Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 November 1916, Page 3

Late War News

(Received This Day 9,25 a.m.) J RU-,;IANS CAPTURE A ZEPFELIX Petrograd, Nov. IS). It is reported that the Russians in j. Volhynia have captured a -'super- i , Zeppelin. (United Service). London, Nov. 19. Mr J. Garvin, in the Observer, dealing with the iSotnme offensive, states tlio Germans have thinned the rest of their fronts and are concentrating their real strength in the rear of the threatened area. England must- exhibit great mobility and take over more of the French front. Franc# lias borne the brunt for two years and Britain must do so for the remainder of the war. (Router Telegram). LANAIH^rPoTmCS. . Ottawa, 'Nov. 19. Sit Wilfred Laurier's irefusal to agree to an extension of the life of Parliament till tlio end of the war mokes certain a general election in the coming year. (A.-N.Z. andl Reuter Sea'vice). H UMAN lAN COMM UNIQUE. London, Nov. 19. A Rumanian communique states: Enemy attacks on the Moldavian northern frontier have been repulsed AVe continued our advance at Diragoelavele. Fighting i* the Alt, Jiul an<l Gilout valleys continue. Firing has slackened on the Danubo and Dubrudja fronts. United- Service.) FOOD REGULATIONS. Tl t ie food regulations have but little affected prices. There is a slight increase 'in English meat. Potatoes have beeii largely withheld) ow(:iig to

uncertainty as to whether the Government will take over the supply. The Food Prices Commission favours n fixed price lor wheat. Experts advocate the Government offering British farmers" fixixl rates for the 1917 crop, in order to sviniulate ciilt'ivatj'on. Important journals UTge that the true ttol'Utiion lies in iru-mu-ed home production',, increased tonnage and tho opo.iing ol the ISlack Sea. ' There is nccivsity for an immediate effort to 'rercase the mercantile tonnage. (Australia-New Ztaland Cable Service) (Received 1 his Day 10.55 twni.) Till-; EFFORT TO' RELIEVE an i ■Major Churchill, in tiie Sund'ay i'iccorai ocy, n« a .stirring narrative of the effort to rei'.eve or enable Antwerp to defend itself by means of promised Anglo-French assistance of <30,CJO -men including two French ul.'visions until tho great battle southwards wa.s decidedi. He points out Sir John French's army at that moment was disengaging itself from the hardwon positions on the Aisne, and was about to be-iil'ir its northward journey, intending to regain its positions on the left cf the French line and march to Lille. .Hr.d tlie British and French Government',s hopes materialized the Alfes lines in the west would have been drawn through- Antwerp, Ghent and Lille. (Australia- New Zealand and Renter Service). NO CHANGE. London, Nov. '19. Sir Douglas Ha.ig reports stormy weather. The position is unchanged. MONASTER TAKEN BY THE ALLIES. A French communique says the Allied troops entered Monarstir this morning. Desperates Bulgarian counter-attacks in the Cerna locp were> repulsed by the Serbs. The enemy is retreating in. disorder northward. IN" RUMANIA. A Russian communique says: The enemy attacked with considerable forces in the Jiul and Alt valleys and pushed back the Rumanians slightly to the southward. The Roumanians assumed the offensive in the Tiirguliz valley and carried a series of heights. GERMAN OFFICIAL - REPORT. A German official report claims that German aeroplanes successfully bombed Fumes aerodrome. An (English effort to break through on both banks cf the Ancre", prepared for by a tremendous artillery attack, was shattered. Fighting is preceding at Grandcourt. THE BULGARIAN REPORT. A Bulgarian official report states that tlie Allies' renewed attacks in the Cerna loop failed.