WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT ADVANCE GERMANS DRIVEN BACK A &. N.Z. Cable Association ami Router. Received Fob. 12, li.-l.j p.m. London, Feb. 11. Field-Marshal Sir Dmislns llaig reports: Nnrlhwiiidfl of tin;' Alien- v/c caplined a siroiiff system of (reaches at Hie soul hern 'foot of Sorro Hill, on throe-quarters of a mile of front, am! tenk 215 prisoners, which exceeds the tela! of our casualties. We drove bad; tlie enemy south of Sailly Saliliscl. and entered the trenches in their neighborhood of Pys, Ln Bassee, Neuve Cimpelle, and Kanouisant. A VIOLENT FIRE. enemy shelter blown to PIECES. Australian Cable Association. Received Feb. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 11. A flerman officer's report, found at (Iranderiiirt. dated the night preceding the evacuation, admits the superiority of the British artillery, and states: "From eleven in the morning till five in the evening we were under a violent and ceaseless fire. Nothing could withstand it. The trendies and shelters are so damaged that they are no longer of any use. Between ten and eleven at night the bombardment was resumed with unprecedented violence. Enemy aeroplanes Hew over the position all day at a low altitude directing the fire. Our artillery replied feebly. Our aviators did not appear till late in the evening. If the bombardment continues tomorrow we have not the slightest shelter." LATEST HUN ATROCITY. LUNATICS THRUST OUT OF ASYLUM. Received Feb. 12. 6.45 p.m. London. Feb. H. The latest German atrocity in Belgium is that the military authorities have removed three hundred lunatics from Bruges asylum, and are not allowing the guardians to prepare for their reception elseewhcre. FRENCH ARTILLERY AND AERIAL WORK. A & N.Z. Cable Association and Router. Received Feb. 12, 0.45 p.m. London, Feb. 12. A French communique on the 12th states that there has been moderate general artillerying and successful air operations. Factories and blast furnaces in Lorraine villages have been bombed, also aerodromes at Colmar and Zecbrugge. FRENCH PENETRATE ENEMY LINES. London, Feb. 11. A French cpmniunique says: We penetrated the enemy lines in tie forest of Apremont and took prisoners. The Germans attempted coups-de-main in the Argonne and Lorraine, but failed. THE GERMAN ACCOUNT. A wireless German official report says: The British attacked north-east of Beaumont, eastward of Grandcourt, and northward of Courcelette. A company penetrated from the direction of Beaucourt, but they were repulsed elsewhere. We repulsed the French in hand-to-hand fighting in -the Sailly wood, on both sides of the Moselle. PRICE OF FRENCH NEWSPAPERS. Paris, Feb. 11. The Government has decided that the newspapers shall base their price on their size. Those sold at five centimes (Jd) are restricted to two pages on Mondays and Thursdays and four pages on other days. NEW AND FANCY BREAD PROHIBITED. Paris, Feb. 11. A decree prohibits the making of fancy bread and the sale of newly-baked bread.