THE BATTLE FRONTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 5

THE BATTLE FRONTS.

The: HigV Commissioner reports :r— ' LONDON; August. 17, 12.40 a.m. . [The -Erench officiaL lbportrsaysr--'On the Spmirie front,-, after 'violent ni\ preparation, our offensive' made important , gains. :, - ; North qp\. the Alaurepasi our. •; ti:oo]3Bi i^toivjiinction with the British, captured iienches/on a ftont of 150, metres, reaching;; certain points on tho GuillejQiont-Maurepas road. South of tlie iMain^epas," oii a > fr.on,t k pf two k'ilqmetre^.v and to a deptli <jf AQQ . metres. All; enemy positions east of the Ma'ure,a^e v occupied by onr in-;, fantry^v whiclii inljjcted 1 , large enemy lqss'es>, . SQuth(.of .the Somrne we carrieqwith. -a single.rush powerfullyi-prganised trersclies . oi ,a ; ". l«n^tti' of . 1200 metres, south .'of ,;Bellby •• En San terre. French, official: On the-'Somme the eneray i ' has- n^a-de ■ srio reaction. Tiidro is the 1 most.viql.erit, artilleryihg north ■of - Maurepas, al^q. at Belloy En . Santem^ } j* Gen«J^aU'.Sniut^---:aiid'.'- I^an. de Venter V forfces'are coriyergi_n,g " on ftßlossa. Baga-. mojq, a coast vtq>wn. has been occupied byi naval forces, And a guri vvs captured* »t Donne. ''. .■ Sir; Drniglai' Haig .report^ that, as the result/of the .fighting yesterday m con* juiictidiv'' with .v tho ' French /towards Jlaurepas, we forwarded the line westwards and south-west of Guillemont. Westwards, of -Highwopd wo captured 300 yards of trenches^ and made 300 .yards' advance oti the previous line. East of Mouquet Farm machine-guns riippediu the bud a German- .attack. • •