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SIR DOUGLAS HAIG INTERVIEWED.

WEST FRONT THE DECISIVE FRONT.

PARIS, Feb. 14.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in an interview, stated that the West Frout was the decisive.front. He

· had no doubt that the Allies would break the German west front. The war would be decided on the battle field, and peace might be declared in 1917. But if Germany could not be entirely beaten this year the Allies would not hesitate to carry on the

wor..

THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE BRITISH NIBBLING..

TONDON, Feb. 14 Field MambalSir Douglas Haig reports:

We drove off a strong maiding party south of Prs. The enemy suffered heavy leases and we took some prisoner. 'The enemy's repeated attacks south af Serra. have been unsuccessful.

We penetrated several hundred yarda of their positions eastwards of Soucher, destroyed a trench railhead, four mins shafts and many dug-cuts. The memy resisted stubbornly.

Many were killed and 47 prisoners

There could be no lasting were taken. Our casualties were light. We destroyed several occupied dug

peace without complete victory. The

British troops

were indomitably outs north-east of Neuvilla. St. Vasst, northward of Loos and eastward of Xpres

rusolved to fight, to the end.

Sir Douglas added What we have done is enormous, but there is still much to do. Already we have reached the munitions output we wanted. We now want more guns and railwayn. We cannot have too many guna, owing to continuous wastage. Regarding railwaya]}

A small party which reached, our trenches southward of Armentieres were ejected.

LATER:

Sir Douglas Haig.reports: We have captured a strong point

the disproportion between the tonnaga south-east of Grandcourt and taken landed at our bases and the tonnags some prisoners there.. the railways are capable of carrying We penetrated 250 yards of had hampered operations. Directors of defences north-cast of Arras reaching English railways investigated our re the enemy's third line. quirements and have given us more than machine gun emplacements and we asked. Indeed they even stripped number of dug-outs' were destroyed. their own-zailways of the ballast of Many were killed in the dugouts which we were in want.

Sir Douglas Haid said: We are also prisoners were taken. Our casual which they refused to leave. Forty supplying "material of all sorta to bu

Allies, especially to Russia, Italy, and were very light Rumania. We cinnot escape this oblig.

We entered the enemy a mes ation, owing to the necessity for main Forthward of the Somme, and north taining a united and sold front worth east of Fores and indretni don't forget that the Western front is considerable cusunities on the enemy, and will remain the principal front, an At attempted raid by the enerny which, I am convinced, the decision of the at night-time" eastwards of "Armer- waz will take place. Hence our policy tieres was repulsed. A second party in making the Western front defensively reached our trenches" southward of and offensively the best

Messines but were quickly ejected:

We exploded three ammunition dumpe enstward, of Armentieres and caused a fire in the enemy's nes northward of Ypres.

The correspondent asked whether the decision will be secured by their breaking down the German front.

Sir Douglas Haig replied: That's how I imagine the decision will take place. Trench warfare must give way to a war of movement, which alone will procura the advantages we count upon.

A GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Feb. 14.

A German official report says: We

Sir Douglas Haig emphasised that as repulsed in hand-to-hand fighting incomplete or halting peace would leave two English attacks southward of Germany able to take a terrible revenge Serre and drove off two detachments in the rear future. After having attacked of enemy troops established before England, she would be again on the our front at the point of the bayonet. French frontiers mors greedy than ever for the blood of conquest. Let us ENEMY WORKS BOMBARDED BY | beware of suspicious manoeuvres of the enemy, who, feeling himself lost, talks -of-peace and wecks to divide us.

BRITISH OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS.

AMAZING FIGURES,

THE FRENCH.

LONDON, Feb. 14. A French communiqué says: Between the Oise and the Aike in the region Quencevilres we quried out a destructive fire on sney works.

There was a fairly lively artillery duel alsewhere

Losbox, Feb. 14. Dr. Addison, of, the Ministry ofj Munitions, apeaking at Bedford, A Fresh commuæque says as said: We

We are beating the Boche ionemy attack in the sector of Basy the output of heavy guns. Three carat, in Lorraine, failed.

hundred and sixty-five were produced We carried out a successful compr in Great Britain in the last week in demain cast of Matzeral, in Alsace,

KING EDWARD HOTEL January as occupared with an aver-end, brought back prisoners.

/ Castral Location

age of 22 in the year ending last German sexplana bak-kent Jane. Of medium gups were Dunkirk and the region of Pompey

Meurthe-Moselle whare two civi ians were killed and two wounde

BRUGES HABBOUR: BOMBHD.

LONDON, Feb. 14

ELETRIC TEAR P Based out as compared with 75 Elesbric-Lite, Fans And Lighting, Europan Bathe and Sanimry. Fitingy. Be and Gold Water Spetam througbent., Best of Food and Service

WCTURELL

LAFOUR CORPS FROM BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN POSSESSIONS.

LONDON, Feb. 14

In the House of Commons, Mr An Admiralty communique státer Walter Long (Secretary of State for Aeroplanos dropped a number of hesry the Colonies) announced that he was bombs on shipping at Bruges harbour consulting the authorities at Maltu, on Thursday. Large fires reve observed, Gibraltar and Cyprus with regard A. hostile, noroplane was brought down. to the suggestion that men there should be enrolled on & Labour Corps

TANG YUK, IRT74 caser to under the Military Service Ant før

the inte SIENING,

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service in France, in order to enable The German

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