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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1915, Page 3

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This Afternoon's War

News. [ELKGTIUC TELKQUAI'M — COI'Y RIGHT.} [I'EU PRESS ASSOOiiIION-1 (Received This Day tt.oo a.m.) THJS ITALIANS' CAMI'AIGiN. Pans, June 10The Petit Journal states that the Italians destroyed the railway at Roveredo and shelled Trient, Beseno and Besnello. They also destroyed some of the Austrians' best positions on the, right bank of the Lagarma, and also some on the left 'bank. The Italian losses relatively were small compared with the«oxtent oi the territory evaluated by the Austrians and the importance of the positions taken. CAMPAIGN IN EUANCE. A communistic states that last night the Germans tried to retake the (sugar refinery atSouchez, but were repulsed speedily. The Germans bombarded Neuville. They attempted to recapture our gains' at Hcsbuterne which extend for <jno kilometre over a front of 1800 metres. TWO ' BRITISH TORPIiiDO BOATS SUNK. London, June 10. Official.—A Genuan submarine sank the torpedoers No. 10 and No. 12, operating on the East Coast. "Forty-one survivors were landed. AN AEROPLANE ATTACK. An aeroplane attacking Venice deliberately aimed bombs at St. Mark's Square. , A GERMAN SCHEME. The Chicago Herald states that bankers, assisted by Count licrnstorff, are scheming to purchase the chief American munition plants, thus preventing the export of contraband to the Allies PEACE MOVEMENT JN TURKEY. Pans, June 10. Hava's Agency correspondent at Athens says that the departure of German families from Constantinople is regarded that they are becoming concerned about of thejposition of the 'Lur kisk army. The peace wave is gaining headway and a movement is afoot to replace the Cabinet with .\l,oi)i< r with Tewfik Pasha as Grand Vizier. RUSSIA'S INDUSTRIAL JiFI'ORT. Petrograd, Jui'e 10

The lit. Hon. D. Lloyd Geo "go's speech lias found a ready eclio m -Moscow. In the great industrial centro the masters held a meeting ; n ord-r to co-ordinate their eitort.s. All establishments hitherto engaged in th.® manufacture of articles not essential to the well-being of the people will be adopted for war supplies, and enterprises owned by Germans will be taken over and adapted for the same purpose and kept running day and night. J£verr available specialist, and all students of the technical colleges, will be included Tn the coining mobilisation for the industry. A consultative board (presided over by a Minister) will be created.

J9uring the first half year of the war the production of munitions increased sevenfold. TAKING A SALIENT. Paris, June 10. Official.—Details of the capture' of the strongly fortified German salient at Queeneviere, between the Oise and the Aisne, show that a heavy bombardment on the sth smashed the doensive works. The minefield was exploded 011 the morning of the Oth and the French infantry loaipetl from their trenches afid attacked the Germans who I were not ready and lost heavily. They sheltered in small groups in holes and many were buried alive. The assault on the entrenched positions was inado by battalions of Zouaves, Senegalese Sharpshooters and Brittainy infantry. Each. man was provided with 250 cartridges and two hand grenades, and within twenty-live minutes, after a brilliant charge over a distance of 180 yards, dining which two thousand Germahis were slain, the position was taken and 250 prisoners made. The Zouaves, charging farther away, captured three 77-miilkhetre guns. The Germans were mesmerised by the black troops' sudden bay one b attach and did not lire a shot. The Germans were mown down by the French "75'e." A few officers bravely advanced to our trenches but were not followed by their men and were Rilled. Our positions were maintained despite German reinforcements rnolored from Royo. Over 3000 Germans were killed here. The French casualties were 250 killed and 1500 wounded, mostly slightly by bursting shells. A TRAWLER SUNK. A Gorman submarine lned five shots anil sank the Grimsby trawler. Velocity. The crew was in a small boat for fifty-two hours without food or water. Tliey were exhausted terribly wlien picked up. MORE VESSELS SUNK. The steamer Ernedoldt was sunk by a torpedo off Harwich. The crew was landed. Tlie trawler Saturdon -was struck by a torpedo and sunk; the crew landed at Noflh Shields.. Amsterdam, June TO.

The builder ntiilaea a house of bribk, 'Twas sound as sound could be, But the builder himselt was out of repair, And a ragged cough ooughed he. '"Tis a wooden Buit I'll be wearing soon, Said he and his face was dour, But he beat the old reaper in just two hoars With Woods' Great Peppermint- ?3uro

A Dutch steamer has arrived with the crews of two Lowestoft fishing boats, sunk by torpedoes in the North Sea. AEROPLANE RAID. The Telegraaf states that an Allies* aeroplane flew over Brussels on Sunday night making for the airship shed at HeLme. Erom all directions a heavy artiilery fire was opened, but the aviator was not hit. Three bombs were dropped at Etterbek but tailed to hit the airship shed there. The aviator returned to Helme amid renewed gunfire and dropped three or four bombs on the airshed and great flames arose. It since has been learned that a Pars'eval was destroyed. It is believed aftei-. wards the aviator dropped some bombs on a large stable at Mons containing horses. It is believed that the Telegra-af's story is another vereon of the WilsonMills raid. GERMANY'S CLAIM. - Washington, June 10. ' Germany's reply to the Amsterdam note relative to the sinking ol the ship William P. Fryo claims the right to destroy any American vessel carrying contraband, while agreeing to pay damages for such acts. IMPRISONED ENEMIES. London, June 10. Sir J. A. Simon, in tne House of Commons said that addition.il internment accommodation was being got •ready rapidly for about nine thousand Germans and four tho nd Austrians in London. AUSTRIAN AVIATORS AT WORK. Nish, June 10. Three Austrian aviators bombed Kragujevatz, killing three and wounding ten. Servian aviators pursued them and after a light brought down one of file enemy, who fall in Austrian territory. A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. Amsterdam, June 10. A German communique states that the enemy near Souchez refinery works gamed small advantages. Ereneli attacks on the North of Neuville collapsed. We captured two hundred French in the south-west of iiebuterne. We captured (after sapjnng) several trenches in the north and toward Lemesnil. The French captured our advanced trench at AVest Bois lo Pretre. Our troops made only slight progress in the soutli-west of Shavii, owing to strong opposition. The enemy sent up strong reinforcements against 'our encircling movement east of Durissa. and obliged us to -withdraw. Our wing was unmolested. .New Russian forces, south and west of Lemberg, advanced southward anci made attacks i against portion of Von Linsingen's ariny north-east of the Drosbycz and I Dneister district. They were repelled.