IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 74, 20 December 1917, Page 7

IN THE WEST

iCTIVITY ON THE AMERICAN FRONT

THE GERMAN DRAFTS FROM RUSSIA New York, December 18. The United Press Agency's correspondent points out that the Rbiueluionc Canal sector, where there is heavy artillery action, corresponds with the location of tho American troops, as given in German reports.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION RUSSIAN FRONT DENUDED OP EFFECTIVES. Paris, December 18. Numerous captured documents prove that tile Germans are transferring troops between the ages of twenty and thirty-Sve from tho Russian front to the Western front. All men between twenty and thirty j'ears of ago were ordered to be withdrawn before tho ltussian armistice was signed. Tho result is that a skeleton army of weaklings is left 111 the East, which will become the training ground For boys and a camp for invalids.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ON THE NEW ZEALAND FRONT (Rec. December 20, 0.40 a.m.) London, December 18. Mr. Gordon Gilmour (Australasian Press Association correspondent, writes: "On tho New Zealand front,'at a sector already historic, whither in years to como New Zealanders will make pilgrimages, tho Maorilanders are waging a, trench warfare as courageously as those who have gone before. There was a considerable amount of shelling on tho sector to-day, but over a wiclo extent, which rendered the casualtfes negligible. Sinco they went into, tho line after their last battlo at Passchendaclo on October 12, the Germans have been left pretty much to their own devices. They straggled about carelessly in the open over tbo adjoining positions, and our snipers had an extraordinarily exciting time for about threo days, picking off the enemy unti! the latter lay low. Tho Gorman artillery is fairly active against the New Zealand communications, but no signs of an attack are Wo have had the advantage of exceptional aerial patrols, which directed our heaviest artillery for hours daily, steadily silencing tho enemy's batteries. Every provision has been made to give tho New Zealanders ample Christmas comforts. New Zealand at present is fortunate in being able to fill her gaps with a continuous stream of fresh troops, and so keep tho units at full strength."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.