The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-29
BRITISH ATTACKS
INCREASE IN FURY
German Trenches Shattered
Raids COntinue-MOre
Prisoners Taken.
WIDE FRONT INVOLVED
TeutOn Rushps i'm Champagne
Fail After Winning
FOOthold.
WIDE FRONT INVOLVED
Special cnb'e Despatch 10 rHx srv

Special cdb'e Despatch TO TIVE stS.
LONDON. June 2s.-The series Of raids
by British patrol d%etachments continues
against the German front IN Flanders
and northern France. AT one point. near
Angres. north OF Souchez. the British
headquarters reports that the patrol
round the German trenches badly bat
tered by the fire Of the British artillery
1t is presumed tina, one OF the cnief oh
jects Of these raids ls to determine the
effect Of the bombardment. which. ac-
cording TO dispatches from the CORE
spondents on this front. is still going on.
In one of the ra!ds described in the
British official statement. made by the
Highland Light Infantry near IL. road
" |ermelles ard La Bassee. the
British detachment took forty-six prs
oners. captured two machine guns II
destroyed two German mine shafts with
Il total loss of two men wounded.
The German Wal Oftic.
that these raid.ng operations undertaken
by the British extended from La Bassee
canal TO the district south of the Somme
and were made IN conjunction with an
intense artillery fire and mini explosions
and under cover OF smoke and gas
clouds. According TO the German report
al the attacks were repulsed easily.
ombRrdment ON 90 Mile Front.
The correspondents at British head
quarters in France refer TO the tn
tense British artillery fire on a sixty
mile front mentioned IN the German
communicates. The correspondents say
that this bombardmert Is Immensely de-
structive and OF far reaching results.
one writes
Beyond doubt the guns are .nficiins
severe damage on the enemy apart
from the numerous raids N which our
troops have penetrated the trenches and
brought back prisoners. The object of
this artillery fire Is a simple and ter
rible one-to Kill the Germans in large
numbers and To save our own man
power As much as possible. 1t Is t. de-
stroy the enemy's batteries, break I'm
his defensive works. blow up his am
munitlon stores behind the lines. bfiiE
down his observation balloons. r-acit ms
men in and beyond the communication
trenches. in billets and rest camps and
generally 10 cause destruction over a
vide area. The Sunners nave been sue.
cessful in many OF those objects a,
various points Of the lIhe.'
The writer describes the effects he
saw on June g and adds
The eIemy's reply was feeble. only
n few shells answered our batteries
The infantry on both sides was invisi-
Bile"
The British statement follows
Rsiding patrols entered the onemy's
trenches AT several points. bombing the
enemy and inhictIns casualties. Near
Anrres a raid'ng party found the
enemy's trenches badly damaged by
shell fire and the enemy apparently
had suffered from the gas which We
successfully discharged from our
trenches.
A particularly successful raid was
carried out by the Highland Light In
fantry neal the Vermelles-La Bassee
road when forty-six prisoners and two
machine guns were captured and two
enemy mine shafts were destroyed
with the loss OF only two men wounded
To-day the enemy exploded a small
mine near Neuve Chappelle and an
other near Hulluch. but, excepting
slight damage TO one OF our saps.
achieved no result. We successfully
exploded two mines south of the
Bethune-La Bassee Canal.
Had weather yesterday prevented
much flying.