REPORT FROM THE ENEMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16824, 15 April 1918, Page 6

REPORT FROM THE ENEMY.

CAPTURE OF AEMENTIERES. MANY PRISONERS CLAIMED. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-R«utor. * LONDON, April 13. A German official wireless messago states: In the capture of Armentieres, the English garrison of 60 officers and 3000 men laid down- their arms after a brave iitahMtat. % f$M "ft s®» w& other booty. The total prisoners in the battle in the Armentieres am now juimbar 20,000, including an English general, and 200 guns. A French assault west of Moreuil broko down, leaving 300 prisoners ( who wero subsequently killed by the French artillery. On the battlefield of the Lys our attacks against the English divisions progressed. From the heights of Messines we pushed forward across Steenebecque and reached tho eastern border of Mulvarghem. We surrounded and captured Ploegstcert Wood and took the fortified height of Rossignol. Between tho railways leading from Armentieres to BRilleul and Mervillo we carried an attack forward as foe.as tho railway leading from Bailleul to Morris and the far-distern border of_Nieppo Wood. South of Merville we captured the Clarence River, took Locon by storm, and reached the La Basseo Canal northwest of Bethune. We took 400 prisonous on both sides of tho Luco Brook.