FURTHER ADVANCE AT SOUCHEZ.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13794, 15 June 1915, Page 5

FURTHER ADVANCE AT SOUCHEZ.

TRENCHES CAPTURED AT HEBTJTERNE.

HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES

(Keceivea uuue x-** v y.uw. Paris, June 14. "Official.—We carried by aseaiilt a strrngly fortified ridge northward of tho sugar refinery at Souchez, and held; the ground-notwithstanding an intense bombardment. ( We attacked German trenches adjoin-; ing the Serre—Mailly road, south-east oAlebuterne. Tho infantry in da>h carried three trenches, taKfng a hundred prisoners belonging to three regiments. The prisoners stated that the Gorman losses in the past few days were very heavy. A counter-attack was ■ annihilated as soon as the ranks were fcrined.

Our artillery caused a strong explosion at Puiscux, followed by fire and panic which our gunfire increased. Wo progressed southward of Quennevieres farm, at Sqissons, and then bombarded it with 120 shells.