ATTEMPT AT GENERAL OFFENSIVE.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 86, 11 April 1916, Page 5

ATTEMPT AT GENERAL OFFENSIVE.

GERMANS OBTAIN NO RESULTS

A VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT.

(Received April 11. 9.4,1 a.m.) PART^, April 10

A cornminiqw.says.: The operations on the 9tli. marked the first great attempt at a senerWf offence on a front exceeding twenty kilometres.

The- Germans obtained no appreciable results, considering their losses, to which the bodies heaped in front of our lines bear witness.

There was a violent bombaj'cTment west of the Mouse throughout the night, especially on Hill 304. The. enemy's attack at Morthommo yesterciay was repuJsed with important losses, hut it enabled the Germans to penetrate our advanced trenches on Hill 290 for a length of 500 metres. There was a sharp struggle east oF the 3i!euse during the night in the little wood of Fontaine St. Martin. We progressed towards the eiwmy's comrrmnkatkni trenches soimi. of Douaamoht.

In the AYoevre tliere was -a houchardnicnt of villages at the foot of tlve Mense Heights. [The High ComvnissioneT sends a similar naasssage.!!