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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 October 1915, Page 3

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A QUEFU .SiOitl.

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Ti.i' newspaper Liberie repoii«> thai a Ui.nnau protest ayaia.il the netting oi .nibiuarincs has reached the Italian (Jo\rniment. The news conies from a nouiral bouice. Ueriuaiiy also has protected against sending out large vet sols lo sink submarines.

A 1-iIENCH COMMUNIQUE. A cuiiiiuiiniuue states that tlio Uerliian bombardment continues very violently westward of Tahure, and eastward of 13 ni to Jtlesn.il and the Ville Sur Turbo district. We everywhere repulsed the attack by our repressive lire, which clearly was very offectivo ayaiiust tlio Baniories trenches. An explosion <»t a French mine iu the Argonne destroyed an enemy post. -RUSSIAN SUCCESS Petrograd, October 22. A communUiue states that our surprise attacks carried a part of the enemy's position in tlio Xovoaloxanctz district, northward of Tarnopol, and also eastward of Uepuchno. Northward of Novoalexauetvj wo captured during tho clay 158 officers, 9500 men, two howitzers ami a number of machine guns. GREECE REFUSES THE BAIT T/ondon, Octohor 22. The Times states that "it is understood in well informed circles that Greece rejected tho Cyprus proposal. —. Indications uro for northerly winds prevailing anil warm and humid conditions may be .expected with rain following. The barometer is falling.

PLOT IjN BULGARIA

An anti-dynastic plot iu Bulgaria lias been discovered. The houses oi the opposition leaders and numerous political men have been searched. 1 A GERMAiN THIUDAT J Petrograd. October 22. Tho Germans inloiriued tho people oi Mi tan that unless Itiga is captured they will raze all the towns and villages in their lino of retreat. RUSSIANS ADVANCING. GENEVA. October. 1,2 TJI.O Germans near Eckati lost thirty kilometres of trenches, and tlieir casualties .'stalled eighteen thousand men. The Llussiaus in eastern Gal'.cia aif a-l-vancing rapidly. AI'ST.UO-GERiUA.NS ADVANCING IN SERBIA Bucharest, October, 22. The (Serbians in a splendid counterattack southward oi' L'ojarevatz, inflicted oil the enemy eight tiiotisand casualties The Germans lell back near Seniendria before the violent Serbian onslaught. A German division southward of Belgrade, while marching towards Lcskovolz was caught in the llank by the Serbian artillery, • losing onetil ird of its effective strength. l'he Austin-German advance nevertheless, continued.