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FEBRUARY 28, 1916.
TELEGRAMS.
February 28 1915,
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TELEGRAMS.
February 23 1916,
3156 日六廿月正
TELEGRAMS,
CONDENSED.
IN THE LAST AIR RAID 593 BOMBS WERE DROPPED THE P. AND O. LINER MALOJA HAS BEEN KINED OFF DOYER THE GERMAKS ARE NOW TEN MILES DISTANT FROM VERDUN. PORTUGAL HAS SEIZED EIGHT GERMAN SHIPS AT CAPE VERDE A GERMAN STEAMER, ESCAPED FROM FUNCHAL HAS RETURNED. THE BRITISH STEAMERS DENABY AND TUMMEL HAVE BEEN' SUNK. THE TURKS HAVE TAKEN THEIR STAND 60 MILES WEST OF ERZERUK. THE CASUALITES IN THE LAST RAID WERE 154 KILLED AND INJURED. THE DATE FOR CALLING UP MARRIED MEN HAS NOT YET BEEN CONSIDERED. AUSTRALIA HAS GIVES AN AERIAL SQUADRON OF 29 OFFICERS AND ISS MÉIN, THE GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE OCCUPIED FORT DONAMONT, NEAR VERDUN, GERMAN LOSSES AT VERDUN ARE GREATEST YET REPORTED IN THE WEST. THE GERMANS MUST FIGHT HARD TO REACH VERDUN'S MAIN DEFENCES. IT IS PREMATURE TO SAY THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE AT VERDUN HAS ENDED. SINCE VERDUN BATTLE THE FRENCH HAVE STRAIGHTENED THEIR LINE
THE GREAT BATTLE OF VERDUN.
Graphic Description of the Fighting.
[Raater's Service to the "Telegraph."}
February 26 150 p.m. French correspondents agree that never was's battle so minute- ly prepared or an Army wo abundantly supplied with the materials for victory as was the case with the Germans a: Verdun. Even the tremendous canzonade of the Allies in Champagne was merely an offensive discharge of squiba compared with the artillery fire st Verdan, which distorted the local geography, throwing up hillock. and digging crevasses.
Down Prince's two Army Corps were reinforced by five The first phase of the battia was serial, in which the French scored by bringing down seven seroplanes and a Zeppelin securing the communications. Then there were intense bombardmants and infantry assaulta.
fresh Corpe from the Eastern Front
The net resalt so far is that the French centre has yielded to tremendous pressure and that the new straightened French line is based on a naturally strong position on hills a thousand feet high, supported for miles by field works based on Donsamont Fort
The Germans are at present ten miles distant from Verdun, and though the fury of the assault has slackened, it would be premature to say that the offensive has ended after the Tastness of the prepara tions. But the hardest fighting will be necessary before the Germans can hope to reach the mais defences of Verdan.
·P, AND 0. LINER STRIKES A MINE.
The Maloja Founders off Dover. -
[Beater's Service to The Telegraph_"]"
February 27, 2.30 p.m.
The Peningalar and Oriental Szam Navigation Com pany's liner Malojs, carrying passengers and mails, hea been rank of Dover. It is believed that she was mined.
Details are lacking.
The liner's gross tonnage was 12800 tons.
February 27, 2.30 p.m. Lloyd's state that the Haloja was mined, and that the passengers are now being picked up.
February 27, 2.30 p.m. The Maloja's passenger-Fist bore 57 names, of whom seven were those of children.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
Continuance of Severe Fighting.
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[Reater's Service to the Telegraph.T
February 28, 4.45 Pall
YUAN'S ENTHRONEMENT
POSTPONED.
¿Banter'a Servion To The “Talegraph.”)
Londen, Bacatved, February 27. Beater's correspondent Peking ways the enthronement
A. Paris communiqus saya:-Severe fighting continues north of of President Yuan Shih-bai has Verdun, where the enemy is still directing his efforts against the been postponed owing to the revolt front east of the Mense. Latest information says:--We are holding of the Yunnanese. ont against repeated o slanghts made by the enemy, regardless of scrifices. In the region of Dorsement fighting is proceeding with particular fierceness. Our advance elements, held sa an observation line from Ornes to Hennamont, have been brought nearer to the foot of the Mecse. Hills without attack by the enemy. Our artillery both banks of the Mense is replying unceasingly to the German bombardment, <
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Enemy Air Raid Repulsed.
February 26, 11.53 p.m.
The passengers were going to Gibraltar, Harseilles, Halts, Egypt, Adan, Bombay and Karachi. They included
A British communique says:-Last night we sprang three Mr. Justice F. Oldfield, the Rev. G. Hatson, the Rev. A. Braines near Locs with satisfactory resulta. An enemy air raid on Nightingale, and the Bev. J. G. Potter.
[The Maloja was a steel twin screw steamer, and was built in 1911 by Messrs. Harland and Welf, of Belfxat.. Her dimensions were:-Length, 550.4 feet; breadth, 62.9 fest; Cepth, 34.5 fest. - She was on the ran from London to. Bombay and back, and probably had no passengers bound farther East then Bombay.]
BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.
February 28,2.00 pm. The British steamers Denaby and Tammel have been sunk Five survivors of the latter have been picked up, two have died sud even are missing.
CALLING UP MARRIED MEN.
February 26, 12.30 p.m. - The War Office announces that the date for the calling up the married men has not yet been considered.
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RECENT AIR RAID CASUALTIES.
February 28, 12.30 pm.
The terror of the next German attack had been so loudly pro-
It is officially announced that the final casualties in the air claimed recently that the French anticipated that some monstrous invention would be revealed, bat the event has shown nothing raid on January 31 were 184 men, women and children killed and newer than a Mackensen phalanx breaking the Vardan barrier injured. Altogether 393 bomby were dropped.
This, at the time of the Marna battle, would have been followed by great consequences, but it has now only made a bulge in the solid line extending from the sea to the Alps.
If the Crown Prince is victorious, which is improbable, his victory will be far from decisive.
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It is believed that the fear of an approaching grand offensive by the Allies on all front- underlies the German desperate stroke, coupled with a desire to make a good show to the German public in view of the imminent fourth German Loan, which has recently been extravagantly advertised in the German Press.
Heaviest German Losses Yet Recorded.
February 26, 155. p.z.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this page they will be found ca Page 81.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
INDIAN PRINCES' HELP.
February 26, 12.30 p.m.
our tranches south-east of Maricourt was repulsed. There has been mutual artillery activity about Ypres.
Widespread Activity.
THE DUTCH FLOODS.
London, Beceived, February M. Reuter's correspondent · at | Amsterdam says a heavy snowfall is augmenting the distress due to the floods. More houses at
Buiksloot have been swept away and only ten remsin.
IRISH BYE-ELECTION.
Landon, Beceived. February 27. The North Louth bye-election, caused by the death of Mr. A Roche, resulted as follows :-
1,810
February 27, 3.25 am. Paris communiques say that north of Verdun an intressing bom- bardment continues, east and west of the Mense, the French replying to all stracks by vigorous counter-attacks. All the fresh attacks by the Germans in the region of Champrerville and Poivre Hill, where we are solidly established, were repaleed. A desperate struggle is Mr. Whitty, (Nationalist) 2,299 raging round Donanmont Fort, which is an advanced element of the Mr. Hamill, (Ladependent old defensive organisation of Verdun Fortress. We again resched Nationalist,) and passed beyond the position which the Germans captured in the morning after several fruitless and most costly assaults, and all the Nationalist Majority enemy attempts to fores us back failed. Oar hesry artillery bum- | bardėd hangars and depots north-east of Saint Mihiel The GermanE san: several heavy shells in the direction of Luneville and Nanoy.
The following Adjutant Navarre to day, in the Verdun region, on a monoplane, appeared in our special edition brought down with a machine gan two German seroplanes. Two of yesterday
Gerinan aviators were killed and two captured. This makes the fifth machine brought down by Adjutant Navarre. Ne Frensh semplanas dropped 144 hombe on Metsablon station and another squadron bombed establishments as Chambley, north-west of Post- s-Mousson. Hine fighting took place in Artois. German counter- attacks on a salient which we captured south of St. Jariekpy, in | Champagne, were repaleed, the Germans losing 340 prisoners.
PUBLIC RETRENCHMENT.
February 26, 5.20 p.m.
489
telegram
REV. B. J. CAMPBELL
ORDAINED DEACON.
London. Escaired, Kabramry 21, The eminent Nonconformist, minister Rev. E. J. Campbell, bas
The Committee on the Retrenchment of Pablic Services been ordained deacon in the recommends a detailed review of the Civil Service, the reorganisa-Church of England, at Birming- tion of the Circuit and County Court systema, simplification of the ham. Insurance Act, various alterations in the Postal and Telegraph services, and the temporary suspension of Old Age Pensions where the recipients are receiving increased wager. It says a member of
the House of Commons serving with the forces should not receive LATE JABEZ BALFOUR: both salary and Army pay.
WILSON LINER SUNK.
February 27, 12.20 am
Part of the crew
The Wilson liner Dido has been sunk.
With the cordial approbation of Lord Cromer, Lord Gladstone, Lord George Hamilton, Lord Ampthill, Lord Reay, Lord Beresford, were saved. According to Beaver's correspondent at Paris, an eye-witness Lord Meath, Lord Lamington and many other prominent persons, of the fighting at Verdun, describing the fary of the German the British Patriotic Productions Company has arranged for a wide- assaults, says he saw a whole Brigade, advancing in massed colamas on the 224d inst, caught by the fire of the French batteries and practically annihilated instantaneously. Nevertheless, the Germans did not desirt. I
They made eight successive attacks on Thursday near Haumont, but each was repulsed with encrmons losses. Two regiments were decimated by three batteries of 75%, which were suddenly unmasked.
The survivors were panic-stricken and filed. High French officers, estimate that the German losses were greater than in any battle on the Western Front yet recorded.
A German Report:
February 26, 2.00 p.m. A German wireless message states that the 24th Brandenburg Infantry has occupied Fort Danamont, five miles north-east of Verdun,
COMMONWEALTH'S GIFT OF AERIAL SQUADRON.
February 26, 12.30 pm. The War Office has accepted the Commonwealth's offer of an aerial squadron comprising 28 officers and 188 men.
THE TURKS'' NEWŊLINE. ›
February 28, 12.30 p.m.
It is believed in Petrograd that the Tarks have taken their stand in the mountains sixty miles to the West of Erzerum.
PORTUGAL SEIZES MORE GERMAN SHIPS..
February 26, 12.30 p.m. Portugal has seized sight German ships at Cape Verde.
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February 26, 12:30 p.m.
ESCAPED GERMAN STEAMER RETURNS.
PRICE OF SUGAR INCREASED.
February 27, 5,45 s,m.
spread exhibition at variety theatres, cinemas and other public places in the United Kingdom, France, America, and at patriotic
The Sager Commission announces an increase of two shillings lectures, of portrait slides of Indian Princes and leaders helping in the cause of war. Lord George Hamilton writes:-The movement a hundred-weight in the price of sugar. will help to consolidate the union between Great Britain and India.
CARDINAL MERCIER LEAVES FOR BELGIUM,
February 25, 6:30p.m. Beuter's correspondent at Rome says Cardinal Mercier has left for Belgium, being given a most enthusiastic farewell,
THE KAISER INSPECTS WARSHIPS.
February 26, 200 p.m. Beuter's correspondent at Copenhagen says the Kaiser arrived at Wilhemshaven on Wednesday morning and inspected the ratious warships. He conferred with the Chief of the North Ses Staff and left the same evening.
BOMBARDMENT OF DURAZZO.
The Towa Evacuated.
·February 26, 5.20. p.m.
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HUGE CAPTURES AT ERZERUM.
February 27, 5.45 a.m. *
A Petrograd communique says 13,000 Tarke, 233 machine guns and vast supplies were captured at E-serum: The pursuit of the demoralized Turks continues, their rear-guards being thrown back fifty miles west of E-zrum, on the road to Trebizond.
ITALY AND armed merCHANTMEN.
February 27, 6.15 a.m. Beater's correspondent at Washington says Italy has replied to Mr. Lansing's anggestion that belligerents should disarm merchant American ports gîva a pledge not to use their armament except for men. Italy merely points out that Italian steamers clearing from
defence.
The following telegrams appeared in our special edition of yesterday:
SPECIAL
An Austrian communique claims the bombarding of Darazzo MILITARY FUNERAL OF RUSSIAN CONSUL AT SHANGHAL, Harbour, the Italian warships replying.
Renter's correspodent at Rome says the Austrians began to attack Darazzo after the Italians and Albenisas had successfully evacuated the town.
Evacuation of Albania.
February 26, 8.55 pm.
(From One Own Correspondent),
Shangha February 12, 12.55 a.m. The funeral of the late General Banoyloff, Russian Military Agent at Tokio, who died whilst on his way to Shanghai on the Andre Lebon, was attended by the Allied Consula. Four hundred Allied Volunteers, and the whole of one British Company, composed Peuter's correspondent at Bome ways the Montenegrins and the hiring party. The Artillery provided the gun carriage and the A German steamer which escaped from Fanchal (the capital of Serbians have completely evacuated Albania, although hampered by French Police, including Annaanites were present. Madeira) has returned. It in stated that she had broken her cables a storm and attacked by the enemy, in which the latter lost heavily.
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THE INQUESI.
Londoni, Bocsirad, February 21.
At the inquest on Jabez Bal. lour, who was found dead in an express train
at Newport on Wednesday morning, his stated tha: deceased went to Beta last August in the expectation of taking up a mining appointment at Nantu, close to the Chinees frontier, but the manager thought he (Mr: Balfour) could not stand the climate, so he returned ta England before Christmas.
The verdict was death from natural causes.
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Bijou Theatre—8.15 pm. Victoria Theatre -9.15 p.
TO-MORROW.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Thursday, March 2.
H. K. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co-Meeting of shida. holders; 1130, a m
Friday, March 3. -
H. K. Horicultural Society's Show at Botanio Gardens: Saturday, March 4. HK. Horticultural Society's Show at Botanic Gardens: p
A. D. C. Performance of “ The
Angel in the Houre": 9.30 p.m.
Monday, March 6,
A.D. C. Performance of Angel in the House" 9.30