BRITISH ADVANCE ON KUT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2997, 7 February 1917, Page 5

BRITISH ADVANCE ON KUT

e POSITION OPPOSITE ENEMY'S BASf 5 SEIZED ;i ' ; —' '• - TRENCHES CAPTURED i London, February 5. Ail official message from Mesopotamia tates: —On the night of Fridaj our cavalry reachcd a point on tl« riglifc bank of tlw; Tigris twentj*-tiv( miles west of Kut-cl-Amara, opposite the Turkish advanced base. On Saturi- day, west of the Shatt-el-Uai and Tigris s junction wc captured three successivi _ lines of trenches on a front of 65( • .yards to a depth of 400 yards, inflicting heavy losses. ■ Wo no* control the mouth of tho Hai, opposite Kut-el-Amara.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reutqr. 3 THE WESTERN FRONT J LOCAL ACTIONS FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE London, February 5. A French official communique states —"An enemy coup do main in thi R region of Barlcux, south of tho Somrae e was repulsed. Wc made several raid: on tho enemy's lines in Chambrettes and north of Pont-a-Mousson. I j. French air squadron bombed the aero t drome at Colmar, in Alsace, military factories at Rombach, and railway sta tions at Chauny, Ham, and Appiliy."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. * GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. London, February 5. Wireless, per Admiralty Press:—J German official report states: "A coun- (. ter-attack against the English regainec t the greater part of the lost trenche: oast of Beaucourk A strong Englisl: attack north of Beaucourt failed s Strong enemy forces made repeated as x saults from east of Grandcourt tc _ south of Puy. Fighting is proceeding on the road from Beaucourt to Gueude-court."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.