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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 May 1916, Page 3

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(iixuii. eil iius Day o.i>o n.iu.) JlaUl-id, -Uay ; j. • i oub.i.ui.lie bt.iik liiu i'lcucli Siin- ■ snip jlu, 10 -Uul.iius. i L the M.iL-,1 uiiueu iiuiiuit'-s to Duke Lo me 1 iiu.as. i'nc> avcic picKca up eighteen /iumij later.

i | . uii.-iAnLsi, isbisJi.. Amsterdam, May '3. it is reported tliciL a, submarine was mined uuU BUiik at Varna. Aiauy of tile cieiv were savotl by a destroyer. JilUitSH I'KJtiOAiiRS AT JjA(xHI DAD. Constantinople, May It is reported that O oner a i Tmvnsliond and lour gonerals ul" ltk liavo been taken to .Baghdad, whittier the other • captured men are being gradually transferred.

A I'KJiNCH OJM.UUNIQUE. i'ans, Alay <j. A columnuiquu Htate!> i.hat then.' was | iieioe lighting during the night cm tile lett bank ul the -Mouse. I'uriout. enemy attempts to capture H ill 301 Mere smashed and the iieTuia.ii losses were extremely heavy. A sharp coun-ter-attack enabled us to >.rive out the enemy lroiu the communication trench taken by hkn on Sunday. iFifiy ot tlie enemy were taken prisoner. We oxpelled the enemy fn>m the" majority of the first line elements captured southward of Haudromont AV ood. Ihirty of the enemy were taken prisoner. Two German aeroplanes were brought down in an air tight in the el-dun district). (Received This Day y.lO a.m.) TiHE CANADIAN XAW.S FIXST PRIZES. Vancouver. Mnv S. J A message from San Diego ! announces the first entry of the Canadian navy into the war: the crui- j

ser captured two prizes 111 tlie i'a-cj —tlie auxiliary bciiooners Leonoru «i I Oregon, oi German uwneislnp. In were suspected in each case. ANOilUtJn STOKi ABOUT lid GJiHAIAiN UJKOWJN' PilLNOb. Lomlon, May w. A duedisii de&patcil states tiiat tl German GwnuraJ istalf lias decide k with the consent oit the ivaiser, to i 1 move the Crown i'rinoe lrom the con mand on tiio Verdun front. (Kweived This Day 10.00 a.m.) REPLY TO GEIUIAN V. Washington, May d. Another JNote will be sent to Oei uiaJiy informing hex that if the n to submarine coimnuuidsrt are observed diplomatic relations wil remain un ! broken, but ipoiii'tiing out that the United S'tato cannot allov Germany to diotate lite negotiations with Great Britain.

HAIDERS REPORTED IN THE ATLANTIC). The Naval Attache at the British Embassy at Washington is investigating the report tha't two Gerlnan com merce raiders are at large in the Atlantic off the Azores. The crew o£ the sterner Venezia (o.f the Fabre line) "which arrivedi from Bordeaux, assert that the raiders fired shots at their vesfiei, but the Venezia ©scaped. llie I Attache notified Halifax and British • cruisers will make a search. It is believed that two submarines aqoampany the raiders. l/ater. The British Attache haß : announced that he is unable to tinti trace o» any of the commerce raiders, and that he disbelieves the report.