The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-07

60 THROUGH
HUN LINES
CAPTURE KEY no VAST TERRI
TORY STILL HELD BY THE
GERMANS
MAKE A GREAT DRIVE
ALLIES NOW ASSAULT R0ULERS,
CENTER OF GERMAN TRANS
PORTATION SYSTEM
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS


BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FLANDERS-The British artillery to-
day began the bombardment of Roul-
ers, the key city OF the German COM
munication system. The capture of
Passchendaele brought the British
within five miles of Roulers the rail-
road center. High American army Of
ficers witnessed the British assault.
Hold Every Point
Marshal Won Hindenburg ordered
that the Germans must recapture the
ridge positions Immediately. The en-
emy massed tremendous forces sew
eral times. Each time British observ-
ers saw the German plans and the
British guns promptly put down such
frightful barrage fire that the enemy
could not attack. The Canadians held
Passchendaele firmly despite the terri
fic artillery fire of the enemy.
Great Assault
The village of Passchendaele was
attacked by the British early Tuesday.
The attack, begun at dawn by the
Canadians has not only taken some
of the attacking force beyond Pass
chendaele out onto the ridge to the
north but. on the. Meetcheele spur,
a little to the northwest, has carried
them along the high ground
towards the village of Mosselmarkt,
where a battle was being waged The
fairly good condition and satisfactory
progress was reported all along the
narrow but vital front involved.
Allies Dominate the Plains
Possession of Passchendaele, DOM
mating Roulers and Roulers plain,
gives the allied forces a firm footing
on the series of great spurs extending
from Gheluvelt, on the south, includ-
ing Bellevue spur and Passchendaele
ridge running northeast for miles. It's
capture marks great triumph in the
long struggle to secure this higher
ground. The allies now have the ad-
vantage of position in the salient and
have relegated the enemy to the lower
levels dominated by British guns
Hold at All Cost
knowing too well the vital neces-
sity of maintaining the Passchendaele
position secure. Won Hlndenburg,
after the successful Canadian ad-
vance on Bellevue spur and the cap
ture of Great Farm and Meetcheele,
issued a special army order, COM
manding that Passchendaele should
be held at all costs and if lost must
be retaken. For days the enemy had
been rushing up guns and new forma-
tions of troops to insure his hold on
the position His efforts proved un-
availing The enemy's best troops
have moved steadily toward their OBJ
iective since the beginning of the
Passchendaele operations October %.
At O'Clock in the morning British
guns opened a tremendous barrage
fire and two minutes later men from
MaQlIODa, CdSkdtCHGWdll, AlDeltd tuu
western and eastern Ontario were out
of their shell holes and temporary
mud wall trenches in an advance
which by 1880 o'clock had carried
them beyond their objectives. 1t was
an artillery and machine gun battle
For an hour and half guns of the
a11ioc uoro poyer silent
How Battle is Won
Protected by splendid barrage the
moved slowly forward while
the counter-batteries dominated the
enemys guns and swept his assem-
bled artillery positions with their fire.
Canadian troops on the right, plung-
ing toward Passchendaele, have ad-
vanced well beyond the ruined village,
overcoming the fortified enemy she'll
holes and concrete strong points in ad-
vance and capturing numerous ma
chine gun positions which threatend
from the Passehendaele-zonn
road to the village itself
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