In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 55, 2 October 1916, Page 2

In the West

PROGRESS OF THE BRITISH. SIXTEEN SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. HEAVY ARTILLERY WORK. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.20 a.m.) London, October 1. ,' General Haig reports: We progressed at night between Flenrs and Lesars. We had sixteen successful raids between , Ypres and Neuve Chapelle. There was heavy shelling round Gueudecourt. We drove the Germans out of the ground they wt-xt! holding near Stuff Redoubt, and increased our gains at Schwaben Redoubt, a minute portion of which remains untaken. We captured an army order aax-.-(t the 21st September, emphasies th"> importance of Les Bouefs, which is described as the last protection of artillery which must under no circumstances be lost. We captured Les Bouefs a few days later. FRENCH ARTILLERY. ACTIVITY. I '\ PROCRESS AT TWO POINTS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. j. «. (Received 12.50 p.m.) : ,i London, October 1. A '? French communiqu- states:_ Artillery is active on the Somme front. We progressed with grenades south-east of Morval and along ths Somme south-east of Clery.