THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

(.Alisti;lL <i->.o\v Zealand (Jab.e .Service) li,c',\ fA.\l A.S .Si L c AXIO.\. Jjoiulloiij Nov. 23. A Itum.iiiiaii e-oiumuiiiijiio which is (It,is IK. t Ull'OW an \ llgllt Ull liil* O'li 1 nva nusiujn. II .stales.- I liivu arc violent enemy alLacks on 111:■ Lenin. .Near Orsova ivt loj'lilied oiir.-.eivi „ jii captured pc>sihoiia ai liray.-davk, wh;le in the Alt i alley th.'.e were .infantry am ions in Uie ccntie and I ombard.ueiits on tho li'it w.ng. We have withdrawn from ihe .iiid \ alley and now r.cc ijy the old p..s:i ..i.s. A G. r.iii.n e.:n,imini<j'.;e states The l>o;)ty captured ai Ciaiova inraided 300 , ai'.uay carriages. An ollical message states : — i'ighting continues under the mc.st mia i oura hie conditions north oi Alonastir wlr-re the enemy has been ri infoi'ci <ll an I is tlifipe ately resisting I'hei e..imt..T-aitarks Tailed. We have advanced in the outskirts of Hotcsova. \ nr aeroplanes, h.;ml>arded enemy enanipm 1 11t.s at 'I'opolaus and Prile,p regir,n->. Two enemy machines wore . brought down in the Drama idstr-ict. London November 21. A Serbian communique states: — 'I'h .to was fierce .fighting on N'ovem--20 and 21 along the whole front against fresh German forces. iNcvertheletfi t'ne Serbians in places repulsed counter-attacks in the area liberated. iS'orbla- Iras now capture:! 1200 square kilonietros. An Italian communique states. — In the mountains west of Monastir we repulsed a violent attack from Mr. Mnza. Then advancing north we captured the heights south Bradsndal. 1! USSI AN DRKADXOI'GHT LOST. Petrograd, November 24. Officii!l.—A fire on October 20 exploded the magazine oil the dreadnought linperatrizamaira, which sank. 1 Twc hundred and thirteen are dead. SIR DOUGLAS HAfG'S REPORT. London, November 24. Sir Douglas Haig reports We bombarded the enemy lines in the neighbourhood of Messines and Armentieros.