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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 May 1916, Page 3

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Received This Day 10. a.m. •UIICiH CO-MMI&SIOIXiER'S REPORT. .Dondon, May 29. South of Boye the French artillery destroyedi German organisations in the first line in the region of lieuvra-ignes. On tlie left of the Meuse there was ai-tiljery activity' on both aides in the course of the night. Last evening at seven o'ciuok ,a treimau attack, debouching from Corbeaux wood was completely repulsed by curbain and infantry fire. A second attack at midlniglit equally failed. On the right bank it was relatively cairn fixcept in the region of iort Vaux wb.ere the artillery fire was very lively. In Ixjrraine wo dispersed a strong" German reconnaissance ait the Parroy forest. Yesterday evening there were; tuteen air comba-tis between the French and German machines. Two of the latter were brouglwfc down in flames one on the bordens of the Argonne near Menthois, and the other in the fegion of Anifonteine mortb of 8.-irryaubac. in course of a trial flight one of our P'»ots was attacked by a if'okker machine winch fired over a thousand cartridges. Under this shower of pro;ectiles, and though his machine was riddledl with bullets, our pnot returned to his lines pursued by his adversary who was attacked in turn by 11 French machine. The enemy tied bult crashed to the earth in the neighbourhood of Bonrgogne, west of Rheims.- West of the Meuse our anti-aircraft' guns brought down two German aeroplanes.

i 1 (Received This -Day 9.35 a.m.)

I AVIATOR KILLED. j ! Lonuon, Map 29. i Oaptain Grime Jones and Lieutenant nenxy Tennant, eldest son of the Under-iSecretary for War, were bipianuig in Kent, when the machine sideslipped) and fell. Captain Gri'meJones was lcilledi outrigiu and Llentenunt 'lennant seriously injured. THjt OAMFAIGuN" L\ EAST AFRiua. London, May 29. j Colouei Nortliey & British forces an j the 25th advanced twenty miles into German territory along the whole front Detween Lakes Nyaasa- and Tanganyika, compelling the enemy to retire towarus Newangenburg. The South African and Nyassaiand troops are doing exceliienit, work, bridging and crossing tne Son-gwe river. During the night Ueneral Smuts's column occupied the railway station at the same place, while another column deecemded tne Pangani river to Lesara, the enemy withdrawing southwards. LULiL AT VERDUN. Paris, May 29. A semi-official report states that there is a iull at Verdun, dioulbtless to be followed ;as previously by the resumption of the great otiensive. THE SAVIOUR Oi' PARIS. General Gallieni was about to undergo an operation when death occurred, lio was extremely weak and unable to take nourishment. The doc-torn tried 1 modi transfusion but without avail. General Gallieni was regarded as the saviour of Paris during the critical days of August, 1914, when he rushed 50,000 of the Paris garrison irom Paris to the battle front and turned tho tide in tlie great Manic struggle in favour of the French.