ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE OF SHELLS

Nelson Evening Mail, 14 May 1917, Page 5

ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE OF SHELLS

STATEMENT BY SIR WILLIAM '- -i ? - ! A ROBERTSON. \ : s t-.-:?' : I Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. May 14, 9.14 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. Sir William Robertson, speaking . at the Newspaper and Press Fund dinner, said : We have, expended in the past five or six weeks, 2C0.000 tons of ammunition in FrSnce alone, _ and conveyed thither- 50.000 tons of stone per week to *meiid roads. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.'-'' "■..:. ■;. . . : N.Z. Cable Association.) ( (Admiralty; per .Wireless Press.) ' . ■•, .- -. LONDON, May. t 42. lA German official message says: "The artillery has reached 1 the greatest violence on the'whole of the Arras ' fronts British advances at Fresnoy and Roeux, and,between Monchy and Cherisy'failed, "We" sanguinarily) repulsed an attempt t-o storm (Bullecourt by an encircling movement." ' ..■'...'

. -i. German official report says: "Dense masses .oi. English last night attacked' after strongest .artillery fire on both sid.es .of the Arras-Lens, Arras-Douai,' and Arras-Cambrai roa'ds, and succeeded in. penetrating, our lines at some ipoints. We, counter-attacking, threw hack, the enemy with heavy losses. The "fighting continues at \Rouex railway station. . Fresh fighting has developed' between AclieviHe and Queant."

': (Rec.May 14, 1.35 p.m.) ;. '[_. "LONDON, May 13. . .A.German'official message says : Great English attacks., from Lens to Queant, •between Gavrelle and the Scarpe astride the Arras- Cambrai ■ road, near Bullecourt, broke down. They only succeeded in forcing; ari entry to Roeux. Attacks on both sides, of Mouchy also broke down. The advantages the English gained -at r 'Buliecpurt rhave again been recovered".,' '. • , .';'/.;" :■ C IafiRMAN OOMMUNrQtTE.' _"'\ ;.',

(Rec. May 14, 12:30 p.m.) - IX>N,BOiN, May 13. A, German official message states that the British attacks at Bullecourt between Gavrelle and the Scarpe on both ; sides of the Arras^Cambr ( ai road failed %vith heavy losses " • ..