TROOPS ALMOST INTO PASSCHENDAELE.
AEROPLANES SWOOPING ALONG THE LINE IN SWARMS.
(Received 11.20 ami.) LONDON. October 12. The hatilefront extends six miies- south from Houthubjt Wood. Everything is going well. At noon the troops were within a very short distance of Passchendaele. It is too early to estimate the number of prisoners taken. The lighting continues vigorously, aeroplanes swooping up and down in •warms at a low altitude, anil freely machine-gunning the enetnv infantry. Tbe French did not participate in the attack. The rain ceased at dawn. leaving heavy low clouds, but the visibility was fair. The enemy artillerywas active during the night on the central and southern portions of the battlefront. especially Broodseinde Ridge. Anzae Ridge, and the Rouler3 railway, putting over a considerable number of gas shells between 4 and 4.:i0 a_i.. when the British barrage began. Enemy machinegun fire answered with B. terrific rattle, but the artillery replied tardily and erratically.— iA. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 245, 13 October 1917, Page 5
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