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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1916, Page 3

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HINDEN'BURG iIEPULSEiD. Park, June 21. General von Hindenßurg's attempt to i-untimie the offensive south-west of Smorgon was Sanguinarily repulsed. AUSTRIAN'S WAJtfr MOKE HEILP. Amsterdam, June 21. ■Bulgaria has refused Austria's appeal to eencl foroes to Bukovine. ENEMY DEPOT BOMBARDED. Athens, June 2d. British aeroplane* bombarded the German and Bulgarian concentration camp at Guniultaim, seriously damaging provision and munition depot*. I GERMAN OFFICERS RECALLED, j Athens, June 21. It is reported from Mitylene that all German officers and non-commies-

' sioned officers, enitruabed with tlie defence .utf the ooaslt of Asia Minor, halve been recalled to Germany. (Reoeived This I>aty, b.05 a.m.) MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES London, June 21. Ganeeral Maxwell's deapatchee mention in connection with the western operations the following -New Zealamders:—Major Auste, Sergjfc. McCoiinick, Corporal Lepper, Rifleman Nimmo (let- Rifle Brigade). The following have been mentioned in connection with the adminsfcration in Egypt—Staff officers: General Spens-, 'Major Whetherley, Gap tain Dawnay (Australasian Training Depot). New Zeialand staff:—LieutnGdkmels Charters and Fitzherbert. Auckland Mjountedfc.—Lieut-Oolanel Mackeey, Staff-Sergt. Motley. Wellington Battalion—Oa.pt. Cooper, Sergt.-Major Prideaux. Waikato Battalion.—Sergt. Bond. Pioneers.— Liout. R. ihompson. Divisional Transport.—Lieut-Colonei Hall. Army "Medical Corps.—Lieut-Colonel Fenwici ; Majors Maguire and Bowerbanks; Sergt.. W. Duncan, H. Jones. F. Fisher; Privates L. Anderson, T. Wright, J. Bish, D. WacK. Veterilnary Corps.— intent.-JColonel Yonng. Army Pay iDTvision—Liout-Colo ie! Hutchens Nursing Sisters.—Vida McLean, Fanny Wilson, Frances f nee. Hi Wil lis. Elizabeth Nixon, Marie Wilkie, Cora Anderson, Jean Ingram, Edith Harris, Emily Mitsey, titoa Livei-soy, Mildred Ellis, Daiplune Commons, Rose Fanning, Jeanette Moore, Mary vlcBeth, Elizabeth Port eons, Agnes Williams. Matrons, —Ntirse M. Cameron. 'Sisters.—A Buckley, C. Cherry, and F. Speedy. Special mention is made of Lady Godley. DUTCH AMBULANCE rOR RUSSIA. (Received This Day y.15 a.m.) Copenhagen, June 21. The first Dutch ambulance seait to the belligerents will go via Bergen to Petrogr&d. It consists of Dr Rejleiteld and four of the most efficient men in Holland, and nineteen nureen. THE ARMENIANS. Paris, June '21. Henri Barby, of Erzerou-m, writes to the newspaper Journal tfintof two'and a half million Armenians in Turkey at the beginning of 1915, two millions were massacred by order of the Young Turk" Government. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.j

THE 'RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Petrograd, June 21. General Keledine is pressing westwajxl and southward to Vladimir V«!ynski and is attempting to cut the enemy's communications witli Kovel. He is also progressing towards Xiomberg between Vladimir Volynski and Soknl. This extension ol General Kaledine's front, spreading eighty miles southwards, indicates a forthcoming junction wTth the army operating from Brodiy towards Lemberg. The Austro-Germans have drawn reinforcements from the Italian. French, Balkan, Pinsk and Baa-anovitch fronts. Locker Lampson, M.P., commands a,n armoured oar unit. TRYING THE' RUSSIAN" WINTER. Humdreds of officers and men, many of whom fought in Belgium, Fiance, Gallipo-li and German fcouth-West Africa, including Australians and New Zealanders have spent the winter at Alcxandrovsk. Some are engaged in special work Iff connection with the Aitsfcro-German prisoners employed \in the construction of the railway. GREEK PREMIER RESIGNS. Athens, June 21. It is reported that M. Skonloudds has resigned and M. Zaimis has been summoned to form a oabi««t.