SUCCESSFUL RAID BY THE NEW ZEALANDERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 134, 23 February 1918, Page 7

SUCCESSFUL RAID BY THE NEW ZEALANDERS

GUNS ACTIVE AT CAMBRAI

BRILLIANT SUCCESS BY THE FRENCH

The New Zealand High Commissioner reports:— ' " Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"East of east of 1 pres. the New Zealanders carried out a successful raid early this mormng. A few prisoners'were taken. y

- ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON ,CAMBRAI SECTOR. . . ' ' By. Teloerapli-Pxess Aasooiatlon- Copjriglit ■ V, %' l)OTgjas-.fiaig hostile (on-the Cambrai sector)."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-lieutor. 1 (Rec. February 22, 8.20 p.m.) Ward Slr f D D UgI?S Ha i S I '® po '' ts t ir"\ Vo yesterday an aerodrom^northward of Douai a dump north-eastward of Lille, and dropped lifty bombs on the.enemy's billets At night 150 bombs were dropped on an important railway.centre, south-eastward of Cambrai. We successfully attacked T'hiorviHe, twenty-six heavy bombs being dropped on the railway station. A lnr<*e explosion and two fires followed. Despite considerable gunfire, all our maekiies returned Our aeroplanes to : day dropped a ton of explosives on the actor es; and statu* at Pinnascns, m Germany. Hits were obtained near the station, gasworks, and factories, whero a large fire was observed All the-machines returned,"—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

BRITISH FRONT EXTENDED TO THE OISE

(Rec. Febraary 22, 11.35' p.m.)

London. February 21. -The United Press correspondent states: ."The British, on Tuesday took over .another considerable sector of the front southward of St OiiPntm a « .far as the Oise River.' v '-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, 33

BRILLIANT COUP BY THE FRENCH

GERMAN' LINES DEEPLY PENETRATED,

• ' ■ -' London, February 21. on a ffiae iront. Tlie operation was brilliantly uarried out. Tho" num-' " P ' Pr ° Sellt eXCeeds ' 4 °o'"- Aus --N.Z Cable • ■ ;; ' A "BAG" OF 525. ■ V ■ (Rec. February' 22, 11.35 p.m.) ;■ A French official communique s'tntes:-"We ' in ycsterdays °P el : atlons i]l Lorraine."—Aus.-N.k. Cable ;'. I . THE AMERICAN WEEKLY REPORT ; REFERENCE TO THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. .** !L D - ® aker ' s nitod + $e«etaryfpr states.— The Germans hope to deliver; a crushing blow by massing shock troops trained jn mobilo warfare, but many of'the units in 'Gbrmany°s forces on the .West front aro wholly ignorant of West front fighting methods" The first .American aeroplanes equipped with "Liberty motors,''are ofi their S.-'°4us,N e | Cable Assm P ° f enghlCS is ' most Satiflfac(Rec. February 22, 11,35 p.m.) St - ■ . i . .... , ~ Washington, February 21 ♦V wi - Ke ? I f , hltherto ! ,Clther tlie Allias *>r the Germans on % ii* A - a v° H d moro tha » 2SO ° battle-planes simultancousTv available. lhe American 'p going to the front four months 3 than ,was .expected.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. GOING WEST FOR THE GERMAN BLOW. „ . , c T . , , ... Amstordam, February 21. .... Reports from Liege state that many tramloads of troops and guns have traversed Liege during the last three, days going jves't.-Aud-.-N.Z. Cable \ssn •' ' ' • ' ' • *■ FOUR DAYS OF AIR FIGHTING HEAVY LOSSES ON ENEMY'S <SIDE. . ~. ' , , ■ ~ , , London, February 21. An arialysis of the reports on the aerial fighting shows that the Germans on the British, trench, and Italian fronts lost 12G machines in four days (the British accounting for seventy), and that twelvo British machines are missing—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; ' WHERE WILL THE GERMANS STRIKE ? . OPINION FAVOURS CAMBRAI. (Rec. February 22, 8.20 p.m.) P a|, ' s i February 21. 1 '.'l,e Journal" states that it ib believed that Camurai will be one of the seoto.rs. of the German offensive, and' adds: "The British right flank at Cambrai is particularly tempting." The "Echo do Paris" states:—"The German offensive will probably be between Lille-and Cambrai, involving the engagement of from'sixty to oighty divisions."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.