WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1916, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

I AT HEM WOOD. HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. AIRMAX BOMBS POWDER FACTORY. Paris. August 0. i A communique says: Violent German i rounter-attaeks northward of Hem wood ■ were thrown Lack with heavy loss, ex- 1 cept at one point, where they reoccupied trenches. We retook the major i part. i The- Germans again entered the Thiau- i mont work, but we remain on the ini- * mediate outskirts. Our grenadiers pro- i grossed at Floury. ; < An aviator crossed the Vosges into the Black Foresij and flew 350 kilo- ■ metres. He bombed a powder factory , at Rottmeil. Great fires and many ex- ] plosions were observed. THE HEM WOOD COMBAT. LOST TRENCHES REGAINED. ALIVELY ACTION PROCEEDING. Received August 10, 8.5 p.m. Paris, August 10. A communique slates: North of the i Somme we entirely reoeeupied the i trenches north of Hem wood, where tlic ; enemy gained a footing on Tuesday : night. We took fifty prisoners in the < course_ of the action. « \Ve continue to progress in the region north of Hem wood, where a lively com- ■ bat is developing to our advantage. On the right bank of the Meuse there is great artillery activity in sectors Thiaumont-Fleury and Vaux-Chapitre-Le Chenois. ; FUTILE GERMAN ATTACK. 1 BOMBARDMENT OF TEROXXE. London, August 0. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that there lias been no change at Guillemont. Our bombers advanced from Pozieres, The Germans discharged gas on a broad ai ea of the Ypres salient, and followed up by attacks, which did not penetrate our lines. Amsterdam, August 9. German newspapers stata that the French bombardment set fire to Peronne. The buildings destroyed include the library, museum, and the famous picture gallery, with pictures by English and French masters. GERMAN AERODROMES BOMBED. I ■ SUCCESS AOT-ffIYED. : Times Service Received August 10. 5.5 p.m. ' London, August fl. The Press Bureau states: At daybreak, | under a heavy fire, our naval aeroplanes bombarded airship sheds near Brussels, from a height of two hundred feet. Eight of the bombs weve observed to hit. Heavy columns of smoke arose. The machines returned safely. AT POZIERES. AUSTRALIAN LINES ADVANCED. Received August 10, 5.5 p.m. London, August 10. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: North-west of Poizer.es the Australians have advanced their lines two hundred : yards on a frontage of six hundred ; yards. t ■ ANOTHER GERMAN SLAVE RAID. l BELGIAN WOMEN DEPORTED. HOLLAND EXASPERATED i Received August 10, 10.55 p.m. . Paris, August 10. The Germans are applying the Lill§ slave methods to Belgium, where mar-' ried women, applying for relief, were ordered to he deported to Holland and Switzerland. Men have been forbidden to leave. There is intense indignation. . Holland is already exasperated over the 5 impending arrival of hundreds of Ger--5 man children, on the plea of giving them 1 a holiday on the Zuyder Zee. GERMANY'S WONDERFUL RECORD. .. Received August 10, 5.5 p.m. London, August fl. I A German official report states: The | Franco-British attacks north of the I Somme wev. broken. A British attack •upon Ovillers and Bazentin-le-Petit failed, also French attacks on Thiaumont, Fleury, and La Pitre. Our aerial losses for July were I!), ' and those of the Franco-British SI, - ."' weof 4S are in our hands. in the northern comer of Courland ive ':>ii'aged many enemy torpedoers, steam--1 ■;■. and sailers, I I BELGIANS BOMBARD FORTIFICATIONS. Received August 10, !> p.m. London, August 0. ! A Belgian oo'mniuniniv states: We suc- ■ -..ssfully bombarded fortifications in the I Jiximule region.