THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

tiSLrfCTIUU XKI- ,'iKArfi J (Au&tj-uiiaOiow Zealand. Cable Service). TURKS IN FILL FLIGHT. London, July 27. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent ;it Petrograd says ; — "The Turkish retreat .in the Caucasus is becoming a stampede. Erzingan is burning. uts occupation completes the capture ol Armenia, which the renewal of the Turkish resistance after the fnTl of Tre.biy.oiul. delayed. "The Turks are retreating west and southwest, apparently with the object of protecting the Bagdad railway and guarding their connections with Syria." RUSSIAN PRESSURIO. Amsterdam, July 27. A Vienna communique admit* the withdrawal of the Austrian*; south of Leszmow, behind the Holdurya sector as the resu'nt of superior enemy pressure . TIIE L>E Uri'SC H LAND. Thu rsd ay, i rtowS-o Now Toil;, July 27. Tin Deutschland has cleared the Customs. The exact time of her departure has not been disclosed, flTie l';itish steamer Highbury is anchored jiifr-t outside the .slip where the Deut-M-liliml is lying, blocking the chanli e'. "VICTORY IS OFl!S." New Turk, July 27. Lord Derby interviewed by an Anieri((lll' correspondent said:—'"Tho war may be long or short but I am convinced that victory is oiirti. The British voluntary armies have proved oqual to the best conscripts. We have no desiri to partition Germany. We may insiVit upou the retention ol' some of 'lit German colonies, but that is not, what we are in the war for. Personally I want the present offensive to go a.s far as Merlin." PETITION . FOR REPRIEVE. London, .July 27. To-day a deputation of Irish members, including ex-Colonel Lynch, petitioned Mr Asquith to reprieve Sir Roger Casement. Mr Asquith promised to consider the request. ..J I ———B