THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

L Jil.Kt;i'lUi/ xiOifcUltArU —LUI l'lllUllT i I LI'KU I'fiiSS ABHOCIATIOX.4 I' ALL OI'" MONIJLNEGRO. London, Jan. its. 'J he unconditional surrender of -Uonregro aroused exultation at lierliii and Vienna. it was hailed as the first tangible indication ol the ultimate triii.nph of the Central Powers. U is expected that i J rince jßuioiv will represent the Kaiser at the negotiations. Telegrams from Cettinge describe pathetic scenes at the surrender. A white ilag was hoisted at Grahaovo and King Nicholas handed over his sword to General iiorlees, while the officers of the ueiieial Stall wept. Generals Mislore and, Valutovie refused to surrender and escaped and. 1 joined the Serbians. Vienna, Jan. 19 A telegram states that a Montenegrin major and two Ministers appeared on the advanced posts on January 13 and wished to open negotiations for capitulation. They were informed that there must be an unconditional surrender of arm.s including weapons handed down as family heirlooms. Later it was'arranged that men fit Tor miliary service should lie assembled and literally lay down their arms. Special care was taken to prevent guerilla bands from forming. Later the whole male, population will be sent to a certain district. Prince J>anillo, the Heir-Apparent, is t!n> Kaiser's cousin. A Montengrin official message says that the capitulation was due to the exhaustion oi ammunition and the impossibility of escape seaward owing to the hostility of the Albanians. ATTACK ON, SALONIKA.

iai is, Jan. 19. 1,0 Temps correspondent at Salonika states the reported: attack will begin to-morrow by the Germans and Bulgarians along the Gevghelli-Monasir iront while the Turks under Ivnver i'asha and ixeneral von Sanders will attack from 11io east. It is expected tht General Mack en sen wil be in supreme command.

Twenty-six .French aeroplanes bombtfftled Detritsi, - killing hundreds or Bulgarian soldiers and wounding a large number.

GERMAN TRENCHES WRECKED. Paris, Jan. 10. A Paris communique says: -Between the Oise and the Aisne our batteries wrecked; the German trenches in the region of Moulin and Soustoutvent. ' MINING OPERATIONS IN FRANCE. Loudon, Jan. 19. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— We exploded a mine near Fricourt, destroying a large portion of the parapets. Tiie enemy suffered considerably by the explosion and the bombardment following. TUR KISH HE PORT. Constantinople-, Jan. 19. Reports state that no important change has taken place in the Kutelamara. front.. Our artillery destroyed an enemy monitor siglited at Sheikslivid. Our troops in the Caucasus are offering heroic resistance against the attacks which the enemy are delivering with superior forces between Argaasrivor andi Arasia. V iolent snowstorm? continue.