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RAIDS IN THE WEST

THE BRITISH RECORD 27 SINCE JANUARY LoriHon, February 22. ■The communiques since January 1 show that the British havo conducted twenty-seven operations on the West front, in which 481 (P 4810) prisoners wero|taken. —The "Times." ON THE BRITISH FRONT. 1 (Rcc. February 23, 8.30 p.m.) - London, February 22. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"We repulsed raids eastward of Vermelles and southward of Neuvo Chapelle.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.- Reuter. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. (Reel February 23, 9.20 p.m.) ;'*"'."' .London, February 23. A French official communique states: —"German patrols north-east of Nieuport were dispersed. There has been artillery firing on the bank of the Mouse, and the sector at Pepper Hill. l Nothing has happened elsewhere.'— Aus. : N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. GERMAN REPORT. London, February 22. Wireless, per Admiralty Press:—'.'A German official report states: —"South ~of Armentieres, the British forced a way into our positions, but we ejected them. Wo counted two hundred British dead."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable-' Assn.Reuter. THE VERDUN OFFENSIVE • GERMAN MORALE CRITICISED BY VON HINDENBURG. London, February 22. R-euter's correspondent at Headquarters has obtained a copy of a captured order by von Hindenburg. It states that the operations at Verdun, between October and December, resulted in.'-., serious and regrettable reverses. Incapable ; officers must be ruthlessly removed. -\ The number of prisoners was unusually large for German troops. Some had evidently surrendered, without offering serious resistance, and not suffering serious losses, which shows that the morale of somo of the troops was low. The reasons must bo carefully investigated. ■ The old spirit of German influence must be revived by training-and the strictest drill ._ The order adds: "This matter is of vital im-portance."-s-Reuter. - ■ A NICE PAIR!' ONE OF WHICH IS A RENEGADE ENGLISHMAN. (Rec. February 23, 5.20 p.m.) Berne, February . Tho Pan-German party has subscribed threo million marks for the purchase of the. ''Berliner Neueste Nacbrichten" and tho- "Deutsche Zeitung," in which an anti-British agitation will be conducted by Professor and Mr. Houston Sterart Chamberlain.. The German Press 'is overjoyed it the fact that a born Englishman has accepted a lead in anti-British propaganda.— Aus.-N.Z.- Cable Assn. [Professor Schaefer was a. former president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, while Mr. Houston Chamberlain is n renegade Englishman, resident in Berlin, who has gained considerable notoriety for his espousenient of the German cause in the enemy's country.] KAISER AS LAND PIPATF. BELGIAN DUCHESS'S ESTATES SEIZED. (Rec. February 23, -5.20 p.m.) Amsterdam, February 22. The German Government has seized tho Moravian estates of tho Duchess of Vendome, King Albert's sister. The Kaiser sanctioned ifche seizure.—Aus.N.Z. Cable 'Assn. » DEPORTED BELGIANS SLAVERY AND STARVATION. Amsterdam, February 22. Many deported Belgians havo returned owing to illness. Some have developed tuberculosis ; and thesp wero hitherto strong. They complain that they were nearly starved; They had bread onco a week and a mixture of vegetables, which were often rotten, each day. They describe their stay in Germany like being in hell.—Reuter.

(The cable news in this issue accredited to the London "Times" has appeared in that journal but only where expressly stated is such nows the editorial opinion of- The !'Tijnes."l

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

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RAIDS IN THE WEST Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

RAIDS IN THE WEST Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

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