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Mataura Ensign, 21 June 1915, Page 4

THE WAR IN THE WEST. \• - • SQUEEZING THE GERMANS. A DESPAIRING EFFORT. FRENCH WIPE OUT THE ENEMY. Received•• Juuo vS-l, 9>U> m.m. ■ LONDON, Juno;'2o. Tho ‘Central Nows’ Dunkii'k c&\'respondent -.'VJ’iCfS, . .ftTlip , Erpneh. . . otlensi ve from : Lore tie’ to •Neuville-' - has squeezed 150,000 Germans 'in 1 o a front of 41miles, whore they'are; being saerificml. In a- despairing cl-, : fort ho save .the remnants of their defensive systems The .French hr- ’ . - ti fiery are wiping out. whole rank of the enemy, heavy artillery mo)'-, ; tars, grenades and aerial-torpedoes ■ being utilised in ah’ almost conliubous' bombardment, i followed 'by bayonet charges, when lively Germans are resisting;. ■ 1 ■ ■ . ' “ . " " : “A single mine • shaft ’had - 2aO ■ German defenders-* ■whereof 200. ; were wiped out ami the rest were, taken prisoner. “A stream; in Southez .village is;;' blocked with German dead. "The German heavy- artillery ; continues its bombardment-, -but the order to advance is proving costly. One slioll struck the village of Maiiequi, where IGO were : billeted. The shell killed 89 men. IN THE EASTERN THEATRE, GERMAN REGIMENT’S LOSSES. CAVALRY ATTACK. Received June 21, 9.10 a,in. PUTKOGRAD, .1 (1 no 2ft. . Official: The battle of Lnbackzow on Juno 15' included a brilliant 1 and , bold attack of cavalry upon infantry wherein the ,whole of'the 91st German Regiment/was annihilated and dispersed. The. at tack pm-, dneed a panic, and temporarily stopped the Gorman advance’. The enemy’s vanguards ’ attempted to break through, the, def jles, fat Grodek Lake, but were repulsed. > The fighting continues. Considerable' enemy , forces, crossed the Dniester below Lisachv, but all attempts to advance beyond. • the steep hanks on June 17. and 18 were repulsed. OBJECT OF LEMBERG ATTACK. ■ TO IMPRESS NEUTRAL XATIOXiS. Received June 21, 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Juno 20. The ‘Observer’s’ Petrograd , moriies:’ pendent states. "The object- 6f r , the Lemberg attack is to impress ’Ttoumania and .Bulgaria, the stall: regarding the position at- Gallipoli as stalemate,, neither side being able to uf»d more men ■within the space. The only 'danger is if Roumauia and Bulgaria iirteryene;’’ FIGHTING THE TURK. TRENCH WARFARE. OFFICERS’ KXPKII.IEXGES. . Received Jan© 21, 8.30 a.m. ‘ LONDON, June , 20. . An officer at the■ Dardanelles' in a ■letter of a recent date writes, "There has been a groat deal’of firing froth the trenches." -They arc most interestingly built and are mostly deep enough to Walk upright in withoxifc exposure. I wont round. with General.. Bifdtvood i commanding • the -Australasians) and Admiral Thursby otto day. . Tine Turks fired at us,, the' Jot never gofiling near, i\Ve,' sa.\v ; :,«,orne,, xn on»tal it, guh s„;, b oin g worked by : - tho .‘enemy. Jj-'hey- eaueht one of the -’Australianguns, ' a lair smack, killed an’ officer, .wounded seven in on and, killed 20 hobse-s and mules. "Subsequently wo sat on; tnjy of a lii.H where four days before it was higlilj", unsafe even W lie. On returning we delayed in ordqr to collect fircwdod and this.. ■undoubtedly saved our lives. Four shells .suddenly burst-JO yards away. We bolted into . a dugout iti a precious funk and- I felt like a tortoise on whose shell someone wins Lapping with ,a coal hammer.”