WESTERN CAMPAIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16355, 3 October 1917, Page 7

WESTERN CAMPAIGN

\ AN AMERICAN' "GERMAN, V< \teriorattng; " ' "? ' I ' ' Australian and' N.Z.' Cable Aasn. "". ',Received 8.15 p.m./ Oct. 2nd ' '* ' * '' Oct. 1. ->' ~ .TheT United States second war statement'says tli at Germany is making desperate'onslaughts owing to her .fear "of the cutting of her line of communications Ostend and' Zeeb'rugga a V b,l, °H bat.tle on'fchepMenin. road 1 shows that"the Germans' fighrfrt ihg stamina, 'is deteriorating. . ' THE FRENGII f FRONT. <T E NEM^ 'ATTACKS FAIL. ' , (Australian and Cable Assn/. •_ amTßeuter.) - Received 5.30 p.m., Oct. 2nd. , ''-"-" V , i LONDON, 0ct.1.. French ."artillerying, prevails on both'banks of the Meuse, especially the, Meuse -and Bezojivaux. , After a lively bombardment in the sector of Forges the Germans attempt-' ed to reach our lines Our fir.e easily repulsed them. Another attempt on the_ right bank' of the" Meuse, also „ .' FRONT. \ I \•">, £ >v • i '~' -■ ~ \ '~>- ■» ~ 7 i f.' t POWERFUL; ENEMY ' ATT 4CKS ' REPULSED' WITH* BEAYS- LOSSES ' ''' ' 1 1 *""' . tj . , High Cable.'' ', - "i- *V- LO . ND PN/06t. 2. British -official.—This "morning^ j- the > enemy -advancing _ iiu three "waves made -a powerful a'ttaik £n>'frorit< of a> mil3 .against^our;ncw; positions* north-of the was driven b'nck ni disorder, with heavy, casuall 'lies. __ | s\" *■ > _,<-3he enemy' twice- renewed*-the attacks with* stronger forces, but was repulsed a*., all points" except in the south-east, 'corner of * the Polygon Wood, where ,he occupied' two of our advanced posts. -•[..' CAPTURES 'FORSEPTEMBER. ~ ' Sir Douglas' Haig reports':— We ,took -.52% prisoners in .September, includ-' ing 146 officers, and eleven f guns/in- . chiding three heavies,,fifty-seven ,trench T mortars, and 377 machine-guns. <