Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 April 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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Berlin, April 2'6,

Tilt: Admiralty states that the Higl dea .Fleet is royeu.Un.lly cruising in tilt North iSca, and advanced to English water without mooting any British warships. GROUND LOST AND REGAINED. Paris, April 23. A communique states that the Belof giane at the bend of the iser, north ot k> Dixniudc, repelled an attack on the ie chateau of Yicogno, inflicting heavy losses. North of Ypres the Germans employed a large quantity of asphyxiating bombs, the effect ot which wat felt two kilometres behind the Allied linos ,forcing us to retire. 'Hie Ger;s man attack on Yprew was held up and e a vigorous counter-attack enabled us o to regain the ground and make many ;- prisoners. (Received This Day 8.50 a.m.) .SIR JOHN ERENCH'.S JK.EPOET. jbonuon, xiprii iJii. *ir Jonii i'renuii reports that the Ueimaii auacJis on liiil ~u uuled. J>nr- , r :i<'t,," ijj,.. I'm iitj iifci .■-o'.i'i!u:en- ~ J Hii'l! SlK'lia ::i|., >juu; s . \ , ... lt,j-,y:LaU- " j -M a Uoiiinii, i,;, n i;(i ~p,:U a .jo;.. near ■■'•'■■ ; " : "-"" "v a iUJJ.i . ■tlu ii.iJ;, tiiai M:o (vriri.sh j-irniuu ••'tUlfliiJU; Ujciil nil !!,>■ y Aa tiio -"' i,,11 " 1 '■' ":■'-' :■'■'•. - -.:;■::,- balloon and also from the grouuu. He tlescenued 'to two hundred ieet aiid effected his object, causing a large explosion A TRAWLER TORj>j£DoJiD. A submarine torpedoed idle trawler ai. Lawrence in tli« iN'orth isea. Iwo ucre drowned. Uteceivod This Day LO.oo a.m.) London, April '2,6. ihv Nippur ol tilt; St. Lawrence siatce that alter the euomariue hiua Uic crow launched a and all were in except two when cue submarine ordered the boat to cut away. This was done and the remaining two jumped into the water. \\ hen he attempted to pick them up the submarine resumed iii-ing the boat was compelled to leave the men.. Both »eie diwjtod. The submarine eventually blew up the trawler. NAVAL LOSSES. The IU. Hon. H. H. Asquith, in reply to Mr E. T. John, stated that between the outset of the war and the end of March naval casualties totalled 332 officers killed, 61 wounded ,7 missing, 41 interned and 11 made prisoners; 4981 men killed, <j4O wounded (whereof 50 were taken prisoners), 72 missing, 1524 interned and 924 prisoners, exclusive of the above wounded. TURKISH INVASION OF PERSIA. Petrograd, April 23. J'lio IV'ieiaus at Kermanshah are retiring before the Turks who are advancing towards Hamadan. The Persian Cabinet is carrying on pourparlers with the Turkish Ambassador, hoping that the Twkish troops will be recalled, DARDANELLES OPERATIONS. The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill visited Augagnur and Held a conference in North France on the methods of hastening the Dardanelles operations.

THE LOST GERMANY COLONIES.

Copenhagen, April 23. Heir Paasche, vice-president of the louchstag, in a lecture at Berlin, said t was doubtful whether it was dessirble to get back Iviiochau or the South 'aeih'ci colonies, because they werp too

remote. He added that Germany should rather establish a great German Central Africa round Congo.