WESTERN FRONT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17287, 30 September 1916, Page 9

WESTERN FRONT.

1 ROUND VERDUN. j ENEMY ATTACK CHECKED. I The High Commisioner reports:— LONDON, September 28. A French official message saysOn the right of the Meuso a strong German attack in the night on tho Thiau-mont-Fleury, front was sanguinarily checked by a mitrailleuse barrage. BELGIUM’S RIGHTS. v FRENCH PRESIDENT’S ASSUR- • ANCE. Australian and N.Z Cable Association. PARIS, September 28. President Poincare, welcoming the new Belgian Minister, paid a tribute to King Albert, declaring that ho \vns tho personification of honour. ! Ho added that unless Belgium recovered her full , independence and received satisfaction ineffaceable shame would soil the annals of Europe. ¥ ... . , - AIRRAIDS. GERMAN VERSIONS. a AMSTERDAM, September 28: A German communique says:— Enemy aviators appeared over Dutch territory and attacked almost without

result. An English bomb attack on Brussels destroyed fifteen houses and killed thirteen and injured twenty-eight Belgians.