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January 31-1916,
3134 日七十月二十年卯乙
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LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
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MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916.
WAR TELEGRAMS,
TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF GERMAN TROOPS.
CAUGHT IN THE PINSK MARSHES: GREAT LOSS OF MEN AND MATERIAL.
What Italy Has Done: Her Operations Reviewed.
THE ALLIES AND GREEK MOBILISATION.
[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph."]
THE ITALIANS.
A FINE RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS-
January 30, 3.45 pm
HUGE GERMAN LOSSES,
TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF TROOPS.
WHOLE DETACHMENTS PERISH IN MARSHES.
January 30, 3,45 p.m. According to a telegram from Petrograd, recent pri- soners confirm the suffering of the Germans in the Pinak marshes. Á rapid thaw has released rast quantities of subterranean water which has wrecked all the enemy works as though they had been bombarded. Dasans of heavy- batteries, thousands of munitions waggona, numerous gam and entire depots have been irrecoverably engulfed, while whole detachments in the trenches have been cut off and have perished miserably as they were unable to escape from the marshy labyrinth.
The authorities in Germany, in order to prevent the news from Teaking out, isolate the returned soldiers, who are invariably suffering from virulent influenza.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this
page they will be found on the Extral.
EARLIER
TELEGRAMS.
NEW ZEALANDERS' VISIT POSTPONED.
January 29, 100 p.m.
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THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
SET BACK FOR THE ENEMY.
January 30, 1265 1.m
$36 PER ANNUMĄ.
TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
· Recent prisoners confirm, the terrible suffering of the Germang in the Finsk marabea)-10% ame The Et. Hon. Mr. A. Eisber High Commissioner for Australia, hsa arrived in London.
The Italians have acquired a rich rad populous region Trentino and have prevented.
-A British communique reports that yesterday evening; after a invasion of Venetia. heavy bombardmans, the anemy entered some of our sape near The Austrison in the Honzo Carney, but counter-attacks early in the morning ejected the enemy,region have lost twenty-thousand who abandoned dead and wounded. Hostile shelling in this area prinses, many guns and continued to-day, the enemy delivering bombing attacke night and material. - morning near quarrie and at Givenchy, but they were repalsed. A list received of the survivÜKE There has been heavy shalling in the vicuiy of Low, but the of the auxiliary craiser Tara abelling has now diminished. Our artillery replied vigorously shows that only ten persons are besides bombarding sad damaging the enemy's trenches at other-
mising. points.
CAPTURED TRENCHES RE-OCCUPIED.
January 30, 1.15 am
The Allies will reply jointly to the proposal of the United States that merchantmen should · not cary gans for defence.
The Faris commanique says:—în Artois, west of Hill 140, we continued successfully to re-occupy portions of the trenches espiazed Baron Mayor has been appoint yesterday by the enemy. In the couns of the fighting we liberateded Commissary General in Eng fity French prisoners. The enemy, south of the Folie road, land for the provisioning of attempted to recapture two craters, but were repulsed. The artillery transports. was most ective between the Somme and the Oise, north of the Aime and in Lomine. Our artillery destroyed a number of ob- servation posts and wrecked enemy works.
ZEPPELIN RAID ON PARIS.
January 30, 3.40 s.m.
Lient-Colonei William M Walan has been appointed tam-* porary Brigadier-General while commanding an Indian Brigada.
Lieut-Colonel H. C. Lowther, Scots Guarda, and Lient-Colonel B. Fitzgerald, London Regiment, have been made O.R's.
A Zeppelin threw three bombs on Paris at ten o'clock this evening. There were some victims and some property damaged.
An airman says that during Beuter's correspondent at Paris reports that the approach of the the Zepplin raid Paris looked Zeppelin was reported at 9.20 in the evening, and immediately the likes black hole in the middle G-streets with bells and bugles, alarming the inhabitants. Search-
whole city was plunged in darkness. Firemen ran through the of the lighted suburbs, lights lit up the sky, where a squadron of aeroplanes entrusted with the defence of the city was dimly discernible. The first explosions were heard at ten o'clock.
Beater's correspondent at Wellington says that B. Hat W. F. Massey. Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Rt. Hon. Sir J. Ward have postponed their visit to Great Britain owing to important work in New Zealand.
TURKS SHUT UP IN ERZERUM,
January 29, 4.00 p.m.
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report that mines are mocred far Spanish vessels arriving at Vigs
out in the Bay of Biscay. Tro Spanish beams were recently sunk there.
An official statement says the Italian Army begins the New deeds and enablikeshly confident Year legitimately proad of its
of the future.
A rapid thaw in the Pinak of subterranean water which has marshes released vast quantities wrecked all the enemy works as though they had been bombarded.
PERSONS KILLED AND HOUSES WRECKED. A message from Petrograd states that two Turkish Army Corps
January 30, 6.55 a m. According to Renter's correspondent at Rome, an official resame
According to Reater's correspondent at Paris, the Zeppelin of the Italian operations saya that the Italiana have acquizade a vida are shot up in Erzurum and that reinforcements are insposside.
dropped 13 bombe on the city. Nice
rexe" wrecked, seven and populous region in Trentino, prevented an invasion of Venetis,
SEQUEL TO CONSULAR ARRESTS.
people killed, and 22 injured. cut an important strategical road in Dolomites, maintained posses
January 30, 6.35 8.m sion of the Carnis border against persistent Austrian attacks,
January 29,4.00 pix
Beater's Paris correspondent says the Zeppelin dropped several establised a firm footing on the left back of the Isonzo, holding in
Beater's correspondent at the Hague states that as the result of bombe, and there were many victims-15 at one point; a man, three checs uue fortress of Tulmine which was at the mercy of Italian the intervention of the Da'ch Government, Balzaria has released women and two children were killed at another point, and there were gunsrendering the town of Goritz uninhabitable, and pushed back the and restored the functions of the keepers of the archive of the also several victims through the collapse of a house destroyed by
usuris line of defence beyond Izonzo and the Carso platean, where British and French Legations in Sof. France has therefore re-bomb. Elsewhere there was damage to property. The end of the the Italians have firmly established themselves.
The Austrians in the Isonzo region have lost twenty-thousand isased and sent to Switzerland the Bulgarian consuler ataf arrested raid was announced by the bagles of the firemen st one o'clock in the Austrian line of defence
at Salonica and restored the functions of the keeper of the Balgarian the morning. The population throughout was most calm. There prisonera, many gons and matenal,
Legation in Paris.
were crowds on the boulevards who watched the searchlights and listened to the aeroplanes. A thick mist hampered the guns. Several seroplanes pursued the Zeppelin, which was at a great height, and they fired at it as it disappeared.
The Italian Army begins the New Year legitimately proud of its deeds and unshakeably confident of the fature. It will redoable its efforts till it has assined the glorïona goal.
THE RAID ON PARIS,
SMART WORK BY FRENCH AEROPLANES.
January 30, 1.35 p Beater's Paris corespondent says the latest casualties in the Zeppelin raid are sixteen-persons killed, including two gendarmes,
and thirty-two injured.
The amartness of the aeroplanes is shown by the fact that within twenty mintase of the alarm signal, thirty aeroplanes zacend- ed." Five got in touch with a Zeppelin at an altitude of twelve thousand feet, but only one was able to engage the raider.
ITALIANS TO ABANDON LURAZZO.
January 30, 8:00 p.m.
It is stated in iome that the Fuliaus have decided to abandon Darazzɔ and to concentrate at Valona,
THE NEAR EAST.
FRENCH TROOPS DYING FROM STARVATION
January 29, 4.00 p.m.
A Daily Mail correspo ident in the Near East, states that he saw at Konus three-hundred French prisoners who were totally meglected and were starving and dying like fies. He believes that British prisoners are confided at Angers.
TUKISH GARRISON CAPTURED. The seroplanes ware working under the most difficult condi-
January 29, 4.00 p.m. tions, as there was a thick mist below which prevented the search- French marines have landed at Xantophilo, opposita Costellorizo Tights from giving the maximum assistance, but the aeroplanes in Asia Minor, and have taken prisoners the Turkish garrison. prevented farther bombing.
An "airman says that Paris looked like a black hole in the middle of the lighted barbs.
President Poincare and Ministers so-day are visiting the anfferers and the scenes of the damage,
LATEST FIGURES.
January 30, 8.10 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Paris states that the Zeppelins killed wooty-four persons and injured at least twenty-ei
MORE HONOURS.
TWO
NEW C.B. S.
Jannery 50, 5.20 p.m.. The Gazdie announces that the following have been made Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:--
Lient-Colonel EL. C. Lowther, Scots Guards. Lient-Colonel B. Fitzgerald, London Regiment.
COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA:
January 20, 520 pa
The Rt. Hon. Mr. A. Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia, Ivan arrived in London.
FRENCH AIR RAID.
January 29, 5:35 am. According to Beuter's correspondent at Salonice, a great French air-raid on January 28, on the Bulgario German camp at Pazadi, north west of Doiran, caused a great panic, and considerable damage was done. The machines reinmned unscathed.
BRITISH GENERALS MEET.
January 29, 11.C5 p.m. An official message says that General Sir Percy Lake and General Aylmer have joined at Wadi. The weather continues to be bad, the whole country being deep in mud, making the movements of troops most difficult, v
ENEMY CAMPS BOMBED,
January 30, 1.15 am. According to Reuter's correspondent at Faria, fourteen French aeroplanes yesterday dropped numerous bombs on the enemy camps at Bazarli, north of Lake Doiran.
MUNTION MINISTERS CONFER.
January 29, According to Benter's correspondent, at George, Mr. Bouar Law, General Sir W. R. Robert P. Da Cans, Mr. B. P. Lee, M.P., and Mr. J. 1. have-serived in Paris to confer with M. The Munitions and with the Under-Secretary the scceleration of the output of mutanti in the production.
PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE.
January 30, 3.40 sm.
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The Italiane hava purbed bick beyond Isors and the Carso plateau, where the Italians have firmly established themselves.
The 1ste t casualties in the Paris Zeppelin raid are sixteen persons killed, including two gendarmer, and thirty-two injured.
The smartness of the French A message from New York says that President Wilson, speaking seroplanes is shown by the fact at Pittsburg, said that the world was afire and that sparks were that within twenty mintues of the likely to drop anywhere. If people could see the despatches be had Zepplin alarm signal in Paris read hourly, they would appreciate the difficulty of maintaining thirty seroplanes ascended. peace. The country must prepare, act for war or aggression, but for national defence. It was quite feasible to train youths in the with a Zeppelin over Paris stan Five seroplanes got in touch use of arme simulanecus with industrial education. The dangers altitude of twelve thousand feet, were grave, and constant friction was likely to arise with regard to bus only one was able to engage
the movement of overseas OCMESIDE.
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the raider.
[The following telegrams appeared in our special edition of The Italians have maintained Festerday:-1
possession of the Carnis border THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
against persistent Austriaa attacks and establised a firm. January 29, 3.05 e.m. footing on the left bank of the A Paris communique states that there has been fierce canon-Isonzo. ading and sharp fighting in Artois, where German attacks at four Dozens of German herry diferent points were repulsed, except at one south of Givenchy, batteries, thousands of munitions whereby the enemy, after exploding & number of mines, gained a waggona, numerous guns and footing in our advanced trenches.
entire depots have been irrecovEZ- Of the other attacks, which were simultansons, two were comably engulfed in the Finsk pletely defeated-pamely, near the Neuville-La Folie read, and marebes. north-east of Arias, m
A third attack, north of Rolincourt, was arrested at the outset, the enemy being unable to leave his trenches in face of artillery and ri, fire.
The French, in a sharp fight,recaptured smother mine crater south of the Neuville-La Folie rod and repulsed violent counter-attacks. The seriousness of the enemy losses in the preceding fights in this region is shown by the fact that 150 German bodies were counted in one of the recaptured craters, agent does of the town, the French vigorously replying.
The enemy violently bombarded Arras and the positions south
The French guns wrecked enemy works south of Lessigny.
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A Paris communique says that siter a sharp counter-attack si Artois, we recaptured a portion of the trench occupied by the frer. mans yesterday. The enemy sfter a violent bombardment scută of the Somme attacked on a front of several kilometres. The whole of the southern part of the attack failed completely, only succeeding an the actual bank of the Semme. The attacks have been pped.
"DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoris Theatra-9.15 pm. City Hall Piano Recital by Mr. Deeman Faller; 9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW,
West Point Building Co., Ltd. -Meeting of shareholders, st 11:30 8.
Hongkong Canizal Estate, Ltd. Mesting of shareholders. E
Mr. Lloyd
MP.
The First French counter-sttacks is coupled some Frnoch- Minister of The French artillery net fire to a magazine to the south of holders
regarding Manster. There were many explosions.
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