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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 November 1916, Page 3

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(Received Tliis Day, 2 p.m.) (Au«.ti-alia-New Zet'aAsd Cable Service.) I HlO 13R1TLSH SUOGBSd IN FRANCE. Paris, November 15. j The Petit Par.isien says -Beaumont- • hainel and Benucourt constituted) a formidable German bastion for many | months. The number of prisoners now j is (iOOO and the total enemy losses aire estimated at 15,000. 1 lie ; Bi'i.tish penetrated Beaumont on Mon- ; diay morning and a terrific struggle j en .lied. Gradually the enemy retir- | ed until the British occupation was cunpk.ie. Tlie configuration of the ground favoured the enemy who re- . gained a foothold in the village 'and I o]) pned a withering fire, and furious ! hsvid-to-lnnd fighting forced the Brit- ' isli to vieldi ground, but they soon re- j tinned in a charge and swept through the village taking prisoner every German who was not killed. The British | were further engaged fighting along the Beaumont road, 'but the enemy | line soon cracked up, the British gain- j ing the road linking up Beaumont and Be.uicourt after 3G hours' violent struggle, the advance here amounting to a mile and a quarter in depth. The British fire now dominatevs Grandcourt and Miraumont, which are the outposts of Bapaume. RUSSIA MAKES REPRISALS. (Renter Telegram). Petrogradl, Nov. 10. Owing to the severe treatment ot Russian officers held as prisoners in Germany the War Minister has instructed every district military authority- in Russia to immediately treat all German officers who are prisoners as common war prisoners, also forbidding them postal communication, the officers to be told that this is a reprisal only an<l revokable cn official information lii m Germany that 'Russian officers are being properly treated. IvHAKI CLOTH. London, Nov. 15. The War Office is placing orders for ' khaki cloth with the West Riding mills, estimated at ten million yards. THK MILITAR Y~ RESOURCES O'F INDIA. In the House of Commons the Rt. Hon. A. Chamberlain announced) that he is in communication with the Viceroy regarding the possibility of further developing the military resources of India.