THe WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 November 1916, Page 3

THe WAR

[electicjc TEi.fcuKArn —corrmoHT.j (AustiaLn-New Zealand facrvice) «t — — • ADVA.Nt.IK IN' MACEDONIA. I/ouidoii, Nov. 13. A French ollicial me .na.au tram balon.Xa states:— Till! British J I'it "" the Struma captured Kavakli. 'J lie I 1 far.co-Serlians we advancing in th© C'erna 'region. A division stormed a r dge north of Ivnn in the Cema loop and' •r-fpalsod. counter-attaif.ks. l''.aiieo-Srbians luriher west stormed Monastery Hill in the d'irecticu ol' lanuo.i. Cavalry captured Nego'tiu lvortli-..a.st of Keuali. A o. rbian (.ommunique states: Eneiny coiuitcv-attacks completely failed. The Bulgars withdrew to the liver Bistrila. We have occupied three villages in the dirction of .Monaster. The Sorbs have taken prisoner 3900 men wince November lOfcli c-f which a thousand arc Germans. They have also ea.ptured 71 guras since September 14. Tiie fleeing enemy in the Crna region left all his equipment, including mi.!.*-!oii.s machine gnus and rifles and onormouis quantities of cartridges and stores. A SaLnika official message st'ates: — Wo Cfj wiiida.tcd gains in lino Struma Valiey and pushed forward our advanced po'its. We bombed an enemy encampment at Seres. 'lllv: OAMPAIGN IN FRANCE. .Sir l)..uglas Ha>g reports:— The prisoners taken since the 14th total 011)0. We heavily bombarded trench lines ill the neighbourhood of Loos and Hulluch. Our aeroplanes bombed two important junctions on enemy lines- of communication. Five enemy machines were brought down. 'Wo advanced north-east of 13cyiumon t IIan)el and north of Beaucourt The enemy heavily shelled Beaumont Hamel and Hebutern. . We raided a redoubt, north of # Ypres. De.vpite storms we advanced on our f'ronit north audi south of the Ancre, chiefly south, and reached the outskirts of Grandcourt. Kight enemy aeroplanes were brought down. Paris, Nov. 10. A communique states. — There is nothing to report from the whole front excepting a lively artillery duel in the Saillisel region north of the Somme. Captain Beauchainps flew to Munich and bombed the station as a reprisal for the German' bombardment of the open town of Amiens. He crossed the Alps nind landed near Venice, covering 438 miles. A German attack east of Berny and south of the Somme was repulsed. Our aiir squadron dropped bombs in German trenches at Golencourt a.ndl Gissolles. THE RUMANIAN "SITUATION. London, Nov. 19. A R'umanian communique states :— In the Dragoslavele region we drove back the eenmy's centre and right wing making appreciable progress, fierce fighting continues in the Alt and Jiul valleys. We yielded a little ground. The position is unchanged elsewhere. A Russian communiqup states Persistent enemy attacks continue* in the Alt andl Jiul valleys. We are continuing our progress on -the Danube front.