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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 August 1915, Page 3

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(i'ei l'ress Association—Extraordinary) (Received This Day a.m.) Warsaw Taken. Jjeriin, August o. UiI'TCIAL. — \YAitiA W HAS BEEN 1 ov.bA. I'ALL Ul' \V AltbA\\. 1l is reponeu in Lenin iluit I'mit.c Leopolu'o .bavarian Ainij on Vt euuosday captuiea tue inner and outer lm-j oi lulls ui \\ arsuw, Uio Itussian rearguard siuouornly resisting. ihe German,* no>.upied uie city on Lnursua.) morning. Many buildings aL Koiiigsberg nave been converted into iiospualo to accoiuinodaie the llood oi wounded lroui tlio eastern lront. The llussians .ire contesting every yard, and inflicting terrible losses. AH towns in East Trussia are overflowing with wounded. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S liEroitT. London, August o. In the Yosges there was a continuous bombardment ol the l'rench trencher at Lingekopf on Wednesday evening with a violent German attack. Nevertheless the Allien neld their positions, except poi lions oi the trenches oil the crest ol the ridge. (Received This Day o.oo' a.m.)

S'l'EAMElt SuXK

London, August o. I'liu British steamer Lostello has been sunk. -Urn; person was drowned. AM IDEAL ANTISEPTIC. hm, August <J. Dr. Alexin Carre J, oi iioekoiollor institute and Henry Dakin, chemist, nave discovered an ideal antiseptic consisting ol hydro-chloride ol ume with tlie addition oi boric acid as a preaervative aud carbonato of Jiuio tu counteract acidity. Professor Landouzy, lecturing at tho Academy of Sciences, said that in a series ol experiments at Compeigue hospital, it was applied to the most frightful wounds, aud within eight tfays thy aspect was modified in a way quite unknown under 'pld antiseptics. Jt applied in time infection ol wounds may bo considered impossible.

(Received Tbis Day 1 J.5 a.m.)

ANOTHER EEEORT I'OR PEACE

Berne, August o.

The newspapers state that the Pope convokes at the end of September a grand consistory to make a fresh attempt for. peace.

SERVIAxV ACTIVITY

NTish, August o

iSem-ofiieial.—One of- our batteries at Belgrade directed by an aviator, silenced the enemy's howitzer battery on the heights of Bejania. Our aeroplanes dropped twenty uowbs on an aerodrome at Bavaniste.

A RUSSIAN DMIAL

Petrograd, August 5

The War Oilice denies that the Government issued an official note of any kind regarding the desirability of «vn Allied offensive in the \> est.

FRENCH VICTORY

Paris, August 5

The French Official Eye-witness, n describing the French victories at jßandesapt on 25th July, states that tim Germans at dawn on lGtli bombarded

with heavy calibre shells "tlio French

\ positions oil Hill 627, near Fon telle.' A violent cannonade lasted the whole day, and ait dusk the enemy's infantry was hurled at four different points. Two attacks debouched from the direction of Lauohes, and one tried to pass unseen through a little "wood which nad been considerably opened to daylight by the bombardment. This wood

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covered the western slopes of Hill 027. Our liro pro von ted tlie Germans troin emerging beyond tlie margin.

Received Tliis Day, 11.5 a.in

THJS TUItKISH SULTAN.

Amsterdam, August 5,

The Derlinor Tageblatt lias had v.i in tor view with Piofessor Israel, who successfully operated on the' Sultan ol Turkey, 'l'iio professor lound him 'n a desperate condition with only a lew days to (live. Professor Israel was annoyed beoause the Sultan, wlio understands German, only spofito through a French interpreter. Professor Ifcrael remarked that Turkey was absolutely inidex German control and happy to ho so.