TUESDAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 September 1915, Page 3

TUESDAY

Victories in West —Concerted Allied Attacks — British Advance near Lille — French Success in the Champagne — Miles of Ground Won and Held— 20,000 Prisoners Taken

Concerted and sustained attacks on the German line at points from Flanders to the Argonne have resulted in important allied victories and advances. The British attacked along the roads to Lille from the north-west and south-west, and captured five miles of trenches south of La Bassee Canal, penetrating up to 400 yds. They also captured 600 yds of trenches at Hooge, south-east of Ypres.

On Sunday the Germans made determined efforts to regain the lost ground.

The French finally captured the ruins of Soucez, between Laßassee and Arras, where there was formerly 'fierce fighting in labyrinth positions. The main attack was made in the Champagne region, on a front extending for 15 miles between Aubrine on the River Suippe, and, Ville-sur-Tombe. They penetrated the German front to a depth varying up to two and a-half miles, and captured 12,000 Germans. The number of prisoners taken on the whole front in two days exceeds 20,000, and material captured includes 24 field guns.

Extreme dissatisfaction exists throughout the Turkish. Empire and it is stated the slightest relaxation of : the German grip would lead to a general rising.