Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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LtJiKLXIIH/ itiLKliUAl'U -VUOri'ltlUiiT.j [I'fcll I'UliSa ASSOI'-iAiIUN. I (Received This Day 8.-lii a.m.) ' AT NELVEL'HAFELLE. , London, March 18. 'E.ve Hiwicss' says that on the ilLh ■ round .Nouvechapelk: the enemy made \ , incessant efforts to regain what they had lost. The Germans on the 121.1 i began to shi.w .sign.s oi great exliaustion, and Lin , attackers frocjinontly I held \\ V their iiuiuU u-lieii iirod upon. I Our infantry did not give them a moment's rest and uliuie companies surrendered. The dead lay thick along the whole front and 2000 dead were found south of the village, and another 51)0 lay stretched in front of one of our bal till ions east of the village. These do not include large numbers lulled in Xieuvechapolle ilselj. A patrol found a dummy figure in front of a German trench, which exploded on removal injuring the man. A German officer taken prisoner stated that three Princes, including Leopold lloheuzollern, were serving at Neuvechapelle, and he believed that all were killed. SHOT FOR DISOBEDIENCE. A member of the Poturo.s's crew reported sunk mi February l'Jth, who was a prisoner for six weeks on board the Kroti Priuz Wilhclm. states that . six ol the Ki'on Print's crow wore shot for disobeying orders. REPORTED RECAPTURE OF THIO MACEDONIA. The Daily Mail's Madrid curre.spoiident rei.Nirtfi that a British cruiser recaptured the Macedonia, which broke ,- away from Las Pal mas. ALLIES' INTERESTS ATvD COTTON Paris. March IS. The. Matin says that .Sir William Ramsay informed M. Millerand it would lie greatly to the Allies' interest to treat cotton as contraband, ultimately I forcing Germany to resort to ordi-

nary gunpowder, which did not suit modern f gu us. (Received This Day !)..'!() u.mA A I'TICR X KPVK(TLV PlOl, r,K ' London. March 18 A further list gives 11!) officers Jiniong the casualties at Xcincchapello, including f>l dead. Five thousand German prisoners ha\ c arrived at Southampton in four days. WEAR RIFLES. .ProfefiKor Pollard states that since October the British in Franco have been using rifles at the rate of one per man monthly. GERMANY'S MONEY-HOX OPENHD \ i Germany opeiiwl the Spaiidan war- , chest and new 187.'J Mritish .sovereigns , are coining into circulation via Scamli- \ navia. (Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) j SHORT" HOLIDAY J«'OR. COAL , MINERS. , London. March JB. fi The oxeciitivo of the Miners' Feder- j ation h(i« j;<'commended the men in all Kliutrii'tj* to take the nhortivst possible holidays and prevent the i-urlailinont *■- of the output.

THK KA«T>i|?niK. Dillli.sll reports allege til «t ill) I>Xplosion broke the Karlsruhe in twain and the survivors reached Germany where tlie moil were sworn U> secrecy. UELGFANS ADVA NCING. Paris, March 18. ' A eonuniuiKjuo .states that tho Belgian* ajo progressing and bombarded Cernuy, near Dixuiudo. : IJAILWAY STATION BOMBARDED. '■, A French u via tor bombarded <_'outioiis railu'ay" station in Lorraim*. » KXCUAXGING CIVILIAN PIUS- \ OiVBKB. I Nish, -Marcli 18. ; Austria and Scrvia have arranged [ the exchange of interned ieniales ui all I ages and males Hinder 18 and over 50. i INDEMNITY IN SOUTH Al-'IMCA P Capotovvn, jMnicli 18. C 'J'lie Jiidenuiity Mill passed Lhe second f W l '* lj .V "0 to !•". The entire Oμposition vutod with the Ministry; the ' Hortzogitcs and Labourites lonned ■ the minority. , I (Received Tins Day 10.25 a.m.) THE FIGHTING AT CKRNAV. Paris. -Miireh 18 Official.- -Details .show th:it at Oerliay a niino exjjlodod and partly lilled up a French trench. The Germans occupied it, but were nubNcfpiently driven out. and then established themselves in the cavity caused by the explosion. After bombarding them with trench mortars and hand .".crenadi-s wo sticceedetl in rp-oecupying the ticnch. The French artillery and infantry during the night expelled the enemy with heavy loss > and the French •.••enpiod the cavity and connected it uil't their trench by n tunnel. Thev del'eatod the German counter-attack killiuti oJio I hundred.

-' (Rfccivwl This Dkv 8.1") .i.tn.) AX AMErUCAN OAPTAIXS STORY. Washington, March 18, The cnptain of an American ttoamer reports that on entering Bremen haven tlie Germans confined the cn>w below to prevent observation of naval preparations. TTe sau- a Hotilln of eabinarines Jnrgei- than anything ho had seen before, and ho learned that the Germans were turning out one daily.

ITALY AN'D AUSTRIA. Rome, March 18. It is reported that Prince Von iiuiow has given Italy assurances tliat Germany is able to overcome the resistanceof Austria .and will induce her to cede territory and give Italy a tree hand in Southern Albania and will further her ambitions in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was pointed out that the marine , .supremacy there of Great Britain and France would squeeze Italy out. The fciipportoru of the Triple Entente state that the defeat of the Austro-Ger-inaii armies is inevitable whether Italy participates ov not. At the conclusion of peace the (separation of Aus-tria-Hungary is expected, and will load to the absorption of the Austrian provinces \>y Germany and an extension o Gorman dominion to Trieste, then forever lost to Italy who will be forced to abandon Avlona and the Aegean ..islands. In well-informed circles it is understood that Italy desires territory iii the north-east, and wishes to extend her boundaries at the north end of the Adriatic as far as Fiunie, including Pola and the provinces of Trent and IVeste to Julian Alps, aim including tlio provinces of Gortz, Istrin and Dalmatian Island. Austria is willing ;, grant territory, including Lake Gard.i, and the towns in the valleys of tlio Cliies and Adige river, excluding 'J'ren. Austria asks a largo sum in compensation and the renunciation of territniy inhabited by Italians. The difference in Italy's demands and Austria's offer is so great that adjustment is unlikely. (Received This Day 3.15 p.m.) MOW THE DRESDEN WENT DOWN Valparaiso, March 18. Commander Fielding states that the German cruiser Dresden was sighted a dozen miles from the island of Juan Fernandez, and the British warfillips itiiinedin.to.ly .set out in hot pursuit. The Glasgow was first to hit her; she got in several shots before the Dresden replied. Meanwhile tlie Kent •swung in to intercept the Dresden's attempt to reach territorial water. The Dresden's upper dock works were already ablaze and when the Kent pumped in a few shots the raider hoisted the white flag, as there was a file in proximity to the magazine. An explosion followed a few minutes after the Germans had left in their own boats. "TOURNEY RULES SET ASIDE." Amsterdam, March 18. An official message from Berlin .states that French airmen bombarded Scheltstedt school, killing two girls and wounding ten—as a, reply to the Calais bombardment, with heaviest bombs.