WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1916, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

BEFORE LA TRANSLOV BRITISH GAIN EVERY OBJECT. Received Nov. 3, 5.20 p.m. London, Nov. 2. Mr. Gibbon says that since tin- 21st fighting eastward of Les Boiuifs ba3 ebbed and flowed against Mie stubborn Bavarians, until only tl;e crest of tlie trenches held out. For a week the artillery pounded the trench out of existence. On the 30th the Britishers, after fierce bayonet fighting, again rushed the slopes, and won every objective. Our line is now parallel with the great German system before Le Transloy. The price paid is not excessive. That the Germans lost heavily is shown by tho number .of corpses lying in the rain. The Bavarians were so dazed with the violent fighting that they declare tlicy destroyed two tanks, whereas no tanks were engaged. The rain continues, mud, broadening pond;, and water being everywhere, nec-ess : fating constant efforts to keep Hie positions in repair. AT SAILLY-SAILLISEL. GERMAN ATTACKS BROKEN. Received Nov. 3, 9 p.m. , London, Nov. 2. The Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent states that seven battalions of Wurtomburgers and Siles.an?. participated in the attack on S.ully Saillistl. The French lines were dosed plentifully with flaming liquid and poison gas. The infantry advanced jravoly. Six assaults were smashed uo wit!: heavy losses. A successful advance later brought the British witnhi 200 yards of j Le Tnnsloy. The French arc near the south of this important point. | WAS IT A BLUFF? GERMAN MUNITION ORDEP AGAINST WASTE OF SHELLS London, Nov. 2. Reutcr'j correspondent at French beadquarters says that evidence has reached the Intelligence Department that enemy commanders on the Somme after protesting against the orders to economise munitions disobeyed them. A secret instruction was issued at the end of September making it appear that tlia gur.3 wore rationed and each assigned a certain number of rounds daily. The order says that when, despite these instructions, guns fire double or treble the fixed quantum on davs when the enemy does not attack, it i. ?vident that commanders fail to realise the absolute necessity of economising. With the present high wastage of material the provision for renewals and repairs is no longer sufficient. The order also restricts barrage fire, forbids reprisal fire.and shelling harmless villages. THE TUBERCULOSIS OUTRAGE. ' DELIBERATELY PLANNED. Pari3, Nov. 2. Le Matin 'says that Germany deliberately planned the propagation of tuberculosis among prisoners. A medical eye-witness states that tuberculosis prisoners were placed in the same huts at Friedriehsfield Camp with weakened prisoners recovering from other maladies. Russian typhus prisoners were also sent to Cassel Camp, where they were mixed with healthy French prisoners. There were 10,000 sick and 4000 deaths, OFFICIAL REPORTS London, Nov. 2, General Sir Douglas liaig reports:— The enemy shelled the front cf the Hebuterne-Arras region. Our artillery was active south of Armentiercs . North of Ypr.es ow aircraft bombed a number of batteries. Paris, Nov. 3. Official.—North of the Somme we carried out a now operation between Les lioeufs and Sailly-S.i'li-/.!, whereby an appreciable amount of ground was gained. The total number of prisoners in this sector since ycst-mlav is 730. Paris. Nov. 2. A communique states:—Despito persistent bad weather, we followed up during the night the advantage pained between I.es Boeufs and Sailly-Salliscl and consolidated the ground won. The night was relatively calm on the Meuse and nothing occurred elsewhere. "SINGLE FRONT" CONFERENCE. London, Nov. 2. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Milan reports that advices from Paris state that the sequel to the recent conference of tlij Allied Governments will be that a grand re-union of the Allied supreme army staffs will be convened shortly in Paris with the object of realising more perfectly the single front idea. A GERMAN ADMISSION. New York, Nov. 2. Berlin admits that Fort Vaux has been evacuated. $ : : RUSSIA. FOOD CRISIS FORMIDABLE. Pctrograd, Nov. 2. The food crisis is daily assuming more formidable proportions. The situation of the working classes is intolerable. The Budget Committee has resolved to fix the prices of grain, footwear, textiles, kerosene, soap and other commodities.