THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1915, Page 4

THE WAR

Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. [ELKCTIUO TELEGRAPH—COPXBIQBT.] [PKK I'RKSB ABBOOJAIION.] (Received This Day 8.30 a.m.) THE ZEPPELIN RAID. London, April 30. Tho Zoppolin dropped two explosive and three incendiary bombs on Ipswich and two middle-class houses were buruo. The residents were abed and had a remarkable escape; the bombs falling on the backs of the houses. One fell in the bedroom of a girl, aged 12, and immediately the furniture wae on fire. The father rescued the child. The explosions caused 'many to run out into the streete in the scantiest of clothing. Tho incendiary bombs at Bury St. Edmudns fired a shop nad stable. Three more bombs fell in the suburbs. The Zeppelin wae at a great height end sailed westerly. The airship was first seen at Felixstowe at a great height. Ten ibombe •were dropped at Bury St. Edmunds, and then the Zeppelin made eaetward. One bomb fired and gutted St. Andrew's Hall. RECRUmf "WANTED. In King Edward'e Horse there are vacancies for 100 recruits. DUNKIRK SHELLED. The French Embassy states that nine

teen shells have fallen on Dunkirk; twenty people were killed and forfcyfivo wounded. A German warship was seen off the Belgian coast. FATAL WOUNDS. M'oorhouec, a well-known aviator, died of wounds received while bombarding Courtrai. Lloyd's Storuoway correspondent reports that a British steamer was sunk by a submarine off Lewes. The creir woru landed at Oarloway. Tlie Hon. W. L. Allardyce, ex-Gov-ernor of the Falkland Islands, relates that after the battle oT Coronel the German colony at" Valparaiso banquetted Von Spee. The final toast was "Damnation to the British Navy." Von Spee arose and said that-nei-ther he nor his officers would reepond and withdrew. At the door, observing that flowers were strewn on the eteps in hie honour he remarked: "Better keep these for my grave; they may be wanted." (Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) (< ZEPPELIN AND~TRAIN. London, April 30. There was a neck to neck race and the Zeppelin hurled five bombs at a fast train near Bury St. Edmunds, jut missed. STEAMERS REQUISITIONED. The Government has requisitioned the insulated space on all British vessels trading to South America. RE-OAPTURBD.

Official.—A British cruiser ro-captiw ed tho eteamer Macedojiia which et caped oji March 17. TRAWLER SUNK. A submarine sank a trawler 75 mile, off Tyne. It gave the crew time t< quit. The patrol boat afterward; chased the submarine and fired eevera shots. BETAVBBN~TWO~FIREB; Paris, Apvil 30. The newspaper* report that during the recent fight 4000 Germane croseee the Yeer, near Steenstraate. The Bel gian artillery destroyed the bridge cutting- off their retreat , and the field gum poured shrapnel on them The Oermans hoisted handkerchiefs on ttheii rifles and surrendered, whereupon the German machine guns on the opposite bank of the Yser mowed them down. The 'Belgians took the survivors prisoner*. NEAR BREAKINcf POINT. Borne, April 30. Tho Government has requisitioned all the petrol. The Stampa, the leading neutral organ, admits that the Austro-Italian pourparlers have reached breaking point. Only a radical alteration in the Austrian point of view can ameliorate the situation. ' BARRACKS BOMBARDED. Bucharest, April 30. A Russian" aviator bombarded Czor--nowita barracke, killing several soldiers. SU'LTTAN'-S -NEPHEW DEAD. London. April 30. Reuter*e correspondent at Amsterdam states that Salah Eddinc's death at Constantinople i 6 announced. Deceased was a nephew of the Sultan. AT AN AMERICAN STEAMER. A German aeroplane threw two bombs at ,an American eteamer near dishing, midway between the North Foreland and Flushing, but did no damage. THE DARDANELLES. Sofia. April 30. The Allies were successful in the debarkation of their troops aF the Dar-

danellee. It was precipitated by the movement of tfie Tuirkieh troope from Adriauople and Dimotika towards Muratli. DUNKIRK SHELLED. Berlin, April SO. A communique etatee that our artillery shelled the fortress of Dunkirk. (Received Thie Day 11.35 a.m.) ■LATEST JtfEWS 6F~THE WAR. London, April 30. The Press Bureau says the rumour that the German warships .bombarded Dunkirk is untrue, and that probably it originated in the mis-reading of a French communique. The Press Bureau states that according to aerial reconnalsanco the shelling of Dunkirk wae From guns. The reports of a German warship off the coast was due lo a misapprehension. GERMAN KIiNDLINESSS. Amsterdam, 'April 30. The -Frankfurter Zeitung pleads for a commutation of Private Lonsdale'e sentence. IN THE DARDANELLES. Athens, April 30. The Allied Fleets remained inside the Dardanelles last night, and reopened a terrific bombardment at daybreak. RHEJKMS AGaTn B^IBARiDED. Paris, April 30. A communique states: "We progressed in the neighbourhood of SteenBtraete. Five hundred shells, many, incendiary, have fallen in Rheims. The fires were quickly extinguished."