THE WAS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAS

I Latest Cables This Afternoon's War 0 s News. i" [BLKCTHIC XBLKOKAP«—COI'VEiauX.j u fi'Kii I'UESB abbocuuoi».) r (Received This Day £55 a.m.) , BOMBARDMENT OF .BAIU. 3 Rome, July 18. One of the aeroplanes that yesteruay bombarded Bari, when on its way , home was hit by rifle fire. It" fell near Barletta and was captured with two officers. , Rome, July 18. The Pope has instructed the 'Nuncio , at Vienna to protest against the bomt bardmeut of I3ari ' A GERMAN'SUCCESS. . Amsterdam, July 18. An official Uerlin message states that / the Germans south-west of Krasnostaf captured 28 officers, 6380 men aud nine machine nuns. THANKSGIVING. Capetown, July 18. Crowded thanksgiving services have been held throughout Wouth Africa; the victorious troous attending. PEACE PROPOSALS. London, July 18. The Financial News gives prominenceto reports from quarters closely coni.ected with German sources of information .that Germany is making tentative peace proposals through the I*nitod States. THE COAL-MINERS' STRIKE. There is despondency among the •South Wales miners and the executive k returning. The coal owners now have arranged to meet the Bon. W. Runciinan on Monday. The .miners' leaders have come "to no decision reyarding strike pay. the granting of whicif will be a serious matter for the Union in view of the Munitions Act. Wholesale dislocation of trade in the west is feared and several large works already have closed down. ff the strike continues till Wednesday coal stocks will be depleted by one million tons. There was unimportant rioting at Llanelly. and seven arrests were made. WOUNDED RUSSIANS BAYONETED. Petrograd, July 18. General Voldoff, head of the" Rod Cross in the north-western area, reports that two Russian battalions evacuated the trenches owing to asphyxiating gas, leaving 100 wounded behind. When the Russians recaptured tho trenches they found the whole 100 bayoneted. Some had twenty wounds apiece. Photographs were taken as proof of the atrocity. JN THE VOBGES. Paris, July IS. The Frenci| "Eyewitness," reporting on the lighting in the Vosges, describes Hie attack on Hill 627. dominating the region of Fonfenellc Laumois. Tho ■net-mans by ss.ps aud exploding powerfill mines approached to within twenty metres of our position on the hill, and then assaulted at the cost o fvery heavy kisses. They succeeded in establishing ' themselves on the summit on the 22nd June. The Germans then endeavoured to transform it into an impregnable fortress. The French preparations Units recapture were completed on Bth ' July when three columns supported by niiiineroiifi artillery, scaled the height . aud carried it after two days' fighting. The whole garrison, consisting of two battalions of the oth Bavarian Ersatz Brigade, were killed or taken prisoner. [ Thanks to the rapidity ot our movements the French losses were barely one-(]uarter of the German losses. The principal attack against the centre yf the hill was successful in less than ten minutes. The chiel credit' was due to the artillery. All the prisoners were suffering from nervous shock due to the 'bombardment, and expressed horror afc the shelling whereto they had. been exposed. The German defence practically was wiped out. though t. j comprised of livo lines of trenches, j dug-outs and extremely deep-flanking works which could enfilade the position nwe got a foothold. The works also were protected with trunks of tree* while corrugated iron and gunshields ' formed the embrasures.

(Received Tim Day 10 a.m.) mUM AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. Amsterdam, July 18. An Austrian official report states that the Austrian corps fighting with the Germans between the Vistula and liuir, stormed and captured after seveu attempts, an important Russian vantagepoint west of Graboviec and penetrated one of the enemy's lines southwest of Krasnoskof.

Berlin official message states that Von Hindenburg's offensive had led to great evente. Von Billow's army is progressing in the Kurschany district across the Windawa, the cavalry re peatedly defeated the Russians,, capturing eleven officers including'the com- ! mandor of the eighteenth Rifles brigade, j 2,350 men, three guns and five machin-j j guns. Von Gallowitz attacked tho j Russian position south-east of Mlava. I Tliroe lines were stormed successfully ! and carried'Siorth west and northeast j of Prasnysz and the Dzielin Lipa reach- , ed. The pressure on 'both sides shook the Russians who evacuated Prasny«ra ' and retreated to the previous consoli- j dated position of the Ciechanof-Kras nosicle line.

The pursuing German troop J stormed and pierced this position soutJ ward of Zielona on a front of 6eve' kilometres front, forcing tin enemy to retreat. The at tackcrs were assisted by Von Scholz'i troops ,who advanced in pursuit l'ron Kelme. The Russians retreated alouj; the entire front between the Pissa an-' Vistula. (Received This Day 9.15 a.m.) SUPPLIES FOR THE TURKS. Paris, July 18. Tho 'lurks have received oy rail via Bulgaria thirteen waggon loads of beu•iine, four waggon loads ot sulphur, a 'luautity of drugs and parts of four aeroplanes. DUBAZZO EVAOuATJSD. Rome, July 18. Afc Italy's instance the Serbians have evacuated Durazzo, maintaining a strategic position in the vicinity. THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN". Petrograd, July '8. The Germans are pressing hastily into new positions, and have occupied ooth banks ol tho watercourses north-east oi Warsaw hoping that when the city is captured the Russians will sue 'or peace, but Russia undouUtodly will teadily light, and fall back to the "Volga, ii necessary, inflicting meanwhile colossal losses on the invader. A largo consignment of big guns is expected late in the summer and will put a different complexion on the campaign and doubtless, enable Bussia to pour immense forces into southern and central Europe. Official.—The enemy on the right bank of the* Windawa are advancing in the direction of Tukkutn aud Altuz. We forced back the enemy's infantry eastward of Popeliany. Fierce fighting was continued with the front on the •right bank of the Jnza on Friday when three German regiments captured the village of Podosia and gained the left bank of the Jtiza. They took three Russian guns, but in a furious counter, attack a German force was annihilated by the bayonet and the guns retaken, and the enemy expelled trom Podosia. The Siberian and Turkestan troops fought the enemy double their strength and showed admirable valour and per severance. Wo fell back in Mlawa district to Ciechaiiol, the enemy having doubled his reserve. A Cossack Uri gade, north-west of Radom, captured 280 and two machine guns The enemy between tho Visfcula and the Bug assumed the general offensive and after stubborn fighting slightly progressed on the left bank of the Vieprz. The enemy several times forced our barbed wire defences eastward ol the village of Gradoustl, but wo repulsed them with the rifle and bayonot. Partial enemy attacks on the lvrylov-Sokal rront were repulsed. Wo took prisoners several hundreds. The submarine Nerpa torpedoed a large coal-laden ship in the Black Sea. aapununnn