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從九廿月一十年七十暨百九千登英

HONGKONG. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1917.

THE OVERLAND CHINA MAIL

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Far East

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30th November,

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Reuter's Service to the China Mail. I

BITTER `FIGHTING*

i

LATER

The detachinent relieved Bourlon village belonged to the Ea

BRITISH ADVANCE THEIR Surrey Regiment. At 5.30 in the evening they got in touch with the Colonel of the battalion, and through

LINE.

TAKE A FURTHER 500 PRISONERS

LONDON, Nov. 28. Field-barshul Sir Douglas Haig reporta

Local attacks. dawn, in the neighbourhood of Fontaine, Notre Dame and Bourlon villages led to severe Sghting.

The enemy, who was strongly rein forced, contested our advance with

great stubbornness and the fight swayed backwards and forwards.

breach in the enemy line, which they succeeded in making, eight officers and the rest of the party came back.

While this operation was progress ing, taking advantage of a favoumble wind, we discharged heavy gus cloudy against Queant, whose position had been rendered most "uncomfortable by our thrust to the south-east of that place.

This morning, some of our trooper were engaged among the ruins of We advanced our line and took) Fontaine, where there has been hard over 500 prisoners.

We drove of, in the afternoon an attempted attack on our position on the Hindenburg line, on the spur to, the westward of Moeuvres.

There was great activity on the part of the enemy artillery, to the

enst and north-east of Ypres.

GERMÄNS. FIGHTING WITH FRESH TROOPS.

LONDON, Nov. 29.

fighting...

A-GERMAN-ORDER POUR

ENCOURAGER LES,

'AUTRES."

A written German order has been

found, stating that if certain sol diers, who were lurking in a certain big dug-out, did not come out in mediately, and participate in the fighting, the dug-out would be blown in I was further directed that this order should be read aloud to the

VAIN GERMAN SACRIFICES TO RETRIEVE POSITIONS..

Reuters Correspondent at Head-whole battalion, presumably for ita. quarters, telegraphing on Tuesday, encoungement, atates there has been the most bitter Gghting, near Fontaine, since the morning, covered by a heavy bombardment which was maintained throughout the entire foreupon. Reuter's Correspondent at Hem The British" fought their way right quarters, telegraphing to-day raguril- through the village, in the face of ing the fighting around Cambrai, very heavy rifle and machine-gun sayy -

fire, sending back over 500 prisonera Mud, nachine-gun fire and tnOTE: who were captured in fortified houses German reinforcementa ure the prin and strong points.

cipal features at the moment. Int The Germans, later in the morn tense fighting has been proceeding ing, counter-attucked with two new since down yesterday, the enemy Divisions. Under the weight of trying to retrieve at least

Some of overwhelming numbers, we had the important positions he has lost, slowly to relinquish our footing in certainly not counting the cost- Fontaine, and it is not clear that we Men who are coming down from the.. rotain

scene of the recent fighting on the It is now certain that the Germans northern shoulder say the ground fo live reorganised their defences with freely bestrewn with German corpses" freshy troops. We still hold the high which have fallen since the origiıl ground and have & great tactical attacks. Since his first stampede advantage, although the enemy's the enemy has been hurrying up stiffer resistance means more deeper troops and guns by every route and has succeeded in organising his badly. ple fighting.

shaken defence.

any portion of the rums.

The weather remains abominable

THE WORK OF THE FLYING MACHINES.

LONDON, Nov 28

reporting on aviation, states —

Field-Marsha Sir Douglas Haig,

Low flying machines, on Monday, constantly attacked enemy troops, fatteries and transport. Three lons of bombs were dropped on troops crossing the Sensee River, the mil Leads at Cambrai and to the north of Douni, Somain and Douai stations and sidingskon

We brought down two and drove down four enemy machines.

None of our machines are missing

BESEIGED ENGLISH TROOPS IN

BOURBON - RELIEVED JA

Y

Further north, where the GermannE lines buckflanked by our recent gains, the

enemy is slowly adjusting his positions. Fontaine and Notre- Dume are zo, effectively commanded by both sides that nothing living dare show itself in the ruins,

The weather is improving and the visibility is getting better,

NO FURTHER INFANTRY ACTION.

LONDON NOV. 280 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hig reports hostile artillery activity lus nigh: in the neighbourhood of Bour- han Wood, but no further infantry action, and hostile artillery Ecţion eastward and Dorth-costward of Xpres

GERMAN REPORT.

A German official communique

Kays

Tanka and infantry

LONDON Nov 28. Reutere, Correspondetit at Head, quarters, telegraphing th statee that the battle area le slip attacking Bourbon collapsed. pery and difficult owing to the contemporarily lost Bourbon and For fame, but threw. Lack the enemy into tinal heavy rain,

Bourbon Woody capturing

The Germans, late last night, determinedly counter-attacked on the north-eastern fringe of Bourlon but ¿ffercen uting

off and bearily shelled while

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