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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15769, 9 December 1916, Page 10

WITH THE FRENCH.

(Received December Bth, 10 p.m.) LONDON. December €. A French mossago says:— "On the left bank of tho Meuso there was a livclv artillery Btrugglo in thd region of* Hill 304." RAID NEAR METZERAL. LONDON, December 7. A French communique states: — "There was nothing to report last night except a coup do main east of Metzeral, in which we took prisoners." A GERMAN CLAIM. LONDON, December 7. A German official communique claims tho capture of the summit of Hill 304, west of the Mciise. BRITAIN'S GROWING MIGHT. tAu»tra!lan and K.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December Bth. 11.45 p.m.) NEW YORK. December S. Mr Frederic Cjudort, who was recently at the front, says that after the war Britain will have the largest and "best equipped army in Europe. Next spring her output of munitions will be quadrupled. WINTE R H A RDS HI PS. LONDON, December S. Mr Philip Gibbs, who has returned to tho front after his rest, states: —"White mist and fog overhangs tho West front. The men look like ghosts, and aro having a hard time, without comfort, shelter, or rest, enduring the cold and the fouj conditions following the November rains. It is a sheer fight for life against natural hardships, and the inhumanity of the weather seemed more important to them than to fight tho enemy. The Canadians have hideous adventures at Coureclletto. the men bringing up supplies often falling into ice-coM water. Yet the recent fighting was carried on by unbeaten men. despite the surrounding morass and miserv."