A NOTABLE CONFERENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1915, Page 3

A NOTABLE CONFERENCE.

Paris, August '20. Official. —Lord Kitchener and IVI. together visited the west iioiit and ispouL .Monday aiul Tuesday inspecting tho French army, "and iWeUuesday. the British. in a. long interview with General Jolire they discussed all questions concerning the Allies' armies and the most urgent problems were promptly settled. London, August '20. Lord Kitchener-has returned from a three days' visit to tho western lront. He is more confident than ever of filial victory. THE GEH.MA.N SUCCESSES L\ IiUSSIA. l'etrograd, August 2U. Official.—Our warships protecting Kiga Gult drew closer owing to the enemy's superiority. The enemy at Kovno continues vigorously to develop his success. He oc cupied tho town and advanced further and established Jiims.eh' on the lsthbetween tlio .Nieman aud Vilica. Fighting continues with extreme tenacity from Ossow.iec to iirestlitovsk, also on the Lower Bonn , iu the direction of Bielsk and near \ lodava. The enemy is attacking .Novogeorgievsk forts on the right bank of tlie Vistula, and on the Narev with increasing vigour. The fighting was most determined. Our entanglements were covered with heaps of German bodies, but the Gerniau artillery developed maximum intensity, siieu-.ed our guns and demolished the loriilications between the Vkra aud the .Narev, after which the dulcn-'i ders, despite all efforts, were obliged to withdraw to the right bank of tho Vttra. The Germans wore thus enabled to concentrate efforts on the northern tector between the \ Jira and tho v istula. .