THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1915, Page 2

THE WAR

• ; ~ (ELKCJUiC T Kli EauAPH~COPriiiOlir. I . 1 run i*u_j3 ~sou< »*.H«K4. i ON THE FRENCH JjIIONT. Paris, uuly 7. . Official.—After a 'fight- 'with grenades wo recovered 200 metres of tiencrts at Uuis Lepretre. IN POLAND. 1 - 1 Geneva, July 8. Iff A telegram Irom Lemberg states that JF tho Austro-Germans pursuing the Rus-1. sians, sustained terrible losses as the f result of a counter attack thirty kilo- ' metres north of Tomazzow/where the .Russians fell on their right flank, routing a whole division, prisonering ' '2000 and capturing numerous guns. Thousands of wounded are continually arriving at Jaroslav, Przemysl, and Lemberg. Petrograd, July 8. Official.—The enemy were repulsed and are in complete disorded in Urzendow district. The enemy have been compelled to pass to the. defensive along the road between Ivrasnik and the river i3ystrietza and Kossajevka. We captured 2000 prisoners and several machine guns. The enemy have been compelled to su*pend tin* offensive between Kamionka and Gliniany, suffering severe losses. .• Vienna, mtify a. An ofiicial missage admits that the lattly northward ui Krasnik has become fiercer owing to the participation of strong Russian reserves. WORK L\ THE IiOiSPHOROUS. Petrograd, July 8. Official.—Our destroyers in the Bosphuni's delivered heavy and accurate lire upon a submarine which dived, and its late is uiikuown. We sank live Turkish sailing ships and lour galleys, coal laden, for Constantinople. , ITALI'S PROGRESS. Pome, July 8. Official.—We are progressing at Car«ia, prisonering from the Ith to 7th 1100. FROM "GERMANY. Amsterdam, July 8. A German official message says:— / We are threatening Lublin, Ivangorod and Warsaw. We frustrated the Russ:an efforts to break through the Austrian front between the Pruth and tho Dniester. The Ruissia'ns are using j l.aval guns lrom Kronstadt and otlibr ) lortresses and .several were captured. We inflicted learlul losses oil the AngloFrench at Arras and La Bassee. There were only 800 survivors of a regiment ol 1200 north ol V pres. The British penetrated a portion ol our trenches on luesday but were thrown ouifc in the evening. During our bombardment of the enemy in Arras the town was aflame and the Cathedral was

- burned. The French attempted to ro--1 capture positions south-west of Leseparges and entered our trendies, but were ejected except 100 metres. We captured a position between Aflly'and Apreniont, prisonering 300. Our airmen successfully bombarded a' camp soutlnwest of Suippess. We are progressing west of tho Upper Vistula. Luring the pursuit towards Zlialipa on b.ituiday and Monday we took prisoner >jßoo Russians. ft—is reported in .Athens that the Anglo-French Admiralties are disturbed by the news that •seven big "German submarines have appeared in the Aegean, compelling the withdrawal of the big ships, involving a catastrophe to the army. , CASUALTY LI,ST. KILLED IN ACTION. /. "Wellington Battalion. June 16. lrivate R. R. Kingdon. (June 17). •Sergt. H. A. Lee. WOUNDED. (June t-i.) Private G. Mackay. Private A. Norton, Private D. A. Toyo. DIED OF WOUNDS. Army Service Corps, Divisional Train. (June 26.). Driver John Henley. DANGEROUSLY ILL. Canterbury Battalion. I rivate llios. H. Crutchley.