WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 November 1917, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

ACTIVITY NEAR THE SWISS BORDER. LONDON, Nov 8. French official. — We made a successful attack on German positions north-west of Altkirch, taking a number ,of prisoners. BRITISH ORGANISING NEW POSITIONS. : LONDON, Nov 8. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We continued organising our new positions at Passchendaele and on the high ground in the neighbourhood. We were not disturbed. There has been no further action despite the great importance the enemy attached to the locality. Four hundred prisoners yesterday included 21 officers. Our losses in the -highly successful operation were light. ,

RECENT BATTLE IN FLANDERS HELL LET LOOSE. A GERMAN PEN PICTURE. Received 8.40. AMSTERDAM, Nov 8. The Berlin Post describes the recant battle, heading it "In the Flanders Hell." It states that the history of the world has not seen anything more awful than the British arwhose shells are destroying the hinterland; nothing 'remains intact, and defences are levelled everywhere. Smoke sliells followed till the defenders saw nothing. Gas followed, coating the German weapons with thick rust. The drum-fire created a pandemonium which Dante would be unable to describe. x The British used flame-throwers. Tanks followed, with Invincible machineguns inside Behind came the Scots and Canadians, Murder broke out afresh, and the Germans were forced to retire over their own dead. '.V ' •:. v ' J' *?■ \ '■: '-' ''' ■ '--'■ - J. '■' •• ■'<"■ SUCCESSFUL WELSH RAID\ GERMAN ATTEMPTS REPULSED Received 10.5. : y LONDON, Nov 8. Sir . Douglas Haig reports i that Welsh troops made a successful raid, yesternight south-east of ■Armentieres. Our casualties were light. We repulsed two attempts to enter our lines northward of Roeux.