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ATTACK.

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We attacked, this morning. wide front to the east of Ypres. „.

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are sometimes surrendering without resistance and sometimes fighting stubbornly.

In one instance the inmates of, u, semi-concealed crater Lell up our troops for a long time by bombing thera.. fo other.instances the enemy came out with fixed bayonets as the barrige erept towards them. The first advance, wax made very rapidly, in light skinushing order, and the

The British have renewed their offen- Borche was admittedly taken by ive on a big scale.

surprise by the run of the attack, We swept over the places, which have" "figntedTM de corninumniqués

It is impossible at present to define the flanks of the attack. The most intense Sighting zone lies astride the since July 31, a serious obstacles, Ypres Menin Road and is directed such as Ponimern Castle, Borey against the Gerran positions at Galn Farm, Therian blockhouse and Galli- porse Wood. In vernèss Copse, Noune” Boscher and Polygone, de Zonnelieke,

poli.

standing upon high grounet -

Tr Schüler gallery, which is

The possession of these positions crete turrets erected in shell holes

long line of pill boxes-small con-

would complete our mastery of the

Westhoek Ridge system. There was gave much trouble, but the onslaught of our men was irresistible At heavy rain during the night but the weather cleared at law and the all-Schuler Farm, which is surrounded importantelement-visibility-is reason. by water, two tanks attacked, otr ably high, while the ground is net taining 80 prisoners, who are¬ seriously affected.

Samehed-looking men afflicted with The attack differed materially from tremours from the ordeal of our the previous, in various aspects, which jurtillery, it is not permitted to indieste, lot which is dictated by the necessity of devixing some formula for dealing with the enemy's new defensive tactics.

pos

A large percentage of the prisoners? ane young, and are chiefly Bavarians, Agcaptured inesanger dog bore a messigionering that the, high ground" towards Molenaarelet toek The enemy's well-boxed and shell must be recaptured at all costs und cratered ground has: Feen subject to ordering ther as many guns great artillery, concentration during the wihle should be ranged thereon. week. By day our heavy guns curried The work of consolidating bas been out intense counter-battery work and a strenuously progressing all the after- destructive Lombarriment of the defencen, under a heavy barge, sive positions, while at night, the Beld vis and trench mortars pitches shells and oil drums among the cuemy, the effect of which may be quem by

•

Our casualties are not heavy, con- aina attained, which constitute bit- sidering the mous value of the

ter commentary on the German' chain that the offensive, in Flanders

The ground won 14

the fact that two nights ago one hostile had failed. artillery group so attacked did norte ply: than the war was pretty effective Iy cleared for the infantry. The actiol preliminary hombardment was short,

tietical

and high strategic importance, and We are prepared for desperate enemy counter-efforts."

The day has been a great and burt of Incredibile intensity, consisting glorious one for our armies in Flaxe

of a series of barragen, one in advancedera.

of the other, "All the troops, bad, leon | thoroughly rehearsed in their parts.

GERMAN REPORTS.

LONDON, Sept, 20%- and by the devotion of some Dr A German official meorage staten — stor, in remaining in the line After most violent artillery fire between longer than hisnal, it was possible Hostboulet Wood sal Lys, the English to put more than a normally large launched strong attack, on a broad proportion of fresh troops into the front at daybreak, attack.

Considering the circumstances the communcation in - good, for which due credit must be accordiet the New Zealand brigade, which, during the Comparatively short period of prepar azion preceding the attack, buried 20,000 feet of telegraph cable so deep as to defy any ahelling

The German, who fully realise what the loss of this line will mean, have offered strong opposition to the infantry. There was intense machine gun activity from redoubts etc. but our artillery Lapon found these apotek Tanke are

being employed in limited numbers owing to the unfavourable ground) but our airmen already report that t there amorting machines are noving to the skmistanen, of "the" ilifantry here the latter are temporarily held

Our flyeri are taking a great parts

Hyclaborate and

The French attacks yesterday, near Hill 344, were musictessful. *

We shot down 20 aeroplanes, A liter Grennan official thessage states

English Front, from Laugermarck to The battle is in full swing on the

Follbeke

There has been bitter fluctuating fighting, all day long, on the fore most part of our defensive zones

INTENSE" ARTILLERY "UCTIVITY

ALON FRENCH FRONT

A French codiupiqué stáb has been intense stille of the Oi 10 Trommlet High Mount sector both hanks of the Mense.

A French comm alter mot Queiny ata Gerdy as