THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

(.BLiCfKIC rELKQRAI'E—-COPYRIGHT.] [PEE PIIEBS ASSOCIATION. J LORD KITCHENER'S DEATH. London, Juno 6. London was staggered by the bald announcement in the earliest posters of the evening papers that Lord Kitchener had been drowned. The news reached London at lunch time. Thousands of people" in the streets mingled amazement with sorrow. .uany meetings and conferences were broken oft and drills andi training oamps abandoned. The first impression at the clubs and public offices was one of incredulity. bot the definite character of Admiral .Jellicoe's report and the explanation that Lord) Kitchener was going to Russia removed all doubt. The blinds of the War Office and Admiralty were drawn and Hags were flown halfmast. (Hhe confirmed news spread >ike wildfire through the streets. The anxiety to learn the facts wae so great that some newsboys were mobbed and thrown down by the weight of the crowd and the papers snatched from their hands. A rumour gained strength during tlio afternoon that Lord Kitchener had been picked up. This was probably based on the fact that the communique did not state that he was positively drowned, but merely there was little hope of any survivors. A communique the War Office issued at nine in the evening banished all 'hopos.

THE NAVAL BATTLE.

Londion, June 7. One thousand t<vo hundred and six-ty-two petty officers and men were lost on board tho Queen Mary. All the Onslaught's officers were killed in the conning tower which was wrecked and llio charts destroyed. Midshipmen and seventeen of the crew piloted the destroyer out of action and brougiht the vessel to port. A Berlin official message cla ; ms the loss of the Waraprite, Princess Royai Birmingham and Acasta on the evidence ot' the British sailors who were picked up. The Admiralty announces that the statement is false. Official.—All the British submarines which took part in tihe .North Sea battle have returned to harbour.

THE RUSSIAN FRONT. ' "Petrograd, Juie r. A communique states: —Our success on tiie Pripot to the Roumanian frontier continues. We have captured 480 officers, 25,0110 men, 27 guns, andi upwards of tiiTy machine guns. Amsterdam. June i. A Vienna communique states: —ln the north-eastern sector tnere was violent fighting along most of the whole of 220 miles of front. Our first line north of Oki was flattoned, and we withdrew three niile.s southward. We repulsed several attacks in the lower Strypa region. THE WEST FRONT. London, June 7. Sir Douglas H-aig reports:—There was very heavy fighting on Tuesday afternoon east of Ypres. 'A heavy enemy bombardment about Hooge and: the Ypros-Lom mines railway and canal began at midday. The enemy also, exploded a series of mines north of "Hooge which was followed by unsuccessful! attacks between Hooge and tne canal. Tiie enemy penetrated our trout trenches immediately north of Hooge after the explosion of a mine. Fighting continues. Our general line is still intact. Paris, June 7. A communique states:—There was violeut artillery fighting at Vaux and Dnm'loup. The rest of the front is inactive. " ' THE ITALIAN FRONT. Rome, June 6. A communique states:—We repulsed enemy attacks in massed formation on the PoainorAstico front. We gained ground on the western elopes of Monte .Negro m-! repulsed vigorous attacks on the Am ago pVateaii. Enemy aviators bom'bed Aa and Verona doing some damage. Amsterdam, June 7. A Vienna communique states:—We have captured since June 184 Italian officers, 9,700 men, thirteen machine guns and five field guns.