The Western Front.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 299, 27 May 1915, Page 5

The Western Front.

GERMAN RESISTANCE BROKEN. IMPORTANT FIiKXCII I'iSOfiBKSS. Kec'ivcd Mac 21!, T.ll'l p.m. Paris, May 25. Official: We made important progress north of Arras and captured two strongly fortified works ;111■ 1 a large trench along a front of one kilometre near Souehez, where the Germans had been resisting for a fortnight.

BATTLE AMIDST GAS. Germans err down. Received Jlay 2li, 11.55 a.m. London, Alay 2(1. The latest gas attack has extended to Saint .Julicn and Steenstraate. The British were protected by respirators and motor goggles, and kept their ground with the utmost determination. After it passed the infantrymen, tiie gas threatened the gunners, and it colored the Britishers a deep yellow resembling jaundice. The Germans were oldiged to allow an interval for the clearance of the air. and this enabled the French artillery to find the range and cut down the Germans mercilessly. Those reaching the British trenches were killed to a man. ALLIES' AEROPLANES ACTIVE. Received May 27, 12.20 a.m. Amsterdam, .May 20. Allies' aeroplanes dropped bombs and practically destroyed the Saint Pierre station at Ghent. A BRAVE MAN'S END. Received May 2<i, 11.-10 p.m. London, May 2:;. 'Private Morrow (Irish Fi;-ilic,s >. who received the Victoria Cross for re. cuing under heavy lire several iven Iniiie ! in the debris of a wrecked trencli, has .been killed while again assisting wounded men i:nde> - heavy fire. It has been recommended that a clasp be added to his Victoria Cross.

GERMANS KILL OWN MEN. ENEMY ATTACKS CHECKED. 'London, May 25. ''Eye-witness," referring to t'.ie surrender 01 Saxons says that at Cour de Laivouse the remains of a battalion decided to surrender en bloc and advanced towards our infantry, who not understanding, poured a hai! of bullets in. Several hundred halted and threw down their ril'es, held up their hands, and waved a white Hag. Our guns at the rear continued to lire in consequence of previous experiences of treachery, hut the. matter wa,s taken out of their hands l)y the Prussian infantry to the northward realising the intentions of the Saxons, The news was telephoned to the German artillery, who opened lire and quickly killed most of the Saxons. The fact that the victims were Saxons is a source of regret to the ISrlti.-h, because, the Saxons were always cleaner lighters and more chivalrous and less brutal than the Prussians and Bavarians. The British showed determination. They declared that they were going to gi't a bit of their own back, and cried "Remember the Lusitania." One satisfactory incident was the killing of sixty Germans clad in khaki stolen from the dead. They advanced shouting in excellent English '"don't shoot, We are - Grenadiers." 'A British ollieer climbed out of the trenches, and the Germans fired, but did not hit him, The Frenchmen promptly returned the fire, and charged with the bayonet, and killed over sixty. "Eyo-witn"ss" mentions a fortunate incident. At one point little resistance was oll'ered in order to entice the British to go forward. They discovered a German officer killed by a shell splinter seated in a dug-out with a switchboard to a dynamo exploder connected with seven mines and electrified entanglements. It is believed the Germans are using incendiary bullets, as the clothing of the Britisli wounded lying in the open were noticed to be burning. The following day the charred bodies were found. A French Embassy communique states that the night was rather disturbed. Between the sea and Arras the Germans, after bombardment, attempted to attack between Langemarck and Yprcs. Two attacks northward of .Villain were repulsed, and four northward of Nciiville were stopped short bv our artillery. The enemy in these various attempts were completely checked and suffered severe losses. Renter's correspondent at the British headquarters reports that the, British guns on the Festubert front, besides knocking out a, German battery, drove numbers of the enemy out of the houses, allowed them to proceed a. short distance and then, by means of shrapnel, caused considerable losses. The Britisli made further progress in the same vicinity, capturing a number of strongholds. German infantry attacks at Festubert were repulsed, the concentrated fire of the British guns, machine-guns and rifles inflicting severe casualties. Despite the, enemy bombarding Yprcs and all the surrounding district with asphyxiating shells and gas, and the attack on the trenches around the salient, the British have not hist ground. Paris, May 25. There was another Taube northward of Paris. The two dropped fifty bombs.

CAS RETARDS BRITISH. MORK OAS Til AX EVKII BEPOTJE. "11 i'oi'iveil May -f>. it ['.in. l.undon, May i"i. Sir ."lulni Erem-h report- that snine portions <: 1 t lie line (•,!>( M \ pres lusl entile 2-lth haw nut vet Wi-n wuvuvil, an ill in ill 111 ni' ps MiTiii (■!• than mi any occasion being from cylinders along a front of five inllcs for hours, while (In 1 line was bombarded 'with asphyxiating sli.-lls. The gas cloud in places was fortv leet high. Pnitiiins nl tile line, however, are iut'lct. r l hroughout this ordeal our men demon -trilled i l iat Avith due preenn(ion tii- lenii oi attack can lie defeated.

GERMANY NOT EXHAUSTED, j FM)\VK!t 01' 11K!: AI>MV (Tines and Sydney Sun /crviccs.) lleeeived May 5.A"> p.m» I.undo". Mav The Tiiiie-.' mililar; c.mv-pi.'ideiit WV, t!l- .-upplv of "d UICII ill Her. many is no! e\l>:»i bul l" a large extent lb" flow.-r of 'lrrnmii ••imlh has, heen -'lricki'ii down nt (be momnt when ours is about to blos'oni.