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Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1917, Page 5

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FIGHTING STILL INTENSE, i EFFECTIVE AVIATION WORK. Au3. and N.Z, Cable Assoc. and Renter. Received Aug. IS, 12.4u a.m. London. Aug, 17. j Sir Douglas Haig reports: The Allied \ i attack 011 a front of nine miles northward of the Ypres-Mcnin road was eon- [ tinued a'll day long. In the fac<s of j ! ••■'.rong mwtauw, tlie •I'miels. on tlm • left, advanced astride the ZuygsphooteJ Diwni;<i# road and cleared, the tongu« of 'i Uuid between the Yser caaial and Mai'tjovaart. Tiiey captured thu bridgu-head at Dricgraschten. The British centre rapidly captured its first objectives and carried Langemarsk. After heavy fighting they ad--1 vanced for half a mile beyond and ■ established ths>w-.vlv«« in the tfsnnsv trenuli system, the day's final objastiva. ' Kyru» tad continuous ttghtißjf is "proceeding qu the right for tka kisk gsomid ' ; northward of tlio Meniu road. The 1 enemy repaatedly heavily counter-attack-ed and pressed us back from part of ' ' the ground won earlier. Our artillery ' broke the evening counter-attacks in' ' this neighborhood. Eighteen hundred : 1 Ul<m iu thiji attack have already bs«n brought in. I ' W» further progressed eastward otj 1 Loos, aud have taken SSU prisoners sinu# •' yesterday on this front. Asroplaaoj effectively eo-oper&ted ye#tarda jr and uiaclun»-gunn«d the counterattaeiar». We brought down twelve and drove di>wn four. Tbruc of ours *r» i KiisWii'. There has beau excellent aeroplane work to-day. A French communique states: In Bel- . gium our attack was successfully continued. Our infantry broke the enemy resistance west of the Steenbeek river i and are progressing. In conjunction with ; the British they captured all enemy . positions, considerable materials being I also captured. On both sides the ar- • , tiilerv is active in the regions of Laffaux ptnd Hmlibisc. The Germans fired the • ' St. Quentin cathedra!, which was burn- > ling for several hours. ■ THROUGH HUM EVES. OPERATIONS ON VARIOUS FRONTS. j Aus. and N.Z, Cable A.« c .oc. aud Eouira. Received Aug. 17. 9.10 p.m. London, Aug. 16, Wireless German oflicial: Tlio second great Flanders battle burst forth with the most violent artillery duel on the coast between the Yser and Doutle. Tha Ejiglish attacked on a front of ojjjktean kilometres, botweeii Bix-sehocU a&d , Wytnabaete. During an Eugliaii attaok i between -Uullueli and Lens yesterday ir iir:r Utu.-'.d : .;n: ;i •• iov.i uuv/fi ! our first positions, in an effort to deepen the •jap on both aides of Loos village. Their gain is small. Eleven fresh attacks collapsed. We repulsed attacks 5 southward of Huliueh and westward of j ' Leiuk j Uk») French flred three thousand shells 1 at St. Quentin. and set Bre to the 1 cathedral. The French attacks between Corny and Hurtebise farm failed. Northward of Straoani und Panciu Russo-Kovunanian attacks failed. We dislodged the enemy on the west bank of tlio Sereth, taking prisoner 3534 and j capturing I<J guns. j Wireless German official: Wo shat- i , tered the Flanders assault on a front of ' thirty kilometres, the enemy only scoring local successes at Driegrachten' and , Langemarek. We completely repulsed the enemy everywhere between St. Julien and W'arneton.

THE WESTERN MENACE, PREPARING GERMANS FOR THE WORST. United Service. Received Aug, 17, 5.15 p.m. London, Aug. 10. German newspapers are fully alive to the HiL-uiicc on the Western front. Their latest comments indicate that they are instructed to prepare the people for eertain possibilities. The Kolnischo Volks Zeitung saj» tk» worst hardships and the heaviest. houM are abQut to come, and warns th,a peppU to prepare for grave difficulties. All hopes centre on von Hindenburg. LANGEMABCK CA'ETORED. 'Router Service. 'Received Aug. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Aiy. IS, The British have captured, Lanf*marclc.