THE IMPENDING GERMAN OFFENSIVE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 152, 16 March 1918, Page 7

THE IMPENDING GERMAN OFFENSIVE

I WAR LORDS VISITING THE FLANDERS FRONT ENEMY'S NEXT OBJECTIVE TO BE DUNKIRK mi r- • , ~ t, • ,r Amsterdam, March 14. Ihe Kaiser, the Crown Prmce, Von Hindcnburg, and Von ImdondorfE are coming to Brussels at tho end of the week on u visit to the Flanders Jront, m connection with the impending offensive, which will probably be most violent at Ypres. The Germans' nest objective is Dunkirk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT o- ™ i „ • L ~™ ~ London, March 14. bit-Douglas Haig reports:— No raided tho enemy's trenches south-east or Jipehy, and successfully repulsed a raid north of the Ypres-Staden railway. There is reciprocal'artillery work south-west of Cambrai, and increased hostile artillery action in tho Neuve Chapelle and Fauquissart sectors."—Aus.JN.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

BELGIANS GAIN FOOTING IN GERMAN TRENCHES . n , . n . L , „, „ London, March 14. . A iselgian communique states:—"After a violent bombardment our troops gamed a footing in the German trenches south-west of Lombaertsyde. Wo readvanced, and in violent hand-to-hand lighting stopped a counter-attack. Artillery actions on tho whole front yesterday and to-day were violent in the Nieuport and Dismude regions."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT . _, , . ™ ■ ■ London, March 14. i communique states:—'There wa s marked artillery activity in the Argonne and on the right bank of the Meuse."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reu-ter.

(Rec. March 15,10.15 p.m.)

■ P , . , , „™ . London, March 15. m. (t r.TT s vl es: n 2? 1 "? !S a falr] y live 'y ninety struggle on the whole front."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. . ■=*>

GERMANS' HEAVY AIRCRAFT LOSSES

e„„„ l ■ „ , ■ . London, MarchJ4. wJI " e f y - n , me I Ge ™ a " machines were brought down' in ten days on the Western iront.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A GERMAN CLAIM.

(Rec. March 15, 10.15 p.m.)

a c m■ , ' l ± i <.„, , London, March 15. A German official report states: "We brought down seventeen enemy aeroplanes last night,, of winch three were en route to Freiburg."—Aus -N Z Cable Assn.-Reuter. »».