WAR NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 7 September 1917, Page 6

WAR NEWS.

BRITISH DRIVE OFF RAIDERS. LONDON, Wednesday. British official: Wo drove off niidol's in tlit! neighbourhood of Armcntieres. AUSTRIAN AD-MISSION. (AiusH'aliuii-N./ liable Association.) BERNOE, Wednesday. The-Press Bureau at Vienna *ays tlmt the Austrian divisions on theItalian front had done their duty, hut worn crushed by the enemjy artillery. . ' Tins is tlio most significant and serious admission the Austrians have yet made. IiVACUATLON OF RIGA. I'l'j riIOGRAD, Wednesday. The liiil ,oi Riga startled tno publie. M. Kereusky said that the enemy gathered an immense quantity ol' heavy artillery and bombarded the south-eastern side, and the situation became grave owing to the superiority of thi' enemy artillery. It is* somi-oificiallj' stated that the catastrophe at Riga was not wholly unexpected. Measures for the evacuation of the littoral of the .Gulf were taken before the Dvina was crossed The hwt train of wounded left Riga under heavy German .(artillery fire. The First "Battalion of Death" particularly distinguished itself, entering the melee at a critical moment and throwing back the pursuing en- j ■'cray lor two miles. Dospito their j Lasses their example inspire:! the j other units. | The German preponderance m forces and m artjllery, and the use j of asphyxiating shells, caused enor- j mqus losses. Energetic counter at- j tacks with the bayonet occasionally • thVew- the enemy back to the river, j The soldiers retiring on a .seyqninilo front carried their wounded comrades • The Russian lines will bo shortened on their new front between Friedrichstadt and the Gulf. The arfiiy is retiring in perfect order, in oorifnT.Lh'g' with a pre-arrang-ed plan. ■..

JAPAN READY TO ASSIST,. .AMSTERDAM,. Wednesday. . Aeordjing to. the Munich newspaper v'Xoufite 'NHchrjchton,'' a largo , Jsip'anc.se force is concentrated on the .Manclitii'inn border ready tft assist the Russians. GALLANT •HESISTANCK. Cnhle Association.) ' LONDON, Wednesday, The latest telegrams from the"Rumanian front prove tho gallantry nf tlio defenders in their ro&ist-ancq, especially on the Oitoz front, wliorc tho AuHtrn-Cjrermivns during the last ten or twelve days in August ineestsantly bout against tho , Rinnan inns day and night. \ It is tru<> that the enemy gained ground slightly,'hut the'" Hisses wv; t> heavy. ■ - It is estimated tb;i>, 'Hen Aiis* , : ,n- - were exlia;istc<i, Tho enemy frequently sent, sixfold waves against the Rumanians, endeavouring to NOii'.e Targu and Oenn, Which t-ovors .an important railway,, 'but t-he (Mrner ( vas courageous in the extreme, '('he '.{uioanians even counter attacked. .forcing tho -enemy to '.yield ground.

Mr, AFRICA CAMPAIGN. oanM-itinr LONDON,, Wednesday. An East Africa official messa/jo states:-- ' ' T!io Aiiulo-Uolgiun • column from Tringa lias jnnetionod with tlio liolf"om Kilossiu The "Belgians ei:nfi«o(l the T'langa river towards ' We inflicted several Jonspn on -.he onomy rotrpating to MaUongn. Mnnv Gomnuis are surrendering in the southern area.

ANOTHER AIR RAID. (Austruliuu-.VZ. Cable Association.) LONDON, Wednomhy. British official: A considerable mini her of aeroplanes crossed the south-east coast over a wide area last night. ' The raiders travelled singly and in groups, thus rendering an estimate ol' the numbers difficult, u;i liioy possibly totalled" twenty. The first bombs were .i/opped in the London district at 11. lop m., continuing until 1.11 l a.m. Bombs were also dropped i.n the coast. The casualties reported are nine killed and 19 wounded. The damage done w as' not extensive. One machine was bronchi <■ wn in the sc.i off ShceriK'ss. SCARBOROUGH BOM HA It !> [\D. (Australi«n-N.Z. Cable Association.! NEW YONK, Wednesday. Telegrams report thai: Scarborough was bombarded by a submarine, and three persons killed, (Scarborough is a watering place on the coast of Yorkshire, and is known as "the Queen of Wateringplaces." German cruisers bombarded Scarborough on November Hi,

NEW GERMAN MIXK

G()1 I ENH A G FA, Wednesday.

One hundred mines and much wreckage have been washed up on the Jutland coast.

The Germans are scattering a new kind of floating mines, consisting of a small bomb, which is sighted with difficulty and explodes nn the slightest contact.

| The survivors of four'< trawlers de-' scribe their methods of ivork. The j ("v...,).,ns work in pairs with a pwr i-.steel'net between each for .the pur- ' of breaking the British mine- . field, ' 1 . ■ SUCCESSFUL- AIR-RAIDS. • (A'lstrnlimi- v '■' '-'o. < ««nr-i"tiou ) LONDON, Wednesday. The Admiralty reports; We on ,night, the Bruges docks and the and Ghistclles. ■ aerodromes, Wo dropped many tons. ! of bombs with good results. ■ I We again raided. the.jMiges docks • »t rioon .*• Jiittjjig' niany- - ,sheds and uiusing /fires. . \ All our, machines returiiefl safely.- ■ ■ 'V- ■•■!!./! K WAB I'ROFITS BltL, 'An.strrtP"'--v* f MELBOURNE, Thursday. ' Tn tlio.Honso of Jteproscntatives a new da use was inserted in the War j Profits Tax Bill, providing for the ] j adoption of nn arrangement between, ; the Imperial, and New Zealand Gov- I | eminent?; to avoid double taxation in : connection wit'i firms having branches , in titn'cis. . • - - ■• • * Ihe Ril! was rerrd ir' Wiird time.