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THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
BRITISH SUCCESSES CONFIRMED.
700 PRISONERS TAKEN.
LONDON, May 12.
11
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
reports:--
FRENCH COMMUNIQUES.
PARIS, May 19:
A. communiqué states!, One artillery was active, especially to the sruth of St. Tuentin and on the plateau to the north of the Aisn and in Champagne. There was no infantry aution except a French ruïð at Berryan-Bae:
Further details of last night's attacks enfirm the success of the operations. There were muterus air fights on Considerable enemy forces were Friday in which seven German: aero- observed Lust evening massing for planes were destroyed and seven enter-attack in the neighbourhood of others felt badly damaged Balleenart. They were effectively dealt
LSON, May 13.
with by our artillery and their attack | A French communiqué, states that
was tot developerly
We attacked later and after fighting all night eatabished ourselves in Bolle cours village. Fighting contintes.
The enemy's attack' upin our new positions was scattered by our artillery. We captured, astride the Arras Cambrai road, twelve bundred yanis of rtench, including a strong cavalry" farm position.
We stormed last night. Rax cemetery and the chemical work, further to the north of that place, and continued to advanes today, carrying positions in this neighbourheed on a front of a mile aud a half.
We took 700 prisoners and a number of tranch mortars and machine guna
We destroyed yesterday, seven Ger man seroplanes and five were driven down, out of control. Fours of curs are
missing.
BRITISH PROGRESS:
| GALLANTRY OF AUSTRALIANS AT "BULLECOUET.
LósDos. May 19. Field-Marshal · Sir Doughts Haig reporta:-
There were patrol encounters lust night north-west of St. Quentin and north-east of Leverguier,
We advanced our posts at points, inflicting casualties.
certain
Fighting continues at Bullecout,
artillery and rifle fire broke up a violent enemy attack on the Crasane plateau, north of Rheims in the region of Maiori- de Champagne, with heavy losses. The French took prisoners.
LONDON, May,
"
14. A. French communiqué states; There is relative calm over the whole front.
We continuer our destructive bom- bardment of works and organisations of the enemy, who but feebly replied.
The Belgians brought down a German neroplane south of Hulst
LONDON, May 10.
An official German communique, transmitted by wireless states, that the British attacks at Bullecourt and he tween the Scarfe arid Gavrele, on both" sides of Arras Cambrai Road. faller with heavy losses.
ZEEBRUGGE HEAVILY
BOMBARDED.
FSHING, May 13. There was heavy firing and bomb explosions for some hours this mome ing, in the direction of Zeebrugge.
Reports from the frontier state,, that warships and aircraft attacked Zeebrugge from three o'clock natif. gight'a.m.
The bombardinent was prece dentedly heavy.
Losbus, May 14. The Admiralty announces that `a
We advanced our line slightly southportion of oir-Dover forces success-
of the Scarpe and improved our posifully curried out yesterday morning. tions on the slopes of Greenlural Hill, northward of the ver
We repulsed a counter-attack east of Reous ceraetery, taking 50 pri-
Roners.
Very
Zeebrugge,
heavy bombardment
The Naval air service co-operated. Over fifteen aerial combats were fought in which four of the enemy's LONDON, May 14
machines were destroyed and five- Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, re-driven down. Two of ours are miss ports:
ing. One of them landed in Holland and has been interned.
This morning we repulsed two counter-attacks upon our positions on the Hindenburg Line east of Bullecourt. The Australians for the past ten days have gallantly maintained these posi tions, repulsing at least twelve deter
mined counterattacks.,
We hold the greater part of Bullecourt. Wa. to-day established - opracives in
GERMAN REPORT.
A Berlin official report says: Enemy monitors shelled Zeebrugge on Saturday in a fog at long range." Little dairage was done and there
were no fatalities,
the western houses of Roeux and again THE MACEDONIAN FRONT. progremed on the western slopes of Greenland Hill
Wo destroyed six German aeroplanes and drove down five out of control. Six of ours are missing.
VIOLENT FIGHTING.
LONDON, May 12. A French official communiqué from Macedoniu states::
IMPORTANT SUCCESSES.
Today the enemy opposed violent Reuter's Correspondent at Head reaction to our attacks during which quarters says it has become apparent he zucceeded in regaining & footing that the fighting on the 11th and in some of the trenches we captured, 12th scored very gratifying and yesterday at Srkadelegen, but to the important successes and tactical east of this point the French troopa advantages.
brilliantly carried an enemy wok
A apart outflanking movement and took about 80 prisoners.. around the chemical factory near The Serbians are gaining ground Roeux non-plussed the enemy us to foot by loot. They have captur the whereabouts of our main sttuck,
and a large flight of our aeroplanes height 1,842, and continue to returning to the aerodrome espying gress at Doblopolje.
so attack swooped down and circled
·FRISONERS
TRANSFER TO PREIB
over them at the lowest altitude. BRITISH AND FRENCH OFFICER- until all their aminunition was spent In and around Bullecourt the situation is developing favouribly, The enemy to day hold 120 yards of Hench, south west of the village; which we have surrounded Small, parties
ave filtered. with very law
throughthe