BIG AIR OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 97, 17 January 1918, Page 5

BIG AIR OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST

! DAYLIGHT ATTACK IN THE RHINE VALLEY KARLSRUHE HEAVILY BOMBED London, .January 15. Sir Douglas Ilaig reports: "Aeroplanes carried out bombing and machinegun work incessantly on Sunday. Tlioy dropped four hundred bombs on a largo ammunition dump near Roulers, and on billets and hutments, and the railway junction. Our air force ir.ado a most successful raid in Germany in daylight, against tho railway station and manufactories in Karlsruhe, in the- Rhine Viilloy. They dropped one and a quarter tons of bombs with excellent results. Bursts wero observed in buildings aud' sidings of tho main railway junction in tho contro of llio town, in workshoDS, and at a smaller junction near Karlsruhe"—Aiih.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. (V!ec. January 16, 7.15 p.m.) London, January 15. Sir Doiirlhk Miiig reports: "AVo repulsed a strong raid north-eastward of Annentic.iwi. W'n raided tlio enemy's lines northward of Lens, bombed dugouts, iind l.rink prisoners."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Router. ON THE FRENCH FRONT London, January 15. A Krmidi fi/Witl communique stntoj: "Thoro has been lively _ artillery firing in Ui« (Jli(iffi|Migiic, und on the light bank of the Mouse, especially north of Lmivonwnl, wh«r» our batteries naught the enemy in tho act of assembling."— Ann. -N.'A. O'fililo Assn.-Router.

• THE BREAKDOWN AT CAMBRAI HIGHER COMMAND ABSOLVED FROM BLAME. (Hoc. January 16, 10.15 p.m.London, January lo Mr. Bonar Law, speaking in the House>of Commons, stated thai the War Cabinet's inquiry showed that the Higher Command was not surprised by the German attack on Cambrai on November 30, and had made adequate dispositions to meet it. Cabinet, however, considered that it would be detrimental to the public intorest publicly to discuss the breakdown. He was satisfied that full measures had been taken to deal with a similar situation in the future.—Aus.-N.Z. Cahlo Assn. . GERMAN TROOPS ON ITALIAN FRONT BROUGHT BACK TO FRANCE. , (Rec. January 16, 11.30 p.m.) Paris, January 15. M. Marcel Hutin states that the report has been confirmed that most of the German divisions on the Italian front have been transferred to the French front—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.