FEROCIOUS COUNTERATTACKS

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 231, 29 September 1917, Page 5

FEROCIOUS COUNTERATTACKS

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Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

'■lE*<i«ived Sept. o-io p.m.) •LONDON, Sept. 27,

Tlie United Press correspondent ««nphasise» the fGracious nature of 'tlie which eijdekl fouitlesjay. Heav.y -shelling forced iiie Briitieh u> -.retire 'slightly"immediately nortlitvaitfl iof :.Zonnebtiike. In conse^ qnen'ie ;of i>this the -Zennebeke railway fitatiun was recapture*!, ibiit the majer portion «erf '■Zonnebcke -remained in BrMf'h 'bands. TTlig Germans also w-Tm tfihe sniinoi local positions of "Wrapic ■Farm and Vab .House. The firitiish av-Qgaineil ji,. port ion of these. The .Brnfish repiilsed 'with heavy flang^itQi' OKomy attacks = everywhere southward of the .Mcrii.n road, except ia *he .regiond .of Jut Farm and CameifQn ilWise. TOie f«H:(&msr hotly assaulted the Anzae nosifion southward of the irail-vay, but, after the lieaoraiest-losses, abandoned 'their attempts -.without gaining an inch. The cojirespondent'p'.i^.iattribute to tJie isdlendid spirit of rhe Argylls and "Sutiherlands \who refused to surTendei'., :n'Hllioiigh .practically without food or drink for twenty '-hours. Tho gro-aiid was fliiterod •with German corps«?s AVhen >13ae.y-avere 'relieved.