Official News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 245, 25 March 1915, Page 5

Official News

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. -pi ti. ,' r, Wel!i,, g to n, March 24. ilio High Commissioner reports under date, London, March 23, 4.30 a.m.;— Army officers killed 7, wounded 11men, killed 119, wounded 23, missing 17 Pans reports that the enemy bombarded Eheims. An aviator bombed the town and had tw6 or three civilian victims.

In the Champagne district the French progressed slightly. In Argonne two viole»i eountcr-at-tacks by the enemy were repulsed. „. _. , „ Wellington, March 24. lhe High Commissioner reports, undjr date London, March 23, 7.5 p.m.: Canadians killed 15, wounded"27. ■ Sir John French reports quiet gon»rally on tho front. On Saturday and Sunday the enemy's aircraft showed unwonted activity, as the weather was particularly favorable. Bombs were dropped at' Lillers, St. Omer, and Estaircs. The buildings damaged were neither occupied by soldiers nor used for military purposes. The total damage to personnel was thre e women and four civilian, killed and six civilians wounded. The bombs were dropped from a great height, in one case 0000 ft., preventing the airman aiming deliberately nt any, military objective. In this the procedure i» a tribute to the respect in which the enemy holds British airmen. The Colonial Office announces that at Singapore normal conditions are lestored. All the rioters - exespt •■olevon have surrendered, been captured or killed. Five were shot after trial, one sentenced to fifteen years' and seven to ona year's imprisonment.