THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 January 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

[ki.ECIIUO TELEGUAI'Il —COMttIOBT J l.riSlt I'liLSb ASBOCAAI'ION.] THE OI'I'TOIAL REPORT. Paris, Jan. 14. Official.—Our counter-attacks slightly progressed between Cufl'us and Oroy, but we were unable to dobouoh from Uroy. Our troops tell back slightly near tho village Moncel. A DENIAL. London, Jan. 13. The sinking of the German submarines in the attack on Dover is denied. VON KLUOK'S VIiEW. Gon.er.ai yoil Ivluck's headquarters at a veritable fortress surrounded by "trenches and defended by a mass of batteries and machine guns. He said to a journalist:—"They caJl us Huns and' barbarians. This honours us because it proves that out strength is understood." FURTHER PROGRESS. Petrograd ,Jan. 14. Official.—There have boon artillery fire and skirmishing along the whole front. We made progress in East Prussia, and south-east of Mlawa. In the southern area the Germans made an intermittent and unsuccessful offensive. TURKS BATTER THEIR OWN VESSELS. AND RU SSI ANS _ SINK SEVERAL.

There was curious evidence given of the Turkish .Fleet's activity by the Breslau's bombarding the positions of the Turkish troops near Chopa. The .Russians then occupioil the positions which the Turks were forced to abandon by their own guns. The Russsians destroyed several Turkish vessels in Riza district. THE TURKS IN J.'ER,SIA. lieu tor states thjat ;ib ,is believed that the Turks' object in invading neutral territory in Persia is to get at the vulnerable Russian frontier using Tabriz as a base. The Persians hope lor Anglo-Rus-eian aid). TURKISH REARGUARD ROUTED. Official.'—Reports have been received of tiro rout of the Turkish rearguard at Olty with enormous Turkish lossesAt Karaurzan we captured convoys of stores and a held hospital with UOO wounded Turks. THE LOSS oITrHJiIrORMIDABLE. Loudon, Jan. 14. Lord Charles .ueresford in a letter to the press says the Formidable was lost under conditions whose repetition) after the loss of the Abouiir and C'ressy was thought impossible In botil cases ships were sent to wafers infested with submarines, unprotected witli destroyers. The efficacy of such protection was shown by the. fact that submarines were unable to injure the British squadron on the Belgian coast, and it is unpardonable that officers and crews should ue so exposed. (Rooeived This Day 8.50 a.m.) ON THE RUSSIAN-TURKISH FRONTIER. Petrograd, Jan. 14.

Sanja od Doules, formerly Governor of Azerbaijan, has arrived at Talis. He, with 400 men, fought the Turks for ten hours and defended a bridge to enable the refugees to escape. All but four of his followers were annihilatedThe staffs of the Consulates and bank at Tabriz escaped. The Turks and Kurds massacred the Christians and refugees at lVLaindoah. The Cossacks ambushed two companies of Turks and 12U gunners on the Caucasus frontier. They killed or took prisoners the lot and captured nine held guns. .RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS. London, Jan. 11. The Times states that one million Russians have recently reinforced the front. FROM THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. Two hundred German survivors of the Falkland Islands engagement have arrived 1 in England. TH!B POSITION IN FRANCE. Paris, Jan. 14. Von Kluck is commanding in the * neighbourhood of Soissons. A communique states that, a mist hampered the artillery 'in Belgium. There was a violent ennnonado around Nieuport and Ypres. The Belgians blow up an depot at Stuyvenakorke. Our JjWllorv effectively bombarded the eneiolL near Lens and there was heavy figt tiag north or Soissons. We have sliglitly northwest of Crony and maintained oar positions there despite fierce attacks, £l but wore forced to givo grouud before Vregny. Tlie floods in the Aisno curried away several bridges eiiclangering our communications. We therefore" , * established positions south of the river between Crouy and 'Missy. We blew up the German sapheads north of Beaueejoiir. ■Mannßainaa