FURTHER GAINS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 511, 29 September 1915, Page 7

FURTHER GAINS.

THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVE. ' /" ' ' . INCESSANT DELUGE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES , By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright. (Recbiv'ed September 29, 9.5 a.m.) PARIS, September 28. "Official: We have made further gains in the Artois region, and in Champagne, despite desperate eounter-attaeks.. The British and French, before Saturday's advance, pout'ed in an incessant deluge'of high fxplosives^ It is estimated that 1,000,000 shells jw.ere thrown. • "Times" and "Sydney Sim'' Services. .. 8 ; . ;ii ' .. . LONDON, September 28. "Le Petit Parisien" says ' Siiice .the 'lVlarne, iio such day has shone on our flag-" . . ' "Le Matin" states We. must not forget that the Germans have,put their trust, not in.first lines, which are mainly defended : by machine guns, but iii the defensive organisation of their second and third lines. Our first results have been gloriously achieved." ; The ' 1 New York Herald'' says:— The elan of the Allies was irresistible, but they shall have to find out what lies behind the first German trenches. The. Dutch papers assert that the Kaiser wrote in the most imperative terms to his generals in the west, stating that the successful issue of the war is dependent on events there. Any important successes obtained by the Allies would be considered as being due to culpable negligence on the part of the German commanders. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" has published the following, under the heading, ''First Storm Beaten Off":— "The enemy has not selected a favourable moment for his offensive, but gives proof of his grim determination. Our position in Russia is so brilliant. that we are able to send considerable armies from the east to the west, and we therefore regard these lew big battles with' equanimity."