BRITISH GAINS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 47, 19 June 1917, Page 6

BRITISH GAINS.

CONTINUED PROGRESS EAST OP MESSINES. ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE, LONDON, June 18Sir Douglas Haig reports: Wc gained further ground eastward and northeastward of Messines oh a front of nearly two miles.' * We occupied the hamlet of Gapaard. I We also advanced the line slightly I astride the Souchoz river. I Tnere is considerable enemy artil- 1 lory activity north-eastward of Gouzea- ! court, southward and northward of the f Scarpe, and in the neighbourhood of Lons and Ypres. Our aeroplanes yesterday did useful work, despite unfavourable weather. GERMANS’ COMING PATE. DOOMED TO COMPLETE DEFEAT. LONDON, June 12. Sir Douglas Haig’s special army order songratulates General Plumer and the Second Army on their success, and says that nothing can save the enemy from complete defeat. The Germans are brave and tenacious, but is it only a question of how much longer they can endure such blows. Our losses were gratifyingly light considering ths magnitude of the battle. Headquarters correspondents report that the intermittent shelling east and north-east of Ypres does not appear to indicate anything definite, but rather suggests jumpiness. Extraordinary activity prevails on practically the whole of the present battle front. The United Press correspondent at Headquaters states that patrols are operating well eastward of the positions gained in the battle of Messines. The beaten German army has not yet been reorganised. Patrols yesterday i aptured seven field guns whose eretri bolted at the sight of the Britishers. GERMANY’S AIM. SPEECH BY THE KAISER, AMSTERDAM, June 13. The Kaiser, addressing Prince Eistel’s division, said Germany was only striving to break the enemy’s will to war. v Meet me to-night in dreamland, dear; But beware and be wide awake, For the paths are dark in its lampless park, And you might slip into the lake. Chills begin when you’re up to the chin In ice-cold water with duck-wed in; And the only means to survive and endure Is a course of Woods’ Peppermint. Cure.