THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 August 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

j n.Ki/nuu i Uv.xMtAi'H— turx uiuar-i . I'iill I'Ui-iso A IJUN- I (.Received Saturday o.ilO p.m.) HIS HONOUR REiiiIEYED. Loudon, August 6

Captain 11. S. Smart, oi the Indian Army, was removed from service recently because he had not joined the regiment on the expiration ol his leave in December. It since has been ascertained that Smart strongly desired to join tho forces in Trance and came to England and enlisted as a private under the name ol Hardy in the \\ est Surrey. He was killed at T'estu bert in May last, where he displayed such gallantry that he would have beeu granted the Distinguished Service Medal had ho survived.

The King has approved of the cancellation of the removal order.

THE ALLiiiS' DESIRE IN TllE BALKANo. Nish, August t>. . Representatives oi the Quadruple Entente, with a view to reaching a set tie!iient ol questions in dispute ,n the Balkii-lk; —made a collective demarche t.) .M. i'asich. pointing 'jut their Jesire to establish All Entente with the Balkan States and the avoidance of Iriction, i'.nd thus bringing nearer tile Allies' litial success in the war.

TIIE CA.UPAIGN IN POLAND. Petrogtau, August b. Official.—The enemy are attacking our lirst line ol positions ol tlie lortress on the left bank oi the Aieinen near ivorne. Our heavy batteries were vigorously bombarding the enemy neai lssowiecz, who at dawn developed an intense lire and launched clouds ol asphyxiating gases and assaulted the lor tresa positions carrying tlie works near Sosua. Our lire counter-attack is dislodging tlictu. Sanguinary lighting is proceeding oil the -Narev on tlie road to Ostroli. The enemy alter desperate encounters increased the grouliu occupied. We repulsed attacks in the region oi Serotsk and our heavy artillery en the night oi' August utli and bth successfully repulsed the enemy's pontoon parties on the Vistula. Tlie most desperate actions were lought between the Vistula and the ling ironi kodrovo to kotsk.

11l the region ot tile 'Caucasus we repulsed stubborn Turkish attacks Jn the ducetion oi Otly, supported by intense cannonading the Turks activclv entrenching. We captured an important petition on the top of a paw in tlie direction ol' Alashkert at the uayonet point, killing many ol tile enemy.

Official.-—We victoriously repulsed tli'i Germans between uie Dvina and' the .Viemen. !

There was desperate lighting on Wednesday night and Thursday on the le't, bank ol' the .Narev.

Uerlin, August t

Official —Artillery lorcod the Belgians to evacuate a last position on tin V-ser near Hoarnucse, south ol Dixmudc. The llussians east ol Ponewiocz retreated behind Jara. l'lio iu uiies ol von Scholz and von Galhvitz, alter severe lighting, broke the Uuo trans' resistance between Lomza and the mouth ol' the Bug. Between the •Itil and the Oth we captured Bo officers and 11,'200 men, U cannon and ii v J machine guns. Siege troops behind Novogeorgievbk advanced from tlie norLh to tho -Narev, capturing Do bio fort. Our truopo' from the soutli reacliel the \'istula near \ lenkov. The situation at Waisaw is unchanged. The Russians continue uonibardmeni ot Toryu- from the eastern bank ol tiio Vistula. Our airships bombarded tho railway stations ol -Novominsk and Siedlod. The situation north ol ivaiigorud is unchanged. The Germans near Ruskojvala, uetweeli the Vistula and the Bug ,stormed the ltussian positions and forced a way through tin; lake country north-east oi LUnez on the 7th.

A wireless claims thai von \\ oyrach at lvangorod adroitly assailed tiie Russians who are massing troops on pontoons and material 011 trains opposite- Novo Alexandrja, causing the Kusbians to throw their best troops and reserves to Novo Alexandrja. At night 'however 011 twenty pontoons, trains hidden with straw moved downstream and the engineer quickly threw lour bridges heavily fortified over the Vistula and in a few hours the Germans crossed and surprised the Russians, encircling lvangorod from tiie north ana cutting oil connection with Warsaw.

ATTACKS REPULSED. Pans, August 0. Official. —Tho Germans twice reuevmj attacks on Hill 213, but were repulsed. The explosion of two mines enabled fiiem to gain a fooling 011 one of the trenches but they woro immediately expelled.

The enemy maintains intense bom bardment of the forest of A pre' Hon.

The Germans attempted to attack Scliratziiianelle Pass, but' shrapnel checked them, and a .second attempt was repulsed with bayonet aud grenades.