WHOLE GERMAN POSITION THREATENED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10114, 23 October 1917, Page 5

WHOLE GERMAN POSITION THREATENED.

BY BRITISH' TH RUST. |j Australian-New Zealand' Cable* Association LONDON. Oct. 21. ! Mr Frank Simtnonds, in a striking article | in the New York Tribune, says: The British thrust threatenedh«J.. whole Gorman f position front Lille to .Verdun, and only had weather will delay the retreat from the | Meuse. The real. meaning of the. British strategy is to force a retirement on to the Antwerp, Brussels, and Verdun line. The British will probably reach the Menin-Rou-lers line this year. Although the Russian collapse lias released many thousands of Germans, they are unable to oven hold down the Allies, who are dearly over the, crest of the hill, j The Prussian military machine is slowly, I but surely going to pieces. i

SEVEN GERMAN DIVISIONS SMASHED. LONDON, 00, 21. Mr Picric Robinson says: —Tho condition of the ground bus improved and will soon allow of infantry action on a largo scale. A letter found on a pioneer prisoner states that the English in four days smashed seven German divisions. FRENCH OPERATIONS IN FLANDERS. Received October 23, 11 a.in. LONDON, Oct. 22. A French communique says:—We attacked this. morning‘in Belgium to the left of Ihe British army on a front of one kilometre and captured all our objectives. We appreciably progressed north of Voldoex and took prisoners. Our scouts penetrated the enemy line at various points south west of St. -Quentin and north of Minnejeun farm in the Panthiou region. The artillery duel continued along the entire Aisno front. IN THE FRENCH ZONE. Australian-New Zealand Cable AasooiaHoa LONDON, Oct. 21. A French communique reports a violent artillery struggle for various points on the Aisno front, especially in the region of the Aides and Cerny. A strong enemy attack north-west of Bezonvaux was driven j oil' after violent fighting. Enemy % aero-I planes dropped sixty bombs in the region of, Dunkirk this evening.