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LONDON, Aug. 22 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Huig reports:-

We maintained the positions we captured yesterday morning on the outskirts of Lecs, and further

pro

gressed at certain points and secured ndilition ground to the north-west and to the north of lensus the result of heavy fighting, in which we repube strong counter-attacks.

There was great artillery activity, to the eust and north-east of Ypres

THE VITAL STRATEGIC KEY TO NORTHERN BELGIUM.

ENEMY DESPERATELY RESIST. ING ITS CAPTURE.

The Ulsterinen, opposed by series of concrete forts, advanced over bogs and captured the guppits" and filt 35, but were unable to hold either. After that, heavy counter attacks, drove buck the foremost units or both flanks, in a series of most bloody rearguard fights,

The success of the day was pot dchieved owing to the centre which

was held up by a redoubt containing fite machine-guns which held out: throughout, despite the Irish Rifles

twice followed the Inniskillinga and assaulted the redoubt like tigers, and also owing to the supporting troops being upheld and caught in a machine-gun cross fire.

Throughout the worst hours, an Trish Padre was in the thickest of the fight, giving absolution to the dying Four succussive men were kifled while he was kneeling beside then. Subsequently a shell killed

Losoos, Aug. 22. Router's Correspondent at Bead-the Patre.. quarters, telegraphing this evening,

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FRENCH SUCCESSES CONTINUE.

LONDOS. Aug. 22.7

A French communiqué reporta There was somewhat great and reciprocal artillery activity in the Very heavy fighting scenred and gions of Vauxailion plateau, Cerny outines with varying results.

and Cronne." The new liquid defenses of the Our destructive artillery fire in ency; consisting of numerous dis. | Chalúpogne, - against a German connected and often aitakt invisible organisation in the St. Hilaire sector posts organised in the depths preced un explosion of gus reser semsa formidable problem to the soils. Shortly afterwards, scouting attacking infantry. Indeed, we are parties found the enemy trenches now up against the same species had been evacuated and were full of of fighting us during some of the corpsus Sonfine battles.

On the Vertun front the battle: continued at several points, overy where to our advantage.

The enemy is desperately resist ing our advance against what realises to be the vital strategic key

On the left of the Meuse we have, to the tenure of northern, Belgium,

capture and entirely occupy Gooss Nevertheless, we advanced and Hill and Regneville Village. On the curried the line on the left of the night bunk, in a brilliantly conducted attack forward and strightener attack, we conquered Samogneux and pretty little thrust which the also an entire system of fortified

Tanks made on Sunday. The trenches connecting the village with. *** Tauke **, were again active to-day the organisation at Hill 344.

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We repulsed counter-attacks and lave taken more prisoners, which have not yet been counted;

The situation of either is chscinet The Germans took advantage of every firm building, very little.. knoll and every edge in buler to THE BATTLE OF VERDUN devriop isolated points of resistance.

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LONDON, Aug. 22. A French semi-oficial account of tho luttle at Verdun shows that the enemy mehnt to resist to the utmost. He had five Divisions in reserve, and 400

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The southern Irish again fought by the side of Ulsteren, but, unlike their achievement at Wytschaste, their luck failed them.

overpowered the enemy's artillery. The monster French 370 millimetre guns annihilated the enemy's village fortrenes while 400 millimetre mortar pounded the immense citadel of Mortbomme

The effectiveness of the French bom bardment was evidenced even before the

Germans, including a whole-platoon

AUNK BY SUBMARINE.

The Dublin Fusiliers, the Irish Rifles and the Inniskillings advanced parallel with the Roulers railway, attack, by the surrender of a number o atto a tremendous barrago against 2 Hystem of concrete block bousen. The enemy cutposts were driven in and after that a fierce enfilade of machine-guming swept over the advancing Irishmen, The Irish Rifles reached the milway level crossing taking 82 prisoners, but the Dublin Fusiliers were held up at Bremen redoubt. Their valour and tenacity was disclosed in a message from a subaltern which said." I am fying out here in a shell hole. All the other officers and men are either killed or wounded,

On the loft, the Inviskillings trossed the Zonnebeke river, and progressed rapidly and captur redoubts and seized Hill

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July & 120 miles from the French coast,

whom were wounded, escaped in a whale The captain and crew of 21, thres of boat and reached land after a prolonged struggle in a heavy sea.

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