WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 May 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

MORE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. LONDON, May "23. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We re. pulsed a raid at Avelny Wood, south of Hebuterne. We attacked a machine gun post in Avelny Wood and destroyed the gun.: The French captured a machine gun and a few prisoners in successful | raids north of Bailleul and east of Locre. FRENCH AERIAL ACTIVITY. STATIONS AND AERODROMES BOMBED. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, May 24. A French communique reports intermittent artillery activity at some points south of Avre, but no infantry action. Our bombing squadrons, day and night on the 20th May dropped 17 tons of bombs in the St. Quentin, Noy©n, Tergnier region, and on stations afUPeronne, Rosieres and Nesles, and o:p*aerodromes at Villeselve. Thirty tons of explosives were dropped' in fthe same region on the day and night of 21st May, in addition to eleven.tope-.j on cantonments and-'stations''in theij region tof:VillesabbiS,'' Hirsoti; -jM feat-' can, and Dulnoye. Italian airmeh L participated. THE EYE OF THE GREAT BATTLE ALLIES SUPREMELY CONFIDENT. :>».-: Received 9.10 a.m. LONDON, May 24. Mr. Lloyd George speaking at Edinburgh, said on the eve of the great attack the Allies were supremely con-' fident. The United States armies as ; yet were unable to do more than offset one-fifth of the strength that Germany had obtained from the Russian front. He also announced that the : April shipbuilding output overtook' the submarine losses. ON THE FRENCH FRONT. PROGRESS REPORTED. LONDON, May 23. A French communique states that, there have been intermittent bombar&tfients south of the Avre. coup de main in the region of the Bois de Mongival failed •under fire. Our detachments entered enemy j lines, notably in Champaigne, Avou- j court Wood and the Woevre. We took prisoners and material. ON THE BELGIAN FRONT. Received 11.30 a.m. LONDON, May 24. A Belgian communique states there was fairly violent reciprocal artillerying at Langemarck and Merckem. j