ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 30 March 1917, Page 5

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE. FRENCH STOP GERMAN ATTACKS. "' ’ A LONDON, March 28. ‘A French Ofiicial.——ln Chanmagno, foltélowing 9. violent bombardment of‘ our fmsition westward of Maison do Champegne, Germans ‘launched this morn3. strong attack, and gained a. footing in some elements of our first line ‘stop.d All atempts on Maisons do Chamjpagno were broken by our fire, which ~= indicted - ‘sanguinary losses‘. , O ' LONDON, March 28. 11 French ‘official report sta.tes- that northward of the 'Ailette' and eastward of Lenin}? and Neuville-sur-Mm-gival We have made new progress. .___._.____... ' 3; G-BDJJLAN OFFICIAL REPORT. ~ LONDON, March 28. Wire German oflicial.——,We counted at thousand dead Eng}-ishmen on.the battlcfield between Lauicourt and More-bir.-‘s since the 26th inst. ’ Z V d ‘ 7 As evidence of the succesof our plans - the French advance on the west bank .of the Oise near La Fere collapsed with .gsan;;-uinary losses. to ‘We captured -trenches south of Ridrove oif French detachments which had penerated north of R-heims. F. _ VILB HUN. A ABDUCTION OF GIRLS. ' '”‘ ‘ > Received 8.45. . " NEW YORK, March 29. " Th’e’fNcw Yonk Herald ’s Paris cor‘respondent says that 500 of the prettiest git;-Is'of Rosiel were dragged from théiiiiihomes, and sent to Maubeuge as orderlies and lady companions to German staff ofliiceys. V ' ' ’ "

TEE I MCDITTEMPTIBLE GERIVIAN. INTERCEPTS BELGIAN RELIEF T SUPPLIES. A LONDON, March 28. Mr Whittaken states that the Germans hampered food supplies which the Ameriea.n«Relief Commission sent te Boubajx, intercepting several trainloads and substituting German rye flour with'3o per cent. sawdust, for American flour. This produced an indigestible, putty-like substance, which caused such illness and death that the gravediggers were unable to» dig sufiicient graves.