On the Western Front serious operations have been stopped by
the wintry weather. The enemy, however, tried twice, on Saturday last and again on Tuesday, to regain his footing in the Hinden- burg line east of Bullecourt. On each occasion he captured a short section of our trenches, but was unable to hold it against our counter- attack. There has been local fighting also on the Canal du Nord, south-west of Cambrai, and in the morasses to the north-east of Ypres. Our French Allies have had a similar experience. On Tuesday they surprised the enemy in the Woevre, south-east of Verdun, by making a big raid in daylight on a front of a mile. They broke into the enemy's lines, destroyed his shelters, and returned with one hundred and seventy-eight prisoners. Despite the bad weather, our airmen have been very active. In four days they destroyed twenty-one enemy machines, losing only nine of their own, and made two raids on Metz.
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