THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 May 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

I KUCUI'LUU 11UIU>IUI - wi'lbx'tti. ; I MSB I'UKMH AhdlH'l ATION-l MOKE EXECUTIONS. London, May 13. There is intense satisfaction in London that the Government has not acceded to the clamour for the reprieve <jf Connelly and MoDormoU, the signatories to thp lri.sli rebel proclaaiation. Alter the trial on the Dth General MaxweUj innne<liijately confirmed the sentences which were carried oat at (huvn befoic Mr Asquith arrived. Tlio court martiai of the officer tor shooting Skeffington hae been opened. MAUTLAL LAW MODERATED.

Mr Afiquith comferred with iSir Hubert Clmhners at Dublin Castle when it w;is ili'tid'o I tlint m.'il'tia 1 law slfcmld bo relaxed but that the inhabitnits must fie indoors between midnight and four in the morning. It was reported tliait Mr Aequith la deeirous of establishing an Irish Executive partly ad- , jriinistratire and .partly deliberative ' during the war. 1

General Maxwell has forbidden parades, processions and political meetings, football, athlotic ftndi hurling meetings anywhere in Ireland with jut tlio written authority ot the Chid of The Police. THE FRENCH FRONT. I

Paris, May *3. A communique .says:—We appreciably extended our position south-east of Haiieoiwl and completely reputed mi attack south-east "of Douaiutiont. A further communique says: —Wc furthor progressed at night in tin vicinity of Hill 287. The enemy's renewed attacks on the trenches southeastward of Fort Douaumont were repulsed, with serious German losses. Other attempts on positions northward of Tliiaumont Farm were stopped by a curtain of tiro. We repul=r?d a Uerman attack vest of Hill 3(M, and frustrated a Gorman roup do main on the north-east slope ot Mortliomme. An aeroplane dropped eleven shi'ils on the airship fche'lw at Metz and Krescatj. London, Mnv 13. Sir T)o:iiiln.s Haig reports Tlio Ger minis heavily bom.barde'J cliches-' between the Somnie and Maricourt. They delivered three attacks. One penetrated! our trendies, but was iintu«diately expelled, leaving many dead. Trench and mortar actions have taken place among tlio reminder of the front,, especially at 'Hwbuterne, Soucbez, C'areucy, Holienzollern and St. filoi. ' The enemy on \\ ednesd«y evening capturod about SUU yards ol trencJies north-east of Vormelles. A counter-attack at night recovered a portion. Amsterdam, 31ny 0). A German communique says:— I'alatinate troops stormed several • British lines south of Holienzollern redoubt-, taking prisoner 127 of the enemy, whose V>sses were sangumary, especially in the counterattack.

THJS EASTERN i«'KO.VT. Loudon, May 13. A Potrograd/ communique states:—-A German offensive is ill progress oil tile outskirts of the village of Tepuku 111 tlic Jaeoib-'tiwlt region. Enemy artillery destroyed the village. The (ior mans nlso prosecuted an offensive southwest of Lake Mednius unsuccessfully. We repelled th<- enemy advance near .Novonleninetz, A Turkish offensive in tiie direction of Baghdad was repulsed. The High Commissioner reports, London, May 13. - Petrograd, official.-After a strong artillery fire the Uermans attacked a 1 sector in the Jaeobstadt region north of St. Sclaburg, south-west of Lake ' Medmus. They also unsuccessfully assumed the offensive in many other fse>c- 1 tors in the Jacobstadt region. In the Dvinsk region the enemy has opened a lively artillery tire. • Our artillery dispersed in many places enwny j workmen engaged in fortifying in the 1 region of the Kolki valley near Oleksintz. The enemy'b attempts to .'pproacli our trenches were repulsed. In the Caucasus our troops moved further west of Baghdad in the direction towards Mesopotamia. Turkish ( jit tempts to advance were repulsed at ( Kasro and Shir in. We captmud one gun of an Austrian model and a euppiy j of artillery ammunition.

ON TO BAGHDAD. Petrograd, -May 1,5 A Caucasus communique says: -Tue Turks delivered a merciless night attack on the iofty iaugc dominating t'io Eraindeom region. Our detachments took prisoner ICO. Ou.r advance guard easily overcame the the Turkish offensive in the -Mamahatun region. Ihe left wing defeated the Turks in a batliy occupying two days, capturing 2000 rifles and ammunition. London, .May 13. IVtrngrad -reports that the Bussiana are moving towards Baghdad and ire within thirty miles of Kuanikiu mountain. DifficuTtcs have been overcome •and the Russians are following up the ' Turks who are entering the Tigris Valley. A strenuous Turkish resistance is expected at Rhanikin where the Turks are .strongly iortifiod and reinforced. The builder builded a house of brick, 'Twas as Bound as sound could be. But the hui/dier himself was out of repair, And a ragged cough coughed he. " 'Tis a wooden suit I'll be wearing soon," Said Jie, and his face was donr; But he beat the old reaper in just two hours, With Woods' Groat Peppermint Ours ——————