In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 82, 3 November 1916, Page 5

In the West

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HUNS EVACUATE FORT VAUX. ONWARD MARCH OF THE , ' ALLIES. | Press Association —Copyright, Aust:a Hati and N.Z. Cable Association; (Received 9.0 a.m.) New York, November 2. / Beilin lias admitted that Fort Vans has been evacuated.

TJHE ALLIES’ OPERATIONS. • of GENERAL HAIG’S SUMMARY. Press Association-Copyright, AUBtra iian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, November 1. General Sir Douglas Haig, summarising th© recent operations, states The heavy rain falls almost daily The -chalk soil in the upland betwee* Ancre and th© Somme is a wildernes: of mud. Nevertheless, we progresset on the front, advancing towards Butt de Warlen Court and the vicinity f Guendecoiltt and Les Boo'ufsj li° the Schwaben Redoubt, whither on th highest point, the ridge northward e Thiepval and the Stuff, and Regin trenches runs due oast for 5000 yard to a point 1200 yards uorth-eastwar of Courcelctte. The enemy defend© both with great tenacity. The Ge' man regiments, in an order dated th 20th October, were urged to recaptuiSchwaben Redoubt, which was tin pivot of the German position. Tin attack was not merely, a matter of n. taining trenches, because they were formerly in German possession, "bul the recapture was extremely important. } . Since losing the mam portion of the Schwaben Redoubt, the enemy has mad'’ eleven counter-attacks in the neignndurhood. They were repulsed each time with heavy losses. That on the Redoubt on the _ 21st was opportune. We replied, and tool, the whole of the Regina and Stuff Redoubts, and pushed our advance posts well northward and north-eastward of the'Schwaben Redoubt, and capture, nearly 1100 prisoners. Hie Canadian; and trbops of the New Army conduct ing the operation deserve great credi for the signal and most economics, victory. The enemy has latterly incrensoc his aerial activity, hut this has satis factorily been dealt with by us. The total prisoners secured by w on the Somme battlefield are 31,182Conjointly with the French, w. a local attack eastward ot I © Boeufs, and gained some ground. Ou front between Lessars, Guedeconrt and the neighbourhood of Schwaho:

Redoubt was heavily shelled. We bo nb’firded the trenches southward ofUulludh 'with good results. If I <»il ! It lid ’/ *5 ■ FRENCH CONSOLIDATE GAINS. i'm; <hlj rno'il U [v jtUi'li'i

GERMAN EFFORT DEFEATED. , (el Htii. Press Association-Copyright, Aust-e lian and N.Z. Cable Association Paris, November 2. An .official communique, states; North of the Soniine wo made important gains during the day, following up the night successes. North-east of Les Boeufs we captured two now enemy trenches. Wc made another attack south-east of Sailliesel. The capture of a .strong trench system on the western fringe of &t. Pierre Vaast Wood is confirmed. (Hie German attack on Sailly Sal liesol in the morning was a groat effort to eject us from the village. The enemy defeat was complete and most sanguinary, judging by a number of bodies , left on the battlefield. Press Association—Copyright. Reuter’s Service, On the Verdun front there is an artillery cine! oi the most violent kind t the Douaumont sector. Wo have • aken at Verdun since. October 24 a total of 6011 unwounded prisoners. The material captured since Octoer 24 alone, so far as it has been mnted, comprises fifteen guns, blinding five heavy, as well as 51 trench uns, 144 machine-guns, and two ireless installations. The day has een quiet on the rest of the front. Two German aeroplanes fell in air ghts on the Somme yesterday.