FRENCH GAIN GROUND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14392, 3 September 1917, Page 3

FRENCH GAIN GROUND.

ONE . BOTJND RJEBULTS IN" ALL OB- ' JEOTIVHS BEING TAKEN, •

' CO-OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT.

'(Australian anf! N.Z. Cab' i Association) t (Barter's Telegram.)- ( : ,/ LOINTON, September 2. . iA. Fi'esiGh communique says: ' • | In .'Bedgiiun - there.- is great artillery | activity tin the- legion of iDrigichten and Bi-XBchoote. • •■■ .:■:•■ •■'•■■ •. • Aftier fitrong artilleiy preparation on the' Aisncv we attacked last night northwest Hurtebise, and^with one bound caiTfed "all the 'objectives' on- a front of nearly - 1500 .metres to a depth, of about; 800- metres. We ; broke three pounter,attacks. ' •

A great; , many,. ftf the u enemy, were fcijled ,by 'the .prelimina-i'y;, ; artillery ; .;fire ! and, , by ; the fighting, ; (which. was t .very, 'violent,.. ..' V (".'..■,'■-, „. „.■•.'-., .• } Our aircraft co-opeq,'ate4r machine gunning .toencjies and, batteries .jand: all returniflg... »-.■ '„•. • . „,. . .)■ ;....-,.• .. ;. . A : |a£er French , <?6mnjunit|ue say» : |We, captured- .a f fua'therraWJ.metres. of tr enph north of Hurtebise. ; •. ..A • counter-; attack, i\\ the .afternoon j,did ( ;. not reach qur lines, being, irpkett,: under >our violent ai"tiiJiartvi|ig,v ,- 1 =; ■■• y- . ■ .. Jn rOhampagJJ^, south «.of> Butte '.clu >feanil.- . . we ;<reptilged . . a ■ i stix>ng .'«nemy coup da main *and captured piisoners, im alujdmff ,the? commandeiCv. Thei-© is V brisk ,\artilleryu3g: stmggla in the whole region^ noi'tli of, HHL ,304 ; and Mort Homme- . . „ „ .

} GERMiAN PRIIPARATIQiNS.. EVACUATION OF OOASTAI, TOWNS.

and N.Z. Cabin Association. l ; LONDON,- September. 2. The - Amsterdam Tfelegraaf say&. Jie-ws frbm Belgium indicates thatVGermariy is ; preparing for the possible, evacuatipai. of' the ••coastal district before winte;% Civilians ai*e leaving the towns and village*?,' and, the banks, -have, transferred then; .gold ;tp Birnssiejp. . • ■ , Jna^eqoate O foo4 ifi /supplied to the ci\"i,lijjuiSj : aud' thousands are , ill. ;