BRITISH TROOPS MAKE SUCCESSFUL TRENCH RAIDS.
PRISONERS TAKEN AND CASUALTIES INFLICTED. CLEARER WEATHER PERMITS ARTILLERY WORK. Australian and N.Z. and Router. (Reed. 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 17.
Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our patrols have been active, and have brought in a few prisoners. There has been considerable reciprocal artillery work. The clearer weather has made possible much effective counter-battery work. South Midland troops raided the trenchos last night in the neighbourhood of Roeux, east of Arras, «\nd inflictod casualties. Another raid north of Lens yielded us a few prisoners. Our fir*, earlv lis morning repulsed a strong raidhig party southwest of Acheville. Our aeroplanes yesterday attacked parti os of infantry with machine-guns at a low altitude, and dropped two tons of bombs on a largo dump at Courtrai, and on other targets. We brougnt down five machines. Three of ours are missing. An earlier report stated: Irish troops made a successful raid northwest of Bullecourt. Considerable hostile artillery fire developed during the night in the neighbourhood of the Ypres-Staden railway.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16673, 18 October 1917, Page 5
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