Second Edition In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 10 May 1916, Page 6

Second Edition In the West.

GERMAN GaMMU'NIQUE. CttNFUCT WITH 'FRENCH REPORTS. ■[tJMtTO Ymm* AssoniATJoN.] (■Received 12.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, May 9. A German communique sta:e*: We atoffflPcl several trenches south of Har«ourt and repulsed the French attempts to regain fehe trenches at Hill 304 also attacks in the vicunty of T&iaumonfr inflicting heavy losses. We captured nine machine guns. FIRE IN AVIATION FACTORY. SIXTY-THREE AEROPLANES DESTROYED. (Received 12.50 p.m.) Copenhagen, May 9. A fire in a factory at Altona a t9 wn in Prussia, on the rivor E be, destroyed sixty-three aeroplanes. Altona stands "above the right hank if the Elbe, immediately west of Ham* turg, with which it forms commercially, though not municipally, one community. ABOUT THE ANZACS.

NEW QUARTERS COMPARED TO "POTTED'HADES." THiRSTING FOR A GO AT THE HMU§. (Received 12.50 p.m.) London, May 9. The correspondent at .the British Headquarters says: '"There was. a possibility that tho Germans might not know that the Australasians aye on the Western front., so the general stall has taken no risks in announcing the fact The Bo.che. however,, has now tasted their quality. They have drawn a surfeit of eulogy from the French, with whom they were billeted. The Canadians are also, s dehghted at fighting aldngsidfr*the Ana'acs.- v'. A The are.-,gratified to be in France. a few lnmdred acres of "Potted Hades," and there was no getting away from the etsrnal 'ra-fcUft, piy war., and; sand; flies, haat'ahd'dysentery, but the Western .front was the goal of their desire Talk about the great offensive, andj they'want to get on with it. , ■ Tji©j officers give lectures, pointing out the, •trategic plans, which will involve much time. _____ uM—in*ai— ——« ~ ~l___