WAR NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1915, Page 6

WAR NEWS.

BTLCARIAX ATTACKS. \ (Received Wednesday, 8.10 a.m.) SALONIKA, Tuesday. When tlio Bulgarians attacked the French at Krisvolak, tlio Bulgarians were caught, obliquely by gunfire and subjected to a, Curious bayonet chiirge. They wore thrown on to the right bank of the Virdar, which was swollen with rains, and many were drowned. An extremely violent Bulgarian attack at Striimnitza was easily repulsed, thanks to the superiority of the French positions. The French casualties are a thousand. but tlio enemy's are mormons. Bulgarian attacks along the whole of the French front failed miserably, ADDITIONAL ANG LO-FREXCH "TROOPS. (Received Wednesday, 8.15 a.m.) AMSTERDAM. Tuesday. Tlio "Tageblatt" states that An-glo-French transports, with troops, have appeared o,ff Kara la (a Greek seaport 80 miles east of Salonika). IX TURKEY. (Received'* 1 'TENDON, Tuesday. Router sMtes '"that information from an duthoritittiveysonree shows that Germany"' has ' oriTy 150,000 troops against; SerPia. Tlio publicity given to Germ-in aims has had it disquieting effect in Turkish official quarters,' and a. growing uneasiness at the possibility of Gorman pfeporitidfotnfee at Constantinople. , _ POL^XD'^FUTURE. ••<«* '-, a ■ (Received • Wednesday, 8.45 a.m.) ' fvl: ' ' J Tuesday. Wlien tlio Kaiser was at Warsaw, replying to a deputation,- he declined to di scyssi/Pj&tiKl'K;fiitu re, saying that the juattpui was./ Entrusted to his son. rArf«d.,(ito pu®s<yv F o the irt treasures,;t;ho "Boland's ancient ii«inall lpateria! things. Yqai tfRU-st., not. complain if they disappear. Germany will furnish a coat fju>inore T coftiplcte -ban hny of

- BEETLE. (I!cwircd ■^iife, s^:, Th.o cortrcjspohdenfc of n The Times''-itfiyfl';thnirtiie complete History of'thd-'figfrfc al; Loos, which appears to v !lsv& Post us nearly five thousand casualties, remains to ho written. The main attack was .successful except at the northernmostpoint. It only remained for the reserves to come alid secure conquests, thus restoring tho position in tlic north. IJut there is no mention of the employment of reserves 011 September 25 th. NEW METHODS [REQUIRED. ('Received Wednesday, 5.40 a.m.) x LONDON, Tuesday. The "Daily Mail" says: The impression is left by sir John French's despatch that a stago of the war has boon reached wherein new methods are required. We have found i hat bravery does not. prevail against the inventions of the devil, thousands of maehino pjuns and hundreds of miles of barbed wire. The army in Fin 11'ders has been biting on a file, yet the military authorities continue the old, unsuccessful plans. BLUNDERS AND HESITATION. (.Received Wednesday, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. The "Daily Express" states that the vagueness of the references to the repulse of the 24th and 21st Divisions inestimably* suggest that a great victory was nearly won, but ■was made impossible by blunders and hesitation. SICK MEN AT GALLIPOLT. (Received Wednesday, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON. Tuesday. Mr H. J. Tennant (Under Secretary for War), speaking in the Houso of Commons, said tliaOetween April 20th and October 20th, 3200 officers and 75,000 men had quitted jlallipoli with sickness.

A TORPEDOKR STXK. (Received Wednesday, 8.-15 a.m.) | LOXOOX, Tuesday. j The Admiralty state that torpe- | doer !)0 was sunk yesterday off Gib- i raltar, in a collision with a merchant 1 auxiliary /vessel. Jwo odicers and nine of the crew are missing. (Torpedo boat Xo. !K5 was built in 1805, bad a. displacement of 172 tons, a, speed of 24 kntos, and carried three 3-pounders.) STRAXDIXG OF THE ARGYLL. (Received Wednesday, 8.30 a.m.") LOXDOX. Tuesday. The wonderful discipline of the crew was the outstanding feature o! the wreck of the Argyll off the mast, of Scotland. It was terrible weather and pitch dark. The ship was badly smashed, but the crew quietly toak t.heir stations oil Ihe wave-swept decks. The sound of the rending hull was plainly audible, but the crew waited half-frozen for develop : ments. The whole episode showed the navy's finest spirit. The rescuing boats, which -were called by wireless, skilfully look off everyone, despite the darkness and the rough sea. BRITATX AXD AMERICA. (Received Wednesday, 0.15 a.m.) XEW YORK, Tuesday. A • protest against the seizure of the American steamer Hocking by a British warship, which carried her with a prize crew to Halifax, has been lodged with ihe State Department by Richard G. Wagner, president of the America and Atlantic .Steamship Company, who arc the owners. Wagner asserted that the officers and shareholders of the company were all native Americans. He knew no reason whatever for the seizure, lie stated that he had trouble in obtaining American registry chiefly owing to his German name, but this was overcome after a long investigation. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Officials informally indicated -.heir displeasuro at the seizure of the Hocking. It is considered likely that a protest will be submitted to ihe British Foreign 'Office in a few days, which will insist that the nationality of American ships shall be determined by the Hag and not by the ownership, HALIFAX, Tuesday. Proceedings liave been started in the Admiralty Court for the issuance of warrants to arrest the ' American steamer Hocking and the Dutch steamer Hamborrij which v ere brought in by prize crews. ! The Admiralty officials give no information regarding the seizure. | SPEECH BY -MR. A.SQUITH,

I(Rceived Wednesday, 9.45 a.m.') .LONDON, Tuesday. Speaking In the House of Commons, tlic Hon. H. H. Asq lith .stated that the non-success of the operations at the Dardanelles was a keen disappointment, as .success would have prevented the entry of Bulgaria into the war. "We are holding up 200,000 Turks," replied Mr Asquitli. The situation at Gallipoli was, stated Mr Asquitli, receiving the ' anxious consideration of Cabinet. | Continuing, Mr Asquitli said tin; I ! nearly one million British troops | were in France. j He believed that Lord Derby's ''e- ■ cruiting plan would make eonserip- ; tion probably unnecessary. Alluding to General Jofl're's visit, he said there was compelte agreement as to the- ends and means by which Servia might 'be assured of her independence. It was regarded, as an essential object that the Committee of the Cabinet concerning military strategy should consist of not less than chrec or more than five members. The Cabinet's ''responsibility for large changes in policy would Jje preserved. The Right Hon. H. JJ. Asquitli, discussing the financial position, said it was serious. The United Kingdom was rich and resourceful, but the burdens were unsustainable without the strictest economy. BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE. BOARD OF TRADE POWERS OF REQUISITION. (Received November 3, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 2. The Press Bureau reports that the Board -of Trade denies that the

Government contemplated requisitioning 1110 whole of the British mercantile marine, but that it has decided to take powers to deal -llit cases where a national emergency exists in any particular market, owing to the ' absence of tonnage, by requisitioning sufficient vessels. GERMAN SOLDIERS EXECUTED. ANOTHER. STORY OF BRUT VLITY IN BELGIUM. (Received November 3, 2.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2. Advices from Antwerp state that thirty German soldiers for refusing to go to the Champagne front were executed. Before Brackelmans, an architect, was executed, his sister, a, nun, applied for an interview with him. She was asked to wait ten minutes, and was then led before his corpse. He had just been shot.