EIGHTH FLANDERS BATTLE.
BRITISH LOOKING ALONG THE
RIDGE
GREAT INTENSITY OF FIGHTING
(Router's Telegram.)
(Received' November 7, 1.40 p.m.)
LONDON, Nov. 6.
Reuter's Headquarters 1 correspondent telegraphs: The eighth, Battle of Flanders m the autumn campaign began at 6 o'clock this nim-niug with the greatest intensity of lighting m the neighborhood of Pa-sscihendaele and l about the YpreslYlenin road, where it was dry till well alter the sun had risen; then an intermittent drizzle- caused poor visibility. The /prelim -nary bombardment was ■shorter than usual, but of terrific intensity, our puns searching the line west of .Mosselmarkt. where there were large enemy concentrations.
A map captured by the Anzacs showed an ambitious scheme for the recapture of Crest farm and the territory considerably beyond. The information enabled us to beat off iyi attack;
We are working our way well along the dominant Goneberg ridge, between Passchcndaelc and West Roosebeek.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 6
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149EIGHTH FLANDERS BATTLE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 6
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