THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

(ELICrEIO TELEOUAI'H —COFTUIOB X 1 | PBR ASSOCIATION.! FRENCH SUCCESSES. Paris, July ID. ••i communique says there 'were sli'arp actions on the heights of the Mouse. "We re-captured, a trench (section which Uits enemy occupied ou Saturday upon the ridge on the southern slope of Souvauk ravine. AVe repulsed a fresh German attack accompanied by jets of burning liquids. "We inflicted very severe losses, taking prisoner over 200. IxN POLAND. Petrograd, July IIJ.l I J. A communique says: The battle between the Vistula and the Bug attained extreme intensity on Saturday. We repulsed the enemy's onset with yalour an 3 tenacity. AV« also repulsed ten attack® in \Yilkolaz district. Great masses of Germans attacked the left bank of the Vieprz and succeeded in making progress in labebno district, hut our troops heroically 10pulsed the attacks.

The enemy on the 16th suffered very great losses in attacking positions on the" river Volitza, where they left litaps of bodies in front of our trenches. The enemy's offensive against Tuk-kum-Atlantz continued. Large bodies or cavalry are being employed by both combatants. The attack on Prasnysz, which was conducted on a wide front, forced us to concentrate our positions nearer the Narew. "W6 captured 2000 Austrians with seven machine guns, who crossed the Dniester on Friday. June 61,900 Austrian and "rman prisoners passed through Ebff .vending 1141 officers. Ten thousand of the prisoners are Germans. THE BERLIN REPORT. London, July 13. A Berlin communique says General Buelow, near defeated the Russian reinforcements hurnudiy brought up, capturing 3620 officers mid men, six guns, and three machine guns The Russians continue to retreat between the Piss a and the Vistula, where the reserves and Landwehr under General von Scholz stormed some villages and General von Gallwitz broke through strongly consolidated positions at Mlodzi ano wo-Ka rn is we. Tho Russians are also retreating between the Pilitza and the' Vistula. General von Woyrech is making progress, and drove a wedge into the Russian position at Ilzanka, forcing the Russians to retire in the night with heavy losses southward to Zwelen. General Mackensen made several thousand prisoners in storming the heights south of Biazki. " THE COAL STRIKE. London, July 19. , The coal strike remaina unsettled. Messages from Berne state that there is great jubilation in Germany and