THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 September 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

[EliKCi'ltiC TIiLKUJIAI'II—COI'ViUGnx.j i (Austral:a-.New Zealand Oabie Service). W£ST£ltN OM'ENVjIVE li EN'EWISD. London, Sept. 4. Sir Douglas H.iiif. reports:—ln cooponuion with ilip l'lenc-li, we attacked at several" points aa.l captured part of Ginoliy and the whole of Gu.lleiuont. iflast (if Muuquut iv<iTm we gained ground and captured several liu iK.Ved prisoners. - The fighting continues. Our new front runs fne hundre.l jardis east of C.'nilK'ino::t from Glnc-hy to near Flalleriioiit Fnnii. Our :n:ireraft did most useful work eo-overat'.ng with the artillery and infant; y. E"o:ny neio'li'iics desperately attorn; ted to int.; ifcr.'. We sue.es fn ly cngegedi in mmy ligh t.s and dcntroyed thTce msfli'r.ei an 1 damaged at least four. We lost three machines. Paris, .September -1. A communique rt:les:- Ncrtliof the iSoinme, after an Intense artillery prej)iirtafci( n, (lie Fie:-ch infntiv, in cr.njtinctii n • with tit-* B. it'sli, attacked shortly he Tore midday Germ.m positions on a front of sis kilometres ('VI mile 1 between Mnurep.".« and the Sonnne. wit'admirable c'nti, which the enemy's resistance failed to check. For a moment our fro ps swept away tho enemy's con.siderab'e forces, capturin r every fixe:! objective. The villages ol' Le Forest at Mam-cpas, and C'lory-Kiir-Sonnne iare entirely in empower. We have taken all.the German trenches along the Le Fore-it-Combks rend to the outsk.ii t« of C'onvb'rfi. We captured al! the enemy's positions between Le Foiest and Clery and at iiinncroiw points passed beyond the road jniniiiiir the two villages. The Germans launched a counteisattack with large effectives south of T.e Forest. Our batteries compelled them to retreat in disorder. Twelve igu-nrs were captured) in a single sector «t Le Forest and .fifty machine guns. A series of violent Gvrnnan attacks an Vaux and Clinpitre were- repulsed Keveral times with heavy losses. The enemy succeeded at the close of the afternoon in penetrating a salient on our line, where fighting continues with desperation. We nttrickcd German positions east of Fleury. Wo have taken several . trendies also a strong Work. Another attack north-west of Floury enabled us to occupy a portion of tlie ridge between Fleury and Thiaumont W&rk. GERMANY'S REPORT. London, September 3. A German communique states .-—Artillery activity on the Sonnne in increasing in violence. A .strong French attack 'between MaUnepiss a.ndi Clery collapsed. Attacks on Thiaumont frontalso were repulsed. Russian forces northward of Zborov also at Birzleny were repu'sed.The enemy stormed l'hoska liei'rh sout'.iward of Zeelona. Ati.stro-Gennans encountered reconnoitring troopis on both sides of the Bystritza. on the Rumanian frontier region. The Bulgar-Gernians crossed the Dobntdja bearder between the Dinube and the Black Bea and scattered the lhimanbn frontier guards. ITALIAN OPKtIATIONS. London, September j. . An Italian .communique states The enemy lire heavily shelling portions of the Astico valley. We pierced entanglements east of Gorissin. The latest totals of' captures in .the Isonao operations amount to 18,3150 soldiers, 293 officers, thirty cannon, two machine guns, sixty-two bomb throwers !ind five million cartridges.