In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 56, 9 June 1916, Page 5

In the West.

THE GERMAN CLAIMS. 1 [Unit»d Prim A»*<»oiArTow.l 1 Amsterdam, June 8. j A German communique states: The Si Upper'Silesian and .Wurtemburg regi- , meats attacked the British near jjiki Hooge, and captured a portion of the village and the western and southern >• portion adjoining the .trenches. Thu* the entire plateau somh-east and south of Ypres, to the extent of about three kilometres, is in our possession. ; The British losses were very heavy. £ | Fort Vaux is now in our hands. It was actually captured on June 2, ; but the news was delayed because the remainder of the garrison held out in subterranean rooms. They have now N surrendered. Seven • hundred wora taken prisoner, and a great number of guns and machine-guns were ed. We repulsed all the enemy at-.',)’ I tempts at recapture. GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. THE FIGHT FOR VAUX. *—— ... ■ The High Commissioner reports:— 1 London, June 8 (1.15 a.m.)‘ , A French official report states: On the left bank of the Meuse, there is great artillery activity in the region of Hill 304. j On the right bank, the bombard- 4, ■ ment continues very violent on our * first and second lines from the' region of Douaumont to Damloup. The GerI mans announced that they captured Fort Yaux on Tuesday evening, hue at four o’clock on Wednesday it was still in our hands. H * Since then, owing to the violence of the bombardment, no communication could be effected whh the x fort. , In the Vosges, German reconnais- V sances were repulsed ON THE BRITISH FRONT. ! _____ ' '' V/ SEVERE TRENCH WORK. ' « MINOR ENEMY. SUCCESS. : London, June 8 (1.30 a.m.) A British official report states: On Tuesday night and-Wednesday, there was heavy artillery bombardments on both sides of East Ypres. In the fighting yesterday, the enemy captured our front fine 'tranches running through the ruins of the village ot Hooge. Attacks against other portions of the line failed. Further infantry attack against vhe trenches west of Hooge was , repulsed, During the night the Australian troops entered the German trenches east of Bois Grenier, inflicting loss and capturing prisoners. Our troops made a successful raid east .of Guincliy. Hostile artillery and 'treheb-mortars were active against our artillery, which shelled the enemy batteries. THE POSITION AT FORTV*OX” t (Received 8.40 a.m.) Paris, June 8. Semi-official:—The position at Fort Vaux remains obscure. The fort has long been unarmored and reduced to ruins, and was merely an observation post. The enemy will find strong defences behind the Fort.