WESTERN FRONT.
The Impending Battle. STREAM OF ENEMY DIVISIONS. REHEARSING OPEN WARFARE. [austbalian and n.z. cable ass’n.J (Received 13, 8.45 a.m.) London, Feb. 12. Mr Percival Phillips writes :—We are now getting clear, spring-like weather and the ground is drying steadily, yet our front is unnaturally calm. The ostentatious German idleness is intended to deceive us, but our aeroplanes see storm troops rehearsing open warfare, and it is impossible to conceal the stead stream of fresh divisions and new concentrations of heavy artillery behind the enemy lines. THE BRITISH DAILY DESPATCH (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASS’N.J London, Feb. 12.
Sir Douglas Haig reports : —The Australians made a successful raid south-east of Messines and inflicted heavy casualties. There was intermittent artillerving in the vicinity of Cambrai.
THE FRENCH LINES.
ENEMY ATTACK STOPPED.
[austealian and n.z. cable ass’n.J
(Received 13, 9.45 a.m.) London, Feb. 12.
A French communique states :—An attempted coup de main in the Jux’incourt region was stopped, by our fire. The Germans on the right bank of the. Meuse, after a furious bombardment, attacked our front at Caurieres Wood, but were repulsed, leaving dead after a lively fight. Artillery is active in Alsace.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 52, 13 February 1918, Page 5
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