Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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[kLKUTUU; XULEOUAfU —COI'YIUGIIT. j [I'KU I'll ESS ASBOOIAIION.] (Received This Day, 8.45 a.m.) THE BLOCKADE. I London, March 17. The liner Camcronia eluded a submarine off the Mull ol' Galloway. One quarter of an hour later two submarines appeared, one on either side, but the liner zigzagged lor twenty minutes at eighteen knots, and escaped. The Admiralty announces that a small steamer, the Atlanta, was torpedoed off Inishturk 011 March 1-1. The crew wore landed. The .steamer Fingall was torpedoed on March 15, off .Northumberland. Twenty-one of lieicrew were landed .salely. but six, including the chief mate and the stewardess, perished. BOMBARDMENT 01' NJEI'I'ORT Paris, March 13. The Goriuaus arc ifuiriou.sl.y bom- ' - balding Nieuport with sixteen-inch howitzers. (Received This Day 10.I'll a.m.) IN THE DARDANELLES. Athens, March 16. Searchlights assisted the land batteries in shelling the minesweepers in the Dardanelles. Motor-cars con timially moved guns to different parts retarding the location of them, but after two hours' duel the batteries wore silenced. WAR OFFICE SCANDAL. A Liepzig newspaper accused three German firms of swindling the War / Office. The Government is not pro- ' secuting the editor, fearing ail extension of the scandal. A sum,of one hundred million marks is involved. THE FINGALL SUNK. The Fingall sank in a few minu'e-s after a tremendous explosion. The first boat gpt clear off ,but the second containing the victims failed to get clear. The boilers burst as the vessels foundered.

PREPARING FOR WAR. Paris, March 17. Le Matin says that Germany, when preparing lor war. ordered 8000 motoi waggons from an American Company ior the purpose of transporting troops from ono front to the other. Thanks to the Allies fleets, the waggons had not reached their destination. pURTHER PROGRESS. A communique states that the Belgian further progressed, and a counter attack was repulsed. The British front was subjected to a violent artillery cannonade. We captured an important eminence along a front of 500 metres north of Mesuil, and repulsed several counter-attacks betwieen Boliinte and Four de Paris. BRITAIN'S SEA POWER. Amsterdam, March 17. Captain Persius. writing in the Berliner fageblatt, condemns the absird reports that the British navy has suffered enormous losses. It is a misconception to speak of a substantial weakening of British sea power. Captain I'ersins acknowledges the mighty material superiority of the English fleet. AN AIRMAN'S WORK. A French aviator bombarded the barracks at Oolmar.