The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 307, 5 June 1915, Page 5

The Western Front

HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES ALLIES' LlN]'! IMPREGNABLE. GERMANS CANNOT ADVANCE. Received June S, 12.5 a.m. Amsterdam, June 4. Heavy fighting continues along thi Vser. The Germans are strenuously at tempting to advance near Ypres and Dp; mude, but the Allies' line apparently is impregnable. Many were killed arii wounded on both sides, and it wis im possible to remove the dead for burial. The Allies' airmen are daily bonibinf Herman positions on the Belgian coasl and doing considerable damage to tin enemy's immediate rear. FROM A GERMAN DIARY. GERMANS' IMPOSSIBLE TASK. CAUGHT LIKE RATS. Received June 4, 10.30 p.m. London, June 4. The French "Eye-witness" supplio notes from the diary of a German cap tain, whose body was amongst four thou sand found on the slopes at Notre Dami de Lorette. The diary states the Ger mans have been allotted an impossibh task in holding, with a weak force, Ab lain, which runs on a route over whir l to be directed was impracticable, owing to the confusion of sectors, and tin guide was unable to lead. With cacl falling shell some soldiers decamped. Thi last page of the diary says: "Withou support for days, the remnants in thi trenches were caught like rata ii a trap. Their nerves have gone, and thi (ire of the enemy is indescribable." A NEW GERMAN WEAPON. MORE ATROCITFES CONTEMPLATED. Received June 4, 8.30 p.m. Amsterdam, June 4. The Tyd says Krupps are constructing a mysterious war engine which is believed to be utilised for squirting burning liquid long distances. THE COST OF THE WAR. THE MILLIONS VOTED TO DATE. Received June 4, 8.30 p.m. Paris, June 4. M. Ribot (the Finance Minister) is asking for credit amounting to £224,000,000 sterling to provide for the third quarter of 1915. Since the beginning of the war £000,000,000 has been voted. BOMBS FOR CROWN PRINCE. A BIG FRENCH RATD. Received June 4, 5 p.m. London, June, 3. Official: Twcntv'-uine French aviators dropped 178 bombs on the Crown Prince's headquarters. 'Many struck the objective. They also dropped several thousand darts. The aircraft returned safely. PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH. FURTHER GROUND GAINED, Paris, June 3. A communique states that very violent infantry actions developed east ol Notre Dame de Lorette. The situation is unchanged. Eight hundred Germans liave been taken prisoner in the labyrinth since May SI. Of these nine are officers and fifty non-commissioned officers. Two machine-guns were also captured. The French north of Souchez, on the road to Aix-les-Noulettes, drove the enemy out of the woods after a stiff hand-to-hand encounter, and are now advancing on Souchez from three sides. The penetration of the labyrinth is necessarily slow and the loss of life heavy, but the reduction of this strongly fortified position is essential for a further French advance on Vimv and Lens. PROTECTION OF PARIS POLICE. (Times and Sydney Sun Sen-ices.) Received June 4, 0.15 p.m. London, June 3. Paris is providing the police with matika similar to those used bv the troops for protection from asphyxiating bombs. GERMANS AND THE RED CROSS. Received June 4, 8.30 p.m. London, June 4. The Press Bureau says the Belgian Government strongly protests at General von Hissing dissolving the Belgian Red Cross Control Committee and confiscating its funds and archives. The International Committee of the Red Cross at Geneva endorses the protest, and demands that the Red Cross support, the Institution in assisting women which are outside the Red Cross scope.