ATTACK ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 32, 1 November 1917, Page 5

ATTACK ON THE WESTERN FRONT

CANADIANS STORM ENEMY'S POSITIONS ADVANCE ON FOUR-MILE FRONT Ths High Commissioner reports: London, October 80, 11.40. a.m. Sir Douglas Ha% reports: "Northward of the Ypres-Roulers railway we attacked at 4.50 o'clock this morning and matie good progress." By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright London, October 50. The United Press Agency reports: "In an attack on a four-mile front, the Canadians stormed positions fifteen feet higher than Paeechendaelo, overlooking the village. They swarmed up Meechecle Spur, and drove back a counter-attack in disorder."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. GERMAN MASSES SENT REELING BACK (Reo. Ootober 81, 8.45 p.m.) London, Ootober 30. Renter's correspondent at Headquarters writes: "Our armies have again struck at the German masses in Handera and sent them reeling back in places to a depth of nearly a thousand yards. Imck was with us in the matter of weather, which kopt dry. Before the sun was two hours high tho Canadians were making their attack. They gained most of their objectiyeli. The fighting was chiefly towards the outskirts of Paßschendaele and the report of Pocleapolle, along several tributary spurs of tho groat ridgo system which is gradually being iron from tho desperately-resisting enemy. Early in the advance tho .' Germans launched a big counter-attack. It fio chanced that ■ the Canadians had just carried strong fortified rodoubte in the contro of the lino at which the enemy's attack was directed. The placowas liberally _ furnished with '. macnine-cuns, which wero promptly turned against the oncoming enemy. Rifle fire completed the work of tho machine-gunners, and the counter-attack was repulsed with heavy punishment. The ground is still desperately bad, but alonij the higher places, where the' principal fighting is developing, the surface ft reasonably good between the flooded shell-holes."— Buuter. THE WHOLE RIDGE ALMOST WITHIN OUR GRASP (Rec. November 1, 0.45 a.m.) Mr. Philip .Gibta write.: "If tho Ca Mdians CBn hold they have captured in the region of Ctes t F , tth h heights of the Passchendaele IMgo are within our gras Fam fa tho mU £fs* Qt %™ chendaelo itself. —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. "Tho Canadian attosked on both e ides of the a]6o do th ndge towards Crest F <™>J n ™ "Mng the final heights of PasSohcndaele from the west and south-west, eractlye imilar iUoM to ° the , Ml M h nnd Australian attaok. Possibly ] th• Ca nadialie nnd the operation of capturing he ground less difficult than h*«A but if th(Jjr J ab)ieh tnerase | Te3 on this astsiimmit we will have the donu nati d {or whid f] E j. h Scottish, Irish, Australians, W b and Canadians have fought through bogs and marshes agamt con fe blocknousee and many mix .^ ne . guns, against masses of ta and a , so in3t incTedibl bad luck of the w«««m. J o i f p as3chenda^le vill Iva3 «ble only after Crest Farm d _ The Auatrali(mg here £ou J it desirable also that Bell «™ *"S on the neighbouring ridge, should be in our possession Apparently the positions exposing the village. " ™L n o t a great battle in numbers. The greatBAVARIAN COUNTER-ATTACK FEARFULLY CUT UP (Rec. October 31, 8.15 p.m.) London, October '30. The United Press correspondent writes: "The British are now at tho outskirts of Paichendacle. The Bavarian counter-attacked savagely, in spite of the skirts oi a » c " Bn "?. . d more great zaps in the ranks. Suddenly our itaBritish artillery, , nndred yar d s ' range. The Batar-chme-guns enfiladed the Bavarians a^ m^g in disordw as F m inns faltered, etopped, W>o * a^ n th had caphired at Mocchelle. ndians raited them with the ma Otl and crossed almost £a^! e e Letobotterbeek."-Aus..N.Z. Cal«e Assn. , _. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT j (Rec. October 31, 11.30 p.m.) London, October 30. A German official report states: "The English strongly attacked Passchendaele viUage, which was. lost. Vigorous enemy coun ry-a|tacks near bheluvelt broke down with sanguinary losscs."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. FIGHTING ON THE MEUSE London, October SO. A French oflicial communique states: "There is violent artillery action on the right bank of the Mouso, and an intermittent cannonade on the rest of the front J etroii" •enemy group in the region of Corny was repelled. Thelartiliront. A. etron """"J k Q haume Wood-Bezonvaui front, east of tho Meuso. tanehXents ou the Caurieres Ridge."-A«s.-N.Z. CaKu Assii.-Renter. AMERICANS IN THE FIGHTING LINE Now York, October 30. a ~«™i4 frnm Ampriran Headouiirters in I'rance states that the batteries at intervals; An American patrol took its first Gomiiin prisoners.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-