THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 January 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

[ELECTRIC) TELKGUAFH—-COITBIGHT 1 LPJtR PKEBS ASSOCIATION.! GERMANS SUFFER TERRIBLY. Paris , Jan. 11. The French entered Burnhaupt in order to inflict the maximum loss on the Germans and thereafter retired to their original position. The enemy suffered terribly, the French artillery wiping out an entire 'brigade, and then the French occupied the heights dominating Ceniay. also the forest of Monnenbrueh. southward lor the town. There was hitter fighting west of Oernay. Several points were captured and reca ptu red. THE VOX TXER'tANN. An Independent Cable Sei. ice message from Vancouver says: The Buenos Ayree newspaper La Presnai publishes a report that a British cruiser engaged and sank the German battle cruiser Von der Tann, carrying a crew ot 900. Another report gives a widely different location, and adds that the Government haw received a wireless from the British cruiser that she is afloat and Uelieved to he undamaged. POOR MARKSMEN 1 . Twelve aviators flew over Dunkirk and threw thirty homb.s. The casualties were few and tlie damage slight owing to precautions. ANOTHER CATHEDRAL

DAMAGED. Forty German sliells on Saturday night damaged the facade of Soissons Cathedral beyond repair. ATTACKS REPULSED. Official.—German counter-attacks north of Perthes and north Beause.joiir were repulsed. The rest of the iYont is quiet except a few small abortive attacks in the Argonne. THREATS TO SLAUGHTER CHRISTIANS. London. Jan. 11. The Daily Telegraph's Athens' ,v.,r~ respondent savs the German Anibavsador at Constantinople warned the Minister of a Balkan State that in tho event of the Allies' fleet forcing the Dardanelles the Turlts would massacre tho Christian population. The Daily Mail's Cairo correspondent says that while Zeke Pasha recently declared at Damascus that the slaughter of Christians would follow any bombardment of the coast, the Sheik of Damascus, during a sermon, protested* that the present is not a Holy "War. adding, "AVe are allied witli Christians against Christians." FLOODED RIVERS. London, Jan. 10. Viunno rnnnrf* +I,o+ ™vov»l vjvn.-c in '

Vienna reports that several rivers in the Carpathians have overflowed and the country is flooded, making it ■inpossible to continue operations. WHALE RIDDLED WITH SHELLS. London. Jan. 11. A whale drifted ashore on the Dutch Coast riddled with three-inch shellls. It had apparently been mistaken for a submarine. RAMSAY MACDONALD ADYO- - GATES CONSCRIPTION. Mr Ramsay MaeDonald at Paddington saicT: "The war provided unanswerable arguments in favour of conscription. To-day we are relying on co-n----sciiptionist France. We eoaild not enter any alliance again and tell our allies to wait six months before our troops could support them in the trenches. ■ Allies would not allow them to so." ATTACKS REPULSED. Petrogaacl, Jan. 11. Officia.—Four German lattacks northward of Sukha were repulsed. The Russians capt'ured a portion of tlie trenches at Magihly. STUBBORN FIGHTING. Official.—Fighting in the environs of Karaurgan continues stubbornly. Other fronts are unchanged. THE GERMAN IIEPORT. Amsterdam, Jan. 11. A German comunique etatee:—We captured 430 French in re-taking Btrnihaniipt and many French dead and wounded were left in front of our positions and in the neighbouring woods. The situation on the Eastern- front is unchanged.