Late War News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 July 1916, Page 3

Late War News

tAtieitra 1 ia-Now Zen 1 md. Cablp Servic#,'. ALLIES GMTWO THFJR Of'Ni? BAOK. Ftrii, Jn/ 9. The guns captured on the Swine inelu<J« Russian cannon taken by the

enemy on th« eastern iront in 19 j i w" I French guns from Maubergo. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Petrograd, July 0. The Russians have captured all th fortified positions eastward of Kolk ■between the Styr and the SV/khod They took many pri«oners, and thre howitzers. AUSTRIAN OFFICERS RECALLED Athens, Juiy y All Austrian officers in Constantin iple have been urgently recalled. CHOLERA IN CONSTANTI.VOPLB. I i The Bulgarian Government lia® limited railway traffic to Turkey owing to cholera in Constantinople. THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. London, July 9. The withdrawal of the Declaration of London is gazetted. It is announced tTiait the Allies throughout the interval will exercise belligerent rights, and act in strict accordance with the law of nations. The King, by advice of the Privy Council, orders tlio following provision to be observed:—Firstly, hostile destination shall be required for the condemnation of contraband, which shall bo presumed to exist unless the contrary is shown; secondly, the principle of continuous voyage or ultimate destination shall be lapplicfibie Both in cases of contraband and blockadie; thirdly, a neutral vessel carrying contraband, with papers indicating a neutral destination, but which nevertheless is proceeding to an enemy iport, shall be liable to seizure if encountered before or during her next voyage; .fourthly, a vessel carrying contraband l shall be liable to capture if the contraband forms more than hmif her cargo. ME NIGHT BEFORE THE ATTACK

London. July 9. Captain A. J. Dawson, the novelist, in «.n article dealing •with the wounded men on the Somme, says that only those commanding the units can imagine the night before that memorable Saturday; only they can imagine the tense, crowded preoccupation of that night of nights; the crowding in of the men along the muddy burrows—that vast warren that seemed! endless—carrying ammunition, bomb's and tools; the thousand and one activities amidst the wild inferno of bursting shells; the ■ aaTmg enemy lightu; the deadly tick-tack of Bosche

machine guns. And what of the wouimdedi; dazed, bleeding, fainting, nnd mortally athinstT Some lay for hours; others crawled a mile over the bulletswept groud or along the shell-flattened trenches floored by corpsee, themselves with unban3aged wonnds and trailing limbs, frac tured, and with pain-wrinkled faces. A.nd then afterwards, the long and lecessarily tiring journey to Southampton. Yet there w»« no thougnt or tinge of pe6«imi«m as might ?d among these men andi there was not ;Ke slightest sign of any depressing of :"heir spirit. A wonderful description >p the fight given by one is typical of ;his spirit: "My God, sir! but 'twaa fne. We've got 'em hoppin' this time, [t w«n the best show I ever saw. I aoul'l not hare missed it for worlds, 0.0- ; } many of us piped:, of course. -• should have seen the stacks of ■" ■" r d. It isn't figures tfiiat count ujd taken, the thing in we can beat 'em, now that we , npl'-'l their best—their Prussia u *«tiard. We can : beat their best i:id tii n .v know io," I>a.wsnß adds that at all events our voimrle-'i Itnow that while Germany's inpororgania-'tiou is massed for her inomies' destruction tnd her maohinetriven soldiers may win her an occaioMl reprieve, her hour of doom has track, B-ncs her end is written as far h this war is concerned. The German ligh command was satisfied that the .i«#K\tr*tion of the Somme line waf. im- ■ -sililf. »nd t>ie high command was t-ron?,.

air IJ<.-' T OLAS HAIG'6 REPORT. Sir Dougla3 Haigli reports that very heavy rfl.ii) in the afternoon and evening impeded operations on the Ancre ai, i So-V-mo and the night chiefly was' opoiu in improving the forward positions gained in Friday's lighting. "VVe boni'Kiri] :,1 uie enemy's trenches with fii*!d guns and trench mortars at Gom-liii-uiirt. Despite the unfavourable weather nur areoplanes did valuable an l bomßed an aerodrome at Doi;ai, completely wrecking the han-g.-r. Dnriisg the offensive we oaptur- ' twenty gUH», fifty-one machine gun« and >»rar«hlights. GEH3IAN SUBSTARTNE TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE. New York, July 9. A German submarine arrived at Virginia Cape (bi'ween Cape "Henry and Cape Charles at 1.45 this morning. She is proceeding to Baltimore, escort-

Ed Iby a tug. She brought seven pa: J sengera and carries m crew of niat She was chased twenty, miles off th coast by British and French cruisers this delaying her arrival for fou days. Her cargo ia comprised of vaiu able dye-ctufiv. (Received This Day 10.20 a.m.) THIO GERMAN STORY. Beriin, July 8. A communique states that the hero ism and tenacity of the German troop: on the Somme prepared the enemy foi a day full of delusions. N umerour continuously-repeated attacks were repulsed with sanguinary losses, and ar enormous number of fallen Englishmen at Ovillers, Contalmaison and Basnit Le Grad, and of Frenchmen at Diachee and Soyecourt, gave indications that masses of the enemy hadi been employed and had experienced the devastating effects of our fire. At Froideterre Hill, on the Meuse, we aaptured 210 men during a repulse. iThere were repeated attacks at Lameniarocz and a strong attack on both sides at Darowo, against iPrinoe LeopoJd (of Bavaria. Thousands lay dead and dying before our positions. Attacks on Luzk and Buczacz also were fruitless.