Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-27
YPRES DRIVE
GOES AHEAD;
ENEMY FAILS
-Four Counters BY Germans
Defeated, With Heavy
Losses in Men.
- - AssocLalea -

fBv The Associated Press
British Front I'm France and
Belgium Sept. 27,-The British
are maintaining their new lire
strongly. The main battle today
was in the neighborhood Of Cam
er0u house. south Of the eastern
extremity OF P0lyROu wood. where
the Australians are pressing the
Germans hard. The situation as
a whole is virtually unchanged.
Northwest Of E0nnebeke heavy
fighting continues i'm the region
Of the elevations which dominate
a considerable extent Of territory
Prom tie British standpoint the
situation resulting from the Often
sive is exceedingly satisfactory
London. Sept 27.-rhe lighting yes
terday afternoon and evening along
the front Of the new British attack in
the Ypres sector was exceedingly Sc
we're. says today's official statement.
The Germans made four VAIN counter
attacks in great strength The Brit
ish announcement says.
THE struggle was the most severe
in the area south of P0lygon wood,
where English. a Scottish, Welsh aud
Australian troops defeated repeated
attempts OF the enemy TO break into our
positions. The enemy's attacks all
were repulsed after fierce lighting in
which the German losses were ez-
tremely heavy.
Later in the evening the fighting
gradually died down leaving our
troops In possession Of the ground
they had captured during the day
fBy the Associated Press)
British Front in France and Belg-
ium. Sept 26.-( Delayed Once more
the British lighting machine has
crushed its way through the German
trenches along the Tpres battle front
with great success The offensive be
gun in the gray dawn of misty morn
ing had by noon accomplished virtu-
ally all that had been planned for IL
and this afternoon the men of Australia
England and Scotland we're holding
positions which represented gain OF
from 900 10 800 yards.
They had secured the whole of the
/ Tower Hamlets ridge. they were clear
+ of the famous P0IEgon woods they
I had battled half way through Tonne
beke village of immortal memory. and
north Of the Ypres-R0ulerg railway
/ they were holding many German
. =
beck river. Hard fighting still con
tinued. especially south Of the POlygon
wood where the Germans were trying
I determiuedly to regain the ground
+ lost
/ The advance on the extreme right
was not deep. but Il was in accord with
+ the plan 10 drive the Germans from
Tower HamleCs ridge The battle for
+ this position really began Yesterday
and was continuous and sanguinary.
DO Work well.
/ s. lot of British troops in this sec
/ ter began the new push this morning
! under the fatigue of many hours hat
/ Ting against q determined foe. but
/ they did their work today and did it
! we'll.
Along the Mcu3u road the English
made the slight advance called for IN
der a whitening machine gun and ar
tlIery fire
The Australians who negotiated
most of the territory between the
. Tpras- ROulers railway and the Epres-
Menin road appear 10 have had com
parativeIv little trouble in getting
through with the exception of q mar
row stretch just south of the Polyg0n
wood where the Germans held "a
+ tenaciously for a time.
North Of Polygou wood the Austral-
jans covered the ground assigned to
them in two hours and twenty minutes,
. the average depth of their advance be
ing 200 yards. The entire Australian
operation was accomplished with ax-
J ceedingly small casualties.
Wound Of Defeat Healed.
/ Ii was q proud day for those English
troops who forced their way into the
. western end of Zonuebeke village Not
since april 1915. when the British
7 were compelled TO withdraw from this
place had an allied soldier entered it.
/ The wound of this defeat was healed
( largely today.
The Geramns were active through
out last night and pat down heavy
/ barTage FIRE before this mornings at
tack. but it did little damage. The
British artillery preparation had been
exceedingly good and the ground was
! strewn with enemy dead.
Among the prisoners in this sector
were number of Prussians. who are
sturdy looking soldiers. Prisoners
were coming in all along the lire OF
( the offensive but it was impossible to
/ estimate the total further than that
i several hundred had ben accounted for
I at an early hour
German 0fficial Report.
Berlin. Sept q (yia L0ud0n} .-Es-
pecialIy stubborn fighting occurred
/ yesterday along the roads radiating
/ from Zonnebeke westward and in the
evening for possession of GheIuyeIt
( today's official report says. The viii
I Iage remained ia possession Of the
/ Germans.
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