ON THE WEST FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2970, 6 January 1917, Page 7

ON THE WEST FRONT

BRITISH SHARE OF STRUGGLE London, January '4. A correspondent at Headquarters emphasises that it is an illusion to suppose that becauso the British hold a fourth of the West front their share of the struggle may bo expressed in that ratio. The question is ono of density, not of mileage; in other words, it is a question of the number of enemy divisions hold in a particular area by the concentration in - that area. .It is quite conceivable;-that the war will be won on a forty-mile front.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo-Assn. NIGHTMRAJDiNC ANZACS VERY ACTIVE . .London, January" 4. Mr. Philip Gibbs, tho war correspondent, writes: "The Australians, and New Zealanders have recently been active in night raiding, adventures that test the nerves more than most incidents in trench warfare. It is no joke to crawl out on a dark night holding your heart in your mouth, while bright glares go Overhead; then to rush trenches where tho Germans may be waiting with bombs and axes._ At-other times the Germans scuttle into their dug-outs, where we bomb them.- The Germans are also.active, but we make ourselves more disagreeable than they." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MORE BRITISH RAIDS ENEMY TRENCHES ENTERED , (Rec. January 5, 8.30 p.m.) London, January 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We. successfully raided trenches north-east of Arras, "and twico entered enemy positions in the neighbourhood of AVyt-schaete."—Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter. TALLY OF PRISONERS THE RECORD FOR LAST YEAR (Rec. January. 5, S.SO p.m.) I London, January 4. Reuter's Headquarters.correspondent . states that tho Allies in 19ITJ took prisoner 582,423, exclusive of the Rumanians' captures in Transylvania and the British in Egypt and East Africa. The French took- 78,500, of whom 26,660 wore secured at Verdun and 51)480 at the Snmme. Tho British took 40,500, tho Italians 52,250, the Russians 400,000, and the Macedonian army 11,173. It is estimated that the enemy's casualties in Franco in 1916 totalled a million. —Router. REIMS CATHEDRAL AN APPEAL FROM THE POPE Amsterdam, January 4. The Pope has written to the Jiaiser requesting the German High Command to allow, under restrictions, the immediate restoration of Reims Cathedral. It is feared the building will collapse — Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.