Evening star., 1917-10-26
ALLIES STRIKE HARD
|NFLANDERSR REGION
SCOR|NGPROCRESS
Germans, Smarting Under De-
feat on Aisne, Face New DAM
ger Near Ypres. "
HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS y
ALREADY TAKEN T0DAN
French Capture Draiebank, Pspegoed
Wood and Fortified Farms-British
Make Two Separate Attacks.

Make Two Separate Attacks.
"hlle the Germans on the Aisne fror9
were still smarting from the heavy blow
Gen. Petain had administered to them.
leaving him uninterrupted in oreanisa
ing the captured ground, they word
called upon to face today . resumptio1
OF the entente offensive in Flanders,
Both Field Marshal Haig and the
Paris war Office report the launching of
the new attack, which is declared to bs
developing satisfactorily, although un.
der most adverse weather conditions.
inc French were obliged to wade
through water up to their necks in
crossing tho st. Jansbeck and Covsrs
beck rivers. but nevertheless they maAa
important progress on the left flank Of
the field Of attack. capturing Draeibank
village, Papegoed wood and many
farms where the Germans had organS
lied points Of supply. Hundreds OF Ger<
mans fell into the hands of the French
as prisoners
Inc front Of the thrust apparently n
a Tar more extended one than that oe
last week. as the London official stato.
ment mentions the attack as beinR
iaunched northeast and east" Of Yprea.
tne British have carried the field Of
attack TO point as far south as directs
~ east OF Ypres the battle front of tha
oay ls on line approximately ten
miles long. extending along nearly Tn
entire curve OF the new Ypres salients
Start Early in Morning.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. October c6-The Frenoh
and British troops are attacking today
In the Ypres region. the war ONCE ana
nounces. The statement follows:
AT DAD O'Clock this morning a&S
and British armies north. northern
and east of Ypres. The allied troopl
are reported to be making satisfactory
RtSssSisns' eksin f.,l h..v,iv su,,nx -. ,.,,.s
ing"
Shortly. before o'clock this mutuauh
British forces which began an ofIensiVo
on the Ypres front were seen entering Ger.
man pill boxes upon Bellevue spur and
shortly afterward signals showed that ~
British had carried Poelderhoek Chateau
wnlch had been strongly fortified by the
Germans, telegraphs the correspondent of
Reuters. Limited at British headouartera
In Belgium
French Score Big Successes.
PARIS. October 26.-The village %
Papegoed wood and =
number of fortified farms were capS,
tured by the French In an attack
iaunched this morning on the Flanders
front, the war ONCE reports. Huns
dreds Of prisoners were taken. 80
The French forced a crossing OF tw6
rivers. wading through water up te
their shoulders.
On the Aisne front the ground nev1v
won is being consolidated and no im>
portant fighting occurred during the
night.
The Germans renewed their attacks
in the Verdun sector and were again
beaten back. suffering large losses.
The official statement follows:
In Belgium we attacked at o'clock
this morning the German positions bos
tween Dreigrachten and Draeibank.
and the Coverbeck. with the water up
to their shoulders. and made importane
progress In spite of the difficulty of the
ground. The village of Draeibanls,.
as points of support. fell
into our hands. We took hundreds o6
prisoners.
Organizing Positions. y
The night was calm on the frono
north of the Aisne The enemy underS
.ook no reaction. except for a feeble
ng the positions captured on the south
bank of the Oise-Aisne canal. where
he enemy blew UP the bridges on res
iring.
,ur small posts was without success.
"On the right bank of the Meu0o
'Verdun 'front.' the Germans renewed
heir attacks on our positions ae
chaume wood: After a very spirited
in the course of which
he enemy suffered serious losses, he
vas prevented from gaining a footing
except in one Of our advanced posis
ions.
Everywhere else the night waa
aim"
Strong Positions Seized. =.
The text of the statement telling Of
he recent victory on the Aisne readae
"Our troops carried ont this mornine
Thursday a general advance beyond
he positions reached Wednesday even-
ng, extending to the Oise-Aisne canal
he village and forest Of Finon are In
ur hands, as well as the village OF
-F'ilain. South of Filain. whore
ur patrols penetrated, we occupied the
arms of st. Martin and La Chapell0
tie. Berthe.
.aThc enemy under our pressure was
ompelled to abondon important ma
erial, including score OF cannon, Of
yhich several were howitzers of $50
lze The total number of cannon cap-
ured by us since October 20. is about
20, to which may be added several
undred minnenwerfer and machln0
unS.
1900 Prisoners Taken. =.
"In the course Of the day we tooA
.ore than 1000 prisoners. The number
{ prisoners taken since the opening ol
,e operation exceeds $4,000, OF whom0
lore than 200 are officers.
son the right bank of the Meuse IA
ermans followed up their bombards
lsnt. indicated this morning, of our
ositions in the Chaume wood with.
a attack which our fire arrested"
'Wo Distinct Attacks
Delivered by British;
Fight on Wide FronI
' the Associated Press.
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