THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 April 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

i KI.K(;i II,C -HLKOHAI'II -COI-yKIOH r j ) I'L'U I'IILSS .-SSOt'*Al lON 1 UNFOUNDED RUMOURS London, April 19. In view ol' dispelling rumours of ii Dardanelles disaster Mr Churchill has announced that nothing has occurred since March 18th except a local bombardment and the Allies have not sustained any less by a naval action in the North Sea. British Army casualties.- Officers killed 5, wounded 12; men, killed 92. .wounded 152, missing 3U; Canadians, killed 13, wounded 15. THE MANTTOU. Official. Twenty-four ol tin- Maui ton's passengers were drowned and twenty-seven are lnisaing. One of the Manitou's boats capsized and another's occupants were thrown into the water through a davit breakiiig; while it was lowering. 'Hie Manitou was not damaged. The bombardment of the Dardanelles was resumed on Saturday. ANOTHER GERMAN REVERSE. Paris, April If). Official.—Our artillery .stopped an attack in the trenches at Bois des Ainttnarte in the Aisne Valley, and a subsequent bayonet charge inflicted serious losses upon the enemy. CAPTURES IN CARPATHIAN'S. Petrogrnd. April If). An official report summarising the Carpathians struggle to the sth says: After eighteen days' persistent figlit-' ing we captured a front, seventy miles long and took prisoner <0.000 including 9000 officers. 30 guns and 200 machine guns.