Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

Laiesi Cables - This Afternoon's War iNtWfii. ;. SI KIAIUI.' UJLEOUAI'H -CtM'V'IIUIIT I ~l'h.ll i'litrtii AMS.JIUAIIuN : (Received This Day [).'2o a.m.) ERENCH GOLD ItJLSER\'J<J. Paris, July 8. M. Ribot's appeal lor goid met wi a splendid response and ha* swelli the gold and silver reserve to tort three hundred million francs. France has forbidden the export < gold. A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. A eoniniuniquo states that north < Arras somewhat violent infantry a< ', tions developed last night. We con pletely repulsed a German attack, pri \ ceded by a heavy bombardment, froi j' between Angres and Souchez to tli north <>± tjj.e_ road. We tucked north station an approached the village carrying & lin of German trenches after annihilate all the defenders with grenades an petards. Soissons again -was bombarc ed. In the Argonne, the Germans in the region of Marie Therese tried t leave their trenches but were repulsed Enemy attacks between Fcyeuhaye am Bois Le Pretre were stopped at th outset. (Received This Day 8.55 a.m.) THE SINKING OF THE EALABA Loudon, July 8. Lord Mersey has given judgment ir the Ealaba case. He says that there were more thai sufficient lifeboats and all -were good The cargo included thirteen tone ol cartridges and gunpowder, an amount that did not exceed what is usual in peace time. The Ealaba was unarined and the biibniarine did not give the f people on' board a reasonable opporT» tunity to enter the boats. The oppor--1 tunity was so inadequate that Lord / Mersey has been driven to the eoncluf c-iou that the submarine's captain aiiaed at sacrificing the lives of the pas- \ sengers and crew. There was evidence of laughing and jeering aboard the submarine while the passengers and crow of the Ealaba were struggling for their Jives. DESPERATE BATTLE IN TYROL. The Chronicle at Turin state 6 that a desperate battle raged along the the Lauerado heights in the " Tyrol fiom the Ist to the sth. It began in a blizzard and was continued in bitterly cold weather. Then the fog was so dense that the searchlights were unable to penetrate it: iSoldiers on both sides grappled with their corncomrades among the rocks and two Austrian batteries engaged in a fierce duel. The Austriaiis evacuated the position before the fog lifted. Sirne of the Austrians wear a shield on the back and on the breast and others carry steel screens with a peephole. HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. Athens, July 8. The Turkish reinforcements in the latest Gallipoli fighting included the First and Second Army Corps and the most warlike troops in the Empire composed of Arabs, Kurds and Albanians. It is estimated that they lost 20,000 in the recent attacks. (Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) THE WAR LOAN. London, July 8. The National Union of Raihvaymen applied for £10(3,000 of the war loan. ITALIAN WAR VESSEL LOST. Official—During a naval reconnaissance last night the Amalfi was torpedoed in the Upper Adriatic. N-cai-ly the whole of the crew and officers were saved. The vessel heeled over .'api'dly. The crew maintained admir- -'( able discipline and cheered the King and Italy aS-'t'lbey were ordered to leave the ship. 8 , The newspaper* refer to the loss of the Amalfi as aireJuevitahle and painful incident. Tins type of warfare will give a freshyTinpetus to Italy's efforts. *■ * i (Received This Day 8.55 a .In J ITALIAN 1 CRUISER LOST. London, July 8. Austrian submarine torpedoed .' a the Italian cruiser Amalfi IJ .T(99s(jWtons) in the Adriatic Sea. TALE. ' ■\jjKs German fic--~niun it-is that Great Britain nerve to master in India at Japur, Chvalior Eighty thousand Australians were landed and sent into the interior. ' -* Sanguinary engagements ensiled, «nd f the Australians practically were annihilated. ''SUBMARINE v. PATROL BOAT. •(, Paris, July 8. sifbl '^ ne Ei'saro gives details of the at--fwftck on the submarine in the Channel

on the sth. ' It states that the sub marine apparently strove to aic a torpedo at the patrol boat 'Holland The latter was brilliantly hantfed an< never' presented a target for the tor pedo. Meanwhie the Holland firet twenty-live younds, the last at 21 yards range, and the submarine dis appeared in a cloud of thick smoke. WIRELESS STATION 'fIKEN OVEE Now York. July, -8 ~ The United States Government has taken over the control of the Saysville wireless station. A suspicion exists that German spies wore using a code to inform Berlin of developments of militsiry importance. " HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. North' of Arras,- in the evening and at night, between Angres and Souchez, a German attack, preceded by a heavy bombardment was completely repulsed. North of Souchez station the French attacked and aproached nearer the village and took a lino of German trenches after exterminating the defenders by means of grenades and petards. They also progressed beyond and took some prisoners and cannon. Two enemy attacks were repulsed between Feyenhaye and Bois Le Pretre. Petrograd officially announces that the submarine which successfully ata German warship on Friday was British. A GERMAN MESSAGE. A German official message states that the French west of Souchez penetrated our trenches for 800 metres, but a counter-attack ejected them except irom a small portion where grenade fighting continues. 'Vigorous artillery combats occurred along the entire front. AVIATOR KILLED.

Squadron Commander Soames, of th living Corps, was experimenting witl in a J 1 'gli explosive bomb at Netheravon when it exploded and the fragment n killed him at 90 yards distant. if INTERNED AUSTRO-GERMAN It VESSELS. 11 - i- ->iajor Archer Shoe, in the Com e moil,s. asked whether the Governmeni would consider the que&tiou of selling the interned Austro-Geniian merchant ( l men to compensate for the damage done to our own mercantile marine. The Hon. AY. Riincinian replied thai .. the suggestion had not been overlooke ed. but it was not proposed to adopl e it at present. d r , U.ERMAN EXPECTATIONS. A Uerlin telegram states that the" Gernuins expect that Count Zeppelin's seventy-seventh birthday w ill be celebrated by some daring raid ]_ on British towns. I it EI X FORCU X G THE WEST. Zurich, July 8. s liavellers report that two thousand 3 military trains have crossed the Rhine , at Cublentz, Mayence and Mannheim in connection with the westward move- , ment of troops.