THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

(Heeeived This Day ij.3o a.m.)

Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. [.El KCTIUU TKLKUKAI'H ■- t'OI'YUIOHT i H'Ell I'Ui&i) ASSUriAIIOK i THEIR. REWARD. I , light Lieutenant Wilson and Might Lieutenant Mills who dropped bombs on an airship shed at Krere in Belgium on 7th inst., have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. (Received This Day J. 0.20 a.m.) RUSSIANS LOSE LKUBI3RG. Vienna, June 23. Official.— Lemberg has been captured. (Received This Day U a.m.) ALLEGED POLITICAL CORRUI , - TION. Ottawa, Juno 23. A Royal Commission is investigating the charges of political corruption in the Manitoba Legislature. Counsel is representing fourteen private members. It is alleged that the former administration made, a compact to pay the present administration, which was then in Opposition, £10,000 as hush money to drop election protests. The alleged agreement provided that enough Conservative resignations should take place to allow tho new Government to take office without an election FIGHTING AT GAIXIPOM. Cairo, June 23. Official.—General Gourand, at 4.30, on Monday morning, began an attack on the formidable works at KereVesdere. By noon the French Second Division had captured all the second line of trenches opposite them, including the famous Haricot redoubt, which was made of entanglements and communication trenches. The .First French Division on the right after -i fierce light captitired the trenches but were driven out. They again captured them 'hut were forced to fall back. The British artillery then assisted the l<lench left and finally launched a line of attack. At six in the evening they had captured 000 yards of the first line of trenches which tfiey still hold despite, heavy counter-attacks throughout tho night. The enemy lost very heavily. The French "75V practically wiped out a Turkish. Battalion which an aeroplane detected. The elan and contempt of danger of the young French draught list contingent was admirable. During the fighting the oattleship St. Louis did excellent service against tho Asiatic batteries. HIS JJTRMT .FLIGHT? ' . Amsterdam. Juno 2H. The Kaiser's son, Prince tfoaohinj, has joined the aviation corps in i,landers. A FRENCH LOAN. New York,, June 23. France has arranged fifty million dollars, five per cent loan, with a currency of one year, with the Pierpont Morgan Company and the Rothscholds in Paris. The (security is high-grade American railway bonds. RUSSIA'S REPORT

Petrograd, June 23. A communique states that our cavalry in the Shavli region burned a largo enemy transport train and put the powerful convoy to the sword and annihilated several commandos of Chasseurs and mounted patrols. Our in* fantry in the Tenevo region crosesd tho river and bayoneted a battalion. We repulsed desperate attacks north oi l?a:wauliika taking prisoners over 8(K( We had important successes on tho Dniester below iNizniow. Our infantry stormed many fortified rarms near the village of Snowitourl. capturing 35U0 prisoners and many machine guns. Tlie enemy retreated in full flight across the Dniester. The pursuit continues ami our troops are on the enemy's heels. The enemy is retreating at many other points in the Dniester region and a further 1000 prisoners were taken. It is semi-officially ntafeed that there are four million Austro-Oermans between the italtic and Bukowina. Two millioiiis of these are on the hundredmile front from the Lower Tenev to Mikolaieff and -150,000 on the Dniester front. HIGH COMMISSJ ONER'S REPORT!. London, June 23.The Germans attempted a lresh coun-ter-attack at Neiiville cemetery and the "Labyrinth" but were repulsed completely. AVest ol the Argonue near Biiiarvilleveic-Le Chateau' road there is lighting in the communication trenches with hand grenades. On the rest -of the Argonne trout we have consumed large quantities of munitions. In an infantry attack on the heights of the Meuse at Caionne trenche* the French acquired in the evening a Iresu part of the second German line. in Lorraine a new counter-attack against our pesition near Leintrey n'as repulsed and the French maintained their gains and took some prisoners. In La Fort Knelje. in the region of Baudsapt. the euomy gaiued a looting ; n the evening after some hours 'bombardment in which they fired nearly -1000 shells, and then advanced on the French work along a 200 metre iront. They also attacked the neighbouring trenches, 'butt the German offensive was checked promptly and by a brilliantly executed counter-attack the lost ground almost was entirely re-captured, the enemy only succeeded in retaining the extremity of tlie works. The French took 140 prisoners. In the La Fecht region the French occupied. Sondernacn pushing their line up to the slopes on tlie eaet of the village. A desperate battle took place at the river Ringovo on Monday. The Russian infantry progressed. In Galicia, in the Taneff region, the Russian infantry ,after crossing the river on Sunday night, near Ossuokha, bayoneted a (battalion of the 82nd Regiment.

The following night they repulsed desperate attack north of the line ThieszaiioffJlawarueska, taking 700 prisoners, including 23 officers and thro 3 machine guns. in the direction of Lwmberg Micro was some lighting. On the Dniester the Rutssians achieved some imoprtant .successes below J\ijnioff. The Austrians Had sent across the Dniester some strong contingents ■which the Russians have been fighting desperately since the T-Jth on the iront Ohtra-Konmvitz-Tvaimerjinc-Snonvkloult' VosiloufT-Uniche. At dawn on Monday the struggle ended in a complete Russian siiece.se. The infantry carried by storm a number of strongly-fortified farms and at the village of Snouvidoii.ff, when. , the enemy offered a desperate resistance we took 3-jOO prisoners and many mitrailleuses. The enemy in full' flight re-crossed the Dniester, the Cossacks pressing hard on the flying enemy and crossing on four or the enemy's bridges, and continuing the pursuit on the right bank of the Dniester. Near the village of Koropatz and Kasmerjine the enemy also were compelled to reUeat. At Jojiiva, and in tre town of .Slalescliiki. the enemy- are holding ground 'behind barbed wire entanglements near the Dniester. On Monday night after a desperate battle the Russians stormed the villages of .Malainoutovka. and R.ja'weHiky and Gromeszhty, and took 1000 prisoners, including the commander o[ the )'2nd Honved Brigade and nuimeroii.s mitrailleuses.

WAR FINANCE. London, Jime, 23. Business h'rms are assisting their employees to subscribe to the war loan. The Post Oflice is selling vouchers ireely, an clover' two millions prospectuses have been issued. The 3 J- per cent war at £93, which was ttS on -Monday roise to £95 15s. THE FAJLL OF LEMBERG. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent nt IVtrograil foreshadows the fall of Lcniberg. l''igiifcing is going on five -jr six miles west ot the town, but the field • works are of recent construction an<i FTieir value iV lessened by the densely inhabited area in the rear. Al! the military stoies have been removed from the town. CARDINAL MEI.CC.IiK- NEVER AKIIESTJ&D. A'aris, June 23. In the interview with the representative ol the Liberte, Hie J.'ope said: •'"Ion will lie astonished lo near that iCdrdinal Mereier never was arrested. He ha» been able to move freely through Ins tiioww. I received a letter Irorn General Von jiishing saying that Jie wilJ ropress with me greatest energy ecus oi violence to cliu'This anil ministers of God." ITALY'S CAMI'AKiX. lieporis show that in the jViOaitenero zone our troop.s encountered considerable new Force's- i>l the enemy apparently from Galicia. We. attacked and repnifcod liium with heavy losses. J ho Austrian Tnhincry at L'iava made renewed night a Hacks- , jussisteii by an intense artillery lire and grenades. The inundations which the Austrian*; caused from the Monfaleone Canal are subsiding, but si ill are formidable. SYi'EDIiSM BOATS CAUGHT. - Copenhagen. <J line ~3. German captured in the Baltic Sea iivo Swedish ships oouna for England, with tiniiber. Received This bay, 10.35 a.m. THE QlEbllOAb Or- MINTtiON.S. London J tine 23 j The lit Hun D. Lloyd George ans,wei ing questions said n reserved for agreement with the uade unions to I transier the workers where they were .required. He said the only acute, shortage was in skilled, .workmen in the engineering shipbuilding trades. Ho ■addeil timt Canada wa* the only Dominion troin when oh workmen were invited to join the >Stato works. THE Ml'-NrnONri DILL. The i{t. Hun H. Lloyd U.vige introducing tho Munition Bill said that tho condition oi our ainuiiiiion was kno-wu perloctly to the enemy. the cardinal laot was that ultimate viocory depends on the supply oi numbers and quality, aim if in earnest we could surpass the Aiifstra-Germau output- ol monitions. The .surplus of engineering works available for war wore greater than in I'ranee. THE i<liENl H ii^rtlitJ'. runs June 22. A communique states that we rcpulsol counter atvacke near Lite cemetery of Neiiville ami llie Labyuinth. We recaptured a lresh portion ol the second German line at Caiouue. The enemy at l<'outeiiclle and Liuudcsnpt after firing Jour tlioiisaml shells in h lew hour.s jn our mure advanced works on a two hundred metre front, gained a looting and attacked the. neighbouring trenches They immediately were checked o,v a brilliant counter attack in -which we recovered aliuusfc Dhe whole o! the lost ground and took prisoners lot*, including three oliieers. We occupied Sondernach and rt-aiheii the slopes to ihe eastward of the village. FOR GALLANTRY AND DiSTI-N----GUISHED SEKMCE. I'ari.s, June 'j.i. An addeiuhim lo the f'rench dcepafcii of -the oth April iuehi'.h's 1000 names. <K-ouj)ymg tin it γ-ui tie pages ol the Uazette which are recommended for gallantry and distinguished service on the held. They include many Indians. Canadians and titty-eight nursce. (Received This Day 1?.'50 p.m.) HONORS FOR HKAVE MEN. London. June 23. Honors and Victoria C>rosses have been awarded as follows:—To L'olorSergt. Hall, a Canadian who waK mor- ! tally wounded in bringing in a -wound- | f ed man under heavy Enfielcl lire ; to j ; Lanco-.Sergt. IJlecher. tor :i circTiinstance j cablet! on 25th May; Lance-Corpora I t, , Fisiier, a Canadian, tor having cover- I ed with a macliine gun a retreating j battalion at St. Julien. Later on,

Fisher was killed while covering the aefvance of supports; Private Mariner, King's Rifles, who left tHi'e trenches near Cambride. and crept up to '"he German entanglements, reaching an emplacement where a machine gun was hindering our working parties. tie climbed to the top of the German parapet and threw a ibomb under the "oof of bhe gun emplacement. The enemy fled, but returned. Mariner then throw a second bomb and crawled safely back to the British trench.

0 (Received This Day 1i.50 a.m.) d " ■1 The following hono's. have been announced: ( * Companions of the tJ a> th.—-Colonel c ' Chaytor (JN T ew Zealand); Colonel floaro "' (Sydney). '*• Companion oi St. Michael and St. V George.—Colonel Hayes. Victoria. s Royal Red Cross.—Matron Greave. 11 Victoiia Crosses. -Captain fcicruiuger, '" oi the Canadian Medical Service, for D moving wounded under lieavy lire from • a dressing station in April. He also f can ied a wounded officer, and when iin- ?. able- to carry him limner remained wTTfr'Tho sufferer under tire till relief f .came. 3 Lieut. George Ruupell. of the Katst Siwreys. Though several times wound- - eifne led his company and repelled strong" German assault at Hill 60. Lat«r ' when his company ■weakened he returned to headquarters, obtained - eiiiiorcements, brought them up under heavy lire, and held Ins position with magnilicent courage. TWO BR.AVE MEN. Full military honours have been ' awarded by General Birdwood to Com- ' mander Michael Doughty Wylie (V.C.) * and Capt. AValford (V.0.). The latter or- ' gaiiised the attack at Seddulbahr on Wylie'is death ; both were iiilled in tlie moment of victory.