THE WESTERN FRONT.

Inangahua Times, 30 September 1915, Page 3

THE WESTERN FRONT.

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Kitchener's Army lakes

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Among the aftackers were many battalions of Kitchener's Army. All Saturday there was Heavy rsin, and the soldiers dug themselves into the trenches half filled with mud and water The rain ceased at nighifal and the moon shone bright above the battlefield. On Sunday, there was brilliant su ishine and a cloudless, blue sky. . In the field near the railway were fourteen hundred German prisoners, a great mass of slatej;rey men lying on the grass awaiting entrainment. I walked among them and studied the types. There was nothing of h.te in the eyes of tJhe fresh faced TomI mies, who stood on guard. The prisoners had a beaten exhausted look. Some were wounded in the arms and legs, but not seriously. I noticed the care of the prisoners for their wounded comrades

Cavalry's Important Part.

PARIS, Sept. 29.

Cavalry played an important part in the offensive in Champagne, and swept on the enemy like a hurricane after the infantry had cleared the first line..

Enthusiasm m the United States,

NEW YORK, September 29.

The enthusiasm at the Allies* offensive is reflected in the exceptional activity of the New York Stock Exchange. .

iTHEBATTLE OF CHAMPAGNE , Paris Sept 28. A number of French wounded from Champagne have arrived. They state that the infantry attack began era noon oh Saturday, During the previous .days the big French artillery made N aa appalling din day and night unceasingly. Our leaders on the stroke of twelve cried; "Forward!" , We shouted like men possessed, and were out of the trenches in a single

bound. I • ; Theresas hot work in front of us, where the lads in the first hoe were doing good They were -beyond the Basche trens cries when we doubled- to them; The whole atmosphere was -filled .vvith the noise, and tde terrific eruption offirederaoJ.alised/ihe;enemy. :> ■'■ I A • Landsturm captain stated that aWthe attack was expected, it came 'as :i; surprise?, r. ' Half his company was blown up by an explosion, . ' Another prisoner declared that the whore of jhis regiment was, captured, because a regiment- on their left was completely annihilated, t The mdst of the Allies'/ effort is. the complete co«ordins ationof the different services. I The Germans boast of their motor transport but ours is better. The whole business of moving up the troops and driving back the wounds ed proceeded without a moment's cons gestion. The Germans were stunned by the ferocity of the bombardment and its complete devastation of the trenches which were full of the German bodies everywhere: Huge craters were.formed by the collapse of subterranean defences uns dar high explosives. I French wounded describe how they charged the German gunners. We leapt upon them like a -pike snapping up a gudgeon. They were completely dazed and did not try to use their guns. One of our companies captured a batteryjwith twenty-seven gunners, whp raised their arms in despair. WhaJ troubles.us most were the pris Boners who,. clogged our coramunica*

tion trenches. The German counterattack in Arr gonnd is not likely to interfere with the French push in Champane. ' • The Crown ; Prince sustained a sera ious reverse and was hurled back four times with heavy loss, His desperate , efforts to break through to aid General von Unen and General von Heeringgen'are accounted < for by the fact that <-be French approa* ( ,ch an Ohallerince" junction threatens , to cut him off from the Vouzirs BRITISH SURPRISE THE GERMANS London September 29, Many seemed glad to be prisoners, and great batches captured at Loos said; "The English at Loos gave us a great surprise. The first we knew of the attacks was the British streaming into the trenches We were surrounded on three sides, and the position was hopeles, but we 1 fought to the last cartridge, i The officers spoke with profound admiration of the stoic charges of the t British infantry and their fine showing ' in the battle on Monday. Their intensity was concentrated ly« r ipg between La Bassee and Lens, with the French on the right, working from 5 the captured town of Souchez, f The weather was so bad that artils -1 !ery observations were difficult, I The British and German wounded