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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 August 1915, Page 3

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Chronicle Ofiico .3 p.m. LATEST GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

Amsterdam, Aug. -3. A German communique .says ti bl early on Monday morning an enemy feet of forty vessels appeal'el o(i Zi eb'fggc, and disappeared in a northvesterly direction al< or bon.g ii tackcd ly oiu coast artillery. New lighting a' veloped at Lingekopf < m; elle and Barreukopt line. Strong attacks by tlie French on feunday evening were partially carried into our trenches, but counter-attacks drove mil the French from Lingekopf. We shot down an English aeroplane south-east oi Lille. General \on Eichhord's troops are advancing east and south of Kovno. We occupied the fortress of Ossoviecz which the Russians evacuated Successful lighting occurred north and south of Tykocin, which we captured with 1200 prisoners. The Russians tenaciously resisted between the Razua and the Rug. Our attack across the tiie Rug above the Pulva. sector is progressing. The enemy' were defeated on Sunday on both .sides ol Lake Switzaz, also eastward ol Ylodava, and wore repulsed northwestward. BOMBARDMENT Oi' BELGIAN COAST. The Telegraf says thai German batteries at Knocke, Hevst and Zeebrugge replied to the British bombardment, which -was directed against a factory between Zeebrugge and Lisewegre. The German reply weakened and ceased. Sofia, August 23. The British torpedoed a coalship at Estrahan near Constantinople. The German liner Tenedos, laden with munitions and provisions, was sunk in the Sea ol Marmora. London. August 23. The Germans subjected the lirst Toris captured at Kovno to a uumbardinent by six hundred guns. A shell-de-stroyed the facade oi the cathedral. Three Zeppelins and 3U aeroplanes llew over the fortress dropping boniTj's. Copenhagen. August 23. The steamship Yidar is being lilted up for tlie transport ol the bodies of ■those men lost in the wreck of submarine El 3 to Hull. Numerous wreathd 1 have been sent. Amsterdam, August An Austrian comnuiniqutj states that the Italians abandoned i'clagosa Island after destroying all tortiticatioiis and buildings. ■ (Peiagosa is an island in the centre of the Adriatic Sea. J From >a. long list of casualties just received we take the lollowing that occurred in the Wellington Battalion :

KILLED IN ACTION. Wellington Battalion. Private S. J. Haiti. AYOI'NmD. Corporal J. A. Culley. Private- S. Drinkrow. Private W. H. Jenkins. Private R. Shannon. Private I'. A. Blake. Private J. McGrath. Corporal W. it. Goldlmch. Private G. C. Brenuier. Private G. Svensou. Private AY. AY. Thorby. Private It. Mclndoe. Private L. P. Thaxter. Private J. Hughes. Private A. G. Cameron. Private H. T. Ranger. Private G. It. King. Private W. G. Paton. Private H. G. Wilson. Corporal E. Palmer. Private AV. N. Stanley. Private C. Iv iill. Private R. Sinclair. Private P. E. V. Weatherill Sergfc. T. Mclutosli.