THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 June 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. [KLBOTBIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.]} [PER PEESS ASBOCmiON-l HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Loudon, June 2-1. North of Anas the night relatively ■was calm ,excepting north of' Souchez. where the cannonade is increasing. 'Ihe CEcmy bombarded Arras, especially the Holy Sacrament Ambulance. Some of the nuns and hospital attendants were killed. At Dompiere, after the explosion of a mine chamber. theie was a violent 'bombardment of the French trenches, but the feeble enemy attack was repulsed easily. On the heights of the Meuse the French main'tained the captured positions. In Lorraine, near Leintrey, the eiieinj counter-attacked and after a lively struggle were repulsed. Prisonei s taken in the La Fecht region since the 14th number 25 officers, 53 non-com-missioned officers and 638 men. (Received Tills Day 8.50 a.m.) HONOURS FOR CHAPLAINS. London, June 24. The latest honours and awards include the military medal for half-a-dozen Anglican, Roman Catholic, Wesleyan and Presbyterian chaplains. GERMA>TAND TURK. Paris, June 24. The official account ol the fighting at the Dardanelles, dated the 4 th, says that according to Turkish prisoners, Germany unceasingly sent trained men to Turkey, and German officers everywhere are employed in high commands. Among the fantastic stories told by the Ottoman soldiers is that Russia offeredr-seven of her provinces to Turkey in order sccure peace, while Roumiaiiia had declared war on the Entente. A communique states that the enemy bombarded Arras and at one point particularly shelled the ambulanco of the Holy Sacrament. Some ol the nuns and nurses ivero killed. AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS. Paris, June 24. Official.—The account of the- lighting at the Dardanelles yesterday says that an important point of the success' is that wo captured ground commanding the head of Kerevescere ravine which the Turks were defending desperately for months. A BELGIAN SUCCESS IN AFRICA. Havre, June 24. A force from the Belgian Congo ca-p----tmred the German station of Khjigries. north-eastward of Kivu, after destroying the adjacent fortress. AUSTRIAN,S REPULSED. 'Rome, June 24. A communique states that the enemy attacking Preskoel were repulsed leaving 200 dead. THE CZAR AT THE FRONT.

Petrograd, June 24. The Czar lias goiie to the trout.