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Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1918, Page 5

THE LATEST CABLES

SITUATION RE-ESTABUSH-rtf ABLE. \|| Foch Awaiting His Opportunity^ British Holding Well. T || i? m : " r " Renter Service. '|| Received April 14,11.50 pan. / London, April Semi-official: The situation is not isJ|j capable of being re-established. Ths hesion of the British troops is in itow&ili destroyed, and the Allied supreme maud now knows what measures to in order to obviate all possibility of rapture. The course of the battle BhaisdttSl not arouse any lack of confidence, for,flii|i| rach gigantic* conflicts local flncfcuafcSdjjWfi hardly count. Only the last blow? aMS really important, and General Foch, sparing his men as long as w| awaiting his opportunity. Received April 14, miVmgU London, April 14' latest reports are favoptbtej'f They state that the offensive somewhat, and that the Rw'HJi aia ing well. ' ~~~ .'''S GERMAN OFFENSIVE* Cannot Last Beyond Fifth D||f|| IF iESEMY' HELD HE IS Australian Cable AtuwteHmw Received; April 14, IL6O pan. , London, ApWl IA,, i A The 'Daily Telegraph's Pif-is xlent states that the British Staff believe the Germans not last beyond the fifth day, and if the eenmv is hold he is beaten. 1 ' ' *"w A FRENCH ADVANCE. Germans Sanguinarily Defea^fi ACTmXlfi 0F EEEBCE '« ' ■ 'vll Received April 14,115 a pan. London, April 14 (L 36 »■ A French communique statds: IB^e,, has been reciprocal artillerying- north at i, '< Mcntdidier- The French, west of Idjgb 1 sigiy, attacked the woods north-wwl Orvillers and Sorel, on a front yards, and advanced several yards. • > rM German storm troops who ttfflfe' tacking in the Nbyon sector weie by our fire before reaching oar fines B&SCjS sanguinarily defeated. French aviators haw besn most during the fine weather on fte | front. Our chasing planqp Suyle. ijplfj trips and fought 120 comibats, 8 6MUS",- ,'jS planes being downed, while 23 ijMjl their lines damaged- Fire German tive balloons were destroyed. Otnsl4'!.| bombing planes, including Italian, ped forty-eight tons of projoSWMfc est is various stations, cantonments, and voys, several fixes and explosion* tfetngj m observed. i \]m STRUGGLE AT NEUVE Enemy Effected From Village*P OTHER ATTACKS KtoPULSED. , ; "1

SEVERE HOSTING 'AT HEIMEST,*;

Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Received April 14,11.30 p.m. t v -,|| London, April 13 {11.2$ p.m.)i Sir Douglas Haig reports: The result of last night's fighting in the neighbor- r ; ' hood of Neuve Egliae is that the enemy succeeded, after a prolonged struggle, in , forcing a way to the village, but attacks this morning drove him out. successfully repulsed a later attack, a number of other attacks at different points along the battle front northwards' '■'> l of the La Bassee Ganal. , s Three separate attacks made on our -ij line south-westward, westward northward of Merville were in each repulsed, after heavy fighting. ; We successfully drove back an tempted attack southward of Wo also beat off four attacks on positions south-eastward of Baiilfiul, < heavy casualties being inflicted on tha enemy. ' • ' This afternoon a hostile attack in' strength has developed, between Meteran ' and the Bacque river, south-westward of : Meteren and Wulverghem. Severe fight-. ing is proceeding on the whole of thlj front. i

On other parts of the British front the ' position is unchanged. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for a great concentration of our aeroplanes on the battlefront. Large numbers* of low-flyers are engaged in bombing and ■: machine-gunning the roads, which are packed with enemy troops. Thirty-six. tons of bombs were dropped, and over ; ' 110,000 rounds of ammunition fired. Other ; formations, flying at a greater height ■ engaged the enemy's aeroplanes, which nik are extremely active in this sector. Forty hostile aeroplanes were downed and twenty driven down uncontrollable, iioi addition to two downed by anti-aircraft guns, besides tluco hostile balloons being destroyed. Twelve of olirs are missing. There was incessant bombing all , i night, over 22 tons of bombs bei&g .•' : dropped on different targets, including !' Don and Douai, important railway juufe- , ii~ tions between Messicrca and Rheims, and-,1 '.j 1 the roads leading to the battlefroftt in' the Mirtborhood of Estoirtt, H : «■ '<•'