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NEWS FÜR BUSY KEN.
CONDENSED.
ALLIES COMPLETELY EVACUATE THE
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA.
A DIFFICULT FEAT SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED.
H.M.S. King Edward VII Strikes Mine and Sinks.
TURKISH REPRISALS FOR SALONICA «ARRESTS.
[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph.”]
BRITISH NAVAL LOSS.
H.MS, KING EDWARD VIL, STRIKES A MINE.
January 9, 9.35 p.m.
It is officially announced that the battleship HMS. King Edward VII struck a mine owing to a heary ses and had to be abandoned.
IN SWEDISH WATERS.
WILSON LINER CHASED.
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January 9, 235 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Malmoe states that the Wilson finer Gitano was chased whils within Swedish territorial waters by Garman torpedo bost destroyer, which attempted to capture the liner. Two Swedish torpedo boat destroyers interfered and forced the German to sheer aff.
THE US, RIGTS.
MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE.
January 9, 235 pm.
Banter's correspondent at New York states that three regimens. are maintaining order in Youngstown,
The loss is estimated at one million dollara,
SIR JOHN SIMON.
ASKED TO RESIGN HIS SEAT.
January 9, 7. 55. p.m.
The General Committee of the Leyton. Liberal Club bas zmsolved. to request Sir John Simon to resign his seat for the division, as be no longer enjoys the confidence of the constituency,
GERMAN PAPER PROHIBITED.
January 9, 7.55. pan. Benter's correspondent at Amsterdam · sinies that Herr Maximilien von Harden'a paper, Die Zukunft, has been prohibited for the length of the war.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
ANTI-WAR MEMBERS DENOUNCED.
January 9, 8.10 p.
THE RUSSIANS.
The "Forditen
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ENEMY'S VAIN EFFORT TO REGAIN LOST GROUND.
-January 8, 1120 pm | Zukaa♬ has been prohibited for Petrograd communique says:-Considerabis enemy forces the length of the wa repulsed car elements from Tsartorrak, bat they were subsequently dislodged, and their further attempts to regain the town filed On the middle of the Strype line our unita captured hostile positions as vasions places. They also captured seventeen officers, Ter a thousand soldiers and several machine ganz. North east of Czernovits the enemy tried to check the Russian cffensive, but was repulsed with enormous losses.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
FROM SIR DOUGLAS HAIQ.
These regiments are maintai ing order in Youngstown. The loss is estimated at one million dollars..
A representative party of Irish journalista in touring the franches, especially the portions bald by their countrymen.
Mr. Heary Ford has telegraph
Jannary & 11 55 pm ed to the effect that his health is General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, says: mine improving, and he hopea soon to was exploded near Labasses Canal. A Garmsa seroplane dropped join the party in Holland. two bomba behind our lines nách of the Somme but caused no [damage. Unimportant artillery engagements have taken place ai various paints, and we obtained a direct hit at an enemy battery south-exit of Armentieres:
EFFECTIVE FRENCH BOMBARDMENTS.
January 9, 1.10 am.
On Saturday evening an abortive attempt was made to blow up Shanghai-Nanking Railway line
| at a point one mile from Shanghai.
The General Committee of the
& Paris communigçe says:-Our artillery most effectively Leyton Liberal Cab basrequested bombarded several points of the front, and destroyed an armoured Sir John Simon to resign his seat, capola south of Arras.. The bombardment also caused severe as he no longer enjoys the con- damage at Berry-an-Bec, and at Hill No. 108, cast of St. Mihiel.fidence of the consatuency. There has been great, but fruitless, enemy activity in Hartmanns- weilazkopf, especially between Rehfelsen and Hüzstein.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
GERMANY MAKES ANOTHER PROMISE..
January 8, 0155 pm.
The Manager of the Bink of. Communications at Shanghai WER
· sesaminated on the boarder of the French and International Setti menta on Saturday evening.
A Paris communique sys French batteries did elfzotiva According to Banter's correspondent at Washington Germany's work against the German tranches Note regarding the sinking of the ss. William P. Frye promises to in Artois, and also interfaced with A message from Amsterdam statee that the Committee of the assure non-combatants of a place of asfety before s prizs is sunk, German troop movements in The battleship sank shortly afterwards, the crew being taken German Socialist party passed a resolution by 28 votes to 11 except when conditions sfford absolute certainty that the beats can Champagne
denouncing the members who opposed the War Credits on Decem-reach port, all. There was no loss of life, and only two were injured.
[HMS. King Edward VII belonged to the Third Battleber 24, and repudiating Verwaerts as the Party a organ. Squadron. Her tonnage was 16,350 and she was built in 1905]
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
GOOD WORK BY FRENCH BATTERIES:
January 9, 4.40 pm According to Reuter's correspondent at Paris, a communique eye French batteries did effective work against the German trenches in Artois, and also interfered with German troop movements in Champagne.
IRISH JOURNALISTS IN THE TRENCHES.
January 9, 8.10 p.m. Beater's correspondent at the Headquarters in France states that a representative party of Irish journalists is touring the trenches, especially the portions held by their countrymen.
The party includes representatives from papers which from both sides up to August 1914 bitterly preached civil war, but are now animated with the single idea of how to beat the Boches and with a determination to let the people of Ireland know the magni ficent deration being shown by the whole Army.
BRITISH AERIAL RAID.
(Bars Telegram)
January 7. To-day, 11 British sirahipe bombarded a supply depot at Lesars.
WAR HONOURS.
January 8. After propositions made by General Joffre, the French Govern inent has made General Mahon, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces at Sakmica, a Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honouz. General-Sazrait has been awarded the Grand Crows of the Legion of Honour; and General Baillond, the Military Medal.
The Consuls arrested at Salonica have arrived at Toulon and aro kept at the disposal of the military authorities.
THE * FORDITES.”
ARRIVAL AT THE HAGUE,
Allies
GALLIPOLI.
COMPLETELY EVACUATED.
January 9, 10.25 pr Gallipoli Peninsula has been completely evacuated by ti s
ONLY ONE CASUALTY.
January 9, 10 50
January 9, 7.50 am...
At Shanghai Sidmond Abbass Dr. Zwedink, the Austrian Charge d'affaires, called Mr. has been sentenced to 15 Lansing a sttention to the presence of game on the Italian steamer imprisonment and Oswald Abbass Guiseppe Verdi. It is understood that he wished to ascertain what to two years? imprisonment far action, if any, the United States as a neutral nation might be siding and abetting under the considered to be taking.
Defence of the Reslin Act.
THE DARDANELLES.
FRESH BOMBARDMENT.
January 9, 110a.m.
According to an official announcement, General Monto reporte that the complete evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula has been carried out. All the guns and howitzers were, get away, except
A Paris communique reports that heavy artillery has bombarded seventeen worn-out guns, which were blown up before leaving the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. The casualties were one British soldier wounded, the French sustaining no casualties.
General Mouro states that the successful sccomplishment of this difficult task was due to Generals Birdwood and Davies and to the valuable assistance rendered in an operation of the highest difficulty by Admiral de Bebeck and the Navy.
THE SALONICA AERESTS.
TURKISH REPRISALS.
January 9, 10.05 pm.
A message from Amsterdam states that as a reprisal for the arrest of the enemy Consals at Salonica, Turkey has ordered the axrest of the British and French officials left in charge of the Embassies, while, as a reprisal for the arrests of other Turks at Salonica, a thousand subjects of the Entente Powers have been
interned..
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for Insertion on this
page they will be found on the Extra).
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ARREST OF ENEMY CONSULS AT MITYLENE.
Beater's comi litary authoriti and To
9,2.35 pm.
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
MONTENEGRINS ATTACKED.
Janusty 9, 1.10 am
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The Wilson liner Gitano "was chased within Swedish territorial waters by s German torpedo boat destroyer, but two Swedish tor- pedo boat destroyers interfered and forced the German to sheer
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The battleship HMS. King Edward VII struck a mîna owing to a heavy sea and had to be abandoned. The battleship sank. shortly afterwards, Thers wBS no loss of life, and only two were injured.
Reuter's correspondent at Cetinja says that on the 7th inst
The Committee of the German. the enemy made four violent attacks along the entire frant
Socialist party has passed a Austrian fleet also emerged from Bocche and Cattaro and bozbanedation by 28 rutes to 11 Lorches.
THE ITALIANS.
BAD WEATHER.
January 9,155 am.
Bome communque says that artillery duels continue but that bad weather is impeding operatione.
AEROELANE ENGAGEMENT NEAR SALONICA.
January 9, 3.45 a mi
with
Reuter a correspondent at Balonica staten that a French aeroplane has had an exciting adventure. While returning from # 16Commaissance of the enemy lines it excountered two Tambes January 8-11,20 p.m.
bound for Salonics, and though armed only with a rifle, the ens reports that the Zhed Frenchmen fearlessly attacked, the Germans replyi have arrested the German, Austrisa | machine-gun, Ana arcsit guns below opened firs
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denouncing the members who opposed the War Credits an December 24, and repudiating Formserts at the Party's organ.
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