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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1916, Page 3

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(Received This "Day 2 p.m.) GERMANY'S LALUEXSIi LOSSES. London, .Sept. 19. An official communique shows that between July Lst and the loth September the l'"ro:ieh captured l-lo guns, the British If)!), tlie Russians 84'1 ; the Italian; 30; the French 72!) machine guns, the British 22'J, tlie Russian 1580. and t-lu- Italians 'J2. The French took prisoner,■> totalling 33,0!)!), the British 21,--100, the- Russians 402,171, and tho tlalian 33.018. R I'SSI A.\ r SVOOESSES. A Russian communique savs: — We repulsed an attack in the region of Jhibno. Stubborn battles continue. On the river X-araiuvka we repelled all attacks inflicting heavy losses. AVe ' carried, the height* in the regions of Shibeni and, I'neva Mountain. . Fog envelops the mountain and snow as falling. Our advance guards engaged t-ho Turks occupying a wood in the vicinity of Karicljan, northward of Hamadan. COAL MINK CONTROL. '1 lie Daily Chronicle states, that tlie iSoiuh Wales miners demandi an advance of l~) per cent before consenting to the Government's coal scheme. Other 1 portions of the British coalfield already have accepted the scheme. LOIN!' ZEPPELIN DISSATISFIED. Amsterdam. July 19. ■The Madgeburg Zt'itung states that Con it Zeppelin is dissatisfied with the result of the last raid on England, and a f'Pesh raid i.s being prepared for the end of September. iSuper-Zeppaliins will bo used, to make a devastating attack on London. GER MAX COM MUX I QUE. A German communique snys:— K i.st of Ginchy. before C'ombles, we yielded some trenches. The French penetratedi temporarily trenches on the west blopes of Mort Homme. lievnha.n!i'« troops stormed a fortified Russian bridgehead on tiie Stokhod. north of Zerecze. and took prisoner 2510. Our counter-attack at X'arajovka further succeeded ; prisoners now number 4200. Lively fighting goes on in the Carpathians. from Smotree to lvirlibaba. The Russians gained advantages at Ludowa. In the region of the 3>ornawatra. the Rnsvso-Rnmanians vainly stormed us, suffering losses. We repulsed the Rumanians south-east of Hatszeg. General penetrated the Russo-Ruinanian .position, mentioned yesterday, and is now fighting at Fiorina stream.