French Report

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1917, Page 1

French Report

LONDON, April 10. A French communique says the enemy artillery,is less active north of the Oise, south whereof we progressed east of the lower forts at Kovoy. There was--a fairly lively artillery struggle in the region northeast of Soissons principally on Laffour sector. An Agreement PARIS, April 10. France has decided not to employ prisoners within a distance of thirty kilometres of the firing v line. Germany has agreed to similar treatment. Struck a l^ine. Liner Damaged WASHINGTON, April 10 The liner New York struck a mins in the Irish Sea. There were no casualties. She. is being docked. Submarine Losses. NEW YORK, April' 10. Tho New York Times learns from a high authority that since February Ist Britain lias destroyed submarines at an average rate of one daily.

In Mesopotamia. LONDON, April 10..., Mcsop lamia official.—The Turks reported on the 6th. to be retiring on Kip" ri, are now contemplating a converging movement iii conjunction with the Turks on the left hank of the Tigris against the British between Sliat.el-ad-haim and Daila rivers, and meantime are holding up the Russians on the tipper reaches of the Daila. Our troops reported on the Bth. to have possession of the left bank of the Shatt 1 adhaim. Wo -have captured Belad Harbe station north northwest of Baghdad.

in Servia PAULS, April 10 A French Salonika communique states there was a very active artillery struggle on the monastir-Cerna sector. A German battalion attacked the Russian after a powerful artillery preparation but were stopped at the wire entanglement by machine-gun fire. German Plot. WASHINGTON, April 10. ■A German plot to dislocate the entire Western Pennsylvanian coalfields lias been discovered n't Gettsborg. Shirkers. WASHINGTON, April 10. Thousands of men of Military ago at New York, Chicago and San Francisco are beseiging the registry offices tor marriage licenses in order to escape con scription. Chicago already records 1100.