THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

(.KLBCXBIC 7XLEGBAPB —COPYUIGBt 1 ! | PER PREBB ASSOCIATION.! ANOTHE-R JTDVANCE. ) , Paris, June 21. t Official.—We advanced an the direction of Souchez. The artillery struggle continues very violent. 1 IN GALIOia. Petrograd, June 21. 1 Exceptionally heavy rains in Galicia are assisting the Russian defence by increasing the bogs. The rivera ' are greatly swollen and many small * streams are formidable now owing to the wide marshes on either side. Guns are audible at Leinberg. Passes - have 'been issued- .to 10.000 Russians l to leave the town. s Official.—The enemy's forces crossed f the Dniester below Nizniow and occupied two villages. We drove them } hack, inflicting great losses and G&k----3 ing prisoner 2000 in one village. AUSTRO-GERMAN NEWS.' , Berlin, June 20. ; A communique states.—Xorth of La - 13assee Canal and north of Alias wn , TTioodily rej/iil; fcir.oi a! partial at- >, tacks. Mackensori'.s armiui capture'! vjrodeS positions. 'The German troops on Saturday with an Austrian Army Corps, under Field-Marshal Von Are, attacked strongly fortified lines extending thirtyt-Hve kilometres north of •j"auow to • south-west of Rawaka, and stormed - tlTo trenches in the afternoon ana" drove the Russians behind the great road rumflThg SJetween Zolkiew, north of Leinberg and Rawaka. Under pressure of this defeat the enemy en Saturday night evacuated an adjoining position between Gfrodek and the Dniester marshes where they were neavily pressed iby the Austro-tHungaj-Tans between the marshes - north of Stryj. ■London, June 21. A German naVal officer asserts that 1 Germany has built two battleships of 26.000 tons. 25 knots, with 15-inoh • guns since August, besides 48 subma- ' rines, including twelve ot 800 tons with a speed of 15 knots submerged and 20 knots on tlie surface. Amsterdam, June 21. An Austrian communique sayis:— We ' gained a fresh complete victory. The Uussians have collected remnants o? ' TTieii defeated army for the defence oT iLeinberg. ' srmoli, following MacKensen's victory, stormed the Russia is 1 on Toth sides of the Leinberg road and ' entered £he enemy's main positions ev--1 erywhere. The Russians are nofw re treating along the entire front towards LemTTeTg. Tf'e captured a thousand prisoners and much material. FURTHER CASUALTIES. DIED OF WOUNDS. June 5, 1915. Canterbury Battalion. Private H. Handley. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DANGEROUSLY ILL, NOW CONVALESCENT. Private G. A. C. Gi'bbs.DIED OF WOUNDS. Juno 18. Canterbury Mounted. Trooper F. G. Kideon. Field x\rtillery Brigade. Gunner W. Howie. Ota-go Battalion. Private G. W. Crossan. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, SINCE REJOINED. Private A. W. Grant. DANGEROUSLY ILL. Auckland Battalion. Private F. Webster. DIED OF WOUNDS. June 9. Auickland Battalion. Private G. Williams. KILLED IN ACTION. May 23. Private L. Allen. DANGEROUSLY ILL, THIGH AMPUTATED. June 19. Private L. W. Bennett. REPORTED WOUNDED. Auckland Battalion. ; Private J. L. Browlie. Corporal F. G. Hall-Jones. Private C. R .Hill. Private H. Ho,we. Private E. H. JohnstonePrivate N. E. Lo Noel. Private S. Milgrew. . Private A. J. Pevreal. Private R. M. Scott. Private H. L. Tuke. Private C. D. Yorke. REPORTED WOUNDED. Auckland Mounted. Trooper J. Smith. Trooper J. W. McPherson.