THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 October 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

[KtirXTIUC TEbKCHtAI'H —Clll'lfHlGHX.j (Au»tiaiia-Ne\v ZeiJav.d Cable Service.) RUMANIA'S PERIL. Bucharest, October 25. in the Uzul Valley we advanced westward andi repulsed the onemv beyond the frontier at Gituz. We repulsed attacks east of Alt, also to the northward. We lost ground in the Vulcan Pass. London, October 25. A German communique states : —• The Austro-Germans stormed the Vulcan Pass and progressed north of Kimpolung. In the Dobrudja the pursuit continues. Tchenavoda was occupied this morning, and an uncommonly important success was achieved. New York, October 25. The Globe has received' a cable indicating that Rumania is preparing for contingencies by transferring the Government to Odessa. London, October 25. In the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George said that the Government did not possess later information about the .Dobrudja than appeared in the Rumanian communiques. The Allies were doing everything possible to assist Rumania. Petrograd. October 26. It is officially announced that the Czar has given his personal pledge to King Ferdinand of Rumania that all Russia's resources will be utilised in repelling the invasion of Rumania, reconquering the ground lost, ami building up a greater Rumania. THE FRENCH AT VERDI"X. Pa ris, October 25. A communique states :—We repulsed three counter-attacks at Haudromont and Douaumont. We progressed eastward of Fumin Wood and northward of lOhenois. Unwoundedi prisoners hitherto counted amount to 4500 men. Paris. October 26. General Joffre was an eyewitnes of the triumph at Verdun. He watched the attacks from 11.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., when a roeket announced that the fort had been captured.

The ground won represents an entrenched hill and valley which conld have been thoroughly smashed up in a single operation. The attack was a perfect example of the new style of scientific mechanical offensive supported by the best troops. It is untrue to say that Fort Douaumont was captured at a single bound. The offensive had been preparer! by many small advances during the past two and a half months of which the most important was the capture of Floury villace. Though the Germans had remarked on the heavy bombardment east of the Meuse for a week nevertheless there was an element of surprise in the attack.

London, Oct. 25. A German communique : The French attack north-east of Verdun gained ground as far as the burning fortress of Douaumont. A "Russian attack nort,h-we>st of Lutzk failed. AIR RAIDS. Paris. October 26. Official.—Eleven British bombarding aeroplanes, accompanied by fire protecting aeroplanes, at midday on Monday bombarded blast furnaces at Hagondange, where they threw lj tons of projectiles. Several fires were caused. The aviators observed that a French aeroplane raid on the .same place on the previous night did much damage.