THE BATTLE FRONTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14052, 24 July 1916, Page 4

THE BATTLE FRONTS.

Tl\« H\«h Commissioner reports:— .*: LONDON, .July 22, 1,10 a.m. British Headquarters reports that, except for' local'- encounters, there .was a lull m the main battle area on Friday. There is no - change m the situation since last* report. . . -. , The enemy attacked with botiibs on the north edge of our position, and Leipzig, salient was entered at one point of ; our. front trenches, . but the. eriemy was .driven out. .'.:.'.'• TK Royal Flying Corps successfully bombed several' points of military . importance. •/■■•. —. -... Hostile 'aircraft were inactive until this evening, when there was much fighting behind 'the -• German- lines. . One' -of our offensive patrols encountered eleven , German machines, three of which were brought down, one m flames. Aj,i. "en'Co^niter .between, four of- our machines aiid six^ of "the' enemy, lasted forty: five lJ *mmn ! tcs. ' One Fokker. was brought dotal, "ftbother was badly damaged,' and the 4^aiiidev; /' relinquished the fight. & 'fifth German aeroplane was brought down; Ji>;is.;,now establiehed that the enemy's assault 'm Deleville Wood area, on a froriW.qf two thousand yards, on July 18;-- was made by grille thirteen, battalions, drawn from four divisions. Tlie enemy's losses were correspondingly great. LONDON, July 22, 8.25 a.m. ■Sir Douglas Haig reports that for the pasf? twelve -hours there has been great artillery activity on. both sides along theT3ritish front and support trendies. Several ■ places were heavily bombard-edi-vith "gas- and sweeping shells* . The French official report states tbj,t between the Oise and the Aisne a strong openly reconnaissance 'was • dispersed iv the -region of Mouliu-Houst-Ouvet. - ... At J&qlny.tfi, iii. the Argonne, we exploded- a mine successfully. At- La- Filie Morte a coup-de-main by the enemy on our small posts' was heavily repulsed. On the right bank of tbe Meuse, m the Fleury and Fumin Wood sectors, tliiere was a violent bombardment. An enemy attack south of Damlonp failed, under our curtain fire. In the Vosgtes, after a lively bombardment, the Germans attacked, at 11 o'clock yesterday evening, our positions northwest of Saint Die, but were repulsed with heayy 'losses. Yesterday our aeroplanes thrice bombarded the station at Metz Ablons, dropping 115 shells of heavy calibre, and doing considerable damage. A German machine, which pursued one of ours, was compelled to descend.