THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 May 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

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This Afternoon's War

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[UUCOTKIO TBLBQRAPH—GOPZ tUQBT. j [PER FBESe ASeoOUIIOK.] the frenoh . Paris, May 28. A communique states that our ofien--1 eive has progressed at Ablain and St. Nazaire. We occupied a group of Louses near the cemetery which the Germane 'firmly held. Afterwards we carried by assault the German trenches along the road to Moulinulon, south-east of Ablain' We also captured large German earthworks in the direction of Souchez ' after heavy fighting, the enemy sustaining a serious defeat. We captured seven officers, 400 men - and a dozen machine guns. *

] CASUALTY LIST. DIED OF WOUNDS. ' Auckland Battalion. ; ' Mounted. Trooper A. C. Simpson. l ;• .*.■"'. (Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) ~ THE FALABA ENQUIRY. ,i; . London, May 28.. At the Falaba Lord Mersey; announced that he would not' give a decision until the Lusitania enqiiii'y had concluded. ONE CHILD VICTIUM. The child, injured at Southend, dmring the Zeppelin invasion, is dead . VON SANDERS WOUNDED. London, May 28. The Echo de Paris reports that Von Sanders hae been wounded and Admiral Von Useden succeeds him. RAILWAY INimiIUPTiED. ' A squadron placed bombs on the railway line at Trieste and Mabresina, interrupting communication. TShe squadron returned unharmed, despite a violent artillery and rifle lire. (Received This Day 11.15 a.m.) ANTI-GERMAN UNION. London, May 28. The newly-formed Anti-German Union held a demonstration at East End. They demanded, besides interning hairdressers and waiters, the Government should intern rich tiermaniT who were, mingling with society and who were becoming more dangerous. Several speakers advocated following the Russian example of expelling Germans and preventing their return in the.fu« ture \ THlj! GERMAN WAY. " Paris, May .28. Hie provincial administration at Brabant has issued statistics showing that during the German occupation of ■Brabant district 6842 houses were burnt, 16,000 damaged and pillaged, 834 civiliane (men, women and children) shot, and 110 sent to Germany. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S London, May 28.

Petrograd reports that in the region oJ Shavli the Russians on Tuesday and Wednesday were successful and progress was made south-east of Muraviewo, the Shavli line, and the Lower 'Debiesa. The 'Russians repulsed the enemy's offensive at Rossieny, capturing several hundred prisoners and automobiles an dother trophies. Bobra, on the enemy'e right on Tuesday, was bombarded with heavy artillery. In the iregion of Oeaowlecz the enemy attempted a fruitless offensive under cover of asphyxiating -gae, east of Jedwabno. Several sectors on the Narew front were active with, artillery and rifle firing. In the region of the Vistula and the Bzura the Russian Light Infantry bayonetfed sixty of the enemy in a successful skirmish with the pickets, and the survivors w&re made prisoners. In the direction of Opatow the enemy made barren attacks with great forces. In Galicia on Tuesday and Wednesday night the enemy attacked on the whole front of the Upper Vistula and on the left bank of the San, but everywhere were repuleed with great lose. The intense stubborn bat#e on both banks of the San and between Przemysi and the river czowka, and between i*rzeinysl and the great marshes of the Dniester continues. In the (region beyond the Dniester on Tuesday the enemy opened a determined offensive on the whole

front of the great marshes of the Dniester to Dolina. On this and the following days the enemy suffered enormous losses, but nowhere was successful. The hostile element vhioh pierced between the Russian points d'apptii near Stryj were destroyed by ouir lire. During a counter-attack the Russians took many prisoners, the number not being known. A LINER WRECKED London, May 28. The Atlantic liner Champagne was wrecked off St. Nazaire. Nine hundred passengers were landed. ITALY'S RETALIATION. Amsterdam, May fS. ■The Cologne Gazette states that Austria, having refused passporte to the Italian Consuls, the Italian authorities arrested Austrian Consuls in the various towns.