THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 February 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

: 9 L lSLtlke L IH.UII.UU ALU —UUfl IUUHT.J l_l'Kll l'ilEBS ASSOCIATION. J ROUNuL) SALONIKA. .London, l'ebruary 13. A i'rench wireless communique states :—General taurrail has' ordered the occupation of the right bank ot the Vardar to a depth oi tun kilometres to pi event an attacK froiu the direction od Monaster. '1 LlilvlSU COMMUNISUk. London, February 11. A Turkish communique stated: —We iepulsed an enemy attempt to advance li (jm bhe right bank of the ligtis after two violent engagements. The situation at lvutelanntra is unchanged. We also drove oft a cruiser wlnoii shelled our position around Tekeburnu and we oo'inpelled the retirement oi two monibcTit; cruising oil the entrance to the Narrows. IN GALIOIA. Petrogi'atl, l<'obruary 1--A communique states:—Tho enemy ai , Isebrolf, in oiilieiu, at-the oi enormous losses dislodged us from a height we had oooupieu. A Russian regiment in a berriiic attack again captured the height. Three desperato counter-attacks were repulsed witb heavy losses. A GEKiMAiN COMMUNIQUE. I'aris, l'Vbruiai'y 12. A ooimununique sitates:— Our artillery and machine gun hre fruetiiiated abteitupts to cross the V'ser Canal near Steensbnaate and llethasTlliere is great ai'tillery activity in the Champagne. The oneiuy peuetratcd a (iinall salient line between Xavarm and Saint Suuplet roads. In a counter attack portions of the fencihes were occupied. On J'ritlay, north-eastward of the liutte rle Mesnil, we repulsed the eneniy. We further progressed with hand grenades eastward ot these positions. We capturod 300 yard* of Upntiies northeast of Mesnil Hill.

Sill DOUGLAS HALU'S HEPORT. London, jj'ebruary i.2. Sir Douglas Haig reports:-The eneinv early to-day broke into our trendies near Pilckem, but were driven OUit THE GERM AN SIDE. Amsterdam, beb. 12. A German communique states: Alter wo regained no babble b i ouch elements had captured'south of E'ritee, the enemy in a violent counter attack attempted to drive us out. Our curtain of fire stopped them dead. l!be enemy suffered important losses. GERMANS CLAIM. NAVAL VICTOBY. ' - juondon, Feb. 11. Tlie Genman Admiralty announces: Dining an admnee in the North Sea our torpedo boats met at the Doggei Bank .several British cruisers, which Hod. Our boats pursued and sank tlhe new cruiser Ara'hia and hit a second cruiser with «i toi-pedo. We rescued the Aiabis's commander and two other officers and twenty-tnvo men. The British Admiralty announces that the cruisers mentioned were mine sweepers, whereof three returned safely-

Latest' War News

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London, i'oo. 13. jSerlm messagesc via Amsterdam srUttc that hgnting in Uu'Koviua again is violent and tiie iiusfcian attacks on itiiraiicze heights, near Casemovitz, art* parl/Mxilarly terrible, where desperate Hand to liaud hgatuig la&led foi hours Jdosit, oi the iaikum'y agntiing occurs during the night, Tlie artillery provails in the day time. To-day's l'runoli wireless message says that there is mucii lUissiaa infantry activity on the Viioiliyißan front aud in liiast Ualioia. Wrong detachments attacked Uio Austrian l.nes -a tlie Tariiopol region, and there was violent ligntiug on the Bessarabian frontier. The Herman otlicial messages merely remark thai advances b\ Russian patrols at several points on the tront were repulsed. in view oi itouni:a»uia's future policy, which daily is causing increased anxiety in Germany and in tlie press, importance is attached -to the news that railway conwn union tion with Russia is interrupted owing to the movement oi troop; in Bessarabia, where only tioop trains are moving.

The view taken in.%o>me quarters id Ixmdon is that to-day's news marks the opening of a new phase in the iJalkans. G t'IILMAN LOAN TO AtTSTRIA". S Copenhagen, Feb. 13 Thi! Deutsch Blink and other banks have Joanedi Austro-Uungnrv two hundred million maa-kB. UNITY IN ACHQN Rome, Feb. I'. I'olitioal and military delegates j shortly will meet in Paris with a r new to more perfect unity in notion.

AUb'l'iUA'ii TROUBLJ2S lA MO,s i iJsiiußO. olenorai Von ivovess, tjie Austiian uenc-rai, sbawia Uiat hi& ioicoj. ea.penenoing great ailiiculty in tue ptu'su.it oi the Moutengiins m the mountains; only one-thud, oi Montenegro lias been occupied, and only one-tenth oi the rifles captured, while th© prisoners of war do "hot exceed 41AK). r 111'! SHtOiltTAUlil Us MliißCil.UM' Slili'b. London, February 13. The Central News Agency reports that shipbuilders in Glasgow abate that the Government is granting i'acdities tor the conipicuon ot half a million uns oi meichunt shipping to relievo , ue snurtage. Tii.ii: toblUi ;uIc;RAiICN. l'aiis, l'eb. i 3. One hundred members of bhe {Serbian Parliament nave arrived ..i .-.ice.