FRENCH ATTACKING AT MORT HOMME AND DOUAUMONT.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2762, 4 May 1916, Page 5

FRENCH ATTACKING AT MORT HOMME AND DOUAUMONT.

\ TRENCHES CAPTURED

RESULTS OF THE APRIL AIR FIGHTING

The High Commissioner reports:— , \ ■ • London, May 2, 3.5 p.m. . "In Champagne, a French cannonade has been directed against the German revictviallmg convoys'" north of Navarin. "In the Argonne, a strong German reconnaissance was dispersed north of tiaraze# ' / "West of the Mouse ai)tillery, activity was continued in the course of the niglit, from tlio. region of .Aiv.ocourt to Mort Homme. ■ "East.of the Meuse the .French yesterday evening briskly attacked southeast of Fort Douaumont;.tilt! Germans' first trench was.occupied on a front of about 500 metres, and 1061 prisoners were taken. Fresn information states that French attacks on Saturday and Sunday against slopes north of Mort Homme gained a front of about 1000 metres of the enemy trenches to a, depth between 300 and 600 metres^."

ATTACK ON TH&D BRITISH EAST OF YPRES ■. ! . 'STOPPED B"i'.EFFECTIVE GUNNERY. The High Commissioner repjnrts:— London, May 2, 11.50 p.m. "A,German attack east of "Wpres last night, preceded by an hour's bombardment, broke down under British fire without reaching its objective. "Another attempt by the en« my to leave their lines north of Albert was aISO "To-day' there is artillery activity at Montauban, Thiepval, Carency, Vermelles, Wytschaete, and Ypres." | ALLIES' ASCENIDANCY IN THE AIR 1 • ■ STRIKING FIGURES F(i'R THE MONTH OF APRIL. ' By Telegraph— Association—Copyright ' London, May 2. An examination of tlio official rfeports of April shows-that seventy-two aeroplanes were destroyed, of which f.ojur were British, twenty French, and forty-eight German. . , \ ! Parjß , M ay 2. . Official—The aviators were very active in April,.especially at Verdun. V<e brought down thirty-one aircraft, nine Mailing in our lines and twenty-two in the German linos in flames or completely ■ out of action. During April sis French aircraft were worsted and fell in. the enemy's lines.

' ' .V* INTERCHANGE WOUNDED. (Rec. May 3, £1.40 p.m.) London, May 2. Official. —Germany has accepted a, British proposal to transfer to Switzerland British wounded from Germany, and Q.'crman wounded from England. A similar arrangement is operating between Fjrance and Germany. Swiss doctors examine and decide upon the urgency of ttoe cases. \ BRITISH SUBMARINE IN THES SEA OF MARMORA TURKISH TROOP TRANjSPORT SUNK. Salonika, May 2. A British submarine sank the Turkish transport Chirketi-Hairie, with troops, off Rodosto, in tho Sea of Marmora. GREEK NOTABLES SHOT BY\ THE BULGARS \ Salonika, May 2. The Bulgarians have shot fifty Creole notablesi who were among the citizens lately convoyed to Bulgaria during tho recent injeursion into Greece.