THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 May 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

ißUtui'uiu txlbgrafh—COPYßlGHT.] i PKB I'UKiS ASSOCIATION J I " ' IN THE SUEZ KBGIOiN. Loudon, May 19. Official.' —Cairo Anzacs surprised and routed the enemy at Bayoudi and Alageibra. The great heat and the deep j sand lorbade a long pursuit. i'he ! oatmp boyond was destroyed and much ammunition and many camels were captured. AUSTRIAN ATTACKS REPELLED. Koine, May '9. A vonimunique states:—Numerous heavy batteries have resumed the bombardment of Zepnatorta. Afterwards the launchedi five more violent attacks. Each was hiM-led back with bloody losses. A r,O.VG THE FRENCH I'KONT. London, May 1 8. Tlie High Commissioner reports:--Betwoen the Oise and the Aisne a I strong eneniy reconnaissance party at--I tennpted to enter our lines in theneighbourhood of Guennovieres. Wo coun-ter-n Hacked and dispersed it, the enemy leaving dead on the ground. On the left bank of the Mouse, after a lively artillery preparation, the Germans repeatedly attempted in the course of the night to take a redoubt in Avooourt Wood, but were repulsed with serious lossss. About 3 o'clock this morning a suocHfllul coup dlo main was made on a German trench north ot Hill 287 ; the occupants were either killed or taken prisoner. At the same hour after a sanguinary engagement, we took posscession of a pjmail German fort which had been firmly organized on he north-eastern slope of Hill 301.

On tlie right bank cit tho flense and in Woevre there i sa reciprocal bomibardment. Last night the Germans dropip'xl several bombs in the region of Luneville, Epinal audi Belfort, causing tin- [ important material damage. French aeroplanes enrricd out numj erous bombardments on the h-ont north of Verdun. Notable Features of these raids were tlie dropping or iifteon Vnrye calibre bombs on a muiitiun depot between Raucourt andi rroeourt, six miles and a quarter south of Sedan; five on the railway station at Sedan, where an outbreak of tire wins observed; and fifteen on a munition depot in: tlie neighbourhood of Azannes. The same night two machines dropped 80 bombs on the MetzSabltxnfi stations. IN THE BALTIC SEA. Stockholm, May JB. A submarine believed to be a Russian shelled the German steamer A ;11g)a for 20 minutes oft' Landsorf island mi May 16". and then torpedoed and sank her. Two of the crow were, injured and the captain and three of the crew are missing.

The German steamer Bianca was shelled, topedioed and sunk on the same spot an hour before. The captain was taken prisoner, but the remainder of the crew reached shore. A Russian submarine topped cod the German steamer Hera near Landsorf on the same day. The crew were saved. Some reports attribute the torpedoing to British sulbmarines.