WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

VIGOROUS FRENCH ATTACK. WOK TRENCHES. REGAINED. AN ADVANCE AT SEVERAL POINTS. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received July 25, 9.5 p.m. London, July 26. A French communique states: In. the morning we vigorously counter-attacked the enemy, who, since the hard fighting on the 22nd, occupied our first line trenches on the Casemates and the California (plateau. The attack, which was carried out with extraordinary dash, .gave brilliant results. Despite the pespcrate defence, our soldiers recaptured tlie whole of the lost ground on California plateau, except a small work, completely destroyed, in the salient, vhi«h both sides, abandoned. W» threw out the enemy on. tho Casemate* all the elements that he held, and have even, advanced our line at; seyeral points. German couater-ftttaleks relaunched on the reconquered trenches, were wholly unsuccessful. Artillery duels, have been most aotive in thj Champagne, on the left of the Meuse.

FURTHER SUCCESSFUL RAIDS GOOD AEROPLANE, WORK, A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received July 26, 12.30 a.m. London, July 25, Sir Douglas Haig reports: We sue-, cessfully; Taided east and north-east of Ypre». Our aeroplanes continue to successfully co-operate with tho artillery. Our ahr squadron dropped bombs on many important points. There are fewer of the enemy machines operating. Six were brought down.

GERMANS REINFORCED. Paris, July 24. M. Marcel Hutin states that the German batteries from the coast to the Scarpe have been largely reinforced, also the aerial squadrons. Prince, Rupprecht's reserve divisions have been doubled, and the reserve troop* in. the Lille region increased.

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAID, London, July 24. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We successfully raided westward of Havrioourt, eastward of Vermelles, and west' ward, of Hflllebeke.

ARTILLERY BATTLE CONTINUES.

Reuter Service. Paris, July 24. The tremendous artillery battle tinues on the Flanders front. The Germans arc employing vertical barbwire, forming a wall of steel three hundred metres (nearly 1000 feet) high, against the Allied observation aeroplanes.

FAILURE OF ENEMY ATTACKS. London, July 24. A French communique states: There was a violent bombardment in the region northwest of Braye-en-Laonnais. Two enemy attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Another attack between Cernj and Allies failed. The violent artillery struggle continues in the sector before Craonne, notably on the California Plateau.