THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

f Latest Cables This Afternoon's War News. [jfiLtfcmc X'KLKOiiAI'U — COi'X'ULUUt.J jI'JCU t'HKMB AHBOUUIIUW-i HIGH COMMhSSIONEII'S HEP OUT. Received This Day. -1.50 p.m. The enemy bombardment of Eunu>s and Dunkirk has been followed by re prisals ol the Allies, by hring on Wostende and Middlekirk. Pive 'jombs dropped by u German at Dunkirk caused no damage. In the Argonne district two attempted German attacks were easily checked. In the Vosges Moun tains the Allies extended" and consolidated their positions on the crest ol Kingokolf, and occupied Lo Fire, l'lie enemy counter-attacked unsucceeslully. MAKING MUNITIONS. London July 27. The Manchester Guardian says that with in a short time every large ,vork shop in India- will be making munitions. The general work in tho railway shops will be suspended a cohhection. An official correction of the casualties gives the number 01 men killed in I'Yance as 48,372. -VOinVEGIAV VESSEL BVRSED. p Amsterdam July 2/. A German submarine set Are to the Norwegian timber laden schooner Harbo from C'hristiania to Sunderland. ]t gave the crew Eve minutes to escape. A trawler landed them at Yomiiden Jhe captain saw three other vessels burning in the vicinity.

A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE Paris July 27. A communique states that in reprisal lor thy 'bombardment of Eunice and Dunkirk, we bombed the German cantonments at Wosteiide. Middlekirks, and in the Vosges. We extended and consolidated the ground captured on the crest of Lignekoph, and occupied the pass between the Lignekopf and the Quarries. Three counter-attacks were repulsed.

Received This Day IMO a.m. BRITISH CASUALTIES. London July 27. The Rt Hon. H. H. Aflijuith stated that the British naval casualties up vo the 20th totalled 015 officers, whereof 109 were killed, and 8-191 men whereof 7430 were killed. 'Ilie military casualties to the eighteenth in France were 11.25-1 officer#, whereof .'3288 -were killed, ami 255 J;U) men 'whereof -10.372 were killed. At the Dardanelles (including the naval division), 2144 officers, whereof oG/ were killed and 47,0'Jl men, whereof "5G7 were killed. In the other theatres ol tlio war ex eluding German South West Africa, 113 officers, whereof 1-15 killed, and 5333 men whereof 14-15 were killed. USE OE ARMOUR ADVOCATED Several newspapers urge this use oi bullet proof breast plates. Many m the Trench army are using such protectors. »Sir A. Cuiian Doyle in advocating artificial protection, (says when Ned lvelly walked unharmed before tlio police rifles in his own handmade armour, it was an object lesson to the world. If an outlaw could do it why not soldiers.

! ANTWERP FINED. Rotterdam. July "27. General Bodeniliausen, Governor oi Antwerp, has lined the city £10,000 as the result of the patriotic demonstration oil the twentyfirst. Since then lie also has imposed rigorous regulations oil civilians, and none are al owed to stand in the streets. UiUTlfcjJbl ACTIVE. Reuters Solia correspondent a tales thai u submarine destroyed a large vessel laden with charcoal oil Jialtapc'ii, on the Asiatic bhore ol tho aca of .Ua; mora, and destroyed a part ;>t the railway fine al Dilikleszi Oy gunhre. MINES AND SHEEPDIP. t'.dohel Do W'aral ol Gencnii Dotha's stah, speaking at btelienboiseh said that the Germans had laid six thousand mines in Damaralaiid, uut the Union lorce only lost nine men thereby, whereas twenty one Gentians were killed. ihe Germans used more sheep dip for poisoning the wells than would suflice to dip all the sheep in South Africa but not a Union soldier was killed thereby. ... i (Received This Day JL.zU p.m.; MORE VESSELS SUNK !

London, July ft, A submarine sank the Huh trawler, Honoria, in the North Sea. The crew ol twelve was landed at Kirkwall. Copenhagen, July 27. A submarine sank the Danish steamei; Nogill. The crew was landed at AVilhelmsliaven. Havre, July 27. Reports confirm the burning of two Norwegian and one Swedish vessel, in One result of. the heavy rains last week is that all the gravel pits round Levin contain a large quantity of water wihich lias come in 'through the gravel. The Oxford-street pit at the rear of Stiles and Matliesons has a depth cl six oi' seven feet of water and the water is several feet deep in the lowe • room of Stiles and Matheson's premises The long pit alongside the railway also contains a large volume of ;vater and all the back yards of the people /iving on the edge ye .flooded. j „

addition to the Harbo, oy a- submarine. ITALIAN COAST BOMBAHDiSD "* Home. July 27 An Austrian light cruiser aud tour destroyers bombarded the Adriatic coast railway botween the towns Sinigaglia, Pesaro and Fano. Two Hydroplanes bombarded Ancona. lie damage was slight and there were no casualties.

AN AUSTRO-HUNOARI AN PROMISE Zurich, July 2/. Tn reply to tho Pope's appeal, tho Austro-Hungarian Government has promised to respect churches and sacred monuments in Italy if not use.i for military purposes. (Received This Day 12.20 p.m.) I IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Copenhagen, July 27.. An employee of the Salvage Company just returned from Constantinople, where he has been repairing warsiiips, states Chat the Turks aro at their wits' ; end for fuel and ammunition. All oid warships aro being stripped of useful metals, and house to house s®ar- , dies are instituted for the same pur-

pose. Turkish feeling against the Germans is increasingly bitter. A big fight took place in the Constantinople infantry barracks a fortnight ago. wherein ten Germans were killed and fourteen wounded. The attitude of

the "population is dangerously hostile and undouFtcdly they will rise against

the Germans at the lirst opportunity. The authorities consequonCly are confiscating arms in a wholesale degree. Gunners from the Dardanelles lorts state that only a limited number of shells are allowed each gun daily. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

Amsterdam, July 27. A German official report states that Ave compelled a l 1 reiich aeroplane to descend north-west oi 'Pureeing. We captured a British aeroplane and aviators near Geronne. The enemy captured our advanced trenches at Linge•kopt. We 'repulsed a Russian attack lrom -Milan. and we are closely following tlie retreating enemy towards Pasrol, soutli of .Uitau oil the Xiemen The Russian attempts tu push back our troops advancing across the Xarev by a .simultaneous attack from the line Govorov-Wyszchow-Serock but completely tailed. We captured men and thirteen machine Our troops east and south-east of Rojany are pushing the defeated enemy westward. The situation at Warsaw and Novogeorgievsk is unchanged. We occupied villages north oi Grubieszow, capturing 39-11 men. Otherwise Genoral Mackeiitsen's operations arc unchanged.