ON MUCH DISPUTED GROUND
BRITISH SUCCESS IN FLANDERS (ACSTBAI.JAN-NEW ZEALAND CAELB ASSOCIATION AND REUTBR.) o . LONDON, 15th July. _ bir Douglas Haig reports : Sunday's operations on the Dickebusch sector, which covered two thousand yards of front in the neighbourhood of Ridge Wood, south-west of Ypres, resulted in the capture of a frequently-disputed position of some local importance. We took the enemy by surprise. We were completely successful, all our objectives being gained, with 296 prisoners. Our casualties were light. We slightly improved our positions southward of Villers Bretonneux, and made a successful raid in the neighbourhood of Avette. Hostile artillery is active southward of Arras, northward of Bfithiinß. and in the Locre and Dickebusch sectors.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 7
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114ON MUCH DISPUTED GROUND Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 7
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