FURTHER CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH CAVALRY.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3041, 30 March 1917, Page 5

FURTHER CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH CAVALRY.

g THREE MORE VILLAGES FREED SHARP FIGHTING WEST OF CEOISILLES ; The High Commissioner reports :~< .-.'.'■'' ' «'■'■ . / ' 'V London, March' 2S, 10.35 pim. A Britisli report states:—"Following our success yesterday, pur cavalry captured during the afternoon the} villages of Villers, Faucon, and Saulcourt. Further north we established ourselves at two points on the Doig-mes-Lagnico'urt road, and after a short right to-day we gained'ground south and west of Croisilles, after meeting with strong opposition." FRESH PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH The High Commissioner reports :— , .;■',■ ) •'■' ' London, Mavoh 28j 2.45 p.m. ■ ■,;■.% French official report states:—"Northward, of the Ailetto, and also ■eastward of Leuilly and Neuville-sur-Margival, wo- 1 have made now progress." |:'';■'■■';■■/ GERMAN ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE '•.'STRONG FORCES FOLLOW .VIOLENTBOMBARDMENT, The High Commissioner reports:— | •.■.-',.■: Condon, March 28. ■ A"French official report states:—"ln Champagne, following on a violent" Bombardment of our positions west of Maison de Champagne, the Ger-i mans this morning launched a strong attaok, and gained a footing.in somo elements of our first line. _ AH attempts on Maison do Champagne were broken by..bnr!.firo, which inflicted sanguinary losses." VILE DESECRATION OF CEMETERIES . ' By Telegraph-Pros 'Aesociation-Copyrieht (Rec. March 29, 5,5 p.m.) . z -\-'.'-':'■■■■ ;",..- ; : : London, March'2B. Router's correspondent at French Headquarters . states:—-"The full atrociousriess.of the conduct of' the ; Germans iB how appearing. They not only broke open the vaults in the_ churchyards,' and used them for machinegun shields, but systematically pillaged,the graves for the zino and lead linings of the coffin's; and possibly ornaments and jewels. Cemeteries were torn up, coffins broken up) the remains of the dead, scattered about, and' rubbish and filth thrown into the graves. _ The Germans show an almost exag>gerated respect for their own dead. Their trim, gaudy cemeteries abound in pompous epitaphs, to fallen German heroes, characteristically inscribed .op tombstones stolen from neighbouring French cemeteries."—Renter. • "UTTER'BLAOKNESSvOF THE SOUR"

. . New York, March 28. ;v Mr.. Wythe Williams, the New York' "Times" correspondent at Paris,, and tlie first civilian to survey the whole ,300 square miles of reconquered territory, tablos:—"We looked into the utter blackness of the German soul. Past atrocities are trifling compared with this orgy of hatred and ft-ightful-ness: The wilful destruction is indescribable. I was impressed by the enormous-strength of the evacuated positions. The main concrete line seemed impregnable. It. was practically a ton-miles barrier with barbed wire in solid formation.... lam convinced that the inhabitants lived in bondage worse than that of a galley slave. American food was received, but rauenwas taken by the Germans for themselves. Old men, women, children,'and cripples were left near the charred remains of their houses; the young women and girls were herded with the retreating army for a slavery one does not dare to contemplate. A woman told me that her husband was shot, her two sons sent into bondage, and her three daughters carried off forcibly. This is a typical experience."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. " .

THOU ART THE MAN! - HINDENBTJKG ORDERED THE DEVASTATION.' London, March'2B. Mr. Philip Gibbs mentions that von Hindonburg visited Roisol on March' 10, and personally directed tlis retirement, and ordered the devastation of the abandoned country.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. * GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE INFLICTED LOSSES (Rec. March 29, 5.5 p.m.) Condon, March 28. 'A'German official report states:—"We havo counted one thousand dead Englishmen on" the battlefield between Eagincourt and Morohies since March 26. As evidence of the succesß of our plans, the French advance on the w<«si hanlc of the Oise, near La Fore, has collapsed, witli sanguinary losses. We captured trenches south of Ripout. and drore off French 1 detachments which had penetrated our lines north of Roims."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn.-Ren-ter.