WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1916, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

GERMAN THIRD LINE CARRIED. MAUREPAS CAPTU'RED. ( 1000 PRISONERS TAKEN. \ i - {Received August 13. 6.30 p.m. London, August 12. The High Commissioner states: Tonight's French official report states that the French, following on a preparatory bombardment, attacked and carried the German third line of trenches over a. front of a thousand metres, and entered Maurepas, capturing a thousand ungrounded prisoners. ._. r—. — _ . •. 1 «■ « GREAT STROKE. <. NEW LINES ESTABLISHED. „ . JNTPH-ATTACKS COLLAPSE. * - ,4 , , deceived August 13,11.30 p.m. ■Paris, August 13. '& communique states: Attacking the ' third German position on a G| kilometre front to the eastward of Haidecourt to iuscourt. On the Somme, our infantry took ftll the trenches and various strong-ly-organised works to a depth of six hundred to a thousand metres. We seized the southern portion of Maurepas. .together with the cemetery, and established new lines on the southern slope tof Hill 100, along the Maurepas-Clerey J VOftd and the ridge westward of Clerev. .The Counter-attack between Clerey and Qlavrepas collapsed. l£ NEW LINE ESTABLISHED. TRENCHES AND WOODS CAPTURED. eceived August 13, 5.5 p.m. • Paris, August 12. A communique states: We captured •everal trenches northward of the Somme and established a new line southward of Maurepas to Bern. We captured a strongly fortified quarry northward of Hem wood, also two woods. STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED. : Further progress at thiau•moot, j . deceived August 13, 5.5 p.m. , Paris, August 12. ■ X communique states: After violent bombardment the enemy attacked at Maisonette, but weie caught in our cur- , (tain of fire ans fell back. We progressed south of the Thiaumont work. Two enemy night attacks at fleuiy were completely repulsed. ' FUTILE ENEMY ATTACKS. HEAVY. LOSSES INFLICTED. , j Eeeeiyed August 13, 5.5 p.m. j London, August 12. I General Sir Douglas Haig reports that I file enemy made renewed "efforts to re- j tapture trenches north of l-ozieres, but j was repulsed with heavy losses, and did (Lot fierce oar positions anywhere. ANZACS' COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. GENERAL BIRDWOOD'S EULOGY. Received August 13, 5.5 p.m. London, August. 12. General Birdwood", writing to the Comtaisjioner for the Australian Comforts Fund, appreciating the work, add3:"Our hoys »re going through a lot of terribly lhard fighting during the last three weeks. They have done simply magnificently. No words cfin half express my feelings of their courage and determination at sticking it out. We not only captured Pozieres, but the much more difficult high ground above and beyond. I am sorry to say our casualties were inevitably heavy, not in taking the trenches, but in holding them afterwards, because it i- extremely difficult &o provide cover against heav} guns." ZEPPELIN SHEDS RAIDED. TWO AIRCRAFT MISSING. /' , Received August 13, 8.10 p.m/ ' ' London, August 12. Ueneral Sir Douglas Haig states that {the position is unchanged between the jAncre and the Somme. Aviators recently successfully raided the Zeppelin sheds at Brussels and railway sidings and stations at Mons, Namur, Busigny, and Courtrai; also the airship sheds at Namur. Out of 68 machines engaged on the raids two are gnusing. ' i"' •POWDER FACTORY BLOWN UP, iVORK OF FRENCH AVIATORS. Received August 13, 8.10 p.m. Paris, August 12. Sergeant-Major Baron dropped 3001b bf high explosives on a powder factory at Rottweil, which blew up, causing great damage. Several people were killed. This is the fourth time French avittors have bombed the factory. •RAILWAY STATIONS BOMBED. ~ Paris, August 11, ' 'A communique says that qfli air cquadron* bombed the Tailway station and barracks at Vouziers and the. railway station \