THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

! I JCLBUZUIC. I'ULKUKAi'U -tUl'illl'iHJ . I I.l'Jitt rillißH ASSOCIATION.j 11 I' 1 ftRCE I'TGH'JTNG J.V FRANCE. e J.'aris, .January 31. There has been almost continuous uiid terrible hand-to-haiui lighting in Artois lor seventy-two hours. i The Germans made ten attacks in oue week with ouly a slight success at. I'Yise. French oliicers "consider the opera- • tioiis represent the enemy s maximum ' eil'ort. The Germans in the north sacrificed ; nearly a division, and the ground . 1 Nuuville was >so hotly contested the dead remain unburied. .Many of the enemy's wounded were ' left to die. 1 Southward of Lens trenches were taken and retaken. The Germans ' lower down the tTlic made an attempt with gas with some .success. German infantry stormed the trenches over n front of nearly a mile and j met a desperate defence. j The slaughter was terrific. Entire companies of infantry were mowed j " down. j There was fierce fighting; in the craters. When the grenades wore cxha.utifcedi the - antagonists lought wth their hands. The French have already recovered most of the lost ground. A French communique .says:— We visited with destructive lire the enemy's depots at Salhnimiues, south-cast ol Lens and the Gentian parks and bivouacs north of Vimy. We also destroyed enemy works opposite .Soupix, north of the Aisne. annihilating the ftermnns. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. ■London, .Jan. .31. A Zeppelin again raided Paris oil Sunday night. The damage is unknown. The newspapers recommend vigorous reprisals as a response to the naid. ]<;«ZEROUM ST I RROI'NI>ED. Athens, Jan. 31. Reports from Constantinople state t ■;iL tln> Turkish authorities and l.anking establishments hove quitted Erzeroum. in Asia Minor, which the Russians have surrounded. MULE BOAT TORPEDOED. .Salonika, Jan. 31. The occupation of the Greek port of Karfliiirno was rendered neoessan owing to a German sulmuiriue torpedoeing a British transport with mules o lew days ago in Greek waters. The vessel was beached/ and most of mules saved. The Germans are placing a big gun (ic Anzac with the object of bombarding the island of Jintoros, near Die coast. LATE WAR NEWS. kIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, Jan. 31. There wa.s a second air raid on Paris on Sunday night. Bombs were dropped in a fog, but no damage was done. North of Arm's, two enemy grenade attacks dining the night (.west ot Hill MO) failed. In the Champagne, the Allies' artillery bombarded, trenches north of Oronies. In the -course ol the actions explosions were seen at four points on the enemy's front. There has been mine fighting at Haute Chevauehe. On the explosion of a German mine taking place, the French counter-mined and destroyed an enemy gallery.