TEH WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1916, Page 3

TEH WAR

uic —tui'iiuum.j (Australia. aud Nov Zealand Cable beiTHL CAMPAIGN IX EKAiNOE. Paris, August 17. A communique states: —.North of LVlaurepas, in conjunction with the British, w'e curried the entire line of German trenches on a ironfc ol 1300 metres (.1408 yards) and readied certain poiuts on the Manl'upas^-Gvi.l!Lo-niont road. South of the village on a two kilometre (Li miles,) front, to a depth of 300 to 501) metres, we occupied all the enemy's positions east ol the MaurepasClery road, after sharp engagements,, causing heavy enemy losses. Our troops in one rush captured a powerfully organized system of German trenches on a front ol IiOOO metres (i:.VJB yards) south of Belloy .Santon#. Of L' 2-3 German dutsious on the west front, twenty oppose the Anglo-Trench on the Somnie, twenty are at Verdun. a „d the rest are scattered over the remainder of the front, which is slightly over 550 mile#. London, August I*. Sir Douglas Haig reports -There is nothing special to report. IM'SSIAN FRONT UNCHANGED. Pe-trograd, August 17. A communique states :—-There aiu no changes in the European front offensive. . . Several enemy detachments m the Kalnposava region, south-east of Lake I runia were frustrated. (l?euter Telegram). Petrograd, August 1«. General Ru-sky has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the northern armies in succession to General Kuropatkin. ON THE TIGRIS. London, August 17. The War Office reports that the situation on the Tigris and Euphrates lines is quiet and unchanged. Our aeroplanes are active against the enemy.