IN THE WEST

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1915, Page 5

IN THE WEST

{THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. ' £ SIGNMOANT QUIBT. Received Sept. 7, 1.15 a.m. 'Paris, Sept. 16. Except >n the Vosges tihere have not been any infantry actions in the west for a fortnight, but the Allies have maintained constant lieavy bombardments in nine well-defended zones, including the Belgian front, Souchez, Arias, Koye, and the two extremities of the line of plateaus between MorontflKers and Sourin, and in the Argonne, $e Woevie, and Lorraine. ALLIED BOMBARDMENT. ' MAKING AN IMPRESSION. Lbndon, September 5. ' A Central News correspondent in Northern France says that deserters coming into tbie French lines testify! to the terrible effects of the Allied artilleiy. They have never suffered suoh an intense aiul continuous bombardment. The expenditure of sheila is stupendous, bat ample stocks have been accumulated at the various bases. Paris, September 5. A communique states: Replying to our destructive fire on his trenches and works, the enemy threw a hundred shells into Rheims without killing anyone. Oar artillery and grenade fighting continues. RAIN PREVAILING. Received Sept. 7, 12.35 a.m. Paris, Sept. 6. It has been raining incessantly for forty-eight hours in Northern France, and this has reduced the roads to a quagmire. tAISER ANXIOUS FOR BEffTER RESULTS. ' London, September 5. According to a Dutch officer the Kaieer recently wrote to tbe commanders on the western front expressing surprise at the poor results of recent operations, urging increased activity, and enjoining the troops to fight with untiring courage, so as to benefit by the sjleedy conclusion of the war. BELGIAN PATRIOTISM. Paris, September 5. le Petit Parisien states that the manifestations of patriotism of the Belgian population continue to cause the greatest anxiety to the Germans, who cannot strangle them. UNITED STATES. THE SLUMP IN EXCHANGE. ANGLO-FRENCH MISSION. Received Sept. 0, 6.5 p.m. London, Sept, 5. The Anglo J Freneh mission to the United States, in connection with the American exchange, has sailed. It consists of Lord Reading, Mr. Edward H. Halden, Mr. Babington Smith, and Mr. B. Blackett. The French representatives are MM. Octave Homberg and Ernest Mallet. American exchange is steadier, and th?re ate email transactions at 4 dollars 69 cents.