The Hongkong Telegraph
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July 8 1915,
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July 8 1914,
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OBITUARY.
SIR THEODORE HOPE.
THE ITALIAN OBJECTIVE,
REPORTED QUARREL BETWEEN AUSTRIAN
AND GERMAN GENERALS.
Splendid Feat by Italian Alpinists:
BRITISH NAVAL HEROES" EXPLOIT.
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."}
PLUCKY NAVY MEN HONOURED:
July 7, 2.06 p.zo. The recent conferring of the Distinguished Service Order on Lieutentant Commander Kerr, and of Distinguished Conduct medals on various bluejackets, is now explained by a letter from the Times correspondent in Belgrade, telling of the exploits of the little British picket-boat on the Danube, which sacoyed the Austrian monitors dreadfully and eventually torpedoed one of them The remnants of the monitor drifted ashore and a lovely baul of plunder was secured. "The rest of the monitors are now inactive behind the brom.
WHAT THE ITALIANS WANT.
July 7, 2.05 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Udine says that the objectives mentioned in the Italian communique are:-In the North, possession of Tarvis, which is the key to the interior of Austria; and, in the South, the conquest of the rugged, boulder-strewn Carno plates, which is the gate of Trieste, Austria's chief arms factory,
AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS DISAGREE.
July 7. 2.05 p.3. It is reported that, owing to the repeated defeats of counter- attacks, another high council of war has been held at Ionebrock- the Archduke Eugene presiding at which there were some bot exchanges between the German and Austrian generala, the former dissenting from the latter's strategic views. The result was the dismissal of the general commanding the Austrian Landaturm, and two other generale.
MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN FEAT.
July 7, 2.05 p.m.
THE DARDANELLES-FURTHER DETAILS.
July 6, 1.25 .m.
MORE BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS TO WAR LOAN.
July 6, 5.50 pr.
NEW ZEALAND AND THE NATIONAL MINISTRY.
July 6, 5.35 p.m. Sir Tan Hamilton, reports the following details of attack made by Turks on the night of Jane 20th-30th. About 2 s.m. searchlights has rejected the Government's offer to form a National Ministry for Reator's Wellington correspondent says that the Opposition on 1.M.9. Sorpion discavered attack nosrcea N. W. of Krithis. The the duration of the war, suggesting as an alternative the extension stack came under artillery and heavy enfilading fire and the enemy of the powers of the special Parliamentary Defence Committee to lot seriously. The foremost go within 40 yards of our parapet deal with all questions arising out of the war. and only a few returned. There were a few attacks during the rest of the night, but all ro itions were easily regained by as with bayonet next morning. A15 300,'m, the Turks moved forward from Krithia into the ravine and were scattered by machine-gun fire. Tarkish losses here were as high as 1500 to 2000 dead. About 10 p.m. on June 30 tho Turks again attacked with bomba s portion of the ro:therly tranches captured by as on the 28th. An officer of the Gurkhas being wound- e, the men became infuriated and dusted out neing their kukrie
The Imperial Tobacco Company, Lt 1., has taken up one million for first time with deadly effect. The Tarkish attack ended in com aterling of the new War Lon. The Insurance companies to-day plete failure.
Sir Ian Hamilto souda also further reports are also heavily subscribing. of Australiana and New Zlanders." Thore were eab- jected to an hour'e artillery bombardment and were finally attacked with much dash by the Turks. The attack was checked by the unexpected presence of a concealed sap which hold them while they were subjected to a withering fire. Still another attick was repulsed at 3 a.m on June 30. Prisoners assert that this attack due to presence of Eaver Pasha on June 29th who arged that Australasians should immediately be driven into the 800. Oa Jaly 2, after a heavy bombardment of our advanced position by high explosive shells the enemy infantry a facked, but were driven back by the accurate shooting of H.M S. Scorpion as well as by rifle and machine gun fire. About 7 p.m. the Turks revised their bombard. ment and made an attack. They were subjected to accurate shrapael fire while the Ghurka and other regiments poured heavy fire into them. Tackish officers were seen urging their men forward but they would not face the fire and retreated in disorder. The ground in front of our trenches, was covered with dead, and the ravine and valley were full of them, I put down their casualties from June 20 to July 2, at 5,150 killed and 15,000 wounded.
The following is an extract from cuptored Divisional orders: "Henceforth I shall hold responsible all officers who do not shoot, with their revolvers all the privates who try to escape from the trenches on any pretext,
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for Insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE EAST INDIAN REVENUE.
July 6, 5.50 p.m."
(Router's Service To The "Telegraph,"
London, Received July 6. The death is announved of Bir Theodore Cracraft Hope, K.O.S.I., [Sir Theodore Hope was a at the age of 84. member of the Governor General'a Council. He was author of Church and State in India,' and was a member of the London Diocesan Conference.]
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
The reports concerning the recent rioting in Ceylon contain no evidence of German instigation.
In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. J. King (Lib., Somerset N.) as to whether the Premier would now redeem his The Gazelle intimates the ap- promise of August 6, 1911, to discuss the East Indian Revenue Cointment an honorary aides-de- Account early in the present Session, Mr. Lloyd George said that camp of Prince Rsojitsioji and Mr. Asquith had been in consultation with Mr. Austen Chamberlain Raja Ratham. Secretary of State for India) but it was not believed that any public purpose could be served by such a discussion under the present extraordinary circumstances.
ONLY 782 AMPUTATIONS.
July 6, 9.20 p.m.
Io the Houas of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant (Under Secretary fo: War) said there bad been only 782 British amputations in the duration of the war.
THE CEYLON RIOTING.
July 6, 9.20 p.m.
Mr. Bonar Law, replying to Sir J. D. Rees, said that the voluminous reports on recent rioting in Ceylon contain no evidence of G.raan instigation.
HONOURS FOR INDIAN PRINCES
July 6, 9.20. p.m. The London Gazette, under the, heading "Commends and Staff," announces that the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (K. S. Ranjit
Comp.
SIR JOHN FRENCH S DESPATCH.
The Imperial Government has nocepted the offer of the Union of South Africa to provide a con- tingent for service overseas.
General. Von Liman Banders officers have been wounded in the and three other high German defence of Gallipoli.
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A French destrover has toured the coast of Asia Minor and han eusk eleven aapply ships and bombed and set fire to Deirmon Forest,
A high connoil of war has been ' held at Tunabruck, at which there have been disputes between Aug- trian and German generale.
It is reported that the Austrian general commanding the Land- been dismissed.
The Italian Alpinists have per formed a magnificent feat in the capture of Zellenkofel, an almost inaccessible mountain,
NEWS.
SIR IAN HAMILTON'S DESPATCH.
July 6, 2.10 p.m. General Sir Ian Hamilton's first despatob, consisting of eleven thousand words sad dated 20th May has been issued. It resonate his hurrying to the Dardanelles on H.M.S. Phaeton, one of the fastest vessels of the Navy. He arrived at Tonedo; on March 17 and found the Admirals planning a fresh naval attack for the jai) and Raja Ratham have been appointed Honorary Aides-de-starm and two other generals have morrow. He witnessed the amphiorous battle between the warship. and the land forts on March 17 and thereupon cabled to Erl Kitchener: It is my relaceat deduction that the co-operation of the whole force at my command will be required to enable the flust effectively to force the Dardanelles." General Hamilton then relates"
July 8, 9.50 p.m. the carrying out of the reconnaissance on Gallipoli Peninsula and emphasises ita dominating featurea-Saribabr, mountain, Kilidbar A despatch from Field-Morahal Sir John French saye-Since plateau and Achibaba hill. He dwells upon the great danger of all my last report there has been no change, and fighting has been landing places. Indeed, he says, the landing of an army in a mainly confined to intermittent artillery duels, the feature of which theatre of operations so strongly garrisoned involved difficulties has been the enemy's employment of a large quantity of gas abella, for which there is no precedent in mintsry history except possibly particularly in the neighbourhood of Ypres. Daring the same the sinister legends of Xerxes." He repeate again and again that period the enemy exploded eight mizes without damaging our any landing mast be done simultaneously and, with the greatest reaches, while, on the contrary, on June 30, we blow in 60 yards apeed. There must be fine weather, he says, for "had it been of the onemy's front line, north of Neuve Chapalle. On the evening on page 2, Commercial News on British weather there would have been no alternative but instantly of the 4th inst, our howitzer fire blew in a German sap to the north page 9, and Log Book on page 6. 10 give up the adventure." By delaying till the end of April there of Ypres. A platoon of infantry advanced to complete its destruo was a fair chance of several daye' consecutive calm. The despatch tion. The few Germans who survived the artillery fire were driven then deroribes at length the landing and fighting from April 25 to out by the bayonet. A machine-gun in the sap was found to have May 5 and says that the lomes, exlusive of the French, in the been destroyed. Our casualties were insignificant and the platoon period were:-
returned practically intact, having completely succeeded in its mis- sion. The German report that they repulsed an attack on the Pil- kin road with es guinary loss is presumably the enemy's version of this affair. On the morning of the 5th inst, a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulera railway after a bombard-| ment lasting for two hours, but an immediate counter-attack re- captured the position. In the morning on the extreme left, north of Ypres, we captured 200 yards of enemy's trencher, and 80 prisoners. The French on our left contributed to the success with the fire of
Missing. 13 3,580
Killed. Wounded. Officers......." 17/
412 Other ranka...1,990. 7,807 General Sir Ian Hamilton's despatch, besides giving the minutest details of the early operations by which the Allies erept towards Krithia, is a historical document showing that the gallantry of the British and French bas never been excelled in the world's bistory. Sir Ian Hamilton pays repeated tribotas to the their guns and trench mortars. cfficera and men, the whole despatch showing that the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula was little sto t of miraculous. For example, ho says, regarding the defences of the beach westward of Seddel Bahr: My firm conviction is that no finer feat of arms has ever been sobieved by Britieh soldiers or any other soldiers than the etorming of these trenches from open boats." Buch phrases as: "A hurricane of lead awept the battalion, and a long line of mon were mown down as by a soythe" are almost commonplace in this
RUSSIANS AGAIN STOP ENEMY'S OFFENSIVE.
July 6, 11.00 p.m."
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The capturo of Zollenkafel, 7,354 feet high, is one of the most despatch. An insight into the whole campaign is afforded by this clansive to the east of Krasnyk has been stopped by a blow des notable Italian feats of arma. It'in generally olim bed from Plocken, following brief extraot:" At first we had them fairly on the run livered on his flink on Sunday night and on Monday, to the north- as the ascent from the Italian side, which is devoid of shrubs or and but for the inventions of the devil, machine-gans, and barbad west of Wilkolas, where we fhiloted heavy loss, capturing 2,000 G. P. Lammerts Sales Room foothold, is considered impossible. Bat a platoon of Alpinisto volunteered to climb, tied together, eleven of them carrying airo, we should not have stopped short at the crest of Achibaba." prisoners, while some 2,000 of enemy corpaea were littered along -9.30 mitraillezse. They reached the summit at sunset and waited till Sir Ian Hamilton has the highest praise for the Navy and bis Staff, our front. The fighting was most desperate. On the same day we and declares that the Navy and Army harmonized perfectly, and repulsed fresh attempts as the offensive between the Weipts and night, and till the Austrian company in charge of the signalling throughout all the events the Navy has been "father, and other the western Bug. All is quiet along the upper Bug, at Zlotalips, station was asleep; then opened with the machine-gun and charged to the Army." with the bayonet. The Austrian commander was the only survivor.
and on the Dniester.
(Continued on page 6.)
Monday, July 12: Extraordinary General meeting H.K. Chamber of Commerce New Government Building-
noon.