SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIAN ENTERPRISE
RAIN DELAYS ENEMY OFFENSIVE
(REDTER'S TELEGRAM.)
LONDON', 12th July.
Reuters correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on 12thv July, states :. The operation by the Australians north-west of Merris was one of those enterprises for the advancing of the line and the gaining of more tracts beyond No Man's Land. The Australians, attacking suddenly, overran a chain of German outposts and established a new line. Our series of raids between Flandei's and the Somme, which everywheire resulted in the securing of prisoners, will probably be the means of obtaining more information regarding the condition of affairs behind the enemy's lines. Yesterday there was much hostile artillery activity in Flanders and on the Sonimc, between the' rainstorms and thunderstorms. The wet weather has now set in. If it continues it may disturb the German offensive preparations, and therefore will be in our favour.
Mr. Pei'civ'al Phillips writes: As the outcome of the week's work in the Merris sector, our. positions are how, within, five hundred yards of the' village. They control the high road, and give complete observation of«the German movements.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 13, 15 July 1918, Page 7
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