THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 March 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

i UUfUIIUU XJCLKGUAI'U —COFXBIGBT 1 II'KK IMIESt) ASSOCIATION.! A RUSSIAN VICTORY. i'etrograd, Feb. 26"

Oiiicial.—We have had a most important victory at Prazasnysz. The Germans have been shattered and Tβ retreating. Official.—-Tho ononiy's iosses in the Prazasnysz region wore very great. ; I hey wero shattered by rifle fire and tlio 'bayonet, well supported by armoured motor ears. Tlio latter poured machine gun lire at close quarters the *>nemy retiring along the whole of this' front. We captured on \\. uuesday »"d Thursday .'J oificers, 2 ! JuU men, 7 guns, Ji machine guns anil ;t lingo quantity oJ equipment and co'iji!! v-::iviat. •• We advanced in the- Truns-ÜboAjk "t— gion on Wednesday pud had great success, throwing back <u»nn;<:i,v v. ho had crossed tho Nienien. There was obstinate fighting north of Grodno, where villages changed hands .several times. The German siege artillery began ta i join bard Ossowice. \\ o repulsed the Germans between iiobo and Kvadno, inflicting enormous losses. iik;u coaimissioner's REPORT. London, Feb. 27. Feirograd reports that supplementary information shows the great importance lit the- Russian successes in Prazasnysz region, 50 miles north'.ol Warsaw. During the last three days the troops have been courageously shattering the German resistance with rifle and bayonet and they progressed vigorously. Tile enemy is retiring along the whole front, abandoning prisoners, guns and commissariat. The Russians' armoured motor cars poured machine guih fire into the Germans at constantly decreasing distances. The enemy's losses were very great. TWO STRIKES. London. Feb. 26. ■Sir George Askwith states that the L'lyile dispute has been referred to the Arbitration Court, The'Askwith conference failed to settle the shipyard dispute. All the unions affected will confer on Tuesday. AT MALTA. Tho coalheavers at Malta have struck tor higher wages. THE DARDANELLES. A report from Athens states that a r/wncli cruiser penetrated the Dardanelles and bombarded the inner forts or an hour. 'J'lfo Queen Elizabeth, Agamemnon, 11 resistilrle and Gaulois began at 10 on rhiirsdav to deliberately bombard forts rape I Idles. Seddulbahe, Orkaniehtn!m>. Mid Kuinkalossitabia, at long '■aiige. The Cape Helles replied with me .shell at 11,000 yards which hit the Vjiamoin.'ion, killing three and seriously .voundiii.'j; five. French warships also took part and 'i wo forts. Cape Helles fort ■va.s completely destroyed by the Brit'•ih ship.-. The ships then landed parties and the destruction was completed. Two 4-inch guns ana six Nordenelts were also destroyed. The Allied fleet have advanced through the Dardanelles as far a# Sortari, within reach, of Fort Intep* .vhich was.destroyed. They also bombarded the Turkish encampments. Six hundred Turkish wounded wero taken to Constantinople. FURTHER PROGRESS. ■" Paris, Feb. 27. Official. —Our progress in Champagne .•iiiitinues. We captured two successive lines of trenches north of Mesnil.