TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE WESTERN BOMBARDMENT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 5

TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE WESTERN BOMBARDMENT

STUPENDOUS DELUGE OF SHELL •The High' Commissioner reports:— •"The artillery, activity 011 the .Wostem front continues."-' (Press Association.) tv iin London, September 5. ■ . Central ?\ews correspondent in northern Franco savs that deserters coming uito the French lines testify to the terrible elfec.ts of tho Allied ar lllery. In© Germans navo never suffered such an intense continuous bom,ar e . -"'"0 expenditure of shells has been stupendous. Ample stocks have ucen accumulated at various bases. s, _ FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. . ' l •it,- • , , ' . , London, September 5. S rt°TT 9Ue f at l S: n,CrO I , aS b «®, particularly active mine "mi. 011 ™ e banks of the Somme . 111 t] ie neighbourhood of Frise was i 311 ill i eu ? 6 bombardment'north- of the camp at Chalons Replying to our destructive fire- on his trenches' and works tho Minmv threw one htindred shells into Reims. There were no victims. Artillery and grenade fighting continue." KAISER URGES INCREASED ACTIVITY., ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) According to a Dutch officer, the Kaiser recently wrote ders on the Western front, expressing surprise at the poor results of the recent operations, urging increased activity, and enjoining the troops to fitrhtf with untiring courage, and so to benefit by, the speedy, conclusion of the war. INCESSANT RAIN HAMPERS OPERATIONS. (Rco. September 7, 0.35 a.m.)' t i. * London, September 6. roads^to S a a quagm n irf r y '° lgt h<rars NorUle ra France hps reduced the