THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 September 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

fKLKOriUC XBUSGUAIMI— COI'XKIUUX.) 'FEU I'UKoS ASPWCUAIION-J lllijii li.Jii'.OHT. London, fciopL. o. A Treuch oiiicial repon states Unit at the l>ai\iaiiulli\s a iiiiJiish night ati.itis. against- Liio touiitli sector was ncld up uy tiie Australians, ami was repulsed Willi Heavy luetics tu wiu Turks. Received Tliis* Day. fct.o a.m. BO'ALliAliDlAi; HIE UETULLX LINE A L'ciiLi al .News correspondent ni uoraiein Trance states Unit deserters coming to the Trench lineo testily to the terrible oh'eoUs oi tlie Allies;' artillery. They never beiore iiavo suliered such an intense ami continuous bombardment. Tne expenditure 01 shells its stupendous. Ample stocKs have been aeeiimulated at various oases. UEIUIA.N RETALIATION. i'aris, (Sept. o. A Gorman eommunujue states that replying!, tu our destructive hie oil Ins trenches and deienee worKs the enemy threw one hundred shells into llheims. No one ■was. injured. Artillery, antl grenade lighting continues. ■UU&aiA'jS Or TIIIAL itKTUKT. Totrograd, Sept. o. The Czar lias le-it lor tile front. The Russians at Linden crossed to the left bank ot the Drum oil tin) night oi' the ~nd and drove back the Germans iroin the river. Tierce lighting owing to the enemy being reiniorced with men and artillery took place near r riedriohstadt. We withdrew to the rigid bank. Tighting continues between the isventa aanl Yilija rivers. There was iierce lighting at Grodno on the 3rd when we entered the town and captured eight machine guns, and thu.> secured an unmolested

roth-oment lor tiio neighbouring troops ■whoso position Intel formed a salient oji our none. Our counter oiiensive on Lite right bank of ilio tStyr was successful and we also threw back the enemy in the iiadzivhov region. In the lighting on the bocoiul and tnird between Dentjno and the Dniester we took prisoner sixty ollicers and 3,000 iiteii and aioo some niachino guns. Our successes on the .Strypa on the lo'th chieily was due lo a syuad ot armoured motor cars, nicknamed the ''rushing victory", the crews whereof by their se!l-sacriiico and prompt action, throw the German* into the greatest disorder and inflicted heavy losses. KILLED IN THE DARDANELLES. London, Sept. u. ■ 'Jho lloiioiua.bJe Charier* Lester, a Socialist, and heir to Lord Jiibbleridak, has been killed at the Dardanelles. ileceived Thia Day, if. 15 a.m. ANUTIIEU LLNEU SUiN'JsL. Lontlon Sept. o. The Allan Liner lletsperian was torpedoed oh i'astnet. The passengers numbering nine hundred and the crew were wived. iTieecived Thir> Day li.W a.m.; STEA,UEIi TUiU'LiJUJiD. London, beptembor 0. Jhe Hesperian, bound iron) Liverpool to -Montreal, was torpedoed at S.iil) o clock on (Saturday mglit. She hud seven hundred passengers and '200 ol the crow were saved. Several steamers assisted in the rescue. A THEN Gil COALUIMQUE. Paris, bepleinbor o. A ouiiuniini(pio states mat particularly active mine lighting hats been experienced in the- region of Sontnie, and m tiio neighbourhood 01 T'rise. An intense bombardment was made north . ~ainp de .OhaJons. TUPdvS IN Dli'iaOU'LTlES. The Echo de Paris Salonika correspondent states that Turkey is feeling the lack of munitions, old stocks being depleted and coal and metals being scarce. The munition factory chimneys at Torplaue, Zeitoun and liourneo have not ibeen smoking lor (several days, the Echo de Paris Home correspondent states that the condition oi the people in Constantinople is pitiable, and terrorised they approach tue final catastrophe. it is rumoured that Dejeanal Pasha, Avho is now in .Bagdad, is considering the organisation of a revolt against Envoi- Pasha. A GEIUIA.N DENIAL. Copenhagen, Sept. o. German newspapers publish n denial of Germany'* part in any or all peace proposals niado to America.