MORE LOST TRENCHES RECAPTURED

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 2456, 8 May 1915, Page 6

MORE LOST TRENCHES RECAPTURED

FIGHTING AT HILL 60

GERMANS SCORE A POSITION IN ALSACE ■ (By. Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, May 6, 4.40 p.m. -Worth' of Ypres, the Allies'easily repulsed a night attack debouching from Steenstrate. , "South of Ypres, the Germans attacked, near Zwartelen, the trenches on ""Hill' 60, which were captured in April by the British. Their' attack was very violent, and in the-course of it tliey again used asphyxiating gas, rendering thepi masters of the position. The British counter-attacked, and recapturoa the position. ■ . - !"In the trenches lost in the Boie d'Ailly, a pronounced counter-attack by the 'Allies at l'Egremont progressed, the Allies retaking a fresh portion of, tho ; German position, where they gained a footing in the morning. '.'During the night, the Germans made a counter-attack on Mamelon, east of Sillakerwasea (in Alsaco), the summit of which they jeoccupied. The. rest of our - gains in the direction of the La Fecht River were maintained and consolidated." [Fhe High Commissioner reports :— . . _ • London, May 6, 9.50 p.m. , .''Field-Marshal Sir John French leports tho recapture by the British of "taore of the lost trenchos on Hill 60 on Wednesday, evening. Fighting still continues in that locality." DAILY LIST OP BRITISH CASUALTIES. ; The High Commissioner reports:— London, May 6, 1.40 p.m. .'Army casualties: —• Killed. .Wounded. Prisoners. Officers 23 83 f> Men ..... 116 153 52 Total 144 238 57 London, May 6, 9.50 plm. Officers 3 5 — Men 3 9 — ] Aggregate total .i.,.. 150 . 252 57