BRITISH SUCCESSES ON FLANDERS FRONT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12082, 10 August 1917, Page 5

BRITISH SUCCESSES ON FLANDERS FRONT.

AUSTRIAN FEARS OF ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. GERMANY REVISING U-BOAT TACTICS, w——»ii ■ JNTENSIFIED DESTRUCTION OF LARGE BRITISH CARGO-CARRIERS, »—«—— ■ •* GREAT 'AERIAL WARFARE IS REPORTED FROM THE FLANDERS FRONT. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS LOCAL FIGHTS. TH£ ENEMY HEAVILY SHELLED THE ALLIED LINES AT VARIOUS POINTS. BRITISH STORMING TROOPS HAVE MADE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON THE ENEMY LINES IN THE VICINITY OF THE BELGIAN COAST. THE KAISER IS BUSY HARANGUING HIS TROOPS ON THE FLANDERS FRONT. GERMANY IS REPORTED TO BE AIMING AT INTENSIFIED DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH SHIPPING. INDISCRIMINATE SINKINGS ARE BEING ABANDONED, THE SUBMARINES CONCENTRATING ON SPECIALISED ATTACKS ON 'LARGE CARGO VESSELS. AUSTRIA IS STATED TO BE FRANTICALLY FORTIFYING THREATENED POINTS, FEARING AN EARLY ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. IT IS BELIEVED IN VIENNA THAT THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE IS THE MOST SERIOUS DANGER TO THE CENTRAL EMPIRES THIS AUTUMN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.