THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 October 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

fSLKOTIUC fELKGUAI'U;— UOI'YRIOHX.) 'ILLiI. AJ. rALIi UA KfiuiiiilA. -Nit.il, Uetober 'o. A CVUUniUliqllC .says Lilt! eUCiliy crosscu uie iJitvo ai "larak and other points and cioascu uie .Danube at JJolgiade and lorlresw aud ai Ram. the enemy's, auwuice guaru at Belgrade were partly destroyed and partly captured. Tho enemy made fierce attacks at the Save closings, but we pinned hiiu tu the brink ui tue river at .several points, inflicting enormous losses. Tin; struggle continues at otlier crossings. 'ME FRFNCH AD\ AaCF. i ill'lo, LcCLUDCI 'J. A eonnhiiiuipie says wieic was 111Gcl'iiUm ooUioaHiment Oi JjUOS, ninc-li wua most violent, and ;iu infantry aitacjii which uilliowed was repulsed I witn heavy enemy losses. nc made tuarKed progress in ihu Ciiampagne, and gained a looting on the work called the Trapeze at Failure. We captured trenches and two redoubts in iront ot the enemy's .second iiuo. "Wo repulsed all counter-attacks against Lahore Hill and dispersed concent rations oi indication ol preparation ■lor another attack. | SIU JOHN FRFXCHS REPORT. .London, October IU. Sir Joint French reports:—Since the -Ith l!ie enemy constaiiliy shelied our new trenchers southward ol' La Basso Canal and inadu repeated bombing attacks on the .southern portion oi Hohenzollern Redoubt which is held Uy u.s. All attacks repulsed. Despite artillery lire we pushed our trenches steadily forward north-east-ward of Loos between Hill 70 and Hulloeh, and gained ground varying from .100 (o 1000 yards in depth. tile enemy on Friday aiternoou bombarded the whole area we recently won, and lullowed this by attacks in successive waves oi infantry on the whole front southward ol Loos lo Hohenzoljei'ii liedotibt. TTiifs atiaek was everywhere repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. We gained possession by counter-at-tack of a trench 500 yards westward u St. Flie.

A groat number of the enemy's dead are lying in front of our lines. Our 'losses were comparatively light. A DESPERATE ATTACK. i'otrograd, October 10. A ci.nnnunhjiie says:-The battle u progress at Gaibunovka is assuming an extremely cliaracter. The Germany uorthwarl of Garbunovka were unable to withstand our machine guns and were forced to desist ironi attaclc at that point. The enemy southward ol ITipet rcoceupied I'ojog, on the lower >Stoehod. yd: captured Konstantiuova, \iortliwest of Dubno. Our aeroplanes sucoessiully bombarded trains and munition depots at Czernowifz, antl enemy submarines near the Crimea, our destroyers pursuing them. AUSTUO-GERMAX UEPORTS. Amsterdam, October 'U. A Uerlin uliicial message sayo. - f'lom before Dvhtek as-lar a.s Garbunovka, > utlrward ol iilui, we sottied

on tne enoiny positions on both sides ot llliit-lvilbirnie front, which tne. enemy abandoned. Wo repeated attacks in strength at Lisingcn and stormed three villages south-westward of i'insk. Cavalry lighting is proceeding. 'the enemy nortih-westward of Czertorysk were repulsed behind the iStyr. Enemy attacks northward ol Kovel-Hovno railway failed. Mackonsen's two armies crossed in their mam position the Save and the Danube, after the German troops of*tho Austrian general, Jvoevc.ss, had captured idpsy Island md the heights south-westward of Belgrade. The army occupied tho greater part of Belgrade. The Austro-Hungar-ians stormed the citadel and the northern part of the town, and the Germans stormed the new Government House. The troops 'are advancing ti rough.-the southern part of tho town. Vo'i Gallwitz forced the crossing of the Danube at many points in the area below Semendria, driving the enemy everywhere southwards.

\v. Austrian communique says : —Tho A'W.ti-0-Hungarian and 'German flags a e flying at Konaß. The enemy watching the banks of the river above aid below Belgrade could nowhere resist us. Whilst heavy artillery bombanb.i tho Serbia fortifications day and night, pontoons and materials for bridge construction were conveyed on the Hungarian railways and made ready at suitable points as secretly as possible. The French airmen were baffled by the devices used to conceal the transport movements. Heavy artillery drove the Serbian frontier forces from entrenched positions, but here again they kept constantly under fire the Gorman and Austrian pioneers in a number of places, who started preparations for crossing the river under infantry cover. The storming columns crossing were met by an advanced guard"of the Serbian' army, but the later were unablo to maintain themselves in the wrecked positions, and the Austro-Gaf-nians entered Serbia on a front extend-

i ing over 250 miles.