THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 April 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables [BLKCTKIO TBLKOBAPH—COPYEI6HI. J [i>J6H F&KSB ABBOOU.IIOH.J (Rec*iwd 9Nk Day 8.50 ■•••J BRITISH NAVAL STATION HE PORTED WHEOJLBB. "London, April 15 An unconfirmed report atatea thai Zeppelin wrecked tiEe uaval station i the Shetland Isles. It i« furthi 6tated that immediately the repo: reached London the tJovernment to< control of the telegraph lines 1 Scotland and it is impossible to obtai detail#. the ponm GIFT. . Tli.3 Pope has do-nated 5000 dollai each to the Belgian and Polish suSe «n. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, April 15. At La Boreelle tie French heary ai tillery destroyed German trenches an shelters. At Ovillere, in th© ArgoWU near Fontaine aux CiharmM, ft 100 l engagement between trenches waa t the French advantage. The Fronc a6ce.">dancy at Moran i 6 mo-e proncim ced. On Sunday there wu ft bon bardment by tli© Germans without ai tacking at Eparges. The extensio on the front at Bois Dailly waa main tained against counter-attack*, Th French mastered a portion of the priti cipal Gorman trench, north of whic' we also gained ground -1000' motre long and 100 deep. Near Fivcnho; there waa a German bombardmen without attack. The wood of L Pretre wa6 won on Wednesday and o: part of the German line, th« Frertc! yesterday maintained tlieir gain dc spite counter-attacks by machine guna In Alsace tho French progressed 150 yards in #he direction of Schnepfonrich kopf. (Received This Day 10.10 a.m.) THE ZJSPPBLIN RAID. London, April 15. It is believed that th« Blyth raltfe was ZD—th® newest type. A tug approaching Blyth sighted tli' Zeppelin which followed the vessel fo some distance and descended, almos touching tho. masthead. A sudde rain squall enabled the tug to eiud the airship. Several eye-witne6se state that they saw two airships. Th< majority of the bombs were incendiary STEAMER. TORPEDOED. The steamer Ptarmigan wan tor pedoed off the Northindsr light Eleven were drowned. BRITISH CASUALTIES. The Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant, in th< House of Commons, said that the Brit ish casualties to April 11th totalis* 139.347. FRENCH ASCENDANCY. A communique states: Our aucend ancy over the enemy in fhe Argonn< sector is increasing. We progresses 1500 metres at Sohnepfeuriethkopf sonth-weet of Metzeral Alsace. ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN. Amsterdam April 15. A zeppelin after being damaged l>i gunfire foil nine miles from Theilt ant was entangled among the trees. Sever al of the crow were killed. DUTCH SHIPPING ATTACKED. The Dutch steamer Katwyk, graii 1 atien from Baltimoro to Uo.N.-vam was torpedoed. The crew was saved Gorman submarines ha.'e foil Dutch trawlers to Zeebrugge. Thes< outrages have caused a sensation it Holland. (Received This Day 12.35 p.m.) MUNITIONS COMMITTEE. London, April 15. The Rt. Hon. D. Llvod George i; chairman of tho Munitions Committee, which includes the Rt. Hon. A. J Balfour and Mr A'rthur Henderson M-.P. SINKING OF THE SOUTHPOINT. One of the crew of tho Southpoint sunk by a German submarine on Aprii 2nd, states that two boats containing thirty-six persons drifted for olevt?i hoiHYs. Tlie Germans fired a torpcitr and nine shots at the SouthpoTn! which was two hours sinking. hecaiiisc the cargo of clay plugged the holes. HERR WIEGAND'S INTERVIEW Rome, April 15. The Carriole D'ltalia and Corres pondenza deny that Herr Wiegand in terviewed the Pope. He merely ha( an aiidiencc similar to other, people*: when the Pope referred to the peacV question which Wiegand interpffctei in his own way. (Received This Day 1.30 p.m.) BRITAIN APOLOGISES. London, April 15. •Sir Edward Grey has apologised t< Chili for the British ships sinking th< German cruiser Dresden in Cumberland Bay, it being neutral water.