BRITISH CAPTURE NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16035, 29 September 1915, Page 7

BRITISH CAPTURE NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS.

;.. FEEBLE ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS NORTH OF ARRAS. \> OFFENSIVE EAST OF LOOS STILL PROGRESSING. Wellington, September 28. The High Commissioner, cabling under date London, September h 27, forwards the following despatch from Sir John French:— " 4 " North-west of Hulluch we repulsed a number of counter-attacks inflicting heavy loss on the enemy. East of Loos our offensive is pro- * gressing. - Our captures now number 53 officers and 2800 men, 18 -- r < guns, and 32 machine-guns. The enemy abandoned a considerable _■ quantity of material, which has not yet been classified. ;fv' " All positions east of Souchez captured by us have been mainf , tained. " North of Arras the situation has not been modified. The enemy r are only counter-attacking feebly against the new positions we occupy. V 5: The prisoners in this region exceed 1500." Artois is an old province of France, which, ■with part of Picai il> i the - Y£-i* present department of Pas-de-Calais. Arras was its capital. * .-..in wells ' derive their name from this province. 4Ki'- ■■ ■ ii«

59 ADVANCE MAINTAINED EAST OF souchez. 111 ■' wSk fighting with bombs and aerial torpedoes. liiglfc'-- ' Smj., Paris, September 27. llfllS'? An official communique states that the allies maintained their positions in Artois and maintained the advance east of Souchez. ..enemy bombarded allied positions at Quenneviercs, and the allies vigorously