THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

IA ustralr.a-Ne v. Zealand Cable Scrvico) (Received This Day 11.30 a.m.) CA.-N.Z. and lieu tor Service.) j)u;::c;s <ov -ijr,iti»h air SJfiltV ICE London. August 20. The Admiralty air service on Saturday night dropped many tons of bombs 011 St. Pierre station, Ghent, Thourout station, and Bruges docks; it also raided Snelleghen aerodrome, dirnctly hitting n large shed. The Royal I' 11 lying Corps assisted. On returning our machines lioat' off hostile ai.era.l. and all returned. BEFORE YKRM'N A wircle.-s (i.rman official sin -age state.- that at. (lie opening of the battle before \ erdun Ibe i'Veuch without fighting Halou ridge eastward of the Meuse. Fie '.t ing as iv v in, full >•> iiig 011 a fourteen and a half mile front. United Press Service.

I Headquarters .state lighting continues at various points from Lens to tho sea. The British during the established a now post on tliu left flank of Ypne.s sivotor. Air lighting tontinnes at its hottest all day and all night, tho enemy evidently is trying to conserve his air fleets and avoids battles in the daytime, swarming mi ! dor cover of darkness and bombing | places indiscriminately behind the lines. As many as thirty aeroplanes are in ono fleet. At least one hospital! Ilias hoen damaged. Meantime the British Avar planes have carried out an offensive far behind tho Herman lines, bombing stations, railways, Tho British are lighting German in- ' 'iitrv in default of antagonists in the aerodrome and ammunition depots, air. and even are charging machinegun emplacements whilo the machines are barely skimming the earth. J A PANESE OFFICER'S AUGURY A Japanese officer who participated in the B lissom Japanese war, and who has made a long sojourn in Franco, says: "Victory is assure*!, seiontliifiically and mathematically; it has been so ever since the middle of 1910. Germany to-day is merely a besieged fortress. 'Imir icqitic-al i>eriio<l in a. military sense, has passed, and there is only one way whereby victory can slip vour grasp: it is that you should voluntarily abandon it."

MOXASTII! BOMBARDED. A -Serbian official report states that the Bulgarians violently bombarded Moiiiistir. A sirt*vt ninny buildinurs wore destroyed ;ind ther« were numorou>s civilian victims. Jinny women and children are homeless. SALONIKA IN FLAMES. ?sViv York, August 20. Advices received here state that a great fire rages- at Salonika. Half tho city has been burned. AN ITALIAN SUCCESS. The Italian* are carrying out an offensive movement on a front of 37 miles. Tliov captured 8000 of the enemy. SORE THROATS . :.YDTD HOME-MADE CAROLE. Sore throats, (juinsy. tickling coughs whooping oonyli, hoarseness, and oth- - ••• throat troubles arc relieved at ''iii'!' by the following easily-prepared remedy Mix water and sweetening with a, bottle of Henn's Essence. Keqp in a large bottle, and use freely whenever required.. As a garble for inflamed. relaxed and other sore throats if stands a champion. "Relief is immediate. Tt will also be found invaluable for bronchitis, asthma. and influenza. Even whooping cough is promptly relieved by the famous mixI'T". Tt contains m> poison of any kind, and may be given fivrh' io both c'li'dren and grown-ups. There is also a clear ef at ]<>ast 10s fe;- youi- pocket. 'lean's Essence is «ohl rcgiilarlv by cost chemists a.:id .-i'-ve, it post free on rcc.'ip! of price -2s— from .[loan's Pharmacy, AVangamii; bub be sure vou get ll—E—A—-N\S. 1!)

A NEW BATTLE OF VERDUN. London, August 20. A French communkjue estates that there is a fairly violent artillery struggle nortli of Bixschoote. Our troops .ataeked in the m-oniing, on imtli sides of tlio Mouse, with inagniiicenfc diisli. Early re|uirU> -bow tliat tlii.s new battle of Verdun is developing to- our advantage 011 a front of eighteen kilometres from Avoeourt to north of Bezonvaux. Many prisoners wore taken, and the hniver.v of our men was hevond praise.