JOFFRE'S CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOMME ARMY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 5

JOFFRE'S CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOMME ARMY.

BLOWS FROM WHICH ENEMY WILL NOT READILY RECOVER GERMANS FEABFtTL OF AHOTHEB 810 BMW DC XXAKDERS. / ■ '. - ~~ •-■ ~-■ - - ■ .-, LOJTDOX, October 3. An order of the day hds been issued by General Joffre congratulating the Somme army. v "The army has dealt blows from which the enemy will find it hard to recover," the order states. "Verdun has been cleared; 25 Tillages hare been recovered, and 35,000 prisoners and 150 cannon have been captured." A communique states:—"We made progress by grenade fighting eastward of Bouchavesnes. "A small attack on our trenches southward' of "Vermandovilkra was repulsed. "Bad weather hae impeded our operations on the whole of the Sonuna front." ) The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph ,, states that the continuous bombardment is no longer confined to the Somme front. The enemy positions in Flanders have been subjected to gunfire, which has now been continued without interruption since Saturday.' The weetward horizon throughout the night is stabbed with the beams of searchlights along the Belgian coast, where the Germane are tensely expectant. The "Frankfort Gazette" warns its readers againet surprises in quiet places, especially when all eyes are directed to the centre of the heavy fighting. """■■ ■ .' '■' "I " ' ' ■" "■■ ■ *-■ ' -;'

repulsed.