VIGOROUS LEFT WING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 218, 19 October 1914, Page 7

VIGOROUS LEFT WING.

MOVING AHEAD. ALLIES GAIN GROUND. PARIS, October 17. A communique, issued on the 16th,

'at midnight, states the action on the left wing everywhere continues with vigour. The Allies' gained ground at some points, particularly at Laventie, eastwards of Estaires. The Germans unsuccessfully attacked Maliueourt. PARIS, October 17. The following announcement is made: "The Germans in "Western Belgium have not advanced beyond the line Os-tend-Roulers-Menin. ' 1 The Allies have occupied the approaches to Armentieres. We again gained ground in the Arras and Saint Miliiel regions." The following was received on Saturday:— It is officially stated that the report of yesterday's progress is confirmed. The Prime Minister received the following: — LONDON, October 16. Paris reports that on the left wing the action of the allied armies extends from the region of Ypres to the sea. The Germans have occupied Blankenberghe, on the coast, 12 miles north of Ostend. PARIS, October 17; The following official statement is made: — "Progress continues. We have occupied Fromelles, southward of Lille. French Marines repulsed an attack along the Ypres Canal to the sea."