WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

RECIPROCAL ARTILLBWu ■ WORK. ( ' MUCH AIR OTGHTttW. • ( 1 FRENCH SAjLIfiNT ATTACKED. [ | GREAT. ENEMY DOSSES. , A. and X.Z. Cable Asioo. and Bsulw. Received May 27, 5.6 p.m. \ May 15, • rfilfj Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports: Reciprocal artillerying has |>«en ??,) active, particularly on the left took of -\at the Scarpe and in the neighborhood of ii Loob. There was much air on; •%, [ Thursday, twelve German """V ln ty be* ing brought down. Sis of oure «m al**- '*) ing. , ! i'S • We repulsed raids last night' bortli*l ward_ of Gouzeaucourt and east «f Azr mentieres. We slightly improT<J on position on the left bank of the Scttrpe. .: There was increased hostile aitfUttgngv !| between Croiselles and the Scarp* 'jjj A,French official report states: 4fter<-J| a most violent bombardmont of Br'ay-en-Laonnaiae, tfyee strong man columns assaulted our salient south Js| of the Chemin dee Dames, and stKCMded,. '*|| after sanguinary losses, in gaixfa( % ;|| lodgment at some points of oar »£- .y&j vanced trenches. Immediate cWpttpr* > attacks recaptured most of these. < 'fj • ;J SUCCESSFUL FRENOff » | OPERATION. Jj THE USUAL GERMAIT SBlflitf. ' /il " " ' ~Jf A. and N.Z. Cable Aatoe. and Received May 27, 6& pM. -■ u London, A French communique state*; We ducted a successful operation against a; portion of Chevreux wood. Ifctef been great mutual artillerying oil other sectors. . , \ 1 ' m A wireless German official '1 states: We drove back English aMMqij, 'm at the Wytschaete sector and of Arnientieree. The Ebgluh penetgeted 1 jM our first line near Loos, but ouf i| thrust drove them English north-west of Bullecourt failed, Fiyndt "'•M attacks northward of Craonellea gat ->,,0 west of the Cabwy-fPant-a-Vert Wjj/Jai broke down. The enemy lost ten ih''! planes yesterday. , STRENGTH,OF GERMAN ARMH' ,1/1

Times Service. • * Received May 27, 6.5 p.nt »' ' '*? London, May 2C. - The Times' Paris correspondent rtatet \ that there has -just returned a swat gin-',. < aral to headquarters, who hu'lwa *»•. ; j mltted to announce that tin entity Sep' ' man effective army consists of 9B 4W» ( ' sions of 13,000 each, whereof siitjvabl;' are facing Russia, three Roumanto, ISf\, ™ the West froa>, and 10 in reserve; TEhf '• total is half a.JttilUon lees {boa In San* f. tember, representing casualties and tS» 1 difficulty in securing reserves. KIENCH BOMBING RUBS. Received May 27, 6.5 p.m. V London, May Bft A French communique state*: Inter*' • mittent artillerying is proceeding ha fit* * Champagne district. French VBtQdmtri dropped thirteen thousand kfloa of KMb««;. on Maralabour, Conflans and elsewhere,' * ■loing considerable damage. »

BRITISH SUOCESSSES. - • ■ t WeHiagton, Hay fH The High Commissioner reporti Mfet date London, May 26 (MO pjo.) t—^ Sir Douglas Haig repom»—Bmhg. the night a local hostile attaok of CM of our posts on the Hlndentraig south-west of Fontamo-les-Croiaelfti Wif driven off. . ' t. y t, A German raiding party ndtth-«ili(l'«J i Arleus was repulsed with heavy we having no casualties. « iSouth-east of Loos we oarried out J J cersful minor operations this morning capturing a further portion of .tbt lr .ij enemy's front trench system in fh». r 5 neighborhood and taking 28 South of Armentieres and wen at vj Messinea we werfe successful in taking a few prisoners. ' AMERICAN MUNITION TRANBPjOBr J ARRIVES. ■■■:" __ ■ Paris, May St.-, ;] A third section of the United Stfttd.:,? munition transport service hm taMJ*,"' at the front. ' OAl) ADA'.; MR. BALFOUR'S ARRIYAIi Ottawa;, May. 2ft. The British Mission has arrived hiyfl Canada. Mr. Balfour will addrws liament. • ,; /l