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WAR.

NEW BRITISH

OFFENSIVE.

"A TERRIFIC AND TERRIBLE DRAMA."

(Reuter's Service to the China - Mail. )

THE NEW BLOW.

ON A NINE MILES' FRONT.

Lostos, June 7. Field Marshal Sir Doughs Haig reports:---

We attacked at ten minutes past three this turning. At Messines and Wytselmete Ridge on a nine ailes"

front.

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We everywhere exptuïed our first objectives, and further progress is reported to be satisfactory along the whole front attackid.

Numbers of prisoners are coming

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GRAPHIC DETAILS:

THE BIGGEST MINING OPERA

TIONS EVER ATTEMPTED."

A MILLION POUNDS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES USED,

It is beet ascertained from prisoners that the seiny was not anticipating attack at this particular time. The Roxe

news filtering through from the front positions is nanging. I understand that we are established from Catteau Farm" to Wytschuete and

bulf through

the Word, in which we have tachine-gutes emplanted. We have also Temestrusser, Trospice, Leuter, Zarečbu, Grey Farm, and Whestunt Wood.

.

The casualties are reported to be very light.

The Tapksari uid to have rendered excellent service.

The offensive has opened well, but we must be prepared for heavy fight- ing when the inévitable, counter- attacks beging

THE FRENCH FRONT.

ENEMY ATTACK «NIPPED IN THE BUT"

LONDON, June 7. Reuter's Corespondent at Head-

A French eomaaniqué reports. quirters reports that the new often-

Our violent and well aimed fire nip sive opened an hour beton agbreak part in the bud a German attack at mid- when at a prearranged momentnight on a front of 6(X) metres in the the biggest thing ever attempted in north-west of St. Questin. The at- thining operations rent the sky with tackers lost heavily and fell back precy eur-splitting crashes, as the long pitately on their own trenches... series of mines-some of which were The was most lively recíprocal artil."

dug a year ago---were explode ülong lary activity, to the south of Erilain and

the whole enemy positions,

There was also a terrible glare. The aggregate total charges in these earth-shattering eruptions was Over a million prends of high explo-

មា], ដ+,

It was most fitting answer to the Kaiser's bombast about the

collapse of our offensive.

to the north of Cheming den Dames- Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down..

NAVAL AEROPLINE BOMBARD-

MENT.

"AERODROME ON BELGIAN COAST ATTACKED,

LONDON, June 7.

The preliminary bonbardhinent along the front of the attack had The Admiralty announce that a been uppallingly intense. The vil-squadron of naval aeroplanes yester- lages of Wytheharte and Messines day dropped a number of bombs on have totally vanished. From north the aerodromne at Nieuwmunster, which is 15 miles south-south-west. of Hill 80 to south of Ploegstrert:

of Blankenberghe.. the spectacle is incredible. The geography of the whole district is changel, being blown and furrowed beyond recognition,

How many stark Huss "lie amid; the hecatomb the Recording Angel

alone can tell.

The last two days of the bombarel ment was devoted to counter-battery work. Thanks to the magnificent co-operation of the airmen this rgely curtailed the volume of the Geruun artillery fire.

A big shed was hit, and several bombs fell close to two machines in the derodrome.

Four hostile aircraft attacked the

returning rakless, but they were driven off. All our machines return- ed safely.

"ACTIVITY ON BELGIAN FRONT.

Lospoy, June 7.

A Belgian cominusiqué 'states: The artillery, was active on both The Belgian gunners in the Ypres sides along the whole front, pri salient actively participated in muincipally at Distaude and between Steegstructe and Hetsus where we taining the never-censing salvoes. carried out" a destructive fire on the

The Huna have been uncertain

where we would strike. They now

enguy batteries and works.

Our affmeu bombed, the railway stations at Vyswegen and Large- mark....

THE AIR RAID ON THE THAMES

LONDON, June 7.

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know. We are out to drive them off the Messines ridge, from which they drove the handful of British Cavalry that held it down to October 14th. 1914, and also from their positions along which they have since domi- pated the Ypres saliens.

A Coust Town correspondent Two complete rebears for the ports that between eight and present operation were carried out dozen Taube aeroplanes partici znost realistically and with complete pated in the raid on Tuesday night. ness of detail.

The hostile crafts were hotly engaged The tack this morning was by the gun fire from a certain place, berilded by a waxing and waning and also by British aviators, with of thunder and every variation of the result that the raiders were driven lightning the whole night long back and at least one was “brought The effects of this were most impres down falling into

the sea-like a sive. It was a fitting accompani ment to the perfect tornado of gunfire meket. Another was hit. Crowds

watched the aircraft maneuvres. which swelled up as the appointed.

hour approached.

It

Was

shortly after three o'clock when the infantry went forward,

DAMAGED ENEMY DESTROYERS

The moon,pdering myless through The Tolerates that two Germa a'film-like cloud ahed a mystic Shern destroyers were towed into

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Over the land which was heightened on the

mortang

by an almost ceaselesa iridescence

Anot

dentro

of guns, signal lights the whole being a grim setting

lightomg, uppropriate and terribl

This

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