WONDERFUL FEATS OF WAR.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 1130, 14 July 1915, Page 5

WONDERFUL FEATS OF WAR.

AT THE DARDANELLES. CLSBMUS VICTORY ACHIEVED. ROUMANIA INTERROGATED. IQUEBTED TO DEFINE ITS ATTITUDE. FIGHTING IN POLAND. RUSSIANS STILL VICTORIOUS. THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. MIGHT OF THEIR GREAT GUIS. The Turks by now must have learned the meaning of the word “attrition,” for their losses in the engagement which we chronicle to-daj T must have been heart-breaking when even our own men in the heat of battle turned sick at the slaughter. The splendid victory achieved by inn- troops will probably bring the Balkan States a little nearer to a ilec is ion. That Turkey is fighting in its last ditch is evident from the fact that Palestine and the countries round about have severed their connection with Constantinople. In fact July is bringing us good luck. The very ends of the earth are rejoicing at Botha’s grand achievement in clearing the German out of the great continent, the Austrians have suffered a serious check, and the blasting of the latest Turkish offensive brings ns appreciably nearer a sight of the spires and domes of Constantinople. The Italians, too, are reducing to dust Austrian forts which stand in the way of their advance. The Italian Alpini are the Austrian surprises of the war. The Austrians have built forts where it is humanly impossible that they can be attacked from the rear. Yet when the occupants glance up to have a last look at the stars before turning in for the night, they 'find that the luminaries on their horizon are eclipsed by Italians who have climbed the impossible. The Austrians and (.Tcnnans are insisting that Romuania shall define its attitude towards them, a fact which indicates that Roumanian opinion is not hy any means friendly towards them. The lighting in Poland is still in favour of the Russians, but the Times' Petrograd correspondent warns us not to indulge in too much jubilation over the defeat of the Austrians in the Lublin region a few days ago. Ho makes the astounding statement that the Austro-German front extends for one thousand miles and one is constrained to ask where in creation all the Austrians and Germans come from'/ The Germans claim to be extremely clever in the domain iff synthetic chemistry, but surely they have not been manufacturing men in their munition works'/ Field Marshal Hindenburg has lost his billet under 'William the Mad. He said to the August Mad One. “If you will take my tip you will stop this war at once. You have no more chance of winning than Jack Johnson had against Willard.’ - And. of course, he was given his pay ticket and ordered off the work's.