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Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1918, Page 5

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BRINGING UP ARTILLERJffi. ■ ■. x ', AUSTRIAN'S OK THE,.WEST." Received August 14, 12.5 a.m. London, August 12$, An Austrian division 2ias been di». covered on the West front, but th.ua' ' far it has not been engaged, the .object of its presence probably being to demonstrate the solidity of the AustTo-Gc* man alliance and improve the morale-of the troops. It is premature to regard .lie psmso<<in the West front as closing the offensive Time is needed to bring up artillery ninft reorganise prior to a further push.' STIFF FiGHTJNC.< ■ GREATLY INCREASED-CE2tEllJi. ' : RESISTANCE. ' ■* ***-* ji . . _ ;q BMehred-anjfust 14, ■ London, August 12. v - Keuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on the evening of the 12th, says that stiff fighting was in progress to-day, the main feature of, which was the greatly increased enemy artillery and niacMiie-gunnery, prw» ing his rapid-swelling reinforcements, Our long-range 00-ooundere have-some of the bridges on the Somme under steady fire, so the enemy connnunicai tions must be difficult, sometimes dead-' [yIn the neighborhood of Hulteri, tM | ground was retaken by a counters • [attack, after we had-ibeen forced!'ittf-i&U back therefrom. . ROYE UNDER FIRE. ! ' ENEMY'S POSITION SHAKY, Received August 14, 12.5 a.m. London-, August 12. Reuter's correspondent at French, Headquarters, writing on the alter-.' noon of the 12th, says that the period of arrest of the development of the battle! ' continues. This morning some behind our front were heavily Bwnbarded by the enemy, hoping to disperse' ■, our troop concentrations. The pause 1 is caused by our gathering strength for a further pus 1 !*. "*• The new line probably taken by; General von Hutier's army is .one with , its left resting on Thiescourt Massif and. the Oise, at Noyon, which is sufficiently well placed for the defensive, except for 11 the threat of a further advance of the; British on the Amiens-Roye Road. The Allies are at Andechy, whidh; is only four miles away from Rove, wkith is already trader fire from the Allied, guns. The enemy's position on tlfijj" part of the line is anything but solidj ! A VIOLENT BATTLE. ENEMY VIGOROUSLY COUNTEV ATTACKING. LASSIGNY MASSIF. ABOUT TQ - \ FALL. f i_s Received' August 14, T2.& £fiL' I London, August JJl v » : A violent battle is proceeding betwa. j Bray and Villers Le Rov. An American division is hotly eni gaged in the Bray sector. - . The Germans are everywhere ly counter-attacking. ' i The French, are now practically on th* crest of the Lassigny Massif, firing into the German rear. It is anticipated that the massif, which is a heavily-wooded plateau, eight miles square, will fall to-* night. Its loss would involve a fiirtbetf retirement, menacing Noyon. The Allies captured Gury this morn* ing. We are now bringing up heavy, guns. The German artillery is ' also l comiiig up. '■ Twenty-nine German divisions haret already been identified. Unofficial Paris reports, also claim for* ty thousand prisoners and seven hundred guns.—Press Association. " THE. AUSTRALIANS' WORK.' | WIN-SIXTY SQUARE MILES,- i Received August 14, 1 a.m. London, August 12. It is estimated that the Australians over-ran sixty square miles since Thursi day, captured fifteen villages, eight thousand prisoners, and a. hundred aud twen- ' ty guns.