IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13327, 29 July 1915, Page 5

IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

ALT,TED AEROPLANES' CAPTURED, A GERMAN CLAIM. •' • ] : ■' AMSTERDAM/ Jnly. "7,. , 'A Oerman official;message saysi-MVe .compelled Reiidi aerpplhJips. .to, descend •jinriVwesT of Tnrc'oing,' arid- captured' a BritM aefoplWni?'lliitl'- fhe i iiear' 'Po^dlilU',' n -i-:-. : .gOMPARTSQN ; :ar:.ALI,TE]) . . SOLDIERS,. ■BRITISH INFANTRy UKEQIf A LLED.

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Mr Nadaildj a eof respondent' of • L'c Joru nn 1, ■'in f ervfewed pisoners,. many, of 'whom fouglit-.qn boHifrpnts, ■ They declaie ,t.hnt.'the killing. capacity of the British infanlry ; is iiiieqii'alleil, nnd'they therefore' must 'lie' regiii'de/rf na the best troops. : The-.'profcssioiriil.-j'cgiilars .encountered earlj: in;t,hej war'iVP.re'jnagnifieenl. . They njß\jer r . ; fir:o blindly, hut they aim n.s calmly, and cTea»lly as at a ritle range,'" 'Pieifeiim'eii"'excel in lianil-fo-hnnd always seek to bring about, but are apt to shoot 'lflglr. ' ThtV'ltnssfaim'riave ;the tel and most mifhwo'ifsTTcinvalry, who. light equally well "fiiftitttm mounted, ■ The staying, power ->'4t tlieir-'i horses, is unequalled, '. ,: ■'••>' f ' : >'i. k: .-,';■<. -^ MINOR SUCCESSES.REPORTED. . PItOQRKfiSJ^^E^O^ER . A. communique say,|:-7rj.n-,reprisal- for the bombardment of,Eurnfiss andy.Dim' kirk, we hnmbardedthe'fieim™ cantonments at. Wcsteiide and Middlekiikc. In the Yosges wc/Cxtcnded and solidated the ground captured on the i-rest of Lirigeko.pJVe.'ind occupied the pass between.,the ;Ligne:-,and the quarries, Three .eqiiiitin-attaeksv)vere repulsed'. . (■ :,;,•.,■ ,'..:)('! J;. ..;'.' ;.;•■; ■ .-.■■• v,;,,-„: ,i...; ..;, v ; . : GERMAN..GENERAL KILLED, Received Jiily',2B; fiiSO'-'frhi; >■'■"'- . PARIS.,JuIy 28. Prisoners rcpoiT'J lint 1 ''a.-siie.tl; killed General voir Zep^it 1 ; white!. h'tf' ;: was visitlnp tlift'lrhiifhe's ni'l^TVmtenelle. man ebmisipNEß's' v ; :;::R^ofii;:';;;. i: ;;.:;.,;, / NOTABLE ERENCH OTORy; IN ALSAGE.'. ;■ ■,; CRESTS ■ TiOMTNATI'Nfi > PRTNGrPA I VAfiJWWATTIJREIV ;,.;• ; ' The ''l Mli' i! On^missi : rtii'fli' re'poiTs!— ' ■■•}■ v v LtaJN,, ifiiiy.-as.' : ' Near Sou'eh'e'/, 'the i'anii'on'a.de' Is'more intense. ' ,; '' ,"•' ' a '''' . ■ ;

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