ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16282, 9 July 1917, Page 7

ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. FUftTBEH 'SUCCESSES GAINED... ■ 4 . / " ' - '- ' '. "m. ' ' , _ <* . s , ■ , , - ...-,. i... AEROPLANES OVER LONDON. r - _~ > "'•■ | EOUPRAIDEES BROUGHT DOWN. ~ ~ > -'%*■■' •' ' . ' >' •; Tfll PALESTINE CAMPAIGN. "'.--

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jJ-'.CEMmirrPOWEKS war minister on 'campaigns. british.offensive not done. Russian fighttng serious.

. and _N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received 5.5 p.m., July Bth. ' " LONDON, July 6; . Sir Douglas Haig reports:—There is artillery activity astride the Soarpe, and in the neighbourhood of Messines and Nieuport We slightly advanced our line eastward of Wytschaete. We repulsed a raid in the vicinity of Acheville. ■ ON THE FRENCH FRONT.. SALIENT REDUCED. French communique:—There is' a marked recrudescence of artillery actvity in some sectors. Operations in Champagne enabled us to reduce two small salients. The' enemy four times unsuccessfully attempted to recover his lost ground, and sustained serious losses. The artillery struggle was eoritinueu with the greatest keenness left of the Meuse. *■ LATER FRENCH REPORT. (Australian and Jv..Z Cable Assn. ' and Reuter.) LONDON, July 6. French communique.—-There is very active reciprocal artillerying in Cham-' pagne, notably at Casque Teton. Enemy attempts west of Mount Cornillet and south-east of Tahure were easily repulsed. Our artillery carried out a destructive fire against German organisations north and west of Hill 304 (west*of the Meuse)."

(Renter's Telegrams.) ' ■ Received 5.5 p.m., July Bth. AMSTERDAM, July 6:

In the Reichstag the War Minister said that the British presumably had planned greater actions north of Arras. He agreed that the French were ex hausted, but admitted that the Russian offensive was more energetic than had been expected. He declared that the abandonment of the Salonika enterprise was improbable.

Herr Zimmerman (Foreign Minister) stated that the nullification- of Brazil's neutrality % did not .mean a declaration of war.' •

.CHANCELLOR'S PEACE .TERMS

SUPPRESSED BY JUNKERS

Herr Wolfgang Heine, deputy of the Reichstag, in a speech at Cologne said that his recent conversations with J>r Hollwe'g enabled him to say that the Chancellor was prepared to conclude peace without indemnities or annexation in the west or east. Dr Hollweg's failure-to express himself publicly and definitely to this effect was not.due to lack of earnestness, but hecause holding the • Chancellorship compelled him to have regard for the privileges of people 'around him. •LrAHIS TO AMNESTY. Advices from Vienna state that Dr Kramarcz is not included in the amnesty, which excludes dimes- against the safety of the State.

FURTHER RETREAT FORESHADOWED.

HINDENBURG'S PRECAUTIONS.

Received 5.5 p.m., July Bth. AMSTERDAM, July 6.

A refugee from Os'tend who has reached Holland says that German officers openly confess that the British are likely to force the Germans to quit tho coast. Marshal von Hindenburg has already taken precautions to that end, and if compelled he is prepared to enter Holland and establish a naval base on. the Scheldt. Ostend was recently a veritable den of submarines, but as the result of British attacks r the naval workshops were completely destroyed, • and many Germans were killed, including eight inside .a lighthouse.

rDr Kramarcz was > Bohemia leader whoso trial and sentence, on a political charge, first drew attention to the Austrian methods of repression ■in Bohemia.]

EXTORTION IN BELGIUM.

Antwerp has been fined a hundred thousand marks for refusing to rebuild buildings damaged by the Germans. C The Mayor of Brussels, M. Boisfon. was deported to Dusseldorf for refusing to make requisitions. '

GERMAN REPORT. I* '"' ' * * 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. , and Reuter. Admiralty—Per Wireless Press. [ Received 11.40 p.m., July Bth. - LONDON, July 7. German official.—The French attacked from Mount Cornillet as far as Hochberg, south-eastward of NaiProy. The attack was repulsed. The enemy twice penetrated parts of .our first line trenches at Hochberg, but counter-attacks drove them out. There has been lively aerial activity and three enemy aeroplanes were brought down. j

SHADOW OF REFORM. '

BERNE, July 7. The Reichstag party leaders accepted Dr Hollweg's demand for the shelving of the Constitutional Committee's reform proposals, with the exception of a resolution whereby twenty-four constituencies, with a population exceeding 200,000, are allowed two deputies instead of one.. This insignificant reform will not be realisable this year, and is granted as a sop to agitators.' THE OTTOMAjFwAY. GREEKS TO BE "EXPELLED." ZURICH, July 7. Turkey considers that the Greek rupture creates a state of war, and has decided to expel Greeks from the Ottoman Empire and confiscate-their property.,