Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Received This Day 9.20 a.m..) BIG DROP IN BRITAIN'S OOAiL OUTPUT. (Times Service.; London, Juiy 21. Tho Admiralty informed the South Wales miners that tho coal output of the United Kingdom has fallen by thirty-live million tons since the war commenced whereas the national Allied demands necessitated twenty millions mor© tlian before the w&r.

(Times Service). DISUtSTKi; GERMAN NEWSPAPER London, July 21. Norway's attitude regarding the | blockado difcguste the Ooiogue Gazette w'liicli says that if it were not so immensely sad they might laugh at the idea of the Norwegians, who, after all the British sea tyrants' excesses are (still regarding England as the champion of independent small nations. This proves that Germany, when fighting for the freedom of the seas, cannot reckon upon the northern nations, although they are blood relations.

(United Service). GERMAN ATTACK ON JLONGTJE'VAL London, July 21. The Daily Mail's correspondent id' France writes that the German aiteck on Longueval was shrewdly oonoeived.

if successful it would endanger the front where the J? ranoo-liritish linos meet. The enemy pretends that oii.y a brigade was engaged, but Frcnch experts estimate tliau there wuio six divisions on a '2i mile front. Despite the tremendous odds iaaid exceptional German fury, the Britisu magnificently withstood the attack. GERMAN IMAGINATION. iNew York, July 21. The German campaign of lies has reached a great height. It was announced to-day that Berlin officially wiriessed that on June 3rd ia great revolt had' occured before the British Admiralty owing to the Jutland battle and that the theatres were closed. (Australia-New Zealand Cable Service). (Received This Day 8.40 a.m.) BRAVERY OF TERRITORIALS. London, July 20. Philip Gibbs says that in the offensive the Territorials proved great soldiers both in attack and resistance. The Queen's Westminsters, Queen Victoria's Rifles, London Rine Brigadies, the London Scottish, advancing on Gommecourt reached the German lines | and catpured a network of trenches Ia t amazing speed. The enemy put up a barrage of high explosive shells, through which no living thing could pass, and the Londoners were caught in a death trap. Their escape was cut off in the barrage fire which smashed the communication trenches, preventing supports reaching the men in the captured salient. Their comrades desperately attempted to send ammunition ; one party of sixty with handgrenades set out, and only three returned. The enemy organised a series of counter attacks Some of the enemy parties approached the Londoners from northern position, whence the enemy enfiladed the Loudon Scottish on-the right, holding a [redoubt. The building was barrica'ded, but ammunition grew scarce, and their bombs almost were exhausted. The Londoners gathered the German bombs, but the position became uglier, yet the men never lost heart. Their officers rallied six good men, and ordered the others to retreat with the wounded, and take their chance across "no-man's land, while he put up n last fight. He ert'nek to the- barricade until all hut two were killed, and he was the last t i leave. Gradual tfc" withdrew, under a great shell fire. Many of the wounded remained on th i fToVI, suffering great anguish, for days One officer, wounded in one log crawled about the field for twelve days before being rescued