IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 5

IN THE WEST

RAIDS AND LOCAL ACTIONS AMERICAN ATTACKS AT BELLAU . London, June 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We took prisoners in a few raids in tho neighbourhood of Sailly lo Sec, west of Melville. Hostile artillery is active in tho neighbourhood of. Villo-sur-Ancre, Gommecourt, and Baille.ul, southward of Lens, and in the Hazebrouck sector."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcnter. ' (Eec. June 27, 11.15 p.m.) London, Juno 2G. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "There is only mutual artillery firing on different sectors. Tho weather on June 25 was unfavourable for aviation, but our aeroplanes observed hostile batteries and carried out reconnaissances. We destroyed ten machines and drove down four. Seven n! ours' arc missing. Wo dropped ten tons of bombs during the day and the night."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assm-Renter. GERMANS REPORT A BRITISH ATTACK (Rec. Juno 27, 11.15 p.m.) London, Juno 2(1. A wireless German official report states: "Tho English attacked on tho morning of June 25 on wide sectors southward of tho Scarpe, but wore thrown back by a cflfrater-attack near Feuchy and Ncuvillo St. Vnast. Elsewhere their attack's broke down."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Router. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT (Reo. June 27, 7.30 p.m.) London, Juno 26, evening. A French communique states: "Wo raided the enemy's lines! in tho regions of Mai-Hyi Rainevnl, Melicoco and Viney-au-Cornillet, in Lorraine, and captrorcd. prisoners and machine-guns. A fresh German attempt on our small posts north of Le Port was repulsed. The American troops carried out a brilliant local operation towards BolUu Wood, and captured 150 prisoners."—Aus.-N.7f. Cable Assn.-Reuter. an amerlcaTahack Washington, June 26. Tho Americans attacked at Bellau Wood, capturing a hundred and fifty prj. soners—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. FURTHER PROGRESS BY' THE AMERICANS. (Kec, June 25, 1.35 a.m.) I New York, Juno 26. Tho United Press correspondent at tho West front states that tho Americans hnvo captured the remainder of Bellau Wood, and taking prisoner 221 Germans, with many machine-guns. Tho enemy's casualties were heavy. Tho Americans have also occupied a new sector in Al-sace.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. AMERICAN STRENGTH AT THE . FRONT. (Rec. Juno 28, 0M a.m.) Washington, June 2G. Senator Hitchcock states that America will in August, when it has called out tho final draft of Class I, havo three million three hundred thousand men, of whom one million and a quarter will bo in Prance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. THE BAIT FOR THE SHAMBLES .PARIS A PROMISED LAND FOR HUN VANDALS. (Rec. Juno 2S, 0.50 a.m.) Washington, ,fVne 2C. Advices to tho French Embassy state that the German comnanders promised their soldiers license *"o lojt in Paris if they captured' the city. German deserters tell how they were piumised that a whole rich countryside would )>o given up to their uso and pleasure.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. AIR RAIDS OYER THE GERMAN FRONTIER London, June 26. Tho Air Ministry reports: "Success, ful attacks were made on factories and railway sidings at Saavbriickon, engine sheds and barracks at OlTcnberg, and on an explosive factory, works, and engino sheds at .Karlsruhe. Many direct hits were made, and much damage caused. Our machines brought down four enemy aeroplanes. Three British machines aro missing."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Aau.-Rciiitcr. NAVAL AIR ATTACKS ON THE BELGIAN COAST (Rec. June 27, 9.5 p.m.) J ' London, June 26. The Admiralty report J;—"Air foi'co contingents attached to the Navy between Juno 20 and 23 dropped four tons of bombs on tho quays and sheds at Bruges and Ostcnd docks, and bomhed the aerodromo at Mariakeike."—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn .-Router,