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THE

WAR.

OPERATIONS IN

GALLIPOLI.

IMPORTANT. NEW LANDINGS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 1915.

EFFECTED.

STRONG TURKISH POSITIONS

STORMED.

DOGGED VALOUR.

RUSSIANS'

BIG NAVAL FIGHT IN THE BALTIC.

FIGHTING ALONG FRENCH FRONT.

THE NEAR EAST!

(THROUGH REFIER'S AGENCY.)

PROGRESS AT THE -DARDANELLES.

AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS. ALSO ANOTHER SUCCESSFÜL LANDING.

LONDON, August 10th General Sir Ian Hamilton reports fighting during the last few days, result- ing`in substantial progress.

He states that in the southern zoue 200 yards were gained on a front of 300 yards eastward of the Krithia road, and held despite determined counter-attacks, which were repulsed with heavy loss.

Repeated attacks elsewhere were do fented.

The General pays a tribute to the whole hearted cu-operation of the Freach.

Bir lan Hamilton also reports an important success in the "Anzac zone" (Anzac is an abbreviation for the Aus tralian and New Zealand army corps.) A footing was gained on Chunut Bair, a portion of the Sari Bair mountnis. The crest was occupied after fierce fighting and successful storming of strongly held positions.

"The enemy's losses were again consider able, Bix hundred and thirty Turkish prisoners were taken, together with a Nordenfeldt gun, two mortars, pine machine guns and a large quantity of bombs, rifles, etc.

The British have made another success- ful landing on the coast,

TURKISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

AMSTERDAM, August 10th. A Turkish communiqué contains the important statement that the Allies on the night of the 7th-8th inst, under the protection of the Fleet landed a fores at Karachali, at the head of the Gulf of Baros, on the mainland, on the road from Enos to the Bulair Lines.

AIRSHIP ACTIVITY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AIR RAID' ON · EAST COAST,

WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED

AND WOUNDED..

AN ATTACKING ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.

LONDON, August 10th

that

a

The Admiralty announegy squadron of hostile airships visited the East Coast last night. The visit lasted from 8.30 till 12.30 in the morning,

Some fires caused by the incendiary boobs were quickly extinguished.

Only immaterial damage was done, but one man, eight women and four children were killed, and four ment six women and

two children wounded..

One Zeppelin was seriously damaged by gun-fire from the land defences, and whei being towed to Ostend in the morning was subjected to continual attacks by aircraft from Dunkirk, in face of heavy German gun-fire. The Zeppelin's back was broken, the rear compartmens were damaged, and the vessel finally exploded.

THROUGH BBOTER'S AGENCY.]

THE RUSSIAN RETREAT.

EXHAUSTING THE ENEMY

PETROGRAD, August 10th.

When the Russian troops marched out of Warsaw the inhabitants shouted “Come

ビル

(THROUGH REUTER'S KOEMOX,] HOSTAGE HOLDING IN WARSAW

AND THE GERMAN SENSE OF JUSTICE.

(THROUGH BUYER'S AGENCY.] PEACE OVERTURES.

ATTRIBUTED TO GERMAN

-INSPIRATION.

NEW YORK, August 11th,

THE WEST RIVER FLOODS.

REPORT BY MR. A. E. WOOD.

The following report has been received by the Hon. Mr. 8. B. C, Ross, Secretary-

There is now more talk of peace in for Chinese Affairs, from Mr. A. E.

This is attributed Wood:--- America than of war.

The Hearst I have the honour to report that I left to German inspiration. newspapers lead the campaign with n full-page editorial, entitled "Let ufor Canton on July 25th to investigate League of Neutrals urge the making of the conditions of Flood Relief, and returo- peace in Europe."

AMSTERDAM, August 11th. back," and the soldiers answered! Never Prine-Leopold of Bavaria has issued fear; we shall return, route to a Proclamation in Warsaw, in which bo Berlin." Great urns of tea were declares: The Germans only wage war installed at all the halting places, and with hostile troops, not against peaceful Peace and order shall be restaurants, food-thops, and tobacconists citions. depleted the contents of their premises preserved and your rights protected. I and distributed them to the soldiers. expect Warsaw's citizens to undertake There was much handsbaking pad cheer that they will commit no hostile action, and trust in the German sense of justice; ing.

but as it is known that the enemy is prepared for attacks against Warsaw, the leaders and most prominent citizens will be taken as hostages. With you inhabit- ants it rests to protect the lives of your A FRESH DIPLOMATIC BLUNDER. fellow-citizens."

THE OPERATIONS NOW IN PROGRES9.

demands

The heaviest rear-guard fighting is now north and south of the Warsaw-Vilna Railway

A few days ago the Germans on the Narew were trying to cut the railway at Malkin, fifty miles from Warsaw. They are now aiming further The Proclamation further north, trying to push from the Lonza- that citizens report any knowledge of

The penalty for negli Ossoviccs sector to interrupt the Russians such attacks. on the railway at Biolestok, 130 miles gence is death. from Warsaw.

RENEWED ACTIVITY IN CAUCASUS.

Further south the Russians from Ivangorod and Lublin are taking pri sonets in incessant rear-guard actions, parrying the enemy's attempt to penetrate to Lakow on the Warsaw-Brest railway, and thus advance on the great Brest fortress-by-a route-north-west of the Wlodava marshes,

WHAT GERMAN PRISONERS SAY. The severest punishment hitherto meted out to the Germans has been that inflicted on the assailants of Ossovices and Kovno fortresses. Prisoners taken, at Kovno describe the Germans as having suffered havce from the Russian girs. They are destitute of forage and provisions and are exhausted that they can scarcely move they even refuse food, beseeching to be allowed to sleep. A corporal said

Every day we were rushed to the front and never allowed to rest, The soldiers only long for peace.

THE RUSSIAN RESISTANCE.

The Russian resistance in the triangle between the Vistula, the Narew and the western Bug was such that the Germans for twenty-two days were unable to cover more than a mile a day.

They are still unable to pierce the wall separating them from the main force re- treating towards the Brestlitovsk line, The dopred valour of the Russian infantry on the Narew has been especially success- ful in helping the entire Russian army to occupy new positions without loss, whereas the Germans, especially at Kovno, suffered almost disaster.

DESPONDENT PRISONERS.

Two thousand prisoners arrived at Vilaa on the 8th inst

They complain that the Russians remain in such force that none of the Russian reserves have yet been in action, while the Germans cannot contemplate sending any of their fourteen corps west ward.

RUSSIAN OPINION ON THE SITUATION. “

TURKS FLEEING IN DISORDER. PETROGRAD, August 11th. A communique mentions that Turkish attacks along the whole front in the Cau- casus on Sunday were repulsed. There was a desperate fight for the possession of the Mertchemir Pass, whence the Turks were driven, fleeing disorder.

The Russians, in the direction of the Upper Euphrates, after capturing a sum- ber of positions, are now pursuing the enemy, and have already captured two guns, a camel-caravan, numerous prisoners and mach-material

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIAN NAVAL VICTORY IN GULF OF RIGA. BIGGEST NAVAL ENCOUNTER

OF THE WAR.”

PETROMBAD, August 10th. The Baltic on Sunday saw the biggest naval encounter of the war, when two Germax divisions of vessels of the line, with cruisers and swarmg of torpedo craft, swooped towards the Gulf of Iliga

Flood relief measure always assume three phases which are, successively, Immediate Relief (kap chan); Autumn Barricades (tai lan) and Winter Em bankment repairs (tung kei).

Officials at Washington are indifferent, ed to Hongkong on August 7th. while the New York World, the Herald, the Tribune and other leading journals declare that peace talk is prenature, and dwell on the uselessness of Treaty-making with crap-of-paper antocrats."

So far this year attention has beca con- Gined to Immediate Relief. The Tung Wa three Hospital has despatched over ROME, August 11th. The Italian newspapers consider that million calties of ries, and its threa centres at Canton, Shiu Ring, and Sam the German peace overtures constitute a fresh German diploinstic blunder, reveal Shui, with a branch under the latter up the North River at Ts'ing Yun, have dovo ing the Empire's internal weakness.

excellent work in conjunction with the Canton Relief Societica,

The Italian Clerical Newsagency asserts that three American Cardinals, with the approval of the Pope, have taken the initiative with a view to a Peace Congress in Switzerland,

A FALSE RUMOUR.

THE HAGUE, August 11th It is semi-officially stated that a report which had gained currency in Geneva that the Queen of the Netherlands had writen a letter to the Pope in connection with the restoration of pace is completely un- founded.

GERMAN PRESS PEACE CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, August 10th. Apparently a German Press campaign with a view to peace has begun. The Rotterdamische Courant gives prominence to an article, which, it says, it received from a diplomatic source. After blasing Sir Edward Grey for the war, the writer descants on the heavy British losses," says that neither in the East nor in the West is there a prospect of decisive results, and hopes that the British people wilk listen to the voice of reason in view of the increasing signs that International hatreds are decreasing.

AUDIENCE,

AUSTRO-GERMAN AGITATORS' MEETING STORMED. The battle raged a hundred kilometres from the port of Riga for the passage between the island of Osek and Courand ITALIANS ROUGHLY HANDLE THE Its intensity may be guaged from the fact that the Germans repeatedly attacked but were foiled by the skill and gallantry The attempts of the Russian seamen, to force the passage proved, in the words of a Russian Oficial Note, no easy operation"

Nearly half a million catties of Tung Wa Hospital rice were unken over by the Standard 01 Co. who kindly undertook to see to their distribution. The United States Navy, the British-American, Tobacco Co. and the Asiatic Petroleum Co: have also given gen rous assistance.

Supplies of rice have been given by the Tung Wa Hospital to various missionary bodies who have worked nobily for the relief of sufferers.

In company with Mr. Tong Yat Chun, who has been in charge of The Shiu Hing centre, I spent ten days up the West River And its tributaries investigating the con ditions in the important districts of Ko Via, Ko Ming and Hok Shan, and especial case was taken to see that the mora remote places received due atten tion.

The outstanding features of distress are the breaches in the enbankmens and the ruined houses. The boss of life up the West River, apart from the destruction of a village at the foot of the ancient pagoda in the Eastern Suburbs of Shin Hing City, has apparently not been great. That village, however, is said to have lost 2,00) persons who had no time to escape from the water rushing through the sudden

breach.

In certain places all percentage of the rice crop was harrested in time, and I am told that ap the North River some backward crops have actually survived total failure in the affected districts, Bub the food. Last year the first crop was the damage to embanançats seems to s even worse than last year and forces our PHILADELPHIA, August 11th.

sures mentioned above. Several thousand Italians, armed with attention to the 2nd and 3rd of the mea It was a very dark night, and thick fog

As a result of the combined, efforts of in places rendered the flying of the

clubs and bottles, and waving the Italian and American flags, stormed a meeting of relieving bodies, Immediate Relief is now British aeroplanes a very difficult matter.

no longer necessary. It gives place to the Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. Lord, one of Some observers at Petrograd arguó that; The German fleet were faced not only Austrian and German agitators and purn-

The meeting was second phase, the construction of Autumn the pilota engaging the enemy, was killed the Germans are confining themselves to by a formidable Russian mine barrier melled the audience.

Nothing part of a programme arranged by German Barricades. This ars temporary banks LATER. seizing available land in Poland as an but also by the Russian fret. while landing.

The Press Bureau announce that another offset to the loss of their colonies, intend- could have been more disconcerting in the sympathisers to persuade Italian reser-built in a curve across the mouth of a second rice crop 1c. be planted. They ara- woman has been killed, and a further maning to use it as a counter in the final difficult task of dealing with mines and vists not to return to Italy. Finally, the breach and their object is to enable the Russian marksmanship than the overhead.

things to be done at vicef and finished and woman wounded as the result of the settlement,

Other observers at Petrograd point utan ramen, duringly, and success potion broke up the meeting.

within a month if the second crop is to that the Russian communiqués show that fully carried out,

The Russian defences remained firm

have a danes. the Russians are perfectly able to main Lain positions when required. Nothing and the Russians won a brilliant victory Competent circles is heard of a shortage of munitions on against heavy odds.

They declare that the say that the Russian did not lose a single these occasions. Germans will only succeed in advancing vessel. where it suits the Russians to yield. They contend that this is only additional proof of co-operation with the Allies, showing the Russian steady retirement to be so costly to the Germans that it is part of a concerted plan. They state that the Western Allies have thus bad four months in which to complete their preparations and all Russia is now united in strenuous efforts to be ready for the final terrible stage the moment the Western Allies initiate it.

raid.

ONE MISSING.

AMSTERDAM, August 11th. Four Zeppelins passed Ameland from the West towards Germany Five were sighted on the previous morning going East.

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ZEPPELIN ATTACK ON

CROSS.

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RED

PETROGRAD, August 11th. Two Zeppelins attacked two Russian Red Cross trains bn Saturday killing and injuring a great many of the wounded

The communiqué also reports two other. fresh landings of Allied troops near the

Anzac

zonę. TURKS THREATENED FROM THE and the attendants.

REAR

LATER Sir Ian Hamilton's despatch is most gratifying, as Sari Bair is a dominating mountain, 971 feet high, commanding the whole Peninsula, including the Narrows. The success also threatens the Turkish 'Army in the southern zouc from the rear. The attack of the Australasians began a searchlight at night under cover of from a destroyer. Simultaneously, a fresh Consi- landing was effeoling elsewhere. derable progress was made..

Scattered on the battlefield were found quantities of Turkish rifles, ammutition, and equipment.

Sir Ian Hamilton says that the French Corps several attacks proved of the greatest assistance,

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT,

(THROUGH RRUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH GAINS AT HOOGE. VIOLENT ARTILLERY BNGAGEMENT. -

THE

FRENCH AIR RAID ON * SAARBRUGKEN.

PARIS, August 11th, Four aeroplanes did not return from the French air raid on Saarbrucken. One nuded in Switserland.

AMSTERDAM, August 11th. It is officially announeed in Berlin that eight were killed and two wounded in the

raid.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] INEFFECTIVE GERMAN

ATTACKS.

GERMAN PAPERS REVISING THEIR VIEWS,

AMSTERDAM. August 10th The German papers are now buty cor- recting the public view that the occupa

tion

of

Warsaw

Is the district which 1 visited it was admitted that the med. is not now for relief doles but for help in building these

· AMERICAN EXPORTS OF MUNITIONS. WASHINGTON, August 11th. The American reply to the recent Austrian Note rejects the contention thAutumn Barricades, GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

the export from America of munitions to the Allies is inconsistent with neutrality, GENERAL VON BISSING. BELGIANS HURT THE "IRON··

HEEL"

AMSTERDAM, August 11th. The official account, published in Berlin, of the battle says it was ouly a recas sauce for the purpose of ascertaining the position of the Russian mines. It admits that two mine sweepers were lost.

BRITISH DESTROYER LOST.

LONDON, August 10th.. The Admiralty announces that the destroyer Lyne strick a mine in the North Sea yesterday and sank. Four officers and 22 men were saved.

(H.M.8. Lynz was one of the newest of the "L" class of destroyers, which have rendered such useful service.

She was of

meant the end $35 tons displacement, and carried. three. of the war. Thus the Fosziche. Finch guns.] Zeitung wards the Germans not to deceive themselves by thinking that the GENERAL. capture of Warsaw is anything but the Trinoval of the frst difficulties with which the enemy's army has surrounded itself. Peace is still far distant.

KOVNO'S MAGNIFICENT

DEFENCE.

MASSES OF GERMANS WIPED OUT BY GUN-FIRE.

PETROGRAD, August 11th. A communiqué eays-On the reads

PETROGRAD, August 11th. from Riga on Sunday night the Russians;

Delails of the assault on Kovu, show after hand-to-hand fighting, repulsed several German attacks, which were sup that the enemy opened a bonbardment ported by the heaviest artillery.

sith guns of all calibres up to 18-inch The enemy, after fighting on Sunday after midnight on the 7th just, Tho night and on Monday in the district of hurrican of fire lasted for two hours, the Russian batteries replying vigorously. Dwinsk, Schoenberg, and Vilkomir, re- Field-Marshal Sir John French, in a treated before Russian pressure, abandon- Enemy columns at three o'clock in the bulletin, says that the gains at Hoogeing a hundred prisoners and much morning advanced to the assault in close formation, and were met by a concentrated have been consolidated."

Afterwards Desperate fighting continues on the artillery and rifle fire and explosione of. Russian repeated attack was easily repulsed. there was a violent artillery engagement, Narew front on the Lomen and Ostrowland-mines, while

counter-attacks finally threw back the as the result of which all this trenches to roada,

LONDON, August 10th.

A

German material.

the south of Hooge, both British and Russian artillery repulsed a German Germans with enormous loss along th German, became untenable, necessitating slight withdrawals, making no materia difference in the positions.

GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL. PARIS, August 19th, Fighting continued et Souchez, Argonne and Lorraine. All German attacks were easily-repulsed,

cffensive movement against Novogear gievsk. Along the left of the Vistula the enemy attack in the directions of Lublin: Lukow and Vledava wers repulsed,

BAVARIANS-IN WARSAW,

MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE CITIZENS.

whole line.

(THROUGH RUTER'S AGENCY.] GERMANY'S PRE-WAR

ARRANGEMENTS.

A DISCOVERY IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

LONDON, August 10th

The Times gives prominence to informa- tion from an authoritative source that the Union troops discovered in South-West- Africa 27,000 rifles in packing enses, which had been landed a few weeks before the outbreak of war,

THE TRAITOR MARITZ, ARRESTED IN ARGOLA,

PATORIA. August 11th. The antorious rebel kader Maritz, with a small party of followers, has been arrested in Angela by be. Portuguess authorities.

ATTITUDE OF BALKAN.

STATES.

SOFA, August 11th.

LONDON, August 10th. General von Bissing, Governor-General of Belgium, has arrived in Berlin.

von

It is understood that General Bissing has resigned the Governor Generalship of Belgium, finding his post disagreeable and onerous.

GERMANY'S FINANCIAL

CONDITION. CAPITALISTS. REPROACHED FOR #TOO MUCH SPECULATION.”

On August 6th at a genera? meeting of relief bodies in the Cantos Headquarters it was estimated that at list $300,000 wil be needed under this head, and Mr. Lei Yau Ts'un, the capable director of Tung Wa Hopital relief measure in Canton, together with his colleagues, undertook provisionally to help with $100,000, the remaining two-thirds being supplied by This has sinca Canton relief gooieties. bden confirmed by the Hongkong Cour mittec. Payment will mainly be made rice for the labourers and thus à double end will be served of continued relief and a necessary public work.

It is early yet to talk about the third. phase, Winter Embankment Repairs, These are a more formidable affair tha Autumn Barricades, and it is absolutely necessary to deal with then thoroughly. Last year, it will li remembered, Hong- kong spent $285,590, paid by Mr. Ton Yat Clan and myself in instalments of LONDON. August 11th. derman anxiety regarding Garces subcoin direct to many different embank

Althougiz indicated in a semi-official Note in the ments. This year shows that the bulk of German papers on the 9th inst., derinsing our work was not in vain. that there had been too much speculation breaches that we helped to mend hav in Germany, and that private capitalists given again, it is estimated that seventy

to eighty per cent of the work has hel and financiers should concentrate on the

good, which, if it is burn out by full Empire's vital interests and not direct money to other channels until the third-reports is satisfactory. Still, a bank is not stronger than its weakest sections War Loan has been secured.

many new breaches have occurred and there away at repairs. It is to be hoped that we shall have funds left for this year of #othing for it at prector but to hammer

the work, which'agam serves a second pur- pose in giving plenty of employment throughout the winter,

DEPORTED. KAISER'S FAVOURITE PIANIST

LONDON, August 10th. Madame Janotha, the Kaiser's favourit pianist, has been arrested in London and departed.

"SPRINGBOKS” FOR SERVICE OVERSEAS.

LONDON, August with The South African Overseas contingent is adopting the Springbok as a indge.

HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

the

A speech by the Premier. M. Radusia- The Profit for the half-year ended 300 off to a deputation concerning agrarian Juse, 1915, including disputes, helps to clear up the com-7,605.24 brought forward from the plicated situation in the Balkans. The previous year, amounted tri-9102,164.71

conditional on replies from Athens tioned as follows:

were

・and:

the

(S.) A. E. WOÓÐ. Since the above was written, it is report- ed that the river ins risen again so as to make it impossible to begia Autumn Barricades just yet in certain parts. Soms more Immediate Relief will therefore ha needed, and steps are already being taken to provide it where necessary.

Hongkong, 10th August, 1915.

PRESIDENT YUAN'S FAMILY. At present, says ilu Prking frazelle, the President has 15 song, and 13 daughters.

Of the former, six are already married. of the unmarried boys is still under 17 [xears of age, **

By: five o'clock the Germans had assembled in the neighbouring ravines to prepare for a fresh assault. Their guas re-opened a hurrican bombardment at noon, throwing an uneasing hail of pro- jectiles all day, but the Russian infantry Joggedly maintained their positions, Enemy columis at nightfall again rushed to the assault, which lasted for two honez Premier said the proposals of the Eute which the Board recommend to he appor-while the rest are still young: the eldest. The Germans violently bombarded Bois

PETROGRAD, August 11th.

The enemy succeeded in taking part of and Nish, Negotiations between Bulgaria To pay dividend of $2.50

would proceed when these

por share on 20,000 fully paid lo-Pretre and then attacked, but were

Polish refugees from Waranw say that cur advanced trenches, which artillery ha

Altares: He said that nothing had were Allies iamediately stopped by curtains of fire.

The enemy mada a fresh attack at night the Bavarians now mainly

city.

The veteran Prince Locus the wrecked, but Russian reserves agaio eject,

looked the enemy, who only retained the works, yet been conduded between Bulgaria To writes of Furniture and

The latter had granted all Fixtures accousti and Turkey. supported by a bombardment of asphyxiat-well, despite the fatignes of the cam-sear the village of Pinke, which was won

Bulgaria' modest demands for her policy To write off Hotel Launch ing shells. This also was defeated by the paign. The Bavarians are striving hard at east of corious efforts and losses.

of neutrality. French artillery.

to make friends with the inhabitants.

To Transfer to Repairs anel The cafés are full, and the tramways are

Renewals account BRITISH COLONEL KILLED, ANOTHER

running as usual.

To carry forward to the next

half-year LONDON, August 11th. The latest list of casualties includes the name of Lieut. Colonel AH. Allenby, i of the Royal Scots Fusiliers,

QUIET" DAY. PARIS, August 11th. The evening communique says:--The day has been quiet, apart from some arti: Bery actions.

GERMANS OCCUPY LOMZA.

AMSTERDAM, August 10th.

The majority of the German troops undoubtedly believe that the capture of Warsaw has brought as within sight. à Berlin telegram states that troops of They are tired, and eager to return to the army of General Seheiz have occupied their homes.

Tomza.

account

Total

850,000.00

10,000.00

2,000.00

6,379.77

33,7619!

8:02.1618

It is reported that something lik 1.2,300,000 worth of British three per cent. war loans has been purchased by the Mitsui Bank with a view to utilidng z large board of gold the bank has cócured ia Lidon as a gult of having settled exchange acecuts. The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha also subscribed for a camiderable Samonat.