GREAT ACTIVITY ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2431, 9 April 1915, Page 5

GREAT ACTIVITY ON THE WESTERN FRONT

SUCCESSES IN THE WOEVRE AN iMPORTANT BOUND FORWARD The High Commissioner reports . „ _ London, 'April 7. , "Paris reports that a German detachment, with' t three machine-suns, which passed to the left bank of the Yser, south of Driegrachten, was attacked and captured bv Belgian troops. "East of Verdun in the direction of Etain, the French mastered two hills, some farms of high woods, and a hospital. "At Les Eparges we gainod ground, maintaining our gains, and took sixty prisoners, including three officers.. '"At the Bois d'Ailly and the Bois Brule we repulsed all counter-attacks, and made now progress, and the same occurred at the Bois Le Prctre and Ban-de-Sapt. "At Fontenelle we exploded a, mine under the enemy's works." Army casualties: — Killed. Wounded. Missing. Officers ... 10 8 — Men 286 770 24 [A condensed Press Association message to the same eSect has also been received.] (By Telegraph—Press A6sn.—Copyright.) London, March 8, 1.30 a.m. . "Paris reports that there is great activity between the Oise and the Moselle. The Allies have maintained all- gains, and made further progress east of Verdun, capturing two lines of trenches^ "At Eparges, to the south-east, the Allies have made an important bound forward. The Germans counter-attacked all day, but regained nothing. In their last attack, which was a particularly strong one, they were mowed down by the Allies' fire."