THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

[ ELiKCIUiC TKI.BOUArH--t;OFIlHOBr 1 ! PBK I'KKSH , SBOMiTION. ] Sill JOHN" FliENGli'a REPORT. London, April 27. General Sir John French reports:— The general situation north-east of Ypres Fa unchanged. Our left flank is . ;£ readjusting its line, as owing to tha, ...... French enforced retirement they had to face the north and extend west beyond St. Julicn. The extension weakened the line temporarily. After the very gallant resistance ot the Canadians against superior numbbcrs the enemy captured St. Julien, and the troops cast of Ypres hare ? borne the brunt of repeated heavy at- : . • tacks, which were stubbornly opposed: "We repulsed German attacks esst , of Ypres salient despite asphyxiating-< - gases. Numbers of enetn.v , officers,,,. - and men were captured. We inflicie4fh Vt very heavy casualties on the Gen-msas. .. y > during the last three days. , Our.io.saee were also heavy. , , - - It is untrue that four heavy English _ guns were captured. .. , The Canadian ~ casualties on TbviMvvrs day, Friday and Saturday include 21 • officers killed, including threo colo!)ple i ;r ;i. nml 59 wounded. . ,• t i,. . V MARKED 'PROGRESS.! " Paris, April *27. ( Official.—'THe Allies made marked progress north of Ypres on the left/ , fighting front, where they have drivwi .. back the enemy, inflicting heavy losses.- " . The Germans again employed aephyxiating gases, but the Belgians and - Frpnch devised means of protection^, with the best'results. The Germans,'; £ after an extremely ITerce bombardment. .„,, r , succeeded in Setting foot on the sum- i niit of Hartmannsweilkopt. We oo- • • cupy a position a hundred metres from the summit whence we attacked on. . 2.3 th. March. DESPERATE BATTLE CONTINUES. Petrograd, April 26. The desperate battle m the direction of Stryj continues. Official.—Our fleet bombarded the Bosphorus forts, causing great explosions. THE BERLIN REPORT. Berlin, April 26. Official.—e still hold Lizerne. TV® ■ captured fourty-four guns. We continued to atack north-west of Zonneleke capturing over a thousand Canadians, the total prisoners being over five thousand. FROM VIENNA Vienna, April 27. An official message claims:—"We captured a height south-east of Kozrova, taking prisoner a thousand. The enemy repeatedly counter-attacked in KosioVa and adjoining districts, all being repulsed with* heavy loss. two Battalions were annihilated and several further hundred taken prisoner. -We occupied many Russian trenches. The Russians before Uszok then retreated in full flight.