THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 April 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

1 BLKUIIUU "Ii;LBUUAI'a--UOl , YllieHt I I I'Ull VU.ii.Sa i-BBOIAil'lON.) FUIUHFK PHOGRIvSS MADE. Pans, April 18. Official.—Our artillery destroyed several caves used us slickers at Pasly, in the Aisne. Valley. We app'reciauly progressed on the banks of the Fecht. and seized Spear on the northern bank west of Mctzeral. The chas— suiii's by a brilliant attack earned tho summit oi Sehnepfeuriethkopf. A GEKMAN STATEMENT. Amsterdam, April 17. An oflicial message from UerTin says llie naval airships successfully bombarded several defended towns an the Hn'tish East CoasL and returned undamaged despite 'lieavy lire. Berlin. April 17. Official. -The. .British at Ypres are using shells emitting asphyxiating gases. Wo (stormed a group of French' forliticatious at Perthes after extensive mining operations. A' l< rench airship dropped twelve bombs at Strassburg, and two civilians were wounded-and some damage wa.s done. Gorman airmen bombarded Greenwich, near London. KNKMY VF.SSEL.S SUXK. Petrograd. April 17. Russian torpedoers in the Black Sea sank four steamers and several sailers. OX THE EASTERN FRONT. Operations on both sides of the Carpathian front are inactive owing to the heavy (snow, which i.s rapicTly melting, rendering tho roads useless. The Germans are still hurrying reinforcements to Uszok. Official.-We captured two heights near Teloporeh. Official.-There has been desperate Miting in the Carpathians between the villages of Tephotseh and Zuella. Wβ took prisoner 1110 and captured th-reo machine guns. The enemy sustained heavy losses. Wo successfully repulsed the enemy ui the direction of Str.y. where the Aiistrians tried to turn the Russian left.imiTlSil TRANSPORT A HACKED. 'London. April 18. Official.—A Turkish torpodoer attacked the transport Manitou carrying British troops to the Aegean. She fired three torpedoers harmlessly. The ilinorva and destroyers chased the torpodoer whieh ran asliore and was destroyed in Kalainuti Hay at Chios 1.-land. The crew were taken prisoner. It is reported that a hundred ii the transport were drowned.