OFFICIAL REPORT

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 216, 29 May 1915, Page 5

OFFICIAL REPORT

..ti ■ ■■-' ■,s OF FRENCH PROGRESS, LONDON, May 28, 5.35 p.m. At Ablani and St. Nazaire the Fre»c£ pursued the offensive with complete success. They made themselves masters of a cemetery captured on TLutb« day and a whole group of neighbouring houses, notably a Presbytery wiiScl: the enemy had strongly entreneHed, afterwards taking by assault Gertaaa trenches on the road to Ablain, Mgrp lin and Halon. In a violent counterattack during the night, they all the ground they had captured, simultaneously inflicting heavy losses en the enemy. At daybreak, in the direction of Souchez, they captured import - ant German earthworks at Quatre atir? Rouquetteaux, w;here, after lively agjsting, the enemy sustained a serious re,pul«> .... --a- , jj.^g^flji TRAWLER V. SUBMARINE/ (Reed. 10.45 p.m.) ; LONDON, May 28. ' The Jacqueline, a Belgian steare trawler, observing a submarine attacfe. the Morwenna, attempted to ram £t : The submariners second shot sank i"C£ Morwenna in a few minutes. The Jsc« quelin e picked up crew, and attempted to ram the submarine. Arte? firing 50 shots at th© Jacqueline tb.€ submarine disappeared.

BRITAIN AND RECRUITING. FRENCH JOURNAL DISAPPROVES CONSCRIPTION. SUFFICIENT MEN .FOR USE, PARIS, May 28. " The "Journal des Deletes," differing from the majority of the FroneiS papers, says the question of compile sory service in Br tain is not of practical importance now. Over two mill* ions have volunteered, and perhaps! a greater number could not be utilises 1 , A more urgent reform is the miliiar 7 * 'ising of the wbmen; making munitions. »- • • " ,- -n- „, . ■* j"^ 'MUNITIONS COMMITTEE. LONDON, May 2S. Mr. Lloyd George presided over s meeting of the Munitions Committee, including Lords Kitchener, Crewe, ;ind Curzon, Mr. Booth, and General Giro ard. Mr. Lloyd George is not relinguigking 11, Downing Street. SLACKERS ON GOVERNMENT WORK. SHOOTING TOO GOOD FOR THEM. LONDON, May 2>. The Glasgow Sheriff, in convicting slackers on Government work, said the only method of dealing with such xssa was immediate shooting. He regrettea he could not give greater punishmem.