THE GREAT BATTLE.
SECOND PHASE.
ENEMY'S PROGRESS ARRESTED.
(Reuter's Service to the China Maik)
BRITISH OFFICIAL
REPORTS.
YERY SEVERE FIGHTING.
FURTHER HEAVY ENEMY
CASUALTIES.
Lospos, April 3. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:--
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Foxnox, April 8. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig, reporting on aviation, says :— ·
The rain and mist yesterday inter feres with operations.
We brought down 7 German
The activity of the enemy's urtil-machines, lery and trench torturs increased
One of ours is missing. Two of our missing. have returned.
thie inorning northwand of the machines, which were previously Somme, followed by strong infantry attacks between the Somine and the „neighbourhood of Buequoy.
The latest reports show that the -enemy scored practically no sticeras anywhere, the result being further heavy enemy casualties,
We successfully attacked on the same front in the neighbourhood of! Hebutere, taking 200 prisoners and empturing a few machine-guns,
The energy did not attack to-day the British Front south of the Somme.
It is cenfinned that extendy's dubling was of a very severe and) very persistent natui, the enemy repentelly saniting our positions enstward of Villers Brettoneus.
DESPERATE ASSAULTS ON THE BRITISH.
FOR GAINS NO ADVANTAGE.
LONDON, April 3.
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A War Office communiqué states: The Germans, since lawn, have! delivered heavy attacks north and south of Dernancourt, south-west of Albert; and in the region of Moyen- neville.
The Germans obtained a foothold in our defences Dernancourt and south-west of Albert Our counter- attack restore! the situation ut Allveert.
The enemy beavily shelled our line In the region of Mesnil and Benuntout Hamel. There was some infantry fighting eur Mesnil, where the
nemy did not gain any advantage.
We repulsed un attack on Möyen- Beville.
We attacked south-eastward of Gamecourt, taking 120 prisoners. The situation is quiet on British front southward of Soute.
We dropped 22 heavy bombs at (mid-day-to-day on the railway sta- tion of Luxenbing. Many burst on the builway and a large fire was started, despite considerable anti-air- craft gunfire.
All our machinte returned.
FRENCH AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY.
Paris, April 5,
In the recent French air-rails on
the Karlsruhe railway station, which was badly damaged, # were killed and 100 wounded at Trovės.
Anition factory was blown up at Metz and Sublons and 8 locomo tives were damaged,
A munition train was blown up, also a pasometer.
A number of wagons with muni- tions were set on fire and explored. killing 50.
THE IRISH CONVENTION.
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LONDON, April 5. The Fress Bureau states the Irish Convention has adopted the Chairman's draft report.
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A wireless German official report.
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Attacking yesterday south of the Somune and on both sides of Moreuil, we threw out the enemy from strong positions and broke up the British
and French Reserves.
Starting an attack, we took Humel and the wooded districts north-east
and south-east of Villers Bretton- neus, also the Castle, and Mahilly on the west bank of the Avre.
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There was reciprocal and violent artillery activity between Lassigny and Noyon.
We gained ground this afternoon
north cf Montrenaud.
Twenty-three tons of bombs were dropped on enemy cantonments and Frailway stations. Fires were observed at the stations of Laon and St.
Quentin.
General Voa Hutier between the · Five enemy 21st and 20th Alarch took 51,218 brought down. prisoners and captured 720 guns.
The booty up-to-date is 90,000 prisoners and over 1,800 guns.
We have enptured Jekaterinoslav.
LONDON, April 6.
A wireless German official report | Ntates.
Strong French counter-attacks on the west bank of the Avre failed. AMIENS THE ENEMY'S OBJECTIVE.
GERMANS TO CONCENTRATE ATTACKS IN THIS REGION.
LosDo's, April 6.
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Panra, April 6.
A semi-official report states:-- The majority of the fresh Ger. an Divisions appear to have not been drawn from the Reserves, but from troops from the other sectors indicating that the German General Stuff is now economising ite men.
The French and British in aviation have definitively obtained the mastery of the air on the Somme
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It is worth noting that the open-battlefield. Sing of the second phase of the Ger
nan offensive differ markedly from the opening of tho first. It was 'a waying struggle, testifying to the increased firmness of the Allied Koc, but the intensity of the struggle is expected to increase as it is now okur that Germany reguide this as the decisive bottle of the war, and the Yenewal of the German attack by the shortest rond to Amiens: "Indientes that the enemy has an intention to upture the city, from where they are row only eight miles distant at offe pont, but the enemy's losses yester day equalled those of a fortnight ago urid, with his reserves thrown in the Airmenszfurnace he is not likely to develop the attack elsewhere, C
The crucial question confronting frenera)simo: Each is when and where to cimploy the reserves, with which the Allies ar better provided.
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