THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 May 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

L ajbXUTBIO TitLBUKAI'Ii —COf YitlOHT. ; Ltltß I'UKSS ASSOCIATION 1 IIUSSIAN AJSD T'UiiK Petrogracl, -May Jj A communique says that a very large 'i'urkaii force at x/issmgaii ad tor a unions battle, drove buck oar advanced pusis, but extremely severe losses lorbadie tliom to follow up their successes. , Tiio enemy in Mesoputu.mia precipitately retreated iu the Mossui vicinity abandoning guns and munitions. I'etrograd, May 1-3. Despatches from Kernianchas detail sixteen hours of sanguinary fighting in tlio Kurdish village of Sa-rniil situated oil, a hill between two rugged' mountain -mnges ten miles from Kirind. This is the first engagement in' P'Tsia exclusively against Turkish regulars. The Turks blocked the adva.ice to Kisrisliirin. Fighting commented at dawn. The Turks, who were defending the historic road to Mesopotamia withstood a devastating iCission guntire and Miccessive onslaughts of infantry until midnight and the* i'ell itiack on Kasrishirin. A British officer who aooompaa'-®d the expedition speaks in the highsst terms of the Russians' valour. ALONG THE EAST FRONT. London, "May o. Sir I>ouglas Haig reports:— After an extraordinary bombardment on Saturday night with guns ol all types three parties ot' Germans attacked Podegsteert Wood;. One entered our trendies but was immediately ejected. The Scottish met-other i>«•••ties on a parapet a:nd dispersed t-heui. Pai'if-. May T). A sonii-officKil report says :- Attacks oil Verdun continue without cohesion or succeed. Fridav marked another sanguinary feat. On Saturday evening the enemy was agoin everywhere thrown back. The French have appreciably adva'iced south-east of Haucourt. German (storms oi artillery were unable to overcome the valour of Hie French infantry at Xancy.