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THE WAR.
DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.
FURTHER OFFICIAL REPORT.
BRITISH SQUADRON BOMBARDS
SMYRNA,
FOUR GERMAN SUBMARINES REPORTED
NAVAL ACTIVITIES,
SUNK.
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BOMBARDMENT OF
THE DARDANELLES.
ADMIRAL CARDEN REPORTS CONTINUED PROGRESS.
GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK.
ONE BY BRITISH DESTROYERS.
LONDON, March 5th.
“2:30. p,m The Press Bureau announces
that des. troyers off Dover, yesterday afternoon, Bank the Gorman submarine Us. officers and men were captured.
ANOTHER SUNK IN THE CHANNEL.
LONDON, March 5th.
The
LONDON March 6th. 9.35 p.m. The Press Bureau announces that a despatch from Vice Admiral Carden. reports that the bombardment of the
The West Hartlepool steainer Alston ra Dardanelles was continued on the 3rd ports that she sank a German submarine Inst. and subsequert daye. Battleships in the Channel. B
and aca-planes were active, despite the SHELLED BY FRENCH DESTROYER. unfavourable weather; but Thursday was Еле and ffine sweeping steadily progressed.
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Landing pics continued the clear ance of the trance and had skirmishes with the on By. The British casualties wore: 16 illed, 3 missing and 25 wounded
LONDON, March 6th. 2.55 am..
An official announcement in Paris states
that a French destroyer shelled a German submarine of the US type in the Channel, on Thursday. Three shells hit the sub- marine, which dived, leaving no traces.
H.M.S Queen Elizabeth, on Friday," THORDIS" REPORT: CONFIRMED. began tttack the narrows, by indirect fire, Sorted by H.M.8's. Inflexible and | Pring George. Satisfactory results were obtad against three forls..
LONDON, March 7th.
3.45 p.m. messago from Athens states that the itish squadron, headed by the Queen Elizabeth, resumed operations yesterday.
The squadron penetrated the Gulf of Baros, and immediately poured a heavy fire on the Turkish batteries on the
heights.
LONDON, March 5th. 2.30 p.m. The Admiralty confirms that examina- tion of the Thordis shows the vessel rammed, and in all probability sank, a German submarine.
A GERMAN DENIAL
AUSTERDAM, March 7th.
A semi-official telegram from Berlin admits that the Thordis, on the 4th inst. rammed a submarine, but states that the submarine was only slightly damaged and
The first shots silenced a Turkish has returned to port. battery.
The Turks shooting was wild.
.British vessels also went into the
INCITEMENT TO PIRACY.
LONDON, March 5th.
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FURTHER SUCCESSES IN CHAMPAGNE,
COMPANY OF GERMAN GUARDS SURRENDER.
Lobos, March 5th
3.10 p...
To-day's Paria communiqué saya!— We recaptured the greater portion of the advanced trench at Notre Dame do Lorette, taking 150 prisoners.
The Germans again bombarded Rheims Cathedral.
We repulsed two counter-attacks at Vauquois, and made fresh progress, in ficting appreciable losses and taking
Losses We many prisoners. are masters of tho greater part of the village,
LONDON, March 6th
2.15 am.
The Paris evening communiqué states: Twelvo Gorman attacks on the trench we captured on the Belgian dunes were repulsed.
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Our counter-attacks north of Arras were
successful; most
wo captured mitrailleuss company on Thursday even ing.. We drove back the attacking Ger mans to-day, and recaptured advanced lines which have been in the enemy's possession for two days, taking numerous prisoners.
Rheims was bombarded all day.
In Champagne we made marked pro gress in the region of Porthes. On Thurs day evening we surrounded and captured a company of Guards.
to day, and captured six hundred yards We carried a trench north-west of Perthes
of trenches, two hundred yards deep, north-east of Mesnil; also several trenches in the ravines north-west of Beau Bejour, We made important progress. in Argonne, in the western part of the village of Vauquois.
We repulsed an attack at Bois-le-Pretre and north-west of Pont-a-Mousson.
Wo captured a treach at Hartmanns.
Weilerkopf, Alsace-
6.10 p.m. Today's Paris communiqué says: There were lively artillery actions at: Nieuport and Ypres.
Our progress yesterday, in the ravines to the north-west of Bonu Sejour caused the Germans last night to make a fresh
counter-attack, which was repulsed.
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THE FRENCH MILITARY MEDAL.
PRESENTED TO BRITISH COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
LONDON, March 5th," Router's correspondent with the British Headstarters in France reports the interesting ceremony of General Delacroix presenting to Field Marshal Sir John French the Medaille Militaire," Field- Marshal French is the first Englishman to receive this decoration.
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GREEK CABINET RESIGNS.
KING DIBAPPROVES OF ITS POLICY.
LONDON, March 6th. A telegram from Athens says that in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Venerelos, the Prime Minister, announced that, the King having disapproved of the Govern ment's policy, the Cabinet had resigned
TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, March 6th, The monthly Board of Trade returns show that in February imports increased by £3,215,163, while exports decrived by The increases in imports in food, drink, and tobacco, 7,119,226; and raw wool £1,097,873. The chief decreases in exports were in manu factures and cotton, £4,652,370; and wool £1,381,481.
General Delacroix spoke of the sincere appreciation of the French pation of the magnificent work the Field Marshal is doing, the great courage and endurance £15,084,860, of his array, and the absolute confidence woro of the French people that victory is assured.
Sir John French said the British Army was fully alive to the glorious heroism of the French, were deeply sensible of the DEATH OF EARL CADOGAN: honour of fighting by their side, and shared their confidence in complete. victory.
General Delacroix sabsequently pre- sented tcnerals Willocks, Allenby and Pulteney with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, with complimentary expressions to each.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIANS ENTER STANISLAU
LONDON, March 8th.
10.30 p.m.
A Petrograd communiqué saya :---- There has been cbstinate fighting on
Our troops are advancing successfully. some sectors of the Niemen-Vistula front.
We captured Lt Mocarze several hundreds of prisoners and six quickfirers, and also made captares when we stormed the fortifications of Konopka..........
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We captured in the Carpathians, the enemy's fortified position to the south of Zaklitchine:
LONDON, March 6th. The death is recorded of Earl Cadogan.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
BEERS VISTERIAL CHANGES,
PERING, March 5th. Chow Tzu Chi has been appointed acting-Minister of Agriculture.
mout to fill the position of Finance Minister. ECONOMISING EXPENDITURE.
Chow such Hsi comes from retire-
PERINO, March 5th. The Governmen, has reduced the expenses of the different Ministries in the present year by 8840,000.
"WAR" AT OLD KOWLOON.
MAJOR MACDONALD DECORATED:
FOR LONG SERVICE.
Previous to the commencement of tha field-firing by the Volunteers and Special Reserves as Kowloon Old City yesterday, Major Macdonald, of the Volunteer Corps, was prescrited with his long. service medal by H.E. the Governor, hez having served for twenty years with the local Volunteers — Before-pinning- the modal on Major Macdonald, His Excel. [Earl Cadogan, who was born in 1840, lency expressed the great pleasure it was the fifth Earl. He was elected M.P. afforded him to be present with the ment for Bath in 1879, and two years later was that day, and, referring to Major Mac appointed Under-Secretary of State for War, and, later, Under-Secretary for the donald, emphasised the fact that his Colonies. For six years he was Lord Privy twenty years of service had all been with Seal, and retired from that office to take the local forces, which in itself was a up the post of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland His heir is Viscount Chelsea.}"
most commendable achievement.
With reference to the presentation, I should add that many of the Reserves who have served under Major Macdonald in the past were prepared to give three hearty cheers when the ceremony took place, but that military discipline and decorum alone prevented. them from doing so.
WAR
NEWS.
GERMAN DEFEAT IN ANGOLA,
Delayed messLes from Portugal, according to the Exchango Telegraph Company, state that there have been fresh encounters in Angola between the Portu-
The day's work in the vicinity of Kay-- gueso and the Germans. The Portuguese, loon Old City was in every way a success, reinforced in all arms completely over- threw the German force, which suffered and though the air was hot and muggy, over 400 casualties, The result is officers A Router message states that a youngest Volunteer up to the most rener ascribed to the energy and courage of the and a few showers fell, everyone, from the fresh contingent of troops has since leftabile Reserve, took these little discomforts Lisbon for Angola.
THE CHILDREN'S CAKE.
Leaflets are being distributed among The Austrian attacks yesterday were German school-children, says The Times correspondent in Berns, urging them to somewhat less vigorous.
help to bring the war to a successful end by defeating England's wicked plan of starving Germany. Children are, there fore, invited:
The Russians entered Stanislau and successfully crossed the River Lukwa,
OBSTINATE FIGHTING.
LONDON, March 7th. 1.20.1.
A Petrograd communique says that on the left bank of the Niemen the Germans word driven back behind the railway station at Simno and also in the Liepany district. Obstinato fighting continued.
There have been intermittent, can- nonades from the Lys to the Aisne
Our progress yesterday at Perthes has on the roads to Lonza on Friday night, to dislodge the enemy from a commanding height west of the Staviski-Lomza road.
We captured near Karnowo seven machine guns.
Straits, and continued to attack the An official announcement in Paris shows been maintained.
interior forts.
A SQUADRON BOMBARDS
SMYRNA.
that owing to her lack of enccess, Ger- many has been re-doubling her efforts to incite the crews of the submarines to piracy. An inspecting Admiral paid a LONDON, March 6th. visit to Wilhelmshaven and promised The Press Bureau also announces that exceptional rewards for the sinking of merchantmen. He recommended sub Vice Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, Com- mander-in-Chief of the East Indies marines, if possible, to seize what they
station, has arrived at Smyrna, A sqund- ron of battleships and cruisers methodi. Cally bombarded Fort Yenickale for two hours, inflicting considerable damage. A bombardment ut closer range has now begun in favourable weather.
The reduction of the Smyrna defences is a necessary incident to the main opera tions.
LATER
A message from Athens states that the
could aboard merchantmen
ZEPPELIN ATTACK ON OIL
TANK STEAMER.
DEFEATED BY SMART SEAMAN-
SHIP.
LONDON, March 5th.
A British oil tank steamer which has arrived in the Humber reports that between Yarmouth and Spurnhead a Ger- man airship approached. The airship
Our well-directed fire on a farm at Pont a' Mousson created a panic among the German occupants, who fled into the woods, pursued by our shells.
Small bodies of Germans attempted unsuccessfully to attack our outposts near the Forest of Partoy.
LONDON, March 7th. 1.20 a.m.:
The Paris evening communiqué
states:-
North of Arras, our counter-attack in the region of Notre Dame de Lorette has continued to progress. The Germans, who brought large forces into action, suf- fered a severo reverse there.
In Champagne, the German counter- attack on the ravine north west of Beau Sejour was repulsed.
Our progress at Hartmannsweilerkopf,
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with the philosophy of those who grumbler, ut nothing. The men fell in at the Cricos Ground at 10 ... the first arrivals being surprised to find that H.E. the Governor was there before them. Tha via Reserves reached Old Kowloon launches, but the Volunteers, as became." (1)-To beg their parents to buy only more youthful years, marched from the war bread;
MAA AAA Ferry to their positions in the firing line. (2.) To cat no wheaton, bread, because The operations took the form of firing at we shall probably run short of wheaten
silhouette targets at 500, 450, 400, 350, 300, flour
250 and 200 yards, the laster two rằnger being treated to rapid firing. No results of the shooting were made known, but I should say that, taking all the condi tions into consideration, a misty day with the backgrounds of the silhouette targets very indistinot-the shooting was. most creditable to both the Volunteers and Reserves. The firing was carried out in skirmishing order of half companies, quite a novelty to many who took part, and none were more interested in the work than the Chinese villagers. These
(3.)—To eat very few cakes, or none, while the war lasts; and, in general, to waste no food whatever, nor eat more than they really require.
THE GERMAN-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN,
The Cologne Gazette gives great pro- minence to a long lester from tochester, N.Y., describing the difficulties of the German propaganda. The writer use vident language about all non-Gernau American opinion, and complains bitterly of the aesthetically disposed old women same villagers, it should he added, could. In the Carpathians the Austrians con-who will not share his views about the rarely have seen food bolted" with so tinue to make futile attacks in the destruction of cathedrals. He writes:little regard for digestive ailments as direction of Baligrod.
After expelling the Austrians from their fortified positions along. the Bystrica River, capturing a hundred them, we continued the offensive.
RUSSIAN SPOILS.
LONDON, Mich 6th. 2.55, a,m,
Both the Reserves and Volunteers were marched back to Kowloon Ferry, Hong- kong being reached again about 5 p.m., with all the men giving plenty of indica tions of a day spent in a country rot fres from mud; or, as one of them put it, straight from the trenches." They all looked the part, too,
SAPPER
In my opinion it would be hell upon they witnessed when the coase fire" was earth for us Germans abroad if Germany Lounded for tiffin. It was remarkable, to were beaten. We should not be sure of say the least, to what a ravenous extent our lives, and life would hardly be worth the fed work had operated upon us all. living here The whole scum of Europe, of which is collected here and has absolutely no moral sense, is foaming with rage against our noble Fatherland. It is fight of the light against the darkness.",
THE SUBMARINE RAIDERS.
The Matin says that the German submarines now being used against British merchant ships are made after "the" celebrated · American plans by designer, Simon Lake, of Bridgeport, which were stolen from him by Krupp's The plans were submitted to Krupp whose directors gave their word of honour to divulgo nothing. Eventually they entered into engagements on behalf of the Emperor, whereby the designer was to receive £000,000.
A Petrograd massage says that between February· 91st and March 3rd, the Russians captured in the fighting near Stanislau 18,675 prisoners, five guns 62 witrailleuses, and numerous trains. GENERAL
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forts on the heights of Smyrna have been descended, and dropped three bombs. cilenced by the English squadron, which Fortunately, the Captain had time to take in the Vosges, comprises 300 metres of DISASTER TO FRENCH LINER,
FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY
ing-
German; trenches. On Friday evening. is now bombarding the forts at the a zig-zag course, and the bombs tell barm- entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna, lessly, The Captain, also, as a precau- repulsed a counter-attack opposite tion, got the ship's boats ready for launch Uffholz, and blew up an ammunition store at Cernay On Friday night we swept the enemy's advance posts the were trying to establish themselves on Sillakerkopf, east of Hohneck-
BRITISH OPERATIONS.
FORCE.
FATE OF THE "DACIA.”“”.
CAPTURE DECLARED LEGAL
LONDON, March 5th.
LONDON, Mareli 7th. The French Ministry of War announces that, in view of the situation in the Dardanelles, it has been decided to con- centratrate an Expeditionary Force in North Africa, to be in readiness to the Dacia was captured by the French auxiliary oruiser Europe and that the
A message from Paris says that the Minister of Marine has announced that
embark at a moment's notice and to pro Prefect of Brest has pronounced the ceed wherever required.
RUSSIAN BLACK SEA" FLEET | ACTIVE.
LONDON, March 5th:
A telegram from Paris says it is report ed that the Russian Fleat was sighted of Bourgas, making for the Bosphorus.
capture legal:
BRITISH ADMIRALS
PROMOTED.
LONDON, March 5th
Admiral Bir Hedworth Meux has been appointed Admiral of the Flest, and Admiral (acting) Sir John Jellicoe has been appointed Admiral.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S
BULLETIN.
LONDON, March 5th.. Field Marshal Sir John French, in a bulletin issued to night, says that the result of the artillery exchanges has been consistently satisfactory. There have been
LONDON, March 8th... Lloyds agent at Valentia Island (off the SW, coast of Ireland) reports that the liner La Tourraine has wirelessed that she is on fire and in distress.
The liner left New York on February 26th for Havre,
HONGKONG BANKS.
The returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of spesie in Hongkong, during the month ended 28th February, 1915, as certified by tho Managers of the respective Banks are:
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration-Notes, 824,509,071; specie, 617,500,000.-
Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, Notes, $8,020,00'; specie,
5,000,000.
his plans back to expostulated, and was As he could get neither his money nor told that the patenting of anything coa cerning war was illegal in Gorniany, and that be therefore and no claim Mr. Lake has since seen several German sub | marines and is convinced that they are built from the plans le confided to $23,300,000. Krupp's-Reuter,
REICHSBANK RETURN,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,- 81,323,816; specie $500,000.
Total Notes, 833,858,594,
Specia
SHANGHAI TO PETROGRAD.
From a new advertisement of the South The return of the Imperial Bank of Manchuria Railway in our columns, it Steamers are now proceeding to her Germany for the week ended 23rd January will be seen that an Express Service on shows an increase of £767,00 in the stock the Trans-Siberian Railway has been of gold, and a decrease of 5,410,250 in resumed, and the B.M.R. Express Service notos in eirculation. The perceptago of has been altered to connect therewith. A gold to notes is now 47 per cent, against direct through service between Shanghai 68 per cent at this time last year, and it and Petrograd is therefore re-estab is evident that neither gold nor notes came fished for the first time since the outbreak back from circulation in the past week of war.
assistance,
A later telegram from Queenstown says that a wireless message states that the La Tourraine is burning fiercely,
LONDON, March th The liner Rotterdam is standing by La Tourraine.
LATER.
control.
A message from Paris states that the daily minor enterprises on our initiative, fire on La Tourraine is apparently under
A British aeroplane, flying behind the German lines, twice attacked German machines and forced them to descend,
La Tourraine is a steamer of 8,429 tons, and belongs to the Compagnie Generel Transatlantique.]
THE "SHELL
COMPANY.
to the same extent as they did in the corre pending period of 1014. A year ago the gold stock increased by £1,499,950, while now the increase is only £767,000 in The Shell Transport and Trading Com- spit of the efforts to sweep up the gold in pany notify that the products owned or the Empire. While the Reichsbank can controlled by their associated still put nearly another £100,000,000 of in 1914 amounted to companies
uotes into circulation, since there need 1,539,000 tons, Sarawak 65,000 tons, Egypt only be a gold backing of one-third, it is 103,000 tons, Russia 1.596,000 tons, not surprising that its notes are already Roumania 466,000 tons, United States at a discount of 6 to 10 per cent. in New 788,000 tons, and Mexico 201,000 tom, a York and Holland,
total of 4,786,000 tons