In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 20, 28 April 1916, Page 5

In the West.

OFFICIAL NEWB. SATISFACTORY REPORTS. SUCCESSFUL AIR WORK. The High Commissioner reports:— London, April 27 (4.10 p.m.) North of the Aisne an attack made yesterday (permitted us to take a small wood and seventy-two unwounded prisoners. Several enemy reconnaisances attempting to attack our trenches in the Paisey and Treyon sectors during the course of the night were dispersed l>J our fire. • West of the Meuse, there is an intense bombardment of our positions in the wood of Avocourt and our first;' lines north of Hill 304. East of the Meuse, artillery is active. In Lorraine, the enemy attempta bombardment with heavy calibre guns on Hudromont and Ilonvaux. Our t.i'-i tillery energetically replied. In the Lorraine, the enemy attempted a coup de main on our small posts north of Embermenil, but was repilsed with loss. In the Vosges, German reconnaissanees were dispersed in the region south of Celles Sur Plains . According to admissions of German! prisoners, the unsuccessful attack launched yesterday on our position at Clupelotte cost the enemy important losses.

j At three o'clock this morning, one of 'our aeroplanes attacked a Zeppelin near Zeebrugge at a height of 4000 metres, dropping incendiary bombs. [The Zeppelin was apparently hit. | At the same time, near Ostend, another machine dropped bombs on a German torpedo boat, which was also apparently hit. A French aeronaut attacked a Fokker machine, which fell in our lines near Heoville, north of Luneville. The enemy aviator was not wounded and was' made prisoner.