WESTERN FRONT.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1918, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

THE POSITION REVIEWED. NO CAUSE FOP. ANXIETY. ■ AN INGENIOUS LIE EXPOSED. . . Heuter Service. Received Feb. 7, 8-30 p.m. London, ?eb. 0. The High military authority, reviewing the position, says that although the Germans have never been so strong on the. West front, they are not yet numerically equal to the Anglo-French . The station need not cause sr&ve airyiety. We must be prepared) not Armed. The enemy is trying to create a belief nmong the Allies that England is full of troops. This is an ingenious li«, There nre over a million Ichaki men in' England, but England is the main base of the Empire for the war. The" million included all casualties, also those writing, and all organisations connected with the army, besides 100,000 men on leave, but the biggest total was the men in trailing. The total of British casualties in 1017 exceeded a v millionA VIOLENT ARTILLERY, SUEL Au?. and Nn. Cable Assoe. and Reuter. Received Ffeb. 7, 8.30 p.m. London, Feb. 6. A French communique states:' A violent artillery duel is proceeding at Bois des Fones. ACTIVITY ON CAMBRAI SECTOR I . EFFECTIVE RAIDING BY AEROPLANES. London, Feb. 9. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The enemy raided a post in the neighborhood of the Bapaume-Cambrai road. There was great hostile artillery activity southwards of Mareoing and northward of the Bapaume-Cambrai road. There was increased enemy activity north, ward of Lens and north-eastward of Ypres.

Our aeroplanes dropped over three tons of explosive? during the dav on various targets, including ammunition dumps and fired many thousands 01 machine' gunpounds. They dropped over 14 tons of bombs last night on a hostile"aerodrome south-eastward of Cambra! and ftlso on the Menin railway station. AMERICA'S FIRST OBJECTIVE. OPERATIONS SOUTH OF VERDUN. rri. tt -i. 3 Ottawa, Feb. 6. The United military corrosponfl«f* ■*?««»* «» American arrov's tot objective will be bending back the aerman salient south of Verdun.