THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

(.JfiliKU'rillO TJUiKUIIAI'U — COflßlUH'r.j [i'jiii VBBsa AasociA'noJs.j UN THE wESi I' RON!. Pans, March 7. :i commuuiue states The Germans penetrated a s;i.u~». advance work at Ataixoiis do Ciianrpiigiie. file enemy west ol the Mouse alitor a violent uombardnienL strongly attacked our advaueedi )iut and carried a village alter u most violent lii-counu-r. .Several ai L-mjits to debouch on Uoti.su Hiii were stopped by countera i tacks. There luis> been intermittent 'Arttl-i.-ry lighting east of the Aleuse. A eoui in unique says:—Mo infantry action dining the night has been reported at Verdun. The violent a-rtil-fi'iv .snuggle on the leu bank oi the Aleu.se continues, also an intermittent bombardment in the sector west oi ! Duuauinont, while in the Wocvre we ■ aetivoly bombarded the enemy's eross- ■ ing points. 1 1 ! THE GERMAN REPORT. Amsterdam, March 0. A Gei'man communique states:— * Muior English attacks were repulsed. Things are generally calmer on the eastern 'bank ol tile Aleuse. In minor encounters in .the, last two days we captured fourteen officers and 93-1 men. RUSSIANS LAND AT ADM A. Petrograd, March /. A conimnitjue states :•—Troops on the night of the 4th under cover of the heaviest lire from . the Heet landed and occupied Adina on the .Bllack Sea coast east of Trebizond, and advancedi so rapidly south that they -forced the Turks to evacuate a position. Continuing the pursuit w occupied Mapravi, between Adna and Piza. THE GERMAN \' EKSION OF THE ALU RAID. Berlin, March i. The Admiralty state tliat some nrships on the night of the sth heavily boin.bard.ed tlie naval ua-se at Hull and the docks and buildings. A- number of good results were observed. The airtdi'ips were vigorously but unsuccessfully tired on and returned in safety. (Riceived This Day 9.15 a.m.) HIGH COAIAIiSSIONEiR'S REPORT. London, Alareli 7. At least ninety bombs "were dropped ill {Sunday night s <iir raid, indiscriminately over rural districts. INo military damage was done, ami the casualties 'ere confined to the civil population, thirteen people being kittled.

(Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) THE VERDUN-BEL FORT L.'.V?;. London, ALircli i. JJig German preparations are re ported which indicate an early attaoJ on tile Verdun-lieiloit line. GERMAN WARSHIPS IN THE NORTH SEA. fc>ta lonionts circulated in HoDa-'ic affirm that twenty German warship; were observed in the North Sea yesterday. SWISS TRADE UNIONISTS IN ENGLAND. Zurich, March 7. Trade union leaders here have received a telegrma stating that the British' trade unionists arc di-coiuagiug the employment of Swiss munition workers in England. The report ha.caused a sensation in hrbour circles inasmuch as Ivrupps are endeavouring to attract Swiss mechanics to Essen. (Received This Day 11.5 a.m.) THE CASUALTIES J>VK TO T£7 K ZEPPELIN" RAID. London, March 7. Official.—Ninety bombs were dropped indiscriminately in the rural districts on Sunday I'os.ibly due to the rough weather, the Xepp' lins were uncertain of their whereabouts and anxious to got .rid ot their bombs before escaping under cover oi darkness. Thirteen people were killed. GERMANS AG ATX MAKE AX ADVANCE. Paris, March 7. It is semi-ofFicial'v announced that , the Germans by means of an intense | bombardment progressed westward oi / the Mouse along the railway line in the neighbourhood ot Reti'ieviHe. | Simultaneously a German division, notwithstanding heavy losses, captured Hill 2<30. The French boHd the village of BotJiaucourt and clumps of trees eastward of Bordeaux, also rhc Crimieres wood, and the. upper part ol Goose Hill. BI7LGARrAX DESERTERS. A number Bulgarian deserters hare land.ed at Marseilles. They askto be enrolled in the Foreign Le'ion. "WE ARE NOT 1?A R HA Rf A XS." Capetown, March iMr Word rid go, chief oftieer oi i lie Clan AlacFarlane, nTarns when he wa.chiet oiiicer of the Clan MTiond, at the beginning oi I Jecem ber, she sill rendered v, eon wiiiim a (planer oi a. mite range ot tlie submarine uiiieh continued tiring. 1 'he Clan .MacLeod Launched. he I boat.-,, ami two weir mi by the shells ana a dozen killed, tne submarine's captain said "We are not barbarians or would lire on you in tile ■boats. Our order.-, are to kill you •all.'' Alt' Wol'(!vi(!ge contrasts their aci'iou with the chivalry of the captain oi the Emden, wlucti captured him <ifi Colombo in Oet-ober, I'JI. I-.