THE WORD "VICTORY."

Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 25

THE WORD "VICTORY."

PARIS, September 28. The newspapers comment on the fact that the Censor permits the word “victory ” to be applied to the Champagne battle, this being the first occasion he has allowed it since the Marne. Several trains of prisoners taken by the British have arrived at Havre. They are all glad that their fighting is over. GOOD WORK BY CAVALRY. PARIS, September 29. Cavalry played an important part in the offensive in the Champagne region. They swept the enemy like a hurricane

after the infantry had cleared the first line. ADVANCING FOOT BY FOOT. GROUND REGAINED AT ARGONNE. PARIS, September 29. A communique states; We continue to gain ground foot by foot towards the crests at Souchez. The prisoners include men who have been brought back from the Russian front. Fresh progress has been made in the Champagne front, particularly north of Massignes, where 800 prisoners were captured. The enemy violently bombarded the trenches at Argonne, but did not attempt an infantry action. Grenade fighting enabled us to regain part of our firing line which the enemy has been holding since yesterday. DELUGE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES. PARIS, September 28. The British and French, before Saturday’s advance, poured in an incessant deluge of high explosives. It is estimated that a million shells were thrown. AIRMEN’S DARING FEATS. PARIS, September 29. After a train near Douai had been bombed, and the Germans had alighted and gathered round the wrecked carriages, an airman swooped within 500 feet, and dropped a bomb into the centre of the group. The most important feat of the airmen has been the burning of the new railway station at Valenciennes.