France & Flanders

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 185, 14 January 1915, Page 5

France & Flanders

| GERMANS EVACUATE LILLE. BREAD RIOTS IN BELGIUM. ENEMY'S COMMUNICATIONS ENDANGERED. BRISK ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENTS. FIGHTING AMIDST SNOWSTORMS. ALLIES GENERALLY ADVANCING. London, January 12. Reports from Boulogne say that cor.firmation lias been obtained of the statement that the Germans have evacuated Lilit. which is now virtually in the possession of the British. "rend riots are n;>orted at MartiT'l o, in Belgium. \ crowd snashed the windows of the Town Hall. The police restored order and bread was supplied to tlie rioters. London, January 12.

It is reported that the fin; at Brussels was due to the burning of the great Antwerp oil works, biscuit factory, and twelve houses.

Paris, January 12. The proximity of Perthes to the Bazancourt-Apremont railway renders its capture important, as It endangers German supply lines between Rheims and Verdun.

A communique states that there has been violent cannonading from the sea to the Oise. Very lively fighting lias occurred round the trenches north of Soissons, which we captured on Friday. On Sunday several German attacks wore repulsed, and we captured more trenches. There have been artillery duels from Soissons to Rheinis, and also at Souain. There was a desperate struggle at Eeausejour Redoubt. The enemy established a trench inside the fortifications, of which we still hold the salient. The struggle continues We repulsed German attacks on Consenvoye and Lebouehot wood, which are on the Meuse heights, and surprised and routed a German company pillaging St. Sauveir, near Girey.sur-Vesouze. Snow storms continue in the Vosges and in Alsace.

T.MPORTA XT I"I OH T ING. STROXG ATTACK OX SOISSOXS. Received 13, 7.15 p.m. Paris, January 13. OfTic-ial: North-east of Soissons, throughout the niglit, the enemy violently bombarded our positions on a Chateau, a spur and hill, at the latter point making an important attack. The result is unknown. There is nothing to report from the rest of the front. VON KLUCK TAKES THE HLAM'•]. FOR GERMAN OUTRAGES. AN INEXPLICABLE DENIAL. Paris, .famiarv 1-. General von Kluek, interviewed at 1 headquarters by a neutral journalist, said, referring to the destruction wrought by the German Army whilst travelling L'elgram, "I do not deny that I p?rFonally gave orders in Belgium io destroy and burn entire towns." The Kaiser recently visited General von Khick. Amsterdam, January li. An official message from Berlin denies the French allegations of German outrages and states that commanders have always maintained discipline and observed all the rules of war.