The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 225, 2 March 1915, Page 5

The Western Front

. MARKED PROGRESS IN FRANCE. GERMAN TRENCHES CAPTURED. Received 1, 9.15 p.m. Paris, March 1. Official: Marked progress has been made on the Combie-Perthes front. We progressed in all the woods between Perthes and Beausejour, capturing over 2000 metres of trenches. North of Beausejour 200 dead Germans -were found in. trench. We captured 300 metres of trenches west of. Bourevilles. A brilliant infantry attack reached the edge of the plateau at Bouquois.

FINE FRENCH STRATEGY. 5 ' 1 GERMANS OUT-MANOEUVRED NEAR YPRES. KuTEBIS BOMBARDED AGAIN. GERMAN REGIMENT ANNIHILATED. Paris, Feb. 28. The defeat of the Germans at the Chateau Hecrcntage, on the road from Ypres to Menin, was due to the cleverness of the French. The fight began on the 19th, and lasted three days. The Germans attacked and found themselves exposed to intense artillery fire on the fl.-ink. The Germans, with their guns at longer range, tried to hinder the French reserves advancing. The struggle centred round the chateau, and there was a great fight to take the last trench. T ! .i t > French dug a cross-trench, quietly moving machine guns and a mortar, and enfiladed the enemy. An advance followed, and the French, usin" hand grenades, dashed into the trench and killed the defenders to a man. The Germans lost four hundred killed and six hundred wounded; the French, fifty I killed and eighty wounded.

A communique, states that the Germans bombarded Rheims and threw'3ft shells into the, cathedral. We made important 'progress in the Champagne district. The Marquis Omato has offered fiftv thousand sterling for the next Zeppelin brought down in France. Prisoners taken diiriiifr the recent fifthtinj.' report that the 02nd. regiment was entirely annihilated.