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BATTLEFRONT:
́ENEMY RETAKE" FONTAINE
NOTRE-DAME.
Lassos, Nov. 23. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Tuports --
A
the extrem right in the Crevecceur, region:
The weather is still bad, but the sun's now glimpsing between show- ers and German aeroplanes are for the first time appearing in the battle area attempting to fly low over our fines until driven "off by our ow machines, which still hold practically complete supremacy here...
BUCCESSFUL WORK BY BRITISH AVIATORS.
!
LONDON, NOV. 23 Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigu
The day was spent on the southern battlefront consolidating a large area, Wherever we have advanced, during the fist two days, this has success. fully been carried out, except, at Fontaine-Notre-Dame, which the enemy have retaken by a counter- attuck.
Much credit is du to the trans-reporting on aviation, states that portation services for the rapidity of further details show that Tuesday a the concentration in the recent attacks on the enemy infantry and operations. The roads and milways, transport by low-flying pilots, includ- both broad guage and light railways ing pilots of the Australian squ bare developed and have since ex-drone, were mosă successful... -- tended in a manner which contri- The weather, on Wednesday, was buted largely to the success of the
even more unsuitable for flying than preparations and
on Tuesday. but successful recon-- the subsequent
naissances of the enemy's lines of operations,
The artillery activity on the north. communication, were carried out and erri battlefront is intense, in the every endeavour was made to keep
in touch with our infantry. neighbourhood of Passchendaele..
There was no infantry' action on either side.
LATER. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reportez-m
We slightly advanced our line to the south-east of Ypres.
We repulsed attempted raids "to the north-west of Boatruet, to the north-west of St. Quentin and to the south of Neuve Chapelle.
The position is unèbanged to the west of Cambrai.
THE GERMAN REPORT.
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A German officiul message stâtea The enemy, yesterday, repeatedly but fruitlessly attacked at Mouvres. We retrieved slight initial successen by the enemy in desperate hand-to band fighting around Fontaine. We threw back the enemy and atormed
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English attacks uguinst Runiilly Bunteux and Vandbuille collapsed.
Freshr fighting has been progressing singe early morning on the southern edge of Mouvies.
WHY FONTAINE WAS 'ABANDONED.
LONDON, Nov. 23, Reuter's Correspondent, telegraph- ing today, saya ---
During the last twenty-four hours the chief activity has been bebind the lines where beroic work is being done by the transport and engineers. and artillery, the engineers catching up with the rapidity of our rush into enemy territory.
THE WEATHER AND ́AIRCRAFT
WORK.
LONDON, Nov, 23. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Huig, reporting on 'aviation, states
The weather, on Thursday, pre-. vented all flying, except at very low altitudes. A
Our aerophines actively bombed and machine-gured troops and tainsport on the rouda, in the neigh- bourhood of Cambrai
There were a number of fights with enemy low-flying machines. Three, were brought down in Barce. Five of our machines are missing.
BELL RINGING FOR THE VICTORY.
Loxpos, Nov, 23. The bells of St. Paul's Cathedrut
victory at Cambrui were rung at noon, in honour of the
outside the Cathedral, sang. the Many hundreds of people gathere
National Anthem and cheered.
FROMOTION FOR BIR JULIAN BYNG.
LONDOS, Nov. 28. It is officially announced that Lieut-General Sir Julian Bypg has been promoted to General.
AMERICA DELIGHTED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 231 The American newspapers delighted at Sir Douging Haig victory and state that it is the most o fell back, at Fontaine because successful surprise on record, decier- the occupation of that point, which
Wo
OPERATIONS.
was completely dominated from the ing that the Germans must now be heights of Boucion to the west, or convinced that they have something one side, and exposed to enemy fire to leam about war from the Britisli. from across the Canal on the other
GERMAN VIEWS OF BRITISHL side, made a salient which could not be held until there was general advance on either side. The enemy strongly attacked it yesterday after noon and, threatened by enfillade fire to 200 Tanks were employed in the from both sides, and we fell back to British attack and declares that this conform to the general line.
abortive ansive will not divert ther To the left of this place, we pushed German attention i
AMSTERDAM, Nov, 23, The Lokalanzeiger says that LO
on, into the hamlet of Anneux the British are certain to renew their Chapelle, to the north of Anneux,
on the Cambrai road and dus south
of the middle of Bourlon Wood
orts to get rid of the dangerous,
THE PALESTINE OPERATIONS.
Farther to the left, we pushed into
ethe Norddeutsche the southern portion of Mouvres, fung, forecasta and again to the left after sharp Teriis Fighting this
into
we forced our
Wood 1,500 varda
forma
to the south of Inshy.
through