THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

(.mbKCTHIG I'JiX.iiCinACH—OOfIRIGHT.J Ll'BR I*ll ESS ASSOCIATION. \ THE WEST FRONT. Pons, April b. A communique states :—We progressed in the communication trenches ot Cailette wood. Our scouting aeroplanes in the Verdun district brought down a doublemotored aeroplane near Hanbfourneaux Pond. Another enemy machine fell near Tilly wooclt and a third dived vertically to the ground. A French air squadron dropped 14 bombs oil Natillois railway station and five on bivouacs at Damvillers. IN THE CAUCASUS. Petrograd, April (3. A communique statesln the coast region of the Caucasus the Turks supported by the lire of the cruiser Breslau attacked the Russian right flanK. and were repulsed with heavy losses. Simultaneously we attaokfrn in the centre and carried part of the Turkish positions. We dislodged the enemy from a series of .mountain positions which were powerfully organised in flif" upper Chorock basin. TO ATTACK RIGA. Stockholm, April 5. Two large German squadrons of cruisers and torpedo boats were seen going north. Tt is believed that they ore attempting to force an entrance into the Gulf of Riga which is now c ree from ice. A violent cannonade was heard. MORE SHIPS SUNK. London, April 'u. A German submarine torpedoed and sank the Clan Campbell in the Mediterranean without warning. The crew fvere saved. An Austrian submarine sank the John Pritchard in the Mediterranean. A submarine bombed and torpedoed the Norwegian mailing vessel ElisheJena in tlie North Sea. The ship was not sunk and tho crew saved. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. London, April 6. Official.—\ Zeppelin visited the north-east coast last night and dropped bombs. It was driven off by gunfire. \ ON THE TIGRIS. London, April 6. Experts attach the greatest-import-ance to tho victory at I m-el-hannat. The enemy's main advanced position is of great strength, naturally and arti- • fieially. It is situated on the north bank of the Tigris extending to the Suwiiaieha marshes, thus barring the approach to "Kutela.mara, twenty miles away.