In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 14 June 1916, Page 5

In the West.

iTKE FICHTINC ON THE MEUSE. I ] The High Commissioner reports; — l Lo'-don, Juno 13 \d.oo p.m.) \ On the right of tho Meusc last jnigiii, tho Germans, renewed their at'tack on the sector west of Thiaumont, ' penetrating some of tho advanced elements of the Fjvynch line-* on tho | slopes of Hill ;>-•*'. but they were checked by oui fire everywhere else. 'Bombardment continued on the left bank of the Mouse in tho region of, C.hattaneourt. ON THE BRITISH FRONT. COLD AND RAINY WEATHER. (.tlHITII) ?bbm AjwooiawowJ London, Juno 13. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that there have not been any infantry actions for twenty-four hours. There have been heavy mutual bombardments at Hill 60 and Hooge. The weather is cold and rainy. "NO MAN'S LAND." London, June 12. A correspondent states that a noticeable fact is the increase, in raids, which are becoming a feature of trench warfare. In many instances there, is remarkable initiative and- gallantry among the officers and men, who' go to the adventures in "No''Man's ;Land." The enemy thereby are kept in continual uneasiness, and suffer heavy casualties. One night five separate raids were organised! in. one case the assaulting party bombed eighty yards of a trench, killing twenty of the enemy. In another, at Neuve Chapelle, a party killed a large number of Germans. The Anzacs, who have been learning trench warfare as it is conducted in the West, showed their usual enterprise and initiative. There arc comparatively few German raids, several of them failing utterly, the Germans leaving prisoners and a number of dead. The raiding has broken the old monotony of trench warfare, and has given a new and fiercer character to the struggle.'

ENEMY AT VAUX REPULSED.

Paris, June 13

A communique states that the powerful artillery preparation' of the Germans was followed by successive attacks all day over the positions north of Thiaumont. Despite the importance of the effectives engaged and the violence of the assaults, our curtain and infantry fire stopped the enemy everywhere. Their losses were very serious. The bombardment extended along the whole region west of Vaux Fort. THE POSITION IN FLANDERS. BIG GERMAN CONCENTRATION. .BRITISH BOMBARDMENT AT HOOCE. ~ ( ' PA :H (Received 8.45 a.m.) Amsterdam, June 13. The Telegfaaf states that the Germans have concentrated 120,000 around Zonnebeke, Gheluvelt, and further south, and have thus reduced the garrison of Belgium and to a smaller extent the forces along the western front. British heavy guns are constantly I bombarding the positions at Hooge. REGARDLESS OF LOSS OF LIFE. CROWN PRINCE'S DETERMINED ASSAULTS OH VERDUN. ALL ATTEMPTS REPULSED. (Received 12.20 p.m.) Paris, June 13. Semi-official.—The Crown Prince is again hurling his troops for massacre, regardless of the loss of life. Monday's battle was hellish. The Germans failed to enlarge their salient westward of Vaux fort, and next launched troops against Thiaumont, imping thence to penetrate the Fleury ravine. There was a desperate all-day battle and a series of iticesant abßaults each countered by gusts of fire, until the exhausted enemy abandoned his effort, our line remaining intact. No fewer than thirty thousand bayonets participating, the assaults were decisively routed. Bombardment of our first and second lines was resumed immediately, showing a determination to continue the desperate attempt to reach Verdun on that side.