MORE VILLAGES CAPTURED BY BRITISH

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6853, 16 April 1917, Page 3

MORE VILLAGES CAPTURED BY BRITISH

Hum Pressed Back on Long v Front.

The High Commissioner reports : London April IB; 11 45 p m A British official report says : Th1} area of active operations was extended to-day to the northwards, east aad north of Vimy Ridge. \7e pressed back the enemy on the whole front from north of the River 'Scarpe to south of Loos. We captured the villages of Buillear, , Willerial, Viuay, Paitvanry, Gfaenchy, Eugobelle, and Fangrzs, gaining a footing in the enemy's ttencWa north-east of Lens. In this atea vie o&pturad prisoners and guns. South, of Arras and the Cambrai Road we-captured Wancourt Tower * oa s sptir east of Wanconrfc, ad-

ranciagf astride- of the Hindenburg - lin6 to a point seven miles south-eagt of Arras, and further progressing on , the high ground east of Leverquiver - anti the Havriutourfc Wood,

Much useful aeroplane work was done yesterday despite the weather. The prisoners taken since the commeQceiceut of operations on the 9th insfe. now exceed 13,000, including 285 officers.We also captured 166. guns, including eight S-iuch howitzers, 28 - 5.9-inch: howitier*, 130 field guns . and howitzers, 8-t trench mortars, and 250 machiue guvs. A consider- - able number-of the guns, trench inort^rsand machine guns were demolished and buried by shellfire and caaaot he enumerated. -Many of the captured guns were turned upon the eaemy with good ". effect.