ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1917, Page 3

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. (Received This Day at 10.15. a cn ) ' LONDON, October 14. General Haig reports:—The Enemy artillery was active last night northeastward of Ypres. Wo repulsed re- * oonnoitring parties westward of Becelaere and northward of. Poelcapellc. V e jnado successful raids in the neighbourhood of Hullbach. A French communique states the artillery struggle was fairly lively on the Ai&ne front, especially in the Pantheon district, Vauclere, and California Plateau. ALSACE AND LORRAINE. LONDON, Oct." 12. Correspondents report that Alsace and Lorraine prisons are crowded, with * people mostly entertaining sentiments hostile to Germany. Mills, factories, and industries have been stripped, the contents sent to Germany, notably at Mulhouse, where the population has been sent to various parts of Germany. They are as badly dispersed as the Armenians are in Turkey. Forty thousand have escaped to avoid service in the German Army.

VON KUEHLMANN’S DECLARATION. PARIS, Oct. 12. Von Kuelilmann’s omphatic declaration in regard to Alsace is the topic of comment in the newspapers, which urgo redoubling efforts to secure victory. It was clear they must either have defeat of .the Central Powers or abandon the hope of liberating Alsace and Lorraine. A NECESSITY. Received, this day at 8.45 a.m. PARIS, October 14. The newspapers emphasise that the capture of Houlhulst Forest is a prerequisite to the participation of all the Allies, in the great offensive.