THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

' — | ELKW IUC T KLEGUAPH—COVYKIGBT. 1 .■ J PUR" PIT-SB ABSOMATION.I . THE STRUGGLE IK FRANCE. ]■ Paris, July 5. Official.—'The mine straggle continues \ near Palisy, north of the Aisue, and therj? are combats with grenades ant air ; * torpedoes in the Argonne withoir -• infantry action. IN THE BALTIC SEA AMD IN INLAND. Petrograd, July, 5. Official.—The submarining of the ba'ttleship of the Deutchland class occurred at the entrance of Danzig Bay. A Ilussian destroyer ramtneel a ,submarine approaching lis and the submarine disappeared. Our destroyers were little damaged. There were desperate engagements on Friday and Saturday between the Vistula and the .Bug. We successfully stopped the enemy'? offensive at Wyininica river. The enemy concentrated his principal effort eastward of Kra&nik towards Lykliavo. wliero his attacks on I'Viday night wore repulsed. The result of the fighting ..At not knowir. , Tho most, desperato' lighting was where the Volitza joins the Vieprz. Here the enemy's losses were very heavy. After holding up the enemy's ad vance at Gnilalipa our patrols fell bae'.; on Saturday* night to Zlialipa. AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE CHECKED Rome., July i 5 The Austrians at Plava wero r>. pulsed with heavy losses, and their offensive ha-s been checked inasmuch ;■> reinforcements from Lemberg were liv. late to stop the Italian advance. Two <if the three forts protecting Tolmeno have been captured. Hie Italian advance at Carso w-h ' marked by a wonderful charge, anJ there was a great struggle 011 tho pari of the officers to prevent the men goiiu too far. Riva is closely invested and mule'- '' fire from two sides. Revictualling tho f town is impossible. The Italians are advancing from three points 011 Rove re to, which is on the line of the Austrian retreat fro 11 Riva.

Official.—We repulsed a further ai tack at Cargo, taking 500 prisoners, an. capturing two field guns and a numbe of rifles and machine guns. FROM BERLIN. Amsterdam, July 5. A -Uerlin message Kays: U3l) has beei raised aud all were alive except oru altei 3(j hours. Official.—We continued the offeusiw in Argunne. The booty on Ist and 2iiJuly consisted of 250(3 prisoners, 2b machine guns and 12 trench mortars. Hit French lour times fruitlessly attempt J to recapture the positions lost nett Eparges. Wo captured the French p - ) sition on a tront of (JOO metres nor'.h west of Regneville. The German a: craft dropped bombs on L,andguard to a of Harwich ami upon a flotilla of Eug lish destroyers, and also attacked foui lied railway works at -Nancy and Do a basle and the Harrier tort of Remi tniont. General Von L,insiiigen co l tinues his pursuit and lie has captured 300 LI. General Mackensen '.a adraujit; / on Krylow CASUALTY LIST. Mitylene, July -1. DIED OF WOUNDS. Auckland Battalion. Private TV. H. Clegg. Private TV. Smith WOUNDED Auckland Mounted Trooper H. Eisenhut. Trooper E. E. Frost Trooper T. L. Johansen. Trooper T. Stickbury. Trooper W. A. Drinnan. Trooper M. A. Brooke. Trooper A. ,J. Matthews. Corporal P. Fulton. Lance-Corporal U. H. Ford. Field Ambulance. Private D. E. Currie. Private A. Wachner. Otago Battalion. Private A. Ram age. Private 6. Allan. Private N". Peterson. Canterbury Mounted. Trooper J. Batehelor, Trooper TV. J. Moore. Trooper J. V. Wilson. Trooper S. E. Bassett. Canterbury Battalion. Private P. J. Graham. s jzi w*