IN THE WEST

North Otago Times, Volume CII, Issue 13462, 5 January 1916, Page 5

IN THE WEST

DESULTORY FIGHTING IN PROGRESS. ARTILLERY ATTACKS PREDOMINATE. BERLIN, January X A German official message states Hint, troops attacked between La Basseo and Bethune' on a wide front. The occupants of one trench were buried by tho explosion of a inin?, some were shot, and others, fled.' (Official) PARIS, January _ .1. The bombardment by field artillery of the dunes region started on the first. Our guns blew up,two ammunition depots. The A i nline batteries dispersed the Germans on the front from. Avoncourt to Mniiiiii-rtiirl. . At lliiilmniiiiswirlorkopf, following a violent bombardment, we retired along a front of l!0fl metres south of ltclifelseu. The enemy did not nllempt. an infanlrv attack, , BERLIN, January -V A German official message slates that the French artillery shelled Lutterbaek, killing ft girl and wounding a woman and children.

THE SEPTEMBER FIGHTING. FRENCH GENERAL STAFF ACCOUNT. ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES, LONDON, January 3, The National Review publishes an account by the French General Staff of the battle in the Champagne district. The Germans, at tho beginning of September, had 70 battalions on the Champagne front. Anticipating an attack, they added 20 more; After the battle, they were compelled to send for 93 fresh battalions, "We regard 3.50,009 as an underestimate of tho German losses Germany has used her resources in men prodigally, but they are now extremely limited."