THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 April 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

IbLECIUIO "•BLEGIIAFH-- COPTHIOHt ) ! PJSK PltHSa ASSOCIATION. 1 BlirriSH"LlX£! CLViIItOKEN. Londos, April 24. Official.--Despite tlie I , rench retfremont to fehe canal at Bosmghe as the result of fumes, the British front is intact except at the extreme left, where it conforms to the new 1' rench line. The War Office says nghting near Steenstraete continues. The Canadian Division was forced to fall back and the enemy captured four 4.7 in. guns. Some hours later the Canadians, by a brilliant advance, recaptured the guns and took many prisoners. The Canadians liau many casualties. « Their gallantry and determination saved the situation. A German official statement claims to have beaten off the Allies' nttaoks from Ypres to Rixsehoote, and captured 2470 prisoners and many rifles and '"""hiflje FRENCH STJCCIsSES. Paris, April 24. Official.—The retirement at Bossinghe is of no serious consequence. The combined Anglo-French and /Belgian counter-afctacke are progressing. The Auglo-Fijpneh also progressed between Steonstraete and Ypres -Polecapelle road. We captured trenches in the • forest of Apremont, and found 200 dead. Our artillery blew up two ammunition depots in tlie vicinity, annl hilating a company. EAST PRUSSIA ENTERED. Petrograd, Aprl 24. A strong column of Russian cavality entered East Prussia, near Memel. threatening the enemy's left flank. The whole line of the main Russian advance in thfe Carpathians is now in Hungarian territory. We captured trenches on a height dominating Hilt , 1001. Having brought our left wing across the frontier our front extends forty miles between two railways, which cross the Carpathians at Mezolaborez. Official —We seized important heights in Telepoics and Siauka regions. THE DARDANELLES. Athens, April 24. Unofficial reports state that a decisive action lias begun in the Dardanelles. The squadrons bombarded the Strait* at various points west of Gallipoli, and a landing was effected at three points—.Savla on Gallipoli, Enos annd Bulair. (Received This Day 9 a.m.) ALLIES PROGRESS IJs BELGIUM. Condon, April 25. Official.—The Allies continue to progress in Belgium. The British held ;il! their positions. BERLIN REJOICES. Amsterdam, April 25. There are great rejoicings in Berlin at the victory in Flanders. The newspapers Have made fresh outbursts against America in connection with Mr W. J. Bryan's reply. GERMAN PRISONERS IN FRANCE. Paris, April 25. Details of the treatment of German prisoners in France show that they are given remarkable comforte and plenteous food. The newspapers pay glowing tributes to the Canadians for their marvellous dash. (Received This Day y.lO a.m.) THE GERMAN SUBMARINES. . London. April 25. A submarine fired a dozen shells at the Eva and Oskar. The crews were allowed ten minutee to escape. The. submarine attacking the Ruth discharged a torpedo harmlessly. The captain and five of the crew went off in a boat intending to show their papers. When near the submarine a second torpedo struck the ltuth amidships blowing up, the deck. The remainder of the crew barely had time to get into a boat. The Norwegian steamer Caprivi was mined and sunk off Tory Island. The crew was landed. PATRIOTIC .MEBTINO IN MAY. The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Mr Bonar Law, Lord Crave, the Rt. Hon. Lewish ■■Harcomrfc and the High Commissioners will address a patriotic meeting in the Guildhall on 19th May. GERMAN "BERfISALS. Sir Bdwaid Goschen's son, Gerard, Sir Edward Grey's cousin, Robert Grey, an aviator; Lord Alßermarle'e son Rupert, and Lieutenant Paxton, a former attache at Vienna are among the 3U prisoners on whom the Germans are malritig reprisals for BrU •-, tain's alleged ill-t»eatm<iit of prisoners from German submarines. INTERESTING THSCI/OSURES. ■ Mr E. Jane, N;t"akii:g at Scatbor- \ oiigli. explained, in reference to ' tjie navy. Unit, shortly before the war, j while manoeuvres wore progressing, '-, some Caibiru:f Ministers wished ]fche fleet tt> di'.prrv , uith a view to turning (lie other phcpK to Germany. The Rt. Hon. Wiestoii Churchill therefore threatened b resign and a compromise was effected. il;*» fleet going- in differ- V nt directions and th»n reassembled elsewhere. The fact only was known to the Admiralty. Germany at an / early stage of the war had 100,000 troops on transports intending to lantl*" on the East Coast already at sea, when discovering that the British fleet wae awaiting them, rushed Irhem back to harbour.