THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 January 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

Latest Cables [JSLECTIUU XELEUKAFH —COl'YfilOHT.] [I'KH PiIESS ASSOCIATION.] (Keceived This Day !).30 a.m.) THE FOOTBALLERS' BATALLION. Loudon, Jan. 10. j iSix hundred have joined the l'ooty i bailers' battalion. It includes many amateurs and professionals. THE ALLIES' REPORT. Paris, Jan. 10. Notwithstanding numerous attacks, the enemy was uinable to re-capture tlie trenches in the Soissons region. The enemy again bombarded Soissons. Our artillery had a great effect on the German trenches from- llheiins to the Argonne dispersing parties of marksmen. We repelled a counter-attack ■west of Perthes and progressed west of Beausejour. We seized a redoubt north of Beausejour. The enemy, bom'barded the Four de Paris" region. We repused the attacks-ajad destroyed a blockhouse. We repulsed attacks in tlie Apremont forest and also in the Thann region. GERMAN OFFICERS AND MOTOR OARS. Amsterdam, Jan. 10. German officers in Antwerp have been forbidden to drive motor cars alone, owing to sixty officers disappearing with motor cars during the last few weeks.

(.Received This Day 11.15 a.m.) ON THE BELGIAN FRONT. London, Jan. 10. 'Iho British "Eye-witness" states that the Germans are apparently using pn 11113® electrically worked) in the Lille district to drain their trenches. They attempted to flood our trenches but failed. The Scheldt and the Lys overflowed, flooding whole districts in Southern Belgium. iho Saxon and .Bavarian prisoners frequently abuse their Prussian comrades. One Saxon expressed a hope that the British would shell tlie Saxon trenches taken over by the Prussians. Typhoid continues to rage in the enemy s rank, and many cases are in the Belgian hospitals. Hie German losses were, verv heavv during the last? few trucks, and the a vera go strength of a company has been reduced) from 120 to /(J. GREAT BRITAIN'S THREAT. Washington, Jan. 10. Regarding Great Britain's notification that the embargo on Australian wool might be restored, the Government announces that it could not further object if Americans continue to seek to supply Germany with woollen goods.