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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day h.lO a.m.) CZERN'OVITZ FALLS TO THE RUSSIANS. London, June 18. The High Commissioner far N'ow Zealand reports:—(Jzernovitz has [alien.

resulting in the withdrawal 01 the Central ±*owens' forces on tho Dniester und Pi uth trout. This entailed a temporary evacuation 01 positions iLorth-u estwaid of Czernovitz and tho troops thence proceeded to the Pruth Valley. The police proclamation .resembling the motif in a thrilling tragedy, warned the population on VVliit Sunday that Czernovi'tz would be .under fire on that day. Then the flight began. A heartrending panic seized Christian, Jew, Germain, Roumanian, Pole andi Luthenian, all believing it necessary to leave their beloved town. They wandered through the streets already echoing with the thunder of the guns. The sheik landedl mostly in the lower quarters and in the vicinity ot fclio railway station. Occasionally a shell hit an inhabited house. Our artillery replied to this ghastly symphony Jill day long. A similar spectacle was witneesed on Whit Monday and incomliairy shells struck the small farms and the station buildings were severely damaged, while a timber yard was ebaze. The Russians made night surprise attacks at tho north-eastaiui end ol the town, and the intensity ol' the bombardment opening at midnight made us shudder. The Hashes of ho shells 011 the horizon were as if a thunderstorm was approaching. The defenders in the trenches began an annihilating fire against tho storming columns, whose k>sse« were heavy. The Russians were unable to cross the Pruth andi our guns on i'uesday ca bed terrible destruction among moving columns. The attacks at the bridgehead was repeatedly renewed until the fourteenth; gnns, l:ko « thousand craters vomiting fire into the town. Our guns replied with the same intensity. The .Russians later advanced and sixteen waves were mown down, and the stormers forced back beyond Sadagona. I

(Received This Tla-y y.lO a.m.) | Perograd, Juno 18. j Router reports that an official mes- ' sage eays thflt Czernovitz lias been captured. THE PA IMS CUNi'Jilt KNC £ . Paris, Juno IS. M. Manikutitch, a rierbiaii delegate, said that the nations at the 'oiiferenoe convinced him that the Allies were prepared to go far iieyond their present diecisions, ii nece-saiy, in order to demonstrate to their enemies that the prolongation ol the war would be "more disastrous lor thein. The Economic Conference iiaa closed •and the resolutions, unanimously adops ted, will be published simultaneously in the Allied countries on the 21st. M. Broqueville, in a closing speech, said the Allies collaboration marked the opening oC an era of which the nations now suffering will gather generous fruit. The conference had prepared a defensive coalition for peace time against the evil genius which had organized force in the service of crime. The heads of the various delegations 4>uke similarly. President Poincare received the delegates at Elysee. A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. Faris, June 18. A communique states that after an extremely violent bombardment, the Germans made several attacks on our new Mort Homme position, using liquid fi/re. They were repulsed with, serious losses, and our gains entirely wore maintained. A series of German at. tacks on our trendies north of Tliiaumont were bloodily repulsed. ')ur aviators in the Verdun region engaged enemy airmen attempting a raid on Barlediuc and brought down two machines. Our machine guns brought down three. Four French machines engaged Four Fobkdrs oyer the enemy's lines in Lorraine and brought down two; one o! ours wa.s forced to descend. Our squadron dropped twenty-four shells on Hemidc railway station! near Vougiere, andi twenty on Thiotivillo factories causing explosions, also twenty on aerial establishments at Etuin and TTergniw. DENMARK: OTOPS FOOD EXPORT. • Copenhagen, June 18. As a result of food disturbance it is understood that the Government ie prohibiting food exports until the stocks aire normal. Germany will he. especially hard hit.