To-day's War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1915, Page 3

To-day's War News

(Received This Day 0.-10 a.m.; i London, August . The London steamer Fuljens has been sunk. The crew oi twenty-tour were landed. The Echo de l'aris's Rome correspondent states that owing to the Italians' successes the Autstrians nave resumed the fortification of Vienna, wiiieli wu stopped w'hen the Russians left Galium. Rome, August 2. The Alpini, overcoming extraordinary difficulties, surprised several Austrian positions north of Conditio and along the Ponale Valley, preparatory to an attack on Riva. The Correspondenza's Salonika correspondent says that a grave difference of opinion has arisen uetween Envcr Pasha and other Ministers over the treatment of Bulgaria. Ehver threatened to 'throw the country into civil war. using a coup d'etat if necessary, and possibly' end by proclaming himself Sultan. Athens, August 2. A British submarine on Friday shel'ed a troop train passing along the coast to Haidar Pasha, and destroyed several waggons. Arrivals from Constantinople report that a fire last week destroyed 3000 buildings, including the German Hospital filled with wounded. Received This Day, 8.50 a.m. Copenhagen August 2. The Norwegian steamer Trondjemslord was sunk by a submarine. The crew of thirtynine was landed. Petrograd, August Official: Large German reiniorcemeiits from the French to the Russian front began in the fourth wceik ot July, when General \on Mackensen's army was severely hustled in the Vipivz valley, and the battles of the Narcw were long drawn. This creates tavourable conditions for the Allies operations in the west. Our battericb at Novudroevisk beat o'f operators of two German guns on motor carriage, and foiled repeated attempts to remove them. .Russian finance. In the Duma, M. Barcii, Minister -. 1 Finance, said that notwithstand Lg u.e enormous expenditure, Russia had succeeded, not only in deriving the neotcsary resources from her national wealth, but had filled the gap due to tilt steppage of the sale of alco'i >1. The war expenses in I'Jlu would reach 7,3-f : ).0 JO. 000 roubles. The G nn anient pro pr.sed a. series of credit operation." whe.eof the success wis uudoubted, becai se the tdt'il national savings had increased by 1,800,000,000 roubles, which proved that the countery's resources were adequate to tTie carrying out of these operations. Their resources ought entirely to be attributed to the people's temperance. M. Barck insisted that this was the beneiicieiit result of salutary prohibition which ought to be maintained after the Avar. Received This Day 0.30 a.m. A .MOTOR LORRY'S CHARGE Talis, Xugust 2. A British steam lorry skidded into a detachment of British soldiers at Rouen, and killed three, and injured ten. FRENCH OFFICIAL NEWS. A communique states after repulsing several enemy attacks by means of hand grenades we occupied a section 01 the trenches along the Sunken road between Ablain and Angres, and Northward of the Bethnue and Arras high road. We obtained an advantage n mine lighting on the Perthes and Beausejour front. We repulsed the Germans at Marie Tliero.se. and at Saint Hubert after a brisk bomb and petard light. Our artillery quenched three attacks on our positions at Hautbois and between Leseparges. Tranchee. and De Colonne. The Germans bombarded. Pontamousson and the neighbouring villages with incendiary shells HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London August 2. At Artois after repulsing several grenade attacks the French captured a position oi a trench, including the sunken road from Ablain to Angres' north of the main road from Bethune to Arras. In the Champagne region at Marie Therese and Saint Hubert after a lively fighting with bombs and petards, the Germans attempted jeveral attacks which were repulsed. On the heights of the Mouse the enemy attacked three positions between i lie Calonne trench and Eparges. The attacks were checked. i/ontamousson an I the villages of Mardesse and .M.inolioourt and Sur Seille were bombarded by the Germans with incendiary shells, LATEST CASUALTY LIST. KILLED IN ACTION. Otago Battalion. Sergt. J. G. Morrison. Auckland Mouinted. Trooper W. B. Samson. Corporal F. W. Stockley. DIED OF ENTERIC. Field Engineers. Lance-Corporal -L. Mathis. Auckland Battalion. Private P. V. Walsh. WOUNDED. Canterbury Mounted. Sergt. H. S. Stratford (slightly), Otago Battalion. Private W. O. Wills. Private W. B. Wilsted. Lance-Corporal F. C. Whitaker (sec ond time), Auckland Battalion. Private W, Jenkins (second time) Divisional Train. Private T A. Summer (right am ?nd chest) sent to England.. Auckland Battalion. Private F. Webster. 'Trivato E. B. Quinlan.

| Private G. W. Perrifl. . | Private J. T. Wood. Private S. \V. Johnson. Private W. Bauer. Private W. S. Fuller. Canterbury Battalion. Private P. N. Sadd. Corporal A. Hind. Private G. G. Monzies. Private L. Stevenson. , Otago Battalion. Private G. McKenzie. Privato J. H. Hughes. Private G. M. Mcintosh. Privato W. Hyne. Wellington Battalion. Private G. W. Niton. Private A. M. Molsen. Otago Battalion. Private E. Cooper. Field Engineers. Sapper H. J. J. D. Welch. DAN GEROUSLI ILL. At Mudros (enteric). Canterbury Battalion. Lance-Corporal G/Oiear. At Heliopolie, diphtheria). Auckland Battalion. Private D. Stevens. Private J. S. Sutherland. Otago Mounted. Trooper A. Thomson.