POZIERES COMPLETELY CAPTURED.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 27 July 1916, Page 5

POZIERES COMPLETELY CAPTURED.

.. . the British iN^¥dMEtsXoNr; 'O F- GERMANS” DRtVEW | “ BACK. : ,y.t- i ■ A LONDON, July 26. General Haig reports that the whole ofGPpsieres is how in our hands. Westwards the Territorials have further advanced and captured two strong trenches, also a number of prisoners, including five, officers.. Positions elsewhd£sr are unchanged. *' . >;tr p ."---i.'P SERIOUSLY WOUNDED • GERMANS I 6 WIN 04UGE NUMBERS; ■ : f 1; -• FROM THE SOMME FRONT. LONDON, July 25. Amsterdam reports state that five thousand severely wounded Germans have arrived at Colongne from the Somme- _ CHECKMATING THE ENEMY. BRITISH SECRET SERVICE. ‘ ' SPENDS HALF A MILLION. LONDON, July 25. f In normal times the amount spent on the secret service is £60,000. Recently it was £200,000, and now a vote on the Supplementary Estimates asks for £500,000. THE LIVELY BALTIC. SKIRMISHES EVERY DAY. SMALL CRAFT CONSTANTLY OUT. '■ ”v‘ , . LONDON, July 25. COPENHAGEN, July 25. Naval liveliness continues in the Baltic, and cannonading ia heard every day. Patrolling squadrons of torpedo boats and submarines are constantly seen. AFRICAN TROOPS. TRAINING THEM TO FIGHT. LONDON, July 25. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr Bonar Law said that the Government was 'considering the recruiting and training of native troops in East, West, and Central Africa, and is taking steps to make the best military use of th«t natives of tropical Africa. HELPING; THE GERMANS. ALLIED‘CHATTERERS. i -QUACKING OUT EVERY MOVE, i - ' AMSITimLtM, JnlyYJ, The newspaper 1 ‘ Germania, ’ * discussing lack of secrecy of the Allies’ jsvilitaty and economic plane, says:.— -■« Every. single measure?‘ against us and «very single attack is quacked out and .•battered about in a most gratifying mannerjj|£ It almost looks as if our, enemies wanted to warn us.”