The Western Front

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1915, Page 5

The Western Front

THE SUBMARINE DEPOT. ZKICMH•<;-■: BOMBARDED. lic-civod .July 2f1,-' 9.20 p.m. Amsterdam, July 2!). l>'-lgian and French warships on Fri. day iHJiiilbarded Zeebrugge, and badly dam-aged a German torpedo boat. Airnn .1 'ha.ve been bombing Zeebruggc tor four night.-, and it is believed bhcy have damaged two submarines. CKKMAN* CLAIM SUCCESS. Berlin, Julv 2S. A conumini.j-.ie says: The Nilosian Laiid-turni stormed the trenches northwest of 50i1,.!,./ and captured four ran-chine-gun*. On the Lingekopf-Barren-kopf line, after four hours hand-to-hand struggl.-, our counter-attacks repulsed the r'rc-ncli attack. We captured the trenchc, !o-t at Lingekopf, except a small portion. ——— x SUKMAUIXES AXD AIRCRAFT. Amsterdam, July 23. The twelfth submarine from Antwerp has pas,ed the .Scheldt and reached Zeebrugge. The Allied airmen on Monday bombed the submarines lying in the Scheldt and in the Ghent canal, but did no damage, though they destroyed the Genuau guardhouse near by.' An aerodrome has been established in St. Ityu's .Sfjnare, Ghent. A hundred airmen practice daily, and ten to twenty aeroplanes are constantly in the air. OKI?MAX ATTACK REPULSED. Paris. July 28. A communi.jiie state;: The Germans, north of Bonchez, after a heavy bombardment, launched attacks at" three different point-. After a very lively fight the Germans were driven out of the trenches where they had succeeded in penetrating, except 'at one point, where tliev hold twenty metres of saphead. . ■ ■ AXOTUKU WINTER CAMPAIGN. (Thin.--, and Sydney Sun Services.) London, July 28. The Time-' correspondent at Paris say-- that ;'t. the beginning of the war all henchmen expected that, whatever the rcMilt of t!i.' struggle, it would lie speed;!;, attained. They now accepted the pr..,pect of another winter campaign. In ti arly month-; of the war j Ca.-y credence was" given to reports of ' the enemy's food scarcity, financial ! vlum- and military demoralisation. Nov. . -iie!i .-tovies randy appeai- in the French ; pre-.-. The v.ar has proved a greater] ' iaMriimciit for democracy than the . French Revolution. It i- difficult to di.-cu-i the franii' of mind of the different | claws of society when all are levelled i i.y the ordeal of l.attle. Morall-.- the. are one to-da.\ -. the French army' i- the ', French nation.