"ON TO CALAIS!"

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4900, 20 June 1918, Page 5

"ON TO CALAIS!"

GERMANY REVISES OBJECTIVES. LURE OF CHANNEL PORTS GRIM TASK SET RUPPRECHT. heaVy german losses RECENTLY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assoowtion „,r , TT PARIS, June 18. M Marcel Hu tin states: After instructing the Crown Prince to take Compeigne and then march on Paris, Hmdenburg is now planning for 1 ™ ce Rupphech t to take Calais. ' liio Ge’rman losses between Montdidier and' Noyon were not far short of eighty thousand. VICTORIOUS SAMMIES. ENEMY PUT TO FLIGHT. Australian and JLZ~Cable Association t 4.1 , - , "PARIS, June 18. In the defeat of the German attack on Xivray, cabled yesterday, the Americans gave a brilliant demonstration of their capabilities. The enemy shelled the first and rear lines with heavy artillery and launched six thousand storm troops on the position between Varoauxpool mid Seicheprey. At the beginning of tlin bombardment the Americans withdrew from Xivray to positions of resistance, leaving the enemy to nenetrate the village. They then attacked the Germans with machine guns and hand grenades, ’inflicting serious losses. I hey re-entered Xivray after violent hand-to-hand fighting, in which they displayed the greatest tenacity. The enemy ultimately fled.

THE BRITISH LINES.

RAIDS AND COUNTER-RAIDS

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Renter's Telegrams (Received June 19. 11.45 n.in.) LONDON, June 18, (1 p.m.). Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed a raid southeast of Villers Bretonneaux. We made successful raids southeast of Albert and in the neighborhood of Moyenneirllf?. Patrol encounters occurred .eastward of Nieppe Forest. Hostile artillery is more active soutward of Albert and is active westward of Serre.

FRENCH FRONT QUIET. SUCCESSFUL "LOCAL OPEE A-

TIONS. -

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association Reuter’s Telegramti. (Received June 19, 11.45 p.m.) LONDON, June 17. A French communique, issued at 4 p.m. states: We carried out successful local operations southward of Ambleny and east of Mont Gobert. There is patrol activity between the Ourcq and the Marne. The night was quiet elsewhere.

CALM DECEIVES NO ONE.

NEXT BLOW AWAITED 4 9

United Services. (Received June 20, 12.30 a.in.) PARIS, June 19

.Tile Figaro says the brief calm on tlie Oise will not deceive the French. Ludendorff is u'sing every moment to prepare another great attack. 51. Marcel Hutin believes that Hindenburg is planning that Rupprecht shall make an attempt to take Calais.

THE AMERIGAN CAMP.

REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENTS

United Services. (Received June 20. 12.30 a.m.) PARIS, June IS

The rapidity of developments in the American camps exceeds all anticipations. . The latest inspections disclose an extraordinary growth of munition, aeroplane, tank, and gun factoiies and powder magazines, hospitals and railways. _____