WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1918, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

AIR RAID ON GEHMAN TOWNS. BRITISH UET TO WORK. Au«. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Router. Received Jan. 10, ■n.o p.m. London, Jan. I.x Sir Douglas riaig reports: Aeroplanes carried out bombing and machine-gun-ning incessantly on Sunday. They diopped fourteen bombs on a large ammunition dump near Roulcrs, and on billots, hutments, and the railway junction. Tliey also made a most successful vaid on Germany in daylight, against the railway station and munition factories nt Karlsruhe and in the Rhine valley. They dropped one and a, quarter tons of explosives, with excellent results, bursts being observed, on buildings, sidings, and the main railway junction, and in the centre of tiie town on workshops and on ♦lie smaller junction at Karlsruhe.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPEECH COPIES DROPPED IN BELGIUM. Received Jan. 18, 5.5 p.. _ London, Jan. 1.5. Allied aeroplanes flew over large areas uf Belgium and dropped copies of President Wilson's speech, a thousand being picked up at Liege.

THE CAMBRBAI SET-BACK. HIGHER COMMAND NOT SURPRISED. Received Jan. 16, 10.15 p.m London, Jan. 15. Mr. Bonar Law, speaking in the House i»f Commons, stated that the War Cabinet's inquiry showed that the higher nommand was not surprised by the attack at Cambrai on November 30. It made adequate dispositions to meet the .itttack. Cabinet considers it detrimental to the public interest to publicly discuss the breakdowu, and is satisfied full measures will be taken to deal with a similar situation in future.

GERMAN DIVISIONS. REMOVED PROM ITALIAN TO FRENCH FRONT. Received Jan, 16, 11.3 C p.m Paris, Jan. 16. Marcel Hutin states ifc is confirmed that most of the German divisions on the Italian front have been transferred to the French front. ITALIAN PRISONERS. USED AS SLAVES IN FLANDERS. Received Jan. 16, 11.30 pm London, Jan. 15. The Germans am employing Italian prisoners on defensive works in Flanders, under harsh conditions and within artillery range.

STRONG RAID REPULSED.' \m. and N.2. Cable Assoc, and Route.. Received Jan. W, 8.45 p.m. London, Jan. 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed i strong raid north-eastward of Arinenlieres. We raided northward of Lens, 'lombed dugouts and took prisoners. ENEMY ASSEMBLAGES CAUGHT. London, Jan. 15. A French communique says there Is lively artillerying in the Champagne, on the right of the Meuse, especially north nf Bouinont, where our batteries caught enemy assemblages.