WEST FRONT.

Evening Star, Issue 16352, 19 February 1917, Page 3

WEST FRONT.

FRESH ANGFSE ADVANCE.

BRITISH NEAR MIRAUMONT.

LONDON. February 17. •Sir Douglas Haig reports : We made a successiul raid southward of Soudiez An enemy party reached our line northeast ot Armentieres. but was immediately driven out. In air fights on Thursday nine German machines were brought down, tour British machines are missing.

We■carried out a successful operation on both banks of the Anere this morning, and made progress considerably We attacked southward of the river and captured positions on a front of a mile and a halt opposite the villages of Miraumont and Petit Miraumont, higher up the Ancre from Grandcourt, and on the north and south bank respectively We penetrated over 1,000 yards, and advanced our zone within a few hundred yards of Petit Miraumont. We captured northwards of the river an important position on the upper slopes of the spur northwards of Baillescourt Farm, on a 1 CCO yards front. We successfully repulsed a counter attack. The enemy's losses were heavy.

V\e made raids southwards of Nouve Chapelle and north-east of Ploeysturt. We reached the second line of the latter A large number of the enemy we>- e killed' and many dugouts were destroyed We repulsed hostile parties westward of the lines to the eastward of Givenchv A trench communique states : We imdo several successful raids at Berrv-au-Bac and in the Argonne. There is an active artillery duel west of Maison do ffem pagne, Louvemont, and in the Vosres south of Col St. Marie. In Alsace S our detachments penetrated and wrecked a salient at Amertzwiller.

, . February 18. A tie.nch communique states: There is intermittent artillery work along most of the tront, especially in the direction of lubecourt.