NEW BRITISH ATTACK.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 27 September 1917, Page 3

NEW BRITISH ATTACK.

On a Wide Front in Flanders. Haig Reports Good Progress. [ELECTRIC TELKORAPH —COrYBIOHT.] [fir prebs association .J lAustralia-New Zealand Cable Service) ([Rweivcd This Day 8.35 a.m.) London, September 26. Sir Douglas Haig reports: \Vb attacked at 5.60 this morning on a wide front in tho sector eastward and northward of Ypres. Good progress is reported. The Stiff oiks successfully raided eastward of Gouzeaucourt in the face erf strong opposition. Anzaos in Battlefront. CARRY ALL BEFORE THEM. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) New York, September 26. An American correspondent n.t British Headquarters reports that the Anznos carried all their first objectives in tho Zonnebeke region in to-day's offensive. JThe Peril oi the Sky. AIRCRAFT RAID ON ENGLAND. (Received Yesterday 8.20 p.m.) London, September 25 Aeroplanes crossed the Kent and Essex coast at various points last ©vening). A few bombs we-* dropped. Ono 'raider penetrated far into the south-eastern outskirts folf Lbndon. Two bouibe caused l twenty casualties Zeppelins hovered over Yorkshire fcxr a taODßiderable time, thjß "ajllcJear Bignal being given seven hours after the first warning. The airships nfemained at a great height and were not visible from the ground- i • Gunfire Checks Raiders. .NINE PERSONS KILLED. (Received This Day 8.35 a.m.) London, Sept. 26. The Press Bureau reports:— Gunfire was turned on the first group of raiders approaching London lost night and only two succeeded in penetrating the defences.' These dropped a number of bombs in the south-eastern outskirts of London, where they damaged some dwelling houses, killed six persons and injured sixteen. A second group of raiders were driven off before treadling London. They dropped some 'bombs iin, ftflie south-east of .England. No casualties tor damage jhae yejt< been reported. Naval Base Bombarded. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) New York, Sept. 26. British naval forces iagain bombarded Ostend, on the 'Belgian coast.

An Imaginary Battle. NEW AMERICAN NEWS METHODS ((Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) Washington, Sept. 26. The Navy Department has investigated the report that five merchant ships were sunk in a battle with submarines, cabled last week and decided that the report was unfounded. The Department is introducing important changes in the manner of making announcements \of in aval' news.