To=day's War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1915, Page 3

To=day's War News

Un.-coivea Ihi6 JJay a.m.) London August 1. -i pinaie oi mo -wgyils. who was WyiiuileU at the Dardanelles states unit German olucers s>trap the lurks to the machine guns nhicn are fastened to Uie giouiul oy bolts. A number of TurJis ncre ioiiud sitting m this position wounded. iit'iiter given detail* oi a plucky struggle in tlie .North Lanieroone. I'lireo liiiglisumcu and thirty-six natives, lor seven hours [ought lour nundred natives and sixteen German oilicers with lo.ir niaxiuj gmis. Tiie British lorco oco i pied a mud 11 rt and loot two Englislinien early in the action. A third J Fitzpatrick, who was not a solilier an I did not know native troops carried on the light. The Hermans attacked on all bides and sometimes got within four hundred yards. They concentrated their maxims oh one wall. Our men had only rifles but lought with splendid confidence. If a bullet passed through a loophole they only wiped the dust out ot' their eyes, und changed the damaged rifle for another. Late in the .afternoon nearly eight hundred other GerJiians approached, but apparently were short of ammunition, and were unable to persuade the men to risk a bayonet charge and retired after iooling the village and murdering lour villagers. The German casualties were three Europeans and thirty-three natives tilled, lour Europeans and 28 natives wounded. The liritish lost lour killed and eleven wounded. l'etrograd, June i. It is expected that a Uerman prince will be proclaimed King oi Poland ut Warsaw. The .Russians spared the city tin exposure of a bombardment. Ihoy lel't the electrical works and waterworks intact, and only have taken machinery and ammunition stores directly useful to the enemy. There was a great migration of Poles, Letts, and Russian Jews into the interior, where they will a»ist in the gathering ol the magnificent harvest. London August 1. Many wounded from the Dardanelles have arrived at Plymouth. There in only one bad case, the rest are fully convalescent owing to the voyage. All are optimistic of the progress being made at Gallipoli. Rome, June 1. General C'adonna reports the Austrian attacks in the Camouica valley and at Carnia, were repulsed. The Italian infantry look a bold offensive, in I'alpicolo zone which resulted in The capture of a strong line of Allot: , ..m trenches. The Aiibtrians were i<i\> - forced in the evening and counterattacked but were driven bacE wit'i grave losses. Operations on the Isonzo for the extension of the Plava Bridgehead hav- , been successfully developed, arid afk" , destroying extensive entanglements wo enlarged our occupation to the southeast along the slopes ot Mount Kuk and in the neighbourhood of Zagora. Our troops at Carso are advancing <.n the second Austrian line, and nave made appreciable progress in the centre where they captured the entrenchments and took prisoner 334. Paris, August 1. Army veteriiiarics recommend that cavalry horses be dyed blue match , ' .ig the new uniform. It is believed that the existing khaki dye irritites the animals. Ilajiue, August 1. Both Chambers of Parliament adopted the new Landfiturm Bill calling to the colours all who formerly were exempt, immediately, and incorporating the youngest class. The bill practically amounts to universal service and increases the army from 330.000 to 550,000. Potragrad, August 1. Two Russians aviators on the twentyeight, after a fight, brought down an Austrian machine. 'The Russians landed simultaneously and took prisoner the * enemy, whose machine was a new Avatik of 110 horse-power. The Grand Duke Nicholas lias order ed the indemnifying of the owners of property and crops destroyed during the retreat from Warsaw. Geneva, August 1. It is reported from Lodz that a German aviator, making a reconnaissance at AYarsaw, saw the Russian troops evacuating the town and retreating. Pans, August 1. A communique states the enemy at night unsuccessfully attacked us at Schraz, Meiielle and Reichackerkopf, i and sustained' very considerable loss. Our aeroplanes on Saturday threw 30 shells on the aviators' -camp at Dalheim.near Morhanges, and 61 on a milefctrain at Chateausalin. Ofu^PL—The arrests at Roubaix were due to the refusal to pay the hide i> , nity of 150,000 franos, the penalty in- J flic ted for the French bonibardrn>.it of AWamlretta, and also lor rosfusal to work. The 130 arrested have been interned in a prison camp at Knstr.w, in Mechlenbtirg. The French Government informs a'! civilised Government that this is * new and serious violation of international law, and has threatened reprisals if tho.se arrested are not released immediately. !

I I Rome, August "!. I Emigrants from Trieste states thai the evacuation of fhc town has begun and several of the* military and naval I yards abandoned. All machinery hat been sent into the interior. Potrograd, Aug. 1. The Czar has issued an order to the army and navy that despite, their efforts which have covered the flag with fresh glory the enemy is not yet broken. They must iuVE lose heart, but lace the news of the sacrifice. The tria is necessary to lead Kussia to success. A painful trial often has been sent but the country every time has emerged in greater strength and power. The Czar expresses hi.s firm belief in :i successful termination and asks God to bless the forces of .Russia. It i.s semiofficially stated that Germany continues to send troops to Russia from the west.