THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3193, 18 September 1917, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATRE

SUCCESSFUL RAID BY THE BRITISH c- Tit tt • ■ London, September 16 Sir Douglas Haig reports :—"Wβ again raided Cherisy (on the Arras front) and penetrated far into its western outskirts. We drove off raiders north of Lens, and repulsed a counter-attack north of Inverness Copse, in which the nT^CM 0 a" 1 t0 rCtak ° a StroDg Po ' llt We ca]?tured yesterday."—Ails.(Rec. September 17, 7.40 p.m.f Sir Douglas Haiß reports: "Tlieenewy raided the neighbourhoods 1 tf lpres-Comines Canal and eastward of Messines. A few of our men are missing The enemy heavily bombarded our lines northward of Langemarck, and his infantry attempted an advance. Our couiitor-barrage prevented bis nttaek developing. There is considerable artillery activity on the Ypres sector. Our aeroplanes co-operated with the artillery m spite of the fact that the wind favoured the enemy. AYe dropped three tons of explosives on two aerodromes east of Courtrai, an aerodrome and ammunition dump north-east of Cambrai, and also on the enemy's billets and hutments. AA r o brought down eight of the enemv's ma chines. Four of ours are missing. J '-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn!-Reuter. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. i ri «• ■ -i London, September 1G A German official report states:-"North of tho Meniii-Ypres Road the English forced our foremost trenches on a length of front held by a company. The English on a front of 1600 yards, at Chedsy, used flame-throwers Ld armoured cars. We threw them out of tho trenches after hand-to-hand fighting. A second attempt also broke down."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. CIVILIAN EVACUATION OF ROULERS AND OSTEND. , (Rec. September 17, 7.15 p.m.) rm. t. lt. ~tt ,~, „. , Amsterdam, September 16. The Dutch newspaper "Handelsblad" states that the civilians havo evacuated Roulers, and are now evacuating Ostend. Two thousand have left Cour trai. '—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ON THE FRENCH FRONT (Rec, September 17, 7.40 p.m.) . „ ~ _. , . v London, September 17. A French, official communique statee:—"There is considerable artillery activity in. the region of Braye and Cerny. A fresh German attack on tho right bank of the Meuse north of Canrieres AVood wes repulsed. On the left bank there is lively artillery activity in the neighbourhood of Mort Homme."—Aus.-2s T .Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.