BRITISH RECOVER LOST TRENCHES ON HILL 60.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15912, 8 May 1915, Page 7

BRITISH RECOVER LOST TRENCHES ON HILL 60.

ENEMY'S USE OF ASPHYXIATING GAS NULLIFIED.

GROUND GAINED BY COUNTER-ATTACKS ON THE AISNE.

: Wellington, May 7. The High Commissioner reports under date London, May 6, as follows

"North of Ypres the allies easily repulsed a night attack debouching from Steenstraate. South of Ypres the. Germans attacked near Zwartelen the trenches near Hill 60, captured in April by ' the British. Their attack was very violent, and they again used asphyxiating gas, rendering them masters of the position. -The. British counter-attacked and recaptured the lost trenches. . .' ~'.';...'....!

" At Bois d'Ailly, on the Aisne, a pronounced counter-attack' by; the allies from Legerement progressed, . the allies retaking a fresh portion of the German position, where they gained a footing during

the morning. .:',..• ■.7 /...,• "In Alsace during the night the Germans counter-attacked• on Mamelon, east of Sillakerwassen, summit 'of which they re occupied.. The rest 6? our gains in the direction:-j of the, River . Focht were maintained and consolidated;" '.;■;' : .' •" 1, " J """" *'~~f--. . '.>j^-*'..'■*

'. The High Commissioner's ' cable is confirmed /by; a Press Association message

from Paris, in the following terms.— British counter-attack recovered^.a. portion of the lost trenches on Hill 60. Oar counter-attacks regained more ground •in the Bois d'Ailly." Sir John French reports ihai\fighting;i\tiJl;CC:ntiniaes near Hill 60. ■•• '•' ''•'•• - '/■-[.■■ •*°.-f '^rV^ GERM REPORTS xON RECENT FIGHTING;- : CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED FRENCH? PRISONERS. };v ' (Ecctfad May 7, 10.30 p.m.) f ■--:-. ■'.■"; •"■'•"."" /•' London, May v 7, Berlin official reports claim the capture of 2000 French and Several, guns at Bois d'Ailly. It is stated the French losses were severe. -V,'-::;