GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 73, 2 March 1916, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

JOFFRE’S DELIGHT. London, February 2;). Tile Duke of Richmond, speaking afc Edinburgh, said that a friend of his saw General .Jofi're, who was literally rubbing In’s hands willi delight at the German attack. General Joffre bad been steadily massing his men in the threatened sectors and regarded the fortifications as impregnable. A BATCH OF AUSTRALIANS TO CO FORWARD. A batch of Australians, connected with one of the siege batteries, has left for the West front. It has been known for some time that the Aus-tralians-in France were to he reinfo reed. 1 A FEELING OF RELIEF. The tone of the press comments shows that everywhere, including Germany,intense rcliet is felt over the return to open warfare, and the prospects of rapid results. A PICTURESQUE NARRATION. A refugee states:—l was at Snippes and Sonain in October, hut the battles were nothing in comparison to this. The slaughter is indescribable. La- Vanche is no longer a wood, but a waste of snowland torn up like a. lunar crater. The thunder of unseen guns is continuous and the ground shakes. When the veil lifted 1 saw a snow 'slope dotted with German dead. It (the veil) re-fell, and the thunder recommenced. We filled onr ears with scraps of paper and cloth, but could not keep out tlje stupefying noise. After nightfall there were rockets from both sides, and the fuses dropped from aeroplanes cast fitful gleams on the awful field of slaughter. IN THE DVINSK REGION. Petrograd, March 1.. A communique says: We drove hack the enemy ami advanced a little neai the village of Gasbunovka in the Dvinsk region. The Germans in serried ranks advanced between Lakes Alzen and Maimuss, but recoiled before heavy artillery fire.X _ \ MEDITERRANEAN DISASTER. Paris, February 29. The latest news is that there are 870 survivors from the Provence, of whom 489 are now on the island of Milo, and 85 are aboard a patrol vessel. The Provence was temporarily employed in transporting troops to Salonika. THE GERMAN SECRET SERVICE, London, February 29. The Financial News warns the public that German secret service agents in England are likely to try to /create a financial panic. . THE AGE LMIT. Air Tennant, in the House of Commons, said that the Government did not consider it necessary to extend the age limit for enlistment. THE DERBY SCHEME. Mr Long said that the Government was considering a moratorium for-rent and other liabilities of married Hgrbyites.