THE BATTLE FRONT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13697, 29 May 1915, Page 3

THE BATTLE FRONT.

FRENCH. MAKE, SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE. ! RUSSIANS REPEIT^ATTAOKS WITH ENORMOUS LOSSES. The High Commissioner cables : — ' V LONDON, May 27. North of Arras there 'were several hot actions to-day, with fresh successes, m the region of Angres two enemy coua-ter-attacks were repulsed. The Allies remain masters' of all positions captured. The German losses were again very heavy. East of Ablaut an cnergeti'attack by the Allies, who had previou.lv captured Carency and a great part vi Ablain, took the German trenches and the cemetery, wherein the enemy wer. strongly established. Four hundred prisoners, including many officers, wer. captured. . ' ■

LONDO-v, May 28. At Ablain and St. Nazaire the French pursued the offensive with complete success. They made themselves masters of the cemetery captured on Thursday, and a whole group of neighboring houses, notably the Presbytery, a. which the- enemy were strongly entrenched, afterwards taking by assault the German .reaches . , oh the road Ablain-Moulin-Halon, and m violent counter-atacks during the night they retained all the ground captured, simultaneously inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

At daybreak, m the direction of Souchez the French captured important German earthworks at Quatro Boukueteaux, where, after lively fighting', the enemy sustained a serious repulse. The High Commissioner reports; :—

' LONDON, May 28, 10.25 a.m. Petrograd reports that m the region of Shavli the Russians were successful on Tuesday and Wednesday. Progress was made south-west of the MuraviewoShavli line, and on the lower Dubissa, repulsing the enemy's offensive at Rossieny and capturing , several hundred prisoners, automobiles, " and , other trophies. Bobra, on the enemy's right on Tuesday, was bombarded with, heavy artillery. ■■'.'-.

In the region of-., the Ossowiec -the enemy attempted a fruitless offensive under cover of asphyxiating gas, east df Jedwabuo. .

In several sectors of the Narew front fighting is active with artillery and rifle, firing. ■• ' ' In the region of the Vistula and Bzura the Russian light infantry bayonetted sixty of the enemy m a successful skirmish Avith pickets. The survivors were made prisoners. In the direction of Opatow the enemy made barren attacks with great forces. In Galicia on luesday and, Tuesday night the enemy attacked on the whole front of the upper Vistula and left of the San, and were everywhere repulsed with great lops.

An intense and stubborn battle on both banks of the San between Przemysl and the Great Marshes of the Dneister continues.

In the region beyond the Dneister on Tuesday the enemy opened a determined offensive on the Avhole front of the great hiarches of the Dneister to Dolina.

On this and the following days the enemy suffered enormous losses, but nowhere were successful. '

The hostile element which pierced between the Russian "points d'Appui near Stryj Avere destroyed by fire. During counter-a tacks the Russians took many prisoners ; tho number is not known.