THE WESTERN FRONT.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1917, Page 3

THE WESTERN FRONT.

BRITISH OPERATIONS. LONDON, September 17. Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy raided' in the neighbourhood of Ypres, the Comines Canal, and eastward of Messines. A few of our moil are missing. The enemy heavily bombarded northward of marck and his infantry attempted t-o advance. Our counter-barrage prevented the attack developing. There is considerable artillery activity in the Ypres sector. Our aeroplanes fo- ■» operatod wth the artillery despite the wind favouring the enemy and droppd three tons of bombs on two aerodromes, a't Courtrai, aerodromes and ammunition dumps north of CUmbrai also billets and hutments. W e brought down eight machines, lour of ours are missing. ROLLERS EVACUATED. r A L'.ST II ALT AN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION'] AMSTERDAM, September 16. The '“Handelsblad” states that civilians havo . evacuated Roulers and are now evtaciuatirtg ‘Ostend. Tw-o. thousand have left Courtrai.

A FRENCH TRAITOR. (Received this day at 1.20 a.m. A PARIS September 17. There is a remarkable development of the so-called Turmel affair. Tunnel a French deputy, kept Swiss hank notes worth • a thousand sterling in Rome Chamber of Doputies,from July, and unclaimed them until last week, when ho explained that he received the money for legal services. He denied that lie sjfc-ceivcd it in Switzeralnd for disclosing events of the secret session of deputies in June. A Parliamentary enquiry was opened and Turmel on Saturday attempted to enter Switzerland, hut was stoppod on the frontier, bearing an expired passport. GENERAL HAIG’S REPORT. (Received, This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) LONDON, Sep. 17. Goneral Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried./out successful raids eastward of Epelhy, in the neighbourhood of Aras-Douai railway. South-eastward of G'ayrelle we destroyed dug-outs, emplacements and dumps. Hostile artillery was activeeastward of Ypres. v A FRENCH REPORT. (Received This T)av nfc 10.15. •* nO LONDON, Sep. 1-. A Fronch communique reports: After violent bomba'rdment, the Germans attacked our positions' at Apremont Forest. Fractions of the attackers gained a footing in the advanced elements, but were driven out, and tin. line re-established.