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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 July 1916, Page 3

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(.Australia-New Zealand) Cable Service). TILE I'LKdiVUH blOllV. i'ans, July o. A cuiuuiuiuque states: liud wea-tliei ou tile iSomnie litis impeded our operations. JJy a eoup-de-iiuiLii tit Uolioyeasan telle we captured <k)l> moil. A violent ijoinuaidiueiit is goiuy ou at v eiduuj audi infantry actiouts. A ig semi-ofiieiuJ. description of tlie l'ritifiii capture of "the glorious wouads of I'l-iecourt," describes iiow the L'borioua organization of the German defences had given tlie eiieiny a position more advantageous; houses buiit in echelon formation sweeping up a gentle slope to a hill culminating ill a wood and' all the principal streets could be taken in the enfilade. The wood also was full of formidable defences. Despite tlie first failure the liritsh (chiefly Yorkshire and Durham miners) jumped the parapets of the enemy trenches and rushed! the virago, taking prisoner 1500. The semi-official message ends: ' 'These are soldiers whom the Germans considered amateurs." Paris, July 8. Another communique says:—The night was calm on the Sonime; (533 Germans were made prisoner. At H-ardecourt an attack was made, accompanied by a violent bombardment. At Chattancourtj Fieury and) Damloup the ©niejmy atjtemipted two couip-de-Tii a ins. West of the forest of Apremont one detachment penetrated one of our trenches, but was driven out by the use of grenades. A secondi detachment was dispersed before reaching our lines. At Hensninth two German battalions attacked a French battalion, in the Gevghell-to-Doiran jsector) but! lafter a several hours' fight the Germans fell back before the French artillery with considerable losses. IN THE EAST. iThe British fleet at Suda Bay has demanded the removal of the personned of the German Consulate. German subjects in Candia all are ordered to proceed to Athens.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT I London, July V. Sir Douglas Haig reports that tlie fighting between the Ancre ami the Somino is considerably less violent than it was in the last two days. We further progressed in tlt'e neighbourhood of Oveillcr. In another sector we captured a group of defended buildings and the Germans made no further attempts to capture their lost position. We successfully sank three mines ixar Givenchy. 'Eurther north, after a heavy bombardment of a portion oi the sector held; by the New Zealanders, a strong enemy attack succeeded in entering trenches at one point but after half an hour's fightig the iNew Zealandere ejected the enemy who left many dead. A RUSSIAN' REPORT. Petrograd, July "J. General) Brussiloff's right wing is progressing towards Xovel, and the Gelmans are employing 30,000 prisoners and civilians in strengthening the defences. The Austrians are in hopelees plight; (nave Pflanzer's army they are completely demoralized. The Russians are taking Austrian prisoners in thousands. EATAL ACCIDENT AT WANGANI'I Wangauui, This Day. Edmund Ronald, tieater, a single man, aged 34 years, died at the hospital yesterday from hemorrhage of the brain, the result of a fall from a motor ear on Saturday. Deceasedi was sitting in the back seat and fell out when the car was fnaveiling at the rate of fifteen mile*, per hour, striking hia head on the roadway. EVERY MAN WANTED. Wellington, This Day. A rumour appears to have recently gained currency in various portions of the Dominion that no more men will be required for the Expeditionary Force after the Kith Reinforcements New Zealand'; there is absolutely no truth in this report. 110 lias any incomes to the knowledge ot the Recruiting Board to justify any person giving expression to such an opinion. The circulaton of a statement of this kind is apt to be most prejudicial to recruiting, and therefore 1 wish, as chairman of the Board, to give it the fullest and widest refutation. So far from the time having arrived when we can slacken off our efforts, we are now at a stage of the gi eat crisis when it is more than ever essentia} that our forces at the front should be maintained at their full strength. All indications point to our enemies having attained their maximum effort and now is the time when our own armies andl reserves of men must ho constantly strengthened and renewed. In order that the signal Allied success of the past fortnight may 'he driven home to final victory every man of New Zealand free to go is wantedl.— W. 'F. MASiSEY, Chairman of Recruiting Board.