WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 October 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

ENEMY ARTILLERY LOSSES. ; LONDON, Oct 6. There are indisputable signs that the Germans are getting short of heavy field artillery and ammunition. W& have already captured one quarter of the enemy artillery on the Western front. We advanced two to three miles along a thirteen-mile front between Lens and Amentieres, but have nor yet entered Armentieres. FRENCH VICTORY ON RHEIMS * FRONT. A # t'W. i/i'v*. f, '• j LONDON, Oct 6. ' French official. —We have taken Ramaincourt and several hundred prisoners. We have also forced the Suippe east of Orainville, and are still progressing. The enemy is retiring in disorder.AMERICAN LINES ADVANCED. , - - t Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON j Oct 7. 'An American official report states: wd** slightly -advanced our lines between the Meuse and Bois Desorgons. was stubborn infantry fighting furthr west and increased reciprocal irtillerying everywhere. HTJNS BURNING TOWNS ON WHOLE FRONT. ■ PRANCO-AMERICAN SUCCESSES. Received 9 a.m. PARKS, October 7. The Germans are burning towns on he whole front from Lille to Eheims, resaging a retirement. NEW YORK, October 7. The Franeo-Amerieans in the Chamagne captured St. Etienne.

The French have reached the outsorts of Bazancourt across the uippe River. They have also captured iauvine, north of Arnes. FRENCH ANSWER TO PEACE OFFER. MOWING DOWN GERMAN BATTALIONS. UNS FIRE WITH OPEN SIGHTS. FRENCH VICTORY. Received 11.25 a.m, LONDON, Oct 7. A. French communique reports:— >rth of St. Quentin the battle conufed all day. We captured Ramanirt, Tilloy Farm, and several fortli woods between Mercburt and SeJhart. The enemy resisted furioushut failed to arrest the advance of * troops, who conqhered ground t' by foot, taking several hundred soners. North of Rheims we reacnthe Suippe river at numerous nts. German rearguards on the th bank resisted violently, counter tcking several times. We drove m back, inflicting sanguinary lossWe hold the sounthern outskirts St Quilcourt village and Bertrfrt, north of the Suippe. We forced aesage east of Vrainville and capid Pontavert cemetery. Equally sss fighting in the region of Buzan- 1 t and Boult-sur-Suippe resulted fla reaching the outskirts of these litles. We debouched from Belevllle in the face of violent artl!tng and machine gunning, and fed ground, also north of St. Clemmes. Our troops In this region ired unfllchingly the severest ter atacks. Our artillery, firing onen sights mowed down the enb&Ralions, and the enemy was jelled to retreat in disorder, ting if-day completed the deliver-

ance of Rheims, Despite unfavourable weather our aviators dropped 131 tons of bombs on concentrations of troops, convoys, and batteries, silencing the latter. Twenty-one enemy machines were felled. \ ' GERMANS SEVERELY PUNISHED. Received 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Oct 7. .The French artillery severely punished the retreating enemy in the Rheims salient, but the rearguards were well handled, and the Germans only surrendered at Nogent and La Bassee when the French cavalry approached Epage.