ON THE WEST FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2971, 8 January 1917, Page 7

ON THE WEST FRONT

FRENCH AIRCRAFT RAIDS London, January 5. A French LX>mmunique states: There •was lively reciprocal artillery fighting at Donauniont and Vain. Twenty French aeroplanes bombed the German aerodromes ;vt Matigny, Vaucourt, Flez, and' Bernes, the railway stations at Eouilly, Atres, and Villecourt, and cantonments near Roye.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Benter.

BRITISH LINE AT LOOS

PENETRATED BY THE ENEMY • tendon, January 5. 'A wireless German official dispatch says: On the -ith. ■Kβ penetrated the line eastward of Loos. There were sanguinary English tees.— Cable Assn.-Eeutcr.

ENEMY ROUGBLY HANDLED

HAIG'S REPORT ON THE RAID (Eec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Ail enemy raiding party entered our lines .southward of Loos. There was heavy fighting, and the enemy was speedily driven out, leaving a number of dead, borne British are missing. Wβ successfully : exploded a mine northward of Givenchy. and bombarded the trenches opposite Lesboeufs, Gueuwestward of Gommecourt, and in the neighbourhood of Hill 60.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reutor.

AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS

MOSTLY ON SOMMB FRONT (Rec. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 6. A French communique says: Aerial bombardments were carried ■ out on aerodromes, railway stations, hutments, bivouacs, and ammunition dumps, mostlv on the Somme front.—Aus.-IVZ. Cable Assn.

TWO POSTS SEIZED

MANY DUG-OUTS DAMAGED (Rec. January 7, 11.30 p.m.) London, January 7. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Wβ seized and consolidated two posts north, of Beaumont Hamel, and successfully raided a wide front south-east of Arras. We penetrated as far as the third line, destroying many dugotus, and doing much damage to the enemy's defences. Our aeroplanes bombed a number_ of placos of military importance., behind the lines, with good Tesults.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter.

ENEMY ATTACKS

REPULSED BY THE FRENCH (Rec. January 7, 11.30 p.m.) London, January 7. A Paris communique says-: There are violent artillery duels in tho region of Paschendael. Wo successfully bombarded enemy orßanisations on the Sommo front. The enemy's coups do main at Butte de Mesnil and Maisons, in tho Champagne, and Arraeourt waro frustrated.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn-fteuter.

A DESPERATE BLOW

ENEMY ATTACK NEXT MONTH New York, January 5. Tbo New York "Times" Paris correspondent is of opinion that the Germans will attempt a desperate Wow in tho West early in tho year. M. Gustavo Herve, ho says, warns tlio French nation to prepare for an onslaught in February. "We must," lie says, "be Toady to resist it then; if it coinos later all tlio better." He anticipates a sudden attack with picked troops, heavy artillery, automobile cannon, and probably "tanks." "It is safe to assume that after capturing the first British 'tank' the Germans becan reproducing them." He does not think the Germans have largo manoeuvring bodies. —Aiis.-W./■• Cable Assn.

AMERICANS FIGHTING WITH THE ALLIES

London, January 5. Tim "Everting Standard" estimates that there, are nearly fifty Americans iiffhtine in Uio Allied armies. Sonic are millionaires and Harvard men. and fcboy include two brothers of the Thaw family, of PiUsbui's, who are lieutenants in tbo French army.—Aus.-N.is. Cablo Assn.

INTERNED CIVILIANS

THE EXCHANGE SCHEME. London, .January o. Under tho .exchange of inlprned civilians' scheme, seven hundred interned British, civilians _a ro being exchanged for more than six thousand Germans. —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Acsn.