THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

LBLiiCJ lUC XBLKGIiAI'ti —IAU-HUidHX.J (Australia and iSow Zealand Gable Service;. RUSSIANS" AGALV MOVING FORWARD. Loudon, July 17. l'etrograd wireless communiques, summing up the fighting on Sunday, state:—General i?iakaroft lias broken down the resistance of the enemy east and south-east of Svinhui, in "the Volhynia. Our advance continues along the Li pa, where the enemy are making a stubborn resistance. We took prisoner 27 / • officers and men, and captured twenty-four guns on the Lower Lipa. Petrograd, July 17. A communique states:—A i n offensive on the right Hank in the Caucasus is developing. Kuban Cossacks belonging to General Goriastaeff's column had a great success on .)uJry 16. I The Turks fired Ba.jbnrt-an before ' tlifir hasty retreat. I Petrograd, July 18. ; A communique states: We continue to press the enemy in the Volhynia. capturing prisoners. iLondon, July 17 A Berlin communique state*: There is lively fighting with Hiiideiiburu's army south of Riga. Von Li.nsingen's Advance chequed nn enemy attack south-west of Luzk. In order to shorten our line of defence the Germans thereupon withdrew behind the Lipa without the enemy's interference. Amstrdaih. July 17. An Austrian communique states. Russians south-west of Luzk attacked with uperior forces our front sector near Syklin. We withdrew east of Horochov. Allied troops south of Luzk withdrew behind the Lip«. A! J7IES OAPTIHiKS IX FRANCE. London, July 17. On the British front heavy iwin and mists again interfered with operations. Nothing important has occurred to-day. The total number of prisoners taken since July 1 amount to 189 officer* and 10,799 men. The captured armament incVudes: — Five eight-inch and three six-inch howitzers. Four six-inch and five other heavy guns. Thirtv-soven field guns. Three trench howitzers. >Sixty(-six machine guns. ■Many thousands of rounds of gun ammunition. The above is exclusive of many guns not yet brought in, and the numlie:.s destroyed by our bombardment and abandoned. The French front is comparatively ' cinlm. • A communique states: On the right bank of the Afeusc the artillery duel was -continued. In the region of Souville it was comparatively quietOn the rest of the front the weather is atrocious. London, July 17. A Berlin communique states :—The English at many points between the sen and the Ancre. have increased their fire. On the Somme there is great artillery activity on both sides. The enemy's local attacks resulted in the English penetrating Ovillers Wood. Thi« led to lively fighting south of Biaches. but otherwise the enemy failed before our curtain of fire. Extensive French attacks were commenced on July 15 east of the Meuse, and continued until next morning. The enemy did mot achieve success, and in the sanguinary struggle lost ground at a few pointn.