OFFENSIVE CONTINUES.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1918, Page 2

OFFENSIVE CONTINUES.

GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESSES

AND 13,000 PRISONERS

ALLIES CLAIM ATTACK HELD

100,000 GERMAN CASUALTIES

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A LUES VIOLENT REPLY. WINDOWS RATTLE IN PARIS. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. LONDON, July 16. The “Morning Post” Paris correspondent states that the offensive* has not met with anything like the suoeess achieved the first day of the four predecessors. If the Germans relied on so element of surprise they were woefully disappointed. No sooner had they began an artillery preparation than the masses of Allied guns took up the challenge with such good effect that they have reason to hope tlirtt the Germans suffered much more from our counter-fire than our infantry did from theirs. The violence of the Allied reply, can he gauged from the fact that the sound of the guns was uovor before sc distinctly heard in Paris. The windows rattled in every part of- the city, j This had not happened during the tiiveo previous offensives when the guns were much nearer the city. SITUATION DISTINCTLY GOOD. LONDON, July 16. . The latest news states that the Crown Prince continues a heavy attack. ea6t of Rheims. The,French arc resisting valiantly in battle positions two miles behind the front lines. There is similar pressure west of Rlieims. Enemy penetration nowhere exceeds four miles. Everything indicates that-tho enemy I has organised the attack on a great scale. The troops engaged include a large proportion of Prince Ruppreehfs reserves. It is therefore regarded as improbable that the enemy will attempt a simultaneous attack on Amiens or Flanders. Thus far the whole situation is distinctly good. It. is too early to claim a definite /repulse. Gerald Campbell reports that there are no further enemy gains. Counter attacks slightly gained on the Marne.

The Gormans admit the severity of the resistance and claim thirteen thousand prisoners.

EXPECT ANYTHING. HUNS USING EXPLOSIVE BULLETS. NEW YORK. July Id. The Now York “Time’s*’ correspondent on the West Front states that the Huns are using explosive machinegun bullets.