GENERAL WAR NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 17783, 12 July 1916, Page 2

GENERAL WAR NEWS

EARLIER CABLES PERONNE VERY CLOSE. (By Telegraph—Dress Assn. —Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, July Id. The French are within three-quarters of a mile of Pennine. TRENCH STILL ADVANCING. PARIS, July 10. A communique states : Continuing our progress last night, we captured a line of trenches between Barletix and Maisonette. The prisoners taken in this sector now reach MSO. In .the Champagne we captured a trench west of Butte du Mcsnil, along a front of 300 metres. Enemy detachments attacked ns at three points in the legion of La Chappelotte, in the Vosges, they were cut up and driven back by < ur mitrailleuses. AROUND ALBERT. BRITISH WIN TRONES WOOD. LONDON, July 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports : Severe fighting, lasting 48 hours, centred on Troncs Wood, which is triangular in shape, and measures 400 yards from north to south, with its .southern base of 400.yards strongly defended by trenches and entanglements. On Saturday, July 8, after a heavy bombardment, we captured the southern end of the wood, and subsequently extended our position northward. We drove back a determined counterattack with heavy enemy loss, in addition to crushing two further counter-at-tacks on Sunday afternoon. The enemy on the evening of July 8 bombarded the wood with all sorts of armament, and then hurled two strong attacks from the south-west. The first we completely repulsed, while the second penetrated the southern end of the wood, but the attackers were ejected with heavy losses. Sir Douglas Haig says : "Later on in the night a fifth desperate German attempt was completely crushed. The enemy's losses in these five attacks were severe. Wo captured a small copse north-west of Contalmalson and three guns, taking several hundred prisoners. The enemy's artillery is active in Flanders, and heavily bombarded our trenches near Hooge (Ypres salient) for three hours. We thrice successfully raided the enemy’s front line.

THE LUTSK BREACH. ROAD TO KOVEL OPEN. PARIS, July 1". Colonel Naudcau, the Paris Journal's Petrograd correspondent, says that the daring operations in the Chartorysk salient culminated in a brilliant victory, placing long-contested and important positions in the hands of the Russians. The latter are continuing their impetuous drive towards Kovel, and now occupy a position cqui-distant from the Stochod and Styr Valleys, across the Chartorysk. Kovel railway. On this position, overlapping the Lutsk salient, the Germans had expected to stem the Russian advance, but the enemy were caught In the flank and rear, and were outpointed. The Russians between Sokal and Kolki literally fell upon the Germans. The breach at Lutsk is widening hourly. The road to Kovel is open northward, and the battle continues with a steadily-in-creasing harvest of prisoners. KOVEL UNDER TIRE. ROME, July 10. Kovel is now under the fire, of Russian heavy guns. BUHOWINA OCCUPATION. RUSSIA PEEDS POPULATION. PETROGRAD, July 10, The complete Russian occupation of the Bukowina is announced. Civil organisation Is progressing, and the entire region is being provisioned with Russian cereals. THE TBENTXNO.

COSTLY AUSTRIAN BE THE AT. ROME, July 10. The Italians have buried 10,000 corpses on the plateaus evacuated by the Austrians in the Eastern Trcntino. AUSTRIA WANTS SELF. THE ITALIAN ADVANCE. ROME, July 10. An Austro-German military diplomatic mission has arrived at Sofia. It is reported that it urgently demanded Bulgarian troops to reinforce the Trentino and Verdun. Bulgaria is hesitating, fearing a Roumania surprise. Austria is withdrawing her Hungarian troops from the Italian front and sub-« stituting Croats and Poles, and despatching the Hungarians to Galicia. An Italian communique states that the enemy's attempted attack on Mount tleliggio was promptly checked by an Alplni detachment, who with much skill and dash captured a great part of the valley between the peaks of Tofane and surrounded the garrison. Semi-official : It is reported that Germany has refused Austria’s request for urgent assistance, alleging that the Austrian Command are entirely responsible for the present military situation. AUSTRIANS MASSACRED. IN MONTENEGRO AND ALBANIA. ROME. July 10. Semi-official : Detachments of .Malissori in Podgoritaa and the environs of Scutari have revolted and massacred the Austrian garrisons. MORE KULTUB. WASHINGTON, July Id. The Belgians have asked the United States to protest against the German outrage in compelling Belgians who went to Germany for commercial purposes to fight against their fellow-coun-trymen. AERIAL SUPREMACY NEVER WAS GERMANY’S. LONDON. July 10. A second German air raider dropped seven explosive bombs in the south-east counties. A few windows, were broken, but no casualties are reported. Before the Air Committee General Henderson, the director, replying to Mr I’e.mberton-Billing, M.P.. denied that the Germans at any time possessed complete superiority of ttie air. We were always able to carry out the air service at UKfront to the army's satisfaction. FURTHER DETAILS, NEW YORK, July Id. The Deutschland is discharging tier cargo protected by armed guards. A description shows a high conning tower, several covered manholes leading to the crew's quarters, and an engine room. The wireless installation is mounted on telescopic masts. Washington has received a report that the. submarine is unarmed. The vessel belongs to the Undersea Company, and will be followed by the Bremen and others. She spent a night at the bottom of the English Channel, the crew playing a gramophone, and brought 750 tons of dyestuffs. valued at £200,000. She can descend JOOft, and submerge for four days. The food consisted of tinned meat, fruit, bread, rind also champagne.

THE GEEMAN SUBMARINE. HER VOYAGE KNOWN. NEW VO I IK, July lu. A United States officer who hoarded the submarine says that low papers show a gross tonnage of "Ml, net 111. She was engaged for the freight trade from Bremen to Boston, and left Bremen on June I 1, staying at Heligoland nine days. The British Consul states that he knew more than a week ago that the Deutschland was i'ii route lor America. Some New York newspapers assert that another submarine lias loft Germany for America. NAVY BOUNTIES. 808 SUBMARINE CREW. LONDON, July Id. The Brize Court Ims awarded the officers and crew of submarine EM bounties amounting to flu.Ki and £33 (| respectively for sinking the German cruiser 1 1.da and a German torpedo boat. It is calculated on a basis of £•> Per head id the enemy crews. PRISONERS’ TREATMENT, A GERMAN PROPOSAL. LONDON, July id. Lord Robert Cecil, in the Commons, said the German reply to our protest re starvation tit Kuhleben Camp denied that insufficient food was given the prisoneis. While rejecting onr proposals for an exchange of prisoners, Germany had made another proposal which the British Government are now considering. ON PLANDERS COAST. ( Reuter's Telegrams, i AMSTERDAM. July Id. The Germans are most apprehensive of a British landing on the Belgian coast, and are strengthening their garrisons and rehearsing the. repulsing of attacks from the sea.