THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

t>I.KI.UI.C TJSLKGHAI'U—COPYRIGHT ) 11-til l-l':.ed ABBOI-WION.) ATTACKS REPUL&ED. Paris, Feb. 4. Official.—The German attacks were repulsed west of Pontiles, uorth of Mesnil-les-Hurlus, and north of Massiges, also at Pavilion Bagatelle. PORTUGUESE OVERTHROW GERMANS. London, Feb. 1. Th<- Portuguese aro reported to n-ave overthrown, completely the Germans 'n Angola, inflicting 400 casualties. HO.UUERG CASTLE DESTROYED. French airmen bombarded the famous Horn berg Castle in Alsaco, where a number of German staff officers wore ]{viii<i. The castle was destroyed by firw.., - Bit UTAL IXSTB UCT.IONS. A report reached Geneva from Vienna that the commanders iighting against the Russians have been instructed to shoot down Roumanians serving as volunteers in tlie Austrian Army in Bukovina and Transylvania. NOTICE OF SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND. Britain has informed Washington that ehe will seize the .steamer AVilbelmina and consider her cargo of foodstuffs contraband. COMMON OUTLAWS. Petrograd reports that Russia has decided to regard the bombardment of unfortified towns /is an act of piracy. Tlie crew of the Parseval iirsiiip which bombarded Lilian have boon informed that they will be treated and tried a.s common outlaws in accordance with thu Czar's explicit instructions. Russia's decision is influenced by tlie fact that documents found on d<wl German officers in Poland show that the Kaiser ordered the troops to treat tho Cossacks as robbers. HEAVY MTSTRT.AN~LOSSES. The Daily Mail's Petrograil correspondent says twelve to fiftoeii AustroGerman army corps were engaged in tho advance in the Carpathians with a front of eighty miles in an effort to relievo Przemysl. The five days' fighting in tho Stryi district resulted in very heavy Austrian losses. TURKISH ATTACKS* DESCRIBED. Cairo. Fob; I. In their attempt at Toussoun on Tuesday night the enemy were allowed to bring material to the bank of t!ho Canal. The British attack was completely successful, and tbe Turks fled in disorder, abandoning all material. Several were drowned. The attack at Kantara. at daylight on "Wednesday iwas easily repulsed Sixteen Turks were killed or wounded and forty taken prisoner. Tlie Britisli had three wounded. A RAGGED ARMY. The prisoners from Kantara are ol miserable appearance, and many are barefooted. This had a groat and salutary impression upon the Egyptian population. STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT DUNE.

Dunkirk, Feb. -I. The Germans' new violent effort to recover the great dune, began on Sunday in massed formation. Some reached thy Allied position but wero taken prisoner. A terrific bombardment continues. GIiRMAN TORPEDOER SUNK. It is officially announced that a Russian submarine sank a German torpudoer off Moon Island oil' the Dutoh coast. UU&iIAiN CAPTURES. The prisoners of war in Russia are: German 1470 officers and 173,824 men; Austrian 3621 officers and 410,257 men. Ov«i 50,000 Austrians wore capture*' last woek. REBELS SURRENDER. Pretoria, Feb. 4. A hundred of Maritz's commando have surrendered. Kemp and his commando have surrendered. A THREAT FROM GERMANY.

Amsterdam, Feb. f. The Kocliiisonc Zeitung violently attacks Mr Bryan for making himself the mouthpiece of tho brutal British standpoint. It declares that American neutrality is a thin veil concealing eagerness to do England a good turn. If America respects only brute force we must give freo play to brute force.