WESTERN CAMPAIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16952, 3 September 1915, Page 7

WESTERN CAMPAIGN.

FIGHTING IN THE VOSGES.

CERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED.

By Telegraph.—Pre« Association.—Copyright. LONDON, September 1. §

The High Commissioner reports:—

In the Vosges, after a bombardment by asphyxiating gas shells, the enemy last night launched' a. violent attack against the French trenches at Lingekopf and Schr&tzmanelle. The French maintained their position*. , In the middle of the night a new German attack was equally repulsed.

IN THE ARGONNE. GERMAN LINES HEAVILY SHELLED. " ' } .: ; fv PARIS, September I. French official reports continue tc record violent cannonading, especially iu tho Argonno,. indicating a continue ous efiectivo bombardment of the Ger man trenches, shelters and canton j ments.