IN THE WEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1916, Page 5

IN THE WEST.

GERMAX RAID ON BELWUT.Paris, April 18. A communique states: We partly expelled the. Wnemy from the Chauffour salient. The enemy aeroplanes bombed Belfort, doing slight damage but inflictlog few casualties. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. ' ' Wellington, April 19. The High Commissioner reports, under date London, April 18, 5.45 p.m.:— The French official report says: On the left bank of the Meuse there has been a bombardment of our first lines between Mort Homme and Cumieres. On the right bank the night has been comparatively calm. It is confirmed that the German attack launched yesterday 66 our positions between the Meuse and the region of Douaumont assumed a character of extreme violence. From fresh information it appears that this offensive action was delivered by troops belonging to five different divisions. East of the salient of Chauffour the enemy succeeded in penetrating our first line of trenches, whence they were partly repulsed by a counter-attack. In the . Woevre there has been an artillery duel in the Moulainville sector, south of the Ban-de-Sapt. A German reconnaisance •(tempted to approach our trenches at Hermanpere, north of St. Die. It was repulsed with grenades. Last night an enemy aeroplane threw seven bombs, inBinding incendiary ones, on Belfort, Three persons are reported to have been killed and.six wpunded. The material damage is unimportant. IN ENEMY TRENCHES. ••. OFFICIAL REPORT. The High Commissioner reports:— London, 19th April, 1.55 a.m. Twice in the last 30 hours our troops penetrated at different points into the German trenches, once in daylight yesterday, and once during the night. On each occasion the enterprise met with. complete success, a machine-gun emplacement being destroyed and several dug-nntg bombed. Our casualties were one wounded and one missing. Two Carman officers and 20 men were killed. During the night, two small German efforts against our position at St. Eloi, preceded by a heavy bombardment, were successfully repulsed. To-day there are isolated artillery duels at various point* GERMAN REPORT. SUCCESS CLAIMED. NAMES OF PRISONERS TO BE GAZETTED! Received April 19, 8.50 p.m. Berlin, April 19. A communique.. states:. The Saxons stormed and rc-captured the quarries seven hundred metres south of Haudrolnont ridge, north-west of Thiaumont, capturing forty-two unwounded officers, and 1646 men. The names will be gazetted similarly to those of the 7111 officers and 38,155 men captured at Verdun since February 21. This is Germany's reply to French denials.