WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

POWERFUL ENEMY ATTACKS. SCATTERED BY THE FRENCH. Received July 11, S pjn. Paris, July 10. A French communique cays: The ttnjr violently bombarded certain sec- ! ton of the Aisne front. Local attempts north of Laffaux mill and south-east of : Allies failed. The enemy powerfully attufced Hurtebitt. The attacking waves •W scattered in a severely battered #codHk>n. Received July 12, 1 a.m. London, July 11. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Wc entered trenebee in the neig&arbood of Nieuport and inlieted casualties. We off raiding parties south-eastward of : Babrincourt and eastward of Monchy !e ■fax. The enemy's artillery was most aetive on the coast, reaching great intwitf in the evening. We vigorously nfßed. The weather prevented aerial If— Mam. THE RAID ON ESSEN. 9SINOH AVIATORS STORY. Paris, My 10. ■trgeaM OalleU, the help of the bomtwriwwt of Esaen, tells a thrilling narrative of his 750 kilometres flight, which took seven hours. He was heavily bombarded when crossing the German lines , Md when passing Metz. He struck the ■ tkU aad followed it until lie reached StUnUL The note of his northward Wfkt KM illuminated by the fires of of factories, which increased in malar uatfl he reached Essen. The ton was unmistakable, with its hnntreta aad hundreds of furnaces. Selecting * point where the factories were MtMtt he dropped ten bonis, and rewwd lift the Rhine. A PANIO CAUSED. Amsterdam, July 10. Dwo Dutch factory foremen from Es- . Mb state that there were violent bomb MMli at 3 o'clock in the morning, in their nightgowns rushed into . ke streets crying, "The awine are at | bombing God help us." Dogs, and soldiers in motor cars rushed the streets, the men shouting Through megaphones, "There is no danfmj go to bed." But the people could lot to cplmed. They saw a large fire Hut, Btu Krupp's. Bombs were also Jropped in muy parts of western' Geraaajr, and there were more than 200 cuaaltiea great military damage. accounts of the Easen raid state tut there waa a panic among the work fHBt Hferal bombs exploding inside the factory. Towns along the Rhine ari bagging headquarters to protect then dttaontinue attacks.

ysTTPP'S CEASES WORK. Renter Service. ReeSved July 11, 5-5 p.m. Amsterdam, July W. Jm Kouvellss states that Dutch woifeImb at Krupp'a been discharged, evfct to the destruction of buildings. Women and children fled into the country Tho raid resulted is 88 being killed uid hundred* Injured in various localities The killed include five French yriaonen, of whom *0 were injured.

(HOSTILE RAIDS. London, July 10. fljr Douglas Haig reports: Hostile fnU«- entered our advanced posts westnrd of Warneton and the trenches east >f liiventie. The enemy'* artillery was Active in the neighborhood of Bullecourt, Ypret, and Nteuport. Aerial srtivjty is owing to the weather. HPrnyr LINES ADVANCED. London, July 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We ad,H««d our line slightly eastward of Joattaverne, and successfully raided 40Bthvard of the Yprw-Comines canal.