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THE WAR.
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THE LABORIOUS PREPARATION FOR SUCCESS.
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LATER Correspondents describe the new British advance as the climax of months of most laboricus, preparation. Han- dreds of gunners have toiled for almost
SUNDAY'S "TELEGRAMS. a year at intriente time tables, ganga
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way men have laid a most complex network of lines, while the infantry were well rehearsed by numerous prac tice advances far from the actual scene. Our airmen were especially brilliant during the preliminary bombardment, destroying 24 enemy planes and driving down 23 in this area during the first six days of June, only losing 10.
Renter's Correspondent says it seems reasonable to question whether the Hana are in g' position after the terrible ham- mering they received, to carry out a big attack against us. Hoanwhile, we have been very busy consolidating our gains, getting up guns and making every pre paration to ensure rotchtion of the fruits of victory. The pioneers have dug in the most praiseworthy manner.
LONDON, Jane SENEMY TRENCHES BLOTTED OUT. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig *
reports:-
In the heat of a June sun, the New and nearly black with grime, yesterday Zealand suppera, stripped to the waist
trench
shovelled A communication alaust every trace of the German through the upchurned ground on which trenches and strong posts had been
mashed out of existence.
The position captured yesterday was one of the most important enemy strongholds on the West front dominating the Ypres salient and giving the enemy complete observation. The Gepas hust selected no precantion rendar the position impregnable.
"The more I hear about the battist These conditions enabled the enemy to overlook all the preparaticos for theeys, "the clearer it becomes that attack and the enemy moved pit was successful in the fullest and com reinforcements to meet us in battle. pletent scuse of the worl. Everything Therefore it bad become the eems to have worked precisely as de gauge of "the ability of the Germans toned, and the victory is no lem a tribute to the wonderful efficiency of stop our advance under the most favourable conditions, they poses the staff work which" preceded it than ing every advantage of ground and to the gallantry of the troops." preparation and knowing that DYERES SALIENT PRACTICALLY atpack wa mpending The Garman forwart defences 'consisted of an ela bamte, and intricate system of well wired trenches at strong pointa forming a defensive helt over a mile in depth. Numerous farms and woods were thor oughly prepure The defence inelud ed large numbers of machine guns, and the Germans brought an increasel num-permanent for two years and eight ber of guns of all calibres to hear not menths; nevertheless the fact remains Daly on the front but on the flanks of the that the Ypres salient is now practically attack. Sommerens communicating bren wiped out by the capture of Messines ehes with switch lines radiating in all Ridge and the military situation in that irections were amply provided with area is now completely changed. Grave strongly costructed concrete dug defensive disadvantages hitherto attend outs a macüine-gun emplacementsing the magnificent hold of this little
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morning, these wrecking large portions pains taken now-a-days, the Correspon- Describing the immensa preliminary of the front and support tronches, indent recounts that while the capture of elading extensive logout and mining Vimy Ridge was planned with the aid systeros. Immediately upon the mine of a scale model, a letailed in his explosions our guns opened, and infantry message at the time, the attack upon attacks carried the whole front line Messines Ridge was rehearsed upon an system within a few minute
Our troops immediately pressed on up the western slopes of the Messines Wytehacte ridge, within three hours storming the entire crest line from the south northwards. Shortly afterwards the whole of Messines was captured, We also completed the capture of Wytchnete village before mid-day after hard fighting
to four tennis courts which was a open-air model covering an ares equal perfect replica of the contours and features, including such minutine as an faolated tree stump. For weeks before the battle all units were cagaged and practised. the role assigned to them as realistically as possible. Many hours of patient calculation were devoted to the organising and synchronising of artillery barrages and some of the mines. Yester day's victory had been prepared for for over a year.
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Our troops in the second stage of the attack pushed down the eastern slopes of the ridge and advanced against a powerful line in the rear of the defence. Yesterday's battle Heavy fighting occurred in a further than that of the 9th April, being a series of fortified woods and strong definitely restricted push. The advance points. We captured the village of
met with considerably les machine Oost Tavern in the afternoon, lying gunning than was anticipated. just westward of the centre line.
The situation is not changed much Practically the whale of this trench today. There has been infantry work system was in our hands by night fall, on a small scale and the artillery has and we had gained the whole of the been most active The Australiana be day's objective.. Great numbers of cupied another treach in which a pocket German dead were lying in the captured of the enemy had succeeded in holding pcaitiona, which proved the severity of out. A considerable party of the enemy the enemy's losses, a large proportionis holding out cast of Battle Wood, but being Bavarians.
we are heavily bonbarding the "place; Our losses were light. The enemy in so the alternative appears to be surren the night lid not attempt to recover der or extermination.
the lost positions. Following General The prisoners are likely to total well Plumer's great cure and the thorough over 7,000:
ness of his preparations, complete success
is chiefly ascribed to the destruction caused by the miner, the violence, and accuracy of the bombardment, the very fiue work of the Royal Flying Corp1, and the incomparable desk and courage int the infantry. The whole force acted
Every
ENEMY DUMBFOUNDED.
PARIS, June 9. The British victory a Messines dumbfounded
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the
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six Divisions of his bat troops means of offence at our disposal was used; thus every arm and service hud facing the British. This ovement
its share in the victory."
We captured a Germans post laat night northwarris of Havrinedurt Wood and took a few prisoners. We repulsed 4 riding party south-westward of La Baasse.
was immediately observe and the British artillery opened fire. The Gennan heavy guns repled at very long range, but with astonishing precision The British gens, helped by uimen, neutralised no Germa THE NEW LINE ORGANISED AND port, the Germans twide-attacked fire. Lacking proper pillery sup-
half-heartedly and vainly,
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LATER.
F-M. Sir Douglas. Haig reports:
The new line southward of Ypres has
been prganised and secured THE
German counter-attacks south east-
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