QUIET DAY ON ALLIES' BATTLE FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2334, 16 December 1914, Page 5

QUIET DAY ON ALLIES' BATTLE FRONT

PROGRESS IN FLANDERS M> ALSACE ARTILLERY FIGHTING ON THE AISNE The High Commissioner for New Zealand reports (London) December 14, 4.50 p.m.) "Paris reports that nothing noteworthy has happened. There has been-.no..infantry attack by either.side." In a later message the High Commissioner reports (London, December 14, 6 p.m.) !—"Paris reports that the French attacks have enabled progress to be made along the canal from Ypres. Several violent German cotinter-attacks were repulsed. In Alsace the enemy's offensive operations in, the north-west have been repulsed." v ' ■ GERMAN TRENCHES THROWN INTO DISORDER. V Paris, December 14. A communique states :■ "The enemy violently bombarded the trenches north-west of Soupir, in the region of the Aisne. Wo replied, throwing their trendies into disorder. Our. artillery destroyed important earthworks on the outskirts." . "The Allies carried five hundred yards of trenches, and repulsed two violent attacks at tile Montmarie'wood. ■ . "We appreciably progressed at Aspach (in Alsaoe, near Mulhausen), and at other points. . (Rec. December 15, 8.30 p.m.) / - Paris, December 16 Official.—'JWe have progressed along the Ypres Canal, and west of Hollebeke (a few miles south-east, of Ypres) have repulsed several violent counterattacks.

, "The German offensive north-west of Cernay (in Alsace) has been repulsed." : ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP FORCED TO TURN TAIL. ~ '~ . . . , T . Amsterdam, December 14. A Zeppelin journeying from Nieuport towards Dunkirk was forced to return owing to the Allies' heavy fire. The "Telegraaf" states that tho German Landwchr on the Dutch frontier have been sent to the front and been replaced by older soldiers and also bv slightly wounded men.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. WEAKENING OF GERMAN EFFORTS APPARENT. (Rec. December 15, 8.20 p.m.) ™ . London, December 15. The "Daily Chronicle's"_ correspondent at Dunkirk states that a weakening of the Gorman cannonading and infantry demonstrations is noticeable in Flanders. The enemy have abandoned many of their trenches, and a constant reshuffling is apparent behind thojr lines. , Some native troops from Belgian Congo cp-oporated in the repulse of the German attack on the Yser. SIGNS OF NEW MOVE BY THE ENEMY, • , ■ (Hoc. December 15, 8.30 p.m.) ~ ~ , , „ Amsterdam, December 15. An important concentration of German troops near Courtrai (about 15 miles north-east of Lille) is interpreted to mean that tho recent plans for an advance on Calais have been abandoned in favour of an attempt to break the Allies' line further inland. Tho«Germans round Bruges have been hurriedly transferred to the interior of Beleium. ■ ■-. . • The German authorities at Thielt announce that anybody carrying arms in East Flanders after December 15 will be summarily shot. ' The wholo of the public and historical buildings in Ghent have beon mined. GERMANY'S WAR LEVY ON BELGIUM. (Rec, December 16, 8. 45 p.m.) , Havre, December 15" Official.—The German Governor of Belgium has summoned the Provincial Councils of Belgium to take steps for tho payment of the war levy of fourteenmillions sterling. GENERAL ADVANCE OF ALLIES EXPECTED PERIL OF CIVIL POPULATIONS EN ROUTE. (ltcc. December 16, 0.15 a.m.) London, December 15. Press correspondents in tho North of France,'who expect a general advance of the Allies shortly, point out that the situation is fraught with danger to the civil population in the towns occupied by the enemy, as the sympathies, of the civilians are likely to lead to attempts to assist the Allies. Th'e result, will probably be that the Gennans will be compelled lo resort to severe measures. ■ ,