WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAID. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. ' LIVELY ARTILLERY WORK. A. & X.Z. Cable Association and Router. 1 deceived Jan. 20, 11,3 ft p.m. fondon, .T;in. 2il. < TioKl-Mnrslinl Sir llaig re- t port,-: Wo made :i siK'CC--ful raid at i lioiiii in (lie neighborhood of llulluoh. ! Many of the ouemv wore killed, and I sonic wore taken prisoner. We drove i (iIT two raiding parties last night, east- 1 ward of Fauquirsart. A third party i reached the trenches eastward of Ypres, i but were immediately driven out. and ' our position was re-established. There i.i mueh aerial activity. A French communique states that the German organisation batteries in the region of Luneville and Harlmann* Weilerkopf. were bombarded with destructive ell'ect. There is a fairly lively arliiler.v struggle in upper Alsace. CORRECTING A FALSE IMPRESSION. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN'. ALLIES CONFIDENT. DEC ISI YE VICTORY EXPECTED \ Received Jan. 2(1, i 1.50 p.m. London, .lan. 2(1. The New York Times' London cjrie*pondent states that, ill the course of an interview, General Maurice said he van ted to correct the seeming impression in America that the French and JVtish had reached the limit of the'r ability on the West and were unable to push on. Such an idea was entirely false. The whole British army from the High Command downwards was positive in the conviction that the A! Iks would advance in the spring until (lie Germans on the West front were utterly routed. The correspondent: That means vr.'.i expect a decisive victory oil the We-, front. General Mam ice: There is not the slightest doubt in the minds of IV commanders that we believe v. e have reached such a point of superiority over the foe as to b? able to drive back and vanquish the Germans. It \vi:l lw a campaign 1o the bitter end. We arc «oing to win. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH OPERATIONS. London, January 2-1. A Freeh communique states: —We made -fil successful coups de main south o: 'hilly, on the Somme. Near Rognevil'o and Woevre the Allied aircraft were busy with considerable suer*c?s. GERMAN ASSAULT FATLS. London, Jan. 25. A French communique says:—. r,-.T-re an coiMi-de-nuin. after a heavy bombardment, three kilometres south-oust of lierry-au-Bac, failed