THE WESTERN FRONT

Inangahua Times, 1 October 1915, Page 3

THE WESTERN FRONT

GERMAM COMMUNIQUE Berlin September 29 A communique states;— The enemy's attempts to break the line in the west continued with bitterness, A counterattack following the fruit* less English attack led to a recapturing of part of the territory north of Loos. Fierce English attacks from Loos broke down with heafry looses, We repulsed repeated stubborn French attacks at Souchez and Nens velle. All the enemy's attempts in Chams >agne wvse unsuccessful, Constantly advancing waves of French attackers nor:h"west of Louvain broke down before the inflexible resist lance of the Baden and West»phalian Regiments, The enemy's heavy losses during ofts repeated storming of the hills were vain, General yon Hindenburg's attack south*west of Dvinsk raached Swenten Lakes. Uur cavalry, after effectively supports ing General Eichkor quitted the region of Wiliczka. 1 THE CROWN PRINCE'S LATEST ATTACK 1 f GERMANS USE LIQUID FIREi , t j'\ 'I •Par's Sept. 29 3 ' A woiinded French officer, describs; ing the Crofrn Prince's latest attack in Argonne, declares that it'was the most furioifs'iri the war. There was a tremendous Bombards. ment whereto the French guns replied with little effect, The French parapets melted away, but the French did not flinch. <.

The German guns abruptly ceased and a new kind of liquid fire mixture of far and 'petrel was projected in the trenches, making therri almost unbear* able with heat but the trench stood their ground. - Suddenly the-German infantry looms ed up in the"intervals between the liqs uid fires, and we poured in streams of lead, bht the human wave slowly reachs 'ed our trenches. Bloody handstoshand fighting fol-i lowed in dense smoke, and we were obliged to.falMack, Qiar forward but lachrymatory 1 shells, mid although respirators were 'put oh-ttiese were of no avail, Nothing daunted they dashed thrbugh the vapour, holding their .breath, and with their eyes streaming 'they fell in serried masses on the Ger* who wavered and broke, - Our.artillery prevented the supports doming up, and. »hus ( a{ter ? twenty>.four hours' fighting .the - eneray ' retire dto trenches though they held ours here and there. ; < „ , ,