THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

LiXKCiIUU iELJfiOUAfH— VOrXMUUT J GlillAlAN AIIAOKii BjEPULSED. Paris, Feb. 2. Oiiicial.- -'there has been a very heavy fall of snow. liio Germans on tho morning of the Ist violently bombarded our tranches, north oi Bethuue-JU, Basso© road, but were repulsed, leaving numerous dead. Tho Gorman infantry at Beaumont Lamel, iwrtli of Albert, attempted a surprise, but were forced to fly abandoning their explosives. There was great activity at Fontaine Madame-Boisdetagrurio, and i German attack Has repulsed towards Bagatelle. Six German airmen dropped sixty bombs on Dunkirk. Tim damiigo was insignificant. The French are making gvadval^rogress in Alsao . e ■* . The Germans have quietly ovacuattirf Cernay which the Fronch i;iiiw havenow made untenable. The Germans are bombarding Uoriiay in order to prevent the French from ocupying it. Meanwhile the French are shelling the forest of Nonnenbruoh, where the Germans are entrenched, and are barring their advance to Muhausen.

THE TOKOMAKtJ DISASTER. London, Feb. 2. Harry Bryan, wireless operator on the Tokomarii states that tthe torpedo forced its way through the ship into the coal, where it exploded sideways. Hence it was an hour before she sank, enabling the crew to escape. A dozen French torpedoers answered' tho "5.0.5." within hair an hour.

The captain and the second officer who were on the bridge sighted the periscope of a submarine and' a few seconds later a torpedo struck her amidships, can-Ting away the bulwarks and part of the bridge on the part side. After tho explosion the water swept the deck to the height of the funnels. The crow had difficulty m reaching the deck owing to the list and the water pouring down the companioways. The sea became as black as ink owing to the torpedo penetrating the coal bunkers. The crew boarded the three boats without mishap.

AN AIHShYp SCARE. There are unconfirmed reports that five airships appeared off the south coast to-night and the forth', including Dover, opened fire and drove them across the Channel. The authorities in Loudon and elsewhere promptly obscured the lights. The alarms proved to tfe unfounded'.

THE SUBMARINE TERROR. There are no further tidings of the submarine. Some sailings between Ireland and Liverpool have been deferred. but commerces deprecate the undue alarm. It is reported in Liverpool that the German submarine U2~O received a supply of oil on Saturday from a vessel flying the Dutch flag off the North' W ales coast.

RUSSIA'S NEW MOVE. The Times' Petrograd correspondent says there is exceptional interest in the operations north of Tilsit. Evidently the Russians' plan is to outflank the German position on the Masurian Lakes andi overrun East Prussia

for strategical reasons. TTTe new 1 move is for thapurpose of diverting the ' Germans from the western front, also ' from the Polsh and Galician theatres. HOW THB~TUHKi WERE SLAUGHTERED. Petrograd, Feb- 2. The Russian victory at Oorless was decisive, resulting in the annihilation of the only division which >esclaped at Sarykaniish-Karaurgan. The enemy attempted a flanking movement anil became hemmed in by the Olty river. The battle was a furious one and took place during a snow storm. The Russians scaled the mountain passes whew many feet of snow lay, and had sufficient stamina to storm flie Turkish positions and carry the village with the bayonet, killing.7oo and taking much munitions.* M«|ferisoners were captured. ~T*>* r GERMANS ~BADLY~BEATEN. There was hand' to hand fighting at Horjimoff on Friday and Saturday, attacks by four German regimnets resulting in the loss 'of four-fifths of the attackers. FOOD FOR CANNON. ■ Many prisoners were over forty and had only a fortnight's training. Suoh troops have hitherto been used as food for the cannon and sent to certain death in order to exhaust the Russian ammunition before Efio trained troops deliver the real attack. I'he Russians discovering the trick, revvro their fire. The Germans are now tef.tiug the mixing of Landstumws ;iud regular battalions. -^, THE LIBATJ BOMBERS. The crew of the Parseval include two employed as hairdressers, ak.. L'-ut. Schenk. a large landowner in Russia, ho conducted ;i lucrative business ft>r the German Government. Schenk refuses to disclose the nature of the orders whreby he bombed a defenceless city. THE OFFICIAL REPORT. Official.—Russian cavalry penetrated the German lines fifteen rerste north >f Sierpeo. The German offensive at Lipno-

Dobrzin was'repulsed, and the Germans were thrown back north-west of Wloolawask, losing bany dead. The German offonsivo south of Bolimow developed into active operations by very largo forces. Th© German offonsivo was marked by great tenacity, conducted in close lormation, and strongly supported from behind. The lighting at Bolimow on the Slat compellod the Russians to retire to their second line of trenches. A cable message states that ae tha outcome of the newsvendors' strike which is still in progress in Sydney, tho Commodities Commission has asked the evening newspaper proprietors to show cause for increasing the prices of papers.