WESTERN FRONT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17284, 27 September 1916, Page 7

WESTERN FRONT.

ROUND VERDUN.

GREAT CANNONADE AT THIAUMONT.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS. September 26. A French communique says:— We repulsed a German attack castward of the Vaux Ohapitre road.

There is intense artillery firing on tho Thiaumont sector.

German aircraft bombed Luoevillo. Wo bombed the village and railway station of Guiscaid, and &130 Thionville, the Rombach railway station at Audon-le-Roman-

GERMAN REPORTS.

(Received September 26, 5.50 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, September 25. A German communique says:— We repulsed strong French attacks ncr'tb-west of Souville.

THE ESSEN RAID.

SWISS REPORT FIRE IN WORK-

SHEDS,

(Reoeived September 26. 5.50 p.m.) BERNE. September 25.

The French raid on Essen was disastrous. Incendiary bombs set fire to Krupp's worksheds.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

(Received September 26, 5.50 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, September 20. A German communique says:—■ One child was a victim of tho aeroplane attack on Essen. Others wore wounded, but no important material damage was done. MUNITION SUPPLY.

FRANCE'S HUGE OUTPUT

CONSTANT SUPPLY GUARANTEED

" Tho Tiffiff.i" S«vic«

PARIS, Septembor 25.

M. Albert Thomas, Munitions Minister, states that it is necessary that measures should be taken to still further increase the output of munitions. "We must intensify tho winter output. My scheme is gigantic, and 800,000 women have already responded. Mountains of shells will arise." M. Pierro Dupoy, director of tho Technical Committee;, Mates that Britlin is now drawing level with France ■in formidable output. It is impossible to publish figures, but a constant increase of heavy artillery on all the Allied fronts is guaranteed.

NAVAL BOMBARDMENT.

BRITISH SHELLING FLANDERS

COAST

Router's Telegrams.

LONDON. September 25. A report from Flushing states that British monitors and destroyers are bombarding tho coast between Heyst and Zcebrugge.

GERMANS IN BELCIUM.

A SIGNIFICANT ORDER

Uy TelcßTftph—Prens Assofci&tion—CopyrightAMSTERDAM, September 25. The German Governor, von Bissing, has ordered tho wives and other fomalo relatives of German officers ami civil functionaries to leave Belgium by October 1.,