BRITISH FRONT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12063, 18 July 1917, Page 2

BRITISH FRONT.

■ PROGRESS XORTH-EAST OF and K.Z. Cable Association and Router. ■ LONDON, July 16. Douglas Haig reports- Wr sucHKsfully raided easir. of Yermelles and advanced our line north-oast of HKessines. Hostile artillery lire incrcasHpd south of Lens and nt Uie nrighbourRbood of Armentieres. j Hfe NATAL AIR RAIDS. WW RAILWAYS BOMBED. »od N.Z. Cabla Association and Itouter. W LONDON. .Tilly 16. J The Admiralty reports :■— Naval aeroplanes last, night dropped several tons of bombs on the railways and works at Zeebrugge, railway junctions and sid- , ings at Ostend, sidings and dumps at j Middlekerke. railway junction at Thou- | rout, and motor transport convoys and i railway sidings at Lichtervelde. All • the machines returned. THE GERMAN TERSION. r '— , STRONG ARTILLERY FIRE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Router. LONDON. July 16. ■ A wireless German official messagejays:—The English thrice unsuccessfully attempted to recapture positions they lost at. Lombnertzyrle. There Mas strong artillery fire in the coast region .and also from the Yser to the Lys, and from the La Bassee Canal to the south bank of the Scarpe. \/ * " THE KING IN FRANCE. I ■ WAR INVENTIONS. ' Australian »nd N.Z. Cabl« Association. LONDON, July 16. Mr Philip Gibbs, in his description of the King's visit, says that his Majesty • was deeply interested in a demonstration of the latest German and British war inventions, including General von Arnim'a improved projector for shooting .flames a great distance, also projectiles which, on bursting, sent out oil in great waves of liquid fire, and a new form of smoke barrage, for concealing tlie movements of troops. These were used in the battle of MesFines with great success. The barrage was so dense that nothing could be seen through the smoke at three hundred yards distance. A demonstration by tho Tanks was full of exciteEat. The King aud tho Prince of les toured in one. BRITISH WEAPONS MORE POTENT. " Tho Times " Servicp. LONDON, July 16. The Times" Headquarters corresdent says that the King, after a tonstration of war inventions, spoke disgustedly of tho barbarism of the j enemy, which had compelled the British | |to .meet them with uncivilised weapons, [but the British were now much more !^»Unt.