THE WESTERN FRONT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 866, 18 November 1916, Page 9

THE WESTERN FRONT.

HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS. ACTIVITY IX FLANDERS. .4. and X.Z. Cnbh Association and Rmtrr. LONDON'. November 17. Sir Douglas Ilaig reports:—The enemy bombarded our new front northward of the Ancre. Our artillery caused severe explosions. We bombarded the enemy's lines in the Souchez and Armenlieres areas. THE FRENCH SECTOR. GAINS AT SAILLISEL. A. and X.Z. Cable Association and Reu'er. LONDON, November 17. A French communique says:—The enemy parties which gained a footing north-east of Saillisel were ejected. Artillery lire is vigorous in the Ablaincourt region. GERMAN COMMENT. BRITISH TACTICS PRAISED. Renter's Telegrams. LONDON, November 10. The "Berliner Tageblatt," in commenting on the Ancre battle, admits that the British shrewdly economised their men, and showed that they were using them to the best advantage now. EXPLAINING THE DEFEAT. HUGE SUPPLY OF SHELLS. Australian and X.Z. Cable AssociationROTTERDAM, November Hi. The "Berliner Tageblatt,'" commenting upon the British advance on ihe Ancre, says that it followed upon a bombardment of 12 days' duration, with continually increasing intensity. The guns were fed with as much ammunition as they wanted. The paper admits that the attacks in the southern sector were stronger than the defence, and says: "The English are fresh and strong." The "Frankfurter Zeitung" says that the English gained merely a tactical success, which was unavoid-i able in such a long defensive battle. ! The "Kolnische Zeitung" states that the English employed with their whole fury, heaped up piles of materials and projectiles of the heaviest' calibre. With such a tremendous ex- j penditure of ammunition an off en-: sive could always be carried out after the levelling of the trenches. A SERIOUS WARNING. BRITAIN'S GROWING STRENGTH.. Rtitter's Ttleornmt. AMSTERDAM, November 17. Major Moraht, in the "Berliner] Tageblatt," states that recent events 1 on the western front must be regard-: ed as a serious warning for the fu- ! ture. Germany is in nowise blind! lo England's great technical achieve-' ments.