LOCAL ACTIONS IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9

LOCAL ACTIONS IN THE WEST

- GERMAN ATTACKS ON THIEPVAL LULL IN THE GENERAL OFFENSIVE Australian-Navr Zealand Cable Association. London, Ootobcr 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "There was intermittent shelling during the night southward of tho Ancre. Our artillery caused man.v casualties to German infantry moving north of tho Scbwaben Redoubt. The Gormans unsuccessfully attempted to «nter our .trenches eastward of St. Eloi (three miles j south (if Ypreß)." ' ' e

| THREE MONTHS BOOTY IN CAPTURED GUNS (Rec. October 6, .9.5 p.m.) London, October 6. /Sir. Douglas Haig reports: "Two counter-attacks by the enemy in the Thiepval area were severely hiindled and repulsed. "Between July 1 ant! September 30 we captured 29 heavy guns and heavy howitzers, 92 Held guns and field howitzers, 103 trench artillery pieces, and 397 machine-guns." ... * ' ' . FRENC4 OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE London, October 5. A French official .communique .states: "The night was calm on the whole -front. Despite bad weather' the aeroplanes bombed the aviation ground at Colmar, and dropped ninety bombs on the military buildings at Zeebrugge." (Rmiter's Tele Train.) ' ' (Rec. October 6,'i1.20 p.m.) ....... Paris, October 6. A'Paris official communique states: "North of the Somme we continued to make progress east of Morval. We repulsed a strong "counter-attack on our now trenches north of Fregicourt. Tho enemy's artillery is most active south of- tho Somffie." .-. "Our heavy gunis in the ' Woevre' shelled the military station of St. Benoit—where much movement had bfen reported—causing a great, fire." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. . _ ' ■ Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, October 5. A German official.communique states: '.'Between Baucourt. and L'Abbaye the. enemy only succeeded in reaching our position near La Sars, where we defeated the British.. We.lost trenches between Ericicourfc and Laucourt."