WESTERN ATTACK

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1916, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK

REORGANISATION COXTEMPLATHfII Paris, Dec. 4/Sl After a secret session the ChamberW' Deputies carried a motion of confldomql in M. [iriand by ,'A-l to 00. It was li*si resolved "The the Chamber, taking jioUs of the GoverninHjii's declaration upon reorganisation ;>r (he high command, ap'i proves its rcioiutioi, in concentrate upoa' the general conduce of the war and if!? confident that the Government will inaM'J! any sacrifices liecotc.iry to gain victory/i't Paris, Dec. Bf'l The newspapers foreshadow that Eriand will foliow Mr. Uoyd Georgellj action and overhaul the French Go¥enK,'j mental machine. A") GERMANS DRIVEN OUT. ■ -_. i London, Dm, A French communique states:—W>/| drove the enemy out of the portion Stt't the trenches lie occupied on the Bth off? the eastern slopes of Hill 304, on tjflf: left bank of the Meusc. ' f ENEMY EJECTED KtOM TRiammffi Received Dei'. •■*, 8.20 ,p.m. #.."' Jjondon, Dec. A Paris official report states tJuJvj on the Somme sector of the Boucp»'; avesneg front, and at Biaches, there WM|!. : fairly lively artillery activity. In «'';: sharp counter-attack' ive ejected Ik*,' enemy from the irciuh elementg *£;' Apprcrhonfc Forest, which we tempcM?/! rily occupied. ' , : '' FURTHER DEPORTATIONS IfßOl&ii*' FRANCE. ~^| Received Dec. 10, 5.50 p.m. «*i Amsterdam, Dec. 4A, The Germans arc resuming deported tions from the north of France. 6fai | thousand men were sent in «atth(i to ucks from Lille, Roubaix, Tureoinft and Cambrai to Dusseldorf and Essem There were also deportations frojjj '• Kamur province. -- SIGNS OF ENEMY ACTIVITY, * , Received Dec. 10, 5:50 p.m. f , Amsterdam Dec. 'wi iiiS movements o"f German troops' to 1 ." Belgium, it is believed, presages fresft.. activity. JRf." >tr , FRENCn COUP DE MAIN, A. & N.Z. Cable Association and Tteuterl» Received Dec. 10, 11.30 p.m. * London, Dec. 10, General Sir Douglas Haig reportß: Ws] raided trenches in the neighborhood of'' Neuville St. Vaast and Souehez, inflicting losses. Our trench mortars unsuccesß* fully bombarded the lines northwaTd Oj Plcegstnert and eastward of Arrae. A French official report states: W$ ■ made a successful coup de main on ths[ German salient in the . Champagne, Trenches were entered, mine galleries dw stroyed, and prisoners brought backi •■ There was an artillery duel on the UfJL bunk of the Meuse. ."^ MUTUAL SHELLING. " Received Dec. 10, 8.50 p.m. London, Dec. 0. General Sir Douglas Haig report* thatf the enemy shelled our front southward!' o c Anere, Gueudeeourt, and Kansart. Wtf retaliated, bombarding points behindj their lines.