THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

IIIC lELKt.KAI'Ii —UOFKItIUHX. J (Au.straliii-Nevv Zealand Oable tJoi vice;. ALL I liS (lAI\S IN FRANCE. Loudon, August 25. tSir Douglas Tlaig lopoit.-: —We advanced 300 yards southward ol I hjepvai capturing 100 yards ol trenches and many prisoners. Bombing attacks 011 our trenches northwards ol liazoutiu Ic I'etit wore easily repulsed. HIGH COMMISSION FR'S REPORT. London, Augu.«t 24. The French official report states: — North of the Somme our troops tlr; altemoon, having carried by a single rush that part of the village ol Maurcpas that the enemy .still occupied and the neighbouring trenches, extended their line 200 metres (approximately 217 yards) beyond 011 a front of two kilomotroH (approximately ii* miles). On the right bank of the Meuse several enemy grenade attacks on our new front between Thiaumont and Floury were broken hy our fire. We slightly progressed beyond tho footpath eastward of Flenry. RUSSIA'S REPORT. l'etrogrnd. August 24. A i-oni 11111 ni(|iio says:—There has boen nit change 011 the western fi ont<. Wo entered Mush taking prisoners. The latest informafon from .Rachta shows that we surrounded portions of the Jth Turkish Division, taking prisoners Hie whole of the 11th Regiment consisting of a commander, 50 offieeis, and 1 GOO men, and the bulk of the remnants of the 10th 'Regiment, consisting of two members of the staff, scveial other officers and 650 Askaris. MERCHANT 8 CRMA R TXES. Amsterdam, Aug. 24. A Gorman .semi-official message says: About eight British warships awaited the iDeutschhuid outside Chesapeake Bay with a number of hired fishing boats with nets down to enable them to detect a submarine. The Dcutschland experienced stormy weather in tho North Wea. The agents have received a messago from the submarine Bremen that she will arrive in America in a few days. Iit:LGAH.IAN CO.MM VXIQ VTO. 4* Amsterdam. August 21. A Bulgarian communique states: — Wo captured several position south n' Fiorina, and completely cleared the enemy from tho loft bank of thr Struma. We burned 500 enemy bodies.