THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 June 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

LliLriviUlU TJSLJiOUAI'K—CUI'VHiOUI'.j £l'£K I'ltliSS ASSOCIATION.J IHE I'RENCTI FRONT. Loudon, June 2tj. Sir Douglas Haig reports: —Our artillery is very active on the whole front. The heaviest shelling if- at Ncii-ville-St. Yaa-st and north ot Ypres and '-Uctnin road. I he only other incidents were small unsuccessful raids on Liiitisii trenches. The German mines exploded without ■iiillicti.ig casualties. 'fhe French ollicial report sayis: - On the left bank of the -Mouse there is intense artillery lire in the legion ol Hill 301, at 31ort Hommo and Chattancourt. On the right bank the boniTwirdment was redoubled in violenco at the end oi tho afternoon. Amsterdam, June 25. A German communique says: The j British ami French dioveiopod an nll- - broken and lively artillery action in [ tho region from south ol the Ln fiasseo Canal to beyond the Soinnie. Thi« continued all night. They also heavily bombarded Lens and neighbourhood and discharged ga« unsuccessfully over our lines in the region of Beaumont audi Ilamel, niiitfhward of Albert. The enemy's lire on the west bank of the Mouse attained great activity t-owardis evening. espocialtly at Mort Homme. .Small mlnntry undertakings occurred at night wherein we were succesut'uJ. Many violent battles developed under conitiniious artillery lire airoimd the poeit:on wo captured eastward of the Mouse. All French attempts to recapture the lost ground, broke down, the French suffering the heaviest Josses. Paxis, June 25 .Semi-official.—The battle of Vendun was resumed with Midden brutality and infernal vio/pnee. The lieiavy gun fire was of extreme fierceness. Tho infantry assaults indicate that the Germans are either delaying us at Verdun, and wish to foil our plans, whose approaching realization threatens them, or arc trying to distract attention while they transfer troops fo R lies im. THE EAST FRONT.

I'etrograd, June '_!•>. Alter fierce fighting the on I'Yidiay captured Kimpolung '(near the Roumanian bordeir) taking prisoner over 2000. The latent success, together with the occupation of Ivuty, place., tho whole of Bukovina ill Russian hands. A communique states-We carried a redoubt. by a coup-de-main, three verstij south of Zminy on the Styr, and bayoneted the garrison after fierce resistance, capturing twenty heavy guns. .Many German attacks on this trout were repulsed, the enemy tailing back owing to growing kasses. We captured 800 unwounded prisoners half of whom were (ieruiaus. and. L") machine guns. Enemy tirotiehofs were filled with heaps of corpses and men .suffeiing from bayonet wounds. Vienna, .June 2d. A communique states Our troops in Bukovina occupied the now positions 'between Kimpolung and Jnkobleny. We evacuated the. heights south of Bertrometti and YVisenitz without enemy interference. KARI.SKI'HE HAM)KI). » Borne, J tine 26. '1 lie oil- laid on KarNiuhe caused a panic in the town. Travellers state that the p.-pulnte was holiday-making many attending Hagenbcicli 's menagerie. Ihe bombs were intended fur the ra'lway, ancl must have accident* al!y fa linn on spectators in « circus killing 120 persons. The Ge'inau pros is indignant at Una reprisal for attacks on French towns.