ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2659, 3 January 1916, Page 5

ON THE WESTERN FRONT

SOME MINOR OPERATIONS By Telegraph—Pmbs Association—Copyright (Rec. January 2, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, January 1. French official message: "The bombardment of enemy trenches at Bolsingho was successful, and north of the Aisne we demolished a German work. Tlie Meuse heights were the scene of effective cannonading against blockhouses. In the Vosges a violent infantry attack was successfully replied to. Near Dixmude the Belgian artillery was active." A CERMAN ATTACK, FAILS COMPLETELY. (Rec. January 1, 9.20 a.m.) • Paris, December 31. French official: "A German attempt to capture an observation post near Hill 193 with a hand-grenade party failed completely." BRITISH TRENCH TAKEN. A GERMAN STORY. (Rec. January 1, 2.40 p.m.) London, December 31. The Berlin AVar Offico announces that the Germans captured a British trench near Hulluch: that Allied aviators attacked Ostend, killing one Belgian civilian and wounding nineteen'; and that the Sacred Heart Convent was shattered. EXPLOITS OF A SMALL PARTY. CAUSE GERMANS HEAVY CASUALTIES. (Rec. January 2, II p.m.) London, January 2. • Sir Douglas Haig reports that a small party in the south-east of Armentieres seized a portion of the German front lino and inflicted severe casualties, and then withdrew. We had a few wounded. FIRING AT LONG RANGE. VERY SMALL CASUALTIES. (Rec. January 2, 11 p.m.) Paris, January 2 v A French communique says the enemy with a long-range gun fired ten shells into Nancy. Two of the inhabitants 'wero killed, and seven slightly wounded. The gun was immediately countered. ATTACKS REPULSED. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. ' (Rec. January 2, 11 p.m.)' Amsterdam, January 2. An Austrian communique says: "We repulsed five attacks north-eastward of Buczacz, tho Russians abandoning hundreds of dead and wounded.