WESTERN ARMIES ACTIVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15964, 8 July 1915, Page 7

WESTERN ARMIES ACTIVE.

TRANSFER OF GERMAN TROOPS FIGHTING NORTH OF ARRAS. RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN POLAND STRONG ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. A new phase of the battle north of Arras has developed. The Germans are now making violent attacks on the French • positions in the region of Souchez. Despite repeated attacks by the enemy, the French retain possession of the town, though another message states that the Germans have pre vented them from occupying it. It is anticipated in Paris and Amsterdam that the Germans are abont to make another great effort to reach Calais. It is reported that they have strengthened defences in Alsace in order to release troops for Flanders. Immense German reinforcements are also expected from the eastern front. The British have captured 200 yds of German trenches north of Ypres, and also exploded and captured a German sap. Counter-attacks by the enemy were repulsed. The German offensive east of Krasnik, in South-east Poland, has been stopped by a blow delivered on their flank by the Russians. Two thousand Germans were made prisoners and 2000 were killed. Reports from Rome indicate that the Italians are pressing a strong offensive on the Isonzo front. South of Gorz they have advanced into the Carso (Karst) region beyond the river, where the Anstrians are assembled in strong force along successive lines of hills. This region, which is undermined by subterranean erosion, is described as a "land=sea," in which the rocks and mountains are as islands. Italian airships made a successful raid across the Isonzo, dropping bombs on an important station oo the railway between Gorz and Trieste. The Anstrians claim to have repulsed an attack by the third Italian army along the whole of their front from Gorz to the sea. Advices from the Dardanelles received at Athens state that von Sanders, the German general who is in command of the Turkish Army, has been wounded. A continuation of General Sir lan Hamilton's official despatch to the Government has been received, which describes the operations on Gallipoli up to the first week in May.