THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 76, 28 November 1914, Page 5

THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN

LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS. german artillery fire slackening. INFANTRY ATTACKS REPULSED WITH EASE. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS. Press Association —Copyright. PARIS, November 27. A communique states: The enemy s artillery fire is slackening everywhere. We easily repulsed two infantry attacks on the bridgeheads which we have thrown to the right bank of the Yser south of Dixmude. The enemy violently bombarded Rheims ounng the visit of some neutral journalists. GERMAN GARRISON IN BELGIUM REDUCED. BULK OF TROOPS POURED INTO FIRING LINE. AMSTERDAM, November 27. The Telegranh states mat the Geiman garrisons in Belgium have been reduced to half. Large numbers of troops continue to pour into the bring line GERMAN AEROPLANE CAPTURED. PARIS, November 27. A French monoplane forced a German aeroplane flying over Clairmurais near St. Owmer to descent. Two airmen were captured. RECORDS OF THE INVASION. ATTEMPT TO CASH GERMAN BANKNOTES IN PARIS. FRENCH BANKS REFUSE BUSINESS. PARIS, November 27. Swiss hanks on behalf of Germans are attempting to cash in Paris millions of francs worth of hank notes pillaged or received as indemnities. Many are partly burned or bloodstained. French banks are i efusing business. THE ARMOURED TRAIN AT DIXMUDE. WORK OF WEEKS BLOWN TO ATOMS. HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED ON ENEMY. (Received 8.15 a.m.) PARIS, Nov, 27 The Germans have been for a long time constructing a bridge near Dix nxnde, for the transportation of large forces assembled there. When the task was nearing completion on Monday, a British naval armoured train dashed up to within three quarters of a mile and opened fire* with four guns and six raitraleuses. In less than five minutes a hundred engineers were killed and fifty wounded, and the work itself blown to splinters, despite the lire of a German batery, which derailed a truck. GERMAN ARMOURED TRAIN DESTROYED. PARIS, November 27. A British naval airman’s bomb on Monday blew up a German ammunition train. THE ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDMENT. A LESSON TO THE GERMANS. LONDON, Nov. 27 The Times naval corresnondent says the news of the destruction of Zeehrugge is very comforting. If the Germans are contemplating making Zesbrugge a base fer torpedo attack or a jumping Place for a raid,the bombardment by the British warships nas shown the futility of the scheme.-Times and Sydney Sun Services.