GERMAN ACTIVITY ON THE YSER

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 16 February 1918, Page 7

GERMAN ACTIVITY ON THE YSER

BRITISH TRENCHES VIOLENTLY BOMBARDED I ' THE AIR RAID INTO GERMANY Br Tekeraph-Prcfs Aesociation-Copjriehl . rf .4 fec states that,- in, spite .of the inud there is intattse^cman activity orutho \ ser. Tho enemy is violently bombarding the' trenches and vhe communications far to the rear, aMd'is imiluplying his aerial operations The -enemy lias constructed great concrete dykes, on the right bank of the aS ,u «• GERMAN SWASHBUCKLING ' ' ■ (Rec. February IG, 1.10 a.m.) " 'n,„ „v • , •'» .. , „ ... Rotterdam, February 14. lho Vossische Zeitungs .military critic, boasting, of the German strength on the> West front says :-"The German advance was stopped on e ( fe b J tho . l ' ssla ns' intervention, not by. France. Tho fearful events hlhllnn i U 1 i aJ 1 s j oi n B "'I 1 . °"'y prove a tremendous intermezzo oet-ween these! early events and the still greater events before us. The present situation raises tremendous confidence in German hearts This confidence concentrates upon the Hindenburg/line. Von Ludondorff asks:Assu 6 rneasure IIS strength with this army V }, ~Aus.-N.Z, Cable ACTIVITY ON THE BRITISH FRONT '.SUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY THE CANADIANS. e- r. . » •' • London, February 13, - g repots :—" T ho Canadians, who made a'successful raid bouth-east ot Hargicourt, killed many Germans above ground and took tliirw!i^ 1S ° nerS ;i° machlne -g» ns were destroyed;- Four trench ' mortars bombed seventeen dug-outs, whose occupants refused to surrender. Our thp U r^ S /° re g ' c 1! ld a 1!, tl'e-wtfunded were brought in. Last night the Canadians successfully raided Hill 70, north of Lens. They met with rmn n O PP O ?S° n > but took'six men prisoner" and captured one'machinefLiVi c , as H a ' tle . s we-light. There was local fighting in the morning noi lli-west of Passchendaele, where a party of attacking Germans occupied two posts. Our counter-attack regained- the,posts-.' The enemy's artillery is active, south and west of Lens, llie weather rendered flying' on-Tuesday almost impossible, but the observations enabled tlm artillery to engage a few ! , s ,"j le batteries. Y\ e bombed various targets behind the lines, and attackid the enemy s trenches with machine-guns. Yesterday's- raid on OtFenbure produced excel ent results. A ton and a quarter of bombs were dropped on the barracks, railway station, and railway workshops. There were several bursts m the vicinity of the barracks, and two fires broke out in. the town. All our machines returned. A British aeroplane made a successful reconnaissance or German aerodromes,"—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. SMART COUP ON THE FRENCH FRONT (Rec. February 15, 9.40 p.m.) ~, , . -, T , London, February 1-1. A I'rcnch official communique states:—•'ln the Champagne we made an extensive raid south-west of v l3utte de Mcsnil on a 120U yards front and penetrated the enemy's position as far a s riis third "line. Wo shattered his defences anel destroyed a number of dug-out.-,. The American batteries most ellecTjvely aided the raid. We have organised the captured positions I wenty-eight enemy aeroplanes were brought down between February 1 ami 10, ol which fourteen were entirely destroyed."--Aus.-N.Z. Cable As'sn.-Reu-tor. - AUSTRALIAN RAIDERS COMPLIMENTED. a- v, i it • i • t - , London, February 13. Sir Douglas Haig has issued an order congratulating the Australians on their successful raid west of Warneton on February 10."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-lleute'r. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. (Rec. February 15, 11.5 p.m.) n- • i London, February 14. A.wireless German official message states: "The Anglo-French troops continued their reconnaissances at many points, theso resulting in violent engagements northwards of Lens and in the Champagne region. The , French obtained a foothold in our salient southwards of Tahure."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. THE RELEASED PRISONERS FROM RUSSIA VALUE TO GERMANY GREATLY EXAGGERATED. (Rec. February 15, 11.5 p.m.) London, February 1-1. Brigadier-General Locker Lampson (who commanded the British armed motor-car detachment in Russia), in an interview, stated that tho value to Gormany of the prisoners released from Russia had been greatly exaggerated. They were really likely to prove dangerous, owing to their having" imbibed revolutionary views. The majority of the Czechs, Slovacs, and others were against the Central Powers, especially against Austria. During the latest fighting in which the British armoured car unit was engaged the Austrians surrendered wholesale. Some even volunteered to fight against the Austrians. —Reuter.