1915-11-05 — Page 5

WAR TELEGRAMS,

(Continued from page 1.)

BRITISH BLOCKADE OF GERMANY,

November 4, 4.20 p.m.

In the House of Commons, replying to Lord Charles Beresford, wbo declared that the blockade of Germany was ineffective owing,

BRITISH SUBMARINES.

ANOTHER OERMAN STEAMER SUNK.

November 3 8.10 p.m. Reuter's correspondent in Copenhagen states that wreckage bas been found indicating the torpedoing, by a British submarine, of

amall German steamer,

CREW LANDED SAFELY.

November 4, 7.45 a.m. A later report from Copenhagen states that the crew of the German steamer, Suomi, which was submarined off Karlskron, was landed at Salvesborg.

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1915.

LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

A Baptism of Fire.

Through the Turkish Shell Zone,

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to the interference of the Foreign Office, Lord Robert Cecil said itter from one of the British Botion of the fleet. The Government's object was to destroy the Just a line or two to let you was utterly untrue that the Foreign Office had interfered with the Yeomanry on service in the Dardanelles: September 5, 1915. | export trade of Germany altogether. The result of the blockade, know that, up to the exact 2000rding to American figures, was that 96 per cent of the expose moment of writing I have so of Germany were stopped, while the exports of the neutrals were

far escaped being "atrafed," substantially unchanged. Regarding imports, Lord Cécil said the Government'e object had been to stop anything which contributed although the shells are dropping to Germany's strength. It was untrue that the imports of sentrale within a very few yarde of our

dug-out. had increased contrary-wise. They were now, broadly spanking,

I will, without the aid of the normal. He instanced cotton. Since the 1st of May no cotton had anor, try to give you a small gone to Germany except by emuggling. The price of cotton in idea of the great advance. The Germany was now 19d. per lb. All reporte from Germany showed the great success of the blockade, and a great rise in the price of dismounted Yeo. Division left our original landing beach and commodities like oil, meat and bread.

marched by night to the second beach, where we hastily dug trenchee and alept aatil dawa thing to fortify us against the In the afternoon at 2.30 the divi-ffects of the zip. We saw two sion "fell in," and waited on the houses standing by themselves on lolifa for the order to moves billside, and one of my pala said

forward.

"Come on, I've never seen two houses standing together in France without one of them being on He proved right! And we got the equally inevitable as they could at the bille in answer to our demand, "N'a plus which the Tarka were entrenched. de rhum, m'aieu; c'est defenda."

The landlord here is a most Also our field gans, placed in three separate placas, were ham-comical obap when you get to wering hard at the hills. The know him (the frat thing we noise was deafening.

always try to do). He was a proud The Order to Advance, And happy father for the sixth At last the order came for our time a few days before our arriv- brigade to advance. Over the al. The other day be invited a billa and down into the open few of us to have meat with him valley we marched in extended that night. "C'est la bapteme de order of troops. We then en l'enfant." We accepted at once, and received our baptism of fire, and prepared for "some" evening. The valley was 24 miles long and

All the world and his wife were ended in a sloping hill. It was there. What an assortment! There to this bill we had to get the was one old chap who wore his brigade. This was in the after-tat right through everything, noon about 4 p.m., when the meal and all, just because he for- Turkish gune started shelling us.got to take it off. There was the It was absolute bell. We had then about a mile and a half to soldiers I've ever seen a young beau ideal" of all the French cover before we could reach man 25 with a hardeome beard safety. The Brigade in front of and the French "Croix de I saw a Guerre," the equivalent of our shell lay out about a dozen Victoria Cross, He was always men, and men were lying joking and taking rises out of us about all over the ground. by suddenly slipping in irreve- It was absolutely forbidden to laat expressions in patais.

When we

Snipers in Flanders, According to Renter's corrorpin leat at Paris an official tele-top for any wounded.

An officer writes from Flan gram states that the French submarine Turquoise has been shelled got into the zone of fire it was

awful. The farze and dry bushes dere :- and sunk in the Sea of Marmors. Two officers sud 24 men are ahead of us were already well on prisoners.

fire, and we had to pass through that. The troops then broke into

THE DARDANELLES.

MOVEMENT AGAINST TURKISH VESSELS.

November 3, 5.30 p.m. Despite protective nate and also mines or lines deep, British and French submarines passed through the straite and are co-opera- ting in the Sea of Marmors, where they are making a movement against Turkish vessels, and the reprovisioning of the Turks on the peninsula by noa is particularly difficult.

CALM PREVAILS IN GALLIPOLI.

November 3, 800 p.m.

A Paris communique says that can be prevailed at Gallipoli during the last fortnight. The Turke appear to have abandoned the idea of renewing costly attacks. There has been greater activity in the sex bombardments of Dadengateh, and also of the military was getting it hot, establishments at Gillipoli by British monitors.

FRENCH SUBMARINE SUNK.

November 3, 7.35 p.m.

PERSIAN AFFAIRS.

SITUATION IMPROVES.

It is now 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. I ecppose you are arriving home from town, I can

shell at it. The men are strolling about or eating, smoking, or sleeping-some men clearing up.. Some of my platoon have a ost and two little kittens in their dug. out. If anyone wants to send the tea, men anything tell them coffee, cocoa, sugar, shaving soap, handkerchiefe, tooth brushes and powder,

We went into the village on Sunday. It is very awful and very quiet-not a single sound in the street save a clock ticking and a door alemming. Several places ware smoking and some were blazing. It has been burning in day in one part. places for days; it is burning to-

Watching A Bombardment. A Boaton Territorial, writing from the trenches in Belgium. says:-

The other afternoon we witness- ed a tremendous bombardment of a portion of our lines. Our artillery had been shelling the enemy in a casual fabion oll played havoc with poor Fritz'e day. The big lyddite ebolla trenches, and the observing officers coald Bes footboards, rifles, and all sorts of things going sky words.

This weat on until Fritz could stand it no longer, and the O. 0. of the German batteries deter- mined to "atrafe thoroughly. From our trench we our people bad a fine view of the portion of the English line that the Germans were bombarding. They oertsin- ly bombarded in a very earnest a double, I was never so ex- just see up the road now with

manner, the huge projectiles haustel in my life. We were heaps and heaps of black-coated dropping, not singly, bus in carrying 300 rounds of ammuni-mer and all the boss looking throes and fours. The din was tion, water bottle, haversnok, rifle, neat and wall-built, while I look terrifio. At times we even could across the road here and see ruinecareely hear one another speak, haaand a heavy pick or shovel.

fire, and the scream of the shelle large shell lies close to as, and the ground quiver and tremble, I staggered through that bush and sandbags and litter. A very The force of the explosions made was horrible.

At last we got near that a huge hennoh of decay and very soon the trenches were through the shell zone anded meat which I buried this hidden in smoke. For about two bad only fow handred morning,

hours the shells were simply rained on the Eugliab infantry, and to us looking on it seems as if nothing could it t inferon of smoke and Gam

November 3, 5.30 p.m. A Petrograd tologram states that the situatia in Parsis improve i owing to the presence of a large number of Russian troops

at Kazvin.

WARNING TO PERSIA.

November 3, 10.00 p.m.

According to Ranter's correspon lent at Petrograd the Russian Minister at Teheran bas infirmed the Givera nant of the Shab that if the reporte se to the conclusion of a special agreement between Perein, Germa y and Turkey are confirmed, the Anglo-Rasian Convention, based on the principle of maintaining Persisa integrity and independence, will immediately lapsa.

THE RUSSIANS.

AUSTRIANS DRIVEN BACK.

November 4, 1.50 a,.m.

A Petrograd communique states that the Russians carried two strongly organised heights near Dainak, capturing numerous pris- oners, and likewise repulsed attacks in the vicinity of Komarovo. Austrians who crossed the Patilovka were driven back and the pon. tons deştryed.

GREAT HAUL OF PRISONERS,

November 4, 3,45 a.m.

Experiences of a London Scot.

A sergeant of the London Scottish writes:--

yarda to go through whistling At 9.30 p.m. I took the com bullate. We reached the safety pany to the ration carts about of the bill at last and fopped mile away. We made en awful down. Done to the wide! As we row, but they did not shell as, lay on that hillside at night the The party with "A" Company's

Needless to say the English flames reached to a terrific height, rations bad got their loads artillery joined in, and soon the and gave a gruesome finish to a and bad gone back on the German lines opposite oar ɛotely terrible day,

road, and when I came up to them tried fellows were also swathed in At about 2 in the morning we I saw the men lying flat behind smoke and dust, through which left the bill and went into the their tin cans and escke of biscuits, one could see the big sports of trenches. The whole place smelle and so I said, "What in the fame se fresh projectilen barat, of the unburned dead. It is in- is the matter?" They said, Gradually the German fire slack possible to get into the open Saipers, Sir," I thought there ened, and finally ceased alto- because of the snipere, so there was a machine-gun going to fire gather. The British gune barkod they still lay, in view of all, down the road. It was only two

on a little longer, and then for a witness of war's horrors. This stray bullets that came through short time there was silence. past week we have been relieved the bedge and hit two of my The fact is that a high explosive and are back at this hill for a rest. platoon just in the flesh of the shell does untold damage if it We return to the trenches to-night. led above the ankle; one bled a falla directly in a trench, but good deal, and the other could otherwise a dozen shelle may oven walk. I sent them back on drop on to the ground close the wagons. It took me a long behind and do little or no harm. A Petrograd communique states that there has been fieroe A year ago to-night I got my lime getting the men in right When we were shelled out of our fighting in the Strypa region. The Germans, under cover of a heavy "marching orders," and I oan's parties, as they kept on getting dugouts, one "ogal-box," falling fire, then rushed village of Saikovitze. Tae Russians retaliated,help emiling now when I think of mixed up.

directly on to a "dogout," killed I was

We then marched up to the three of the occupante and dis- abowering shells, and then successfully assaulted, captaring 5,000 my feelings on that night. Austro-German troops who had succeeded in piercing the front.

willing to bet then-and even front trenches which, however, abled the fourth. later that we should never get were really barricades of sand- into action, and here we've been bags. We marched straight up close on 11 months and never out the road. There were only of earshot of the guns. Of ourse cocasional bullets about and none we've had our "sland easy" now near us. We passed several rain. and again, but always neared farms and two mctor-omai-

call. ̈ We are well back now, but barricade was in the village itself. we can hear the guns in the very We stopped back, here in sap- for distance growling day and port, and are being relieved to night.

WO night, so shall apead

LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM A Paris communique states that the French wrecked important France I was so loth to leave as and practically.

I've never yet strook a billet in Sunday at rest theoretically

RELIEVES at once and oventually We had cURES all cases of neuralgia, rhautna- German mining works north of the Summe. Violent artillery and this present one. It's a wheel-osanalties yesterday but none

tiam, aches and pains, solatica, sprains, trench-mortar fighting has occurred in the section of Bourraignos, wright's workshop we sleep in, killed. We heard yesterday that

strains and braises, painful swellings and while in Champagne a Goraan attack near Massages, which was and the man keeps the inevitable our huts had been burnt, at least preceded by the usual bombardment with asphyxisting shella, failed, the attackera only succeeding in reaching some advanced estaminet. I say "inevitable" 20 had. trenches on Hill 190. They were repulsed everywhere else, lasing from them.

advisedly, for you can't gel away It is a glorious warm day, with a light breeze. A bird is singing heavily. The French artillery in the Vosges effectively bombarded

Three of us, returning from in the poplars above as. In the enemy works and trenches in the region of Viols.

bomb practice the other day, got distance is the drone of an aerop- | wet throngh, and wanted some-lane and small "popa" af the

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

NOTHING TO REPORT.

November 3, 6.00 p.m.

Renter's correspondent in Paris sya there is nothing to report enough to the line to be within buses riddled and ruined. Our

on the western front.

FRENCH WRECK GERMAN WORKS.

November 4, 150 a.m.

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