that a hurricane partially demolished the Zeppelin sheds at Fmlriekshnfon. ENFORCING THE BLOCKADE. ONE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE. (Received this day at 0.30 a.m.) London, This Day. It is understood the Cabinet contemplates making a single Minister responsible for the enforc-oment. of the German blockade, exercising powers now distributed amongst the Fomign Office, the Admiralty, the Board of Trade and elsewhere. It is likely that Lord Robert (Veil will be appointed. BRITISH NOT ANNIHILATED. FALSE TURKISH REPORT. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) London, Tliis Day. In the Commons, Mr Ohamherlain referred to the Turkish claim of annihilating the British. Tie said the in-

, cident occurred, on January 12th between a reconnoitring party from Aden and a Turkish detachment. A j British officer and four Indian soldiers i were killed, and four British officers 1 and five Indian soldiers were wounded, j There were two hundred enemy casuj alties. The British were neither an- ! nihilated nor defeated. i i ERZEROUM FEAT OF ARMS. APPLAUDED .BY KITCHENER. (Received this day at 8.20 a.m.) London, This Dlay Lord Kitchener telegraphed to the Grand Duke “the heartiest congratulations of the British and myself at the brilliant feat of arms by our Russian comrades at Erzeroum.” Nicholas replied “thanking Lord Kitchener and the brilliant British army.” COMBAT ON UGANDA BORDER. GENERAL SMUTS WINS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.in.) Capetown, This Day. Official: General Smuts reports that on the eighteenth an enemy force o»f two hundred attacked Kachumbe, on the Uganda border, but were driven off. The enemy lost four Euxo--1 peons, fifty-three natives. and n quantity of machine guns, rifles .and ammunition. We suffered no casualty. DEFENCES OF SALONIKA. PREPARED FOR ATTACKS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) London, This Day. The Daily Chronicle’s Salonika correspondent. at the invitation of General Sarrail, and with Greek generals, inspected the Allied fortifications at Salonika. He was astonished at the strength of the forts. The Greeks agreed that the enemy would need to attack in great force and with formidable artillery, FAMINE AT MONA STIR. (Received this day at 9.30 am.s London. This Day. J Deserters state that a .serious famline prevails at Mona stir. SERVIAN KING RECOVERING. Athens. This Day. , The King of Servia. who is, taking j sulphur baths at Edepsos. is rapidly j recovering and is looking many years j younger. He is delighted that he will : soon be fit again to lead his army. [NEW ZIvALANDF.RS AT UA.I inN A MODEL HOSPITAL. (Received this day at 9.30 a m.) London, This Day. On Hon. T. Mackenz e’s invitation I Mr Fisher visited at Walton 250 patients who are mostly able to take daily outings, except the most stubIxirn cases, notably rheumatism. The following have been at Walton since it was opened in August: Privates Macßurny (Auckland). McGahey (Wellington), Sergeant Black (Canterbury), Bugler Chegwidden (Auckland). There are no 'erious vases. One of the cheeriest is a Maori, John Morgan, who has lost both legs. There have been no recent arrivals, except an occasional accident. Arthur Sanders (Wellington i suffered concussion on Saturday while playing full-back. Lady Mackenzie accompanied Mr Fisher who was impressed with the excellent organisation and admired the system of nnt--ting the men on their honour, thus resulting in no breaking of rules. Everything was externally coo|(ortable and in delightful surroundings. The military regard it as a model I hospital. Constant visits have been made by high officials and they are unnnimous in their approval. TO ATTACK ZEPPELINS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) London, This Day. Apropos of the loss of Zeppelins it is stated to be possible to make incendiary non-explosive sheik to be plainly visible at night- during their whole flight, and at the same timedevelop such a terriffic heat so u to inevitably set fire to a Zeppelin if struck.