BRILLIANT STROKE BY THE FRENCH
SUDDEN BLOW AT VERDUN
FORT DOUAUMONT, HAUBROMONT, AND THE QUARRIES RECAPTURED
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright). Australian-New Zealand Oa-ble Association. (Rec. October -25, 8.50 p.m.) Paris, October 24. A French official ofiniminique states: "Attasking on a front of about 6 mile 3 'nn the right bank of the Mouse, we smashed the whole German line to a depth of 2} miles, and captured Fort Douaumont, the village of Haudromont, arid the Quarries. Three thousand five hundred prisoners have already been counted, including one hundred officers." THE NEW FRENCH LINE. (Rcc. October 25, 10 p.m.) Paris, October 25. A French official communique states: ''Our troops advancing beyond the Thiaumont "work and farm, seized the Quarries, and established themselves along the Bras-Douauinont Road. Our line on the right o fthe fort passes northward, of Cailiette Wood, and: follows the western fringe of the village of Vaux and the eastern outskirts of Fumin Wood,' continuing northward to the Crow's Wool and 1 tlic Damloup Battery. The material ■which was captured has not yet been catalogued. Our losses were slight." \ : London, October 24 A Fronoh official communique states: "There is lively artillery and avialion work on the West front." ON THE BRITISH FRONT Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ■ v London, October 24. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We have securcd yesterday's gains at Gueufeoonrt 'and Lesboeufs. Concerning' the enemy's claim that wo lost heavily >n Saturday, our gains are noteworthy, because we took a thousand prisoners, ind suffered only 1200 casualties." (Reb. October 25, 8.50 p.m.) London, October 24. Sir Doughs Haig reports: "Thorewas heavy mutual shelling on Tuesday southwards of Armentiares. A strong party of the enemy raided the trenches eastward of Loos, apparently with the purpose of destroying our mine shafts. TLev were immediately ejected." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. London, October 24. A German official communique states: "British and Freuch attempts to break through our front were sanguinarily defeated north of the Somme. The dead are lying in heaps west of Le Translov. A French advance on the Ablainoonrt-Chaulnes sector, south of the Somme, and another near Verdun, were stopped.'.' BIG GERMAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE SUSPECTED. . (Rec. October 25, 9 p.m.) Paris, October 24. The journal "Liberte" states that it is reported that the Kaiser is at Bapaume, supervising the German preparations for c- great for which reinforcements of men and artillery have arrived. \ . MARKED DECLINE IN BRITISH LOSSES New York, October 24. The casualty figures prove a marked declinc in the British losses on the Somme compared with those of earlier fighting. Some estimates give the German losses ait fully 40 per cent, greater than those of the British, whose new methods iii attacking and advancing have resulted!'in saving men. It is believed that the "tanks" and other .inventions have saved the British nearly an army corps. ■
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2912, 26 October 1916, Page 5
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