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THE BATTLE IN FLANDERS.
HEAVY AND DESPERATE FIGHTING.
Losnow, Aug. 17.
whether we succeert in destroying the military power of Germany. where we now stand, or miles further. forwunl..
Langemarck is a pile of rübble and consists mainly of pools of water and beds of mind with islands of jagged
The fighting in Flanders has been masonry and tree stumps, and the most heavy and most desperate roads have vanished.
The enemy Corrispondentes say that the blood here used an amazing, quantity of bath" is worse than at the Britlemerete, the mols to cellars being of the Somme. The Germans are
aften ten feet thick.
A fenture of the rent fighting is frantically throwing in whole Divi- sions, in vain attempts to retake the the much greater part the rifle is "lost positions, and their attacks are playing in the attacks. The Gere likened to outgoing tide waves. The mans have been lavish with their altacks are still heavy but puch use of smoke barriges with the idea collipses behind its predecessor, that they are baffling our gunders, One came within ten parts of our These sometimes resulted in our fine before it was withered by men losing touch and also in reports. | machine-gua Äre.
of ensimities that laid, not occurred. The enemy less in the counter In one use a private leading a little attacks at El 70 were particuliudy hunch of men met an officer of heavy, and boys of 17 "were muwn another battalion and asked him to down wholesale.
take over youmaid. The officer The Allies are very unlucky in the replied that he had other work to do matter of weather. The advance at and bugle the private to carry on.. Langetuarek-was carried out through It is the ready initiative of our-mien.
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waisis in the mud, using their rides the turmoil of the battle. Experi us supports and toany heck to be ence shows that the German method hauled out by their coturades. But, of träning stultifies this quality all the difficulties were ultimately The weather continues to be fine surmounted at the oneng fled when att judging from the thunder of the the Britisir closed stound the ruins.,guns and setivity of the airmen, the
The captured include a Colonel | huttle continues to mge. who, nervoslaku vund" dejected, Aromi Tens, the Canadians are mmitted that his loses lid been following up Wednesday's fine suc very heavy.
cess and are till closer to the snoking town.
Yesterday's fighting marks the fifth successful offensive since Jann- ary 1, 1917. Each has met the Jos of a dominating height by the I. Germans, who now only hold aubers Ridge, to the west of Lille--but this has not yet been attacked
81R” DOUGLAS HAIG'S LATEST REPORT.
PRINCIPAL STAGE OF THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN REACHED,
LONDON, "Aug
17.
A special leading article in the Timer on the latest pushes says that the." operations are steadily foveloping. Evidently the offensive initiated at the Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Higend of July was part of larger plane
We have now reached the principal
LONDON, Aug. 17.
*
reports
The enemy twice counter-attacked, stage of the summer campaign in the West and the enemy is being subjected Just night, our new positions to the
east of Loss and in the direction of to a pressure exceeding anything ever known. Our advances are methodical: Cite St."Auguste. His second and carefully defined beforehand.
tempt pressed us back on the line slightly, at some points. but our Fenunterattack re tored the positions,
We repulsed a further Counter- attack, taking prisoners.
The artillery on both sides. įs active to the east of Yprès.
*** FEWER HUNS IN BELGI
.
There is no expectation of attaining
fruits of the present battle have still to overwhelming results suddenly, The
be gathered.
The fall of Lens might bring exten sive changes on that part of the line. Great saucs hang in the balance at Lens and before Ypres and if the British and the French can register such de finite advances when the Germans are only fighting on one front, it may be claimed that the character of the wir undergoing a perceptible and very hopeful change..
ST. QUENTIN CATHEDRAL IN
FLAMES
LONDON,Aug. 17. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing this afternoon, says that the liberatigh of Belgium made substantial pro gros yesterday. Although the guin in territory is not great, it is all to the good. But what is much more important is that there are fewer Huns in Belgium than previously.
The British and French have now
LONDON, Aug. 17: probably 2,000 prisoners in the col Reuter's Correspondent at French fecting cages, whilst we know for Headquarters states that unoke and eertain that the enemy's deal and flamed were seen to be pouring from wounded must fer un appalling the roof of St. Quentin Cathedral, total,
Festerday evening; from the French All night the The counter-attacks in denke observatory posta, masses, which are still the favourite great building was in flames, and tuction of the German High Coin when day broke it was see that the hand, are terribly costly, even when massive roof bhd fullen in, tarry successful. The price, our gunters ing with it the central tower. At emcted before the enemy was allow four this afternoon, the correspon ed to re-take some of the High ground dent was looking at the ruined shell yesterday, Sue such that prisoners of the ancient church. The fire wast admit that every bout of this kind
still burning and smoke was pouring of fighting: inust weaken the power
out The Cuthedral dates of resistance of the whole Gemün
'from the thirteenth century and ariny in the West
edifice contained some re
Irefer to this somewhat obvious point because it afforda, an- buxwer to the Huns stereotype boost that we have failed to break through terr rou wallt really does not matter
The enemy set fire close to St.
・two ville
Rage