THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

;; Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. >a [iSLBCTIUC TELEGHAI'H — COI'YIMUHT.) <y IVEII I'ltESb ASSSUCUiIOK-i y Received Tiiis Day V.iio a.m. „ A GERMAN CiL'Y. ■ Washington June 10. •:. The Suite Department lias ordered an. g investigation into charges, regarding a person supposed to be Dr Anton Meyer 0 Gerhard of the German Red Cross who li recently uas raising money for the a Red Cross Fund in the United ~ States and given a sale conduct home e to Germany. Ho really was Dx Alfred Meyer, head of the ammunition pur--1 chasing department in Germany. The Government alleged that Meyer acted _ as a spy while ostensibly a Red . Cross tour. 1 (Received This Day U. 15 a.m.) '. ROUMANiA AND RUSSIA. London j June 16. I "It is reported that on Tuesday the j Montenegrin Minister at Rome, rej eeived notification that lioumania has 5 signed 'a tentalive agreement with Rus- [ .sia overcoming the obstacles which have . prevented Roiimaiua from entering the war on the side of the xillies. The report is confirmed from other sources. Despatches from Bucharest state that negotiations aro being continued. A ZEPPELIN RAID. [ The Admiralty reports that a Zeppelin I raided the East Coast last evening. l<"if- , teen were killed and fifteen wounded. Some fires started but were overcome. LONG RANGE GUNS. Pans, June l<3. Gorman lung range guns from a distance of fifteen miles shelled the Compiegno forest harmlessly. The shells made holes thirty feet deep in the forest. fr it.itle.ss austriax effort. Rome, June 10. Ofiieia.-—The enemy made repeated attempts to break through the Sesis Pass in the Carnic Alps, but were repulsed and pursued with ttie bayonet. Investigations confirm that the enemy are use explosive bullets. RUSSIANS GIVE WAY. Petrograd, June 16. "Official.--The Germans, .strongly reinforced, resinned the offensive in the Jaroslav region and on the right bank of the San. After three days' hard lighting we yielded ground on the right banks of the Lubackzow and Wisizuia. We successfully counter-attacked on. the left banks of the Tismenica and Stryj, ' capturing 1200 prisoners and seven machine guns.. The Germans, at Widatcheff, fired after hoisting the white flag We killed all with the bayonet. We took prisoners 1000 near Nezniow and withdrew across the irontier in the Cz'crnowitz region. (Received This Day i 1.53 a.m.) REPORTS CONFIRMED. , London, June 16. The Pies.- Bureau, confirms the report that a Gerniiin aeroplane was brought down at Noroy Sur Ourcq. BifITAIVS AIR SERVICE. Tiie lit. Hon. 11. J. I ennaiit, in the House of Commons, said it was impossible'to .speak iu detail of the air service but the number of machines had been increased ten-fold and the men five-fold. There were now eleven schools for training pilots, accommodating two hundred students. There was no shortage of liigh explosive bombs since February and the supply of reserves now was ample. The Government contemplated building a super-aeropiane similar to the Russian. FOR THE TURKS. .IFucliareet, .June 16. The Roumanian authorities stopped another train of twenty trucks, proceeding to Turkey, with a double framework and the spaces filled with shells. All were confiscated. So-called German and Austrian couriers daily are passing towards Turkey with large quantities of luggage. The cases are supposed to contain Red Cross material but many have been found to contain war materia'l and apparatus lor making poisonous gases. CASUALTIES. Canterbury Battaion. Private J. W. Walsh. Lieut. 1-1. Alfred. Otago Battalion. Private S. lioardinan. Army Sei vice uorpft. Private .T. Coburn. .Driver i , '. N. ftobson. Private J. H. Kogers. i\.Z. Veterinary Lorps. Trooper A. N. McLend. I Army Pay Department ! Sergl. C. M. Boyes. Howitzer Battery. j Gunner D. Yv'hite. Auckland JLoimtcd Rifle* I Trooper W. R. Pattison j Trooper G. Miles. j Field Ambulance. ! Private Douglas Flint. I Private A. CTark. I South Canterbury Regiment. ] I'rivnte Arthur Bateman. i Wellington Battalion. Private E. G. Morgan Field Engineers. ] .Sapper C. L. Calvert. ■ Sapper R. P. Bates.