Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Australia-New Zealand Cable Serviec.) I (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) ES. London! September 10. The Right lion. 11. 11. Asquith. replying to a Labor deputation, said tlu; demobilisation of the troops after the war. must bo gradual. Including a period oil furlough oil lull pay, the Government hoped to establish machinery which would operate immediately peace was declared. THE "TANKS." Tho Right Hon. P. Lloyd George, i interviewed, said we must not expect overmuch from the "tanks,'" but so far they had d.oue well. Credit was due to Major Winston Churchill, who had enthusiastically taken up the idra of making them long ago. He converted me, and the Ministry of Munitions "immediately went ahead. Mr Swinton, an electrician. agisted valuably. AY lIER E THE "TANKS" CAME FROM. Washington. Sept. '19. The framework of the British armoured cars is (said to have been built by tlie Holt Manufacturing Company in jilinois, who sent over a thousand to • England. They were unarmoured when they left America. The machines

resemble railway track layers with enormous tractive power and lay their ' own rails automatically and pick them up after using. The wheels do not touch the giound;. They arc construc- ) ted of steel, are of 120 horse-power and their weight is 18.000 pounds. They were evidently armed and armoured in England. THE I.' REN : QI~ADVANCIS ON 1 SUNDAY. i The New York Times' corerspondent in France states that as a result of (Sunday's advance the French have driven another wedge into the circuit of fortresses defending Peronne. The sccno of the battle was btween Hallux and A'ci maudovilh rs. At the latter village the fight was so fierce that tho Germans died to a man rather than surrender. The Froncji found evidence of the terrible effect of their artillery fire on the road south-vase of liernv : they literally had to force their way th rough heaps of corpses. The Bavarians returned to the charge again and again, but each new company was cut to. pieces by the curtain fire which passed over the heads of the French, so close and yet harmlessly, that the accuracy of the artillery must have been perfect. It is described as the finest gunnery ever witnessed. After the capture of Rernv the French put I strong pressure on the German line between Bernv and Deniecourt/ thus preventing the advance of strong reinforeemets whereon the Germans counted. After his capture tho 'German commander broke his sword in bitterness because of his defeat. (United .Service). TROUBLE IN VIENNA. London, Sept. IS). "Geneva reports food disorders in Vienna. A regiment that refused to fire on the women demonstrators were .sent to the Transylvanian front. Tho working classes are terribly distressed. | THE CAPTURE OF FLORIN A. ' Athens, .Sept. IS). General Cordonnier captured Fiorina after secretly preparing for three days One hundred motor ears nightly brought troops to the concentration points completely deceiving the enemy despite innumerable spies. The attack quickly drove in the Rulgari'an resistance, and light artillery following, created disorder, while the night pursuit at the utmost speed prevented the Bulgarians from digging in anywhere, and the retreat degenerated into a rout. The pro-Bulgarians and Turkish population fled with the troops, increasing the terrible confusion. General Bejadi : off resultlesslv adopted the German trick of firing cannon at the fugitives. Fiorina is undamaged. The ' Bulgarian' prisoners complain of the German officers' brutality. !■-