THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

iKLlvi n...»; • tMiUHAI-U- - I til'VltlOUr. 1 [i'KH I'UKSS ASSOCIATION.] luh i'kviil'i'Olt WAIWAW. Petrograd, July 21. Oilicial.—lke enemy stormed a por■tiou ui our liiie in Irout ol ivangoiod and broke the entanglements. N\ o counter-attacked and drove them ouut There was stubborn lighting in Sokol region. We captured several lines oi trenches, pressing the enemy toward* iSokal. Large enemy forces occupied a portion o! Porturcaa, near fc'okal, but we " expelled them, Their , reserves attempted to come u.p but our artillery prevented them crossing the Bug. Ji- ' llieting enormous losses. There was stubborn lighting near Voilewitze on the left bank ol the Vieprz. Large German forces i'liiiinieneed an advance north, and a fierce battel raged in the woods on the uigln of the -''2nd. . ,The enemy were every whore thrown back ,with very heavy losseC'atoUSftao lost bix guns. Wo took 500 i>rifioi:»rs. On the rest ui i\v front the (situation is unchanged. lYtmgrad, July '25. Oilk-ial.—The enemy continues to advance on the Janishai-Siiavli-rJos-sieni front. On tlio Narov Irout on the left side of Pis6a we repulsed :i jiight attack notwithstanding asphyxiating gases.

The enemy is making efforts to force .the Narev at Rossoini. A few attacks on advance works at Novu-georgiovsk-Ivangorod wore repulsed The enemy is endeavouring to advan .v towards Voljitza. In Lublin area thv enemy concentrated near Grubte&i >,', and alter stubborn lighting, manag».d to debouch north wards. 'Saw Cici'inuu troops have appear! on the Sokal front. Amsterdam, July '.'A. An Austrian official report suys — The enemy were strongly reini'oieul towards Sokal where they established a bridgehead on the east bank, and advanced at some points three hundred yards into our trenches. Elrsewboie hand-to-hand light with the Russians were repulsed with heavy lasses. The Germans made important progress bctweeu Vstrii'Z and the Vistula nori.liwest of Grubiedov. • The Archduke's troops repulsed the enemy across the Vronov, west of the Vistula. '1 ho Austro-Genuaiis advanced up tluVistula to the Ivaugorod girdle <••! forte. Amsterdam, July '_'•!>. An Austrian official reports say>; Aβ a result of .Ferdinand's, victorious attacks the enemy evacuated positions between the Vistula and Bistritz from forty kilometres northward ami the captures increased k> -lo officers am! II.oUO men. The Germans north t i Grulteszov pierced the enemy's posi tion. The enemy made fruitless attacks on the east bank of the Bug aud ■west of ivangorod.

THE AUSTRO-ITALfAN FRONT. Rome. July '-■) Official. —We have completed the occupation of Tofatia. The enemy made several futile ittacks at night at Isonzo. The Atistrians yesterday eudeavoui ed to advance in force against uur right at Caioo. but were obliged lo withdraw with heavy losses. An army order found on prisoicis shows that the attacks were repulsed ou the 22nd uas or the nature of a gen eral action for the purpose of dislodging our left wing, and was made l/y freshly arrived troops. Vienna, July i>3 We repulted Italian attacks on Doberdo. plateau, weakening the enemy, who yesterday near Selz penetrated part of our trenches but a counter attack .drove them out. Our cruisers shelled along the Italian coast k>o kilometres and damaged severai railway stations. Those at San Benditto and Grotto Mora wore afire, and many locomotives and waggons were wrecked. Tito water tower and several "buildings in Ortona were destroyed and a tug boat was sunk.