HAIG'S BIGGEST BLOW
THRILLING DISPATCHES FROM FLANDERS
FEARFUL CARNAGE IN GERMAN RANKS
AIR REPRISALS
SCHEMES FOR EFFECTIVE OFFENSIVES
A battle described as one of the greatest, in the war is reported in Flanders. In nn attack driven home on a. wide front, the enem.v lias been dislodged from a considerable section of the Passchendaele ridge, and other high ground beyond Yprcs, overlooking the country to the east. The colossal disaster which has overtaken the enemy is magnified by the fact that ho was preparing an attack in force.in the hope of recovering his recently lost positions east of Ypres. Five German divisions assembled with that object were caught and destroyed by the British b.'rrage. The British troops engaged included the New Zealand Division, which captured a section of the Passchendacle ck\ge.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 10, 6 October 1917, Page 7
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131HAIG'S BIGGEST BLOW Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 10, 6 October 1917, Page 7
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