THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

IUC JiiLbiGKAl'li -CUrtfIUGHT.J (Australia-iVew Zealand. Cable Service). CAP! IT, ED BY GERMANS. London, July 2'6. Ihc Fiankfurtcr Zjeitung's correspondent, describing the British prisoners captured. at Montauban and Ovillers, says: —"lhey arc proudly defiant, like boys caught ai'tor a good light, with an attitude of extreme indifference. Uue piisoner, when asked what Germany woiiid claim when she won the war, replied 'German win? Never 1 That is quite impossible.' " GERMAN WOUNDED. Amsterdam, July 23. Five thousand .severely wounded. Germans have arrived at Collogue from the Somme. ZEPPELIN ACTIVITY. Copenhagen, July 26. 1 Zeppelin activity on the Danish and Norwegian coasts is increasing daily. Apparently there is a regular patrolling service which has been unobserved previously. The airships are flying low and occasional filing is heard. PATRIOTIC DEMONS! RATION. (Times Service) Loudon, July 26. Tho I'clu, de Beige states that the Germans have fined Brussels a million mark* «!« the result of a 'patriotic demonstration on a fete day on July 21st. DARDANELLES COMMISSION. (Australia and New Zealand Cable Association. ) The text of the Bill constituting commissions for the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia campaigns provides that an inquiry will be held info the con- , duct of operations, supply, equipment, provision for the sick and wounded, and the lesponsibility of the Governlnent departments.