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THE BRITISH FRONT.

Kospos, June 11.

Field Marshal Sir Doniglas Baig reports

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THE GREAT EXPLOSION AT MESSINES.

A FRENCH CORRESPONDENT'S

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Lespos, June 11.. The whole story of the great

There was considorable reciprocal artillery activity to the souple of Ypres and to the east of Epeby.) where we dispersed hostile explosion before the British offensive. at Messines Ridge remains to be toli, We successfully carried a mid tot in indication of the elaborate. the Sunth-west of Fa" Basser, flaming-ess of the preparations and the ig enemy trenches and mine gal-immensity of the scheme given by a French Curresdent at the British. Headquarters who says that nearly

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We also curried put raids to the cust of Vormelles and to the south of ArmentierTA.

your age a demand was made on the coalfields around Newestlend

We slightly, advanced our line to Cauliff for a few hundred expert

the south of Messines."

PREPARING FOR A GREAT ARTILLERY STRUGGLE.

niners skilled at digging and at explosions. They worked about six.. mithishgging for a length of two kilometres under the slopes of the ridge.in nineteen mine chambers,

Correspondence from Headquarters | under nineteen of the enemy's miest reports that the situation along the trinidable. Cemented and armed front of the first little bit of Belgium ¦ fortresses. retrieves since 1014 remains one of the host active artillery, duelling

The enemy has brought up nut ber of fresh guns and is re-grouping his heavies. We are doing the same and now have the advantage of position.

THE EXPENDITURE OF SHELLS.

Etimated that the taking of, Ving Bidge cost: 9,000.ix wells while the taking of the Messines Ridge cost 0,000,000.

THE NEW TANKS. The new pattern tanks were called on to a little in the battle of the Tuh" inst., but they certainly

mampuvred in more perfect, co-ordi nation with the movement of troops thup ever before.

INTENSE BRITISH ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

LONDON, June 11.

A German connuuniqué reports :---

British The intense

artillery uctivity is spreading from Ypres..

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, June 11.

A French communiqué reports There is considerable reciprocal artillery activity north of the Somme and in the region of Certy,

TWO ENEMY SEAPLANES

DESTROYED.

LONDON, June: 11.

A gullery for advancing had to be dug for 140 metres and quadrangular pits similar to be quge of a lift were constructed" and enmmed with es pksives and electric wires which were to enuse the fatal spark in one' - srecand, were ready at the end of hest irinter. Beuce since last January the first line of the German troops had been living inconsciously abova a sleeping intern

The Correspondent adds: "The co vulsion was like a supermaturul. cataclyers. It wrecked the hill and filled up the marshes, changed the wood into a lake, and also changed the history of the last two years and

Beography of two centuries.

The amnes upon exploding did not make deep craters, as at Pizieres. They hurled violently skyward great anuses of earth which fell buck slewy in showers on the trenches and the garmon fortresses and trans- formed in enormous area into a emetery.

Hous after the attack there were repeated dull Rounds in the earth below.. In some cures Germans were dug out hall suffocated.

Since then along the whole ridge sollers are listening between the crash of whells for the cries of frightened humanity coming from the umler world. :

LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S MISSION IN AMERICA

LONDON, June 11

In the House of Commons, reply ing to question regarding Lood The Admiralty announces that a Northcliffe's mission in Americs, Dover patrol drifter" to day engaged Lord Robert Cecil stated that, in five coemy seaplanes, destroyed two order to co-operate fully with the and took the occupants prisoner.

The remaining seaplanes escaped.

BRITISH WAR EXPENDITURE.

LONDON, June 11.

Government of the United States in the conduct of the war, several niissions representing a number of Government Departments had been, for mee time in America and it was necessary that there should be some one at the head of these missions to revise and co-ordinate their work. Lord, Northcliffe lind undertaken this work, which was not in any sense

NEW YORK, June 11.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Eaw stated that the daily average ox penditure, of all sorts, for the first nine diplomatic. wocks of the financial year, was Lord, Northcliffe has arrived at ar £7,888,000. He hoped that the Atlantic Port. rate of expenditure would decrease.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ITALIAN ATTACK IN A SNOWSTORM.

LONDON, Jane 11, An Italian official communiqne statesOur attillery destroyed the enemy's complex defontes at beveral points on the Anago Platean.

Our infantry attacked, during a violent storm, in the direction of Mount and tarred Zebio and Maints

Hopean Wecaptured nearly

Joof Mount etigara and

GREAT BRITAIN AND GREECE.

LONDON, June 11,

In the House of Cothmans, End, Robert Cecil stated that steps wer being taken to secure the control of the Thessalian burvest. He hoped to be able to make a statement on the Governant's policy with regard to Greece, very shortly, qua

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