EARLIER ACCOUNTS OF THE FIGHTING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 5

EARLIER ACCOUNTS OF THE FIGHTING.

VIGOROUS ATTACK NORTH OF ARRAS. FRONT LINE TRENCHES QUICKLY CAPTUTtEU. / PARIS. September 2&. A communique states that an air flotilla <irop|x-d 4n bomb* on the Sablon station, south of Metz. > *» * ''I^ Heavy French puna l>l.« up tn important munition* depot at Thelu». in the province of Artoin. The heavy bombardment continues on the western front. A later communique says:—"On the IWjfian coast cut b*ttories coorwrated with tlio Rritinh ilect in the bombardment <>' tlio Orinan ]kwi tiona at Westende and Jli.idlrkcrke. BnU»h trooj.i. (uccr&afullv attacked the enemy WMtward of 1.0.w ia feu miles southwest »f l-illei and Huliuch. A vigorous Anglo French attack northward of Arras t»»vr us » footing at wvernl points of the enemy lines, while in the Ctrampiffne district, after a new and very violent bomba , . lment of the trenchex. shelter*, blorkhouwa nnd battene*. our infantry fx-;;an an assault on the (n-rman linen between Suippe and th<» Aißne. The first of the enemy's position* wa» c>rcupie<l alung almost the whole front of the attack. I'rojjre** continue*." Sir .John French report* that during the paM three days hoatile artillery ha» been continually active on the Rritmh front. The Britiah elTeetivelv replietl to the lximbardment. There has been »ome mining activity, with unimportant results. Hritish aircraft yesterday carried out a successful raid on the i;erman communications at Valenciennes, IS miles north caat of Cambrai, hitting a train and cutting the line at several placca.