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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1915, Page 3

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i'aris, Oct. •> A communique states that there u as a reciprocal bombardment hiai. ,ic -uoos and north-eastward ol Soucluss, and lively grenade figuting south ward of lioiscnhandlie. There was an nitenso cannonade at Likons, and our batteries energetically replied to the enemy's concentrated artillery 'agamst our positions eastward of Auberive. 3 \\ e checked violent artillery and ina H uhino gun lire before Lotricourt, and jj we directed a hurricane 01 iire upon the / Uermau works northward of lleillon. i| A violent struggle with trench engines .\ took place at iChapoJottf, Lingekopl !j and Uarrenkopf. '-j Copenhagen, October io. '\ There was a terrific cannonade on ij Wednesday morning when a German i cruiser and three torpedo boats wci'c $ circling round a British, submarine, ihe $ tiling was incessant, when suddenly « there was a deafening explosion—u tor- 4 pedo had hit a torpedo boat and split - it- in halves; it sank like a stone. Ihe submarine remained m the vicinity, and the cruiser and torpedo boats fled Kouthward. No survivors were seen. Other • Gentian ships arrived in the evening, but their searchlights tailed to locate the submarine. in consequence of the submarine's success the German warships are escorting all merchantmen in the Baltic. liOiulon, October 15. Victoria Crosses have been awarded to Captain Stout, Lieuts. Symoiis, Fredcrick, Tubb, Hugo, Throssell; Corporals Alexander Burton and William Dmistan; Private, John Hamilton, Leonard Keyston. ol Australia; and Corporal Bassett. of New Zealand. Washington, October 10. The disappearance ol six ollicers uternod on the German cruiser Kron Prinz "Wilhclm has led a Government order that means practical mh•prieomneiit of the remaining German , officM-8 aboard interned ships in American waters.