FRANCE & BELGIUM

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144709, 18 June 1915, Page 3

FRANCE & BELGIUM

DAMAGE AT KARLSRUHE, MUNITION FACTORY DESTROYED. LONDON, Lino 17. A neutral message from Karlsruhe says that fifty bombs were dropped, almost destroying tho palace, which was the headquarters of the local commander. Throe officers and two soldiers were killed, and over 200 elsewhere. COPENHAGEN, June 17. It is reported that in the Karlsruho raid a barracks and a munitions factory woro destroyed. A communique states, that nineteen woro killed and fourteen seriously wounded at Karlsruho. The population is embittered on account of this senseless procedure. BOMBS OK ZEPPELIN SHED. AMSTERDAM, June 17. Three English airmen dropped three bombs on a Zeppelin shed at Grondradi, south or (Jiiout. The damage done is not known. SOME SMALL GAINS. GERMAN EORCES INCREASED. HAVRE, Juno 17. A Belgian official report says; —We gained a footing on the western border of the grounds of a chateaus at Boine. On tho Dixmudc-Wounicn road the. enemy precipitately evacuated his trenches, abandoning his dead. ROTTERDAM, June 17. There was a severe engagement, after a heavy artillery action, on. the Essenpixmudo and Ramscapeilo-Disport front. Eresii German corps are still arriving. There was no engagement southward of Ypres. Heavy fighting is imminent. A great number of German wounded in the vicinity of Dixmude have been conveyed to Bruges. LONDON, June 17. Sir John French reports: Yesterday evening wo captured a mile of the first line of trenches east of Festubert, but failed to hold them during tho night against strong counter-attacks. We successfully attacked tho German position north of Hoogo early on Wednesday, and occupied tho first line of trenches on a front of a thousand yards, and also part of tho second lino. One hundred and fifty-seven prisoners were counted by noon. A German counterattack was repulsed with heavy loss. The Daily Mail’s Rotterdam correspondent says that German machineguns cheeked a spirited British advance near La Bassec. PARIS, June 17. Official.—Wo have gained ground at various points, notably east of Loretto and south-west of Souchez. Wo captured in tho labyrinth three hundred prisoners and machine-guns. At Quennevicre, after repulsing several counterattacks, we extended our gains northwestward and captured a hundred prisoners. The enemy threw three hundred shells on Ilheims, some incendiary. A dozen projectiles hit tho Cathedral. Wo made important progress along tile Vosges, and carried Brannkop, on tho northern bank of the Hautcjceh, taking three hundred prisoners, including four officers, many rifles and half a million cartridges. On Tuesday some bombs were dropped at St. Die, Belfort and Nancy. Some civilians were wounded. Tho French are equipping their infantry with light steel helmets resembling antique men in arms, and also head pieces. They offer some protection against spent shell fragments and bullets. • PROGRESS IN THE VOSGES. (Received Juno IS, 1*2.5 p.ra.) PARIS, June 17. A communique states;—‘‘Wo continued our progress in tho Vosges. We mastered tho heights dominating the Fccht, north of Steinbruck and Metzerai. We also progressed between tho two branches of tho upper Fecht and the heights between the Fecht and Lanch valleys. NEW MENACE TO ZEPPELINS. ALLEGED ALARM OF EXPERTS. (Received Juno IS, 9.0 a.m.) PARIS, June 17. A message received via Switzerland says that Count* Zeppelin’s technical assistants at Priedrichshafen are greatly perturbed at tho result of arnoford’s success in Belgium. Count Zeppelin has always represented tho danger of attack by aeroplane as negligible. His expert advisers now say that it will bo necessary cither to increase the buoyancy of Zeppelins by carrying fewer men and bombs or there will have to be a radical change in design.