COURAGEOUS CANADIANS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10120, 30 October 1917, Page 5

COURAGEOUS CANADIANS.

“NEVER DID BETTER WORK.’* THE STORMING OF THE BELLEVUE HEIGHTS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received October 30, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 29. Mr Philip Gibbs states that the Canadians never did better than during the attack on Bellevue. They were beaten back, but reformed, scaled the slopes and carried the blockhouses held by the Bavarians. The position was extremely strong. Bellevue is on one side of the crest of a farm, Passchonduolo on the other. They support each other, sweeping any attack on the slopes. Many were obliged to struggle through bogs and seas of mud, but the right flank attacked the crest of the farm along the main ridge, where the ground is much better than the slope below. Bellevue was reached at a point near Duck wood. Their position was good, but the Canadians on the left were caught by the mud under a heavy machine gun barrage from a row of blockhouses on the crest of the ridge,. The Canadians strove desperately to reach them. Some gained a on the higher slows, but were forced to withdraw from Bellevue almost to the original line. There they were strengthened by a small Body of their comrades. They then re-formed, advanced again, and worked forward in small packs. More fell, but enough remained to invest the forts and silence them. The garrison were given their choice of death or surrender. They chose the latter. MORE AERIAL ACTIVITY. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Renter'll Telegram.) Received October 30, 12.45 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 29. The Admiralty reports that naval aircraft on Saturday and Sunday dropped tons of bombs in the vicinity of various aerodromes and railway stations, some direct hits being made at Dixmude. A French communique says that after bombarding the Boisleschaume-Begon-vaut front on the right of the Meuse, the enemy attacked, but was driven hack except at a point north of Caurieres wood, where they obtained a fouling on a front of five hundred metres. In the covin ter-at,tack the ground thus lost was mostly recovered.

bavonots, rooting out the* occnpants of the cellars. Others advanced on the Dixmude roiwl to Kinpo. These successes ought to have mi ({iced, but the Freutch waded through a niaae of eommunieation trenches fronting I.uigUcm village, which, standing on a slight eleva 11 ion, commands an extensive lield ol tire on the main road, ai*l was strongly wired and barricaded by (lie enemy. It vas only conquered after severa 1 hours hand fi/ddnig and repeated assaults. q'ho Belgians then entered the light! after crossing the floods on punts and secured a solid footing in tho Peninsula.