Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-11
GERMANS DELIVER y
SIX BIG ATTACKS.
BUT BRITISH HOLD
Field Marshal Haig Maintains
Important Positions Gained
in Flanders Battles.
FRENCH SUCCESSFUL
IN ST. QUENTIN REGION
Crown Prince Launches Several A.
saults in Champagne ON Two
Mile Front, But Fails.


Mile Front, But Fails.
By the Associated Press
LONDON. August 11.-Six German
saults were made On the British positions
to the east Of Ypres during the night, 90
cording to the British Official statemeut
issued today. They all broke down after
fierce fighting.
Field Marshal Haig reported that IL
British maintained their positions gained
yesterday to the east Of Ypres, and nnan-
ed ground near the Ypres- -Menin roaa,
Heavy casualties were inflicted on the
enemy.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.s foruss
attacked at daybreak yesterday and cap
tured virtually all the German forward
positions east of the Beigian town Of
Hooge on the battle front between Fro
xenburg and the Ypres- Menin road, SAYS
the Associated Press correspondent The
assaulting forces gained virtually All their
ob1ectives to the depth Of several hundred
fenses stifrened after the initial onsiaueSf
and heavy fighting developed.
Attack ON Two-Mile Front
The text Of last nights report fea-
lows:
Our attack this morning east A.
Ypres was delivered on 4 front a.
nearly two miles south OF the Ypres-
Roulers railway. On the right wing
Of the attack heavy fighting Occurred
Tor the high ground astride Of the
fpres-Menin road. Some progress was
made by our troops in this area ana
the fighting continues.
In the center and on the left our
attack, after overcoming the enemy'p
resistance. resulted IN our gaining the
wnoue OF our objective. In addition
which now are completely In our banda
our troops established themselves u
jlencorse wood In the fierce nghf-
ing that occurred heavy casualties were
prisoners.
In addition to the foregoing numb
OF prisoners, we captured In sucoenn.
1ul raids last night east Of Monchy-loa
British Post Is Raided. =
The enemy raided one OF our pouen
southeast of Guenappe and two OF orr
men are missing. Another hostile
raidihg party was repulsed northease
OF g rzeaucourt.
'Th> re was great activity in the afr
and thick clouds made 1t dificult for
our afrplanes to engage the enemy.n
machines machines We successfully carried out
work during the day.
In the air lighting fve German ma
chimes were brought down and fva
others driven out of control In ad-
dition two German observation balloons
were brought down in flames and four
others were driven down badly dam.
aged"
Both Allied Armies Gain.
By the Associated Press
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
hEioM. August 1.-THE British
portant sequel to the battle of last
week, when they carried by assault Qer-
man forward positions along the front
Menin road and thereby obtainea
strong defenses which had remained IN
.ne enemy's possession on the West-
ncehe ridge after the battle of July Al.
At the same time their French allies On
the left advanced to- a conside-a hIe
depts east and north of Bixschoote.
Near the junction of the French ana
BRUSH armies. the former pushed their
lines across the Steenbeck river. ana
little north of this point occunied -
the west bank OF the stream seversl
farms that the Germans had been forced
20 e'acuate under pressure of artillery
.
French lines. Among the BOOTY can.
tured by the French were five runa
which the enemy had been unable To -
move In their hurried withdrawal.
Strong Links in Defense.
The forcing of the Germans from
the Westhoek ridge adds a strong Iink
to the new lines of British defenses
The possession of this ridge has heen
bitterly contested because It dominates
the surrounding country
In the general attack July Al the Prit
ish occupied the major part of the west.
hoek ridge and a large part of the VIII
lage OF Westhoek, and they maintained
tneir position In the face of fierce ar
tillery fire and several heavy counter
attacks. Until today the British have
rested on the laurels won in that firsf
attack. having achieved virtually ali tbe
ob1ectves that they sought along the
wide front involved. The Westhoek
ridge was found to be more or less of
thorn in their side. but even had tina
British desired at that time 10. rnaks
another attack it is doubtful II they
would have been able to conduct n suc.
cessfully owing to the deluge of rain
The trenches in this section in some
cases were waist deep in water and the
surrounding low ground was trans-
formed into a morass over which gt
was virtually impossible to operate
Strike at Earliest Moment.
During the last few days compar..
lively fair weather has done Wonders
in drying the ground, and the Brftfsh
appear to have struck at the earlfeet
possible moment to strengthen their
positions here. The usual German
counter attacks had not materialixed a &
latest reports, but no one doubts in the
British lines that the enemy would
make a strong attempt to retrieve
themselves here.
The return of hne weather finds thS
whole battle front seething with - =
ton. The Germans now are using BIZ Z
naval guns to search out vulnernhfS
areas far back OF the British ifnSa
Towns that are outside the range o6
ordinary cannon have been underwofnG 4
1 fre of hate. Fortunately the cfyfIiaS
have not suffered much :.
and the material damage to the inofHen- E
sive towns has not been great.
Germans Lose Seven Aeros.
Yesterday was a disastrous day for :
he German air service. which agnin
was active after q long spell OF baH
weather that precluded obseryatfo1-r 8
seven enemy aifplanes were crashed -
sarth and another was driven down
,ut of control
The German sausage oboervaf1oa 49,
oons also had bad tims. Two sf - 8