ON THE WEST FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2938, 25 November 1916, Page 9

ON THE WEST FRONT

. BIVOUACS AND STATIONS BOMBED (Aiist.—N.Z. Cable 'Assn. and Reuter.) . ; London, November 23. . . A French communique states: There has'beep only . aerial. activity. 'Wo dropped.many bombs en stations and, .- biyouacs:.on "the Sonime.. Aviator. Guyneiiief Tirought down his twenti'-second machine.FIGHTING CONTINUES. UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS. • (Aust.—N.Z. Cablo Assn. and Peuter.) (Rec. November 24, 8.20 p.m.) . 23. .'Paris official: .There is intermittent artillery activity on tlio whole front, and fighting continues under the most : unfavourable conditions. BRITISH POSITIONS SHELLED. . London; 23. \ Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy , shelled our new' front fast night on both sides of tlio Ancre; and in the ncigh T bourbood of Hebiiterne. ENEMY LINES BOMBARDED. (Aust.—N.Z. Cablo ■ Assn. and Reuter.) .. (Rec. November 24, 8.20 p.m.) . London, November 23. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We bombarded the. lines in tlie neighbourhood of Messines and Armentieres. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBED DESTROYER HIT AND. SHEDS 7 DAMAGED The High Commissioner reports:— . London, November 23, 12.45 p.m. "Naval aeroplanes bombed tlio seaplane sheds at Zeebrugge, and also bombed destroyers alongside "the mole. A destroyer was hit, and sheds damaged. Our. machines returned safely."- • NAVAL DIVISION EXCELLENT WORK ON ANCRE BATTLEFIELD London, November 22. ■Mr. Gibbon, writing from British Headquarters to the "Daily Chronicle," reveals the presence in the _ 'Ancre battlo of a j British Naval Division. He says no account of last week's fighting can. omit this division's attack-, which made good the great nanie -won at other, ppints. The division attacked the.line between tho Ancre and Beaumont Ha'mel, a sprawling series of trenches, communications, and redoubts; also the village of Beaucourt. Tho first battalions gained the fir-st objective, and settled down to let tho second line through. The German redoubt stood on a steen slope, containing four casements, each armed with a, battery of. machine-guns of -.unprecedented number. Nothing could live within their range, and tho attack was hung up; but the reserve."} arrived, prompt and eager. The colonel of one battalion' was .four times wounded, but succeeded in holding, the attackers .together until they neared Beaucourt. The colonel then collected all the forces within reach, liushcd on to the German position, and occupied it all night. Meanwhile the force which was held up at tho redoubt was still unsuccessful at nightfall, and at every attempt at progress was mown down. Three "tanks'-' started out. One reached within one hundred yards of tlio redoubt, and the crow opened tho door and emerged with a maohine-gun. The Germans did not wait anv longer. They frantically waved a white rag, and surrendered. Tho sanio morning the oft-wouiVled colonel led his men forward to the village, where intense hand-to-hand Sirliting took place, but tho sailors could not be denied.