The Hongkong Telegraph
WEATHER FORECAST
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Barometer 29.95
May 8 1915,
2909 日正十月
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1915 by Propristos
Temperature 6 a.m. Humidity
p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 8,
1915.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
TO-DAY'S
EST WAR TELEGRAMS.
LUSITANIA TORPEDOED.
SUNK OFF IRELAND WITH NINETEEN
HUNDRED ON BOARD.
Stirring Tale of the Dardanelles Landing,
TURK'S TRENCHES CLEARED BY BAYONET.
[Reater's Service to The "Telegraph."]
Twelve "maken" of boats steamed slowly past the battleships, the ganwhales flash with the water, so crowded were they with khaki figures.n
Every eye was fixed on the grim hills, shapeless yet menacing in the gloom. Not a round or light was heard or seen and it appeared as if the enemy had been surprised. Suddenly at ten minutes to five in the morning, the alarm light flashed for ten minutes and dis- appeared, the dull outline of the boats almost at the beach being just visible, as were also seven destroyers with the remainder of the brigade, which had just previously glided towards the shore.
May 8, 1916
Temperature 6 s.m. 71 Humidity
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LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
THE DOMINIONS AND INDIA'S UNPARALLELED SERVICES.
May 7, 12.56 p.m.
will move, and Mr. Bonar Law will second, a resolution of British At a meeting in the Guildhall on the 19th inst., Mr. Asquithi people's abiding gratitude to the Dominions and India for their unparalleled services in the struggle for libe: ty and justice,
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TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED,"
A German anbmarine sank the trawler Merry Islington, and a schooner.
Field Marshal Sir John French in a Bulletin | states there is no- thing to report.
Particulare of the companies to be struck off the Register will be found in this issue
A German submarine sank the steamer Centurion in the Iriah Sos; all were saved.
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AtNico after the demonstratona AUSTRIA'S FINAL CONCESSION TO ITALY. in the Quarto the Austrian flag
was barned by the crowd. The enemy's first shota were heard at 4.53 when a sharp borat
May 7, 12.65 p.m. orrespondent writing from of rifle fire from the beach drowned a faint British cheer. Over
According to Renter's correspondent at Rome is is reported that she Dardanelles gives a vivid the waters the found was comforting and inspiring after the the Austrian Ambassador yesterday, banded to the Italian Govern description of the British.going intolerable suspense. The fire intensified until twenty-eight ment, a Note of the final Austrian concession. Austro German minutes after five o'clock when it died down. Meanwhile behind circles in Rome have abandoned all hope of a favourable result. as appeared transports with the 1emain 'er of the Australian and New Zealand Division..
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Subsequently a piantes returned with three wounded men. They told us that the boats were almost at the beach when the Turke, entrenched on the shore, opened fire with rifles and maxims, hitting many of those who were huddled in the bosts.
The Australians without waiting for orders jamped into the sea and wading to the shore rushed straight for the enemy's rifles with bayoreta fired.
It was all over in a minute.
ITALIANS BURN AUSTRIAN FLAG,
May 7, 12.55 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Nice etatea that after the demonstrations in the quarto, a bonfire was lighted before the Garibaldi monument and the Austrian flag was burns smid the cheers of the crowd.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
DARDANELLES OPERATIONS "HIGHLY
·SATISFACTORY.'
May 6, 5.20 p.m.
In the House of Commons Mr. Asquish announced that the operations at the Dardanelles wors being pressed forward under highly satisfactory conditione.
into action,
An officer who visited some of the British gas vlotims” says that nothing can be done to relieve them t
An officer who tolt Sarid Bahr on May 2, spoke in great d praise of our stretcher bearera" wonderful work.
Information regarding the bank note circulation as well as the: coal report, is contained in our news.columns.
Sir Edward Grey asys that the prohibition of the export of Egyptian cotton to Germany is expected shortly.
A European woman nemed Myrtle Nicholas, found uncon- coions in the street has been sent to the asylum by the polios,
A Petrograd communique says that the Russian rashed gacha east of the nislawa railway and killed a thousand Garmens.
"The Turks were all bayonetted cr fled, and the Maxim was cap- tured. The Australiane were confronted with an almost perpendi- calor elif covered with shrubbery and a terrible fire came from a trench half way up. The Coloniala loaded their magazines and pro- ceeded to scale the cliff, not replying to the fire of the Turks whom they ejected in less than half an hour with the bayonet. Daylight showed that a lending had been made farther north of Gabatepe than had been intended. The land was formidable and forbidding. Innumerable ridges, valleys and aandpits, covered with dense scrub were ideal for snipers and it was imprasible to organise a regular attack as the officers were unable to gee their own men who were lost in the scrab. They immedistely, advanced in open order, at the same time offering scope for the individuality of the Colonials. Very heavy casualties were suffered early in the day FATE OF PASSENGERS UNKNOWN.
in the boats conveying troops from the destroyers, lugs and trans ports, the enemy's hidden sharpshooters concentrating their fire on May 7, 0.30 p.m.
them. The moment a boat was beached, the troops landed and The Lusitania has been torpedoed.
doubled for cover at the foot of the bluffs, but the crews of the boats Later.
had to return ander a galling fire. This all happened on April 25 The Danish steamer Cathay bound from Copenhagen to Chins Reater'a correspondent at Queenstown reports that the Canard and when the sun had fully risen it saw the Australians established with a general cargo of six thousand tons has been Bank by an liner Lusitania has been torpedoed and sunk off the Old Head of at the top of the ridge, but it was difficult to follow the confused explosion which occurred when passing through the English General Boths reports that he
Channel. Blue-jackels landed the crew and passengers at Rame fighting on account of the broken ground:
The effect of the warships' fire was more moral than real as the gate." positions of the enemy were unknown. Sme of the Australians, who had pushed inland and were attacked by Turkish supports," had to retire with heavy casualties.
Kinsale.
Assistance has been cent.
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Fate of Crew and Passengers Unknown.
May 7, 6.45 p.m. Cunard Company's 'official statement reports that the Lusitania was sunk at 2.33 this afternoon.
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No word has been received of passengera or crew, who total in all 1900.
The Lusitania had a gross tonnage of 31,550. She was 762 feet in length, 81.8 feet in beam and 58.5 in depth and was fitted with four steam turbines.
She was built by Messrs. J. Brown and Co, Ld. at Glasgow for the Cunard S. S. Co. Ltd. and plied between Liverpool and New
York.
Steamer Sunk in the Irish Sea.
May 7, 4.05 p.m.
A Submerine has suck the steamer Centurion bound from Liverpool to South Africa, in the Irish Sea.
All on board have been saved.
COLONIALS AT THE DARDANELLES.
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GRAPHIC STORY OF THE TROOPS' LANDING,
Wade Asher and Storm Trenches.
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THE CATHAY_SUNK.
May 6, 4,35 p.m.
TRAWLER SUBMARINED.
the North Sea, The crew was saved.
May 6, 4.35 p.m.
THE POISONED WELLS.
The Tarks counter-attacked all day, but the Australians did not yield a foot of ground on the main ridge and reinforcements A German submarine sank the trawler Stratton by gunfire in were constantly rushed up from the beach.
Four Turkish "field
the beach .: guna enfiladed. with incessant deadly shrapnel and were not silenced antil the after- noon. The enemy's attacks became more vigourons towards daak and were supported by powerful artillery from inland, which the warships' guns were unable to silence. The Australian line had consequently to be contracted. General Birwood and his staff landed in the afternoon to secure the position for the night.
All ammunition and water supplies had to be carried through pathless valleys end up bille, hundreds of foot high, to the firing line
where the mass of troops was swept by incessant shrapnel.
The problem of removing the wounded was most serious and the correspondent had never seen wounded in a war behave as the Australians did. Many, who were shot to bits, and hopeless of recovery cheared in the boats, lighters, and trawlors, awaiting to be acommodated in the ships.
THE DARDANELLES.
May 8, 5.20 p.m.
It is officially reported that when Swakopmund was occupied on the 14th of January it was discovered that the wells were poisoned by bags of arsenical cattle dip.
It is reported that the Austrian. Ambasador at Rome has honded to the Italian Government a Note containing Austria's final con- cession.
has ceanpied the important rail- way junction of Karibib and the stations of Johannalbrechtshohe and Wilhelmstal,
An important extradition ap plication was made this morning, the defendant being suspected of being a Chinese rebel and an agent of Sun Yat Sep.
At a meeting to be held in the Guildhall on the 19th inst., Mr. Asquith will move a resolution of the British people's gratitude to the Dominions and India. A
submarine.
The liner Lusitania was tor General Botha complained and threatened reprisala to the commander of the German forces, who replied that his troops had pedced sand sunk off Old head of received orders to render water supplies unfit for man or beast, Kinsale by a German salting proving ineffective, recourse was had to cattle dip. HeThere is no word of the passen added that warning notices had been posted that the wells had gers and crew, who number 1800. been no treated, but General Botha replied that no such notices had In German West Africa the bien found. He declared that it was bis intention to bold the Germans poisoned the wells with commanding officers responsible for these practices.bage of arsenical ostile dip. Gan-
Since they evacuated Aus and Warmbad, the Germana consistently poisoned the wells along the line of retreat. An inter-rel Botha has threatened repri
anla to the Commander of the confesses that cepted letter to the captain of a German outpost,
Geiman Force, some of the walle were "thoroughly infected with disease. **
The papers make severe comments on German illicit practices. They say that it is incredible that any European nation should go to such inbuman lengthe. They generally agree that protests are useless.
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BRITISH COMMUNIQUE.
May 8, 10 p.m.
NEWS: Notes on the crisis appear page 4.
Yesterday'■ Langkat · Output was 362 tones,
Our Contemporaries" appears on page 2, Commercial News
May 7, 12.50 a.m.
GERMAN OFFICERS DRIVE THE TURKS WITH WHIPS. A correspondent writing from the Dardanelles on April 26,
A Tribute to Our Stretcher Bearers, Bays that so the first transport steamed towarde Madros-Bas on Fri
May 7, 12.05 8.m. day afternoon, a general apathy changed to enthusiasm, The crews.
Renter's correspondent at Cairo says that a wounded officer, of the warships cheered and the bands of the Fleet played ; the troops on the transports answering with deafening cheera, We all who left Sarid Bahr on May 2, says that our positions were firmly recoguiss the difficulties and dangers but are most confident and established and wo easily repulsed enemy attacks, German officer, delighted to begin, work. The enthusiasm was renewed on Saturday with whips and revolvers drove the Turks on ia hordce, but the
Field Marshal Fresch in a bulletin says that there is nothing page 9, and Log Book on page 0. afternoon when the transports issued from the Mudros Bay and 500 latter always fled before the bayonet. Australians, part of a covering force, came on board the battleship. He spoke in great praise of our stretcher bearers wonderful to report along the British front, except that we captured more
The crew and troope assembled on the quarter-deck at four work, in carrying the wounded for two or three miles up difficult lost trenches on Hill 60.
Fighting continues there. Elsewhere the enemy has shown no o'clock in the afternoon to listen to the reading of Admiral Robook's steep gallion, refusing to rest.
He says that the Britishers effested a landing and obtained a disposition to attack proclamation. This was followed by the Service Before Battle and
Schooner and Trawler Sunk, when MAG all bowed their heade during the Chaplain's Prayer for Victory footing so quickly that it speaks volumes for their tenacity and
May 6, 10 p.m. The squadron reached the rendezvous at one o'clock on the initiative. The soldiers everywhere depended upon individual
Submarines aank the trawler Merry Islington and a schooner, Banday morning. The soldiers were roused and were served their initiative and it was every man for himself when they first landed.
but the steamer Romano escaped, travelling at full speed, and the last hot meal.
GERMAN BARBARITY.
torpedo missed her by a few feat
The Australiana lined the quartar-deok to receive their last | instructions and bealde them were the bluejackets and marines, composing the beach parties. There was a strange contrast between the youthful midshipmen, in command of the boats, and the giant Australians,
estroy
Embarkation began at two o'clock in absolute silence and without hitch Most of the Australian brigade were aboard
which were ordered close in shore to land them, Im from theihree battleships, towed by pinnsoes, arriv
alowly towards the shore at three in the morning, the battleship like gliding snakes,
were within two thousand five hundred
morning. The engines were stopp
chts were made rasdy and the bouta :
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AWFUL SUFFERING OF GAS VICTIMS.
Survivors Develop Acate Pneumonia.
May 7, 12.10 p.m An officer, who visited the British gas saiterers, in a ho in France, says that it is unnecessary to sak the way to Be the noise of the poor Ho raw twenty men
were gray
breath is
RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.
May 7, 12.5 a.m. A Petrograd communique slates that the Russians repulsed force German attack on the right bank of the Orsica, indioting heavy losses,
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he Russians rushed the farm east of the Mlawa Railway which was held despite air hotire counter-attacks by the Germans. who left a thousand désdi
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