NINE DAYS BOMBARDMENT IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2559, 6 September 1915, Page 5

NINE DAYS BOMBARDMENT IN THE WEST

TREMENDOUS FIRING ALONG THE WHOLE FRONT- I i 1 London, 4,-'4-.50 p.m. The High Commissioner reports:— , ■ A French official communique states: "Several mines have been exploded in the neighbourhood 1 of Vauquois (near Varenues), whicli have seriously 'damaged the enemy's works." ■ •; London, September 4, 12.45 a.m 1 , i "For the ninth day there has been a violent effective bombardment along' the whole of the Allied front." . ~ GERMAN REPORTS CONTRADICTED. London, September 3. 'A' Paris communique states that artillery activity continues; The Gert mans pretend to have recaptured the Lingekopf-Barrenkopf position. They, really only captured seme of the trenches on a front of 200 yards. ' (Reo. September o, 3.10 p.m.) ... . ~ • Paris, September 4.-, 'A'communique states: "Violent bombardments, especially in the Artois and Argonne regions, are proceeding on both sides.' 4 GOOD .WORK BY FRENCH NAVAIi AIRMEN. Paris, September 4. Official: "Last week, despite a violent cannonade, our ' naval aviators threw over 300 4-wch shells on the Gorman naval installations on the Belgirui coast."- i • i ENEMY IN DIFFICULTIES FOR RECRUITS. (Rcc. September 4, 3.10 p.m.) . : ' ■ , : Paris, September 4. v Official: "The Gorman officer casualties'have latterly greatly increased. They had reached 43,972 on June 1, and by July 15 this total had risen to 52,041'. t "Germany is now making a return er men between the ages of forty-sis and fifty. The indications are that she is preoccupied with the difficult question of effectives after her twelve months of war and her prodigality of human life. The only men at her disposal, according to the 'Journal do Geneva,' are flie 1917 class, less those who have volunteered."--