ARTILLERY BIVOUACKED IN STREETS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 143, 20 June 1916, Page 5

ARTILLERY BIVOUACKED IN STREETS.

K ■ & « • FOCD DEMONSTRATION IN BERLIN. THE DAILY RATIONS REDUCED. GREAT CAPTURES AT GZERNOWITZ. ! .• I ROAD TO HUNGARY OPENED. GREAT FIGHTING AROUND LUTSK. GERMANS CLAIM TO HOLDING RUSSIANS.

K;OOD RIOTS IN GERMANY . f

CLAMOURS FOR PEACE Received This day at 9.10 a.m. COPENHAGEN, June 19. The scarcity of food at Munich had lead to. serious rioting and stone throwing during the week end. There are many soldiers among the demonstrators. The mob clamouredfor peace, but the police dispersed the crowds. Bread cards are now being issued. VON MOLTKE DEAD DIED IN THE REICHSTAG GERMANY’S GREAT ORGANISER COPENHAGEN, June 19. Yon Moltke had become exceedingly stout of late, speaking at the memorial service, described Von Der Goltz as one of the world’s best organisers. The audience noticed that he was taken suddenly ill and he expired in a few minutes, during the Turkish Ambassador’s speech. Solemnities closed at once.

t BERLIN DEPRESSED

VON MOLTKE’S DEATH J£.LL OF CZERNOjWITZ - Received This day at 9.10 a.m. AMSTERDAM, June 19. The fall of Czernowitz and Von Moltke’s death are. having a depressing effect on Berlin.

AUSTRIANS OBESSED WITH FEAE

OF INABILITY TO RETREAT NO MOTOR CARS AVAILABLE Received This day at 9.10 a.m. LONDON, June 19. The Daily Telegraph’s Rome correspondent says that according to Austrian prisoners, the bringing up of military supplies is difficult owing to the lack of motor cars, many whereof are sent to Galicia. The Austrians are obsessed by the fear of inability to retreat.

CASEMENT TRIAL

HIS PROBABLE JUDGES Received this day, at 9,55 a.m. / LONDON, June 19. Itf is understood that Lord Redding and Mustice yYvjory Hofrrige try Casement and Biley.

MAORI WOUNDED RETURNING

CONTINGENT LEFT ENGLAND LONDON, June 19. Received this day, at 8.55 a.m. A {contingent of wounded Maoris has left Plymouth for New Zealand.

KING GEORGE AT EDINBURGH

VISITS NAVAL WOUNDED / Received this day at 11.45 a.m. LONDON, June 19. King George, accompanied by Admiral Beatty, visited the wounded among the Jutland heroes, in the Royal Infirmary, H|e conversed with all the men asking for the fullest particulars of the battle. A a A GERMAN communique iBATTLJAiN HUNS FAVOUR Received this day at 11.45 a.m. BERLIN, June 19. A communique says the 'battle northwest of Lutsk is proceeding in hour favour, the number of prisoners and booty increasing. The Russians , southwest of Lutsk are attacking in the direction of Gorochov. Bothmer's r,{. position is unchanged. >

CZERNOWITZ ESSENTIAL

FOR RUSSIAN ADVANCE

OVER THE CARPATHIANS

Received this day, at 9.55 a.m. LONDON, June 199

Military critics point cut that Russia’s possession of Czernowitz is a necessary preliminary to using the Kirlibaba Pass, one of the least difficult routes over the Carpathians.

GERMAN STRIKE TROUBLES

ARTILLERY CALLED OUT

BIVOUACKING IN STREETS

Received this day, at 9.55 a.m. ROME, June 19

[Wireless reports serious strike troubles at Magdeburg, where an entire artillery regiment is constantly under arms, bivouacking in the street.

A (FRENCH COMMUNIQUE

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED

AVIATOR’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

Received this day,'at '9.lo a.m

PRIS, June .19

A communique states that a German attack northward of Hill 321 was repulsed. Our air squadron dropped sixty-one heavy projectiles on the barracks and railway station at Vouziers, where the movements of trains are reported. Two aviators collided at Pantin six thousand feet in the air. The machines crashed to the ground, hut both aviators miraculously escaped.

BERLIN RATIONS REDUCED

SUBMARINE WARFARE ADVOCATED. GERMANY UNDER FORCE ABANDONED RECKLESS SUBMARINING Received This day at 9.10 a.m. AMSTERDAM, June 19.

Rations in Berlin are to be reduced this week to throe hundred grammes per head. Von Kcestof at a meeting at Flottenvereins, said we are entitled to use the submarine weapon in the most daring way against an enemy who is using mines and aeroplanes. More especially when President Wilson advocates humanity and justice while providing the enemy with munitions, without which he would be unable to continue war, political and coramer cial. Circumstances had forced Germany to abandon reckless summarine warfare for the present, but he hoped the fleet would have better times. MORE AUSTRIANS CAPTURED. PBTROGRAD, June 19. A communique says; Fighting contiues south of Polessie. The enemy suffered heavy losses. We prisonered 1750 during a powerful but fruitless counter-attack by the enemy. •In the Styr region, near Hokul, ca valry continues pursuit of the enemy west and south-west of Lutsk. General Sakharoffs troops, by desperate fighting, dislodged the enemy (from fortified positions on the river Pluichevka.

GERMAN MEAT FACTORY.

DESTROYED BY FIRE

Received this day at 11.45 a.m. f COPENHAGEN,June 19. ine’s meat curing factory, at Halberine’s meat-curing factory, at HalberstadL It is oneof the largest in Germany, and was engaged on important l;army contracts. Two million pounds t’of tinned meat and enormous quanti- \ ties of fresh and cured meat were burnt.