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attempt, and can be swung con The enemy former atterupts im pletely round in their tracks in a few that direction, though frustrated. seconds Their Gåll size and high rendered our position trumping for spect naturally ninke them more ture-operations. This inominge diffunt target for the enemy artilhaspnee was, therefore, designed to lery than the beavy, Tanks.

Jenlarge our bokling. The attack was The fighting on the 25th centred launched at six o'clock on a rout siply round Hill 182 and the Catry of 6,000 yards from Vieux Berqui Ravine 16 is the highest on the left to Pont Tournant on thes point in the region. Its possessión right. The objective mis the line of enables us to overlook the enemy's a small street named Plate Beques positions in the rear: The Cutry 1,500 yards away; which wus attuin-" Ravine is a small deep valley med completely and without bitch or mediately to the north of Hill 162. contretemps.

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Its value for the enemy lay in the The Lancashire and Yorkshire fact that it contains deep subter troops were engageil, and also thor naman queries in which he was able froin the Southern Counties. The to keep large garrisons in dangerous enemy made a fight, but never looked proximity to our lines and safe from to have a chance of winning. His our guns. On ouch side of the Cutry losees must have been considémble. Kavine the ground rises steeply 300

We took 250 prisoners in the pauice? feet. Further to the left the right attack, besides in the attack north slope is less sharp and the Tanks of Plate" Becque" and six machine were able to crawl ujar e

guns. The prisoners belonged to tize The French infantry stored the "hirty-Second Sexor, and the Forty- clift like uscent cach side and Fourth Prusian Reservo Divisions, passed round the head of the ravine some of whom were poor specimens They continued their advance to a of men and soldiers. They report a mile to the starting line in the forsiderable outbreak of fluenza valley. The majority of the 1,2001

among German troops, prisoners were taken in the rivine.)

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BRITISH AERIAL SUPREMACY.

CONTINUED ACTIVITY:

LONDON, Juse 80. Pield-Marshal Sir Douglin, Haig

on aviation, says- reporting

Hostile aerial activity on the 20t was not great, but we destroyed nine s crossing the plateau. Although machines and drove down eight exposed to very heavy artillery firing, Five British machines are missing. the Tonks continued to assist the

We carried out much important- Infantry throughout the engagement reconnaisance work one remaining under fire for ever four hours.

COUNTER-ATTACKS AGAINST FRENCH FAIL.

We dropped 154 tons of bombe during the day, on th

fallways at Lilie, Courtrai,Comines Estaires. There was mutual bomb- ing at night. The enemy did pre> tically no darsage and lost a machine. We dropped 18 tons of bombs of which sight tons fell on railway.com The Germans twice attempted to nections at Tournal All the Briti drive us from the positore we ei. Fight-fliers returned. tured festerday,

A French

LONDON, June 20, ramuskué atutes,

A counter-attack by veral, hatta Jin-between Fossven-Bas and Buyin-de-Cutry/wis, replied, and dir new front was the ntained in its entirety.

Haula-west of Khima

lively fgliting cerurted.'s

FRENCH IMPROVE POSITIONS.

LONDON, July 1

A French communiqué states: South of the Aisne wo

aur positions in the region of

In the Funtagne-de-Bligny weeter Pierre Aigle and took 100 prison

the Italians drove back detuchinent.

whitda obtained, "a

adviced elements

It is quiet elsewhere?

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