In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 11 April 1916, Page 5

In the West.

OFFICIAL NEWS. ALLIED PROGRESS REPORT. The High Commissioner reports; Loudon, April 9 (5 a.m.) j The French official message states ; . West of the Meuse, there has been slight artillery activity during the I night. To the East, wo made some progress in the communication trenches south |of Douaumont Village, taking 150 metres of enemy trenches. To the south-west, two German grenade attacks on our positions at Bois do la Cailotte were repulsed. In the Woevrc the night Tas relatively calm. In Lorraine, the enemy attempt on our works at Emberraonie completely failed. The High rreports:— London, April 10 (6 p.m.) A French official report says: West of the Meuse, the bombardment continued violently during the night, particularly that directed against Hill 304, where an enemy attack was made yesterday, at the end of the day against Morthomme Hill, and which was generally repulsed with important enemy losses. The Germans were enabled to penetrate a length of 500 metres of our advanced trenches on Hill 295. We took prisoners. East of the Meuse, therel was a very lively fight in the course of the night in a small wood at Fontains and St. Martin’s. We progressed in the enenfy communication trenches south of Douaumont village.

In the Woevre, there was a bombardment of the village at the foot of the Meuse Heights. It is confirmed that Sunday marked the first big general offensive attempt by the enemy extending over a front nf more than twenty kilometres. Our adversaries, ivfio have not obtained any appreciable results, especially in comparison with the efforts made, have sustained such losses to which the corpses heaped before our lines bear testimony.

COMPLETELY MOWED DOWN. THREE DESPERATE ATTACKS. GERMANS RETREATED BEATEN. United .Pbebs Association. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Paris, April 10. The Petit Parisian says the Germans hurled at least a division into the fray between Quavocourt cross roads and the south of Bethincourt, their objective being Hill 304. They advanced in company of column, unheeding the enormous losses, till within one hundred yards of our lines', where they were completely mowed down. They returned and attacked thrice, hut then retreated beaten.

AN ENEMY ADVANCE. (Received 9/45 a.*hi.) Paris, April 10. A witness of the violent bombardment west of the Meuse says that throughout the night’, specially on Hill 304, and the enemy’s attack on Northomme yesterday, were repulsed with important losses, but it enabled ttie Germans to penetrate our . dvanced trenches at Hill 295 for a length of five hundred metres. There was the sharpest struggle in the east.