THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 April 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

lELjccTKic TlLKGKAPU—uoreKittux.j l.F*a PIIKSS 4BBOCUTION. j THE FIGHT FOR VERDUN. Paris, April 3. i A communique states: —'The bom- ) bardiment of .Naucourt ana Desnes con- ■ tinues. There were no infantry actions in the night. The fighting in the region of Doiiaumont andi Vaux was favourable to us. We gained some ground at Bois Gailatte line. Our line rests on traverses of Bois Cailette, whereof the enemy oc. cupies the northern corner and regions near our position south and west of Douaumont. The Germans yesterday deployed on a front of three' kilometres. Successive waves followed in small assau!tiiu columns. Our artillery and infantry fire inflicted heavy losses. Our artillery caused several fires at Remabots in Lorraine. A German aeroplane fell in our 'lies near Noyon. The occupants were taken prisoner. Paris, April L A communique states.: —Our artdlery blew up a blockhouse ana an ammunition depot at Avoncourt wood. A violent German attack was made between Haucourt and Bethincourt, against our old positions north of Forges Brook, the enemy not knowing that we had evacuated them on the night of 31st March. Our surprise fire from new positions inflicted important losses. We further forced back the enemy from Oailftte wood. Our find! coun-ter-attack was especially violent. VVe regained the western portion of Vaux village. Thirty-one Allied aircraft, as a reprisal for the raid on Dunkirk, dropped 83 heavy bombs on enemy -antonments at Kevlin. Risen and Soutbu Ist. Our aviators brought down four more Gorman machines in the Verdun region. BRITISH CAPTURE ANOTHER CRATER. London. April t. Sir Douglas Haig reportsWe capi tured a crater at St. !',l»-»i which tho IGermans had held since Thursday, establishing our lines beyond the crater. Artillery on both sides is active A GERMAN CI. HM. Amsterdam, April J. A German communique issued on Sunday claims : — u e captured. enemy defences and flanking entrenchments north-west and west of V aux. 1' rench counter-attacks collapsed before our artillery and macliine guns fir::. , THE R USSIAN CIJ A ■ \:'N IQ ." I Pctrograd, April 4. The Germans attacked the lhkul bridgehead and were repulsed. The Germans during an offensive northward* of Baranovitchi railway tired explosive bullets^ We crossed the Upper Chorok, and strongly fortified position, 10,000 feet, above sea level, capturing a company ! of Turks. GERMAN REPORT OF ZEPPELIN RAID. Amsterdam, April l. Ar German communique states - Our airships on Saturday attacked the East Coast of England and bombarded with incendiary bombs iron foundries, Wast furnaces, .andr industrial works on the south bank of the Jliyer Tees, as well as the harbour buildings near Middlesborough and Sunderlana for an hour and a half. There were violent explosions, accompanied by the colVipse of a building. ;ine outbreak of fires indicated the good effects oi the attack. Despite a vigorous bombardment by amfci-anrcraft guns, the airships returned unharmed. The British official report is untrue.