THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

[ELKCTBIO TELEQBAPH—COPYRIGHT ] I.PEB PIIESS ASSOCIATION.! ADMIRAL BEATTY'S REPORT. London, Jan. 28. Admiral lieatty's .report states.:— Tiie destroyers at 7.30 sighted 'four battle cruisers, six light cruisers and some destroyers su'me fourteen miles east-south-east of our position. I directed the battle cruisers to seer southeast to secure the lec position and out off the enemy, but it developed into a stern chase. Our speed was 28 to 29 knots and we gradually overhauled the enemy. At 18,000 yards we opened a slow deliberate fire, and began to hit at 1 7,000 yards, the enemy returning The Lion and tho j |;(t drawn ahead bore Him v >„ concentrated fire for some lime. Die L&n .suffering most. The Gorman destroyers attacked but were driven off. A shot damaged on.> of the Lion's feed tanks at 11 o'clock, stopping the port engine. The Lion's couirse was altered to avoid' submarines, and' tho flag was transferred to the Princess Royal. The disablement of tin* Lion <.'emived us of a greater victory, and the presence of tho enemy's sunibalines subweuqently necessitated 'breaking off tie engagement. The Blucher was sunk and two other 'ttle cruisers were heavily afire ami seriously damaged. Prisoners report that our salvoes sunk the Kolberg. Subsequently the Lion's starboard engines developed trouble and she was towed to port. The damage to the Lion and the Tiger was not seroius. The remainder were not hit. The behaviour of officers \and men was only what was expected. Great credit is due to the engineroom staffs for the fine steaming. THE NEW ZEALAND RAMMED THE BIATCHER, According to the Daily Mail the New Zealand rammed the Blucher, crushed her deck and demolished her guns, while the Tiger's lcfj-inchers swept her fore turrets with the gun crews over the side. MISTAKEN FOR BRITISH. According to prisoners the German airmen mistook the for a Britisher, and bombarded the crew while they were struggling in the water. MORE SUCCESSES. Paris. January 28. Official.—The enemy -blew up fifty metres of trenches in the Tracyleval district, but were unable to seize them owing to artillery fire. We ro-occu- ■ pied and reconstructed them. Our counter-attacks recovered most of the lost ground westward' of Craonne where a landslide had cut off two of our companies. The ardour of the troops waa beyond all praise. The enemy abandoned a. thousand corpses and prisoners bolonging to four different regiments. GERMANS MEET A DEVASTATING FIRE. Amsterdam. Jan. 28. I he fighting at La Bassee continues in tho Allies' favour. The German attack *C Bethune was carried out in massed formation and met a devastating fire. BETTER WEATHER. Reports of the weather show that it has taken up in Belgium,. The ground is rapidly drying and probably military movements will be much easier in tho immediate future. . ' FATAL AEROPLANE COLLISION. , Two aeroplanes .at Johannisthal in Prussia, collided and three aviators were killed. AGGRESSIVE RESUMED. Petrograd, Jan 28. Ihe Russians north-east of Gum'binneii have resumed the aggressive and advanced from Pikallen towards Tilsit, driving the Germans from Lasender with the bayonet. THE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY Berlin, Jan. 28. The Kaiser's birthday was celebrated quietly. A religious service was held at the Kaiser's headquarters. The Kaiser in a short .speech exhorted his officers to discharge their duties as hitherto. The Emperor Franz Josef and tho ■Sultan telegraphed congratulations. ENGLISHMEN ORDERED FROM BELGIUM. Dunkirk, Jan. 28. Bissing ordered all Englishmen in Belgium to be transferred to Germany. Some escaped to Holland, but the .majority were arrested at their homes, in hotels or in'the streets. - PROPOSED GERMAN 7 METHODS, London, Jan. 28. The Daily News' Athens correspondent says the Turks are preparing to advance to tho Canal in three lines, the first near tho coast, the second twelve miles inland and the third further south. The German engineers will construct a light railway keeping pace with the advance to supply water. PRECAUTIONS FOR MERCHANTMEN. Cairo, Jan. 23. Merchantmen are ordered to enter the canal in convoys, and their crews and passengers to keep below as much be protected with sand-bagc and steel be protected with sand-bags ond steel plates. (Received This Day ih2o a.m.) "* THE PROCRASTINATING TURK. Paris, Jan. 28. The Echo de Paris states that Tut-

key has failed to settle the Hodeidali incident according to promise and Italy now threatens action. THE ALLIES BiEPORT. ,A communique states that the total German loses on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday exceed 20,000. The enemy made a great effort on the Kaiser's birthday, which was a good day for us. On the whole front all our attacks progressed. Our artillery demolished several trenches. The Belgian and English artlilery swept the German routes of concentration south of the Lys. The Germans lost a bridge on Monday. On Tuesday in the Craonne region our losses were 800 including two companies imprisoned by landslide. We now hold all the disputed ground. We gained 400 metres north of Soones.