In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 24, 3 May 1916, Page 5

In the West.

FRENCH AIR FLEET. ACCOUNT OF RtCFHT SUCCESSES ... I ■ NlT*!' i'KKH' ' «*i.>m»TT"M ' London, May 2. A French official report savs: One of our aeroplanes attacked two Folckers above the (Merman lines m the region of'Royes. One crashed to eartli from a height of loOOfmetres, and the other Fokker was "'able to land. Two othoi»Fokkers were beaten down by our battle-planes. Five enemy aeroplanes threw bomb.-, in the region south of Verdun. Our chasing aeroplanes brought down two, and a third was brought down by our special guns.

GERMANY'S ARMY. OVER FOUR MILLION MEN IN ARMS. London, May 1. The French staff has identified the 111th German Army Corps at Verdun. The strength of the corps being •10,000, the enemy must bare 4,440,000 under <\rms at the present time. MORE RUSSIANS IN FRANCE. London, May 1. •The third convoy of Russian troops has landed at Marseilles. FRENCH OFFENSIVE MOVEMENTS. ENEMY TRENCHES TAKEN AT VERDUN.

The High Commissioner reports: London, May 2 (3.5 p.m.) In the Champagne, the French cannonade has been directed against i\\o , re-vjctuallirig : convoys : hiorth of Navarin. 1 hffri the AVgohne, a ' strong feconriaisance ; ' was dispersed north of Ha'razee. : ' '■''',' '•'■ '' ' ' ' ■'"' '■West of'the Me Use', ''-artillery activity continued in the course of the night from the region of AvOcourt to Mort Homme. East of the Meuse, the French yesterday evening briskly attacked south-east of Fort Douaumont. The German first trench was occupied on a front of about 500 metres and 100 prisoners weer taken. French information states that the French attacks on Saturday and Sunday against the north of Mort Homme gained a front of about 1000 metres of the enemy trenches to a depth of between 300. and GOO metres. THE APRIL TOLL OF AEROS PLANES. TOTAL OF SEVENTY-TWO DES- .,.• ~, jTROYEO,,; ;:■■ u ffi ; 4 BRITISH, CO FRENCH, 48 " GERMAN. (Received 10 a.m.) London, May 2. An examination of the official reports for April shows that seventy-two aeroplanes were destroyed, of which four were British, twenty were French, and forty-eight were German.