THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 June 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Latest Cables This Afternoon's War {News. J.BUCCTUIU XBLKUUAi'H —COl'XtUUH'f. 1 j>BU I'IIEBS ASBOOUIJON-i POWDEJK, MILL DAMAGED. Amsterdam, June 20. A powder mill iu Ruililand, Haentz district, was considerably damaged by an explosion. Six were killed. lIALIANSS TAKE GERMAN PRISONERS. Home, June 20. German soldiers taken prisoner in Cadoro district declared they belong ed to a division of 3i),O00 irom Meok lem'burg. POLAND'S AUTONOMY. Petrograd, .lime 25. A commission of six .Russians and six Poles, under M. Goromykiu's prusi• dency, is studying the restoration ot Poland's territorial integrity and autonomy, i (Received This Day D.40 a.m.) A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. Pains, June 25. A communique states that we attacked between Angres and Souoliez and made further progress. A counter* attadk on the Labyrinth was repulsed The Germans delivered a violent attack on the whole front at Oalonne and hurled asphyxiating bonius, and threw burning liquid over our men. They penetrated ii portion of their old second line of trenches. Our counterattack drove them out. The enemy attempted at midnight a fresh offensive but lvere caught within our curtain of tire and were dispersed with heavy Josses. Infantry attacks on out tren chei at ißeiohaeke.rkopjf Vere stopped by our artillery and infantry. A Gernuiu aeroplane dropped five bomibs harmlessly on the sanatorium at Zuyboote. OVERSEAS CONTIN GENT. Johannesburg, June 25. An overseas contingent oi 4000 mea is .foaming. , (Received This Day 9.20 STEAMER BURNT. London, June 25. The Norwegian steamer Tiuina, from Archangel to London, was struck by a torpedo and burnt off the Shetland Islands. The crew is sate. THE MUNITION BILL. The Munition Bill includes a provision that a lockout cannot be declared until one month alter the employers report the difference to the' Board of Trade. The Minister of Munitions has power to control the net profits ■whereof the standard per month will be the net average lor .two corresponding periods completed before the outbreak of war. Wages must not be changed without the Minister's consent. Any .rule or custom, not having the force oi law., which tends to restrict productions of employees, shall be suspended, j and nobody will be employed unless he produces a certificate stating that his last employer consented to his leaving. Owners are required to inform the Minister of the number of employees, machines and nature of work carried on. There are certain penalties specified for offences under the Bill. The Munition Tribunal will consist of the Minister's nominee and two more assessors, chosen equally from panels constituted by the Minister and representing _the, employers and workmen. ? "The duration of the .Act will.fbe the same as that of the Ministry of' Munitions. THE FIGHTING IN GAIiLCIA. Petrograd. June 26 Official.—The enemy attempted with extraordinary persistence to advance along the railway Lemberg-Brzezany, but failed owing to our vigorous coun-ter-attacks. A desperate battle on the Zuravno-Domestrvitze front is developing iu our favour, and the great German forces' which crossed to thg left bank of the Dniester in tile Kozary district suffered enormous losses. They ■Were driven back to the river and forced to assume the defensive under difficult conditions. Some crowded on to the islands iwhile others ching to the left bank. The Austrians who crossed the Dniester, near Martynovo and Rouzdiantw, were flung back to the river where 1700 already have been taken prisoners. The enemy, endeavouring to hold houses near the rivetare desperately resisting. Oua - artillery gave effective support. We assaulted a strongly fortified position on Mount Bezyminnna in the Nizniow region. The Austrians did not dare to face our impetuous 'bayonet attack and fiVd in disorder to their second /hie. \\\' followed and bayneted the garrison, except some remnants taken prisoners.