THE BATTLE FRONTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1916, Page 3

THE BATTLE FRONTS.

Tlie. High. Commissioner cables: — LONDON, March 31, 4.5 p.m. To the left of the Meuse there was a sanguinary combat yesterday, and in the course of the night between Mort Homme and the Meuse. Following up a violent bombardment lasting two days^ the enemy launched repeated concentric attacks on the trenches east of Mort Homme ahd Cumieres. Every, where the enemy was repulsed with important losses.

In the region south of Caurettes Wood the French front line trenches were com pletely levelled by' a bombardment, and were evacuated.

South, of Cumieres a German attack made on two sides of the village sue ceeded at first in throwing us back in the direction of the station at Chatancourt, but lively counter-attacks allowed us to oust' the enemy, up to the border of the village. Some parties of Germans, who glided along the Meuse, iaVoured by a fog, until they reached the upper end of Chattancourt station, were completely annihilated by our fire. On the right bank the artillery combat is intermittent.

In Haite, Alsace, the enemyj after intense artillery preparation, attacked our )>osition on a front of about 220 metres east of Seppois, taking a footing in some portions of our trenches, but were immediately thrown out by a counter-at-tack.