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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 July 1916, Page 3

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U'HR PRESS ASSOCIATION. j V-ON Ma/l. 1 KEiS DEATH. - j Londwii, J ajy 'J. , .Colonel Gabkmsky, a military critic, . declares that Von Moitke died of a broken heart. Hi* stall work was responsible lor tiie German successes early in the war, but the Kaiser interfered wi'tn his plaiiß, causing subsequent disasters. The. Kaiser then meanly put the blame 011 von Moitke to save his own. reputation. Rome, July -. In a recent laid on an Austrian aviation camp at IVrgiiie, where there were tlnrti aeroplanes, the it-aliai! bombs dehtroy*d ali the machines and ul»o mecked t.ie iiea-uyuajters oaanp. Amsterdam, July A demonstration in favour of Dr. .K.uoch 1 at Berlm ended in a riot. The military ivounded ten and arrested fit teen. A Turkish i-ommuiiKjue says we drovu fclie out ol lverind and are pursuing in the direction of Korniaiisiiah. Our hit wing in the Cuu-<.-i'Sii j is progressing. Paris, July 'I. Tlie Petit Parisian says the Jt'ranco-lii'i-Lish oll'eiisive lias launched 111 a brilliant fashion. The uiitisli seized the enemy's lirst defence and the i 1 rencli, west of i'eronne, liberated lour villages. The principal battle is developing on a sector of forty kilometers, whereof the British are attacking 011 twenty-hve. There aru numerous reconnaissances eiiewhere, especially on the Loos sector. Rome, July 2. Tfie Italian press applaud the Biitisli success and Union Jacks generally Imvo be( n hoisted on public and private buildings. Largo crowds cheered at the British Embassy and elsewhere.

Am.ste.rdam. July 2. J here is violent artillery action on tilt' Yfcer including heavy gunfire, from wa4.slll.ps. It is believed that the British monitors are iiring on the Germans across the duties .so as to vender a. Gcj uuui infantry advance impossible. L'etrogTadi, July 2. General Letich.sky, the Keiznre ot Koloniea, is irresistibly smashing his wa.y between the Pruth and tin; I>ni 'ster. and striving to cut all comuiui' ica.tioos between Bukovina and Gal.--ia, and threaten the flank and rear of the principal Austrian army ma* ;ee with t-lieii Ixv-e on Lemberg. Ihe Germans oast of lvovel continue tierf ■ ;i.ttack« betiicn ilic upper Stokliod and the upper Styr. hoping to brerk the .Russian line. Already th"\ hai-i- launched forty fresh battalions with.>ut success. A Vienna communique so.w that cavalry masses. extending lor a beradth < ti'i'ee kilometres and a depth of mx kiloi ictivs attacked General Hothniei. Tiio i'lioiuv iva- dispersed wtili big lessee. We are pushing hack the Russians in \ oliiynia. Since the beginninji of June we have captured I .Rus.- :iii uiiieei >, men numerous gum- and lime niaehiiie jjiiiis south ot i'rip t Marshes, lighting on the I)o----berz ■ plateau hai> decreased. We rcpuiei (I the Italian attacks. Rome, July 2. A . emi-ofliciaj account says tile Italian . lieiifcive extended; .along the whole iron, and the Austiians were powerless to a. est our advance, though winployiny; fie most barbarous inoLiiodfi. Oeucial .ml Devicll sent asphyxiating gas in gi'e.i quantities on the Italians .sur-pi;-s. _ i liem by tile measure which was prepared in the minutest details j

iii ; ,>• pretence oi the Archduke J»si . UoroevicbV scheme every proi. ,o of brill-taut resiilu., l>ut. the Itali. v..,, alter the lirsl moment of surprisi . were able Lu arrive in time to thro themselves en their adversary mid capture 4(JO prisoners. Another clievL: v- is arming .special stjuads ol' Aius-t-iiai with clubs with sha !•].> point,s to desp .i.-ii fallen Italians. Tliese l»arbaio • iiupf?uieiith were toiiud oil the battlefield. Petrograd. July 2. A M'volt has broken out in Monteuegi intul several Austrian garrisons have : een massacred. Linden, -Inly Ollii.iii".—The British have captured l.'"ri< onri v.itli 3-j(10 prisoners. iSi r Douglas Uaig's afternoon bulletin .oporto wb»-fcantiaJ progress as having made in the vkvnity of Frieom i., whioh our troops captured by two i.i tlie offcernoon. We took prisoner 800 (until midday) during operutlo ■; between Ancre, making the total ;i')(K:. including prisoners from other part, of the front last night. ("Times" Gable Service). London, July 2. lie,many. in a enmmuni<|ue, reports a great Anglo-French offensive on a twe av-ti've-miie front, with strong nr-t-ilJe:y and gas preparations. There wei" no advances worth mentioning ■from Oomme Court to La Boiselle, but tliey penetrated our first line at Rog:<l- . abutting on the Sominc, compelling tlie withdrawal of our division into prepared positions. We lost the front line with material wlrirb could not be removedi, Other attacks were trasuccessful. Aitstrions and Germans stormed tlie heights poiith-wefit of Tarnopol. NOTK. The cable news in this issue accredited to the ''Times" has appeared in that journal, hut only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of the Times.