THE FIGHTING ON THE BELGIAN COAST

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3136, 14 July 1917, Page 7

THE FIGHTING ON THE BELGIAN COAST

FULL MASTERY REGAINED : HINDENBURG ' HAS NO HOPE OP BREAKING BRITISH LINE • Military critics point out that the set-back at Xieunort wt™a°"m-m-L '"but ite'importance must not be overestimated. The British had oily rVccnllv th« tnn?3 r the . d "" es 6 . cc ' o '-- A .cav.v jj (l |e 011 Tuesday possibly necessitated the temporary absence of tho warships supporting the army It lias Wn lon* evident that either side, after an adequate artillery preparation would b aMe £im EtnHTi" 1 " TT" of Y n £ 1,1 « c « on ot frenchea. The big German £I,V l ol */ ° dunos , m ? do Tuesdays, success comparatively simple, were ™H K "f* "T ''r' C Bnt , lsh holding "the sector wens unable to resist any longer. Tho repulse of-the enemy at Lombnertzvde I Thine of !.pifn ni< « S T%\"V 0,,1 { ]^ L Hindonburg has not the sligh - attack wnf+h tH ?< h " e 'J* i ? u I ,ort - T h° real reason for the attack was that the Germans, becoming fearful of an advance bv the Allins nn the coast, accordingly collected their hoops, intending to the British 't' tack or preparing to withdraw- elsewhere in tho line.-AusVtf.Z. CablJ Assii (Kec. July 13, 5.2S p.m.) F l^ n j h , co mmentators say the Germans' most powerful attack'at' N'ieuport succeeded at the farst shock, Kivint; them a locs] advantage; but it was <nlr temporary, and the British shortly returned the offensive, anrf obtained full mastery in the coastal regions.—United Service. ■ GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. CRec. July 13, 7.10 p.m.) A wireless German official message etatesi-'Th? flrS Lens and ß^!! 0,, "T T" ? h V! is ,n Flandel-,' west bank of the River Lomnica, near Kal fl B."-AW-N.Z. Cable -Beuter ENEMY ATTACKS ON FRENCH LINE REPULSED (Rec. -Inly (3, 5.2S p.m.) naene 0^""' 0 " 6 6tates:-"Thero is lively artillery woHfin'the'ChLLaffinr Ml It "'i enemy , *? M H S ° Utl of the Ju " E «""-t «ctor nn,l nt after br,^Lf eaSll ii, rep ' 1 l Setl -TT-n Sev6ral enemy coups de main, ■Sa°4, vf' Fu* f otor^ H,l 304, north of tbe Hardaumont Work lauea. —3.u5.-in m. Cable Assn.-Jxeuter.