"A GOOD DAY ON THE WHOLE FRONT"

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2372, 30 January 1915, Page 7

"A GOOD DAY ON THE WHOLE FRONT"

ALLIES IN STRONG POSITIONS GERMAN ATTACKS EVERYWHERE REPULSED Paris, January 28. A communique states:-"Tbo total Gorman losses in tho fighting on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday exceed twenty thousand. "Tbo enemy made a groat effort on tho Ka.sor's birthday. It was a good day for us on tlio wholo front, all tho attacks boing repulsed. All our attacks mS "oZ artillery demolished sovcral trenches in Belgium. Tho English artillery sivopb tho German loutcs and points of concentration south of the, t-ys. "Tho Germans lost a brigade on Monday and Tuesday m tho Oroonno region; our losses were eight hundred, including two companies made prisoner owing to a landslide. Wo now hold all the disputed ground. ''Wo gained four hundred yards north of Senoncs (forty miles south-cast of Nancy)." Tho High Commissioner reports (London, January 28, 8.25 p.m.).:"Paris reports that tho enemy's groat ouort on the Kaiser s birthday did not turn out advantageously, tho operations on tho wholo front lavounng tlio Allies. The German attacks were repulsed, and the French are progressing. In Belgium several of the enemy's trenches were demolished, "South of the Lvs tho English artillery swept tho.routes and concentration points. At different'points hotween Arras and boissons the enemy s infantry attempted to leave their trenches, but the attack was repulsed by intense fire. T n- j oo "In the Craonne region tho German fosses on January &> and 26 amounted to a brigade in strength. The Allies lost about eight hundred, due to the intensity of the fighting and the partial collapse of a quarry which was sheltering two companies, who wore trapped during the first part of tho attack. Our. counter-attacke restored the whole of tho disputed ground. ""Elsewhere all the German attacks havo been completely repulsed. In tho Vosges and also in Alsace tho Allies have materially progressed. The enemy s losses for three days exceed twenty thousand. TERRIFIC FIGHT ON THE LA BASSEE PLAINS THRILLING STORY OF MONDAY'S BATTLE. (Rec. January 29, 11.20 p.m.) Paris, January 20. ' Monday's fight was the biggest in which the British have recently been engaged. The La Bassee Plains were a bog, and the Germans found only a workable' foothold on the highway. Suddenly they attacked the unsupported British positions, and the latter fell back before the rush, which was led by the Fifty-sixth Prussians and Seventh Pioneers. Tho enemy swept along tho road to the outskirts of Givenchy, capturing half-a-dozen prisoners. English reinforcements, crossing a sodden morass three hundred yards wide, knee-deep in mud and water, under heavy nre, secured the trench, though they lost heavily, and drove back tho Uormans, who left 400 on the field dead. . xl „ . t . ,■ cj - «. A small force of the enemy, entered Givenchy; the British fired from the windows of the houses and wounded many, and the remainder surrendered. The British :re-cstablished their old positions, and broke fresh ground. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PIERCE ALLIES' LINE. London, January 29. Reuter's correspondent 6tates that the Germans on Monday were concentrating important forces between La Bassee and Festubert, and attempted to pierce the Allies' line and capture.Bethune. The Kaiser watched the preparations on Saturday, and inspected the German positions at La Bassee. , The attack was supported by heavy artillery and an armoured train, which fired twenty shells into Bethune. The Germans had planned to draw the Allies towards Festubert by a vigorous attack, while two infantry regiments made a turning movement via the La Bassee-Bothune Road. The Allies were aware of this plan, and the German infantry, advancing in close formation, received' a murderous fire. Caught between the English artillery on the front, and- the French artillery on the flank, they were literally A couple' of regiments endeavouring to outflank the Allies advanced towards Anuequin, and were allowed to approach within five hundred yards or the Allies' lines. The French 75-millimetre guns opened, fire on these, and they were either killed or made prisoners. Two companies were captured. The enemy vainly renewed the attack five times, seeking to break through, the Allied lines, and charged once within reach of Givenchy Church. The bayonets did deadly work in the plains round VermeUes, Givenchy, and Gumcby, which were strewn with dead. ; . A severe artillery duel continues throughout the district, FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. January 29, 11.20 p.m.) Paris, January 29. Official.—"The operations consist chiefly of artillery duels. The position is unchanged." ■• CIVILIANS FORCED TO LEAVE THANN. (Rec. January 30, 0.45 a.m.) Berna, January 29. The civilian population has quitted Thann (in Alsace), which the German bombardment set on fire. . AUSTRO-GERMAN STORMCLOUD OVER SERVIA ELABORATE PREPARATIONS ANXIOUSLY WATCHED. London, January 28.. Bucharest anxiously notes the magnitude and completeness of the equipment of the Austro-Gennan forces which are preparing to invade Servia. The forces include 200,000 Germans and some of the best Hungarians. ' There is no'doubt that the Servians will make a heroic resistance, but anxiety is felt for the consequences to Rumania in the event of Servia being compelled to yield to superior numbers. ; TURKISH SHUFFLING OVER HODEIDA INCIDENT. London, January 28'. The "Echo de Paris" states that Turkey has failed to settle the Hodeida incident, according to her promise. Italy, it is stated, threatens to take action. [The "Hodeida incident" concerned the arrest of the Britwh Consul at Hodeida (on the Red Sea) by Turkish soldiers, within -the premises of the Italian Consulate. Italy at once demanded, an apology, but none wasr forthcoming, and. according to the cablegrams a time limit expiring on January 10. was finally fixed. It was then unofficially reported that an hour after the time limit had expired tho Italian Fleet had sailed, but also that the matter had been settled ] . , KURDISH SHEIKHS JOIN THE RUSSIANS. (Rec. January 29,11.30 p.m.) Petrograd, January 29. Influential Kurdish Sheikhs of Shahmadzinoff have joined the Russians. They stated that the Turks massacred almost tho entire Armenian population of AJashkert Valley.,