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THE WAR.

THE GREAT STRUGGLE.

FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES.

BRITISH EXPERTS OPTIMISTIC,

Reiter's Service in the China. Mail.:

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORTS..

HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR BAPAUME.

Losbos, Mar. 25.

1.95. p.m.

COLONEL REPINGTON'S VIEWS. Colonel Repington, writing in ther Moming Post, saya?-

"The number of prisoners claimed to have been taken by the Germans is far inferior to what have supposed-

Field Marshal Sir Dougins Haigly been left wounded on the field, reporta —

and the number of guns claimed to

The battle continues with great have been captured is only a frac tion of the Divisional artillery sup violence along the whole front.

We heavily repulsed powerful at-porting the first lines. Only one of our Armies appears to have been tacks yesterday noon and evening northward of Bapaume. The Ger- fully engaged, while the direction of mans only at one point reached our the enemy attack is fully exposed.

The battle will be resumed with trenches, whence they were immedi- jately thrown out,

larger means on our side, without

Our fire stopped attacks clsewhere an undue weakening in the other before our positions. The enemy sectors, which may be attacked. were driven back with great loss. Consequently we are entitled to Fresh bostile attack developed regard, the events with a calm con-

fidence." during the night and this morning |

in this neighbourhood, also south-THE REAL TEST STILL TO COME, ward of Bapaume.

The Times says: ** It is extremely Our counter-attacks southward of significant that the enemy appear to Peronne drose back enerny parties have appointed ' whole series of who crossed the river between new Generals to conduct the great

Licourt and Brie.

A GIGANTIC STRUGGLE FOR BAPAUME.

ENEMY REPORT.

LONDON, Mar, 25. A wireless German official report

statos:-

offensive. It was von Hueter, who took Riga in September,, that broker the British defences west of St. Quentin with the resultant retire ment of the whole British line be tween the Scarpe and the Dise

between Arras and Peronne have Broadly speaking, all our forces

been moving back in the direction"

A gigantic struggle is proceeding of the old line that we held at the

for Bapaume.

The battle is progressing on the Tmnsioy Combles-Maurepas" line.

beginning of the battle of the Somme

in 1916. The ultimate objective of the German advance is clearly

We crossed the Somme at many Amiens, whose fall might enable the

pants between Péronne and Han We are progressing between the Somme and the Oise.

enemy to threaten our northern line

und strike the Channel ports and endanger Paris, but the Germaps

We have captured Chauny. The have not broken through our Armies booty is enormous.

and positions are available which, The English, in retiring, are burn-it is believed, are strong enough to ing towns and villages,

check a further advance, however, long. I formidable. The real test is still to

We bombarded Paris with distance guns.

BRITISH CONFIDENCE IN THE LAMY.

ENEMY BLEEDING COPIOUSLY.

.come.

THE DOGGEDNESS OF THE BRITISH DEFENCE.

The doggedness of the British defence is illustrated by the incidenta described by correspondents,

English advanced troops were sur rounded at Venduil and held out from early Thursday morning, until 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon.

LONDON, Mar. 25," London is talking and thinking of nothing but the battle. Crowds yesterday waited for special editious The open country south of St.

Quentin contained a number of of newspaper, containing Field-

strong redoubts squipped with Marshal Sir Douglas, Haig's, com machine-guns. These were enveloped muniqués nad Reuter's specials. by the advancing hordes, but they The whole feeling is one of un-resisted till nightfall, when they sur- diminished confidence in the Army, rendered or were stormed. The There was a momentary depression Bus and the Londoners particularly in consequence of the phase indistinguished themselves in two such | Field-Matsbal · Sir Douglas Haig'a episodes,

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the defensive system weet of St machine-guns held a ridge against Quentin has been broken through overwhelming masses long after the but later communiqués, inspired more infantry on both sides had been confidenca, showing that the Army forced back

s holding and that there are no There was particularly sanguinary signs of disorganisation and no news fighting in the village of Mory, where of any Division, except those heroic aimall body of British wero cut of rearguard posts which had enabled but they fought throughout the night masses of infantry and artillery to be till their comrades by repeatedly steadily withdrawn On the con- counterattacking, rescued a remnant trary all accounts suggest that the at the point of the bayonet on Satur euemy is bleeding copiously day morning.

The Cable Co. having as that.

correction is to follow-ED.)-

EXPERTS UNANIMOUSLY

OPTIMISTIC.

The orderly activity in the rear shows that the spirit of the troops- bas in nowise been shaken by, the,

vast re-adjustment of the front.

* REJA ANIT

Experts are unanimously optimis Mr Perry Robinson, a Press Cor tic in their commenta

respondent in France, Kadys refur The Daily Chronicle sayee-Instead of making a break, which suming that the German losses were the enemy anticipated, our line at least 150,000 they sustained a firm and continuous before his reverse for not having obtained whero, and so far from, ha strategical success directly conducing action of being beaten the to:q decision hile they lost eight our men remains me,

of their Affectiva German gains are ar or ten per cent trops, without similarly lowering the that they pointed o Allies eficie This amatter time three to five-

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