MORE ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 7

MORE ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT

ENEMY ENDEAVOURING TO ASCERTAIN CHANGES IN BRITISH LINES FURTHER FRENCH ADVANCES (By Ttlegraph—Press Association—Copyright). The United Press correspondent at .Headquarters reports that' a. "eunsMnv day stimulated aerial and artillery warfare. On both sides aeroplanes are swarming in tho thunderous/ cloudy sky. The Germans are desperately endear curing to ascertain, the changes on the British front since the unspeakable weather ???■ numerous local fights. ;Tho enemy heavily shelled the lines north-east of Loos, in the region of tho Ypres-Comines Canal, and on the Lombaertzyde sector. The Canadians carried out a raid north-west of Lens The British mado a gas attack on the Germans along the sand dunes on the coa6t — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT. c n i it ■ ■ , „„„ i , , London, August 9. Sir Douglas Ha.ig reports-.—"Tho French advanced north ofßixsehoote Our fire drove off the enemy north of .Rocux."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. » (Roe. August 10, 5.20 p.m.) . o- -v . t, • l „„„ • ~, London, August 9. Sir jJouglas Haig reports:- Tliero is an artillery duel in the neighbourhood of lpres. Wo made successful raids in th'e neighbourhood of Lens"—Aus-N Z Cable Assn.-Reuler. , * REPORTS OF TERRIFIC GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS. , P ■ .;■ , , , , ~ ~ , Amsterdam, Augusts. Tei-nlic gunfire, Irom a. westerly direction, was heard on the frontier on Wednesday afternoon. There were three great explosions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPOR.T, (Rec. August 10, 5.20 p.m.) . -.' , ~ „. . , „„ London, August 9. &. wireless German official reports says:—"The artillery duel in Flanders is of the greatest intensity on the coasl, also from Bixscboote" to Hollebeke."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. CONTINUOUS PRESSURE ON THE ENEMY TO BE EXERTED WITH STAGGERING BLOWS AT INTERVALS. (Rec. August 10, 5.20 p.m.) ~ ' . London, August,9. M. I'ainleve, Minister of War, interviewed after the Allied Conference, said the British, the Americans, and the French combined would exert a continuous pressure on the enemy, with staggering blows at such intervals as the high commands through fit. Until aficr tho Russian troubled passed we must be calm and patient.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. CIVILIANS COMPELLED TO LEAVE ARMENTIERES KAISER REVIEWING AND HARANGUING TROOPS. Paris, August 10. The civilian population has been compelled to evacuale Armentieres. The enemy for some days has thrown a. multitude of small shells containing a. colourless liquid which evaporates slowly, producing a. heavy gas, which filters through passages and descends into cellars. Its effects are similar to the lachrymatory shells. The women are tho chief sufferers. The use of tobacco has been found to be an antidote. . . . M. Marcel Hutin, writing to the "hcho de Paris, says that the British storming troops made successful raids in-theNieuport and Lombaertzyde Tegion, securing useful information and prisoners. Tho Kaiser is reviewing and deluging Prince Rnpprecht's divisions with speeches. Dr. Michaelis has joined the Kaiser. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRENCH PROGRESS SOUTH OF LANGEMARCK AIR SQUADRONS BOMBARD ENEMY AVIATION GROUNDS (Rec. August 10, 8.40 p.m.) London, August 10. A French communique fays:—"We have made further progress south of Lan'gemarck. There is reciprocal artillery activity at the Pantheon, on Chevregnv Ridge, tho mountains in the region near Auberive, and on both banks of the Meuse. Our air squadrons bombarded the aviation grounds at t'olmar and Mulheim."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

ENEMY FORCES ON BOTH FRONTS ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR THE EAST. (Rcc. August 10, 5.5 p.m.) New York, An trust 9. The New York "World's" Paris correspondent learns from the Russian Mission to Paris that. Germany has SR divisions, 0 f „. totnl strength of 1.144.00 men, on the Rnsso-Rumanifin front, and 14S divisions, of a strength of 1.924,000 men, on tho West, front. The additional troops for tne East.front consist of 41 divisions of Aiisfrn-Hungarians, 4 Turkish divisions, and 4 Bulgarian divisions—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.