War News

Taihape Daily Times, 3 January 1918, Page 6

War News

SUCCESSFUL FRENCH ATTACK. LARGE NUMBER OF PRISONERS TAKEN. LONDON, December 31. Italian official. —After intense artillery fire in the Monte Tomba sector, the French stormed positions between Osteria di Monfenera and Maranzine and prisonered 44 officers, 1348 men, sixty machine-guns and seven cannon and other material, English and Italian batteries and airmen co-operated. The enemy last night for the third time, bombed Padua. Scores oT bombs were dropped. Artistic monuments severely suffiered, and the cathedral facade was blown down. ENEMY ADMIT FRENCH SUCCESS. LONDON, December 31. German official. —After violent artillery and mine-firing duels on the Monte Tomba ridge, the French attacked and penetrated parts of the position. An Austrian official message states that counter-measures for the defence cf Monte Tomba arc being prepared. THE CAMBRAI FRONT, LOST GROUND RECOVERED. LONDON December 31. The High Commissioner reports:— Sir Douglas Haig reports: On the Cambrai front, as a result of successful counter attacks, we regained the more important part of Welsh Ridge (which the enemy had penetrated yesterday morning), taking prisoners and capturing machine-guns. The enemy still retains a portion of the front trench in the neighbourhood of La Vaquerie, southwards of Marcoing. At Ypres, after a minor operation, we advanced slightly astride the Ypres and Staden railways. I