ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2953, 13 December 1916, Page 5

ON THE WESTERN FRONT

INTERMITTENT CANNONADING

London, December 11. A French official communique states: "There is an intermittent cannonade south of tho Soinme. Two Gorman aeroplanes were brought down at Verdun, and two in the Champagne. Our aeroplanes bombed cantonments and a munition dump north of Verdun, whore several fires and powerful explosions were observed. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. (Rcc. December 12, 9.20 p.m.) London, December 12. Sir Douglas Haig reports successful raids eastward of Nouville-St. Vaast and south-eastward of Armentieres. Machine-gun emplacements were destroyed, and prisoners taken. Au. attempted raid by the enemy eastward of La Boutillerie failed. Hostile working parties at Fauquissart and Wieltja were dispersed. There is reciprocal artillery fighting and trench mortaring at Loos, Arras, Ypres, and north of the Ancre. A French official communique states: "There is violent artillery firing at Ville-au-Bois, north-west of Reims, and in the Douaumont sector. A. coup-do-main was successfully carried out against tho enemy's trenches at Bois le Pretie, west of Pont-a-Mousson — Aug.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Router. INTENSE ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. (Rec. December 12, 8.40 p.m.) London, December 11. The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent reports: "Coinciding with i.tho cessation of tbe stormy weather, the intensity of the cannonade on the British front has been redoubled since Saturday, but tho snow has begun to fall. The artillery duel on the Ancre has been most violent sinco the beginning of the Somme Battle. The British gunners north of the Ancro gained a. marked' success over tho. Germans' heavy guns. The cannonade extends to many sectors, _ including Loos, Givenchy. Armentieres, Ypres, and also the Belgian front."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.