WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1917, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

I FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCE. NEW POSITION'S FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. Aub. a;,-l X.7-. r & \,h Assoc, and Renter. I F.e:riv<:J An:.;. 2!\. >.;"> p.m. | Lou Jon. Aug. 2S. I -Sir Douglas Ha iff reports: As tlie result of our attack yesterday, we ad- I vanced our lino after' heavy lighting on a front of over 2000 yards astride tlm SI. .liilii'n-Pnelet;jell road, and established ourselves in further portions o'. the German third system. The enemy twice resiiltlcssly attacked the Inverness copse without result. ' HEAVY RAiN AND GALE. LULL IK OPERATION. Received Aug. 2% 10 -p.m. London.. Aug. £*. ?ir Doughs Haig reports that cwi.ig to the heavy rain and a gale there was no infantry actions to-day. GERMANS ADMIT A REVERSE. Received Aug. 2i), 0.5 p.m. London, Au,;'. 28. A .wireless German official report states: Strong German attacks on the road broke down heavily. I The English also attacked between) umgemark and the Roulers-Ypres railway, using numerous tanks and low-j flymg aeroplanes. The attack was resultless. except for a small indent northeast of Frezenberg. The enemy pressed us back from the recently-captured height northward bf Soveia. FRENCH RAIDS OX RHKE BASES. Received Aug. 29, 5.5 p.m. Berne, Aug. 23. German newspapers report that French aviators are nighiiy raiding the Rhine military bases and bridges, causing exleusivo damage.