, 1916-01-15

near the western Birdcage and Fuslller bluff.
A quarter of an hour after they,tixed bayo-
nets all along our front and their officers
were seen apparently endeAvouring to make
their men assault. They were only success
full in doing SO on Fifth Avenue Fusilier
bluff. The Statfordshlres completely re-
pulsed an attack and u large proportion
of the Turks who attacked were killed
and wounded. Our casualties were five
officers and 100 men killed or wounded
Aeroplane reports show that the naval fire
on the left bank was most accurate and 1t is
probable that the enemy suffered considera-
bly,. The night of the 7th was fine and the
evacuation operations were quietly and sue
c~essfully continued. The 8 ii was fine with
the sea calm until 4 pm. when the weather
suddenly grew worse. At IL pm. the
wind had increased to 35 miles All hour.
From midnight onward it was only just pos
sible to use the piers and lighters and impos-
sible to carry out the programme Of embark
ing The troop iii lestroyers alongside the
sunken ships at west beach. The embarkG"
ton at Gully beach became impossible on
account of the connecting piers being
washed away. One lighter went ashore
there and the remaining troops had to
march to West Beach for embarka-
ton. In spite of these difficulties the pro-
~ tUlu ub w p OuC u COiuP IObVNA W
$50 a. m. ard the troops from Gully Beach
and all the beach party had embarked by 4
o'clock A hostile submarine was reported
off Cape Helles about 9. p. IN. The Turk
ish artillery was practically silent the whole
night until the stores were fired siUultaueous-
ly by q time fuse after he execution was
completed. The Turks then fired lights all
along the line and opened @ heavy Smelling
on our beaches. The red lights continued
II hours and the shelling until daybreak.
The French embarkations were carried out
by their own Navy, which also greatly as
sisted us by embarking some of our animals,
Washington, Jany. 12th.-Mr. Lansing to.
day telegraphed General Carranza calling
for the prompt punishment Of the bandits
who executed II Americans near chihuahua
on Monday and that precautions be taken to
guard against a recurrence Of such crimes. Mr..
Hhos. Nj. Holmes, one of the party who made
his escape, said the train bearing about 20
mining men was st pped by the bandits about
SO miles west of chihuahua city. The miu-
ing men were taken from the train, robbed,
stripped naked ard lined up along the cars
for execution. The Americans, it was said,
were sent to reopen the mines on assurance
of protection to the Smelling Company given
by the Carranza Government through the
United States Department. The train on
which the Americans were travelling carried
thousands of dollars in currency.
Rome, Jan. 12tb-The early fall of Get
TIME, the Montenegrin capital, was fo,e-
casted in dispatches received here to-day
confirming the news that the Austriaus
have occupied Mount Lofcen, the Gibraltar
Of the Adriatic dominating roads to Cettinie
and less than seven miles away. The mir
tary evacuation of King Nicholas capital
began on Sunday, according to odvices re-
ceived here. This news preceded q message
from Berne, Switzerland, reporting the fall of
Mount Lofcen. The arsenal at Cettinie has
been dismantled and everything of military
value removed. Preparations were being made
on Sunday to transfer the capital, but the
new seat of Government bias not been select
ed. On all fronts the Austrians are striking
hard blows at the valiant little Montenegrin
Army, which is handicapped both by the lack
of equipment and by the need of food sup
plies. Mount Lofcen fell after five days of
terrific, uninterrupted bombardment from the
Austrian squadron in CattRro harbour, the
harbour forts and Austrian artillery brought
up to close range. The bombardment blew
to pieces the first line trenches of the Mon
tenegrins on the slopes. slaughtering hum
dreds of Mount Lofcen's defenders before
they could escape. A combined Austrian as
co1It oarrio6 tho oooOuA limo ,1ooit;ons poor