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BRITISH OCCUPY YTRES.
A POINT OF CONSIDERABLE
RESISTANCE.
GERMANS AT BAY.
LARGE: MASSES OF GERMIN INFANTRY NOW ENGAGED.
Lospox, March 25, Headstarters reports :-
Renter's, correspondent at "French
Lostos. March 25, Beater's Corresponden at Heud- quarters réputs that British envalry hatu.crempied Ytres, which is eight |
The enemy's apparent miscalculation piles to the sontherust of Bapamine. and which has been a point al cens
of the rapidity of the French presuit, has | silcently resistance-
already at him a heavy loss of men. It stands on a plateau 135 metres high and dem Fraiten of the St. Quentin canal and the The unexpectally quick passage by the mans a find sweep of uninhing Ailette forece the German to turn at entry to the north-east towards bay. Large muses of German infantry Cabral, and also the bench railway are new engaged with the Franch on trom Velu to St. Quentin.
This and the entry of the British The French, advancing from the cust the whole front St. Quentin-Ailatte cavalry into Roiset are the only bank of the Ailette, have arrived at the definite cifanges in the position singe foot of the slopes loading to the Laon Sesterday,
Between Ytres and Bennetz-les-plateau which is bounded on this side | Cambrai, a distance of five miles while the troops from Soissons are by the Saint Gobain, and Coucy forèsta, the Germans resisted more stoutly steadily scaling the steep southern than anywhere else on our front. In approaches to the plateau, which is wi the fighting at Beaumetzigs-Cambrai position of "encrmous strength. It is the Germans suffered over a hun certainly an important feature in the drensualties. 40 dend being Hindenburg scheme of defence, pa it
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Elsewhere, along the rear of his retreat, the enemy yesterday defend
d more energetically the line which his covering troops are inotnentarily holding.
Behind the recovered territory gar thousands are toiling day and during up the ruinatory and Germans. The Royal Engineers are
bastion protecting the left flank of the Hindenburg line and is therefore, likely to be contented very violently.
The weather is now hue and a high wind is rapidly drying the roads. 300 SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY. RECOVERED.
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Keuters correspondent at headquar
working magnificently, especially inters in Francs reports that during the building very speedily bridges able to bear the heaviest transport. Masses of troops appear and vanish bewilder ingly
BIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S LATEST REPORTS
st week 300 square miles of French territory, 200 towns and villages and 10,000 inhabitants have been restored. to France. Trench warfare has ceased on s hundred miles of the Allies' front and has been succeeded by open fighting while the great salient of Beaurains— Le Transloy has been absolutely Rattan- ed out. The Germans have created a
LONDON, March 24. Fjeld-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigaharp, close line near Soissons following " reports:
the course of the Aisne, and their We occupied Roisel which is seven northern swing back has changed the miles to the east of Peronne.."
line from convex "to concare. The enemy's rearguard resistance is become ing more definite running from Roupyy
A strong enemy detachment attacked our positions at Beaumentz-les-Cambrai
and obtained a footing. An immediate Hainon Wood, Vernand and Roisel
counter-attack drove him cut.
We progressed on as front of one and
The German infantry succeeded for a brief time in re-entering Aigecourt
a half miles to the south-west and to the Beguments, driving back our advance
west of Ecoust St. Mein.
2
Boiry and Becquerelle.
We also carried out a successful raid to the east of Arras.
post. Reinforcements of cavalry and.
We repulsed attacks, to the north of infantry speedily arrived and charged wore strongly posted. The enemy ran the main street where the Germans
after a sharp serap puraned by our wounded. cavalry and leaving sixty dead and
We reached the enemy's second line and entered their trenches to the east of Neuvelle St. Vast, inflicting casualties We dispersed an attack in the neigh bourhood of Eichebourglavou.
LONDON, March 25. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Huig reports:
We drove off a bombing attack neur Beaumetzz-les-Cambru.
We improved our position to the west of Croisillea..
We entered enemy trenches to the north-east of Loos, toking prisoners and ejecting enemy raiders who entered our trenches to the west of Hulluch.
APPROACHING ST. QUENTIN.
LONDON, 3farah 25.
A French communiqué, reports We progressed during the night north of Grandsemucourt in tho direction of St. Quentin.
The night was relatively calen between the Somme and the Oise.
The prisoners we took yesterday belong to seven diferent regimenter
We advanced appreciably north of Our aeroplanes bombed two in- Ailette and consolidated our posi
Chauny on the east bank of the" portant railway junctione There
were many air-fights. Eight hostile tions there and in the region north raschines were brought down and of Boisson.
four of ours are missing.
BERMAN COMMUNIQUE.
LONDON, March 25.
A German official message, trans
mitted by wireless, reports
We seized portions of the Gemuair
trenches to the eat of Malanncourt" Wood, west of the Meuse
An enemy attempt on one of our trenches in the direction
To the south-east of Ypres, after mont, Least of the Meuse, Tone-throwing, we advanced and
found the trenches destroyed and repulsed.
Apré
Wa
enamy neteplanes were down.
broughton
Our protecting troops gave way in acconlance with instructions, at Beaumetz-Roiciel, to the east of
There is little Change nort Corait canal, inflicting losses on the Soissons, We found timwmus tjer attackers,
CANADA man corpses in the trenchies captured Wo repulsed the French at Vrigny yesterday norls of Margrul. and broke into the French lines at Soupir and Corny, taking 10 pr.
A German Jong-range in bome
Soissonshere
Artille
Between the sea or Moello our aeroplanes made numerous affuelty. Berry daoying sesentern British and French machines.
activity inte
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