WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

IMMENSE BATTLE PENDING. HINDENBURG POURING IN TROOPS. MAY ATTACK THROUGH SWITZERLAND, Received Nov. 21, 0 p.m. 'Paris, Nov. 20. Le Matin says that von Hindenburg is pouring troops from Austria westwards. Divisions of artillery are arriving in Flanders. When Hindenburg estimates that sufficient force is available for attack, no "scrap of paper" will deter him from attacking the French flank through Switzerland. France must find she cannot overlook the drain required to conduct the immense pending battle A GERMAN ATTACK. BROKEN BY THE FRENCU. Received Nov. 21, 8.50 p.m. London. Nov. 20. A French communique states: On the right bank of the Mouse, after an intense bombardment on the Bezonvaux— Chaume Wood front, the Germans attacked north of Chaume Wood, on a kilometre, front. The attack was broken, and it only reached our advanced line over a small area. Enemy detachments whicli obtained a footing were mostly driven out by an immediate counterattack. SATISFACTORY OPERATIONS. CONSIDERABLE MATERIAL CAPTURED. STORMY WEATHER HINDERS AIRCRAFT. Aus. and N.Z, Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Nov. 22, 1.20 a.m. London, Nov. 21. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Soon after daybreak we carried out a satisfactory series of operations between St. Quentin and the river Scarpo. We captured considerable material. The number of prisoners has not yet been counted. The weather has become stormy, rendering the action of aircraft, difficult. Hostile artillery is active, particularly in the neighborhood of Zonnebeke and Passchendaele. NAVAL EFFICIENCY. STATEMENT "Y GENERAL PERSHING. SUBMARINES DEFIED. TROOPS AND MATERIAL ARRIVE DAILY. Received Nov. 21, 7.30 p.m. Paris, Nov. 20. General Pershing has informed the war correspondents that owing to the efficiency of the protection of the British, French, and American navies, enemy submarines had failed to inflict a. single casualty among the Americans who had embarked for France. Troops and war material continue to arrive daily. * GERMANS ADMIT REVERSE. COUNTER MEASURES TAKEN. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Asoc. and Reuter. Received Nov. 22, 1.50 a.m. London, Nov. 21. A wireless German official report says: The English, attacking with strong forces, gained ground between the roads from Bapaume, Peronne and Cambrai. Our counter measures are in full swing. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAID. London, Nov. 20. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We made a successful raid eastward of Fampoux.