FURTHER WORKS CAPTURED.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1917, Page 5

FURTHER WORKS CAPTURED.

FRENCH VEKDL'X CAPTURES SIOO. Received Aug. 2(1. 5.5 p.m. Paris. Aug. 25. A T'remdi eomniut.'-iu.- stales: We reprogressed north of i!'!l ~01. and earned Inst night three ..■;•;'died works south of BethincouiL. W. ; : i.ikc.iier 1.50 unwounded men on C; L bank of the Mense -.es>e : dc>. ; - :o fal of SIOO during tlie Verdu;: ' .ike, mDVANTAGEOUS positions. illns fail in test of battle. Received Aug. 20, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 2.5. After capturing Hill ,'!U4 the French advanced two-thirds of a mile beyond tin; northern foot. This success rounds oil' the orescent of the new front, and leaves the French establi lied in advantageous, positions on the heights of the Mc'use. Except, in gas and other iufen:'tl tri'-ke, lite '.ernian army has shown itself in -very respect inferior in this te-;t of battle. A DASHING ADVANCE. FORMIDABLE HILL GAINED. Received Aug. 25, 5.5 p.m. London. Aug. 24. A French communique says: Wc dashingly attack, d in the. morning between Avocourf and Mort Homme. Our troops went considerably beyond their objectives and carried the formidable Hill 30-1 at a single rush, also Bois Cammnrd, westward <>f the line- of fortifications northward of the hiil, and reached the south hank :'. Forges brook, between Rarc-onr' and Rethincourt, the average .depth of the advance being over two kilometres. A vigorous offensive east of the Isnes-, Rethincourt real enabled us to widen our positions lmrth of Mort Homme to a depth of a kilometre. A GERMAN REPORT. REVERSE ADMITTED. Received Aug. 20. 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. '25. A wheless German oflieial report states: EiiL'iish attacks astride the Ypres-Menin road prcsed us hack on the north fringe of Herenfhage wood. We surprised and captured the Guillemont farm, southward of Vend-' huilie. We completely repulsed a Frereh attack on a three kilometres front southward of St. Orient in. '.'here is increased fighting at Verdun. French attacks at Forges river and Hill 30i were unsuccessful. RESULT OP nUN INHUMANITY. London, August '£'.-. Twenty-two were killed and sixty wounded in the German air raid on a French hospital on Wednesday. Sir Doiurlas Haig reports: There is fierce, fighting southward of Lens. We hold the German trenches north-west-ward of the Green Grassier. The enemy's [losses were particularly hea"vy. The Porl oguese repulsed two raids north-west of La Bas.see. The German artillery is active north-, westward cf Ypres effective: French shell. ~ Paris, August 24. A French shell on the Verdun front, blew up a. German gas shell dump, asphyxiating three batteries. ENEMY DUMPS BOMBED. London, August '24. j The Admiralty reports that yestcrdav !mominj tfrc Naval Air Service dropped manv tors of bombs on the Middelkerko dump and thu Raversyde dump and an aerodrome. ' | ZEEBRIT'JGE BOMBARDED. Condon, August 24. The British bombardment hi Zeebruggo was. continued at intervals today.