In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 301, 18 December 1914, Page 5

In the West.

THE ALLIES’ CAMPAIGN.

ALTERED PLANS IN VIEW OF INCREASED EFFICIENCY. CLEARING THE BELGIUM END. United Press Association. (Received 8.25 a.in.) Loudon, December 17. Reports indicate that the Allies’ advance movement all along the battle line has for its immediate object the driving out of the Germans from the Belgium end. The result is a change in the plan's of Generals Joffre and French. This means the campaign, which was to have started in the Spring, is now underway. It is stated that the Generals making the change are largely actuated by the discovery that in the estimates »of effectives under their command they erred on the right side. The French first-line regiments needed less time to recuperate than was allotted them, and Kitchener’s new army of Territorials was ready.for the firing line a month earlier than it was intended to send them to France.

THE SPIRIT OF COMRADSHIP.

[London, December 16,

A correspondent says that the cooperating cooking system in Paris is splendid. The courage and cheerful self-denial of voluntary women workers providing meals for thousands daily is striking evidence of the manin which the whole life of the French people is influenced by the spirit of comradeship in consequence of the ordeal of war. THE UNDRILLED LANDSTRUM. London, December 16. Dutch sources report that Berlin is calling up the undrilled Landstrum between the ages of 39 and 45. ALLIES MAKING PROGRESS. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Paris, December 17. British warships and also barges from the Yser armed with cannon participated in Tuesday’s fighting. The Allies advanced from Nieuport to Lombaertzyde and Saint George. We are further onwards than at any time since the beginning of the war. We resisted several counter attacks. There were artillery duels all night and on Wednesday. The Allies hold the captured positions, including an important grotto at Bamburgh.

AT THE BAYONET'S POINT.

(Received 9.10 a.m.) Paris, December 17. A communique states; We have taken several trenches at the point of the bayonet from the sea to Lys, and have consolidated positions at alid Saint’ George, also west Gher and Ivelt. We progressed at several points in the Yerraelles region.

FOOTBALLERS’ BRAVERY. LEGLESS BUT WISHES TO RETURN TO THE FRONT. Tmii and Sydney Sun Bkeviom. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, December 17. Jean Caujolles, the French international full-back, has been awarded the medal for conspicuous bravery. Both his legs were shattered by a shell and had to be amputated. He has requested to be allowed to return to the front as a typist. OFFICIAL. l Paris, December 17. Official: We progressed slightly as far as the sea north-east of Nieuport, also south-east of Ypres and along the railway towards La Basse.

The Prime Minister has received the following from the High Commissioner dated London, 17th (5.35 p.m.): Paris reports that from the sea to Lys, the Allies took several trenches at the point of the bayonet. In the region of Vermelles, progress was made at several points. The Allies’ heavy artillery fire was very efficacious in the neighbourhood of Tracy le Val, on the Aisne, Champagne, in the Argonne and at Verdun.