IN THE WEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1916, Page 5

IN THE WEST.

GERMANS CAPTURE TRENCHES. FIERCE FIGHTING NEAR YPRES. Received Feb. 16, 10 p.m, London, Feb. 10. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: **st night, after a heavy bombardment on.the whole front of the Ypres salient, ■south of Hooge, the enemy made several infantry attacks between the Comine* Canal and the Ypres-Comines railway, and broke into our front trenches for about six hundred yards. A heavy bomfcardment on both sides continues. Amsterdam, Feb. 16. A German, communique says: Southeast of Ypres, after abundant artillery, bomb, and mortar preparations we captured eight hundred metres of the English po3iticn, killing the majority of the defenders, capturing one officer and some doieji men. North-west of Rheims the Freich. attempted gas attacks' which WJed.

, RECAPTURED. feeceived Feb. 16, 5:5 p.m. Paris, Feb. 15. A communique says: We have recaptured ' a portion of the advanced trenches that we lost, near Tahure on the thirteenth.

MORE VISITING, BY: THE WILLIES. Received Feb. 16,10.5 p.m. Zurich, Feb. 16. The Kaiser and tne Crown Prince, with a numerous suite, are visiting Lower Al§ace, near the Swiss border.

IN FLANDERS, TflE NEW DRAFTS, London, Feb. 15. ■Reuters, correspondent at British headquarters says that a year ago drafts from Home were nearly anrays sens promptly to the trenches, because the enemy outnumbered us. Everywhere now we substantially outweigh them, and still new drafts come. We are now able to complete their training within scund of the war.

stretches in Flandora, for miles behind the lines, have been transformed into a vast Aldershot, where field exercises and manoeuvres are carried out tirelessly. The" front line, supports and reserves are only a pr.portion of our field armies, the remaining legions are always training and learning ooaiething new in warfare. It has been found t»at constant training is the best kind of rost from the trenches and billets, as nothing so preserves the fitness of the men,