Second Edition CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1915, Page 3

Second Edition CABLEGRAMS

[electiuo telegraph—coptright.] [i'BR PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

(Received This Day 8.45 a.m.) Capetown, March 12. General Hertzog, in the Assembly, attributed the rebellion to the Government's unconstitutional action. He admitted that the Government had done its duty in 'suppressing the disorder. Mr Nescr, chairman of Committee ,announced that General Beyers, on the 14th August,' told the eoiumandautis that they were going to the border to receive German guns and a'umunition and return to Pretoria to ostaDlisT? a'republic. ■-Rebels in Orangia have resolved to repay all damage. Some loyalists merely claimed tlie cost price of articles commandeered. Pctrograd, March 12. A communique states that the Germans in the Pilitza region nave brought up new troops and advanced guns to the open in front of our trenches. The gunners were killed and neither side were able to remove the guns. (Received This Day l>. 35 a.m.) m ' London, March 12. The Workers' Food Conference resolved to summon the Government to reduce the price of wheat and obtain control of ships. American newspapers of all classes _ savagely coinmont on the sinking of the William Frye. Vandalism, piracy, sublime impudence, and pirate 'ire among the epithets printed. Tlie German cruiser Eitel Frederick Is called "a pirate entering an AmerTcan'port. ,, Pekm. MTircn 12. Captain Von Pappenheirn. German military attache, and party, which escaped from Tsingtau. left Peking after procuring Chinese passports for a hunting expedition. They reached '3uliaidu, going to Manchuria wi£h twenty camels and a great quantity of explosives, intending to bluw up the (Siberian railway. The Russians are endeavoring to capture I'appenheini wITo offered a Chinese official fifty thousand roubles for assistance. London, March 12. The names are posted at Lloyds of several ships supposed to have been sunk by the German cruiser Eitel Frederick. Amsterdam, March 12. A Parseval was wrecked in a wood near Ghent. Part of the crew were saved, including two wounded. Geneva. aMrch 12. The French gained a great victory in seizing Reichaekerkofi on fhe hills near Alsace. (Received This Day 10 a.m.) London. March 12. A passenger boat called the Great Southern bound from Rossdale to Fishguard noticed a two-funnelled steamer endeavouring to head her off. Tho steamer then flew distress signals. Meanwhile a German submarine ••p----pesu-ed and the Great Southern escaped at high speed, while tho decoy vessel sailed away. Geneva, March 12. . The French , repeatedly repulsed violent counter-attacks ,at Reichackerkopf driving the enemy down-hill with great slaughter. Petrograd, aMrch 12. The concentration of half a millinn on either side, near Prasnysz, indicates a gigantic struggle. Copenhagen, Marcli 12. All letters and letterpress sent here from Germany now are stamped "God punish England." (Received This Day 10.15 a.m.) London, March 12. Sir John French's bi-weekly repjit states: —Our success at Neuve Chapelle materially altered the situation at Armentieres and La Bassee. Losses in proportion to results were not great. We established ourselves 1200 yards behind the enemy's advanced trenches, and the enemy's repeated attempts v the 11th to recover the lost ground were repulsed with heavy loss. We nip steadily progressing/. Hard fighting continues. The Jj'outh Corps

and Indian Corps repelled several counter attacks on the night of the 11th and the early morning of the 12th. inflicting heavy loss on the enemy. The British Third Corps captured the village of Leipnette with slight loss.

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A communique states that two divisions of Belgians have progressed 500 metres, notably in the direction of Sehoorbakhe, south-east of Nieuport.