THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

| EI.Ki i it.r •"•kleouaph--copykigh r ) | I'l'-iS amowauon.l THE DARDANELLES London, March 25. The Daily Express's Athens correspondent says the Allied force was landed on Gallipoli on Saturday from transports in the Gulf of iSarotf' A LARGE SUBMARINE. The Batavier's captor, U.'iO, is the latest type, about a thousand tons displacement. RUSSIAN SUCCESSESL'otrograd, March 25. Exclusive of those taken at PrzeRowans in Gnlicia captured llO.Otll) men. 30 guns, and 320 machine guns since January 21st. D liS PER ATE ITG H TIN G. Official.—The fights at isolated vantage points oir the right bank of the Narew have become more general and more desperate. The Germans .strongly reinforced and stubbornly defending, subject us to a hurricane of fire, and make vigorous counter-attacks with numerous fresh troops. The Russians are slowly but surely capturing the trenches on the heights. The Russians in the Carpathians are advancing and seized several fortified heights between the roads to Bartfeld and llszok. We captured 4000 prisoners and several dozen machine guns. ATTACK BY GERMAN SQUADRON. Official—A German squadron of seven battleships and twenty-eight destroyers cruised near Polangien in the Baltic on the 23rd and fired at the coastal villages. (Received This Day 8/45 a.m.) A WOMAN SPY SHOT. Marguerite Sell mitt, a native of i hiancourt. was shot there as a spy in the presence of the troops. She confessed that she was paid 200 francs lor penotrating the French lines. THE AYEStiA. Amsterdam, March 25. The Handelsblad newspaper denies < the Sydney report that the schooner Ayeslui raided Padang; she merely obtained provisions. THE LOSS OF THE BOUVET Paris, March 25. The Bouvet closed two minefields approaching the exit of the Straits. The commander cleverly avoided two mines which the destroyers blew up amid cheers but the third struck her near the magazine. Her. commander set an ex- - ample to men and officers and stood at attention and saluted the flag. Alll cried "Vive la France" as the ship \ went down. The Gaulois, following the Bouvet. and firing ail guns, went full speed in the hope of rescuing the Bouvet's crew, but her own injuries forced her to anchor.