THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 April 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

t:i.h. ... r «.La.i..i*rH--UirvmOHt I i i'--a ..bSOI-**HON. I i'UtfliJON UN€JIA"-.<'sEl>. London, April 15. Sir John French reports that thesituation remained unciiangud during the week. THE ZEPPELIN RAID. Tin-- Zeppelin at 8 o'clock had travelled a large area ol .Uid-Tyno. All lights on the north coast were immediately extinguished, including Hull. Electricity was cut olt. Newcastle ti°Hmeat's were ;it :i standstill and the railuay stations were closed and tile extinction of light.s apparently contused tin- airmen. There was no lufss of lile though twenty bombs were eoiuited. A hiiy.staek wa.s ablaze at Choppingtoii. an outhouse burnt at Seaton. and I'tiiw lilts in dwelling houses at Wiillseml. One bomb tell in a room in which a woman wais bathing a baby and the woman was .slightly injured. There was no damage at lll.vtli. The bombs fell on the outskirts ol the town. There was no panic. Some refuged in cellar* and other en me into the. open to watuli the spectacle of the bursting incendiary boniDs. The raid lasted about forty minutes. KUKTHKR I»nt>i.KK.SS; (High Commissioner's Report.) London, April l. r >. Fighting continues in me region of I'fizok Pa«s. ■On Tuesday niglit tinRussians progressed slightly and repelled repeated counter-attacks in the heights south < I' th<* line Wallosato to Hukowec. capturing 1000 prisoners. The enemy's attempts to assume the offensive south of Kosiiowai, mi Itiikuwina, on the right bank of the Pniitli, and in the region of Cssernowitz failed. It is estimated that the Austin-Ger-mans have 1,200,000 troops in the Carpathians. (Received This Day 8.15 a.m.) BELGIAN IN GERMAN CLOTHING. Paris, April 15. Pierre Bacjons. a Belgian, has been arrested. He was in possession vl "h German uniform and passport, and had been to Nancy and Cherbourg trying to pump the soldiers and (sailors. A witness testified that Baejens was at the battle .of Dixmude and gave the French Marines information respecting the German position wiiieli caused theiii to be ambushed. i- OIL A.VD COIM'KR. Rome, April l. r ). An enquiry is proceeding at Messina into the allegation that tin. , German Consul there is attempting to send copper to Germany under the pretext of sending oil in copper cans. M.P. KILLED IN ACTION. Mr W. G. C. Gladstone, M.P., grandeon of the late Rt. Hon. \V. E. Gladstone lias Been killed in action.