The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 5

The Western Front

ATTACK AT FONTENOY. EREXCTI AEROPLANES AT WORK. Received July 18, 3..10 p.m. Paris, July 17. Ollieial: After firing four thousand shells on the Fontenoy sector, the Germans attempted an attack which failed. Ten aeroplanes dropped forty-six 7."> millimetre shells and six heavy bombs on the railway station at (.'humify, where important depots of material ar.; concentrated. The outbreak of two (ires was noticed.

A VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT. Received July 18, 3.43 p.m. Paris, July 17. Ollieial: A violent bombardment has taken place north of Souchez and between Neuville and Rochlin Court. , AYe repulsed two attacks on Hill 2C.'i and Bourillcs. The enemy attacked our jtrenehes in the south-eastern part of tile. ,I'orcst of Parrov, but we dispersed him. A curtain of lire checked an assault on .our position, which the Germans lost at .liniuiesupt, and tiTe. enemy's coup de main on our works at Tournies farm, north-west of tton.hommo, completely failed.

I BATTLE OF METZERAL. PILES OF GERMAN CoM'SBS. (Times and Sydney Sun Services,) Received July 17, 7 p.m. London, July 17. It is officially stated in Paris that the (Hermans in the valley of the Southern Fecht fortified a position believed to le impregnable. The French preparation before attacking took a particularly long time, because they had to build over twenty miles of railway, over which they daily carried munitions, and they also had to construct miles of communication trenches. After the evacuation of Metzeral the German corpses that were piled up indicated frightful losses. They had seven battalions whon the French attacked, and brought up ten others. THE USE OF GAS.

FRANCE WILT, RETALIATE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received July 17, 7 pm. London. July 17. M. Milleraid, in the Senate, stated that the output of seventy-fives had illcreased by eleven hundred per centum, big guns by eight hundred per centum, and mitrailleuses by fifteen hundred per centum. He observed: "Since the enemy has seen fit to dishonor war, let mo tell them that to defend ourselves, and pro-, teet the lives of our children, we will follow them in every field. We. have formed a section of gas asphyxiators, in which will collaborate technical experts and army servants of the university." RESCUE OF PAINTINGS. Received July 18, 4 p.m. Amsterdam, July 17. Three Belgian officers went to Ypres during two German bombardments, lul l rescued some celebrated painting's from Saint Martin's Church and the Cloth Hall, and removed tjicm to France for safety.