THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

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WAR L.NDEii GROUND. Pnria. March 30. r Official.— iiiiniifj; in a giil'lory al Argfiiuo <i«s»'ovi.'!-h1 the Ger--1 mans counU'.' luinnfj. I'iii; Erenel; hurriedly decide. I ti» '■ i<--cjv tb« gallery with sandbag'- -•>:i<l i-x;iiode ilie chamber immodia . .Vta awhile the German* piv< ,ii;u ..i evidently having made .. ■ ■ , de< i-a>n, and returned and i . in the saps. It was •, i who could finish first. ;ii ,f ~4 ni-li Tim ( ,nd | fired the .< German sapl per* A,- hiu Ii a lat-jr. wfm iA>n<i»t., Ji •: Uiuh I <(jiinii<-NiwiH'r ■ ■ iKM't.'-. - Army uMi'-"]-,: I kii i. -J. l< v. .mud'd ; men: kill' '; '1-1, wound.-'! |.~S. mi.- Jn-r r 11. f Paris reports that vie- "iimny l>->j n barded Nieuport. Tl,,■ <i;> ma-v d"ne to a bridge thrown acros- 1 Ik- V? r was inconsiderable. In tl-r rinin |>ay,iuthere is an artillery di'-'l in the 11.■ ill■ nonrliowl of liraiusejonr. Tn Hi;- Ar-g<-:uie there is artillen aiui thron ing, part ieularlv in ; .-lie district, where the aelivity on l-ot.b - si-It* is iyvat. K i>fid "Hsiii.sliip has l»t««n i >(aii''-h- ---» <'! ever tie- Dardanelles <>perations. GKISMAN OKFRNSIVk STOfI'KI) i'etrograd, March 30. A uonirrnini(|iio Hays the German e-ounter offensive west of the Niemen everywhere has been stopped. The Grmans attached enormous importance to tho Nionien offensive. The TliirtyFirst, Division witli three reserve regiments and inucli cavalry were ordered to push to Lodzie at all costs. The f Germans made prodigious efforts "lid attempted to envelope the Russian right north of Ixxlzie by crossing the Irozen Lake Doussia. A large number penetrate*! the Uur-.sian rear but they were entirely annihilated. (Received This Bay, 8.55 a.m.) GERMAN CLAIMS. * Amsterdam. March 30. A German official message claims I that the Germans captured one thoii.s----r and at Tauroggen and killed two thousand. In the Kra-suopol and AnW walk district they claim to have c;app. til-red three thousand. MINE SWEEPING IN THE DARI DAiVELLES. I Rome, March 30 Except for'twenty-four hoiut>' boniardment, commencing on the night of tho 27th ,to which several forts did y not reply, and in which the warships -were not damaged, operations iu the Oardanelles have been confined chiefly ■fe' J mine-sweeping. P RUSSIAN PROGRESS. * Petrograil, March 30. * Persistent Austrian attacks between . . Gorlitza and Bartfield were repulsed, k The Russians progressed in the Baledistrict, capturing prisoners and ■ <runs. (Received This Day. U. 35 a.m.) BOMBARDING THE BOSPHORUS. ■, Parir,. March 30Tile Russians are bombarding tho k. Bosphorus from a distance of eleven miles. SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. v Capetown, March 30. W Tho Assembly passed tlie third read- ... - iff of tho Indemnity Bill. Tho Germans in 1-he Aus district naiuited the railway, ami General >®tha is facing a watorlcss desert. | sach march ha.s increased his diffieul- | es. Th© enomy is well equipped and [_ ,'obably are in greater numbers than supposed. i