FRENCH AUTHORITIES SATISFIED.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5

FRENCH AUTHORITIES SATISFIED.

E^TIKE ALLIED FKGjKST AD-

V.ANCED

and N.Z. Cable Assentation

(Received: July 3, 1015. <i.m. );.,■ .. V""-:T.;"-Vr:'-: '■PARIS, JvW^-c * T^e "French military authorities are 'fully satisfied with tihe first re-sulis-of -the new; taetiosi They did not expect seiisationajl re?mlts, •n.K'tho Element of- surprise was,large%^wanting ' ■■"' .''- '.: •. '- ;■■-'' :'.' •. •' ■■■■ -' ■•"'■ •'■. I'he 'last half-hour's artillery -pre■paration .wras of unsurpassed iil^e«--sity. . :French arid British iiffantry attacks vjvere ihen, launched, trWli tfche, gi-eatest gallantry.. They captured ith© "-advanced defences an a ri hour and a-Mlf,and tho entire . Allied, front was ■ advanced '.tyro icilometres on 'a "front of forty kilometres lie Tore 'evening. - -'• / .' The 'British an 4, French looses wove ifimall compared with jthey German,' owing- io oareful preparation. Th» OBritish took -no chances. •.•:,,'WJi.e'w 'raiders' reported that, the wire -was; ■not veirt. and ; tJie trenchesv,undamaged iiliat sector was subjected to a fur-, iliher 'hombar'dment. . ■■■'■'''■ The new tactics aim at a steady' •and continuous hammering ,of the Tine -without uniiecessary , }oss of ATiiefl lives, until it. is possible to launch-a. generdl-attack.