THE WAR. Latest Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 February 1915, Page 3

THE WAR. Latest Cables

[ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT, j [I'Ell I'IIESS ASSOCIAIION.] j (itecieved Thus Uay 'J.-id p.in). ' THE COST lO 11 li SSI A.1 Pelrograd, Feb. 11. 1 It wai> staled during a debate in the 1 Duma that tho war is costing llussia £1,-100,000 daily. I'TtEiNOH GAIN A GOOD POSITION. Paris, Feb. 11. The Alatiii states that the French captured a hill at Notredaniedelorette and strongly entrenched themselves. Tho hill dominates tho whole region and has : beon contested for several weeks. (Received This Day 0.5 a.m.) WTLHJSL3IIK AVS"" CARGO SEIZED. London, Feb. 11. The Government has seized tho Wilhelm ina's cargo. ANOTHER CAPTURE. The British have captured another brickfield at La Bassee. The Germans lost 1000 killed and wounded and the British barely 100. MORE STRINGENT MEASURES AGAINST GERMANY. The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquitli, in the House of Commons said that 60 per cent of the wounded in the Expeditionary Force have recovered. The Government was considering more stringent measures against German trade, in t'onsequtence of Germany's broaches of the rules of war. It had also arranged for the publication of Sir John French's despatches twice weekly. IMPORTANT POSITION CAPTUHED , BY BRITISH. ,

v Paris, Feb. 11. b The British success at Violaines, between La Bassee and Festubert, is iinI portant. The Germans were strongly entrenched but were surprised and un--3 nerved by the deadly fire of two Brit--1 isli field pices and they speedily sur--3 rendered when the British charged. The British, on Saturday and Sunday night, after fierce fighting, captured ( two trenches at Festubret, taking 500 prisoners; many were young boys who . had just reached the front. SERIOUS LOSSES. , A communique states that there was a violent struggle at Maria Theresa in the Argonne. We maintained our position. The enemy's losses were considerable and our serious. HIGH COMMItfSIOi\EH\S REPORT. RUSSIANS ADVANCING. Loudon, Feb. 11. l'etrograd reports that the Russians are pressing t-lie enemy in the districts of Dukla, Lupkow and Uzsok Passes and are continuing to make progress. Wo captured another twenty-three officers and 1500 men, several machine guns and a mortar. AUSTRIA IN THE BACK SEAT. The British eye-ivitness with the Russian army reports that the Russians first dealt mainly with the Austrians leaving the Germans to the Western Allies. The Russians are now within sight of the end of that part of their task. Austria, as a first-class military Power, is being pounded and smashed into secondary importance and the bulk of the Russian forces will devote itself to meeting the incessant desperate German offensive. ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

Paris reports that in the Champagne districts the German attack on the woods captured by the Allies north of Mesnilles and Hurles was repulsed. In the Argon no district very violent fighting took place round the defensive works of Marie Therese, tho Germans numbering about a brigade. T!he French maintained all their positions. The enemy's losses were considerable and tho French losses serious. *In the Vosges there were very foogy nights on the 9th and 10th, and the Germans engaged in an attack with two battalions. After yielding ground +.lie French recaptured by a series of coun-ter-attacks almost the whole of the ground lost. (Received This Day 12.15 p.m.) AMERICAN AMBASSADOR HOOTED. London, Feb. 11. The Evening News' Hague correspondent states that the American Ambassador, his wife and staff attended the theatre -on Tuesday*. !He was conversing in English during the interval when there was a wild outcry and yelling and hooting. The explanation was that they were Americans and the fact that the Ambassador was present added to the turbulence. A man rising in the stalls cried on t: "Germans no longer have any reason to show toleration to America." There was wild applause. The Ambassador and his party with-