THE PAUSE IN THE ADVANCE

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 5

THE PAUSE IN THE ADVANCE

WAITING FOR THE ARTILLERY

(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

. LONDON, 13th April. Correspondents at British Headquarters state that snow and rainstorms continue, the "wind blowing sometimes at the rate of sixty miles per hour, but tthe infantry is eager and enthusiastic, and continuing its attacks, while the artillery is showing wonderful skill. The new conditions of field warfare are ■very different from shooting at fixed targets, where the range is accurately known. ' The momentary pause in the advance is' due to the fact that- the infantry ihas reached the limits of the area of devastation caused by the smaller guns. Sir Douglas Haig must have time to move up his artillery. The enemy still holds the fortified villages of Givenchy-en-Gohelle and Petit Vimy, which stop' our progress to Lens. The Germans have prepared a second line, running north and south of Queant (five miles east of Croisilles), supplementing the dSindenburg line.^ BRITISH INFANTRYMEN'S EXPLOIT . (Received April 14, 8.30 a.m.) ' PARIS, 13th April. La Journal recounts an exploit by twelve 'British infantrymen. They toenetrated the enemy's line on Monday night, and then dug in and slept until morning, when they discovered a German battery about fifty yards away. They bombed and bayonetted the artillerymen and seized the battery. ARRAS SAVED FROM RUIN . ■ ' , ■ ■' _ LONDON, 13th April. Mr. (Beach Thomas, describing the offensive, says: The enemy was fcrrnging up 17-inch howitzers to complete the rain of Arras, which was saved iby a week's margin.