FRENCH DASH AND DARING LOSS AND RECAPTURE OF TRENCHES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 57, 9 March 1915, Page 7

FRENCH DASH AND DARING LOSS AND RECAPTURE OF TRENCHES

GERMAN CASUALTIES HEAVY (Received March 9, 9 a.m.) PARIS, Bth March. Details of the loss and recapture of the trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette show that the Germans blew up the foremost trenches with mines, and expelled the French from the second and third Tines by weight of numbers. The French artillery bombarded the Germans for several hours next day, enabling the infantry to retake the second and third lines. Then there was a lull till evening, when rain poured down. The French then charged irresistibly. There was a fearful struggle in the darkness, and an indescribable uproar as the French bayoneted the Germans, who bolted to their own lines. Daylight revealed nearly three thousand Germans dead on the field. The French losses totalled a thousand. IN ALSACE (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, Bth March. The Times correspondent in Alsace says that the French are masters of the situation in the valley of the Largue (or Lauch, in Southern Alsace) and the valley of St. Martin. The Germans are making Altkirch the pivot of their movements. The town is extensively fortified, entrenchments having been forcibly constructed by civilian labour / The Germans have received large reinforcements in the Munster Valley, including some Austrians and heavy guns, causing the French slightly to retire, and bringing the Germans uncomfortably near to the top of the pass. (Press Association.) A GERMAN BOAST AMSTERDAM, Bth March. A large force from the eastern front has arrived at Tournai. The Germans «it Bruges boast that this time they will reach Calais. COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED PARIS, Bth March. Official : — "We gained a footing in a strongly-fortified wood west of Perthes, and carried another trench north of Beausejour. We repulsed five counter-attacks at Hartmann's-Wielerkoff.V HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE The High Commissioner reports : — LONDON, Bth March, 1.20 p.m. The following message has been received from Paris: — " In the Champagne "region, west of Perthes, the French took ground strongly organised by the enemy. " The Allies gained ground or: ( a ridge north-east of Mesnil, and carried a new trench north of Beausejour. "In the Vosges they made progress on tho flanks at Reichackerkopf. Prisoners were taken. "At Hartmann's-Wielerkoff the Allies repulsed five counter-attacks.". ENEMY DRIVEN BACK (Received March 9, 9.40 a.m.) PARIS, Bth March. A communique states: — "We captured trenches north-west of Souain. The Germans who regained a footing on the hill-top west of Munster were driven back, after a hand-to-hand fight, with extremely heavy losses." HEAVY GUN-FIRE HEARD (Received March 9, 10.10 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Bth March. Heavy gun fire was heard at Roulers, coming from the direction of Ypres. Many trains of wounded have arrived at Roulers.