THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

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THE DARDANELLES. London, March 4. The Admiralty reports: I he Triumph, Ocean and Albion on MoiuTay entered the Dardanelles and attacked Fort Eight and tho batteries at Whitocliff. The fort returned the lire also the iield guns and tho howitzors. In tha evening the seaplanes reported that soveral new gun positions had been prepared, but there wero no guns. A force of mino-swoepers on Monday covered by destroyers, swept within a

milo and a half of Capo iveplez, under

fire. Only six were wounded. Meanwhile four French battleships operated

on Bulair and bombarded the batteries and communications.

Nineteen guns ranging from 6in to llin. and eleven small guns have been destroyed. On Tuesday night two more forts wero silenced. The throe attacking British warships were struck Dut only one man was slightly wounded. The Alliod fleet, comprising 52 vesesls is slowly advancing.

MILITARL EXPEDITION ARRIVES. Athens. March 4. The first detachment or the military expedition under General Dainade, including Canadians and Senegalese, have arrived off tho Dardanelles. Essad Pasha i.s commanding 100,000 Turks on the Isthmus ot Gallipoli. FURTHER PROGRESS. Official.—We have made further progress on the Soujiin, Mesnil and Beaiisojoitr front. We inflicted enormous losses on the Prussian Guard at MesniJ. SUCCESS CONTINUES. Petrograd, March I. A communique states: "We repulsed German attempts to approach the fortress of Ossoweicz and continue to repulse furiouis Austrian attacks between Ondava and the San.

Wβ enveloped and annihilated two German companies in the region of Koziuvka and Rojanlca.

The Austrians defending the passago of the Lomnitza suffered n serious reverse. Our troops crossed the river, occupied the village of Krasna, captured 6000 men, (34 officers, four guns, seven machine guns and many transports. (Received This Day y a.m.) CAPTAIN'S STORY SUPPORTED., London, March 4. The damage to the Thordis supports the captain's story that nis ship rammed a submarine. A STEAMER ARRESTED. The Swedish steamer Blenda has been arrested. She embarked a largo cargo of guns at Copenhagen ostensibly lestined for Dedeagatch, but intending firstly to call at Gothenburg, then Lubeck. TO DEFEND CONSTANTINOPLE Athens, March 4. The Turks are rushing guns ind troops towards Constantinople. Ten warships are bombarding flio inner forte. THE GERMAN DISASTER TN POLAND. A communique from Berlin respecting the Gorman withdrawal from Prasny.sz uses the words "orderly retreat." r t attributes the. disaster to a combination of large forces.

jSunbircl won tho Autumn dip. 3 4 cjiles, yesterday at the Dd.ineviilo races. Midnight Star \v\-s M'co. d. lime 2mins 9 3-ssecs. T'e w;m of £32,130 was put through tho totaiisator for the two days-—an increase jf £3000 on the figures tor last year.