WORLD'S GREATEST FIGHTING ARRAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12085, 14 August 1917, Page 5

WORLD'S GREATEST FIGHTING ARRAY.

RANGERS LINE SHROUDED IN SHELL SIOKE. BRITISH DESTROY RAIDING AIRORAFT. ENEMY ACTIVITY ON MOAN COAST, THE WHOLE OF THE ALLIED LINE IN FLANDERS IS DESCRIBED AS SHROUDED IN SMOKE OF THE BRITISH AND GERMAN SHELLS. A MESSAGE REFERS TO THE STRUGGLE AS AN AWFUL CEASELESS CONTEST, BETWEEN ARTILLERY CONCENTRATIONS FAR OUTWEIGHING THOSE OF PREVIOUS BATTLES. AN ADMIRALTY REPORT DESCRIBES AERIAL FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ENGLISH COAST AND FLANDERS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF A HOSTILE AEROPLANE OF THE GOTHA TYPE. RETURNING FROM THE RAID ON ENGLAND. A GERMAN SEAPLANE WAS ALSO DESTROYED. A FRENCH COMMUNIQUE REPORTS HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGHTING NORTH OF THE AISNE AND A REPULSE OF A GERMAN ATTACK NEAR AILLES WITH HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES. AN AMERICAN TANK STEAMER HAS BEEN SUNK BY A SUBMARINE OFF THE FRENCH COAST. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE VESSEL'S CAPTAIN AND FOUR GUNNERS WERE CAPTURED, AN AMERICAN STEAMER HAS BEEN MINED OFF CAPETOWN WITH LOSS OF LIFE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.