THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 November 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

f [KLfiCXKIC TJSLJSGKAL'H -UIII'YIUGHT.J Australia-New Zealand Cable Service. THE WEST FRONT. Paris, Nov. 7. A communique states: — North of the Somme we continued to progress in the northern part of tit. Pierre Vaa.st wood. Over six hundred prisoners have been taken here since yestrday. The enemy suffered the heaviest losses during violent counter-attacks in the wood yesterday night. There is nothing doing at Verdun except a continued cannonade in the Douaumont, Vaux and Damloup regions. London, Ts'ov. 7. .Sir Douglas Haig reports: •Our front was heavily shelled in the neighbourhood of Les Boeufs and iLe Sars. The consolidation of the ground occupied en Sundiay c-onti nues. •We successfully bombarded trenches south of Armentiers. RUSSIA'S REPORT.

Lonclon, Nov. 7 A Russian official message states :-

Repeated enemy l attempts to wrest dominating heights east of Lipitzadoliiin were repulsed.

Enemy attacks i:n> the Carpathians were nullified. 'We here carried a series o>f heights.

The 'Rumanians in the Predeal Pass were Compelled to fall back a little southward after a prolonged struggle, hut at the Jiul river has pressed hack the enemy northwards. Repeated: Turkish attempts to attack in tlie 'region of the Conot were arrested. THE RUMANIAN CAMPAIGNS'. Bucharest, Nov. 7. A communique states,; We repulsed attacks in the Praliova valley. The enemy lias been reinforced in the Vulcan Pass. We have stopped our pivrsnit. There is an artillery duel raging all along the Danube.

Our advanced detachments forced tlie enemy fall back in tlie Dobriulja. in the course of liis retreat lie fired four villages. (Times Service). London, Ntov. 6. Stanley Washburn, -writing from Rumanian headquarters, eulogised the Rumanians' heroism in the late retreat The fighting raged from the Gliemo Pass to Trot us Valley for a fortnight.

After 'many critical days the CRumafans took the enemy 011 the flanks and repulsedi them with dreadful loss-

es. The dead were piled eight deep in the passes. As regards the northern (Doibrud.ja) situatkm Mr "Washburn says that it is satisfactory. Providential rains retard the enemy's transport of heavy artillery. The rivers are raging torrents. Russia- is sending all the men possible. The enemy has lost invaluable time and has re-d-need his already narrow margin of compaign'ng. The weather threatens to make his gains wasted effort, for what cannot be accomplished this year will probably not be possible next, wlien the Rumanian Army is re-organised.