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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 August 1915, Page 3

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HIGH COMMISSIONER'S .KEPORT. Loiidon, August 0. Paris reports that three German at tacks were repulsed. German airme'i bombarded the Valley of the Mouthe, killing two women and one soldier. (Received This Day o.&> a.m.) FALL OV IVANUOROD. Amsterdam, August o. An official telegram states that Ivangorod has been occupied. Petrograd, August 0.

Official.—The- forts at ivangorod were constructed practically and entire ly of brick, and wero not filled with the material necessary for modern fortifications. In view of the impossibility oi' sustaining a siege all stores '* -?«'e methodically withdrawn in time. Our rearguards stopped tEe enemy's progress for a few days on a lew lines ot lieldworks without. Tiibro wore >angi'inary combats on the 4th, and I<h«.i, in conformity with the general j)U.u •a , .. ,blt'W up the several concrete jasps> where on the brick casements rested and retreated.

"TUMKEY , FOR THE TURKS." Athens, August 0. Enver Pasha, discussing the massacres with a neutral diplomatist, said: Ou'i policy is 'Turkey for the Turks.' ■We are beginning to get rid of the Armenians, 'then it will be the 'Greeks, afterwards this Jen's, and finally even the Germane." FItENOH OFFICIAL NEWS. Paris, August ti. Official.—General Sarrail replaces General Gouraud as commander of the ■French Expeditionary I'orce at the Dardanelles. A conimiMiujiiti says that in the Argonne there was grenade and petard fighting, supported by artillery.of great intensity throughout the night. The

Bα kind to your mother, lor when you were email, She kissed and caressed you if you had . a fall. Shu nursed you in sickness and laughed at your joy, For she was your mother antT you her .dear-boy. No friends could be kinder, no friend.* could be truer i'l'hatt^obher^amjl<Woods' Great.'Pcp-

enemy near Fontaine- Aux Charmee attempted to leave his trohelies, but our lire stopped him. Oil the heights of the Mouse at Boisaul tlio enomy attacks were repulsed with grenades and fire. Uornian .leropianes threw t-en bombs on I ,, raize in IL> Meuthe Valley and killed two women and ii soldier.

A coiuniuniquo from the Dardanelles saves there have been no striking tacts since the beginning of August. There

have been intermittent artillery duels and much aircraft activity.

11 UtiSl AN PREPARATIONS. Copenhagen, August 0. The Vossisoho Zeitung says that the Russians have completed preparations f>l , the evacuation oi Ivovno, and the Governor and civil oiliceivs have gone to Novoo Aloxaiulrovsk, where tlio arcluves have been removed also. Hall t'u civilians nave gone and the wounde.l have been sent to Central Russia.

Received This Day, 9.-11) a.m. RUSSIA INDOMITABLE. i'otrogracl, August 0. Newspapers here are unamiinous -U declaring that the evacuation of Warsaw strengthens Russia's de-termination to pursue the war to a victorious enu. A letter l'roni Warsaw, dated Thursday states that provisions are .at laniino prices.

UHLANS OAl'ibKE.

A parly of Uhlan scouts that crossed tho Vistula were taken priosner.

THE EVACUATION Oi- WARSAW

During the advance Irom the Vistula the Germans encountered innumerable diiliculties. Thuf consequently were proceeded by military iiremen. Ostrauorfi, Groitez and ISlonie were in Oaiiies when occupied by the enemy. The last of the Russian troops loft Warsaw at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning. The evacuation was carried out iii perfect order from every street. The letterboxes were taKen to Moscow. Most of the shops were closed. Tho enemy aeroplanes to the last moment dropped bombs on the city. The decision to abandon Warsaw seems to have been precipitated by the advance oi great German foicos from the 'eft ol tut Narev in the direction of Ostrof.

(Received This Day 8.5 a.m.)

I'LOODS LN CilhNA

Sydney, This Day

Chinese lilcis report a disastrous Hood at Ganion. At the height qf tiio iluoil a hie broke out and destroyed hundreds of siiops. Ihe inhabitants ol the buildings were driven to the top storeys, and being unable to escape one thousand perished. Ten thousand are destitute.