WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 March 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

GERMAN PREDICTION OF SUCCESS. AMSTERDAM, March 6. Speaking in the Prussian Lower House, the President, referring to the Russian peace, said: We are now able to concentrate solely oh the Western front, where a hard, final battle is impending. With God’s help we will be victorious. ON THE BRITISH FRONT. LONDON, March 6. Wireless German Official. —Our positions on the north bank of the Lys were subjected to violent bursts of firing. A strong English attack at Waaston was repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting. OUR AIRMEN DO GOOD WORK. LONDON, March 7. Sh*’ Douglas Haig reports';" Enemy artiHety fs more active at St. Quentin, Grenier,, Cambrai- and Ypres. We- bombed railway sidings northand brought down three aeroplanes. One of ours is missing. Night-fliers bombed {lngelmuster railway station and an aerodrome at St. Quentin. 'All returned. French " communique.-—There is lively artillery fire at La Poinpelle and in thd ; Vosges. • ENEMY RAIDS REPULSED. LONDON, March 7. French communique—There was reciprocal artillery fire in the regions of Cornincy and Rheims yesterday evening. Enemy raids on our trenches from Avocourt Wood to north-east of Hill 344 were everywhere stopped by our fire. i To-day there were intermittent bombardments of our lines in the region of Avocourt and North of Douaumont. AMERICANS IN ACTION. LONDON, March 6. Reuter’s corresponde'nt at the American headquarters in France says: American troops, occupying a new sector of the French front in Lorraine repulsed German raiders, inflictin^losses, THE WEST FRONT REVIEWED. LONDON, March 6. A high authority states that the strength of enemy divisions T3h the West front is still increasing. They have now a majority of some sixteen divisions over the Allies, but that does not mean that they are superior in strength owing to the Allies’ divisions being larger. We have also accumulated large supplies ol guns and aircraft. Our superiority is maintained, although it' is steadily diminishing. The enemy’s preparations are more or l£fes complete; They can attack as soon as their local preparations are finished. It is more difficult to discover these local preparations than the larger efforts, because camouflage has reached a degree of skill that it is hard to learn what is going on. ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Received 11.5. I LONDON, March 7. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—There is considerable activity of the enemy artillery in the Neuve Chapelle sector. HOLD EIGHT MILES i, IN. OF front. JP KW3ived 11.5. WASHINGTON, March 7 Tie Americans low eight mi ,es of trenches on the French front.