THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

ALLIES INFLICT A SERIOUS DEFEAT a „ . Paris > May 28. • A communique states: Our offensive progresses at Ablain and Saint Nazaire. \\ e occupied a group of houses near a cemetery which the Germans s rongly hold, and afterwards .carried bv assault German trenches along the road to the St. Alon mill, south-east of Ablain. e„„„i ° ?J S0 , captur | c \ a lar 6 e German earthwork in the direction of 'i lcavy "J I!!?' !e e nomy sustained a serious defeat. AVe capured seven officers and -100 men, and a dozen machine-guns." BRITISH PROGRESS TOWARDS LA BASSEE The High Commissioner reports:— nmi u ••• r 1 , . , London, May 29, 1,10 a.m. ihe British have progressed m the direction of La Bassee. , Angre the.enemy's.counter-attacks were continued with increasing violence, but all failed. The integrity of the Allies' position has been maintamed, despite a continued bombardment of extraordinary intensity. Koran of the region around Cours, particularly difficult work is in hand The Allies have progressed one hundred metres. Bois-le-Pretre (on the Meuse Heights), the Allies' hit attack enabled them to reach two points on Fey-en-Haye-Norroy Eoad. One hundred and fifty prisoners were taken." ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH LINE. (Rec. May 30.) The High Commissioner reports:— >'T i • -Ui. J.T. T, , London, May 29, 3.20 p.m. Road progressed east of tho Aix-Noulettes-Souchez +To n^ oWard tl m \ d ?i lg ' !t o? l6 xT G!en - nal \ s la ' mcl ied a counter-attack on the French trenches on the Ablam-St. Nazaire front, but were easily repulsod tion of a Fw,taine Madame ' the Freneh took a P° r "