CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11582, 24 May 1916, Page 5

CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

DUNKIRK RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN I OTHERS FALL IN ALSACE. I ! Paris, May 23, We brought down an enemy machine which was raiding Dunkirk. Two others were brought down in i Alsace.

i THE VERDUN FIGHTING. ! _________ | WHAT AN EYE-WITNESS SAW. I GERMANS IN SUCCESSIVE WAVES ! I THREE-QUARTERS OF ATTACKERS LOST.

i London, May 22. I The Daily Chronicle’s Paris cori respondent says: An eye-witness i states that Saturday’s lighting at ' Verdun was conducted at some points ’by seven waves and at others by ; eight successive waves from 60 to ! 130 yards apart. By the time a i Bavarian brigade had reached the ; French trenches through the curtain ■ of lire it had lost -10 per cent, of its : effectives and the survivors had to i face a rain of grenades and a terrible i line of French bayonets. The | brigade ultimately lost threeqnarters i of its strength. ! A GERMAN CLAIM. * Amsterdam, May 23. • A German communique says:—■ i South-west of Giveuchjq several ; lines of British positions on a length ; of 2188 metres were captured during ; the night. Counter-attacks were : repulsed. Eight officers, 220 men ' four machine guns and three trench j mortals were captured. The enemy ! suffered sanguinary losses.

■THE ENDLESS VERDUN BATTLE. I ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. : GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL DOHAUMONT FORT GETTING CLEARED. ; GERMANS USING FLAMES, i London, May 213, ; The High Commissioner reports:— The Verdnu battle continued with i extreme violence throughout the ; night on both banks of the Meuse, | On the right bank furious counter : attacks on our positions at Hill ilO-t | completely failed. I On the west of the Meuse, notably | on the west of Hill 004, the enemy’s I large employment of flame apparatus 1 permitted the enemy to penetrate ; one of our trenches, jbut a brilliant ; return of our troops compelled him ■! to evacuate the position occupied. On the east, despite intense artil- | icry preparation, the enemy’s attack j was broken by our lire before reaching our lines. On the right bank, in the sector of Thiaumont and Donaumont, lighting of a sanguinary nature continued by the enemy, who multiplied massed attacks in the course of the night. They suffered enormous Josses, but succeeded iu reoccupying the trench conquered by us north of Thiaumont farm. Notwithstanding we have maintained our position in the interior of Fort Donaumont, Despite a lively resistance wo continued to drive out the enemy, who now hold only a corner of the north-east fort. On the heights of the Meuse a coup de main by us at Chevaliers Wood was completely successful, i i