THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables [ELECTRIC TELEUQAI'H —COPYRIGHT.] [PKK PRESS ABSOCIAIXON.I (Received This Day 8.50 a.m.) THE BOMBARDMENT OF SMYRNA London, March 7. Router's A then correspondent states that Rear-Admiral Pierse silenced the forts 011 Smyrna heights and is now bombarding the forte at the entrance to the Gulf. The cruiser Euryalus is Admiral Pierse's flagship. DISTRIBUTING THE BIBLE. It was stated at the Bible Societies' birthday meeting that 300,000 Bibles (German version) were distributed in Germany since the beginning of the war. BATH TUBS IN DEMAND. The use of bath tubs in the trench e« lias led to the opening of public subscription to purchase more and also 'o sterilise the soldiers' clothing. A GERMAN MISTAKE. Washington, March 7. The German -Embassy in a statement regrets the attempt to torpeflo the Asturias. She was mistaken for a transport. CUSTOMS EXAMINATION-. New York, March The Customs officials inspected tJio Vaterland and George Washington which are preparing to sail. IN BELGIUM Amsterdam, March 7. Every church in the Dixmude district has been damaged and forty demolished. The Abbe Demen of Essen was shot in the churchyard. The burgomaster of Hanzoeme wae also shot. (Received This Day 9.55 a.m.) FRENCH OFFICAL REPORT. Paris. March i. A communique states that we progressed at Lorrette, where the German losses wore considerable; also at Perthes and Beausejour. "Wo carried two

bill-tops west of Minister in the Vosges and captured Imburg on Frecht, southeast of Sultzeren : also two hills, one north and the other south of Imburg We repulsed German counter-attacks 'i Hartmann's with heavy losses. THE DARDANELLES. Renter's Athens correspondent states that the Queen Elizabeth on the sth operated in the Gulf ot Saroe. The first shots silenced the battery on hhe heights. The armaments at Fort L includes 14in. guns. ALARM INCREASING. Bucharest, March i. Increasing alarm is felt at the German colony in Constantinople. German officers are sending away their families and many women, including General Von Sander's wife, have arrived here. A DAMAGED STEAMER. Rotterdam, March T. The Noordeuyk returned with her engines damaged.