The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
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DOWN GERMAN
RESISTANCE
EgHKFEkas -- Fai
Drive Deep Into Hindenburg
Line At Ypres
BERLIN ADMITS LOSS
Counterattacks by Teutons Mostly
Failed and Losses Were
Extremely Heavy.
BERLIN ADMITS LOSS

London, Sept 28.-British troops
Eammering at tle German line around
Ypres yesterday battered their way
through desperate resistance and reg
istered new and valuable gains in ter
rain. At Zonnebeke, where nlghtfal
caught them at the end of the first
days battle. they launched crushing
blow and fought their way into the
village.
The Berlin statement declare;
twelve British divisions, 100000 men
were engaged in the first days battle
and admits Haig broke through to the
depth of a kilometer east OF st. Julien
to the east of the Ypres-Menin road
Determined opposition by linden
burg is encountered all along the six
mile front, but Haigs men have
steadily edged toward their objective
the Lille-Ostend railway.
Four times yesterday the Bavarian
crown prince hurled dense waves
against the attacking British and
combats of the fiercest sort developed
and the fortune OF battle swaying tC
and fro, but duck saw Haig's men In
possession of all gains, except at one
point, east of st. Julien, where two
redoubts again fell into the hands ol
the enemy. One of these had to be
relinquished by the British and still
remains in German hands, but from
the other the Germans were scatter
ed pell-mell by fresh British on
slaught.
Thursday was given by the captors
OF the new positions in consolidating
them preparatory & starting another
vigorous offensive.
The front attacked by the British
stretches from Tower Hamlets, cap
tured yesterday, to St. Julien. Today:
front dispatches decribes the German
losses as extremely heavy"
The German crown prince along the
Aisne front and in the Verdun sector
has made several attempts to breal
the front Of General Petain, but as OF
former occasions the attacks all were
repulsed with heavy casualties Or
the greater portion of the line held by
the French artillery duels are in prog
ress.
On the front in northern Russia ant
in Rumania the activity of the Ger
mans and Austro-Hungarians has al
most ceased, except for small out
post operations and here and ther,
artillery duels of slight proportions
The Germans, however, apparently arr
connoitering in the Baltic sea, pre-
pairing for attacks against the Rus
sian fleet. Their naval airplanes alst
are taking part in this work, but ar,
flying high and keeping out of tn,
range of the Russian anti-aircraf
and coast batteries.
There has been no resumption b,
General Cadorna of his intensive OF
fensive against the Austrians alon
the IsonZo front, where only mino
engagements have taken place. o
the Carso plateau the Austrians hay
begun again a violent bombardmen
of Italian positions, but the Italian
are effectively countering Larg
quantities of explosive daily are bein
dropped by the Italians on Austria
positions behind the fighting front.
In Belgium British and French al
men also are keeping up their raid
against Germans naval bases, cantor
ments and other important objective
and are scoring hits which give Wis
bic indications OF great damage.