HUNS TO MAKE ANOTHER DASH FOR CALAIS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 3 January 1917, Page 5

HUNS TO MAKE ANOTHER DASH FOR CALAIS

TROOPS MOVE WESTWARD TRANSPARENT FALSEHOODS OF GERMAN SPIES mi , m m „ •,. i> i i •, London, January 1. ~ Mail's" Amsterdam correspondent says it is reported from the frontier that Germany is guns, and material through Belgium to the westward. t Gorman spies in Holland are spreading a. report that now that tho winter campaign has exhausted Russia's reserves of men and ammunition, General von •Hindenhurg is preparing: for a final effort to clea S e his way to Calais —Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENEMY'S ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE FAILS 'COMPLETELY. ~, , . , ' London, January 1. A I'rench comeiumque states: "After a violent bombardment by trench engines, the-enemy twice attacked our advanced posts wes fc o f Auberivo in the Champagne, but completely failed before our marine-guns and <rren-ade-throwing."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable r Assn.-Router. ." * ; BRITISH PATROLS PENETRATE ENEMY TRENCHES. (Rec. January 2, 8.30 p.m.)' ~. ~ , _ . „_ , London, January 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "Patrols entered tfie enemy tre&elSes in several places eastward of Armentieres. The enemy artillery was more active north of the Ancre. There has been reciprocal artillery activity elsewhere " A French communique says: "On the right of tho Mouse a strong eneniv coup de main east of Des Chambrcttes completely failed. It has been relatively quiet elsewhere.'—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. ' AIR LOSSES ON-THE WEST FRONT LAST MONTH. (Rec. January 2, 8.30 p.m.)' . The December air losses on the West front were sktylthrce San machines, ten British, and twenty-one French.—"The Times." PORTUGAL'S EXPEDITIONARY ARMY FOR FRANCE (Rec. January 2, 8.15 p.m.)' t> i a- i • i . Paris, January 1. ... Po^^ e f facers have arrived Commandant Robert Baptista, Chief of the Staff or the Expeditionary Army, which General Tarajmiine commands. Aviators and medical units h aTe a l so arrivcd . 6Eneral ! ters have been established at. tho Portuguese Legation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo ASSJI. ' ' ,