THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 August 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

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THE CAMPAIGN IX i'RAXCE. Tiu' Lligli Commissioner reports;— London Aug. y. lhe French official report states:— -North of the Somme we entirely r«cccupiod. a trench north oi' Hem Wood, where the enemy gained a footing on Tuesday night. Wo took fifty prisoners in . the course of this action. We continue to progress in the regiou north of Hen Wood, where a lively combat is developing to our advantage. On the right bank of the Meuise there is a great artillery action in tlio sectors Thi'aumont-Fleury and VauxChapitre and Chenoie. (Australia-New Zealand Cable Service) 1 j London, Aug. 10. | .Sir Douglas Haig reports:— j Xorth-west of Pozieres the Austra- . lians advanced: their lines two hundred yards on a frontage of six hundred .yards.

THE .1! IiSSIAN FRONT. Petrograd, Aug. S). A communique states:— \Ve crossed to tl 10 right Ir.uik of tlie Knrojioti! river, pushing back the enemy and capturing a series of heights southward of the Niznioff-Monasterjis-k« railway to a bridge acros* the Dncister. \\ e advanced westward of fl"ymienitsa towards Stanislau. London, Aug. D. ihe ••Morning i'ost's" Petrograd correspondent says:— ''The Russians are within eight miles of the main line to Lemburg, which supplies all the enemy's armies northwest of Tarnopol. "General Sakharotf threatens 11 n • German left flank in the last-named region, and is endeavouring to envelope and push them back" An Austrian communique states:— \\c cfaptured. heights eastwaid o' Warochta on the upper Prutli.

We withdrew to the vicinity ol ; fcynia to previously prepared positions and repulsed strong attacks on Rothnier's southern wing. The fighting in Volhynia is most violent. The Russians were driven back at certain points, also near KisI iclin and. the Stokhod salient. I Siberian amd Guard troop 6 attacking in masses neatr Kaizowka were everywhere driven back. The whole field fronting our positions is covered with corpses, the result of the enemy's suicidal methods of fighting. FALL OF GORIZJA. London, Aug. y. An Italian official reports states: — Gorizia was occupied to-d'ay. Yesterday morning, after an intense artillery fire, we competed the occupation of the heights to west of the town. Trenches and dug-outs were found full of enemy corpses. At nightfall we crossed the Isonzo, consolidating our positions on the left bank. We repulsed counter-attacks on the summit- of San Michele and, took further trenches in San Martino. London, Aug, 10. An Austrian communique states:— Fierce battles around Goriziia continue. ; A few detatchments of the enemy reached the town. We repulsed aii Italian attack on San Michele and San Martino.