WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

BRITISH SUCCESSES. A STRONG POINT CAPTURED. Beceived Aug. 30, 5.5 p.m. London. Aug. 29. Sir Loagias Haig reports: We suecessWly raided north-east oi Gouzeaueourt Uid Boatfa-west of Hulluch. We captured ft strong point, whitth held out before our Wr line south-east of Loogexuarck. FIGHTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. A VIVID DESCRIPTION*. London, Aug. 23. British correspondents give vivid dekerivtiont of the attack on the St. JulienPociMpelle road in a driving rainstorm. The tasks wallowed in tie bojland. and hearily-ladfn infantry ploughed through mud. The attackers' task iu, to capture a aerie* of concrete strongholds, Meh held by a score of German machinegunners. Hie tanks in some cases got 30 yards and tired point-blauk until the strongholds surrendered. The Bight waa wild and ravage, making a tontmnance of th® fighting praeticaliy M Impossibility. ' GEBMAKS SHELL HOSPITAL. London, August 29. 8em»l additional instances are reported of Germans intentionally shelling hcdpilalt at the front and casualty •tetfons. A Melbourne dcctcr states: *2 Waa attending our boys when the Hum deliberately bkelled our station. Twwty shells d->pped in our camp within four hours. One fell yesterday Between two wards which we had oniy iJMßptied five minutes earlier."

i JBENCH CAPTURE PRISOXEES. . London, August 29. ' 4i French communique says:—Wc taken prisoner H7O unwounded fetal, inr hiding 37 officers, in the region pf Baanmont, since August 26. London. August 20. A wireless German official report aays:—We regained positions northflMtward of Frezenberg. 4 BELGIAN LADY ARRESTED. Amsterdam, August 29. |Hie Germans have arrested Madame Sttera, wife of the Director of Brussels P&iveriity, for espionage and forging >kauty cards. E DN THE SEA. THE VICTORIA CROSS. 3VON BY iDRIFTER SKIPPER. j London, Aug. 29. The Victoria Crow has been awanled to? Skipper Joseph Watt, of the Xaval fioem. He commanded the drifter (Swanles, which was attacked by Austrian light crniscr-i on June 22. When bailed at a hundred ranis .range lie wdcred fall speed, fought with his gun Wtfl disabled, escaped, ard removed the dead and wounded from the badiy damaged drifter. Many other officers have been honored •or their gallantly in the same cction. Squadron Commander Savory has bef-n awarded a bar to the D.S.O. for bombing tho Goeben at Constantinople on taufc CHRMACT AND ARGENTINA. London, Aug. 29. The German >iote to Argentina says Put owing to tho strong desire to reBain friendly to Argentina Germany agrees to modify the submarine blockade to tile extent of not) attacking Argentine •hips carrying only foodstuffs. The Argentine Government approve* IK the Note.