ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
LONDON, October 26
The United Press correspondent says that the attack began in a drizzle, the ground being slii pery on tho ridges, while among the lowland bogs it was impassable in places. The enemy fought stubbornly from fortified farms, reinforced buildings, concreted blockhouses, shell craters, and pillboxes.
Our airmen participated, despite the weather, and engaged the enemy artillery, transports, and marching columns behind the lines, while otners machine-gutted the enemy troops in the front line from a few yards 'altitude. British troops at 6.50 were seen entering the pillboxes on Bellevue Spar, oue of the most important German jositions, which is 2000 yards westward of Passchendaele. Half an hour later they were seen fighting round Polderhoek Chateau, the Tommies hustling their prisoners from the strongest walls, with the upper floors sandbagged yards deep, making the cellars and subcellars a Gibraltar of security
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 2
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145ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 2
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