WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 1 September 1917, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

CANADIANS VERSUS PRUSSIANS. HAND TO HAND FIGHTING. Received 9.25. PARIS, August 31. The Petit Parisien states she battle continues furiously and stubbornly around Green Crassier. The Canadians and Prussians being engaged in violent hand tp hana' fighting. • NO MEAT OR WINE FOR THREE YEARS. STARVING FRENCH POPULATION. Received 10.35 . PARIS, August 31. The Petit Journal alleges the Germans are starving the French population in the occupied territory, who have not had meat or wine for three years. There have been many deaths, especially among the aged. It is estimated that a quarter of the population had perished at the end of 1916. WAR SITUATION REVIEWED. ALLIES WEARING ENEMY DOWN. LONDON, August 30. General Maurice, interviewed, said there had been no developments on the British front. The process of Avearing down the enemy by continuous bombardments and infantry actions was proceeding with greater successes than was generally imagined. The Germans had been engaged in battles round Ypres since July 31st with twice as many divisions as the British, and had withdrawn from fighting a shade less than twice as many as the' British Thfc exhaustion of thp jpneimy's reserve is the great test of progress. Maekensen's attack failed owing to the Roumanians' gallant resistance and the Austrian withdrawals to strengthen the Italian front lines, General Maurice has received many letters stating that the British :we getting Colonials to fight for them. This idea is current in America and especially in Spain. This is a downright lie, and part of the German propoganda At present the British troops in France arc six to one compared with the overseas forces. The casualties throughout the war have been exactly the same. The figures of the casualties at Ypres since July 31st are almost exactly 9 to 1.