MAIN FEATURES OF THE BATTLE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 3 August 1917, Page 5

MAIN FEATURES OF THE BATTLE.

METHODICAL CONTROL OF

ADVANCE

AND STRENGTH OF ENEMY

RESISTANCE

LONDON, Aug. 2. The consensus of reports of Tuesday's battle testify to two main points —firstly, the methodical control of operations, whereby each unit's task was first and last measured withstudious precision, while the forward move of artillery behind the advance was «arried out on a wide front with extraordinary promptitude -, secondly, the exceptional strength of the enemy's resistance, illustrated by the obstinate struggle at many points, and the subsequent prompt, frequent, and powerful counter-attacks, showing they were ready for us on this occasion as they have not been since the neiv British army reached its full fighting strength.

This fact enormously increases the importance of the unbroken chain of successful thrusts from Steenetraete to La Basseville.