THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 June 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

« |Et,B<;riiiO "uLutiUAi'B -toi'i-KiCHr t ! fill I'ICM . SdOl *».< lON I ADVANCING SUCCESSFULLY. Pans, June 17. Official.- vie gained grou id at varion« points, notably cast of fjoretto a'd south-west and south of Souchez. We capturod in the l.abyri.'.h 3(.-'.; prisoners also machine guns. At Qiienneviore after rope'sing several counter attacks we ext s ii'i-xl o;,r gains north-westward and oapt'i-ed VK) prisoners." The enemy threw 300 slk!'« uu Rheiins, soma, incendiary.. A dozen projectiles hit tlie Cathedral We made important progress in the Vosgos. We carried Brann.- .p on u; northorn bank of llautej. li, takintt 300 prisoners, four officers, nv.iiy i.lhs pnd half a million cartri.'l<jo* On Tuesday some bombs w >n.i drop. ped on .St. Die, lielfort, ami Nancy Some civilians were wounde.!. RUSSIA'S REPORi. Potrogrnil. ,1 mo 17. Official.-The Gcrmnn attach dniir.;: the last three days at Liat/KO'v w-re nifsiiecf'ssfiil and ended iii our fnv >ur. The enenly is fruitlessly attempting the offensive 'hf&yond the Middle Nieinen and sustained heavy losses Wt) recaptured all our a-1, a rived trenches northward of Prasi".z, J'h» battle on the San com', me* v. it. 1 increasing fierceness. Fighting on the front continued to our" ndva'ii'me Wt captured southward of AYidnehe!! anrther 500 Germans ,incliif!iiic£ 1 ! lb h!'!. also four guns and six f.:nchi''9 g.ir, ITALY'S REPO" I '. Ho'iK", June i 7 O.J.'ial. -The combats -,\ -r. f.iv mR?,le„t< us along the wli i l ': !'.» el. i c'-'dly Carnia-Iszonzo. - AUSTRIA'S REPOR I'. Amsterdam. June 17 An Austrian official statement says: In the last fifteen days w; captur,'<l 100 Russian ollTcers, 122.30') men, ■! 3 cannon, 187 machine guns and 58 waggons. Tho Italians were repn'sed everywhere.

LATEST CASUALTY LIST KILLKD IN ACTION. Wellington Battalion Lance-Corpornl .1. E. Mills. Lance-Corporal (!. W. B.ngoss Lance-Corporal A. .1. rorsyfcb Lance-Corporal A. Winter Sergt. M. W. Malloy. Private E. X. Milligan. Private J. Mlackstoek. Private F. \l. Brown Private A. 1!. E. Harding Private J. C Kcasberry. Private E. f>. I!. 'Morrison Private E. .1. Haiinernia.il Private P. K. Baxter Private E. 11. Eishor. Private L. W. Hill. Private A. W. Holmes Private E. H. Moore. I'riva-te E. Mubliesen. Private E. 0. Irving. , Private M. 0. Prior. Private E. S. Pull. Private H. A. Schultz. Private S. Shadlow. Private M. V. Whitta Private O. Williams. Private 0. McNabb. Private H. O'Jirien. Private C. E. Phillips. Private T. 0. Prideaux. Private H. Sclioiield. Private AV r . J. Thurlow.

Canterbury Battalion. Private H. V. Palmer. DIED Or/ WOUNDS. Auckland Mounted. Trooper G. C Packson. WOUNDED. Trooper E. "W. Indcr. —■—A—i i Til