IN THE WEST.
NEAR YPRES ANOTHER GERMAN ATTACK. Paris, Feb. 21. A communique stales tliat tlu> fiermaiis violently bombarded our positions at Sti'custraatfi and attempted to cross the canal. Some groups reached the first line of trenches but were imm» Vsiti'iy ejected. AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS. BY RIVAL PLANES, Received Feb. 22, 10.40 p.m. London, Feb. 2), A French communique states: Five French aeroplanes bombarded the muni-
tion depots at Chateau de Mastroncourt, south of Dreuze. German aeroplanes bombed Luenville, Dombake, and Nancy, but did slight damage.
ATTACKS REPULSED. Received Feb. 23, 1.10 a.m . Paris, Feb. 22,
Official: There was a heavy German attack south of the Somne-Lisons sector, on a front of seven kilometres. It was preceded by an intense bombardment and successive emissions of asphyxiating gas, but the enemy were beaten back everywhere.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1916, Page 5
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