In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 20, 22 September 1915, Page 5

In the West.

THE FIGHT IN ALSACE. United Press Association. London, September 20. The Germans are displaying alarm because they are unable to stem the French advance, in A.lsace. Workmen are continuously, constructing new defjencei trenches, which extend almost bo the Swiss fro’ntiek - > '■ The. German losses’during attempts to retake the heights on the Upper ‘Fecht during-a -period-of-three weeks were 50,000. rTHTiTV;: rin cm 4 OPERATIONS IN BELCI^. f Amsterdam, September 20. The Germans; flrfe vigbrbilsly / pushing forward.-! thfeir new raihVdy ‘ between Aix-la-Chapelle and Brussells, via Vise. It is practically a straight line, regardless of private property and natural obstacles. The are removing : their ■Zeppelins from Brussels,,, owing,, to airmen bombarding the Berche shed arid the destruction at Were. , IS - ALLIES’ PROGRESS REPORT. \ I ■■ ——i- Vl 1 -V iThe High Commissioner reports:— j London, September 21 (5 p.m.) , On tl(e right sbpnk; of A the Canid be-, twleeif Aisne liißl Marne, the' 'Allies' have gained a footing on both sides of Post) Sapihgneul. ' ’ '-* l -■ vs >i' f*'> tn the Vosges sensible progress, has been made by means ’ of grenades in the trenches at Hartmannsweilerkopft. A dirigible of the Allies bombed the junction at Amagne Lucquy, east of Bethel, during the night. There has been efficient artillery action on the rest of the front.