THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

LKLEeriUO i'BLEGIUU'U —COPIIUGHT.] [L'KR I'HESS association.} THE FLYING TURKS. Petrograd, Feb. 22. TJic .Russians on the Black Sea littoral arc chasing the lurks at the rate of-twenty miles daily, and threatening Trebizond, which is tlie only bar to Russian dominance in this region. . A Constantinople communique admits the withdrawal from Erzeroum, but uelittles the operations on the ground that the town was not fortified. '1 lie Russians have reached Reach, lory miles cast of 'Irobizond. ITALY'S NEW OFFENSIVE OI'KXING. A communique states:—A methodical offensive it, beginning. On the Llith we captured a portion ol the mountainous zone of the Collo iSugan" yvalley commanding Borso. We reached the summits in deep snow. The new positions have been extended and consolidated. IN THE WEST.

Paris, February 23. A communique states:—The /Ger'mans after a violent bombardmWit renewed extremely brisk attacks between .Brabant, Surmeuse and Serbelois, and occupied Bois Laumont and a salient, north Beaumont at the cosfr of considerable losses. THE LOST ZEPPELIN. I'aris, February 22. . Details <if the destruction of a Zeppelin ot eight in the evening is reported. 'With lights out and struggling against the wind the airship was at a. height of 2000 metres, when our guniire opened with incendiary shells. One struck the side ot the Zeppelin and went right through. Flames spmul from end to end in a few seconds clearly outlining the airship," There WH6 no expolsion, but the Zeppelin slowly descended enveloped in flames. When it touched the earth all the bombs exploded. Nothing remained but the tanglefl wreckage, wherein we found twenty or thirty naked corpses," including an officer clad in a few shreds of uniform. The Zeppelin was L.ZJ 77 a new naval type. A second Zeppelin which witnessed the disaster turned tail. Amsterdam, Feb. 23. A German communique admits the loss of a Zeppelin at Revigny.