REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
·EARLIER · TELEGRAMS.
THE NEW BILTISH OFFENSIVE.
Complete Succe; sva Six-Mile Front.
London, Sept. 21, Field Marshal Sir Douglas "aig reports: The attack thin morning on a six miles front southward from Tower Hamlets to the castard of St. Julien entirely successful. The enemy later made a series of hem y counter-attacks along the new front and hard fighting is continuing at certain paints. An attack carried out by English troops southward of the Ypres. Menin Road successfully completed the capture of Tower Hamlets Spur and took possession of strong field-works on the castern slopes, these forming our objectives. We repulsed a powerful counter-attack from Ghelavelt and met obstinate resistance on the right of our main attack northward of the Ypres-Menn Road. There was heavy fighting in the area over which the enciny counter-attacked yesterday. After a severe all day long struggle the English and Scottish battalions ejected the enemy from their positions and accomplished their allotted task of securing the flank of our principal attack. We relieved two companies of Argyll and Sutherland Bigh- landers who had held out with great gallantry all night in a forward position. in which they were isolated. The enemy later developed another counterattack in greas 'strength in this sector, where fierce fighting, continues.
The Australiane further north cleared the remainder of Polygon Wood and captured a trench system eastwards, these forming their day's objectives,
On the Australian left English, Scottish and Welsh battalions, penetrating the defences for nearly a mile in depth, stormed. Zonnebeke and gained their objective. A counter-attack eastward of Polygon Wood was repulsed. North-Midland and London Territorials, attacking on the left on both sides of the Wieltje. Gravenstates and St. Julien---- Gravenstafel roads captured their objectives and beat off a counter-attack. Our line here has been advanced to a depth of half a mile across country defended by many fortified farms and concreted redoubts. The enemy in the afternoon launched a sound Founter-attack with larger forces and pressed us back a short distance on a narrow from Our counterattack re-captured thự bulk of the lost ground. Over a thousand were taken prisoner. There are very large numbers of German dead and the envwy's losses are again heavy.
Our aeroplanes were extremely active yesterday. Suc cessful raids were made up an aerodrome and railway sid-· ings near Ghent, where a large fre started; also on aero dromes at Courtrai and Cambrai, billets eastward of lens and hutments south-westward of Roulers. A total of five tons of explosives was dropped. A further five tons were dropped and many thousand machine gun 'rounds fired dur ing the night on Menin and Wervicq and un troops and transport on the roads leading thence to the battle front,
There was much air lighting and a record number of Seventeen weru hostile machines was accounted for. Brought down and six driven down. A three seater bombing machine was also shot down: One of our machines in missing.
Details of the Fighting,
London, Sept. 26. Beuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, wiring on Wednesday says: The Flanders campaign has been continued in a manner which we cannot but regard with admiration and satisfaction. Both the strategic idea and Lustical methods .sbow the consuminate skill with which all the teachings of the war have been applied. In the early slays of this.great struggle we learnt much from the Germans; to-day it is the simple truth to say they are " learning much from us. On Thursday last we bit into the great Flanders ridge system to a dejitli of fifteen hundred yards, Today we have gone on to a scarcely less degres The great defeat which the German wireless concludes the British suffered flourishes well. "May we be utterly crushi el" on the same terms as doubtless we shall anon. The tight ing throughout to-day's battle has been severe and frequent- ly desperate in character. Svine of the prisoners state the attack was unexpected but the preparations of the enemy do not bear this out, On Thursday last our success threw the enemy to such a state of alarm that he seems to have been hurriedly milking" his divisions north and south of the battlefront for reinforcements, throwing these into the furnace as fast as they could rush up. Since then von Arnin has stiffened his resistance to the full extent of his
resources.
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It has become, almost habit of phrase to speak of each fresh battle as the bärdent of the war but I honestly - bebeve it will proye to be literally true to apply alus descrip- tion to the ught which devetoped at daylight this morning, Therefore it speaks volumes for the 51, leadership and” gallantry of our troops that we achieved another sucu tine success in the teeth of such priter opposition. The battle began with a German attack yesterday. In the north to- day's operations went with almost fourriers precision, poe- ibly due to the circumstance that, the opposition was much less determined then further, aouth. Indeed a bumber of Saxon surrendered gratuitously to our men declaring they were muck of the war, glad to be finished with the beastly business and that there were viners only awaiting a auder chance to surrender. in the wire the attick also en successfully, though there was some hard tightng. The Anzacs pressed forward in their usual irresistable way and early in the mortung low-flying airmen reported them mov- ng across Polgon racecourse actory their patrols had pune- trated well into the further part of Polygon Wood. They were unopposed and therefore tolerably sure of their ground, But it was south of the Alzas right that the severest opposition of the day was encountered... The troops bere ham borgu the full brunt of the heavy Germum attack of the previous morning and the Germana abeiled them the bus slowly bu heaviest Nevertheless progress was muvie
comparison to the Anzac push. he was early in the day and the necessary steps were prysuptly taken to relieve the pressure at tlus" spot and secure the uniformity of om advance..
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The Australiaus Look three hundred prisoners in dugouts in Polygon Wood in their first advance. The story of the fighting is still somewhat obscure but the latest news is of the best. Alibaugh the situatón úr part of the line which crosses the Ipres-Manın road is not yet, quite clear there is good reason to believe the dogged valour of our troops will largely overcome the Hun resistance here and that the advance has been carried wed forward'. Elge. where along the long front of attack wa gained our objeo- uvel. This incans sa extreme penetration of about three quarter of a mile across ground of the utmost tactical value, ndensely stattered with camouflaged strong points held with exceptional strength in depth. The count of the prisoners is incomplete; probalny 11 will reach tour ngures, though in fighting of Lou character the total of prisonera is no criterion of the measure of awocene, No far there, aza no Lidings of German counter-attacks although our troops are verywhere prepared to meet thom. The ruins of Ypres avo taken, another long stride into the back ares cinco this moming. Reports regarding our casualties vary. "In some parts we certainly suffered considrably, whilst in others we reached our' goal with almost ridiculously small lossen. Therefore it is reasonable to hope tha aggregate will show a low proportion of maualties as the price of the valuable military resulta sitninüid.". Onon again, we hawa god on Lazar
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"TAISHAN"
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