WESTERN THEATRE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1917, Page 5

WESTERN THEATRE.

HURRICANE FIGHTING

ANZACS IN THE THICK OE IT

A Lls ÜBJJii: I'IVKS UAINKD.

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.]

IjUNUON, St'plomltcr 'Ar

After hurrieane lashn;' 1 lir<>u■ >lll lasi the British withered (t.emselves at dawn and dean another smashing blow Vm Ihe whole of the now Ypres baltlo front, from a point southward of Tower Hamlets Im .somewhere eastward of St. Julien. A li'iek haze ruulered ohser'at :<nr iir. possible. the An/aes had already taken (ho whole of their (irst objectives. Tim .British and (ho Anzacs on the left were eiinally .sneeessful. 'Their progress at Polygon Wood was hotly disputed.

Likewise (li« Hiil isli ailvaiic.’il icU.ride f 1 1 »? .Mcnin Hoad towards (llu'luvcdr. flcrc ilk> liuUosl Ii"h1ii(; occurred yesterday, the Dormans hurliii" till’d* furious ooinitcr-aUacks against tli« luijtlish. Scnilish and Australians) who before daylight retook praol irally all I he lost, "round. THK ANZACS IN ACTION. ALL OBJECTIVES CARTHEED lAufltraliau ami N.Z. Cable AgaooiaHou. Received litis dav ;it S. 15 n-m. MAY YORK, Sept. Ah A correspomlcn I at. JBriiish Headquarters reports that (lie Anzaes eiivried all the fii’.st objectives in the Zoniicbeke region m (o-day’s offensive. TIN?: JiltlTl Sl[ ATTACK. Til L SEKKOLKS’ noon WORK. lAunlrniiau and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received this dav at S.-Ti ;mh. LONDON, Sept - .‘JOSir Douglas Haig reports: We al (indeed in (Ik> morning on a wide front in the sector Oiistwiird and north-eastward of VpresCood progress is reported. The Suffolks siiecessfully ’lidded eastwiird of"Gouzoiniconrt in the face of strong oppositionFRENCH 'I’R ENCHES CARTE RE I)A GLI EM AN' IMPORT. LONDON'. Sept. 2T (Jennan official; We eaptnred trenches on a width of -100 metres southward of Baumont and repulsed several eonnter altaeks. We penetrated Ihe enemy 1 iin's at, Bezonvaux. LOCAL INK ANTRA' ENCOUNTERS. OERMANS CLAIM SUCCESSES. LONDON, Sept. AT German official: Local infantry enconntnirs on the Meuin-Y pres road terminated favourably for us. THE HAVARIANS’ MISTAKE* VOLUNTEER TO TACKLE A UST RALLY NS. LONDON, Sept. AT Mr Murdoch, at Headquarters, writes: Rrisoners stale that a Bitvnrian division volunteered to tackle the Australians, and in consequence was given additional leave, tin* best, of food and equipment., and other privileges- They now deeply regret, their rashness. Mr Murdoch mentions a Queensland officer who captured seventeen Germans single-handed. A brother Queenslander threw a homh, killing four of the enemy arid capturing twenty-four others in the same dug-out. The secret; of the success of the advance was the. sliced with which the men followed. the barrage. GERMANS' TERRIBLE LOSSES. TEN DIVISIONS WITHDRAWN. LONDON, Sept. 20! Mr Philip Gibbs states: The terrible losses are forcing the German- High Command to realise that there is a limit to the bloody sacrifices demanded of iho infaiilvy. Some ten divisions have been withdrawn from the

line owlji/4 1 to losses, which have made them worthless until tilled with new drafts.

The enemy is now relying upon heavy random-shellfire to cheek our men. .1 Lis butteries are on the move getting into positions further buck beyond our observations. Nevertheless, the (Jennau heavy puns are powerful enough ip (imp- over plenty of heavy stuff. HEAVY Gi Eli MAN ATTACK. REPULSE ID APTPK SEVEPE FIGHTING. LONDON, Sept. G’ti. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Under a thick mist the enemy delivered a powerful counter-attack at dawn on our positions on the ridge between the Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood- He was repulsed on the bulk of the front, but northward of the YpresYlenin road and southward of Polygon Wood he penetrated our lines for short distances on narrow fronts. Pierce fighting contipned during the morning- An-

oilier heavy counter-attack at mid-day failed to make further progress, and early in the afteriiooji we ejected him. We reestablished the line on the whole front and attacked the enemy-

Wo raided a post southward of (jueanl- Four lons of bombs wore dropped on aerodromes .northward and southward v of 'Holders and near Cambrai, and an important railway centre easlward of 'l’noriiai was bombed, also an ammunition dump northward of Cambrai and billets eastward of Lens. Kiy-ht enemy machines were .brought down- Four of ours are missing.

riKHCH ARTILLJvHV DUEL.

SUCCESSFUL FRENCH Al.lt 11 AIDS. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received this diiv ill PNIS it.in. LONDON, Sop I * ‘J(i. A French communique sjivs : The artillery st nipple is lively in Hie Ilerlehise, ('rnonne, Hois and Chaumcs rcpinm Theri' was no infantry action., French aviators dropped hen ions of projectiles on railway slni ions at Cambrai, Lnxembonrp, nnd LonpuyonRUSSIA. GERMANS it L PULSEDA RUSSIAN .REPORT. LONDON, Sept. No. Russian ollieiii I. —We repulsed (wo counter-attacks southward of (he Pskov hiph road in. (he Riga, region. T il id SUKOMLINOEE Tit lA.L----ACCUSED'S PASSIONAi’L ADDRESS. PETROGRA I), Sept. :J(lThe Snkomlinoff (rial concluded with passionate addresses by (he ex-Minister ;ind his wife, ho(h burst inp into (ears. M- SnkoinlinolV declared (hat his predecessors had left (lie Army in a state of chaos, renderinp' Ids four years insufficient to reorganise it effectively. Nevertheless, the "Russian mobilisation was sufficiently effective to surmise the Germans and to save Laris. He mipht have been puilty of mistakes but not of crimes. The jury is considering twelve indictments apainst Sukomlmoff and two apainst his wife. COMING AGAIN. A DIG TASK IN HAND. [Airslniliini and N-Z. Cable Association, f Received this dav at JLVO a.m. PARIS, Sept. Ni. M. Kerensky, interviewed for tin' “Eiparo, declared that Russia was bepinninp to re-cLinb the slope ami would reach the top. He emphasised the fact (hat over hplf the forces of the Central Powers were on the Russian front- .Russia has to bear tremendous pressure, but will never make a separate peace.

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN

BATTLE WITH SUBMARINES. AN OTTKTAL DJEMAL. [Auitralian and N.Z. Cable Association.] Received iliis dav at 0-45 a .inWASH IN(J TUN, Sop I. kHJ. d in; Navy Department haw investigated (he report that five jiicrchaiit whips More sunk in a battle with submarines, and it was decided that the report was unfounded. The 'Department, is introducing important changes in tin' manner of making announcements of naval news. TIM AN C IT. VESSEL SUNK. ATTACKED IN SPANISH WATERSfAustralian and N-Z. Cable Association,j deceived this dav at 11.15 a.m. PARIS. Sept. P(i. A submarine attacked a Trench steamer in Spanish territorial waters on the 1 • Ifh• The submarine sheltering in the midst of fish i up - boats prevented the steamer using her guns eff.ee-

1 ivoly.After a prolonged combat, during which the vessels quitted territorial waters, the steamer was sunk five, miles from land. Eitfht of the crew were killed and two others died from wounds- The captain was made prisoner. .