THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
[Renter's Service to the "Telegraph."]
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
FURTHER CAPTURES OF GERMAN PRISONERS.
September 20, 6.45 p.m. A communique says that we continued our progress eastward of Bouchez, made last night, until Hill 140, the highest of the Vimy Hills, wes reached and the orchards to the south of it. Three hundred unwounded Prussian guardsmen were captured here.
The struggie continues unabated in Champagne, Fresh bodies of Germans have surrendered, to the north of Marsiges, totalling a thousand-all taken last night on this one sector.
THE ITALIAN BATTLESHIP.
BENEDETTO BRIN NOT SUBMERGED,
September 20, 9.10 p.m. Beuter's correspondent in Rome says that the warship Benedetto Bris is not submerged, though she is seriously damaged. Several gana have already been removed and arrangements are. being made for the removal of her heavy artillery.
a
THE SINKING OF THE SUI FUNG.
Enquiry into the Deaths of Two Chinese,
EXTRA
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
WAR ITEMS. BATTLE OF SUVLA. shot from big gan or rifle being the struggle added enormously
Afrikanders to Anzacs.
was carried out without a single of ohoking dust thrown up by VOLUNTEER ORDERS. fired,
to the hardship experienced by
AJIZATA The northern section of the thess hero o foldiers. Cape Town, August 20. The REMARKABLE
grent force moved forward in a REPORTS
Night onme again-the third Corps Ordere leaned to-day by Damaraland hospital ship Ebani, OF A SURPRISE LANDING southern section in a south coolness, but little rest. The state-
north-eastern direction and the night-bringing the relief of Lieut-Col. A. Chapman V.D. which is being transferred to the Imperial forces for service in the'|
eastern direction, towards the trenchdiggers worked stolidly on, Dardanelles, is being handed over
left of the Anzao lines. The only while attack after attack was
Joland in Ganner H. MOE, McTavish with fittinge and equipment to
Turks on the spot-an observa- launched by the enemy and joined the Corps on 29th inst, the War Office as a free gift from
to the first comers, and no enemy for him. tion post of 50 men surrendered driven back with hideous losses allotted Corps No. 1916 and Union subscribers.
was reported in sight until almost nightfall, when our advanced forces were six miles inland.
The Fire Cross. Amsterdam, August 20.-The Bada Posth newspaper da Est atates that the Austrian Emperor has justiinted a new decoration called the Feuerkreuz. Uze Cross), which will be conferred upon those who distinguish them solves in the firing line ne distinot from those behind the front.
THE TURKS CUT OFF? Remarkable reports regarding the new Britleh move at Savla appear to show that much greater success has attended this effort than the official statements would indicata. One correspondent declares that the whole Turkish Army in Gallipoli is cut off, and must either cut its way through with huge losses or surrender in mass. The Censor has passed the report, but so far there is no official confirmation.
tering answering fire from rifles, Now here, and now there, shat- machine guns, and artillery borat forth during the boars of darkness. The morning of Sunday saw
All men were
a
posted to No. 3 Section Arillery Battery, DESIDIAN
Leave.
The undermentioned are grant- ed leave of absence as follow
Gunner F. H. Fisher from 80. 16 to 30. 9. 18.
8.
to 30, 1, 16.
Private F. Ellie from 30. 9. 15
Private O. W. Falsher from 1.
10. 15 to 18. 10. 15.
*
Signalling Section,
received information of our sur
The enemy had during the day prising coup, and their forces were the British line unbroken and the second night-saw an extra weary, but ready and alert for rushed to the spot. That night-strengthened. ordinarily weird picture, Turks more work. This consisted of and British had come to witbia heavy attack on the enemy's left striking distance of each other, flank, by which they were routed "For Esthetic Reasons."
and both feverishly-pay, madly, in disorder and with exceptional- Udine, August 19. The Im- Army Landed in Silence,
The following N:"0. 04. and perial Commissioner governing
Mr. Renwick, The Daily
-began preparations re-ly severe losses,
mon will parade under Sgt. Major. Trieste has issued a decree order-Chronicle
spactively to effect end oppose correspondent
Meanwhile, doring the Blair to-morrow, October 1, at at farther advance, This war, so whole course of these opera Star Ferry Wharf, Hongkong, ing, "for mathetic reasons," the Athens, eaya: removal of the monument to Verdi,
Detaile which I have been able full of thrilling pictures, has tions, the Australiane and at 5.45 p.m. to provide the the famone Italian composer. It to obtain here show that the probably never furnished one New
Zealanders (to the necessary, signallers for the Oom- is to be replaced, "for bygienic latest operation on the Gallipoli quite so eerie as that which the south) had been heavily engaged, mand Signalling Station as reasons," by a fountain, which Peninsula -the landing at Suvla Right saw. Along the extended and an attack from the Bivis Kowloon:-Sergt. Bilas, Corphe will, waab the square in which Bay was one of the most bril-lines the opponents worked des forces on their right and the Lawrence, Leople. Reis and liant pieces of work yet carried perately and without a pause at Auzau forces on their loft was ao Rocha, Pies. Obaves, Young,
the labour of making trenches enccessful that a junction was Hurle, Jacobs and Siston through during the war.
The battle which follo ved the and gun positions, and erecting effected bringing into being
wire entanglemente, bigbly sucessful disembarkation
12-mile continuous battle-line. was one of the most stubborn and
Communications Threatened. spogainery battles yet fought for
Through this line passes one of the possession of the Hellespont were fought; bodies of Turks the main routes for the supply of would sometimes rush ont in so Tarkieh forces now facing the and Constantinople.
more Allied foroas in the south of the Never bolors in history has a endeavour to obtain a
the monument stood.
China and German' Goods. Tientsin, August 10. The commenced to list to port and opinion in offiical ciroles of the wituees called the attention of new trading regulations is that the fokia to this, ordering them they do not provide machinery to to trim the cargo on the lower prevent the Germans shipping dock. There was no cargo on goods under acutral cames. the upper deck at that time. Further legislation specially deal-
Greck Finance.
Madrid, August 21.-The
The Landing.
Many Fights.
Hero and there little battles
peninsula ialaud from Savis and Anzso to the Dardanelles near Nagara on the Narrows, Road and vallay have been constantly swept by our gaas.
The great battlefield is decorib
Rifles, ammunition cases, packs while the horror of the scene was mer remains made a terrible litter, and provisions, and other grim-
added to by the barning funereal pyree of the enemy,
King's Park Range The Haage is allotted to the OfBoora of the 74th Panjabia to morrow, 1st October, from 9.30- s.. to 12 noon.
Engineer Company, "Belobers Kelief" for the month of October is posted on the notice
Parades. ber Nil,
Parades for Friday, 1st Oct
Detall.
Gan Club Hill, Kowloon, On duty until morning of 3rd Officer on duty Lieut. Danby. Detention Camp. Kowloon:- Arty, Batty, and the following On duty to-night No. 1 Beotion
Co-Ptes. Archie, Seins, F. Mar- members of Right Beotion M. G. ray, Rocha and A. F. Silva,
Officer on duty Lieut. Kenusit. Civil Service Company.
On daty to-morrow night,
Officer on duty, Capt. Churchill. Do duty 2nd October, left Seo- tion M. G. Co. and the following members of Right Ssation M, G. born. O. Riberio, G. Roza and Golden Co.:-Pies. Hyadmau, Cordeiro.
Officer on duty Capt. Arm- atrong. Lieut. Rees. prox. Sergt. Ball.
Orderly Officer until 3rd prox.
Orderly Sergeant until 3rd
He did not know whether the ing with China exports is impera- landing of such nature been car. suitable saction of ground for the pogingale. The communications board at Headquarters for la This morning at the Police compradore had taken on board tive, otherwise it will be impos-ried out: In April, at Gaba the British soldiers would drop of the Tarke are therefore serious-formation de quaters for la Court, Mr. J. B. Wood hold an any more cargo since his warning, sible to stop the Germane from Tepo and other points on the the British soldiers drop ly threatened. enquiry into the circumstances but there were then several tens exporting.
peninsula, the Allied forces per-
their entrenching toole and wipe The other road (to the east) is
gineer Company. attending the death of two of passengers on board. The
formed, in the face of serious out the attackers in eilence with an inferior artery of enpply; and Chinese drowned in the sinking fokis had no time to trim the Athene, August 20. In auth- opposition, a feat of landing the bayonet. Then, again, even this is now under the fire of of the steam launch Sai Fang, cargo, the boat had listed to partoritative diplomatic circles it is which verged nosror on the im- our men, leaving behind spades the artillery on our new line, Mr. T. H. King Deputy Captain and the launch commenced to declared that the principal anxiety possible than perhaps anything and wire cutters, would seize which can also sweep Bokali Dere Superintendent, bad charge of the sink by the stern, water coming of M. Venizelos is to make certain ever yet accomplished in modern their rifles and advance cautiously a valley stretching away east matter on behalf of the Police, aboard through the bawse pipe, whether Greeco will be able to warfare. It might be said with to annihilate some group of the land saath from the middle of the prox. No. 2 Section Arly.-Batty, and Mr. Dizon, of Meaare Wilkin- This occurred at 5.15 s.m. sad contract a loan with the assistance truth that, by all rates and the enemy; and so would return to zon and Grist, appeared for the as
the water cama aboard of the Eutento.
ories; we ought to have been their work on their own ground. owner of the launch. Capt. witness ordered the passengers to
M. Venizeles wishes to find out beaten; and therein lies the im- Little fights of that eort punctuated Davey assistant Harbour Master, got ashore and, as the vessel sunk, what are the views of the Cabinets mortal glory of that April achieve the long night of heavy work. occupied a seat on the bench with instructed his fokis to rescue the of Paris and London in order to ment, making it worthy to calm
During the darkness (it is the magistrate.
people in the water and also their take a decision.
gean waters-warebips, tran estimated) the Tarks brought up Yau Shui Chi, owner of the luggage. The launch suck at WIB History Repeat Itself.
sporte, destroyers, trawlers, shipe no fewer than 70,000 men; aned to me as presenting an awful Sui Fung, said the vessel'e run 5.30 s.m. September 17 and 18 Paris, August 20.-It is recall- big and little ateaming towarde with the morning light the sight, though a feature of the was between Hongkong and Sha had been busy days on accounted here, in connection with the the one destination. That armada second morning-a terrific battle operations was the rapid mauner Hi making two intermediate of the Moon festival.
German capture of Korno, that arrived before Savla Bay while began.
in which the wounded were at calls. At Hongkong she need the Witness thought the sinking that town was also taken by darkness still reigned and while
The scene of this atruggle was tended to and carried away. The Kong Shan Wharf. He was not on was due to the number of passen. Napoleon in his Russian campaign, the Tarks on the shores of the beyond effective help-from the Turks, however, baried many too board the Sui Fung on Septem- gera, coolien and bankerson board. and that on one of the town's other continent were waiting ships; but a strong force of artil- hastily. bar 18 when the launch sunk; be Mr. King said it was quite monuments there is an inscription sleeplessly-from Kumkale (atory had been landed and placed of the evident the launch was in amount of traffic on, the launch Russia was surprised by an army les) to the Gulf of Adramyti (north of troops against several points of WAS Bway in Usuton. At the time evident that there was an nonenal worded as follows:-In 1812 the Asiatic side of the Dardanel in position.
The Tarke throw strong bodies proper atate of repair, that day.
of 700,000 men. Only 70,000 of of Smyrna) for our coming. having left the Taikoo A freman of the launch asid them recrossed the frontier.
our new line, these were driven Dook about a week before the that he was in the engine room
Epidemics Officially Reported
That dark night scene on Sa- back, and then the British replied accident. The cargo capacity of on duty, where he had been at Berlin and Petrograd. vla Bay may better be imagined with counter-attacks.
Most of the British dead lie the launch was 1,000 píoals and from 0 p.m. on September eial Gazette announces the exit stirring one. Every description great, and the utmost determina- the shore. The Tarke, who fought
than described. The picture is a
The heat during the day was fenced off in little cemeteries by he had given orders that cargo 17. At about five minutes should first be stowed in the hold, past five on the morning of the ence of cholera in Germany, of ship was there, packed fall of tien and high courage were called with the utmost gallantry, lost at and, when that was full, on deck. 18th he noticed the launch notably in the districts of Oppola, soldiers, every heart beating high for; but never for a moment did least 27,000 men-four times as He had given instructions that had a list to port. It was such Wiesbaden, Breslau, Silesia, Bor- with excitement and the hope of the British belie their splendid many as our own losses.. no more than 600 or 700 pioals that he could not stand steady in stated aleo to be prevalent at Rige force ever yet thrown from sea stunted bush or a email boulder; ing the enemy's communica
lin, and Frankfurt. Obolera is battle. They composed the largest reputation.
The result of the operations is. should be taken on board. the engine room, and when he
Often the only protection was a important as seriously threaten- The Coxswain to whom, accord-sew water coming down the en- and in Petrograd.
directly into a liostile country. ing to Mr. King, the Police gine room ladder he made haste to
Zurich, Friday. The last re- The navy took charge of the and here and there small groups tions; but the way in which stached no blame, said he had call the other fokia and straggled ports of the Ministry of the In- landing, and hardly had anchors of men lying dead, with mounds the Turkish forces rushed to the charge of the Sai Fang for about ant against the rash of the water. oholers and 185 of spotted typhus sea bottom than hundreds of small they were both Tarks and Britone tainous coltatry in front of of cargo shipped per as: Nankin
terior admit 1,006 case of Asiatic found a resting place in the sandy of used cartridges beside them-spot, and the nature of the mons half a month, being previous to Witness was unable to save any la Anetria. that in the Chan Châu for five body himself because he could
boats-pinnaces, launches, &c.told of a lost stand in which our positions, sugar further stift which sailed on September 24 months. He was not responsible not swim, and could not Bay
Villagers Locked In Wooden
were making swiftly and silently all that heroic man can know of fighting before we can throw London: 3144 Pkges. Tex, 1847 for the oarge, but the com-whether the crew saved any
House and Burned,
for the shore in the pale light of valour had been exhausted. It line aatride of the peninsula balee 8. Cooocu, eh bales Haw pradore was. On September passenger from drowning being accounts are given of Turkish mon-a real mooo, now bagian Turke, despite their numerical southern Turkish army altogether. Silk, 4 Cases F. Effects, 1 Case
Petrograd, August 19.-Sioken the one
orescent was costly work especially for the line which would cut off the Silk, 440 Cases Preserves, 3 Cason 17 the Sai Fung arrived cause there was a panic and at Hongkong from Sha Mi at 6 he could not see properly.
and Kurdish savagery in the ing to took down on the fixed superiority and the advantage Whether the enemy can be Old Documente; p.m. and tied up at the Kong Shan wharf. At about 11 p.m. witness Chinese watch on the deck of the masstore. In another scores of faw--for all know their instruc- turned and twisted, twisted and to be seen; but, in any event, en. Bilk Goods ofsh va pas
Mr. King said there was no village only 38 persons escaped words of command were low and ground. All day long the two lines will avoid it by a retreat, remains 10 Cases Cigars 4 Cases Silk, and vilayet of Bitlis. In one large bayonets of our troops. The they had by holding higher bottled up so, or whether, they
Gibraltar: 10 Ble. Leaf Tobicco, had a conversation with the com-launch that night and the evidence women and men were tied toge- tions precisely and definitely: pradore and warned him that about to be given would be as to ther and thrown into the lake of
turned again, but neither broke. important step has been taken in then the boat had already on board what occurred after 5. a.m.
No Gun Fired,
Our artillery did magnificent a long and costly struggle on the
St. Etiennue: 5 bales Baw about 700 picula and that A Chinoso Beaman
Van. In a third village 1,000 Every soldier carried three work; the machine gons were penimania. farther leding should be stopped. launch, said that when he woke looked in a wooden building and ing toole. As the men landed ravines, scantily covered with Aaarrativo similar to the
on the men, woren, and children were days' rations, as well as entrench particularly deadly. Sandy The launch generally carried up shortly after five o'clock, there burned, about enough cargo to make was a list on the launob, he hav-
they formed up and advanced on stunted gread, were often quickly above is published in The the fender-streak about five ing been called by the coxswain. Putting it on to U.S.A. both sides of what the map given transformed into varitsble fortres Chicago Daily News and quoted Chinese inches above the water. The later told him to run an correspondent of the Washington daring the burning days of sum vious fire, taken and retaken with correspondent of this journal Paris August 20,- The Zariob as the Salt Lake," but whion ses, raked and reraked with fero-by The Daily Mail, but the Witness had not had occasion to extra rope from the bows of the Post has interviewed General von speak to the compradore about launch to the wharf, but witness Moltke, formerly the chief of the uzeven desért,
amidst terrible scenes of carnage, ments on the effects of the British mer is a beat-baked, salt-croated Blupendous courage. Behind and goes much further in his com carrying too much cargo on the had no time to do this because German General Stall, who stated launob.
the launch was already settling that the duration of the wat de ly bringing additions to the their positions, and tending
So the boate kept on continual men worked away strengthening stroke. He says: The magistrate-Have you down ever threatened the compradoro sisted in returning to the pastions to the Allies by America, and still the work was proceeding
the stern. Witnesa as- peaded upon the supply of muni numbers landed: Daylight camo ad carrying of the wounded.
Through a bold stroke the with the result that 100,000 British Army bas dealt the Turks Turks, or what is left of the seven that you would not suil if he took sengers their luggage and himself who was sustaining the enemies with the greatest possible spoed: Turks: in mass formation on surprise, resulting in the absolute sula, are nearly surrounded and Fighting with Spades. a humiliating and disastrous army corpa defending the penins any more cargo?—Yes.
jumped to the wharf. Witroes of Germany while the latter was Artillery and supplies fast more than cus occasion penetrat capture and destruction of the virtually besieged. When?-That night. Witness said that when be caused by a large number of people the greatest world
thought that the sinking was elruggling for existence against quantities were put on shore, and ed to the trenches where our men main lines of communication be spoke to the compradore there collecting on one side of the boat. General von Moltke approved of perienced.
coalition. still no opposition” WAI
were digging, and fights with tween Constantinople and the impossible. It in entirely out of
The retreat of this army were about nine or ten passengers The case was adjourned, it being the sinking of the Lusitanis,
spades and bayonets ensued... on board. The vessel's fall com stated that two or three days declaring that neutrals ought not Seddul Bahr ausba, Tope, the were fired et distances of inches, tion and food supply.
forces defending the Gallipoli from escape. It must either fight Olten in these melece, rifles peninsula, outting off the ammuni- to death or surrender. It is now Unlike the experience at plement was about thirty.
would elapse before the Sai Fung to oross the war zone either on warships were silent and for and hand grenades were used At about 4.00 am, the boat was raised.
but a queation of how long the land or sen.
twenty-four hour the operation with awful effect Thick clouds enemy's lines of communication, they have
"This move entirely savered the Turks can subsist on the supplies
From
crescent-a
Disastrous Surprise,
a
MEMORANDUM OF CARGO.
The following in a memorandum
Silk.
Feathers, 278 balos Raw Silk, 1081 Pkges, Tos
Lyons: 209 bales Raw Silk, Marseilles: 3 Cases Birds
Malta: 1 Case Cigars. Alexandria : 1 Case Olgara. Bacz: 6 balea Silk Punjam.