In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 75, 28 July 1915, Page 5

In the West.

ANTWERP GERMANISED. i I _ | RIGOROUS REGULATIONS ENFORGED. THE CIVILIANS TERRORISED. United Prfss Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Rotterdam, July 27. Bodenhausen, Governor of Antwerp, lined the city £IO,OOO as the result of n patriotic demonstration on the 21st. and has since imposed rigorous regulations on the civilians, none being allowed to stand in the streets.

FRENCH PROGRESS REPORT. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Paris, July 27. A communique states: In reprisal for the bombardment of Fumes and Dunkirk, we bombarded the German cantonments, YVestende and Middlekirke. In the Vosges we extended and consolidated the ground captured. On the crest at Lingekopf. We captured the pass between the Ligne and some quarries, three counter attacks being repulsed.

MEN KILLED IN FRANCE, 48,372.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London. July 27

Official correction of the casualties gives the number of men killed in Franco as 48,872,.

Franco as 48,872,. COTTON AS CONTRABAND. THE TRADE THROUGH SWEDEN. (Received 10 a.m.) Copenhagen, July 27. Official—Seventy thousand bales of cotton, destined for Sweden, were stopped in England, but fifty-five thousand were allowed to proceed, Sween agreeing not to re-export. OFFICIAL NEWS. The High Commissioner reports:— London, July 27. (4.50 p.m.) The enemy's bombardment of Furnes and Dunkirk was followed by reprisals of the Allies in firing on Westende and Middlekirke. Five bombs were dropped by ,German airmen at Dunkirk, but caused no damage. In the Argonne two attempted German attacks were easily checked. In the Vosges tike Allies extended and consolidated the positions on the crest of Lingekoff and occupied Le File. The enemy's counter-attack was unsuccessful. ■■ ■ >o< ■' ■" ' '■ ii