The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 284, 10 May 1915, Page 4

The Western Front

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSEIi BRITISH REGAIN TREXOHHS. jj, Received May 9, 4.30 p.m. , Olficial: The British f.crinnjji nttwlcn near St. Jul Km on tS /tl. nilhcliiiff heavy Im** to the enemT I lie Kutish have rotiikcn part of £& trenches lost at -}lill 60. ■ ? 150,000 GERMANS LOST. THE ANNEXATION OF KEIJGIUM. Rpceivod Jfay !) r ,10 a .ui. ', Amsterdam; 1 May 8 The Telegraaf estimates tliat the Ge ■ mans lost 150,000 fro,,, a ii sowm i, V landers and Northern prance WtKe » . cent fighting. >■- * i T ", Tluv fieri,jans have placarded Antweri . HOW GERMANS MAKE WAR. Received May 9„ 5.30 p.m. ' T , ~ . . ifay 6. J Hit Comuiisgipn to inquire into ilk enemy g violation of interniitioiiaj. lair lias issued its third report, wliieh deai ' v tk« use of gas. It states there! ovv.' judication that the Germans if tend M M, generally. A prison* ■iad m i ted that one battery of twenty -etorts ml been placed at'every fort* •i. ;uuii« one part, of the fronl. Tt* *'"i ,:tui« furnished elaborate mantra <m| h' h * ,ttors titled with plugi saturate! 1 i.'. .. -.'ulralisin;* liquid. |

USE OF GASES. •• •'-U..',L\G EFFECT. ■ London, May 7. 'llio Kiiuniii i;i ;iii» :li!l#ian Commii sioii .-.tales [lux;, t.ic ■ Uormiiu use nitrous uitfo :ic, sulphurous ai hydride, and oUiw* , gii'if t'io low-lying c'o;u; ng .lark greeni»i turning yei'loiV ami ,N;t.g iu it imndn.metres. Till) Well cIV jeizwl c vomiting and blue.it.ng, aiu tin-, eyej ami mouths . i-h re. Tliev stricken \vit:i .stuju; :■ upw...' three hours. The are i" ■> menting -fay' aspliyMa: dog* at selt. Thousands of i;-«r .urs have Prisoner in. the li, that immense (juantities of gas-l'.. were distributed along the trench': Tlie Commission thinks it right to 'a before the world's conscicncu this u< » premeditated .crime. A correspondent who vuitt'd (be y* victims found tho patients propped with their faces, arms and Jiaiu. .t. sliinji grey-blacjc color, their and lead-glazed eyes. AU/wlfrc s.' C.V ■backwards and forwards struggle./ ;'i 'breath. Jt'Jirtta 'an! appalling sight, 1 - tivally nothing cdn lie'dolie 'beyon.s l ' ing emetics." fl/ft gas' fills ! the ' with watery, frof'iy matter, grad'tj . increasing mitil their lungs are V and the victjilis dia of suffocation i. day or two. Hundreds died in trenches, and'half of thoso who r«j •;< 'hospital succumb. Without doubt iv ia tho most awful form of scientific • turo.

' LIE. GERMAN EXCU.SE FOR USING GAJ BLOODHOUNDS AS BRITISH AIDS. Received May 10, 1.30 a.m. • Budapest, May 8. In order to explain the use of gase Germany has officially circulated t 'Austria-Hungary reports that the Brit ish are preparing to throw, two thou sand starved and ferocious bloodhound on to the German linen, GERMAN -ATTACK GERMAN OFFENSIVE BROKEN. London, May 7. The French Embassy in a communique states that the German attack at Bagatelle. completely failed. There are violent artillery duels northwards of Yprcs, in the neighborhood of Vttuquois. ' _ . Paris, May 7. !An official statement of the fortnight*# operations (leCliures that the Gejtoian offensive in the "western theatre' Was intended to impressjieutrals, but has been completely broken. They endured sanguinary losses, and the enemy's. three new divisions at Los Eparges were literally decimated. Their losses in Belgium, 011 the M'euse, .tit Wocvre, and in tho Vosgep exceed 35,000, and they liowhero captured important positions."

Genera] von .Jiessing, Governor of Belgium, has suppressed the 1 Belgian' Red Cross Society and confiscated its funds, because it refused to co-operate with t'lo German authorities in proposed social works in Belgium. , The Petit l'firisien says -.the Government is introducing a Bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transport of all forms of alcohol.

There is smliHent ; wheat to' lriteet requirements'until next hawest. The Government is requisitioning stocks to prevent an artificial rise in prices.

GENERAL SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT. * A JjITTLE PROGRESS MADE. Received May I'll, 12.10 a.m. " London, iMfty 9. Sir John French reports lighting southeast of Ypres on Fridav, but there Wfis no material change. We captured ' « trench lost on Thursday. The enemy on .Saturday morning, after a heavy bombardment, started a violent attack pn oiir trenches on our front between \pre» and l'oeleapelle and the Yp'rep and Menin Roads. Fighting continues. Thers have been some counter-attacks, and we have made progress.