ENEMY'S OFFICIAL REPORTS
NO VILLAGES LOST
ATTACK WITH ARMOURED OARS AND FLAME-THROWERS.
(ASS. AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN. AND REBTER.)
LONDON, 2Lst September.
AvGerman official report ctates : —Nin« British divisions, including several Australian, supported by armoured cars and flame-throwers, made yesterday's attack in close formation. The enemy penetrated our defence zone to a depth of 1000 yards, and 1 advanced further at PasacHendaele. He gained ground north-. ward of the Ypres-Menin road, and wae thrown back with the heaviest losses elsewhere. His reinforcements were unable to make further progress. The village* in the fighting zone remain ours. LONDON, 22nd September. A German official report state* :—After hours of the strongest drum-fire last night from Langemarck to as far as Hollebeke, the English attj/jked at many points, and were repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting, especially between the Boesinghe-Staden and 1 YprM-Roulers roads, and further south as far as Hollebeke.
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Evening Post, Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917, Page 7
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