WEST FRONT.

Grey River Argus, 5 March 1918, Page 3

WEST FRONT.

GERMAN TACTICS CONDEMNED HINDENBURG'S PAOLOS GED TESTING. HIS DISREGARD OF HIS MEN'S LIVES. fcustralian and N. 2.1 Cable Assn., and Reuter. (Rec. March 4, ..7, p.m.) LONDON, March 3. \ United Press Headquarters correspondent went speeding up along the West Front with a raiding patrol. Activity has increased, and a dozen raids were made on this front in the ! past thirty-six hours. Some were) 1 important enough to be cawed attacks. Hindenburg will prolong the testing everywhere, losing heavily; but apparently he does not worry about the loss of fifty or sixty men if the remnant returns with one or two samples of British troops. . The Germans are imitating the .British; but they lack dash and cunning. For example, in a raid against the Australians in Flanders, 200 Germans including 9 officers, rehearsed many times against counter-part positions, awl yet left 21 dead on our wire, including the Commander without penetrating our line. BAD WEATHER IMPEDING OPERATIONS. ALLIES DEFENSIVE BATTLES. MAY REPLACE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. (Rec. March 4, 7 p.m.) LONDON, March 3. The "Daily Mail's", Paris corres?-j pondent says: If spasmodic operations are a prelude to the ferand attack, the enemy is badly served by the weather. Sleet and snow have fallen since Friday. Its continuance will prevent the manoeuvring of heavy artillery. Given fair conditions it is considered that the coming operations are likely to consist of uefeiisiive battles delivered by the Allies, as the German offensive. FEATURES OF THE HAiOS. INTENSITY OF ENEMY BARRAGES. PROMPTNESS AND VOLUME OF OUR 'ARTILLERY. GALLANT WORK OF PORTUGUESE. (Rec. March 4, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 4. A correspondent at the British. Headquarters states that between St. ' Quentin and Polygon Wood there were six enemy raids on Friday night, also two enemy attacks. I The particular features of the raids were the intensity of the enemy barrage, the promptitude and volume of our . artillery in response, the almost exclusive use of the rifle for the repulse, and the disinclination of picked German troops to press home the attack. I The biggest attack was against the Portuguese front of three thousand yards,, between the La Basse road and the Manquissart, wherein a whole enemy battalion assaulted after a whirlwind of bombardment. Fierce hand to hand fighting occurred ; but the dashing Portuguese counter attack caught the enemy still a grips in the trenches. ATTACKS ON AMERICANS. THEY INFLICT CONSIDERABLE LOSSES. THE AUTOMATIC PISTOL AS A WEAPON, (Rec. March 4, 3 p..m) PARIS, March 3. , The, Germans continue attacks on the Americans at Chemin des Dames and Toul. ~ i The Germans were repulsed with considerable losses. - " > A feature of the fighting is the American extensive use of, the auto- ' matic pistols with which they are most ' proficient. J

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