THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 February 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

IEUSOiIUC TELEUKAX'U— COFVEIOHT J li'KU I'ltliSS ASBUI-*iXION . I UAiiJJA:\iiLLiiiS FORTS' 80-U----liAilbli,!). .London, Feb. 20. iiie bombardment oi the Dardanelles .uis rosiwueii on J uursuay morning. All tile I'urts ut tlie entrance liavo .en reduced. Operations continue. l'lie High Commissioner sends the ..oliowing.—The Admiralty states that ..e weather moderating the bombardment ol tlie outer lorts of the Dardawas renewed at eight on Thurs..ay morning. Alter a period.of long . uige tire tile isquadrou 01 battleships i itacked at close range, and all tlie . irts at the entrance ol the Straits ... ere successfully reduced. Operations ,:.e continuing. OOX.-5f AJSTIiNOI'LE'S FALL. in the i louse oi Commons, replyiug .Li to whether Russia intended to permanently occupy Constantinople, Sir • Urcy said Britain entirely syinpathis- ; i with Russia's aspirations to have access to the open sea, and the precise i jrm in which it will be realised will ■u settled amongst the terms ol peace. THE HARP ALIO A DISASTER. The torpedo struck the Harpalioii midships. The boilers tilew up. The .niei engineer was saying grace and 11 ad uttered the words: "For what we are about to receive may the Lord make '•.s truly thankful," when there was an awful crash and everything was scattered.

GERMANS DRIVEN BACK

Petrograd, Feb. 2(j. Official,. —Tli© Germans took the :'lfensive near Moghely and we drove them back, penetrated their lines and captured two lines ot trenches alter desperate fighting.

In Eastern Galicia* we dislodged and overwhelmed the Austrian® n a night attack oil the Tchetchawa river. The enemy fled in disorder and their dead •ire heaped up in the defiles.

Our advance guards between Kovno and Olyta have progressed a long distance from the Niernen.

We repulsed several attacks in Novogorsik and Pasuysz regions with gj-eat loss and captured a farm at (Jrasnoseltz after desperate fighting.

Official. The Turks were defeated witii great loss in attempflng to take the heights on the left uanj: 0 f the Itchralson in the Caucasus. SAVAGE SLAUGHTER. In connection with the fighting at StanislavofF, an Austrian battalion wishing to surrender, showed the white flag, and when the other Austrian forces "perceived it thoy_ tu,'a:vxL their guns and quickfirers comrades killing and wounding tSe majority of the battalion. FIERCE FIGHTING. Buda I'esth. Feb. 2b. There was fierce fighting at StanislavofF, the Russians hurling their reserves into the fighting line and defending their positions stubbornly. The chief struggle 'is on the heights surrounding the. town, where the Anstrians' right threatens the whole of the Russian Carpathian front. The Austrians are literally fighting every inch of ground.

FROM BERLIN. - A wireless states that the East Prussian reserves are engaged in stubborn fighting. They stormed Pasnyach, which had been converted into a sort of fort and took prisoner 10,000 also captit red cannon.