The War News.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 1 July 1915, Page 3

The War News.

THE WEEK'S SUMMARY.

FRIDAY

Austrians in Lemberg — Russia's Stubborn Fight — A Victory on the Dneister — Hot Fighting in West—Heroic Biitish Attack

It is officially- reported from Petrograd that the Russians evacuated Lemberg on Tuesdayafter stubborn fighting in which heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy. An Austrian communique admits that the Russians fought magnificently, and retreated in complete order. The Austrians have actually entered

In Eastern Galicia, along the Dniester, the Russians have inflicted a severe defeat on the enemy. Large torces of the Austrians crossed the rivei\ and the Russians withheld their attack for a week. The attack, when delivered, was completely successful, the Austrian being hurled across the river, Cossacks are continuing the pursuit.

Hot fighting is proceeding along almost the whole of the western front. The Germans delivered a strong attack at Calonne, on the heights of the Meuse, and succeeded in regaining the second line of trenches they previously lost, but the Fiench by a counter attack again obtained a" footing on the dis puted ground.

Travellers from Syria report that most of the Turkish troops formerly stationed there have been sent to the Dardanelles, only 10,000 troops remaining in the province.

The British armoured cruiser Roxburgh was struck by a torpedo in the North Sea, but was not seriously damaged.

SATURDAY

Artillery Duals — Italians Advancing —Gain at Gallipolli

The Austrians are attempting to take the offensive on the Italian front, but the Italians have gained ground, notably along the Isonzo and in the Monte Nero region. An intense artillery fire is being maintained against the Malborgetto fort, and artillery actions are proceeding along the Trentino and Tyrol frontier.

The Germans are bombarding

the outskirts of Metzeral, in

Alsace, which was recently.capt tured by the French. French progress in this region is reported to have been slightly accelerated." North of Arras the French have consolidated positions lately won. The Germans bombarded Arras, and '^killed a number of nuns- and attendants in a field hospital.

An official message from Paris states that an important incident in the allies' success in the south of Gallipoli was the capture of ground commanding the head of the Kereves Dere ravine, which the Turks had defended stubbornly for a month. An official message from Tokio received in New York, and based on reports from Rome, states that seven German submarines are said to have entered the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar.

MONDAY

Canadian Heroism—German trench Rushed — The' Dniester battleRussians Hold River — Bulgaria Warns Reservists

The Canadians have again been engaged in heavy fighting. On June 15, near La Bassee, in a fierce and gallant charge, Ontarians carried four lines of the German trenches, Owing to their running low, an^pßHheir hand grenades havingt>een expended, they were forced to abandon some of the dearly-won ground.

Bad weather north of Arras is hampering the French advance. ■The French have completely maintained their gains in this region.

A message from Paris referring to the capture of Metzeral, in. Alsace, which had been transformed into a veritable fortress \ by the Germans, describes it as one of the most glorious deeds of JTrench arms.

The Russians are successfully defending the Northern bank of the Dniester. Repeated attacks by the Austro-Germans have in costly failure..

Advices from Sofia state that fhe President of the Turkish Parliament has arrived there with the Bulgarian Minister from Constantinople, It is reported jn a Rome newspaper that the Turks have evacuated Adrian ople % a&a withdrawn the Chatalja lines, and that Bulgarian reservists in Italy have been warned to be ready to join the colours.

TUESDAY

Russian Tenacity—Resisting Strong

Attacks — Fierce Fighting in France — The War Feeling in

Roumania

The Russians are stoutly resisting the Germans along the Dniester, and are still fighting in the vicinity of Lemberg. Their tenacity is astonishing the Germans. An attack by strong enemy forces in the extreme north of Galicia, at the junction of the San and the Vistula, was repulsed.

There has been further violent fighting at Calonne,on the heights of the Meuse, where the French hold positions recently captured from the Germans. The enemy attacked with great determination, using inflammable liquid, and advancing under cover, of smoke. They were repulsed, however, after reaching their former lines.

North of Arras the Germans regained a footing on lost ground. A violent German attack in the Argonne was repulsed.

It is reported from Rome that Bulgaria is negotiating with the Entente Powers and Roumania, the negotiations with Turkey having broken down.

WEDNESDAY

Allied Air Raid —Bombs on Zeppelin Sheds—Germans Bombard Arras — Advance of Italian Army—Russia's Stand on Vistula

Another raid on the German Zeppelin base at Friedrichaven, on Lake Constance, has been made by allied airmen. Eight bombs were dropped on the Zeppelin sheds. One of the airmen, owing to the failure of his engine, had to descend into Swiss territory.

A dual between a large German biplane driven by a pair of engines and a British machine took place at a height of 4000 ft above Poelcapelle, in Flanders.

Artillery combats are proceeding in the north of France.

The Germans are bombarding Arras with heavy guns.

An American correspondent with the German army describes the battle north of Arras as the greatest defensive struggle in the war. The German line, he states has been slightly bent by the battering-ram like attacks of General Joffre, but it still unbroken.

The Italians have invaded Trentino, south of Riva. Alpine troops, after a night march, destroyed the power station serving Riva, plunging the town into darkness.

The latest reports from the eastern theatre indicate that the Russians are successfully holding the line of the Vistula north of its confluence with the San, in the extreme south of Poland, though they are falling back in the north of Galicia.

THURSDAY

Strength of Achi Baba — Must be taken by Bayonet — Successful

French Stand—activity of Montenegrins

Details of fighting at Krithia, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, show that though outnumbered by three to one, and under a deadly fire from machine guns, the British carried all before them, gaining 500 yds. The message adds that Achi Baba can only be taken at the bayonet's point.

A British gunboat shelled Turkish towns on the coast of Smyrna, destroying a petroleum depot and a house stored with ammunition.

A desperate effort by the Germans to regain the ground lost to the French in the region of Metzeral, in Alsace, has been successfully resisted by the French.

The Montenegrins have occupied Scutari, in the north of Albania.

The Russians report that great forces of the enemy are advancing in the Lublin district, across the north frontier of G-alicia.