WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 January 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

RAIDERS DISPERSED ON THE BRITISH FRONT. LONDON, Jan 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports: —We dispersed big raiding parties in the vicinity of Lens, and Hill 70, and north of Passchendaele. AN OFFICIAL REPORT Received 8.45. LONDON, Jan 3. Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy attempted a raid in the neighbourhood of Oppy, but was driven off before reaching our trenches. His • • artillery is active in the neighbourhood of the Ypres-Commines Canal. Our aeroplanes on Tuesday dropped two hundred bombs on an ammunition depot near Courtrai, an aerodrome at Ingleraunster, and other targets. LAST YEAR’S RECORD. LONDOjjr, Jan 3. During 1917 the British Raptured on the West front 73,000 prisoners, 149 heavy guns, 382 field gums, 649 trench mortars, 2C39 machine-guns.