THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

I {.bbfiUriiii. * lilih-jKAI'II—CJUi'iIUUHT. | ( I,l'Kb iHLba ASSOCIATION. J MOX 1 E.N EURO' S U iIIIENDEKS. .Loudon, Jan. io. A (jeriiia.li "wireless message suites that Montenegro has laid doivii tier arms ami has asked lor peace. Amsterdam, Jau. 16. Count Tisza announced in the Hungarian Parliament lhaL the .VLon tenesmi Iving and Govcriuneiii. had accopied Austria's preliminary condition ot unconditional capitulation. lie said that the event, was gratifying. Tho nation was reaping tiio first fruits ol poiseveraiice and, .heroism. Sill DOUGLAS UA LG to .UEroirr. London, Jan. 17. Sit Douglas Haig reports: Our bom bardinent at Erelinghaiu and Zu :isMe.:ii uot'ili ol Vpres ivus most ofl'eo;i o. •» largo lite was caused nortli jt \ pros I ohind the enemy's lines. ELGHTLXG IX THE - Petiograj -fan ]T A communique states: ill the Can casus we repelled two xurkish attempts to cross the Abkliavc rlvor. We seized an artillery depot north-east ol' Homssaoi, containing a million rounds of riile ammunition and several thousand shells. FIIEXCH WARSHIP SUNK. London, Jan. 15". A submarine lurking in Corfu Chanuel torpedoed the jj'rencii warship Loon Gambetta. (The Leon Gaiubetta was a .French armoured cruiser of 12,110 tons and ivafi launched in 1901. tier complement was 710; her length ■ -180tt; and her speed 22 knots.) IX MESOPOTAMIA. The latest news of General Townsliend's force is contained in a i urkisli communique that states that an intermittent artillery duel continues ;<t Ku'telamara. The Russians at Kermanshah were now two hundred miles., part oi the distance through desert, l'rom Kutelaniara. THE LANDING AT COIU'ULondon, Jan. 17. I lie landing at Gorl'u was au outstanding feat of organization. Every man, gun. mule, food and forage was embarked. French cruisers convoyed the force, destroyers steaming nineteen knots without lights readied Cort'i on Monday night and escaped the submarines infesting Corfu Channel.

.Before (lie island was awake seur Alpines siezed tlio quays. The German Consul tic I iu his nightgown. The French did not trouble to arrest hiin. The landing was completed in tivo hours.