THE DEFENCE OF PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 46, 17 November 1917, Page 7

THE DEFENCE OF PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE

WHAT IT COST THE ENEMY i 300 DIVISIONS KNOCKED OUT BY FRENCH AND BRITISH , ■ London, November 15. . The United Press correspondent at Headquarters states that Prinoe Rupprecht has exhausted ninety-ono divisions in defending thp Passchondacle Bidge. In 6pite of terrific wastage, he doubts Jiis ability to retain his hold on tho northern f t'u r a P, e " officers stato that the high command fears that it will be forced to fall back for several miles. The German newspapers are preparing the public ior such a. move. Captured documents prove that voii Hindenburg attaches greater importance to tho Flanders than to the Somme retreat. Tho lateral railways north of Haulers are already useless. The. total number of divisionsknocked out by the French and British this year exceed three hundred. The' waning of Germany's man-power is proved by the calling up of tho 1930 class.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ENEMY RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF. ' . n . . London, November 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports"We drove off raiders near Poldcrshoek Wood, north of the Memn Eoad, and north of Bixschoote."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter. (Ecc. November IG, 8.55 p.m.) London, November 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "Early this morning the enemy heavily bombarded our positions northward of the Slenin Boad. His infantry shortly afterwards attempted an advance. Our fire successfully repulsed the attack. Another party endeavoured to approach north-east of Passchondacle, but was driven off also. Hostile artillery is again showing great activity in the neighbourhood of Pass-chendaelc."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu.-Eeuter. •' AMERICANS RAID GERMAN TRENCHES BRISK FIGHTING DEVELOPING. . , New York, November 15. General Pershing reports that the Americans raided German trenches, killing and wounding several Germans.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Washington, November 15. TJispatches from France state that a few more Americans have recently beeD . killed and wounded by the enemy's shell-fire. Brisk fighting is developing.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. FRENCH AIRMEN ACTIVE (Eec. November IS, 7.50 p.m.) \ / London, November 15. A French communique states: "Eight enemy aeroplanes have been brought down. Our machined bombed eneniy dopots and cantonments in the region of Mulnouse. Germans'bombed the region of Calais. There were a number of civilian victims."— Aus.-N.7i. Cable Assn.-Eeuter.