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Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 June 1916, Page 3

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| LA'IWi WAJLt NEWS. j ir'aris, J line It. ( A iemi-official lopurt, commenting J ou tlie enemy's eiiiorcedi inactivity after the iierce sti ior Vaux lort, emphasises the Lokal Anzoigor s admission that tilt) fort was battered and Ho .French. artillery lias made iU hoid- '»£ intolerable. Doubtless tiEc Ue - iueny are preparing to lintjior exJiau-.t their reserves. Altogether they have sacrificed outside \ erd.un nearly a uii«lion nieu iu killed and wounded, the number fur surpassing tlie loss 01 the l l 'reach. London, June 11. Ihere is 110 present information -expecting the attitude oi me .Nationalists ill Ulster upon whom a settlement virualift- diepemds. Adiiural Jelliooe s officers comment oil the enemy's device of spreading clouds oi win tish, yellow smoke, enabling his ships to manoeuvre unseen. Amsterdam, June 11. Tiie .Kaiser, in reply to A J Claris oi Saxenmeiningen's cengratuiaUons, said; "God helped our brave blue lade, i feel proud and joylui unit my creation and my liie's work >ias proved, with God's help, such a ,u;eod sharp weapon." .Rome, June 11. ihe wani>ol-conlideiice motion was negatived by 197 to 108. It is cartain that the <Ja,biwet's resignations wid be announced on Jionday. Salonika, June JI. the Allies' actioin was actuated, by dilfereiices between the public and tlie Government. ihe people are strong'y pro-Ally. I'trograu, dune 11. Ihe llussians yesterday captuied tin additional 30,000 men and -100 officers, theyi also took 30 y'uns and an enormous amount oi booty. General Lecnusky's army, in the direction ol Czeinovitz, alome captured 18,0UU men effecting a complete deoacle.. Copenhagen, June fl. A German communique rep or is heavy artillery fighting on Ixith sides ol the Aieuse. ' A German patrol pe..etra.!e 1 the 1' lench trench westward of -»iarkirch. A German leeonnai&sance pen- j etrated and destroyed Itussiain positions southward oi Ivnevo.

Paris, June 11. A communique sny H tliat mine lighting to our advantage took place in tlie Argoune. We destroyed some underground works at iiuutociiecauchec. An oxp,o.sion of two German mines created a single crater 80 metres in diameter ; we occupied the iips on tlrree side-. There .was an intense str ■£- gle on both sides of tlie Mouse, and two attempts at surprise against Hill 304, and eastward ol the Hill, completely failed. 'lhere was no infantry action on the right bank. There was uand-to-handi Ugh ting in Apn mont forest, and we ejected with Jos ses two detachments intruding on ouiadv: need position. The enemy ga-mcd a footing in the trendies southward! oi St. .Marie in the Vosges. Out coun ter-attack with grenades, drove theji. out. London, June 11. Tl.e High Commissioner reports that the totai Russian- captures are: One general; 6190 officers; and over KXj.i (JO men, together with 12-1 guns and LBO marine guns. Amsterdam, June 11. The total Prussian losses alone number J,(j99,(!00, inclusive of the latest ten lists covering the simghter at Verdun.