WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1916, Page 8

WESTERN ATTACK.

, I DELVILLE WOOD CLEARED. SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.—Copyright. Wellington, July 29. The High Commissioner reports under date London, July 2S (3.10 p.m.):— General Haig reports:—After severe fighting we drove the sth Brandenburg Division from the remaining positions in the Delvillc Wood, capturing three officers and 1")8 men, The whole wood is now ours. . ! Two German counter-attacks were beaten oil' with heavy losses. Wr made further progress in Longueval village, also near Pozieres, in the latter area rapturing 48 wounded Germans. During the night the enemy guns were active against our new positions, and (here were also heavy artillery duels in various sectors. Near Xciive-C'hapelle small parties of Germans succeeded in entering our front trenches at two points, but were immediately driven out by a counter-at-tack, leaving wounded. North-east of Souchoz, and also at other points, wo shelled the enemy's front and communication trenches. A French Dffieial report states that north of C'liaulnes an enemy attempt on the trenches near Lilions was repulsed by our fusilade In the Champagne, in the region of the Auberive a reconnaissance by Russian troops penetrated and cleaned out the enemy with trench grenades, bringing back prisoners. On the right bank of the Meuse a German attempted attack on the Thiaumont work was completely checked

[ "LIONS AT LARGE." ! ANOTHER AHZAC TRIBUTE. ' London, July 28. An officer if one of the London regiments who was wounded at Pozieres says: "The Anzaes bore the brunt of tiie gruelling', tut we were always in line with them. They were like lions at large, and revelled in the fray. They are great fellows, and their example spurred us on at every turn, even to face the deadliest machine-gun fire. It was a sight to stir the blood to see the Anwics and Londoners stand up -to the Kaiser's elite." TRANSPORT FACILITIES. Paris, July 28. A correspondent who visited the Fonime front states that the AngloFrench troops have constructed a thousand kilometers of railways, with over a hundred stations, for the transport of munitions, and a hundred miles of roads lor motors conveying troops.