The Western Front
SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT,
BRITISH TROOPS SHOW SUPERIORITY.
London, April 6,
Sir John French reports: Early on Saturday morning we successfully exploded a mine under the German trenches in the neighborhood of La Bassee. A length of a hundred yards of trenches and part of a briekstack were destroyed, and as the result German acitvity in the immediate neighborhood has been quelled. The German artillery, however, subjected our front in that quarter to a heavy bombardment. On our extreme left the local superiority of our snipers has been rewarded by the comparative immunity with which the work of the front line of trenches was carried out.
. Although no communique has been sent since March 22, owing to lack of incidents worthy of special mention, individual activities are of daily and nightly occurrence along the whole front. The general effect of tTiese activities, in which our troops continue to show marked superiority, is cumulative and of great military value.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 256, 8 April 1915, Page 5
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161The Western Front Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 256, 8 April 1915, Page 5
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