IN THE WEST

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1915, Page 5

IN THE WEST

MORE REINFORCEMENTS. EI'OXOAiK 'A I. CiA'DITH IXS IN" (jEUAIAXY. iliicivcd August •'!, 1(1 ji.m. /.oikiun, Augu-t A-.-.i-tordi'.in learns that l-ID.Oi::) (~-r-n-aiii. n-aiii. mostly n.v/ trorp-. have pa-sed I Luxembourg in tin., tni days louml we-tward. l.cnnany is taking an inventory nf cotton thro'ighnat the country, even including nun's underclothing. Special permit ion is needed for u-ing motorboats nrivatelv, with a view to conserving benzine. I'SE OF BI'RXIXG LIQUIDS. Received August :!, 10 p.m. Paris, August 3. A communique records the capture of (1 trench in the Argonne by means of I urning liquids. The. French immediately counter-attacked, recovering most of the ground. GERMAN ATROCITIES. ANOTHER OFFICIAL REPORT. WOUNDED MURDERED IX COLD BLOOD. Paris, August 2. A further official report of German Atrocities details numerous eases where French civilians were used as screens for Herman attacks, llany Frenchmen sufferal from horrible wounds, due to filed bullet?, which the. Germans had packed in special boxes labelled ,:paraholliim.''

General Stcnza, commanding the fiftve;ghth Brigade, issued orders on August 2Uth that no more prisoners were to be taken, and not a living Frenchman was to be left. Statements of German "prisoners and German diaries show that the order was carried out. French wounded were also finished off in cold blood with bayonet stabs. In otb?r cases they were found."with thifir throats slit, chests crushed in, and otherwise mutilated. A FRENCH REPORT. DESULTORY FIGHTING. Paris, August 2, A communique states: After repulsing several enemy attacks by means of hand grenades, we occupied a section of the trenches on the Sunken Road between Ablaiu and Augres, northward of the liethuue and Arras high road. We obtained an advantage in mine fighting on the l'ertoes and Beausejour front. We repni-.cd the Germans at Marie Therese and St. Hubert. After a brisk bomb ami petard fight our artillery quenched three attacks on our positions at llaut Boi-j, octween Les Eparges and Tranches de Leiomie. The Germans bombarded Por.t-a-Mousson and the neighbouring village; with incendiary shells. GERMAN REPORT. Received August 3, 5.3 p.m. Amsterdam, August 2. A German communique states: We occupied several French trenches in the Argonr.e by a surprise bayonet attack. Our arlijlcry shot down a captive balloon at Handesapt. STEAM LORRY ACCIDENT. Pari?, August 2. A British steam lorry skidded into a detachment of British soldiers at Rouen and killed three and injured ten.