GERMAN PROGRESS MADE ON FLAT COUNTRY ONLY.
TROOPS CLING OBSTINATELY TO MESSINES RIDGE. TREMENDOUS SHELLING FAR BEHIND THE LINES. United Service (Rcceivod 8.15 p.m.) LONDON. April 11—6.20 p.m. A violent battle is extending northwards. The infantry attacks cover 20 miles, overlapping the Yser Canal. The country trembles with the terrific din of the furious bombardment. Shells are reaching St. Omers and Cassel, whilst I!azebrouck, Bailleul, and other most important road centres are being reduced to heaps of ruins. The most serious loss was in the prepared battle zone on the Messines Ridge, but the British forces, greatly reduced by movements to the south, cling tenaciously to the crest. The Germans are developing the attack towards Bethune. A high authority states that the fine flank defences prevented the envelopment of Armentieres, enabling an orderly evacuation. The British maintain their hold on the crest of Messines Ridge. The Germans have failed to take any high ground, and are progressing only along flat country, which is the most encouraging feature of the situation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 7
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170GERMAN PROGRESS MADE ON FLAT COUNTRY ONLY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 7
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