GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 October 1917, Page 5

GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR RESIGNS AMSTERDAM, Oct 28. Berlin, evening papers report that Dr Michaelis,., (German Chancellor) has resigned. ~ , • ■ ; . NO WITHDRAWAL FROM MACE- % J . DON lA. . Received 11.10. . % SALONIKA, Oct 29. General Sarrail, interviewed, denied the reports that the army intended to withdraw. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sarrail commands an Allied force representing seven nations, holding 340 miles of from, whereof the British line” extends from Vardar to the sea.

HOW BELLEVUE WAS WON. V* UNDAUNTED CANADIANS. Received 11.10. LONDON Oct 29. Mr Philip Gibbs states the Canadians never did better than during the attack on Bellevue. They were beaten back, but re-formed, scaled ‘the slopes, and carried the blockhouses held by the Bavarians. The position wa s extremely strong. Bellevue was on one side pf the crest, and Passchendale on the other. Many were obliged to struggle /through bogs and seas of mud, but the right flank attacked the crest of the farm along the main ridge, where the ground has a much better slope than below. B’ellevue was reached at a point near Duck Wood. Their position was good, but the Canadians below were caught in the mud by a Heavy ma-chine-gun. barrage from a row of blockhouses on the crest of the ridge. The Canadians strove desperately to reach them. Some gained a footing on the higher slopes, but Avere forced to withdraw to their original line. There they were strengthened by a small body of their comrades. Reforming, they advanced again, and worked forward- in small packs. More fell, but enough remained to invest the forts and silence them. The garrison Avere given the choice of death or surrender. They chose the latter.