GERMANY DETERMINED AS EVER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 17

GERMANY DETERMINED AS EVER.

LONDON, June 24. King George inspected a number of motor ambulances presented to France by members of Lloyd's operative works behind the Verdun lines. Verdun is still the German General Staff's great gamble. Yesterday's attack was followed to day by a Council of War, the Kaiser, Crown Prince, and Generals Falkenhayn, Hindenberg, and others taking part. The Daily Mail describes the Kaiser as being depressed. He allowed himself to be persuaded by technical advisers to make another great attack at any cost. The French newspapers are optimistic regarding the ultimate result. BRITISH LINES. LONDON, June 24. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—For 20 minutes the Germans on Thursday night emitted gas over a small front south and west of Messines preparatory to an infantry attack. We exploded a mine at midnight at Haines and occupied the lip of the crater. There were isolated and unimportant artillery engagements throughout the day. We silenced a battery westwards of Lens. GERMAN COMMUNIQUES. LONDON, June 23. A German communique states: We frustrated an attempted British attack eastward of Ypres, and repulsed three assaults on our captured positions westward of Vanx Forfc. Airmen dropped bombs on Karlsruhe, Mulheim, and Treves. There were a number of civilian victims, but inconsiderable military damage was done. Our an; squadrons attacked military works at St. Pol and camps and dugouts westward and southward of Verdun. AMSTERDAM, June 24. A German communique states: An assault was made on the Thiaumont fortifications, headed by the 10th Bavarian Infantry Regiment and the Bavarian Infantry Guard Regiment. We captured the greater part of Fleury, and progressed southward of Vaux Fort. We took prisoners 60 officers and 2673 men. GERMAN COMMANDS. ROME, June 23. It is semi-oilicially stated that it is persistently rumoured in neutral countries that both Generals Falkenhayn and Conrad have been removed from their posts as Chiefs of the General Staff, and that also General Schach, the German commander at Verdun, has been retired.