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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1915, Page 3

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This Afternoon's War News. LISLJCUTUIC lELKGUAl'U—corYttionxO [l'lill I'itliSS ASSOCii'IION-1 (Received This Day 9.o() a.m.) imports am) exports. London, Tunc 7. Imports increased by ,1;12,535,67(5; exports decreased by £8,532,198; and re-expurts decreased by £128,200. FRENCH MINELAYER SUNK. Paris., June 7.

Official.—The French minelayer Casabianca was 'mined at the entrance of a bay in the Aegean Sea. A British boat picked up the captain, ono officer and sixty-four men. It is possible that other survivors landed and were taken prisoners by the Turks. FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (1 communique states that an artillery duel of extreme intensity took place at Lorett, Ablain and Oabatrouge on Sunday and Monday; tho enemy's counter-attacks completely failed. YVe attacked the enemy's position near Keb'uterne, and captured two lines of trenches along a 1200 metres front and took several quicklirers and a number of prisoners. The Germans made violent counter-attacks north of the Aisno but failed. We maintained our gains of the 6th. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. North of Arras two German counter attacks Jailed : on* attack on the sugar refinery at Soiichez was stopped by the ■.French artillery and the other one was repulsed by the infantry. The French progressed, gaining ground one kilometre east of La Chapelle de Lorette, ana taking one hundred metres in tho centro works of the "Labyrinth." Tlie French attacked, near the enemy's position in the neighbourhood of tlie farm of Tointbont, taking two successive lines of trenches and capturing prisonous and some quickfirers. HIGH COMMISS IONEII'S REPORT. London, June 7. On Monday morning the British attacked an airship shed north of Brussels Bombs were dropped on the shea, the flames reaching a great height. It is unknown whether there was a Zeppelin inside. The pilots returned safely. On Monday SubLieutenant Wareford attacked a Zeppelin iu mid-air between Ghent and Brussels. Six bombs were dropped on the airship which exploded and fell. The fofce of The explosion turned the monoplane upside down. The pilot lighted the machine but was iorced to land in the enemy's country. He restarted the engine and returned safely. On Sunday night a Zeppelin visited the east coast of England and dropped incendiary and explosive bombs, with the resuTt of two fires, five deaths and forty injured.

CKeceived This Day Li.ls a.na.) VICTIMS OF SUBMARINES. London, May 7. A submarine sank the Aberdeen steamer Star of the West. The crew was landed at I'eterlread. The barque Salight, sugar-laden for (Liverpool, was sunk by a torpedo off the Irish coast and the crew were landed at Queenstown by a trawler. AMMUNITION FACTORY AT CONST AN TIN OPLE. Athens, June 7, . Krupps have established a large factory for shells and explosives at Constantinople, with 1000 German workmen. COMPENSATION FOR GREEKS. Germany lias agreed to compensate the owners of the Ellispontos, sunk on 18th April. . IN VASION OF ALBANIA. Paris, June 7. Serbian troops have invaded Albania and occupied the region ol the Lower Libra unopposed. The Echo do Paris states now that Italy has occupied Valona and Serbia invaded the territory, Albania is lost to Austria. , CAS U ALT 1 LIST. Sick and wounded in Greek Hospital at Alexandria.— Auckland Battalion. Priva to O. Angrove. Private J. Halley. Private 11. \V, Xhorbum. Canterbury Battalion. Private A. Foster. ' Private L>. Gilbert. Private C. J. Sliaw. Otago Battalion. Private J. Elstono. Private R. Wilson. Sergt. T. Miller Wellington Battalion. Private A. Christie. Field Artillery. Gunner C, B. Lumeden. Field Engineers. ' Sapper G. L. Newman.