THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 May 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

, Hl.fcl lU.C'"ULKUMAI'H- -CIU'YHIOBr J "" 'in/ri' —a i.ssoi-**iioM. I ON THE FRENCH FRONT. ■.=•■■ Paris, May 17. Official-.— The British, whose progress /WV'lt-ichebourg continues, inflicted great ** "'"■•"Tosees on" the Germans. We "gained 200 metres on the spur descending from the plateau of Lorette towards the sugar refinery and captured more houses in the northern part ot Neuville. We blow up the Germans' captive balloon at the east wing and our M4«S"* , '^flanee - bombarded the station of Somifeti. ' ••-*•' We '■achieved a brilliant success in the . Champagne norths west. .'WAR ACTIVITY BEGINS. *v*- ; / ;• ~.. , . : , ~, , α-y ;>:; ■ ■ Rome, May 10. ? ■ -Messagero:i states that, a comjjinye.of Austrian*!( Crossed.the frontier. linUl l&gllfii:.; ,The Alpine,,troops Jired on and etutriged.! the, Anetpiaps who rctr«frtodt £ M i- One was talfjen prisoner. ,«itb Italian.soldiers and war Mfiii the that 1,700,000 have*Wcii mobiiieiSd'." " ' : ' ' . {.' iMii-ialtii.:_Uiii!ii. '•■■■■ "BOMBS DROPPED AT RAMS- ■'-. r <■?■-«: ■■•■'' GATE. -«ir! !'«""■ ■•■ "• Lond(>n. Hay 17. • ■ 9 TJi% r iis over Ramsgate dropped oll'er H'ddzeii bombs. They came from the direction of Margate. They .shattered windows and partially dam-ir'r-':'"n%fid''by 'fire. Three occupants were * injured. '-' ' •■•■■■ ■■ :f F*-o incendiary' bombfi fell ifl the park An explosive bomb *"■ 'oh' Albion Hill shattered a shop Front. ■ .'.- jL'.r •,■■: •• -RUSSIAN BLACK SEA , FTiEET. . Russian Black Soa •••Fleet on the 15th destroyed four coal laden steamers, two tuge and twenty sailers, and their bombardment of K<pfnine and Erezli -did much damage. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. A FURTHER i>l PT. DIED OP WOUNDS. ' '*_ .' Wellington Battalion. Sergt. W. A. Gu.nn. Private John O'Keefe. Private J. H. Pickard. Otago Battalion. Private H. H. Kerr.