THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 June 1916, Page 3

THE WAR.

LGLiSCI'UIC TELKGRAI'E—COPYRIGHT.j [I'EK PltEHd ASSOCIATION.] THE WEST FRONT. London, June 29. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We made ill lit/her successful raids on German trenchea at several points. We also used gas effectively against tho enemy. Paris, June 29. A communique states After lively artillery preparation in the Champagne, the Germans penetrated some of our small posts on the Tali ure salient. They were driven out by our [ grenade attacks. U o progressed oft the outskirts of Thi amnion t works. Amsterdam, June 28. A German communique says:—From the La Bas6ee Canal and to the south of the Somme the enemy under cover of repeated outbursts of artillery, and mine explosions, gas ciouds and smoke clouds, made reconnaiesanco attacks which were easily repulsed.

| Strong French forces after twelve hours' severe artillery preparation ■ attacked all day on Tuesday .against the positions wo caiptured on Fridiay at I'roidie Terre. The attacks collapsed with extraordinary loeses. THE RUSSIAN FRONT. Petrograd, June 29. A communique states South-east of' Riga tho enemy on the night of June 27 after a heavy bombardment and the emitting of clouds of gas, attacked in great force in tihe direction of PuKarn. ■Reinforcements opportunely arrived, and we succeeded in repulsing the enemy audi inflicting heavy losses. In an endeavour to arrest our offensive in Bukovdna the enemy is neglecting no means to prevent our building bridges at many points, but the engineers and bridge corps aire Surmounting all difficulties and are displaying admirable self-sacrifice. Amsterdam, June 28. General von Linsingen stormed andi captured Liniewka, westward of Sokul. Russian centre front. FRENCH BEPRISALS. , Paris, June 29. Official.—The Germans are announcing to the whole world the terrible effects of a bombardment at Karlsruhe ami demounting; the bombardment as villany. It is desirable to recall that this bombardment was orderedi as a reprisal for the bombardments of tha jpea towns of Bar le Due and Luxe- i ville, which cost the lives of numerous inoffensive peopled The German® aiso bombarded Amiens and Betliune and many other towns five or six times In the last three months.

[ We abstained from the bumibardment of toTvns behind th« German lin«n but tile abstention sufficed to aihonr the worldi the degree of our pa/taemw*. It is impossible to allow the enemy without scrapie bo continue multiplying attacks with the assurance of inuuuni'tv for the future. . Our conduct will be regulated by our adversaries. They will suffer reprisals which they force us t'o taike. LIEBKNEOHT SENTENCED. Berlin, June 28. Horr Liebknecht has been sentenced to two and a half years servitude, and dismissal from the army, for attempted high treason, gross insubordination. and resistance of tTie ftiithorrEirs. The court setntencedl Mm to the lowest penalty admissafole, believing that Herr Lieibnecht was not guided by dishonest fueling but by political fanaticism.