THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1916, Page 4

THE WAR

LBLril'TlHl- TliljliOllAl'H - WU'YIIIOHT. j Australia-New Zealand Cable Service. ALONG THK WEST FRONT. London, Nov. 12. HI r -Donghis Ifmiir reports:--Yes'.erday our nircrnft slice; ssliilly bombed enemy hutments, aerodrome Mftci's. stations, trams and two trains. We liit a third and set it on .lire. A number of explosions followed. Three enemy machines were destroyed. In the course of niiiiicnuis :r.r fights n fourth.was downed in onr lines. Many others wore downedi or damaged. One of onr machi'ncs is missing. Paris, Nov. 1,1. A <'ommniii(|ue states:— There 'is violent. artillery activity north of the fommr. The enemy usinic ' "fin menworfer" attacked in the viein.t.v of Deiecourt l>iit was forced hack with bloodiest losses. (liMiicner, the aviator, downed bis twentieth and twenty-first machines Three others also were downed. We drepped two tons of bombs on enemy postions 011 the Somnie. A l'Vcnch aeroplane (lew over the Uliine and lomhed and severely damaged the station of Oflnbnrg. Paris. Nov. '12. A iommnnif|Ue states: — The l'Vcnch north of the .Sornine rncaptiuvd most of the Tillages of fiaillisel. They occupy the north-eastern and south-eastern outskirts. The enemy is still resisting desperately in the eastern part. , A German attack south of Pressoir, south of .the Somme. was repulsed with bombs. A furious artillery duel continues 'in the Ablairiconrt and Gomieconrt districts. • Seventeen. British aeroplanes on Kniday dropped two tons 'of projectiles on steel works at Focklinger, north-west of flarrbnirk, and. felled three enemy machines iiti fights during the raid. The following night eight tFrencli aeroplanes dropped tvro and a-half tons of projectiles on the same works. Several fires were observed. .' II 'ho macKines retained safgly. French squadrons 011 Friday night rained projectiles on the stations of Ham, St. Quentin. Tergnier, and Xesle tile aerodrome at Diew/.e, blast furnaces jit It oirsbach and Hagondange, audi airsheds at Frescaty, causing explosions and fires.

German aeroplanes on Friday night bombarded several French towns, including Nancy and Hudeville. doing 110 damage. The open town of Amiens was several tunes bombarded on the same night. Nine civilians were killed and 2(3 injured.

THE ISAST FRONT. Official: At'ter repelling soron onslaughts we 101 l back to our second lino of trenehch in the/region of >Skrobofs. The enemy used I'lpiid fire. We abandoned the heights occupied on the previous day in the region Of PoTllawatra. Our artillery repelled enemy attacks in the Trottos valley. A Rumanian offensive in the d rectum of I'redeal I'nss in enveloping the left enemy flank, but we were forced to retreat three miles in the Buzeu valley. We occupied two village* on the Danube front. We advanced southward in the I>obilnja. By means of a sudden counterattack Ave recaptured a section of trenches at flkrohowa. The enemy fiercely attacked east of Narajuwka against a riclgc of heights. He was everywhere repulsed until afternoon, when he Miccecded in pushing back portions of oni' regiment«. The enemy was again driven out in the evening.

Ene'my offensives in tlio wooded Carpathians south of Dornawatra were repelled.

RUMANIA'S KEl'Oirr. .Bucharest, Nov. 11. Official: Enemy artillery is most Tlio British succeeded in penetrating in the Dobrnja is' unchanged. AVe repulsed throe enemy attacks in n Molt'laviaiv valley. The enemy repeatedly and violently attacked I'raliova Valley but were bloodily repulsed. AVe cnptiircd n trench in tlio region of Dragoslavple. Tlicro lis violent lighting on the left bank of the Alt, AW advanced northward and captured Mount Krurt&ile. The enemy's attacks on the right hank of the Alt have been arrested.

La tor. Kiipmv attacks in the Slaine valley in Moldavia were repulsed. Tlio enemy at I* rati ova after a Curious bombardment attacked several times but was •sanguinarily repulsed by tbe ißuninna;\ns. We maintained onr positions and

captured a trench at Dragoslavele. Fierce lighting continue* on the left bank of 1111■ Alt. The Rumanians advanced northwards and captured a mountain. An enemy attack on the right bank of the Alt was repulsed. Till-: UKIvM AN CU.M.M UNIQUE London. Nov. 11. A Ocrinan oimmuiii'i'ie states: — The Birtish .succeeded '.n penetrati nj one of our fir-it line trenches north ea.st of 'CoiiTCc'llette house. Til fighting mar tlie cinirch at .Saillv-.Sai!lisol the FreiK-h had. small ;.dvantages. Otherwise the attacks lailed. Ten e'.ieniv aeroplanes wore brought down yesterday. Russian counter-attacks oil .Skrobowa failed. The Germans penetrated the Russian main position at Narajaw Several fortified Rumanian lines were stormed between lVedeal Pass and >Sinai.

IX 'I'l IK ,'t '*• ■ (Heeeived Tliis T)ay fe..">.> a.m.) London, Nov. 12. Frank Wild, interviewed', stated tlint during tlie voyage of the Endurance now land was dl'.scnvored ea«t of "YVecldell iSert. near Coat's Land. Later, during the drift in the ice. we disproved the existence of the so-called Xew iSoutli Greenlaiidl and Morrel 'Land ; these were probably large bergs, for we drifted right over where they were supposed to be, and there lonnd -00 ito 2000 fathoms < f water. The films of the Shackleton expedition have arrived at Liverpool.

THE ARABIA

Cairo, 'November 12. Tlip Arabia was torpedoed without warning at 11.20 o'clock in tlie morning. SI 10 was struck immediately underneath the first-class smoke-room and the eng'iie-room and stokehold wore immediately Hooded. There was no panic and all the boats yore lowered without trouble, except two damaged by the explosion. The women and child;, roil were placed in the boats first. 1 ho, smoke of three steamer* was visible on the horizon; they arrived within half an an hour; they proved to be trawler pa- | trol boats. The City of Marseilles arrived 'practically the same time. The Arabia was unable to send out the S.O.S. signal owing to the shock of the expksiun carrying away the aerf.al wire*. The Arabia quickly listed, then settled down and righted herself and lay with an even keel enabling all the boats and rafts to bo launched without difficulty. She sunk at l.l'O. The sen was calm and two patrol boats took up the passengers, the tli'rd circling round in order to prevent further surpri.v att.ck. lean while two subui'i I'inrs were soon four miles distant. The Arabia slowly sunk by the stern, threw her bow in the air and disappeared stern first. A thanksgiving service was held aboard the. Oity of Marseilles, whose captain received an address from tjlie rescued passengers testifying to the courage of his crew in saving life I*ll face of immediate danger.