In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 65, 16 July 1915, Page 5

In the West

FRENCH SUCCESSES.

GERMANS DISGUISE DEFEATS.

(Received 9.5 a.in.)

Paris, July 15

Two Germans, fearing they would bo outflanked, and being unable withstand our artillery, which fired >"i the houses, evacuated Metzeral, and being pursued to the hills on the eastward, were compelled to abandon Sondernacht. The French, attaining their objective, held the whole line fVdm'the Fecht 1 to Sondernacht at Unmaking prisoners of 708, including twenty officers. Official.—lt is untrue that the Germans captured Cabaret Rouge, and it is untrue'that they repul ed us at Bois le Pretre. The truth is we tepulsed them. The Germans are seeking to disguise their local detests, the repetition of which is using up their infantry.

, DARING ALPINE WORK.

THE CAPTURE OF BRAUNKOPF.

United Press Association (Received 9.25 a.m.)

Paris, July 15

A communique /tates: The French “Eye-Witness” says that the operations in the valley of the Southern Fecht were boldly conceived and dashingly executed by' Alpine troops, the mountaineers of Savoy and Dauphine and battalions of the line. Their daring on/ush was irresistible, and the majority of the trenches at Brannkopf were quickly captured, while on Hill BJO, the infantry, piercing the line, slid clown the declivities, and took the trenches in the rear, making prisoners of two companies. After the entire town of Brannkopf had been carried, the French were impeded for several days by machine-gun fire against the slopes, until desperate trench-fighting made them masters of Anlass.

PARIS BEFORE JULY 14 !

CROWN PRINCE’S UNDERTAK-

INC. (ReceivefK9. •’jo a.m.) Amsterdam, July 15. A German deserter in Holland re-* ports that when he was lighting under the Crown Prince, it was genera 1ly understood that he undertook to reach Paris before July 11. FRENCH PROGRESS REPORT. * Paris, July 15. A communique states: We carried a line of trenches southward of Chateau l)e Carleul. The Germans northward of the Servon road regained a footing in the Henman wood. GERMANY CONSERVES PETROL. Received 0.55 a.m.) Amsterdam, July 15. Owing to shortness of petrol, the German Government has authorised that all vehicles except motors must

go without lights until the termina-

ALLIES CAPTURE TRENCHES

The High Commissioner reports;— London, July 15 (4.55 p.m.)

South of Chateau l)e Carleul, the Allies captured one line of German trenches'.' In the Argonne the lighting is confined to the region in the West, where the Allies have progressled..

INCIDENTS IN THE FIELD.

‘ Official: The enemy bombarded Furnes and East Dunkirk, and we fired, by way of reprisal, on the German cantonments at Middlekerke. The Germans twice vainly attempted to leave their trenches near Souchez. The cannonade at Arras is continuous, and the cathedral quarter has particularly suffered. Three civilians were killed.

We attacked and gained a footing in the German trenches west of the forest of Argonne, crossed, the Seryon ro'ad, and secured a little wood called Beanrin Wood, between Marie Therese and Hautchvauches. Our flying corps effected great destruction at Libercourt station, a military junction between Douai and kille, twenty aeroplanes dropping forty shells on the buildings and lines. Gun aeroplanes accompanying the squadron bombarded a stationary train between the two stations and compelled a German “albatross” to descend.