Evening star., 1917-11-06
Canadians Establish Them
selves loo Yards Beyond
=. Passchendaele Village.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS
SCORED AT ALL POINTS
French Forces Break Into Enemy
Lines in Several Places-Big
Guns Active Near Verdun.
BIZ the Associated Press.

LONDON. November g. Canadian
forces In their offensive against the Ger
mans this morning northeast Of Ypres, on
the Belgtan front. have established them
selves at q point . hundred yards BE-
yond the village Of Passchendaeie, says
telegram from Reuters correspondent
at the British headquarters in France
BRITISH FRONT IN BELGIUM. No
vember "a sharp battle Is being
waged at Mosse1markt village, north OF
Passchendaele. A struggle also Is pro-
ceedinG At Polderhoek chateau
British odacial Report.
The war ofsce reports that satisfactory
progress Is being made.
The statement follows:
"An attack was launched at o'clock
this morning against the enemy's posi-
lions IN the neighborhood OF Passchen-
dAele. Our troops are reported to be
making satisfactory progress
raided German trenches in the neighbor-
hood Of Hulluch and brought back a few
prisoner"
Break Into German Lines.
PARIS. November 6-The French broke
into the German lines at several points
last night and took prisoners. the war
ONCE announces. A German attack near
CarriIlet., on the Champagne front. was
repulsed. The communication follows:
I'VE carried out several surprise at
tacks AGAINST the German lines. especial
IL west Of Auberive and south OF 81.
Quentin ...
west Of Carnillet was repulsed.
.On the right bank Of the Meuse Ver-
dun front) the artillery fighting was
rather vigorous in some sectors,
esaptsys Elsswhsre the night, was
- Ailette Three Yards Wida--,.s
s. az Assos1stesd rress. ' .
t FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE. No-
vember 6.-The Germans still hold the
northern slope Of the valley Of the All
cite after their retreat from the Chemin
des,~ DaIaes. of which nothing remains
but the historic name and its dominat-
ing position over the marshy lowlands.
The famous little river. whose entire
follow on Sunday as it meandered
through the Doggy underground would
scarcely be worth marking on an ordt-
nary map. as its, greatest breadth fs
only about three yards The Germans
had made many passages over the
stream. all of which were destroyed
when the last man of their retreating
forces went over, =
Country Swept by Shells
French. patrols everywhere reached
the southern bank. but whenever they
attempted to attain the other side they
met with / murderous machine-gun
fre. The whole southern slope of the
valley was swept hour after hour on
Sunday with German shells Of all CALI
bers. most of them charged with no1i-
Germans believed the Frebch were
concentrating received continuous sal
woes, which, however. did little dam
age Several thousand protectiles were
fred by the German artillery in the
course of the day in this sector. most
Of which apparently were fired at very
long range and struck without explod-
ing.
The correspondent approached the
front lines. and splendid view could
be obtained right along the valley and
over the ground for the possession Of
which the German crown princes army
has spilled so much blood. Seemingly
chine gun range, could be observed the
ruins of the villages Of Chamouille,
Neuville. Chermizy. Beuconvill and
vauclerc. while alens the crest OF the
there faint traces Of what once had
been the Chemin-des-Dame now a
mere collection Of deep she'll craters
runnisg Into each other-
:: German Tunnels Seen.
.Belowsthis road on the northern side
opsiiedA showing where the Germans
had cdAReptrated and sheltered. their
troops.vVery slight damage had been
done these shelters. except in5,fcases
Sses fS the ns}9n roots
q Esnra. sometimes causing the
Garcn&o over. the hattlefeid ator
l16is platesn9fit Was: easy to svizua1ize
which has been going ont these. many
months. Both the German, and French
trenches and positions had been shelled
out Of all shapf and.h was difficult to
der the incessant bombardments
There was not an inch of ground that
had not been pulverized. and noW, with
the heavy autumn mists and frequent
rains. the ground has been formed into
a sticky mess. progress through which
is really a form of punishment. The
great mounds. known as Classmates and
California plateaux stand out boldly,
making the reason plain why both sides
fought SO obstinately for their possess
sion.
Deep Mud Abounds.
When acquaintance with the situa-
tion becomes closer the wonder arises
how smeni fighting there were able to
approach. one anothers positions for at.
fS1ks and counter attacks, since every
step means sinking knee deep In cling
.Retnrning to the rear, the correspond
snf found the villages of Craonne.
Cra6neIIe and Oulches just a heap of
stones, even their graveyards having
rbSen churned into mud.
/ : Meanwhile over on the other side
tsfha. French troops are keeping In
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