GERMANS COUNTER-ATTACK

Evening Star, Issue 16234, 2 October 1916, Page 3

GERMANS COUNTER-ATTACK

NORTH-EAST OF THIEPVAL,

QUIETER ELSEWHERE ON

SOMME.

Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

LONDON, September 30. A Lxerman communique states: After variable hard fighting between the Ancre and Courcelette, British attacks were repulsed.

Sir Douglas Haig reports: We have occupied 500 yds of trenches eastward of Les JUoeufs There has been heavv fighting found the Stuff Redoubt. We' captured an important section of Hessian Trench irom which we were forced out: but we recaptured it. We have beaten off enemv counterattnoks in the neighborhood of Stuff Redoubt and Hessian Trench. Yesterday's nghting m this sector was very severe A division of the New Army has' shown .-reat endurance and resolution. We have improved our position in the Thiepval area. ™iL L 7r on ' T«ntori.il baWlion made a successful ra,d south of Renville St Vaast, entering the trenches and taking prisoners. ""-"'4,

q:„ n tt • October 1 sliSfnv',? 0 ' 8 T T ri *i om line has wen L'4bba-e ICe so,lthwards of Eaucoart

. PARIS, September 30. cr ;Vw? ,n,q,, v tates: We made p«>b »' a ,grenade attack north of Ranconr„. Bad weather continues.

T>„™„ j-l , October 1. advance upon Courcelette the Canadians captured two trench mortars of a new and special type. PnmW ° tho 3 sand c °rpMs were found at S£ b a^a d,na,,y t h,,dbeendMdmC ™ A German document shows that k P tween July 16 and September 26 72 tl t teW in the defence of ComH': ] ° Ai] r '""mmit was when the gratv.lated ea.-h .".m-„;.'\,.':V: u " ,''''' . rnT "- ana ~,,, continued fighting harder than

JOFFRE CONGRATULATES HASG.

OUR ADVANTAGES.

SOUR GRAPES,

THE BELLIGERENT FORCES,

ON THE YSER.

General Tnff£°f D ° N ' t Se P te mber 30. General Joffre has sent a message to General Haig congratulating him upon tnt are a, sure guarantee of our Wl victory forces have nC b flV ' »d "oral torces June oeen already severely shaken. 1 '

GUNNERS' EXCELLENT CONDITIONS. HIGHER GROUND AND AIR COMMAND. The Ml ft , J jo2 i D 9\ September 30. fJriA W 0n tho An glo-Frcnch fronts afforded an opportunity for correspondent to give a generalL survey of the battle ♦i M r Ash mead-Bartlett, who is visit!,,* &£Sh* f » v ' 4ites ia the ±eiegraph : I le g,, ns on ] v ■* ♦ £??. eVBr S , eeai to diminish. «nereas the Germans have to save their ammunition. The French commanc o the air is so complete that it hnofLl necessary to conceal the gun. TheTC wan artillery is fightingV almost 0 ~l" blindness since they lost She At Peronne many high explosives fallTto of mud mme T t V p ,throWi " g "? »*i ox mini. u le Gentians arc renlvir» Kn S lo-rrS° & fronf 01 .^ 8 writes from the British trout He insists upon the importance „f a continuance of find .weather ££u« ents the aviators from obte/nL ™ VJ P m Other correspondents state thif . • trenches, which ir W» ™l • / oar!s a,ld battle would hav»c o -? rl r 8 ° f lhe lives ; bn? 'the Jeml a » cl seems to.have lost its s t3 st . aocc taken miles of trenches it I,avo «bly little cost. . ' lt Wcom P™ten- j

AMSTERDAM. October 1 „, ° Lobai Anzeiger’ claims tw +1 “tanks” were in~enfx>H * that t!lc ' pmecr years njro and tl - V ! , . nl . nia ' l <?n- ■ ™ b -,, feobl„ dSiWtfo!,. “ *"•’* - fcj

Eater's Telegrams.

. General an the 'Weekly Di f Waterloos wou'd hn f „: thai four in Picardv ttr , tv f d y swallowed up - aicixaj. Ji<. calcuates thn Ron nA? Germans axe striving t« IV SOO.OOu ndvanee towards totalling both S sb!$ b !u Snr P rised > 1,500,000 men and 10 000 ~LJ were the ,Somme batSe, 'nS 4^ S^d in thousands of! men caming" on services at the rear. " w 'hs:oiary

Reuters Telegrams.

A LONDON, October 1 "orks in the Heteores JSir? * &ent,an