THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 January 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

!_EI.IiCIR;O TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT ] I.rHlt PHKSS ASSOCIATION.] UNDERGROUND FIGHTING. London, Jan 2. "Jvyv-witnes-'' says: 'lighting is proceeding underground. Both sides ' : have been excavating in all directions lor weeks until it became a perfect labyrinth of crossings and re-crossings. THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE. Officers' and men's letters continue to dwell upon the informal Christmas S tnico. A colonel states that the Ger- -* mans and his men rushed spontaneously j_ out. He feared treachery, and iJy»u is permitted fraternisation. . The English helped to bury the German dead, and attended the service, a German captain reading the service in English and German . Another officer relates that the Germans orcctcd candlelight Christmas trees u-lierettpon the British arranged a truce till midnight on the 25th and fraternised all day long. A British officer fired ia revolver.at midnight as a signal that "the time was up and the I? jit is!i thou volleyed over the Germans' heads. In another ca.se British officers dvanced and met CfJcrman offiecrs and the men on both sidcfe~ L't,' lowed their example. 201 SAVED. London, Jan 3. ' Official.—The latest list of the Formidable':; survivors gives the number •: as 201. m ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER, slates that on Tlus starboard Had the have into the up Th e difficult more THE 'L'QST Tito Press Bureau statement that 3!) officers tvere ed, including Captains .Juhn. Arthur Loxle.v; Commanders Ballard, William Harrison MORE Daily The

The Daily MniJ adds: "Nothing whatover is g:siii,\l blinking at the magnitude of tli-o undertaking.

ATTACKS REl'iri/SKD

Paris. Jan. 2

Official.—Wo• easily ropulfii :1 attacks .'it numerous'points on Thursday night, The artillery duels in Arras, Albert, audi Roye Tenons were particularly violent, also dutfls in the dunes ai Nieuport-Sonnebcke. The enemy blew lip two cassions between Beaumeti and Achicourt, south of Arras. Wc wrecked trendies at ra.rvillier.s-La-Boiselle, and silenced minethrowers 01: the front at Frioourfc. Our artillery silenced the enemy's artillery and dispelled several bodies in tlio Aisne regoan. Wc established ourselves in pits on the plateau of . Monvron despite counter attacks. The enemy bombarded Rheiins region- Wc .ground at BoisdelagIkis|epr^ti'e, lost^ilCll V i;MvNOWN. Haaew-Bzfirastarted"for an imknown destination. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. 'Hie Russians in the vicinity ol Plock are preparing to' cross the Vistnila-, threatening the Thorn-Lowicz communications. THE GERMAN FORCES. Petrognad, Jan. 3. It is estimated that 27 German Army Corps are operating from the Mazmian Lakes to Piliea. A'ITAOKS REPULSED. Bespito the enemy's artillery we repulsed' them a-nd attacked at. Banna and Raka- The Germans on the - 31st captured some trenches on the Vlosgo-xowa-Kreice reads. We counter uttaeked their rear and forced them to .abandon their occupied works. \W also captured nine machine guns and made several hundred prisoners. AUSTRIAN'S ROUTED. The light ing continues at Gorliee. Wp occupied the Austrian positions at Uzok,ja rs and took ninny prisoners. The Austrian retreat at Bukorma i« developing into a rout. INVASION OF HUNGARY. Rome, Jan. 2. A message from Vienna says tliare is consternation and alarm caused by tlio formidable Russian invasion of North-east Hngary. The clergy, imwiieipal authorities and inhabitants of the frontier are panic-stricken and fleeing to the interior. DRIVEN BACK. Amsterdam. Jan. 3. A Vienna official message states th after severe fighting south of Tjriow. situation in the Central Uarpathians is now calm. A superior hostile fore? obliged our troops to fall back to Ukok Pass.