ENEMY COMPELLED TO RETREAT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 267, 21 April 1915, Page 5

ENEMY COMPELLED TO RETREAT.

ANOTHER ASSAULT ON LES EPARGES. Received April 20. !).20 p.m. Paris, April 20. Official: Our attacks on both fianl of the FecTit forced the enemy prceip tately to evacuate Eselbrucke, abov Metzeval, where ho abandoned i larji tnx.unt of material. The German counter-attack, on Lo Eparges was completely repulsed. SWINGING THE GERMAN RIGH AN IMPORTANT' STEP ACHIEVED. N'EUVFJ CHAPELLE TACTICS AGAIN ALLIES GAIN THREE MILES. Received pril 21, 12.10 a.m. London, April 20. The capture of Hill 60 is an impor tant step' in the task of swinging rounc the German right. The blowing up o the hill resembled a volcanic eruption It was the signal for a vast battle, cov ering several'miles of front. The fight ing was as fierce as at Neuve Chapelle The artillery, following up the sap pers' work, played havoc in the Germar trenches, and the infantry fell' upon i foe uTterly demoralised and drove them back three miles with terrible osses. Eight hundred were made prismors by Sunday afternoon. The Germans on Saturday suddenly irepared to evacuate Menin, and re;erves were sent towards Courtrai, but ater there- was a counter-movement, md the troops rushed back to Menin.

MORE TERRORISM. SPY'S EXECUTION WITNESSED BY HIS WIFE. Received April 21, 12,10 a.m. London, April 20. Reports have been received that Lenoir, an official of the Belgian Railway Ministry, lias been court-martiallcd for espionage and executed at the Ghent rifle range. Two hundred and sixty people, including Lenoir's wife, wdre compelled to be present. WHAT'S IN A NAME. BRUSSELS ANSWERS THE QUESTION. Received April 21, 12.10 a.m. London, April 20. The city of Brussels has been fined half a million marks for refusing to name the leading street Berlinstranse. The Germans threaten to shoot a hundred inhabitants unless the fine is paid by the end of April.