THE WAR.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6307, 3 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

In Ohampagne BJiSPiOKATE GMiHAJS ATTACK. miUUBLlfi -LOSSKS fOB SIIGHO. 1 GAIN. TitOOPS 'BACK FitOM MBT FJiGNT : PAililS, Oct, 31, A communique states : J.he enemy's bombardment m the champagne yeioped its greatest violence aiong a! front of eight Kilometres, from Hjn iso. iy.s, ia&ure Hill, and Tahuretvii lage, to La Courtine. ' It was followed by an attack parried' out i>j important masses of infantry, the ma * jority of whom recently came irom tfle Itussiau front. Despite the vigor of the 'attack and the fact of the assailants being eac...desperate, the aeuy sutferea a serious , defeat. Our lire decimated the waves of the attack on. the whole front, the assailants only reacting the summit o i iahure Hill, livery where else, especially in iront 01 iajiure village, where the fire was particulat'ly oijstmate, the Germans were completely repulsed and driven back to their trenches, leaving a very large numbwr oi dead.

Navai bauie FOE BLACK SKA COMMAND. BJ2SULT IMs.No\WN. COIPIiNHAGIiN, Oct. 31. A Bucharest telogiram states that the Uoeben, Breslau, and jllamidieh attached three ltussian battleships, several cruisers, and destroyers. A violent battle ensued, out the result is unknown.

I THfc. DABOANtLLcd, AUSTRALIAN DETERMINATION. I NO NEED EOIi PESSIMISM. MELBOUtRNIE, Nov. 1. Senator Pearce, in the course oi a speculi at said there was no need. for pessimism because oi the enemy's temporary success here ami there. It, was no time to talk ol (jallip.oli, yr losing hope, but to, send more men, mm. Lion>=, and money,, with every confidence in the brains oi those directing our military strategy. The Suvia Blundtr MHO WEiUi 11KSP0NS1BLE ? LONDON, Oct. 31. An article in the Weekly Dispatch s.-tys >: " After the Suvla landing, hours wet e wasted when minutes were previous. (A passion lor drill was indulged to the utmost. Trenches were ■lug in useless positions, andf niglu marches were muddled. ,The British relUiorcciiienLs Jailed to hold Sari liair which one-tenth of the number oi Anzacs had held previously, because the new troops had never been train ed lor sueli lighting as (ialhpoli. .So piugle scapegoat can bu made. Australia and ~\ew Zealand, ,m additum to Great Britain, are consumed with a desire to know who is (jointly re.sponsible with the Suvia general."

Serbians' beterminaiion " TO ,THE LAST MAN." PAIUS, Nov. 1. The Serbian Minister states that tfic Serbians, now that ■ they are assured of eliective allied co-operation, wiii light to the last man. KEIN I«'ORCEiIENTS FOB SALONIKA PAJUfe, Xov. i. Lu iempa says thac General JoUre met Lord kiteheaer to decide upon common measures. One result, will De the sending oi reinforcements ic Salonika.

Rumanian High ctticsrs FAVOUR JOINING THE ENTENTE. ROME, Nov. 1. Ihe Corriere della Sera's Bucharest correspondent states that a council oi high Rumanian oliicers, by a twothirds majority, favoured joining tna Entente.

BRITISH TROOPS. CO-OPERATING WITH SERBIANS. PARIS, Nov. 1. Le Journal Bays that Lord'Lansdowne's speech caused, much disappointment. The British Lroops were ordered next day to co-opurate with the French, and crossed the Serbia* frontier forthwith.

Greece's Neutrality WOULD SHE CLOSE SALONIKA. LONDON, Oct. ai. the Budapest Yilag says that the reports are unconfirmed that Greece has informed the Allies that she maintains her demand for the re-embark-ation of all the troops that havo, lauded at Salonika, including thof-e already in Serbfa and that she would regret to lind it necessary to. disarm and intern them; but she i 3 prepared to enforce ■ her demand, and has taken measure to have sullicient Creek troops in Salonika for this purpose. A Paris message states that it is authorised to declare that there ss no foundation for the mischcvious rumors-, that IGreeco, under [pressure from Germany and Bulgaria, intends to expel the Allies' contingents fror.'. Salonika!

THE BEST CORRECTIVE. DISPLAY OF FORCE. LONDON, Oct.. 31. Ihe Pall Mall Gazette stales that k ;ng Constantino's duplmity has gone to such extremes that he would not hesitate to strike thef Angle French troops from behind if he were convinced tnat Germany was winning, and that retribution for such treachery would not be 'forthcoming. The Allies must convince this double-deal-ing potentate of their resources.

British Colossal Blunder SIR CHARI.EiS~FOUTESOU'E' S VIEW. WITHOIIA.W OUB FORCES. LONDON, Oct. 29. Colonel Charles Granville Fortescue D.5.0., -who saw the Dardanelles defences from the Turkish side, has pub lished a ibpok oa tho. iDardanellcs. 08 denounces the appalling plan of smashing a channel through to the Black Sea, which he says was due to iffnoranoe, wrong information, or absolute contempt of all military and naval precedents. There was 110 chance of a battleship running the gauntlet of the forts iD the Narrows'. The English people ware sadly befooled when am English commander proposed 'to get astride' Gallipoli Peninsula. They forgot that the Germans were in touch with Turkey. " Early in June," says the author, '" Sir lan. Hamilton's army had a gambler's chance of sucoess, in view of the possible exhaustion of the Turkish .ammunition, but. Germany sent trained munition, workers to take overtthe lurki»h ammunition factories, andjflfr

I ter their arrival these factories Boon , began to turn out a sufficient supply ; for all. needs. e j f The iiajkan crisis comes opporI tunely, as it would excuse ourevacui ation oi the Dardanelles ias a military necessity. He who pushed the plan can escape indictment for his folly This gigiantio failure ha» cost us one thousand casualties. It is certain that the Gemiftn General Staff know that our Mediterranean force • must either bo withdrawn or be exterminated. If the war ends; ip, anything more faco arable to us than a draw, Germany must ,be beaten in France and Flanders." j (.Sir Charles Fortescue bet* Brigadier-general on the Stall', Eastern Command, since 1912. He was formerly private secretary to the Sec-, retarvl of Stats for .War, He. served in the Burmese . and kaianga (Gold Coast) Expeditions, and with the Natal Field Force in the Boer War, on each occasion being mentioned in despatches. He is 54 years old.)