Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 October 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Received This Day 8.55 a.m.) TO SAVE COAL ANI> LIGHT. London, October 25. With a view to economising coal and light the Home Office has ordered all shops to close at eight o'clock in the evening of all Fridays, nine o'clock on Saturdays and at 7 o'clock on all other days from the 30th October to 30th April. The order applies also to street trading. ANOTHER V.C. AWARDED. (London, October 25. Colonel Campbell, commanding the Coldstream Guards, has been awarded th© Victoria Cross for gallantry in a recent charge. Colonel Campbell, who also is master of the Tanatside Harriers, rallied hi 6 men with n huntsmen's horn. THE DARDANELLES COMMISSION. The Dardanelles Commission lias concluded its investigations dealing with the inception of the enterprise and now is examining witnesses regarding the actual conduct of operations. It unanimously has decided not to issue an interim report as there are matters that cannot be communicated to tho public while the war is in progress. FRENCH REPULSE COUNTER AT. TACKS. date of London, 25th October, the High Commissioner for New Zea-

land reports: A French communique says: — Northward of Verdun the Germans twice counter-attacked on the wings of our new front—once at the quarries at Haudromont, where they were repulsed, and the other time, at Damloup battery. Our new conquests were mantained. (Received This Day 10.45 a.m.) GERMANS CUT UP. London, October 23. '['lie Daily Graphic states that the Germans are being cut to pieces in most sectors where the Russians are in superior numbers. The losses have been particularly heavy at Zlotalipa, where the Autrians and Germans, intermixed, always fight badly together. The Russians in a single day stormed six positions and took 5000 prisoners. There uc:e terrible casualties when the Germans were defeated in a great attack on the heights on the right bank of the river. One column, in close marching order, attempted to take advantage of the inequalities in the terrain in order to get close to the Russian trendies. • Air scouts observed the column, which was caught in a pitless shewer of shrapnel. The column ami forces are believed to liavo list 17,000 men in a few hours. The enemy's murderous losses are duo to tactics of desperation. Von Hindenbnrsr is trying to copy Brusiloff's massed infnr'ry attacks, but the battered Germr-ns have lost the necessary nerve.

RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. London, 'October 23. A Russian official report states We abandoned the Tchernavoda-Tns-avalvluke position. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. London, October 25. A French communique states:— German counter-attacks at Verdun failed. ATHKNS DOMINATED BY FRENCH TROOPS. Athens, October 25. French troops occupied the hill at Lycabetas, dominating the southern portion of Athens.