WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

A BITTER STRUOCLE. FIGHTING FOR DOMINATING POSITION, ANOTHER SLICE OP RIDGE GAINED. f Reuter Service. Received Aug. 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 23. Headquarters reports t.lmt all yc-ster-(l.tv-'s gam; in Flanders were maintained and added to. despite desperate artillerynig ami f'uirif.''' ;itYestc'dav'suceess was gieatcr than the advance of a few hundred yard-. suggests. We are iiow" fighting for the high ground dominating the whole tactical position in northern and have now bitten another sli ?e out of the ridge. The enemy is concentrating to the utmost to retain this commanding position, hence the bitter fighting. London, Aug. 23. Sir Dongas Haig reporta: We advanecd our line south-west of Lens and repulsed attacks east of Langomarck by machine-gun fire. The enemy raided our posts in the neighborhood of Lambartzyde. BRILLIANT CANADIAN ADVANCE, LENS NOW IN DEADLY GRIP. Renter Service. Received Aug. 25. 12.45 a.m. London. Aug. 24. A headquarters correspondent records another Canadian success. Early in the morning i.h«y eroded the Souehez, deploying and pushing on along a 700 yards front. As a result of the brilliant operation General Curried left ilank is' selured from south of Lens, and now lies Seep in a close-gripping enclave. Prisoners admit that" life in Lens is Incndurable. Two special counter-attack divisions of the Prussian Guards' reserve we>e recently brought up, but suffered so severely that they were apnarentl" l , intapable of further formidable effort. The enemy is unable to employ his | artillery to the fn 11 e- v advantage, owing to the closeness of the salient and ouc command of the ground, j Lens hij become nothing less than a death-trap for the enemy. FIERCE FIGHTING. FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS. SEVERE AND INCESSANT ATP FIGHTS. A. and NZ. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Received Aug. 21, 11.;i5 p.m. London, Aug. £4. Sir Douglas Haig reports.: Heavy local fighting oc.-urred all da-y for iho Green Cassier, an important enemy stronghold boutlnvard of Lens. We* obtained a foothold in the morning ?nd repulsed-, (several counterattacks, with heavy enemy losses. Fierce lighting continues. repulsed an attack northv-arl of l ihe Ypies-Koulers railway, and advanced -.lightly iwrih-eisjtward of Langemarck. This week's air figTiting has been incessant and 'noro severe than in any previous week. V change of wind favored our aeroplanes. Yesterday webrought down twelve and drove, down six. Two of oura are missing. One landed on the Ostend beach. Ours dropped five tons of explosives on objectives behind the enemy lines. HEAVY ARTILLERYING. 7040 PRISONERS TAKEN AT VERDUN Received Aug. 24, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 23. A French communique says: There is great enemy artilieryhig north of t'le Aisne. Heavy aerial bonvbarduic ts continue behind the enemy lines. We took prisoner at Verdun since the 20th 7040. also 000 wounded. We destroyed nine guns, tnd captured 2-1 atall calibres, and over 200 machine-guns. ANOTHER RAIE ON ZEBBR.OGGE. Amsterdam, August-23 Airmen this morning raided Zeebrirggo f-nd the Bruges Canal. HUN ATTAOIIS ON HOSPITALS. London, Aug. 23. The Germans are clearly pursuing the same polity regarding hospitals behind the British front as on the French front. They recently attacked at night three hospitals. The action was evidently deliberate, as the Germans attacked the hospitals in succession, though they had occupied the same positions for two years. | The bombs at the first hospital wounded three women nurses, and at Ihe second killed a doctor and wounded three. At the third hospital a bomb killed fiine German patienta.