THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

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(Received This Day 9.30 a.m.)

THJi RUSSIA* REPORT

Petrograd, March 24

The 3Utn Honved Division renewed the attack absolutely intoxicated. They crossed the wire entanglements despite immense losses and stormed the Stashkowa heights with mad fury. The

position thrice changed hands, but eventually the Honveds were driven off Tlie Russians were turious when they first lout the trenches and gave no quarter. After hand-to-hand fighting they pursued the enemy a great distance, using their bayouets and but', ends of their rifles. The Turks after two days' fighting at Yeidekian in the Alaahkert Valley, were driven back towards Beyar on -Monday losing many prisoners ana inueli material. Three Austrian Regiments made a desperate night attack 011 March l"tli 011 Senkowka and Masuma in order to draw attention from Przomysl .and enable a decisive sortie to he made. The Russians drovo them back across Senkowka river with immense losses in killed and wounded and 000 prisoners. I .GERMAN SUBMARINES DAMAGED I London, March 24. Offi eial.—A British airman damaged I two submarines at Hoboken and ignited the works. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. * London, March t!4. 4.15 p.m. I'etrograd reports that the Germans removed all their heavy howitzers from before Ossoweicz, except four, and abandoned two owing to superiority <>' the Russian artillery. The forts were never in danger. On Friday the Austriajis heavily attacked an inferior force on Luizana-Ropiea and Ruska front, approaching to within two hundred paces of the trenches. The Russians' steady infantry fire forced their withdrawal after enormous losses; the whole area was covered with killed and wounded. London, March 24. 1.40 p.m. Army casualties: Men killed 'i 4, wounded 10", missing 5. prisoners 44 ; officers killed 6. wounded 12. Paris reports that the Kelgian army progressed on the, right bank of the Yser. At Hartmann's Villorkoff the second line of trenches -were captured

ami three French companies establish ed near the summit, taking many prisoners. including several officers. j London, March 24, 5 p.m. The Admiralty reports tjiat a Bite- | cessfnl air attack was conducted this morn nip: !>v five machines from the Dunkirk Squadron on the German submarines constructing at Hoboken nenr Antwerp. Two pilots had to return owing to the thick weather. Sqindro 11-commander Ivor T. Courtney and I 1 light-lieutenant H. Koelier reached their objective, planing down to 1000 feet and dropped four bombs each on the submarines. It., is believed that considerable dmaage was done both to the works and two submarines. ilie works were observed to be on lire. I' ive submarines were observed on iho slip Flight-lieutenant B. Oosslcv.Mostes was obliged by engine trouble to descend ill Holland. Owing to 'lie mist pilots experienced considerable difficulty in finding their way, and wire subjected to heavy shell fire whilst delivering the attack.. (Received This Day 2.25 p.m.) GERMAN PLANS DEFEATED. London, March 24. The fourth instalment of Sir John French's official report insists on the decisive character of the defeat of the Gentian plans at Ypres. It was necessary for I' reiicli troops to continually leinioiee the Dritish in order to save Ypres. When Ghelmvelt, Zandvoorde, Messing and AVytschaete were lost the Allies crowded 300 guns on a front of <i lew kilometres and Germasis suffered terrible losses, losing at Ypres alone in three weeks over 150,000 men; over 10,000 German corpses were found on the field. The Allies achieved their main object and the enemy was only able to send four arid a half Army Corps to the Eastern front out of fiftytwo. Germany has reached her maximum power and exhausted her resources in men and officei-s, while her offensive has been broken. The Allies possess considerable powers in 'reinforcing powers and can break the German defensive by patient indefatigable preparation.