In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 28, 31 August 1916, Page 5

In the West

HEARTENING UP THE GERMANS, Press Association -Copyright, Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. Loudon, August :.';). A noteworthy Gorman communique i-sued on the 27-28th inst., pretends tlrt violent rY.-.uco-British -attack > were luade'r.nd rr;r.:lsed uortli of the So'.'.'me. It is authoritatively etatod that there have been no operations on the Somme front during the past three (lays, except details, all of which succeeded. It i.s evident that the German General Staff is anxious to sustain the morale of the people by recounting imaginary victories. It also helps to explain why they are unable to aid their allies. I CENERAL HAIC'S CAPTURES. London, August 30. I General Sir Douglas Haig has since July, captured '2sGb' officers, 15,203 men, and eighty-six guns and 100 machine-guns, REPORTED DEATH OF THE KING OF BAVARIA. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Paris, August 30. It is rumoured in Spain that the King of Bavaria is dead. LITTLE ESOSNC. BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. The iH'igh Commissioner reports: — London, August 30 (4.53 p.m.) The weather is bad on the Western front, and there is little doing.