FRENCH TRENCHES TAKEN AT TWO POINTS

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17100, 24 February 1916, Page 7

FRENCH TRENCHES TAKEN AT TWO POINTS

SNOWSTORM INTERRUPTS GRIM STRUGGLE IN ARTOIS REGION. COLONIAL CONTINGENT AT SALONIKA. RUSSIANS LAND NEW FORCE IN ARMENIA TO ATTACK TREBIZOND. BLOCKADE MINISTRY PROMISED. THE.‘WESTERN FRONT. LONDON, February 28. —In the Bois do Givenchy the Germans penetrated 1* vouch trenches, and reached the supposingl line, but were ejected from these by a counter-attack, though they retained sections of the front-line trenches. A snowstorm has interrupted activities in Artois. Artillery activity is reported at points along the British line. On the Meuse the Germans, after repeated attacks, took French trenches in the Bois d’Haumout and in a salient north of Beaumont. They lost heavily. TREBIZOND THREATENED. PETROGRAD, February 22.—The Russians have landed a new force on the Black Sea coast, sixty miles east of Trebizond. The Turkish forces in Armenia are said to be retreating at the rae of twenty miles per day. COLONIALS AT SALONIKA. LONDON, February 22. —It is reported that a Colonial contingent has landed at Salonika, and that an Allied offensive is now possible. ITALY’S CAMPAIGN. ROME, February 23. —In the Sugana Valley, the Italians, after an offensive which started on February 9, have captured portions of heights dominating Borgo. THE BLOCKADE. LONDON, February 22.—1 n the House of Lords it was announced that the Government intends to appoint a Minister to take charge of the enforcement of the blockade. * THE WRECKED ZEPPELIN. LONDON, February 22.—-The Germans admit the loss of a Zeppelin. Details of the incident show that the bombs carried by the. airship burst when it touched earth. . All the crew were killed. A second Zeppelin saw the disaster and fled.