THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 May 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

(BLKCriiiC TSLEGRAI'H--Cn*Y»ilOHr | ! I'ICK I'KSSS' ABBOP»*.TION. i A THRILLING NiAIUiATIVk.. London May 23. The Daily Chronicles Mitylene correspondent states that Colonel Doughty Wyllic, on tlie staff .superintending the lauding of Australians saw from shipboard tlio gallant but fruitless charge from the shore trenches. .Numbers full. particularly officers. Colonel Wylie asked permission to help which was reluctantly granted. On going ashore he ran front foremost to the Australians and shouted "Men follow!" Inspired by Ills magnetism and example the Australians responded with a cheer and -rushed up the slippery incline and carried position after position until the enemy cleared out. Colonel Wyllie was fihpt dead, but not before he knew that the position was won. The Turks no longer harass the landing. (Received Tiiis Day ft.io a.m.) AUSTRIA ATTACKS ITAVV. Borne. 3Tay 2-1. Official.— Anst'iai! aeroplanes bom- * \ barded Port {'(irsini a-ml the railway near Pona. Italian aircralt guns with an and dirigible, drove -them off iviih little damage. • Austrian dcstroyorn tvere- driven off Barletta. ■ Latest Casualty List x.z. expeditionary force. KILLED, IN ACTION. Engineers. Sapper A. Allen. DIED OF WOUNDS. Auckland Battalion. Private A. Mclndoe. NOtago Battalion. Lance-Corporal J. A. Booth. Private C. K. Tenupleman. Wellington Battalion. Private C. H. Dorsett. WOUNDED-MISSING. , Canterbury Battalion. Lieut. C. Barclay, previously" reported wounded. Auckland Battalion. Private E. G. Gosper. Private J. Munro. Private J. W. Painhou. Private W. K. Westaway. Private W. 11. Roberts. Private G. Tuaine. Otago Battalion. Private W. H. Barkley. Private T. A. O'Brien. Private H. .}. Reid. Wellington Battalion. Private G. S. Baker. Private W. Nicholls. Private A. Pike. Private C. R. Reed. Private. A. Serivens. Private A. p. Taylor.