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-FIXEDRULES." f! GERMAN PIRACY WRIGGLE. ,VPN TIRPITZ MAY 'R E S I G N.. RESIGN. (Press Association War Special). I AMSTERDAM, Thursday (received Friday). A semi-official telegram from BenLin Bays:.— We learn that the German Ambassador at Washington, Count Bernstorff, on insfcruc: tions from the German Government, has .in- formed the Government of the United States that according to fixed rules passenger steamers must not be sunk without previous warning, or without measures having been taken for the safety of non-combatants, pro- vided that vessels in question do not attempt to escape and offer no resistance, otherwise they are liable to be destroyed forthwith.' The telegram supposes that the questions At issue with America, are now settfed. I VON TIRPITZ. I BERLIN'S FEARS OF I INTERNAL TROUBLE. 1 (Press Association War Service.) AMSTERDAM, Thursday. The rumouf that Admiral von Tirpitz is about to resign and.that the post will be filled by Admiral von Pohl was spread n Berlin to-day. It is also asserted that von Tirpitz has gone to- the Kacser's head- quarters to confer with the chief of the Kaiser's Navaii Cabinet. -The German papers do not mention the latest development of the Arabic quarrel, being requested by the Government to Way publication as long as possible, the authori- ties wishing the publication of the report of the submarine commander to synchronise with the communkation to the United States Government. It is generailly feared in Parliamentary circles that the Government's decision to relax submarine warfare will cause most serious internal trouble, as the Chancellor's action, conlficts with the opinion of all mari- time chiefs, especially that of von Tirpifca. CERMANY AND THE HAGUE I TRIBUNAL. (Press Association War Special.) JNriVV iUKA, Friday. The Times ,r Washington correspondent says i'It is expected the United States wiU yieW favourably Germany's proposal to sub- mit compensation claims in connection with the Lusitania and Arabic to the Hague tribunal, provided that Germany's disavowal in each case proves satisfactory. The Watahington correspondent of th& As- sociated Press, on the other hand, says: Officials haive not discussed the sugges- tion of the question ofreparition being re- ferred to the. Hague. It is generally be- lieved, however, the Government will in- tfaA. on a settlement by direct diplomatic ne- gotiations. WELL MEANT, BUT.-I POPE'S PEACE PROPOSALS. I TO U.S.A. tI: (Banter's War Special.) I WASHINGTON. Thursday.. Cardinal Gibbons to-day handed to Presi- dent Wilson a, messagj from the Pope regard- ing peace in Europe. Later he saw Mr. loosing, Secretary of State, on the same subject. WASHINGTON, Thursday. It is officially announced that Cardinal Gibbon's-note from the Pope outJined the latter'a plans for peace.

KO m g MEN." GERMANS' WASTE OF LIVES. OFFICERS WIPED OUT: NEUTRAL CALCULATION. The following French communique has been received and iss-ued by the Pnesa Bureau;- Since the beginning of the war Germany has suffered considerable losses in offacers, MMi the looses have been largely increased during the last few months. Returns of German officers killed, wounded and missing reached a total of 43,972 on Jane 1st. On July 15 the number had increased to 52,041. The German authorities are proceeding to make a return of the men from 46 to 50 year* of e. These measures show that Gwsrmayv is piieoccupied with the difficult question of,effectives. After a year the prodigality of human life shows they have no more men for dis- posal (according to the. calculatims of "Le Journal de Geneve. ")

I I JIWi M I«. Ùli& r¡ IK,\t. I RUSSIANS FIGHTING WELL ON THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE. I (Press Association War Special). I PETROGRAD, Thursday (received Friday). To-day's official corimunique says:— Oil the Kdga-ljviiLsk front there is, generally spetuang, no change of any im- portance. German attacks in the region of Friedrick- stadt were again repulsed. between the Sventa and the Vilna osuar troops are making successful progress. They are approaching very near Wil- komir, and further on they occupy the front kiiii'winty-Meizagola-Odukszty. On the evening of the 1st, near Szirwinty, our cavitiry earned two villages at the point of the bayonet, repulsing the Germans in disorder and making prisoners. j Progressing along the right bank of the Vilna we captured from the Germans in the Dukszty region a mortar and several oais- soois. The situation between the Vilna and* the Niemen is on the whole unchanged. The chief efforts of the enemy are being directed along the Olita-Merecz-road, where on the night of August 31st we repulsed several obstinate attacks. A stubborn fight occurred near Oarany, near Grodno. After having held the enemy as long as was necessary to enable us to evacuate this point our troops on the night of the 1st crossed the right bank of the Me- men. In the region of Luck, after having held the enemy in obstinate combats on the river Styr, our troops OIl the night of the 1st fell back upon the Olyiia-Radziwilofi' front. During the day we captured several hundreds of prisonei-s, with officers and l maohine guns. The enemy has occupied Latzk. In conformity with the retreating move- | ment from the Styr, our troops in Galicia occupied new positions, enabling us to cover lour movements with rearguards. The enemy has again suffered very heavily in rearguard actions in the regions of Zolon- czow and Zborow, and at the mouth of the Strypa. After repulsing here numerous repeated attacks we assumed a partial offensive, cap- turing machine guns, prisoners, and much war material. THE GERMAN REPORT. I AMtSliDliiUAM, jLnursaay. To-day's German official report says:— Army Group of Von Hindenburg.—The place of CzarnokowaSe, on the Dunaburg— Grodno railway, was stormed. At Merecz our attack is advancing. The North German Ltindwehr yeurterday stormed Fort No. 4, north of the Domhiovo- Grodno highway. The garrison of 500 men were made prisoners. Subsequently in the late evening the Baden troops conquered Fort No. 4a, north-west of that place, mak- ing 150 prisoners. The remainder of the for- tifications on the advanced western front were afterwards evacuated by the Russians.

"GOOD COMRADE AND SOLDIER." I HOW SWANSEA R.A.M.C. I MAN FELL. The following letter has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Williams, 1, White's-terrace, Swansea, whose son Stanley was killed in GaiUippIi whilst with tile -Welsh R- A..M.C., from Lieut.-Colonel A. Robert- son Wilson, R.A.M. C.: — At the Front, Turkey, August 17th, 1915.. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Williams,— li is with deep regret that I write to tell you details of the death vf your son on August 14-th. You will have had official notice of it long before you receive this. Your son was at an advance dressing station of this Field Ambulance when it came under shrapnel shell fire. He was seriously wound- ed in the leg and died ere he reached our camp. An officer was killed and several men wounded at the same time. He had been doing excellent work all the morning, and his conduct under fire, was most, gallant. I and the officers and men of the Field Ambulance mourn the loss of a good com- rade and soldier, who died doing his duty. We laid him to rest on the morning of the 16th on the top of a rising ground above our camp, and put a little wooden cross over his grave. His valuables will be returned to you in due course by the Adjutant- General. I With deep sympathy, I remain, Yours very truly. A. ROBERTSON WILSON, I Lt.-Col. R.A.M.C.. 3rd Welsh Field I Ambulance.

WOUNDED AT NEUVE CHAPELLE Pte. W. F. Smith, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, whose friends, at' Matthew- street, Swansea, de- corated their houses with bunting on the occasion of his return home. Ho was wounded both at Neuve Chapelle and Festubert.

GERMANY'S NEXT STEP. SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE BY EXPERT. I NO NAPOLEONIC FOLLIES I INTENDED. Probably a clue to the real intentions of Germany (says the Times ") may be found in the remarkable article by Major Moraht in the "Berliner Tageblatt" of Tuesday. We publish, under the heading "Through German Eyes," extracts from the article, which ia well worth careful examination. Major Moraht observes. We shal) never engage in unlimited operations, as Napoleon did when he marched through Russia.. We shall never, with un- reasoning ambition like his, stake the for- tunes of the Empire. These iemar^s carry a warning (adds the Times. ) It is most unwise to assume itPat, after conducting operations on an unprecedented scale for four months, the enemy will allow themselves to be lured into an indefinite chase until the Fnows of Russia clog their further progress. Tf they tail to achieve their paramount object of the destruction of the Russian Armies—and it is now reasonably clear that they have little chance left--they will as- suredly know when and where to stop., They may be expected rather to balance their con- siderable definite gains against their unful- filled hopes, and to seek fresh opportunities for activity elsewhere.

"We can only fine you 10s." aid the chairman of the Swansea Bench, at the Swansea Police Court ou Saturday to William Lewis, who was charged with ingdrunk at Pontaiduiais.

IftHTINC INGROD"rll -0. CONFLICTS IN STREETS. FIERCE STRUGGLE NEAR VILNA. QPreøs Association War Special.) PETROGRAD, Friday. To-day's official communique says :— On the Riga-Dvinisk front, in the re- gion of the village of Linden, our troops, after a stubborn fight, retired on the morning of September 2nd to the right bank of the river. The bridge was set on ifre. The fighting, continues. The positions near Friedrichsta-dt were bombarded on September 1 and 2 by the enemy's heavy artillery. Between the Sventa and the Vilna the offensive of our troops met with fierce re- sistance from the enemy. Nevertheless, I we continued to advance, and have cap- tured during the last two days 13 machine guns and 300 prisoners with officers. Between the Vilna and the Niemen and further to the right of this river as far as Grodno, towards evening of the 2nd, the enemy succeeded in throwing part of his forces across the Nieman to 'the right bank. A furious conflict occurred in the north- ern and western suburbs. THE GERMAN REPORT. '•rress Association War Service.) AMSTERDAM, Friday. The folio win g communique was issued by the German Headquarters Staff in Berlin to-day: — Kastern Theatre of Wax.-Army group of Field Marshal von Hindenburg.—Yesterday our cavalry stormed the f-artified bridge- head near Leimewade, north-west of Fried- ricks tad I, which was defended by Russian infantry, capturing three ofiicers, 350 men, and one machine-gun. On the front to the north-west and west of Vdna the Russians attempted to stop our advance by attacks, but failed with unusually heavy losses. South-east of Merecz the enemy was repulsed between the canal at Augustovo It and Swisdocz. We reached the Niemen. Near Grodno our- attacking troops, by their quick action, succeeded in crossing the Niemen. After street fighting the town was occupied, and 400 prisoners were taken. On the road to Alekszyce, south of Odelsk Swislocz, the army of General von 'I Gallwitz broke down the resistance of the enemy's rearguards, capturing over 5,000 I Russians, one gun, and 18 machine guns. Army Group of Prince Leopold of Bavaria.—Fighting is proceeding with our pursuing troops, who are seeking an outlet from the swampy belt north of Pruzana. Army Group of Marshal -ven Mackensen. —In our pursuit we reached Jasiolda, near Sielec and Bereza Kartuska, and the district of Antopol, 30 kilometres to the east of Kobrin. Austro-Hungarian troops are advancing south of Boloto Dubowoje in an easterly direction. The, army of General von Both- mer is approaching the Bereth district, fighting without interruption. LIMIT REACHED. NEW OFFENSIVE BEGINNING IN NORTH. -1 I (Reuter's War Specie.) PETRiOGRAJD, Sept. a. A "Cabinet Oottricii was held yesterday evening at TsarskOe Selo. The Mimsters returned to Petrograd after midnight. Apart from the tangible results achieved by the Russian advance an the right bank of the Vilia (west of Vilna) and towards Vilkomir (north of the Niemen) the advance is regarded as a clear indication that the limits of the general Russian retirement in this direction have been reached, and the Russians are Able to take the initiative when opportunity oners. The Russian move is a vigorous counter- stroke to the enemy menace on Vilna, and sieriousiy threatens the German left flank amd the communications between General von Below and Geueral von Eichhorn. The Russians no whold the mastery north of Vilna. The evacuation of Grodno, which by now is doubtless completed on both banks of the Niemeu, was inevitable, once the Germans had cut the Vilna-Grodno rail- way at Ora-ny, a.nd on the right bank of the Niemen threatened the rear ot the fortress, Artillery Stronger. Mr. Harold Yv iuiam&, we "Daily Chron- icia" Vetrograd correspondent, says: — There are,plaining indications that the Rus- sian artillery is growing stronger. At friedrichstadt, towards Riga, for instance, massed attacks of Germans were dispersed by the heavy fire of Russian batteries. • I RUSSIA'S TWO FRONTS. R,USS?IA'S TWO FRO:NTS.? RUSSKY AN EYERT NOW IN CHARGE. (Press Association War Special.) I PETROGRAD, Saturday. Tho appointment of General Rossky, Commander of the Sixth Army, to be Com- mander-en-Chief of the armies on the northern front, and of General Evert, (Com- mander of the 4th Army, to be Commander- in-Chief of the Armies on the wætern front, is officially announced. (Note.—The northern front is presum- ably the R"iga-Viln,a one. The western front" seems to be the Eastern Galician sector. A new Chief of the General Staff has allso been appointed the Grand Duke apparently exercises a ioint supervision over the whole theatre.)

THE PRINCE IN THE TRENCHES. SNIPED AT BY THE GERMANS. Writing in the Bystander, a corres- pondent gives some interesting extracts from a letter reeeiyed from .all ofhoer of a Scots regiment, who describes the keenness shown by the Prince of Wales at the front. The writer declares that the Prince goes right into the firing hue, and, in fact, is rather fond of getting into rather dangerous places. "1 am in a part of the line," he says, "Which is not by a-ny means a soft bit--we a.re as near as thirty yards from the Ger- mans in places—and twice the Prince has visited my trench. One time was at night, when we were standing by, expecting -the explosion of a big' German, mine in the trench. I I On another occasion, he came into my trench at a particularly bad place, where there was a gap of 200 yards or more, right between my trench and the one on my left which it was impossible to hold. the Prince orawfied out to a listening post in this no- man's-land, aaid was badly sniped at by the Germans oil coming back. In the trench nex4, mine on the same day a man was shot through the head, standing next to the Prince. in fact, he is generally knocking about the front-line trenches, and is as keen as mustard. The men are de- lighted with him, and say so in their lett. rts home, which we have to censor. No, he i*n 't, kept in ootton wool by any meaus."

QUITE MODES- T I GERMANY S PEACE 1 TEIZMSI I I WANTS ALL HER COLONIES BACK. I t I ("Times" Telegram, per Press Association.) I NEW YORK, Thursday. I The Chicago "Tribune" publishes a dis- patch from a writer in close touch with the German Embassy, who attributes the pro- mised settlement of the submarine coiitro- I versy to the Kaiser's desire to gain the aid of President Wilson, as head of the foremost neutral nation in the world, towards the es- tablishment of peace while German arms are still on the high tide of success. Some time ago, the writer states. Count Bernstorff sent the Kaiser this message- "In my opinion, peace could be achieved only by influence of President United States." The Kaiser calculated the necessary in- crease in his moral status with America be- fore asking the President to mediate, hence- forth the German campaign to win the fa- vour of the American people will be carried on with full vigour in the light of lessons the war ha.s taught. If the President could ,be induced to ofier his services the Germans would undoubtedly accept. Germany would then demand the following terms-- The creation of an independent King- dom of Poland as a, buffer State between Russia and Germany. Cession of part, if not all, of Courland by Russia to Germany. Provision by Russia for the autonomy I of Finland. Partition of Serbia. I Partition ot Sercia between Austria and' Bulgaria with possibly a portion of the little kingdom going to Greece. Cession of Belgian Congo to Germany as compensation for the evacuation of Belgium. Cession of African Colonial territo'ry to Germany by Frajice as compensation for the evacuation of Northern France. Restoration of her African Colonies to Germany by Great Britain. International agreement on the freedom I of the seas, guaranteeing that private pro- i perty at sea shall be immune from attack by naval forces. NOTHING DOING:' THE POPE'S PEACE I PROPOSALS. WASHINGTON WILL NOT INTERFERE. I (Reuter War Service.) WASHINGTON, Friday. I Almost simultaneously with the presenta- tion of the Peope's peace message at White Rouse it became known authoritatively that Germany had been intim,ating to the Wash- ington (Government that overtures for peace discussion would be acceptable in Berlin, it may be stated positively, however, that President Wilson will make no further efforts for peace until Great, Britain and the Allies indicate their readiness for them. From the faoCL that the Vatican is in close touch with the Austrian Cabinet, the Min-j isters conclude that the Papal message proves Teuton anxiety for a speedy close of hostili- ties. The American Government, however, is unlikely to become the dupe, ei any pro-Ger- man

THROUGH GERMAN GLASSES. FANTASTIC VIEWS, IN THE PRESS. MERCENARIES THEORY FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE. In an inspired article on "tho -juroes of German power," the Cologne Gazette" draws an uncomplimentary pmture of the conditions in all enemy countries. The writer says that the British Aimy is in- credibly expensive," although it did not even suffice to hold Antwerp for a few days." He proooeds E ven England has been taught by this war that one cannot acquire inner strength and concentration either with money, or al- liances, or the Press. instead of looking to the strengthening of her internal conditions, England was always considering her posi- tionin the world, and this mistaken distri- bution of her strength is now costing her ter- ribly dear. Because the economic system was wrong before the war, it is now neces- sary to PAY DOUBLE FOR EVERYTHING, and the hard-pressed Government has no | self-sacrificing people at its side. Nobody is willing to help in striking, a. balance be. tween uruneured extravagance 0?1 the ona hand and stinginess on the other hand. This war for external power and predominance has produced no regeneration of the soul of the people. No citizen gives voluntary help to the State, because everybody feels that this war was not a national necessity, but the result of the ambitious and jealous policy of a few people." The Cologne Gazette" is always at its best in explaining the state of England Warming to his task, the writer continues It is true that THE ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND '1 r"t- -_J.. -1 has stoody loyally by tne ijovtrnmeni, a,na the blood of the best families has been shed freely in Flanders, but the people is hold- ing aloof more than ever." [The Cologne Gazette "seems to have forgotten the ortho- dox German theory thaM^ British Army consists of poor mercenaries who fight while i the upper classes remain at home.] "This state of things is proved by the opposition to universal service, by the strike in Wales, and by the subscriptions to the last War Loan, which up' to the very last moment al- most resulted in failure. England's war lacks the inner meaning which alone could justify it. I

LEAVING NORTH I WALES. I TROOPS' EIGHT MONTHS' STAY. I On Thursday Colwyn Bay bade farewell to the last of the South Wales troops who have been billeted in the town during the past eight months. These were the 2nd Gwent Battalion. South Wales Borderers, under Colonel Porter, who proceeded to join the Citv Battalion the Glamorgan Ban- ta-ms. tho let Gwent Battalion, and the 19th Pioneer Battalion, Welsh Regiment. A huge cirowd pave t1-'e men a hearty send off, and the Volunteel Training Corps supplied a o-iin.rd of honour. R.F.A. Men Leave. j The last e'etaehmenfc of Royal Field Artil- !erv which ha? been staying at PwlIheH? P, i-„Tiiadoo. a.nd Oriccieth. lor the last eight ?, r,,m:id<xlte. ft PwllTi?' on Thursday. The ai^illory was made up of officers and men from South Wales and Lancashire.. The sol- diers' departure was arranged by the Volun- j leer Training Corps, a.nd thousands of resi- dents and visitors, including the Mayor and officials of the borouViv, erafe them an en- thusiastio send-off. wfeion vLa43 acknowledged by Major -Piiryo,gbs, wtt., vv. nrly thanked j the inhabitants fo.' the kindness towards the F*Idi&s dinhug tbekr OW ke .,be tovm

GENERALS FIGHT 1 WITH RIFLED THE GREAT GALLI- POLI BATTLE. VIVID DESPATCH: GLORIOUS HEROISM. i In Sight of Narrows. FEARFUL TOLL OF LIFE. Mr. Ashmead Bartlett sends to England a vivid and in some respects a historic ac- count of the recant fighting in GallipolL He say s: Since the great battle—the greatest fought on, the Gallipoli Pei-i-iii4sala--close& on the, evening of August 10 both armies ha. a been busily engaged in consolidating their new positions, ill taking stock of their gains Mid losses, and replenishing their ammuni- lion and munitions, and in sorting out and eorganising the divisions, brigades, and fattalioms which of necessity become inter- mingled in this rugged, mountainous country. Since last cabling I have had time to visit the ground over which the Anzac Corps ad- vanced in its desperate efforts, extending over four consecutive days, to reach the crest of Sari Bahr, the commanding ridge overlooking the Dardanelles, whidh gives access to the highest peak of all—the sinis- ter heights of Koja Chemen—which is torn asunder by a giant ravine. The New Zealand infantry, tita Chur- kas, and some other battalions almost reached their objective, but were unable to hold their ground through no fault of their own. The Ghurkas a-ctually reached the crest of the plateau. At the same moment the Turks, taking advantage of confusion, counter-atteaed in great force, and the gal- lant men from the hills were driven back off the crest to the lower spurs beneath. But the survivon obtained a view and have given a description of the ,¡ Promised land which lay beneath them. Below lav the water, of the Dardanelles, and they looked down on the Narrows and Kiiid Btihi. Along the roads they watched the Turkish transport streaming southwards and motor- cars dashing to and fro. It was a bitter disappointment to have to relinquish the crest when it almost seem-ed within their grasp after so n any months, but there was no alternative. The Anzac. Corps fought like lions and accomplished a feat of arms in cldmhng j tiese heights almost without a parallel, but all through they were handicapped by the failJrltcÍ a corps to make good its posi- tions on Hie Anafirta hills farther north, and thus check the enemy's shell fire. When all the details of these complicated operations are collected and sifted they will form one of the most fascinating pages of the whole war. It was a combat of giants in a giant country, and .if one point stands out more than another it is the marvel- lous hardihood, tenacity, and reckless courage shown by the Australians and New ZeaRanders. Neither would it be fair to | overlook the part played by a division of our new armies in this section of the field. I In 6tdi6r- t4 eaable In order t? enable th6 ?Orcefr Aetajled ior the maiqi movement, wt?ch, it was 'hopei, I would lead to the occupation of the 'Sari Bahr position from Chunuk Bair through Q Hill to Koja Chemen Tepe, ct was neces- sary to attract the enemy's attention wards tha south and force him to keep his troops in front of our lines in position while the main force debouched from the Anzac position. Therefore, at 5.50 on Augmt 6th an Australian drivis;on a desnerate Attack on the Lccro Pine position, situated on a plateau 4-UUlt. kgh south east of the Ansae liu?&. Q -ite agiit from acting as a diversion, this position has great strategic importance, for it opens, up ihe main line of communication, between Anzac and the Kiiid Bahr plateau farther south, Therefore the Turks had fortified .it with the utmost care and had turned it into a veritable fortress, for they had covered in their trenches with huge nine logs, railway sleepers, and teak planks of immense thiiektiess, covering the whole with earth so that their trenches were impervious to all shells except those from the heavy howitzers. The assault at 5.30 on August 6 was preceded by fifteen minutes' furious bombardment from the ueld batteries, howitzers, and ships' guns. But the Turks were too well dug in for this fire j to have much effect, and it was left to the infantry to force the position. The Australians rushed forward to the assault With the fury of fanatics, taking little heed of a tremendous shrap- i nel and enfilading rifle fire. 011 reaching the trenches the great difficulty was to force their way in, for the head cover was so strong and heavy that it had to be torn away by main foroe. Groups of men effected entrances at various points and jumped in on top of the Turks, who fought furiously, caught as they were in a trap. Some surrendered, but the ma- jority chose to die fighting. In every trench and sap and dug-out desperate hand-to-hand fighting took place, four lines of trenches being cap- tured in succession, fresh infantry being poured in as the advancing lines were thinned by losses. In this fighting bombs played the most important role, and was only by keeping up an unceasing supply that the Australians were able to howl the position after it had been won. The Turks massed their forces, and for three nights and days made desperate counter-attacks, frequently retaking sec-1 tions of the line, only to be driven out again. In this Extraordinary struggle which took place almost underground, I both sides fought with an utter dis- regard for life. The wounded and dead I choked the trenches almost to the top, but the survivors carried on the fight over heaps of corpses. In spite of immense Turk reinforce- ments and.their most determined courage the Australians held the ground thus won, and finally the Turks wearied of the I struggle. The trenches were now merely battered shambles, and the task of re- moving the dead and wounded took days to aœompiish. The bodies of 1,000 Turks and over-sea. Britishers were removed from the trenches, but hundreds of others lie out- side. The total Turkish losses in this section alone are estimated at 5,000, chiefly incurred in their furious counter- attacks, among which each bomb burst with fearful effect. This capture of Lone Pine is the most desperate hand-to-hand fight that has taken place on the penin- sula. But this was but a diversion and preliminary to the main movement north- wards which began the same evening) under cover of darkness. I No finer Sea t s been accomplished in the course of the war than the manner in which the t#fops destined for the main movemeji against the Sari Bahr ridge were deployed for the attack. With^at a minute examina- tion of the rjiap it is difficult to make the position clear, but it must be understood that the original Anaac position conei?s of I two rn i- les Of hiUs with the north and{ south Ra?ks resting on the -jag and ainu? entirely surrounded by higher ground, onj which, the enemy has if is trenches and thus holds the inner position in a vice. A direct attack on the enemy's lines was not attempted, for this would have entailed an immense loss of life and would probably have ended in failure. Millions of rounds of ammunition and thousands of shells were successfully con- centrated at the advance posts without the enemy becoming aware of the movement; neither did he know of the strong reinforce- ments which had reached the Austrahia Corps. All this required the utmost skill and was successfully Kept a profound secret. The troops had thereiore to leave the An- zac position in narrow columns, pass along the sap or the beach after dark, and then, having passed the outposts, to deploy over a wide front facing the various spurs jini deep ravines' which give access to the ''an Bahr position. But before this could be at- tacked a number of outlying posts held by the enemy—old No. 3 Post, Bauchop s Hill, Big Table Top and Little Table Top-had first to be taken and held. This great charge of four sucoessrve lines of infantry in close formation was plainly visible to all our warships and to all our batteries on land in this section. The Turks were caught in a trap. The momen- tum of their charge downhill prevented them recoiling in time, and they were swept away by hundreds in a'terrific storm of high explosives, shrapnel, a/nd common shells from the ships' guns, howitzers, and field pieces. Never since the campaign started has such a target delighted the hearts of our gun- ners. As the huge shells from the ships exploded in their midst huge chunks of soil were thrown into the air, amid which you saw Human bodies hurled. aloft and then unown to earth or inu) wie uos-p ravines. But even this concentrated artil- lery fire might not have checked the Turkish ] advance unless it had been assisted by tfia concentrated fire of ten machine guns at short range. For half an hour they maintained a rapid i fire until the guns smoked wit hlieat. Dur- ing the whole of this time the Turks were pouring across the front in dense columns, attempting to attack our men occupying the farm., Hardly a Turk got back to the hills] again. The lines got mixed up in a wedge as those tn froni tried to retire, while others pressed them from the rear. Soma! fled back over the crest, seeking to regain; the trenches; others dashed downwards to the ravine, where out shrapnel search- ed them out. In a few minutes the entire division had been broken up, the charge checked, and the survivors scattered everywhere. Thus, if they succeeded in driving us from ile Clroot of Chunuk Bair the Turks Paid a terrible price for their success. The Turks certainly fought with desperate courage this day, evi- dently realising the precariousmess of their position if we succeed in retaining Chunuk Bair and the neck between it and Q Hill. They attacked in great strength all along the line our positions extending irom Da- makjelik B. through Asma Dere and the spurs amd the farm north-east of Rhododen- dron Ridge. At the latter point portions of our line were compelled to give ground, but the magnificent conduct of our otticers saved the day. Cenerals and coloneis fought with rifles and bayonets alongside tlieir troops m tne firing line. It was a fierce haaid-to-h»nu struggle among the scrub through broken ground, in which no man knew how his com- rade was faring. Many commanding otticersl were killed, including General JJaldwÍll, who had throughout these four days set a splen- did example to his men. Gradually the enenty were driven back and the ground we had been obliged to abandon regained. Throughout the 10th the enemy continued his attacks with gradu- ally lessening power, but could not force our men from their hard-wen positions. At nightfall the nghting gradually died down from the sheer exhaustion of both armies and the consequent* impossibility of any fur- tHer physipiU effort. <. q' All this meant a preliminary move due north ovecr broken ground in totaJ darkness and then a wheel due east to assault the main ridge. It was at 9 p.m. on August o when the force destined to attack old No. 1 post crept forward from the outposts. For nights past the Navy had thrown its search- lights on this and the otlrjr lower positions and bombarded them at frequent intervals. This procedure was not departed from on the 6th, and the Turks had no suspicion 01 the coming attack. When the lights were switched on to another position the Aus- tralians dashed forvard and speedily 'cap- tured the position. In succession throughout the night Bauchop's Hill and Big and Little Table Tops were occupied. By the morning of the 7th our whole force was holding the front Damakjeiik Bair to Sazli Dere and was skxwfiy moving toward s the main Sari Bair position, in face of great difticuties, h?raaaed by the enemy's snipers and checked by the difficulties of UM ground and the scarcity of water. At dawn on the 7th the left of our line had reached the Asma Dere position. The Indians had advanced a long way towards Chunuk Bair and had reached the farm, while the New Zealand infantry was on Riho. dodendron Spur ar„d Ridge. It was decided to postpone a further advance until night- falL The fighting, however, continued evervwhere throughout the day, the Turks making constant local attacks and harassing: our lines everywhere with their snipers. Meanwhile, the New Zealand column, ad- vancing up Rhododendron Ridge, made a most determined assault on the crest and succeeded in gaming the south-western slopes of the main peak, Chunuk Bair, while the Indians on their left also gained i ground north-east of the farm and on Htll Q. Again, the exhaustion of the troops, the necessity of re-sorting the mnt" thp scarcity of water, and the collection of the great numbers of wounded made it neces- sary to break off the action until n;~htfali. Throughout the afternoon of August 8th the forces were reorganised into three ew Zealanders, Indians, and a brir,a.d,e--f,or a final assault on Chunuk Bair, which was timed to begin at dawn o- August 9th. Large reserves from -pother division were thrown into the firing line to assist the New Zealand and Tndis- infantry. and the men were as far as pcssible rested throughout the day and earlv part of 11- 9th. The advance on the morning of the 9th was preceded by a heavy bombardment of Chunuk Bacr and Hill Q by nnval and land guns. The advance -f No 5 column was del" ved by the broken nature of the ground and the enemy's resistance. Mean- while the Gurkhas advanced gallantly up the slopes of Sari Bair and actually suc- ceeded )«1 the heights on the neck between Chunuk Bair and Hill Q. It was from here that they looked down on the Dardanelles, but were unfortunately unable to hold the position in the face of violent counter-attacks and heavy shell fire. Meantime the Turks counter-attacked the let column in great strength, and they were compelled to wctlidxaw to the lowc-r slopes of San B?r. Meantime, through. =e day and nqght, the New Zcalanders si.ooeeded in maintaining their hold on Chunuk Bair, although they were thor- oughly exhausted. During the night of the 9th the exhausted New Zealanders. were relieved by two other regiments. At dawn on the 10th the Turk-, who had been strongly reinforfted, made a most desperate assault on our lines from Hill Q and Chunuk Ba.ir. To the strength of a division in successive lines they hurled themselves, quite regardless of their lives, on the two regiments who, after a desperate resistance, were driven fm the- r position by artillery fire and sheer weight of num- bers farther down the slopes of Chunrk Bair. Following up their success the Turks charged right over the crest and tried k gain the great gullv south of Rhododendron Ridge, evide ntly with the intention of fore ing their way between our lines and the I Anzac r>o=it'V.n. Bit they had Reckoned without our artillery I and the ships guns I The result of the operations in this sec- .1 tion haa greatly extended the Anzac posi-

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GURKHAS AND THE WELSH. LITTLE BROWN FIGHTERS LIKE THEM. I Letters from the front show that tht 9th Service Battalion of the Welsh Regi- ment, in command of Colonel C. H. Young (late commanding officer of the 2nd Welsh), is doing good work in the trenches in France. Writing to his brother at Brynamman, Private E. W. Rees says:—" Wo are still in the firing line, but we go in companies, and haven't had any dam ago done to us as yet. It is a bit more liveiv than it was at Perham Downs, especially when the lead flies about. Our airmen are simply great, and our boys are so magnificent that you might think they had been at it for twelve years. I don't know, but I feel that there is a big day in sight, when we will pitch the Germans from their feather-beds which they love so well-for they will not come out to fight. It's a bit lively here this morning, for they are trying to bring our aircraft^down. "One night last week a Gurkha-Alama Koo-wlulst repairing his trench was being disturbed by a sniper. The Indian managed all right until one shot plugged his ear. That's no good for Alama Koo, said the Gurkha, as the sandbags were tossed one side, and under the wire en- tanglements he went. After his. comrades had waited for about fifteen minutes Alama Koo returned, and said, Alle- mange shoot no more JbhnatesP The Germans," he adds, do not like the Gurkhas, because they don't see them in the dark, as they creep so well that they are on'top of them with their little knives before they can look round. They will ask you, You Welsh?' If you say Yes,' they will reply 'Me Gurkha.' They love to fight with the 'Jocks and the Welsh boys."

FIRST TO INCUR PENALTY. CESAREWITCH HORSE WINS AT NEWMARKET. Those who follow the fortunes of penal- ised horses in big handicaps have soon had cue Cesarewitch candidate brought before their notice. The weights for the long dis- tance event' were published t noon on I Thursday, and two hours later* Lord Zet- land's three-year-old Sir Tnoinas won the Sutton Handicap at Newmarket, caid there- by incurred a 71b penalty for nex. u ontn'a fact): Even with this extra his weight is only 6st. 71b., for he was one of the eight I bottom weights. This Sutton Handicap was run over 2 miles and 24 yards, and Sir Thomas did trot appear to be fancied. He soon estahiisued a lead of 10 lengths, but making the turn lie .ran across the course and lost a lot of ground. This, however, made no diflerenee to him, for he went on and won with great case by three lengths. Sir Thomas is a son of Picton, who is also Jlt sire of Aynsley, the win.ier of the Two- yf-ai'-old Plate. PicLon will be remembered as finishing second to Spearmint in the Oerby of 19C6. He belonged to Mr. J. L. Dugdale, who on Thursday won the Witch- iord Nursery with Foxton. This race wrought out 35 rurij)ers-the largest t;lfd of the meeting-and Linen, despite her 71b. penalty, was made favourite. She heat everything bar the winner.

SENTENCE FOR ESCAPED PRISONERS. The sentences have been promulgated in regard to three Gc. man officers, Lieutenants Hans Werner v:,n Helldorf, Captain Hen- drick Julius von Henning. and Capt. Herman Hollens, who were tried at the military court at Chester Castle on Friday ;a8t for escaping from the interment camp at Dyffryn Aled. near i>enbigh, on August 13. Prisoners were eltch sentenced to 84 days' 'mpeisonnient without hard labour. They ).4"'(1 left Chester for Ghelm^tord.

tion. You no longer have that confined, stifled feeling of too many men being crowded into a restricted area. The line now runs north until it joins up with the corps before Anafarta. We hold the foot- hills -d are established beneath the crest of Chunuk Bair, some way down it is true, at the top of the Rhododendron Ridge. Here our men have securely dug them- selves in, and await events with that com- placency which is characteristic of the Brit- ish and over-sea soldier. In spite of the disappointment of -being so near our first goal the men do not seem at all downhearted and e-,? p riass t l -iemseves a, express themselves as willing to have an- other try. If our plans did not succeed in full it is certainly no fault of the troops who advanced from Anzac. It only needed just a little* of the dead weight of numbers to bP removed for the Anzac Corps to have made good and con- solidated that short and desperate grip it got on Chunuk Bair. Between our lines and the Turkish trenches you lcok out on & scene of desolation. The Turks lie in masses just an they fell or were thrown out of the trenches to make room for the living, while at one paint I saw an over-sea soldier, an Englishmen, a Maori, and a Gurkha all lying dctid side by side, marking the highest point yet reached by the imperial forces in the peninsula. Tims, closed for the time being amid these b!{>cd-s seined hills the most ferocious and sustained soldsars' battle ssnoo irt^rman, But Isikerman was over In r* fe.v hours, whereas Englishmen, Australians, New Zealanders, Gurkhas, Sikhs, and Maoris kept up this terrible combat with tho Turks for four consecu' tive days and nights amid hiiis., drogas, and ravines 900ft. above the ssa, to which paint all water, rations, and ammunition had to be borne along paths which ck not exist except 00 the map and down which every man Wll0 fall weunded half to be borne :n ths almost tropical heat of August tn tha Mediterranean. HOW THE AUSTRALIANS FOUCHT. The severity ot the fighting may be gauged from the fact that one Australian corps, the 8th Light Korfe, lost 164 killed or missing out of a total strength of probably 65-D.