FRANCE AND BELGIUM

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 26 October 1916, Page 5

FRANCE AND BELGIUM

GAINS AT VERDUN

SUCCESSFUL FRENCH ATTACK

ENKSP LINES BURST IN

CONSIDERABLE CAPTURES MADE

JDOUAUMONT FORT AND lIAUDRO-

JMONT QUARRIES TAKEN

PARIS, Oct. '24.

A communique says: Attacking on a -'rieven kilometre front on the right' bank of the Meuse, we smashed the enemy's whole line for .a -depth of three kilo- > metres, cautured the Douaumont fort and v-illage^, ancUthe Haudromont quar'.iries. Three thousand prisoners knre al>ready been counted, including one hun- ■ «dred officers

LONDON, Oct. 24

General Sir Douglas Haig reports: 'There was heavy mutual shelling on Tuesday, southwards of Armentieres. A enemy party raided the -trenches eastward of' i»os, apparently for the of destroying the mine shafts, hut they were immediately ejected.

PARIS, Oct. 25. A communique says: Our troops, advancing beyond Thiaumont Work farm, .seized the quarries and established themselves along the Bras-Douaumont (road. Our line on the right of the fort passes northward of Caillette VV ood, .^nd follows the western fringe of Vaux village and the' eastern outskirts of Fumin Wood, continuing northward to 'drois Wood and Damloup battery. _1 he "material captured, has not yet teen Our losses, were slignt.

W,S.' LONDON, Oct. 24. AErench communique says that there is lively artillerying and aviation .work" ton the rest of the front. _ .