WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

ENEMY RETREATM ' " /, HIS I'OSmON UMTENABm, _. TJon&dii, June j( Ihe United Press correspondent *« ' ■"' headquarters says that fighting ia & ; locality under torrid skies, thunder- ' storms, and typhoon winds, the Canadi. "' *ns took the trenohes last night Mo* the reservoir hills on the outskirts of J-ens, crushing three violent counter. . ' attacks between midnight and dawa Patrols report that th»re are no Germans westwards of the Lyg from Warn*. "' ton southward. Realising that the pod- .. tion was critical in the river bead the ' enemy decamued., . - -V' ', • THE ENEMY AOTIVI. STRONG ATTACK REPUIfIBD, Received June 21, 9 pjn. 7 London, June 80. a I'rencli communique etatee: The enemy at night strongly bombarded- our positiong frow Ailette to Laffaux. There ' was great reciprocal artillery in tea Mont Teau and Mont Ooroillet region. Our fire scattered and threw back to. their own trejwHes the German attack. BELGIANS QUITTING FLANDERS. RUMORED GERMAN Wi-WitSffi • '■■ **' , '; Received June 22, 1.45 *.nj, * ' Amsterdam, June tfc Les Nouvelles Maastrict state* thai many Belgians are quitting Ilanflaxa and • have arrived at LimWg. They ftSMrt that the Germans are evacuating fhm- '"' ders, especially the port regions, ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK BJATEJf . Received June 22, ] &.K, ' • ! i London, Jjtfae Bgi ' i' Field Marshal Sir Douglas TbMg re. ports: We completely repulsed f&e en-* emy's fregh counter-attack northwards * of the Souchez River. The weather i»' " unfavorable for flying. Yesterday the. aeroplanes co-operated with the ariulery with good results. We dowsed twoQeb man aeroplanes, and two of gjxa an missing. \ _ A QERMM-RBPOjffi * _ . London,-Jufie SJk 'A wireless German offlojal iMsJfei < states: Artillerying of great vlojghe* K) curred between the Yser and Ljaa, flfi ' English attacked tho north banltf tH' >, Souchez, but were repulsed a\ the fcngj " but penetrated the first line jn '• tre. We recaptured the greaSjr tfawß- ' ground lost on Monday watoffi M ■ ■ Hochberg, m the Chaiupagß% ' THE POSTUCUQ|E»E! AJBM& ' ißouter Servlse. ~" ■ Received June 21, &G waL '' • London, Jajfc 9L The Portuguege general on <%e Wet* ' front states that thjj sqi ' shortly oecugy their awa ewterttittsji front, -v. ■ i- -?.