NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WE are glad to be able to record a very important victory for the Italian arms in Tripoli. A deter- mined attack was made by the Turks on the Italian lines at Lebda, but happily General Reisoli's counter-attack in the rear and flank led to a signal success. The Turks appear to have fought with great gallantry, but their rout was complete and the losses they suffered were heavy. There must have been considerably over 500 killed, and a very large number of rifles and ammunition were left on the field. The Italian losses were 2 officers and 29 men killed and 2 officers and 57 men wounded. The Rome correspondent of the Times points out that this desperate attempt on the part of the Turks, following on the equally determined attack at Abdel Gelil, shows that the Turks are staking their all in one last throw. " If," he adds, " this means that it is impossible to heap their Arab contingents in the field much longer, the end of serious hostilities in the Tripolitaine cannot be very far off." We most sincerely trust that this view will prove correct.
