Western Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 5

Western Campaign

ENEMY'S VIOLENT ATTACKS. REPULSED BY THE BRITISH. OUR TROOPS TAKE THI OFFENSIVE. ALLIES ADVANCING AT ALL POINTS. Received 1, 2.20 p.m. Paris 80, (midnight). Th> enemy directed violent attacks against !he front of the British troops, and on the two banks of tV La Basset canal, without success. The British re*tumed the offensive against superior forces north of La Bassce and re-con-quered much lost ground. Thej repulsed the German attacks at other points, inflicting important losses. The Germans when retreating aerow the Yeer, owing to the inundation of the valley, vere heavily bombarded by the French and Belgian artillery. The. French and British continued their advance northeast and ea?t of Ypres and despite violent counter-attacks caiptlured several points of vantage. There is a recrudescence of activity at Ilheims, and on the heights of the Mouse. Isolated attacks were made on both sides. ' At other points on the line vre have advanced almost everywhere, especially between Arras and Albert on the Aisiro, below Soissons, on both flanks of the. Ik-use, and also north of Verdun

GERMANS EVACUATE LILH, ALLIES CAPTURE TUROOQia. • Rc«eived 1, 2.10 p.m. The Daily Mail reports thftt ilk* G«B----mans have evacuated Lille. , Received 1, 2.40 p.m. Amsterdam, Ociober 91. It is reported that the Allies have advanced northwards of Lille, captured Turcoing. and driven the,:enemy considerably to the eastward of Lille. The enemy is still in strong force at La Bassee and Lens. The Germans twice troke the British lines, but were finally repulsed. (Turcoing is about five or six miles north-east of Lille.)

FRENCH AIRCRAFT AT WORK. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS . ATTACKED. , Received 1, 2.20 pjh. London. October 31. Eight French aeroplanes bombarded and ignited a Chateau used by the German headquarters staff near Dixraunde. Ihe staff rushed out and hid in the wood, and (he aviators bombarded the vrood. The result is unknown.

GERMAN'S EVACUATE OSTEXD. ERECTING COAST DEFENCE WORKS. COMBINED SEA \ND LAND OPERATIONS MATURING. Received 1, 2.40 p.m. Amsterdam, October 30. Sevrrai. fugitives state that the Germans have evacuated Ostcnd, and retreated to Zecbmgge. Duteb sources state that heavy reinforcements are gathering north of Ostein!. Guns from Antwerp forts have ■ '(en m< unted on the coast, and used against the British warships. Others are being hurriedly sent by train from Ger-i-M!iv. indicating a determined plan to hold the coast Vhilo combined sea and h:nd operations are being matured.

A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. BIG SIEGE GUN BLOWN TO PIECES'. Received 1, 4.30 p.m. London, October 31. A German siege gun on the right wiier had been overcharged, and exploded. The gunners and 230 men in the vicinity were mutilated, their limbs being scattered over a cavalry detachUK'iii. Several farmhouses were demolished. The gun itself disappeared, leaving a large bole in the ground.

A GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES. REVERSES AT SOME POINTS. Received. 1. 10.20 p.m. Pans, October 31. Official.—The 'Germans resumed :i general offensive between Nieuport :ui.l \W hnv ( . ciplured Ritmecai'pplic. and pr<i<;res-ed inward* We iost at a few points, at Dappni an-1 -ont'.i of Ypve=. All t':c Gpiman attack'; betwen Li liasseo and Arras wen: repulsed, with lie avy looses. We have made progress at several prints along the rest of 'lie line tc '•■Voevre. but retired towards Vailly.

GERMAN AIRSHIP DISASTER. Received 1, 10.40 p.m. Paris, October 31. A German aeroplane, was attempting to drop a bomb on a church in Northern France. The Indians tired, and, brought the aeroplane down. The bomb exploded, and the three, aviators were blown to shreds.

HEaVY BELGIAN LOSSES. Received ]. 10.40 p.m. Paris, October 31. Belgian officers at Dunkirk state that the Belgian losses for ten days were 20,(100. Tin; earlier German successes were due to the longer range of their artillery. The Belgians have nonstopped the. enemy's advance.

"AN AWFUL HAMMERING." ] GET!MAN'S CAVALRY DEMORALISED. ■FLEE FROM BRITISH CAVALRY. Received 1. 2:40 p.m. London. October 31. Donald Thomson, the photographer of the New York World, who accompanied the German army through twenty-six rn-ageirtdits, was wounded at Dixmunde. He st;i(<s that the Germane in Belgium •ire ft'rl fighting with marvellous determination, but are getting "an awful ]:a)!:i:ic;ing." Their cavalry is utterly dein.ualised. The British cavalry work is i"i:i llie admiration and dismay of the ilei'i-a-is who have not attempted to v.-llhslaiid onslaughts at close quartcra, ':■'.';■ Hun and run.

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