WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

CAPTURE OF MOY. SUBURB OF ST. QUENTIN REACHED. London, April 4. A French communique says: We continued to advance cast and west of the Somme along the entire front attacked by us yesterday. Our reconnaissances were pushed forward beyond Dallon as far as the south-west suburb of St. Quentin. We reached the southern edge of Grugies, north-east of Castres. We entirely captured the village of Mov, on the Oise. On our right the fight continued soutn of the Ailette as far as the village of Lnftan, to which we penetrated. Our five smashed, with heavy losses, German counterattacks south of Vauvenv. [The capture of Moy shows that the French have pushed a wedge between St. Quentin and La Fero, cutting railway cummnication between the two towns,] BRILLIANT FRENCH ADVANCE. ENEMY QUIT THEIR LINES. WOUNDED AND MATERIAL ABANDONED. Received April 5, 11 p.m. Paris, April 5. A French communique states: Notwithstanding the furious snow squalls] and soaked ground, we drove Iback the enemy along the whole front of the Somme and the Oise beyond the most important dominating position marked by the villages of Grugies, Urvillers, and Moy, which wc brilliantly carried. North of the farm of La Folic the Germans were hustled by our irresistible attack and precipitately quitted three lines of trenches protected by wire entanglements, abandoning their wounded and considerable material. South of the Ailette the situation is unchanged. In the region of MargivallAffaux (lie artillery, due to the violent Woevre guns, 1 caught the enemy detachmentß in the station of Vigneulles. i

GUNS CAPTURED. ENEMY EFFORTS AT RECAP i FAIL. Received April 5, 8 p.m. London, April 5. General Sir Douglas Haig reports; The enemy's determined attempt to recover the captured guns failed. Six were brought ,in. We captured the village of Metzencountre. Fighting continues cast of the villages. SHARP FIGHTING. MORE VILLAGES CAPTURED. A. & N.Z, Cable Association and Reuter. Received April C, 5.30 p.m. London, April 5. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We captured the villages of Ronssoy and Basse-Boulogne after sharp fighting. The retreating enemy became entangled in their own wire and suffered heavily. We continue to progress, despite resistance, jn the north-east and east of Metz en Couture. We reached the western and south-western edges of the Gouzeeaucourfc and Havrincourt woods. FRENCH RUSH FORWARD. ENEMY LINES STRON&Li HELD. Received April C, 5.5 p.m. London, April 5. A French communique states: The enemy has not attempted counter-action from the Somme' to the Oise on the new front we conquered yesterday. Our reconnaisances wei*e pushed forward in the night to the north of Gauohy and north of Moy as far as the enemy lines, which were found to be strongly held. There is an intermittent cannonade east and west of the Somme. The Germans unsubcessfully attacked between Sapigneul and Godat farm. Enemy detachments obtained a footing in an advanced portion of a trench, but were immediately driven out. MESOPOTAMIA. GOOD NEWS. BRITISH AND RUSSIANS JUNCTION. Received April Q. 5.5 p.m. New York, April 5. The British and Russians have junctioned near Mesopotamia. A BATTLE PROCEEDING BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND TURKS. Received April 6, 8 p.m. Petrograd, 'April 5. The Khanikin-Kasrichirin battle is proceeding, the Turkish rearguard making an effort to hold the Diala river crossing. A Cossack detachment has left KhaniKin for Kvzylrabat, for the purpose of joining up with the British.