IN THE WEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1916, Page 5

IN THE WEST.

TERRIFIC BOMBARDMf " T ' ON ALL FRONTS. Received May 30, 9.36 p.m. London, May 29. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that tlie enemy artillery is most active, particularly between La Bassec Canal and Arras. The 'bombardment on the front and support lines in the neighborhood of Loos continued all day long. 'The town and neighborhood of Arras, and northwards to Neuville St. Vaast, is the scene of an intermittent and heavy concentrated bombardment. Our guns in some cases silenced the hostile batteries. Paris, May 30. A communique says: The enemy all day long maintained an intense bombardment with heavy guns on Avocourt Wood, as far as Cumieres. The Germans violently attacked Hill 304 in the afternoon and suffered two sanguinary reverses. The only success the enemy gained was three hundred metres of an, advanced trench north-west of Cumieres. THE LIEGE PORTS. ._, Times and Sydney Sun Services. Eeceived May 30, 5.5 p.m. London, May 29. The Amsterdam Telegraaf reports that the Germans have repaired the Liege forts with concrete and iron, and have built many earthworks, and are constructing defence works north of Herve, along the new Abc-la-Chapelle railway. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S SUMMARY. Wellington, Yesterday. The High Commissioner reports under date London, May 29, 4.20 p.m.:— South of Roye the French artillery destroyed the German organisations in the first line in the region of Beauvraignes. Left of the Meusc there was artillery activity on both sides in the course of the night. Yesterday evening at seven o'clock a German attack, debouching from the Corbeaux Wood, was completely repulsed by curtain and infantry fire. A second attack at midnight equally failed. On the right bank it was relatively calm, except in the region of Fort Vaux, where the artillery firo was very lively. In Lorraine we dispersed a strong German reconnaisance at the Parroy Forest. Yesterday evening there were fifteen air combats between French and German machines. Two of the latter were brought down in flames, one on the borders of the Argonne and the other in the region of Amitontaine, north of Berry-au-Bac. In the course of a trial flight one of our pilots was attacked by a Fokker machine, which fired over a thousand cartridges. Under this shower of projectiles, though his machine was riddled with bullets, our pilot returned to his lines pursued by his adversary. Attacked in turn by a French machine th,e enemy tied, but crashed to earth in the region of Bourgogne, west of Rheims. West of the Meuse our anti-aircraft guns brought down two German aeroplanes. GENERAL, GALLIENI. Paris, May 29. General Gallieni was about to undergo an operation. He was extremely wealc, and unable to taike nourishment. The doctors tried blood transfusion, but without avail. General Gallieni was regarded as the saviour of Paris. During the critical days of August, 1914, he rushed 80,000 of the Paris garrison from Paris to the battle-front, and turned the tide of the great Marne struggle in favor of tha French.