Second Edition In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 25 September 1916, Page 6

Second Edition In the West

SUPERIOR FRENCH AIRMEN. TEN GERMAN MACHINES DOWNED. ' Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Noon.) London, September 24. A French communique states: t)ui artillery is active northward of th Sonime. We repulsed several German attacks south-east of Thiaumont. German aviators were unusually &v. the. We remain incontestable* sur erior. In 29 air combats on tliSomme front, we downed ten Go:; mans. DUAL ARTILLERY ACTIVE. GERMAN TRENCHES ENTERED. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable' Association. (Received Noon.) London, September 21: General Haig reports: There i--considerable artillery activity on hot : sides southward oi' Ancre. We enter "'. ed the German trenches eastward < - Neuv'ille, St. Vast, and "took prisoners. IN PRAISE OF NEW ZEALANDFRS :. (Received Noon.) London, September 24. Mr Gibbs supplies a thrilling narrative and eulogy of the New Zealarid- ■ ers bayonet fighting, and \splendid endurance from the loth to the 2gnd. > .' INDICNANT DUTCHMEN. MAILS NOT TAMPERED WITH. (Received Noon.) Amsterdam, September 24. The seizure of the Prinz Hendrik by a submarine has startlcd\ and angered Dutchmen. The mails were not tampered with. EFFICIENCY OF FRENCH ARTILLERY, .V CASUALTIES HALF 1915 TOTAL. (Received Noon.) -..'. Paris, September 24. French casualties on tmj Somms arc ; , proportionately one-half those i . 1915, the minuteness of the artillery ..- preparation and aerial observation en j abling the infantry to advance under a'curtain of shells moving continuously two hundred yards ahead of them.