In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 46, 23 October 1915, Page 5

In the West

VIOLENT ENEMY BOMBARDMENT, United Press Association. (Received 10.30 a.in.) Paris, October 22. A communique states; The German bombardment continues very violently. Westward of Tahnre, eastward of Butte and Mesnil, and in the Yille Sur Tourbe district, we everywhere repulsed the enemy by repressive fire, which was clearly very effective against the batteries and trenches. An explosion of a French mine in the Argonne destroyed an enemy post. OFFICIAL NEWS, The High Commissione 1- reports: - London, October 22 (4.40 p.m ) The enemy attempted unsuccessfully an attack against salients oast and south-west of Fort Givenchy. In the Valley of Sou die/, the enemy’s attempted progress was easily repulsed. In the Champagne a very violent bombardment at three points was everywhere visibly effective, and a curtain of repression fire was made on the German trenches and batteries. In the Argonne a mine explosion destroyed a German post. A group of Allies’ aeroplanes bombed the German aviation park at Ou Nel, between the Argonne and the Meuse.

A MODERN BATTLEFIELD. ( EFFECT OF BOMBARDMENT IN CHAMPAGNE. \ ■ (Received 1.5' p.m.) Paris. October 22. A correspondent who visited Champagne for three days states: The ground was recently won by the French, and a s the result of artillery fire, a largo area was absolutely swept of vegetation. Over three million shells were dropped in a small district for three days, excavating pits from five to seventy feet deep, and some 150 feet wide. The whole countryside was covered with white powder. As the result of the explosion, many German prisoners became insane. The French were engaged for days clearing up the battlefield. The excavations showed war stores, and revealed dead Germans, as many as one hundred together, as if a new Pompei had been unearthed. The Germans had woven the whole place with barbed wire. Th 0 French spent two months preparing for the attack. Some of the trenches were wide enough for two horses. The advance was made with comparatively small losses.