THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

IKLKCTHIC TEL.KC.ItAP 11 —CUPIfItIOHE. j IJ'liK I'Utißß ASSOCIATION, j THE WE.ST FRONT. i J aris March '20. .V coinmu 11 i<i<!o states : — Somewhat violent artillery actions are reported in Argonno. 'liiese is lairly great artillery activity against our second ;Mio.s westward of the Jleuse and eastward in tho Pep-perli ill-jjoua union 1 region. Amsterdam, .vlarch '26. A Gorman comimuuqiu! states: — Gur artillery set lire to * erdun. ixindioi). March '26. fsir Du'iglas llaig reports : —The enemy on I'riday night sprang a mine near Holieiizel.uin Redoubt. iJie enure Ire n eli was bombed out. \\ e bombed trenches at lloi.'jblanus, •Oadly damaging 100 yards of - the enemy's" llhe reply was feeble. THE J{ HS-,I AX ATTACK. I'etrograd, March '2-J. A eoifi in unique states. The .Russian i tfeiisive is developing north-west ol Lake Vargunek. ) here is desperate bayonet iigutiug in the- Klipa set-tor, where, despite a .heavy German fire, we toreed alk tne enemy's pn.-teclive lues by a vigo; oils thrust. j.'(gating continues near Lake A tiro teli. L'etregrad, Mareh '26. A communique states:-—-We continue to 'follow up our successes south-, ast of Augustiiiboff after a tierce conflict on fortifie-di ground around Lapuku. a- uriotis counter-attacks followed.

Wo continue to advance in the Dvinsk and Viilskv regions. The Hermans in the latter district are u<.ng exphsive bii/tlets. " THE HERMAN VERSION. Amsterdam, Marc-h 2b. The Russians renewed attacks westward of Jacobstadt, using nesli Siberian troops, who broke down, suffering heavy losses. TIJE RUSSIAN AlOVOiiWl. London, March 2-1. l'he Times correspondent at l'et:ograd says that the military autlioi ltie.s consider the Russian movement independently conceived ratner than a demonst-ation to distract the vpneniy trom the western front. Tjie Daily Mail's correspondent at «. that the wrmans tnei uie oid trick when txiey suffered a reverse of strewing heavy Rnssiau losses near Dvinsk. 'i here are good grounds for stating that the Russian casuaicios are by no means heavy, iu fact, m many'pL'tces the Russians drove out ihe Germans tioni their trenciis s, and occupied f-trongly fortilicd points, which give the best possible grounds tor conudenre in the future. -latest loan. Jie'rlin, March 20. 1-lorr HeiiFerich lias lnturiiKcl the

iteichatag that £'<3-0,000.000 l.as oeiui subscribed lc the last Uennau loan. A SEA Di iiL. .London, ALiroll '10. The i'iv«s Bureau states that two .i.caiitiii >ank tin: Uteii by jlJio AKiintiii whs aiJjjarenti. torpeduecl. i'ivo Get man oiuri -rs arid ii.i men were picked up ana taken prusoii•'i'. the Greii lired during _tlie wnuio •ngageiiieiu over cne coXoj's l>;unti-cl on tiie snip's sale. ihe news ui the engagement is now [Hibbsiicd i.eciiusj a German wirolc.-as message admits that cue Greit was do

itvuyvd b«loic passing tliu British L>atrois. The British iosi 7 1 anil tut.' Lionuaiis 130 lives. Alter tile Givn ivas sank, British destroyol is sank an enemy submarine. I'he light- apparemiy was a tloierinnied alio. 'liii' gi iiii rank r first- apprarou :is iiti iuiiwunt merchantman.

' Tile AleauUira'.s gunnery was i-iH-c----tive, and badly mattered me raider, •UH.iigli tno j-iudor whs the lioa.vor and spi'Ocuoi liritisa destroyers save;] all possible, British antii Uermaa alike. I ho fantastic tier man official ver.-ion says t-liai the Greii lougirt three British cruisers audi one destroyer. The (jreii torpedoed a great JLs,Mjju-tou cruiser and finality !>b'\v jiersoli i>p.