THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. Pans, March 15. Official. —We established ourselves, iirtnly on tho crests in Champagne which wo recently captured, and carried trenches between Four de Paris and Bolanto. British airmen bombarded Westende. Official.—At Vauquois, the Geiinaiis counter-attacked in the afteinoon tif tho 28th supjwrted by artil*skTs" phd machine guns behind the iTsoj£>,_ but were repulsed. The prisoners belohg, to three Army turps and ono Brigade 01 Lanchvehi. The French position i« now secure. CUNNING DEFENCE. Official.—Tho ground won in Champagne was subjected to defensive organisations ■laboriously pjerfeoted for months. As iin example, on Hill 19(5, north-east of Musnil, there was a douse network of barbed wire, then two lines of trenches, 'including flanking works uyth (jiiickfirers ami revolving guns, tho parapets being strengthened with sacks and wicker baskets filled with earth. Only a. few look-outs stayed in the trenches during the bombardment, the rest were in underground shelters, proof agains big projectiles. RECORD OF SUCCESSES. Petrograd, March 16. The Germans renewed the offensive at Prasnysz, weakening the Russian cavalry who cut behind General Eiehorn's retreating columns and played havoc with his transports. General Hindonburg is reinforcing General Eichorn's rearguards fearing a possible offensive from the Niemen in the direction of the Masurian Laikcs. The bombardment of Ossoweicz is lessening. All attempts to break dowi the outer defences have failed. Official.—"Wo captured several villages near Prasnysz and took six hundred prisoners and six machino guns in tho liiipkow region. The violent German attacks in the Koziiiivka-Ro-znnka regions were every where repulsed with colossal losses. "We took several hundred prisoners and seized the village of Mukowice near Przemysl. capturing a battalion.