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ANOTHER BIG BRITISH ATTACK

GOOD PROGRESS REPORTEDÍ

believe it has a treat not less then

of Thursday battle, of which indel it is practically the continea- tion...

The first stage of the advance. uppears to "hise attained its goal with "comparative ease on the laft

Loxbox, Sept. 22, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, Huigcentre and right, but it met with

strong resistance elsewhere. Bitter reports:-

We attacked, this morning, in a

fighting is reporteil to be progressing wide front, on the sector to the east and northeast of Ypres.

the neighbourhood of Tower Ham lets ridge, beyond the "Black Watch: Good progress is reportend. emner, and about the Butte of Poly- The Suffolks successfully carried on The Anzes are said to have out a paid, to the east of Gouzeau- taken a considerable number, of pri court, in the face of strong opposi-] souers in the course of their first tion, and destroyed two occupied dugonts, bayonetted many Germans and also took a few prisoners.

Zuspos, Sept 20. Router's Correspondent at Head, qinicters, telegraphing yesterday,

lane..

This visibility was low, restricting

the work of the airmen.

BRITISH AIR SQUADRONS ACTIVEĽ

British air sopudrons last night.

tutes that, though it was stated in flew over the German reserves, and an earlier despatch that there was no by the light of flares, dropped hun- infantry action of any importance drets of "bombs on the troops who yesterday, on this battle front, he were bivouacked or were moving up.

is now, that the eneng, before noon, begun attacking heavily, in the

The hirmen also co-operated with the gunners who plastered, the whole

GERMAN REPORT

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area to the south of the Menin Road, of the back are with gus shella The first attacks succeedy, at songstrupnet and high explosives. points, in driving back of advanced posta, but bur meng-attacked with great spirit jul in the "course of the aftemoon the kituation was restored. Schwer fighting continues and the artillery activity is very heavy!

UNOFFICIAL DETAILS,

Reuter's Correspondent, at Herd. quarters telegraphs-

This morning the British Army in Flandes again pushed back the Germans from the big ridge system cast of Ypres

Although the attack was planned for dawn and carried out as arranged, the battle ray be said to have boiled. up again yesterday in consequence

The official German report says: We recaptured yesterday a portion of the territory to the north the Menin Ypres road, repulsed four violent counterattacks and took 250 prisoners."

Following w druin Bre the English attacked this moming between Houtholst Wood and the Commines- Ypres Canal. The battle is in fulb swing.

BRITISH NAYAL ACTIVITY.

OSTEND (BOMBARDED,

Loxbox, Sept. 26

The Admiralty announces that naval aircraft dropped many bombe

at heavy German attack.

The Best was delivered shortly after daylight when the ground was on Sparappelhoek aerodrome, at still shrouded indeuse mist. It noon yesterday, and several direct,

hits are reporteil.

เปร on great strength, and pressed back our line to the Lone Hone, the enemy re-occupying Car Hele Farm

The result was a considerable balge in our front, just north of the Menia roud...

Dor fighting patrols over the fleet, encountered six hostile seaplanes. They drove down two.

Naval forces bonbarded the unval establishments at Ostend. in the afternoon, and secured several hite

TWO. GERMAN SEAPLANES":"

INTERNED IN HOLLAND.

About 11 delock the Germans on a murine workshop attacked the Australians with greut weight and for a while there was very heavy fighting in the neighbour- hood of Polygon Wood, resulting in the Germans penetrating our posi- tions in some local spots. During

Fusso, Sept. 26. the first of these attacks some of the Two Gennan seaplanes, one a big Highlanders very gallantly rushed machine of e new type, were brought into the dent in our fine and checked in, yesterday evening. the German onslaught. The Anzues One, out of the four occupante, fought with great determination and was severely wounded.

One of the German seaplanes wor the enemy's slight temporary gaine

in their tenitury cost them dear,fying rery low and was shot down

About 2 o'clock yesterday after-by a Thutch torpedo bout 'on noon, the British and Australians to surrender. The other descends counter-itfucked so vigomisly that at Cadzand where the

the Gerrnane were very shortly daven were interned.

out, except for a short length on our

front.

This was the situation on the eve

of this morning's offensive. The

Gennan efforts yesterday had clearly

A BRIGADIER-GENERAL KILLED,

LONDON: Sept. 26.

Brigadier General E. A Maxwell

proved that he is determined to fight D.S.O bu been killed desperately to try to check our}[Bripdier Maxwell was Military Secre-~- advance. He had been bringing up try to Lord Harding} many fresh troops since last Thurs ARTILLERY STRUGGLE OF FATACH day. We know that these have suffered very heavily under the fire of our bulteries regulated by our aircraf

FRONT

French com The tactics employed in thu mom. Thers in n ingsoperation were precisely almic gle betwee lar to those which were so successful taut and i Prisoner on Thursday leat At an elock the

hot sure of th

followed our lost, hear

German 429

the attack, but 1

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