WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

i IMPORTANT POSTS CAPTURED SUCCESSFUL RAIDS NFAR LENS. CANADIAN'S ENTEP TRENCHES. HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED. ■ Received Jan. 18, 10 p.m. London, Jan. IS. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas ITaig re-ports:-This morning, after a heavy bombardment, \vc occupier! a line of posts northward of lieauc-oiirt-sur-Ancre, the whole objective being gained over a floatage of <IOO yards with few ®isualtics. Our observation from this area < considerably improved our artillery barrage, which in the afternoon broke up a counter-attack, with heavy losses. We are consolidating our position. We conducted, in the neighborhood of Lens, important raids with complete success, on the German positions southward- of Cite Calonne, and westward of Lens, which position: we entered late on Tuesday. Undei cover of heavy bombardment, we reached the support ilinv, and bombed and destroyed dugfcuts. inflicting many casualties, our losses being small. The Canadians, at daylight to-day, successfully raided north-east of Cite Calonne. and entered the trenches on a 1 front, of 700 yards with a depth of 300 to the second line. Heavy losses were, inflicted, all dug-out? toeing completely wrecked. The artillery and machineguns co-operated very cffcotievvl. Our casualties wcra slight,