LATE WAR NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144664, 26 April 1915, Page 7

LATE WAR NEWS.

GERMAN DEFENCE. OF POISONOUS BOMBS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. (Received April 2n, 2.35 p.m.) BERLIN, April 25. The Frankfurter Zcitung, rejoicing in the Gorman .successes at Ypres. states: “It is probable we employed projectiles emitting poisonous gases. Tliis is in reply to the treacherous British and French projectiles. We have already stated that German chemists would produce, considerably more effective gas-bombs than the enemy-’’ j THE DARDANELLES. BOMBARDMENT BY THE I TRIUMPH. ■ (Received April 25. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. April 25. Router's correspondent on hoard the H.M.S. Triumph reports that when they enteral the Dardanelles iho 7.oin. guns opened fire on the trenches at the western end of th Gallipoli Peninsula. at a range of 7GOO yard;. After half an hour the Triumph changed her position. A howitzer battery on the Asiatic shore dropped sixteen shells in a quarter of an hour. Three struck the Triumph, inflicting trifling damage, and two men were wounded. The Triumph silenced the howitzers in a few minutes a.nd resinned the bombardment of the- trenches. BRITAIN’S NEW WARSHIP. The London Times says “The British Admiralty sprung a' surprise on I lie enemy by producing at a critical moment the Qiioon Elizabeth. She is the first vessel of the regular battle-line to bo armed with fifteen-inch gnus, to have a nominal speed of twenty-fire knots, and to use oil fuel only. The Queen Elizabeth is one of five ships, the others being the Warspllc. Valiant. Barham. and Malaya. all of a similar type, and all of which arc to be completed for sea within, the next few works, Tim Queen Elizabeth lias only' recently completed her trials, which are understood to have been most .satisfactory. It is probable that this ship will not only bo found the most formidable vessel afloat, but that in speed she will also give the Germans something to marvel about.

A British destroyer engaged in patrol •work in the English Channel recently met with a bit ol luck. She overhauled and boarded a neutral steamer (nationality not yet made public) and found her loaded" with oil, Closo interrogation resulted in admissions that tho vessel was acting as a supply ship to German submarines, with whom she had a rendezvous. A prize crew and a gun were placed on board the neutral, and the appointments with tho submarines were duly kept, each being sent to tho bottom on putting in an appearance.