THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

(.IXiCCl'ltlC riiLEGKAi'ii —COl'XlllGßT.j £PJSE PRESS ASSOCIATION. J THE EAST IjIRONT. Petfograd, June '22. A communique states;— After -artiirtfery preparation tHe onemy took offensive laet nighit on the D.viusk fromt along the i/onervesh-Wiansaw railways. Thoy were everywhere repulsed!. s Iho Germans occupied part of our trenches at Dubatovka and southward of Lake Vishrevskote. Our (reinforcements drove oat the enemy who crossed the lirevliaiiian eolith ot Arevo. Our tire compelled the enemy to withdraw to the west bank. We repulsed a German offensive west or Sokuil on the 'Styr, capturing 600. After violent fighting west of Svidniki an the Stokhod wo took 114 prisoners. The emaJlnew of tlie number is due to our men not giving quarter owing to the enemy's use of expiomve bullota. We carried' further enemy entrenchments on the Stryprt, and oooupied /he town of Racfaslz. London, June 22. The Daily News' Petrograd correspondent Bays that General Letchitsyy is brilliantly pursuing the enemy. Part' of the Austrians retired south along the Roumanian frontier, others towards the Carpathians, hoping to hold Jiefortified line of the Mikrohda andi Sereth rivers. Despite delay at Czernovita the Russians have reached lines simultaneously bisecting General Pftanger's forces ibetween Kuty and the Sereth. Rome, June 22. A portion of General Pfla.nger'e army has been oomplertely surrounded near the Sereth. THE WEST FRONT. Paris, June 22. A commuuique states:—A bombardment of extreme violence raged all day 1 on both banks of the Aleuse, especially against Hill 304, Mort Homme, andi our second lino. In the region of Ehmes and Ohatfcancourt in the evening at 6 o'clock an attach between HoJfl 301 and Bethmcourt Brook was completely - repulsed niter a grenade action. Our counter- I at'taeK enabled us to ■ re-occupy the greater part of the ground wherein the enemy had obtained a footing oil the previous night between JTumin and (Jhenois woods.

Tli© (bombardment after six o'clock I asurued unheard-of violence an the front north of TMauman, Vaux and | Cbapetre woods and the sector at f.a I Laifee. As reprisals for air raids at B&rled'ie and Luneville we bombe® Treves where we observed a great fire. Today a squadron of nine aeroplanes dropped 40 bombs on Karlsruhe. Anoth nsquadron of ten dropped 60 bombs on Mulheim on the right bank of the Rhine on military establishments. i'h3 effectiveness of the bombing was evidient. In the aerial operation a FrAker and three other enemy maohiaea were Brought down. Londotn, June 22 Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The ruemy exploded an exceptionally larga mine at Givenohv #Tist north of ihe Oanial on Thursday morning morning and entered our trenches on a narrow front. The "Welsh Fusiliers, after a very gallant and successful counter-attack, oompletejp" dirove tße enemy out, inflicting "heavy losses. Our casualties" considering the size of the mine, were very light. We exploded a mine near Hohenaollern and occupied the lip of the crater. MEXICO AxVD THE IuMTM) SPATES. Wamuntgon, Jane It. Curranaa's troops ambushed a considerable force of Americana and killed several and captured a aoore. l'ixe Mexicans loot a lew. J lie •ajinouncem&nit of the skirmish is stirring United! States war feeling, but President Wilson is stilj hoping that Carranza will avert hostilities. Consuls and other Americans ore fleeing from Mexico. There are note 'and disturbances along ttihe border towns. .Mr Lansing has notified the South American Republic that n war comes tihe United States will defend itself against further invasions, but will not intervene in Mexican affaire.