THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

LISLjfCiIUC XELEGiIAI-K —COI'HUIGHT. j £FSK PIIEBS ASSOCIATION.J THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE. London, June "11. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We repii'lfied a German attack on the Yipres Menin Canal. Ail along the front our patrols were very active entering the enemy trendies at many poiniu and inflicting numerous casualties. We exploded mines at Loos enabling the Leicesters to inflict many casualties. Yesterday five of our airship* engaged four Fokkors in the enemy's side of the line. Two were ibrought down falling beyond our control and two more enemy machines weire brought down in the course of tlhe day. Amsterdam, Julie 27. A German communique states:—Patrol fights hove developed upon the English and north wing of the French fronts. Numerous gas clouds and smoke cloucte floated towards us without damage. The clouds in some floated back to the enemy trenches The enemy's artillery was directed tvith special intensity on our portions ;)n both sides of the Som'me. French attacks north-west of Thiaumont and south-west of Fort Vaux were ivitliout result. i Paris, June 27. A French communique states: —The 3ermans on Tuesday afternoon attackid pert of the village of Fleury which )ur occupation completely repulsed. Heme, June 27. High German diplomatists reiport 'hal the estimated losses at Verdun ire 170,000.

RUSSIA'S | Petrograd, June 27. J A communique states:—[Numerous attempts have been made by the German infantry to take the offensive in the northern sectors,, especially in the Luzk region, but the laibtacks were 1 repulsed. Heavy bombardments on the Stoichod and middle Strypa. fronts continue. ■ General Brussiloff .reports that his ; prisoners from June 4th to 23 total: — j 4031 officers, 15)1,041 men, 219 guns, 1 644 machine guns, 106 bomb mortars, j 38 searchlights. < During the crossing of the "Dniester 5 parties of Don Cossacks swarmed naked c*u-ryin,g on their rifles. Reaching the other bank they attacked the en- < emy with the bayonet and held the < position until reinforced. a

| ITALIANS' ADVANCE. Rome, June 2". An Italian communique states:—We crossed a strong entrenchment at Matassone and Anghevpi, completing the conquest of Mount Menerede. We cleared the enemy off the southern slope of Mount Aralca, on the Powina line, and have begun an advance on the northern side of the valley. Cavalry patrols on the Sette Oomuni •plateau reached] a point 6outh-west of Asiago, and have occupied several villager to the north-east. Aflong the whole front) we found times oif the enemy's barbarous methods. Some hundreds of naked foodiei of Italian soldiers were found in the mire near Magna Bascha.

AUSTRIA'S VERSION. Vienna, June 28. A communique states:—lT he shortening of our front between the Brenta and' tlie Adigo was completed on Monday. The Ifyadian cHaim of victories is completely untrue, and is proved by the following fact:—On the night of Juno 20, a partial evacuation of advanced trenches, which were in an unfavourable terrain, began after a week's preparation. The Italians, on the following forenoon, eoflJtsnued the bombardment of the positions we had evacuated. Only at noon did! the Italian detachments timidly began to move towards some of the portions of our front between the Astico and the Sugana Valley. After a bombardment we evacuated trenches l in the Adige sector, and continued 1 the whole day and following nights proceeding on some points till Monday imorning. There wws no fighting on either day. We lo6t neither prisoners, guns, machineguns nor other war material.

The Italians are now approaching on our new positions. They attaoked Monte Festo on Monday morning. We repulsed them wtih heavy losses.