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THE WAR.
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THE GREAT BATTLE TEN COUNTER-ATTACKS BEATEN
IN BELGIUM.
ALLIES MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
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Losbox, Aug. 16, 1.45 .m. Field-Marshal Sit Douglas Hals
OFF IN ONE DAY,
LONDON, Aug. 16. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing at 4.45 thin morning, state that the British and French renewed the offensive fr Flanders, attacking from the region opposite" the famous Polygons-de- the French positions in the north. The Zonnebeke in the south, to the left of heavy gunning all might swelled to great intensity as the time for launching the the positions to the south cast and to assault drar nest. The weather, ve the east of Loos, on a front of two for light showers, was tolerably clear. mies. They carried the formidable By the way, our men are laughingly defences of Hill 70, which, since predicting the end of the Hund luck in September 1916, when it resisted our the matter of weather, since the other attacks, have been strengthened by day we captured our of the meteoro-
reports
The Calians, this morning, stormed:
every device.
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After storming the first trench system ligical experts of the German Army, on the whole front, we advanced as far It is too early yet to gather reliabid Is the westem defences of Cite St. details of the fighting That the battle Auguste, penetrating to a depth of a will be desperately contested is aired mile and taking possession of Cite St. by the great strength of the reserves Elizabeth, Cite St. Emille, Cite St thrown in in this portion of Prince Lanrente, Bois Rase and the
tern, Rupprecht's group, half of Bois Hugo.
Between the early morning and 10%. We captured all our objectives, and o'clock last night, the Canadians beat. our smalties are slight...
off no fewer than ten German counter- of which was carried out by Prussian whole of the captured ground. Guards.
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The enemy's Tosses are very heavy and 282 privoners have already reached thei collecting starinus.
We completely repulsed an attack in the neighbourhood of the Pilkem-Lange
mürck road. · ·".
As the enemy's réserves, had to ad- Yance over open ground they suffered heavy raamities. Perhaps the most terrible experience was that of the
We brought down nine German Fourth Prussiau Guards, who seem to aeroplanes and drove down five Seven have been specially retained as a of ours are missing, two of them being forward late in the afternoon to assem- counter-attacking force. They moved
overtaken by a violent storm.
LONDON, Aug 16 $.30 p.m.
bie for attack on grund that was swept by our artillery. They acta- ally came in battalions marching Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig refour deep. Our machineguns also did porta:
terrible work amongst them and al- The Allies, this morning, again, though the Division marched on, the attacked on a wide front, to the eastmen never seemed to get nearer to our and north of Ypres. There was heavy line. Meanwhile the corpses were piling fighting, and we are progressing it all:
up in an appalling manner. points, despite stubborn resistance.
We repulsed three more counter attacks, last night, against our new positions on the Lene battlefront.
Our artillery broke up a concentration near Cite St. Auguste,
THE FRENCH REPORT.
ALL OBJECTIVES CARRIED,
LONDON, Aug 16. 1.35 am. Fretch communiqué reporta There were artillery duela in Belgium to the north of the Aisne, in Champagne,
on both banks of the Mease and in Upper Alance.
LONDON, Aug. 16.
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A French communiqué states:-
artillery preparation, we attacked at In Belgium, after violent and thorough
'dawn in conjunction with the British army on our right. The infantry súpert- ly assaulted the enemy positions on both sides of the Steenstracte Dixmude rond, carrying all its objectives. We crossed the Steensbeck and are progres sing on the right bank in contact with the British
These Prussians certainly marched to? their death like soldiers and when they at last halted and retired there was so little left of the Division that it may truly be said that they were virtually annihilated.
Our own casualties, down to last. night were light, considering the char acter of the fighting.
The enemy's artillery has been in tense and was directed by his aeroplanes, which were more than usually adventu
rous.
The coloured balls of the signal lights firework display, throughout the day? were scaring and bursting in a regular the bulk of these signals of distress came from the Germans.
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A THREE-FOLD OFFENSIVE.
GREATEST BATTLE IN ALL HISTORY.
LONDON, Aug-15
The latest British stroke is clearly part of one great offensive, constituting probably, the greatest battle in all history:
Comment in both the London and Paris paper is restrained as it is realised
A vigorous attack to the south of that an immense task confronts the Ailles carried a solid enemy trench: Allies in ocating the Germans from system on a front of a kilometre. Four Belgium and France. There is a dis enemy counter attacks were easily re- position to await developements, calmly puted So far, we have taken 120. and confidently prisoners
There is evidence that the German During our attack on the Ailles and General Staff does not think the fl Hurtebise sectors, aeroplanes flying low strength of the offensive has even yea
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this infantry and machine gunned the enemy dugouts and reserves.
The German newspapers are fully live to the western menace and the latest comment shows that they hayot probably been instructed to prepare the people for certain possibilities
· LANGEMARCK CAPTURED -
semi-official correspondem at the Konchs, Volkszeitung says that the worst hardships and the heaviest hones LONDON, August 15 Mr. Lloyd George announced that French are making a thres-fold ofcu
are about to come na the Britia 3 Field Marshal Sie Dough Barg had not he was the people to pro captured. Langematek, taking 1,200 gave difficult.es/ prisoners and five gun
rangemarck is, north of pres, sad Fouth of Bischoot
All hopes is centered In General Hi denburg
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