Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Received This Day 8.-to a.m.) (Australia-New Zealand. Cable Service). RUSSIAN TAKE OF GERMAN PRISONERS. London, July 13. Upwards of 30,000 German* Have been taken prisoner since the beginning of the Russian offensive. A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Paris, July 13. The newspaper Matin rep_orts that when the offensive began the Archdukes Frederick and Ferdinand were in the midst of a half-drunken revel at l/uzk, celebrating tlie former's birthday. Neither wac ill a fit condition to conduct operations. Jhe Emperor Prang Jonef refuses to give audience to Frederick, holding that h'e was mainly responsible lor the reverses at Luek. THE GERMAN ATTACKS AT VERDUN. Paris, July 13. "tile Petit Parisian Bays that the Germans arc hoping to su.rrommd Souvilfe FtoH. They subjected all of Verdun front for thirty-six hours to a bombardment, and the infantry attack began at 10 o'clock on "Wednesday morning. Eighteen thousand men were employed on a front of three kilometre*. Southward. of the village of Flenry the<y faced a rapid curtain of fire, but regardless of losses, crossed the liarrier of fire and advanced towards Souvilie, and after a hard struggle wore compelled to halt by tlie storm of bultets from hundreds of machine guns on the slopes of Somville plateau. The nearest the German line came »M 800 yards from the fort. The German front at some other points advanced 500 yards, but the gains give no cause fo- uneaeiifcM*. J (Received This Day 9.5 a.m.)

JERMAN TREATMENT OF WOUNDED OFFICER. ;Reuter's Telegram). London, July 13. A. correspondent at headquarters :rf(6 of the shameful conduct of the Sermans to the wounded men on the Souiine front. An English officer wae brought to a German trench amd the popular idea was to despatch him forthwith, but ultimately the suggestion of two officers was adopted, a.ndi the helpless officer w-.is. hoisted and tied to the parapet amidst jeers and informed "Now see what your earned bombardment is like." The Germans then descended to their dugout where the correspondent- believed they were bombed to extinction by the "British infantry who stormed the place and rescued the British officer.

GENMIAL TOWNiSHENI A TURKISH GUESTI. The Daily -Mail puiblifcmyi a Utter from General iowuahend io « friend. He says he is living in a cliarmign villa on a most beautiful islandi in the- Sea of 'Marmora. 'He has a tree yacht end can visit Pera and Constantinople as ofteii as ho likes. He is treated ass guest—not aa ft prisoner. Enver Pasha, has granted permission to his wile anil daughter to join him. OVERSEAS TROOPS IN THE ATTACK. The Daily News describing the fighting at Mam eta, Contalmaison and OviVlers, says the oversea troops formed a ■ware of attack on the most formidable section of the whole German front.. BULGARIAN SOLDIERS MUTINY. ■Recent Bulgarian arrival* state that a Bulgarian regiment mutiilied, and. murdered its German .officers. Another regiment sent to punish the mutineers joined them. THE CJHANMSL TUNNEL. Paris, July 13. In the opinion of the French authorities thirty thousand troops and thirty thousand tons of war material could be transported daily to France if the channel tunnel were existence. The Minister of Commerce told-the chairman of the Paris Economic Conference that the fuli execution' of the conference's decisions largely depended on the construction of the tunnel.