ANOTHER STORM ON THE BRITISH FRONT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2860, 26 August 1916, Page 9

ANOTHER STORM ON THE BRITISH FRONT

■ : «H TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT ; FRENCH REGAIN THIAUMONT WORK ; ■•'. The High Commissioner reports: London, August 24, 3.30 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "During the night the enemy strenuously .endeavoured to, regain the ground between Guillemont Station and the quarry: After a bombardment the infantry reached the parapet in places. A sharp struggle repelled the enemy, with heavy losses. After this failure he again intensely bombarded the ground. In the region of the Hohenzollern redoubt the eneniy heavily shelled us. An attempted raid completely failed to reach our lines." London, August 24,11.40 p.m. "South of Thiepval on Thursday, we advanced a further 300 yards, capturing an enemy trench 400 yards in length. Many prisoners were taken. A hostile bombing attack against our new trenches north of ' Bazeutin-le-Petit was easily'repulsed.". ' ."•'' INTENSE BOMBARDMENT ON. THIEPVAL BRITISH PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DASH. ' (By Telegraph—Press Asiosiatbu -Copyright). •'. ■ ■ Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec.'August 25, 9.20 p.m.) i ■ ' Paris, August 25. -The British bombardment on the Thiepval sector increases. Tons of metal are being showered on the. German defences. The'recent British gains have made a crescent-shaped front on Thiepval, giving an excellent spring-board for the eventual assault. The Germans are continuously strengthening their defences, but the British guns demolish them with equal rapidity.. There has been almost uninterrupted shelling of the enemy positions at'.other points on the Somme front for three days. ' Two, Bavarian regiments carried "out the recent attack south of Thiepval. They arrived the previous day from Verduii. Though they gained a temporary footing, the British reaction cut them to pieces and hurled the shattered remnants oack to their original positions. •*•

WITH THE FRENCH ON THE SOMME Paris, August 24. A French official communique states: "Our fire prevented the Germans south-east of Soyecourt Wood from leaving their trenches. Wo easily repulsed many coups de main at Tahure." London, August 24, 4.25 p.m. A French official report states: "North of the our troops this atfernoon carried by a single rush the part of the village of Maurepas that the enemy still occupied, and the neighbouring trenches, and extended their line 200 metres beyond, on a front of two kilometres (1 1-oth miles)." FRENCH CAPTURE THIAUMONT WORK The High Commissioner reports:— London, August 24, 3 p.m. •The French official report states: "'On the right bank of the Meuse tho enemy violently bombarded our positions between Fleury and the Thiaumont work, which we captured yesterday. We took 230 prisoners in the latter actios."' London, August 24, 4.25 p.m. The French official report states: "On the right hank of the Meuse several of the enemy's grenade attacks on our new front between Thiaumont and Fleury wero broken by our fire." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Au6tralian-Kcw Zealand Cable Association. London, August 24. A German communique states: "The British attacks against the projecting Thiepval-Pozieres angle, and also at Guillemonf, were defeated." OUR MAXIMUM EFFORT YET TO COME "NO TOM FOOL'S TALK OF AN EARLY PEACE." (Rec. August 25, 8.30 p.m.) Condon, August 24. Colonel Repington (the "Times" military correspondent) declares that though the enemy's man power is not so far ahead as it was formerly, it must candidly lie admitted that we still lack the preponderance necessary for victory. The Allies still have, immense potential Teserves, while Germany's man-power is falling. The German Staff was recently compelled to reduce the numbers of the battalions in ordci to keep up the divisions. Given continued effort, and no military disaster or internal convulsion before next spring, the eventual success of the Allies is assured. ' Wo can fit out armies fur. the 1917-1S canipaigns which will ultimptel.v crush the most frantic German ofForts, and the Allies will end up by being such formidable military Powers as to prevent Germany from facing a war attain for over a generation. Ho • concludes: "Let nobody be deceived with torn fools' talk of an early peace."