In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 26 September 1916, Page 6

In the West

'first .Edition.

The following appeared in our Seccad .. Edition' or 'yesterday :

SUPERIOR FRENCH AIRMEN. TEN -CSttMAM-* MACHINES DOWNED. ; Press Association— Copyright, Australian Cable Association. '\ Noon.) v.S'EondouV -September 24. ■ ,;■ A French, CDimiHuiique states: Om artillery is/active northward of th Somnie*. We repulsed several . German,! attacks south-east of Thiaumont. German aviators were unusually at tive. We remain incontestably sui. 4 erior. In 29 air combats on th ' Spmme front, we downed ten /.Get mans. DUAL ARTILLERY ACTIVE. GERMAN TRENCHES ENTERED. (Received Noon.) London, September 24. General Haig reports: There is considerable activity on bo!, sides southward of 'Jinajk. We enter '■■ ed the Gorman trenbhes eastward c Neuyille, St,„ : Yast y and.took prison- . ers. . : "'"' 1' '""'

IN PRAISE OF NEW ZEALANDERS

(Received Noon.) London, September 24. Mr Gibb? supplies ji thrilling narrative and eulogy of the New Zealaudcrs bayonet fighting, and splendid ' endurance from the loth to the 22nd. INDIGNANT DUTCHMEN.' MAILS NOT TAMPERED WITH. " (Received Noon!) . Amsterdam, September 24. The seizure of the Prinz Hendrik by a submarine has startled and angered Dutchmen.. The n»ails,were not tampered yrith;' ';•'!"* ' * EFFICIENCY OF FRENCH 1 ' ARTILLERY. CASUALTIES HALF 1915 TOTAL. (Received Noon.) Paris, September 24. French casualties on the Somme. arc proportionately one-half those l 1915, the minuteness of the artillery preparation and aerial observation en aiding the infantry to advance under a curtain of shells moving continuously two hundred yards ahead of them.