WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. BRITISH CAPTURE'S FOR OCTOBER/ Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuteti* 'Received Nov. 3, 2.15 a.m. } London, Novj 8. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Hostile artillery has shown considerable activity eastward and northUfard of Ypres.| Our jnrtilfrry carried out B-edncontratcd'jlioTn-i.bardment on positions in the bnttlAwa, '. Our captures in Franc** during OAooer were !112,~> prisoners/ including 243 officers, 15 guns, 431 machinr-guns, aid 42 trench mortars. , v - T ——,—- ~; h

FRENCH CAPTURES.! SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. •' London, Nov, I. A French oomffiuniqhiv Reports: Our offensive between the 23rd and, 27th instant yielded 11,157 prisoners, i«clud{ng 237 officers and 180 guns: Between the Meuse and BezoWftUl! there is a fairly lively bombardment. Our* aeroplanes bombed railway Stations at Thionville. BcttembUry, stazili, Longueville, Woippy and Luxem* burg; all objectives were nit. ' London, lfy>v, 1. A French communique says! Wo raided the lines in various districts, inflicting serious losses. ENEMY CONCENTRATIONS DISPERSED.

Aus. and iS,JS, Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Oct, 2, 7.45 p.m. London, Nov. t t Sir DoUglft* tTrtig, reports: We dis« pcrsej concentrations in the neighbor* hood of Passchcudaele.