The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 13 March 1915, Page 5

The Western Front

/ A BRILLIANT EXPLOIT. HEROIC FRENCH STRUGGLE. Received March 12, 9.30 p.m. Piiris, March 12. The capture of Beausejour was a brilliant exploit. The colonials held the redoubt. The Germans made a massed counter-attack, but the French fire wiped out a whole battalion. Another furious attack followed rt dawn. Lieutenant Raynol leaped the breastwork and led the charge, but fell. Lieut. Gazeaux replaced him, but fell riddled with bullets, the survivors retreating, and Private Simson dragged Gazeaux's body to the redoubt amid a hail of bullets. Private Gouy killed seven Germans before he was sabred, and then he managed to crawl to the redoubt. Captain Poirier, when at the head of another charge, was' struck by a bomb splinter. Seizing a rifle, he killed several Germans with the bayonet, but before ihe was killed Lieut. Lelong, the last survivor in the redoubt, called out, "I'll show how a French soldier dies," dashed into the German ranks, killed several, and fell pierced with bayonets. Reinforcements on the 27th February recovered the redoubt. BIG OPERATIONS IN FRANCE. TEN THOUSAND GERMAN CORPSES Recceived 12, 10.30 p.m. Paris, March 12. Official. —For several weeks -the operations in the Champagne district have been completely successful, impelling the Germans to employ four t(j five and a half army corps, and forced them to consume enormous quantities of ammunition, besides preventiug their sending troops to Russia. The French gained a front seven kilometres long by 2y s kilometres wide, including valuable heights. They annihilated two regiments of guards. They found ten thousand German corpses and captured two thousand 'prisoners and many machine-guns. The prisoners were extremely depressed. NO WEAKENING OF THE ENEMY. AN "EVE-WITNESS" WARNING. Received March 12, 8.40 p.m. London, March 12. "Eye-Witness" at headquarters re- a ports:—''The accuracy of our artillery is * causing-.great nervousness among the enemy at certain points on the left and centre. "Eye-Witness" warns against the stories that the enemy's morale is weakening. The enemy's effectives, in the west are much reduced, but they still hold an enormous front, and whilst J carrying out huge operations in the east, show no signs of their morale weakening. We must not. he says, under-estimate ! the enemy's fighting qualities. 1 ' t BOMBARDMENT OF BELGIAN J COAST. ( c OUR POSITIONS MAINTAINED. Received March 12, 5.35 p.m. Paris, March 12. Official: Fog hampered operations at different points. British air squadrons bombarded Westende. Two attacks on Ypres section were repulsed. The British repulsed two counter-at-tacks at Neuve Chapelle, inflicting considerable losses. Our positions have been maintained elsewhere, and appreciable progress made west of Perthes. A SUCCESSFUL RAID. SUBMARINE AND FORTS DAMAGED. Receivcd>ifirf¥li 12, 7.10 p.m. March 12. The Admiralty publishes tli'e --state- f ment that a Sluis correspondent, front 1 a reliable source, said that British air- 11 men on February 21st, besides killing c thirteen and wounding thirty-five soldiers, badly damaged a submarine at Zeebrugge. Several batteries along the coast suffered, large numbers of guns being totally destroyed. At Knocke one officer and seven men were killed. The bombs did not kill any civilians, nor touch houses. t BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS. 5 LANDING WILL BE RESISTED. TWO MILES OF TRENCHES CAPTURED. Amsterdam, March 11. The newspaper De Maasbode states that the Germans are making active preparations to prevent the British landing in Belgium. The garrisons at Knocke and Ilevst . have been increased and strong reinforcements have been sent to Bruges. Paris, March 11. A communique states that a British ! attack on Neuve Chapelle resulted in the capture of 2500 metres (nearly two miles) of trenches in and before the vil- ' lage. The progress in the direction of Aubers and Ilois de Biez amounts to two kilometres. London, March 11. The Press Bureau stales that the 4th Corps and the Indians advanced yesterday three-quarters of a mile, on a front of four thousand yards, and captured all the interveufcig hostile positions and trenches, and took seven hundred prisoners. British aircraft destroyed the railway junctions at Courtrai and Metiiii. GERMANS BOAT BUILDING IN BELGIUM. Received March 12. S..Vi p.m. Amsterdam, March 12. The T.vd reports that the Germans are building a large number of boats behind the Yser lines. 'Hie Berlin War Office admits that the German position at Neuve Chapelle was penetrated. The fighting continues. BEAUTY COMES FROM WITHIN. It matters not how beautiful the features. how perfect the figure, or how glossy or redundant the hair, no woman can look really pretty or attractive if her face betrays a disordered digestive apparatus. A yellow sickly face is ineompatable with any womanly charm. 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