GERMAN TRENCH AT YPRES MINED.
BRITISHERS MASTER THE OPPOSING SNIPERS. ENEMY'S ARTILLERY BECOMES MORE ACTIVE, WELLINGTON , , this day. The High Commissioner reports under date of London. March 0. 4.45 pjn.: Army casualties: Officers wounded 2, men killed 162, wounded 2D4, missing 10, prisoners 32, rejoined 6. Sir John French reports that the situation on our front is unchanged. The mastery over the enemy's , snipers, reported on March 1. in the neighbourhood of La Bassep, is maintained. Similar conditions have been produced in other portions of the front, notably in the region of Ypres. This result is primarily due to local individual initiative, materialiv assisting successful mining operations. On the night of March 5 a mine was exploded under a German trench soutb-cast of Ypres. several of the enemy being killed. The mine crater was temporarily occupied by our troops, and the enemy's trench on each side rendered useless. On several sectors of our front the enemy's artillery was more active than usual, but the effect was slight.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 10 March 1915, Page 5
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