Evening star., 1917-09-26
Progress Registered, Menaces,
Lille as Well as German
Line in Flanders,
NEW BLOW is STRUCK ~ i
AS TEUTONS STAGGER
Kaiser's Forces Sanguinarily- Re
pulsed in Terrible Battle
Yesterday.


livering the recent smashing blow at
the German lines in Flanders, the Brit
ish have resumed their drive, launching
an attack on a wide front northeast and
east of Ypres early this morning. The
trend of the battle was only briefly IN
dicated in the early statement, Field
Marshal Haig reporting that his troops
were making good progress. Reuters
correspondent says the Germans have
been pushed over the high ground east
of Ypres.
Apparently the effort is aimed At
driving in deeper tho wedge already
forced into the German front astride
the Ypres-Menin road and northward
beyond the Ypres-Roulers railway Line.
Last Thursdays thrust pushed this
wedge approximately q mile farther
into the enemy's territory. where the
and held firmly against numerous dss-
perate counter attacks.
Almost Due North Of Lille.
The point Of the wedge has now al
most reached a line extending directly
northward from the great French man.
ufacturing city OF Lille. the envelop-
ment of which is assumed to be one Of
the great objectives of tho Flanders At
tacks, in connection with the drive be-
low Lille. carried out in the battle OF
Arras earlier this year.
The enlargement of the Ypre8 0Altouk
is likewise having the effect Of endan-
gering the German line to the north,
extending to the Belgian coast Seem
ingly. it is now the purpose c1 the
British to concentrate their oRsnetvo
moves here and by repeating the tao
tics pursued last year on the 6omnp
compel German retirement on . wide
front both to the north and south.
The new British blow was struck -
day just as tho Germans were stag
gering from the effects OF o sangutnaxy
repulse they sustained yestsrday n
heavy attacks which they delfyered on
the ridge east Of Ypres. The Germans
had made their way into the Hrftaeh
lines at two points on narrow fronts
in one of these attacks. but were forced
out in the later British counter eMoeG
simultaneously the British are oons
tinuing their aerial and naval 4ftAc81
on the Belgian coast
Ostend Also Bombarded.
LONDON. September 2e.-The British
made an attack this morning on .
wide front in the Ypres region. Good
progress is reported by the war ofnoo.
The statement follows:
I'VE attacked on a wide front In the
battle sector northeast ana east -
troops are reported to be making COED
The German naval base OF Ostend
on the Belgian coast was bomoardo0
Yesterday by British naval foroea.
British aerial patrols over the deet en-.
countered six hostile atrplanes ana
downed two.
In their new attack this morning the
British pushed back the Germans over
the high ground east Of Ypres Rsutere
at British headquarters
reports.
British Check Great Attack.
The Germans delivered a powerful
attack against the British east OF Ypres
YESTERDAY. They succeeded in gaining
a foothold in the Brltlsn hnes On M
sued. and after another strong Ger,
man attack the British drove them
from their newly won positions ana
their line In Its entirety'
according to Field Marshal Haig's re-
port.
Ry the Associated Press
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. September
26-Along the northern half OF the oat-
tie line to the east of Ypres. where
Field Marshal Haig resumed the offen-
sive this morning, the British have ad-
vanced at numerous places Tor q ais
tance of from 1000 to 1.20O yards An
early report. which was somewhat
indicated that the British infan-
try was fighting along line only q Few
hundred yards west of Zonneoeke.
The Germans are resisting despe-
rateN and along a front OF some
thousand yards astride the Ypres-
Wenin road a terrific struggle II pro-
The line of the present battle Is be-
tween points to the east of ST: Julien
and southwest of Ghe!uvelt. The Ger
mans ALREADY have been pushed out OF
many important positions.
The British appear to have been ex-
.rane1y successful throughout the
northern half of the line of attack.
No news is available from the sector
Of Polygon wood and the region south
Of that forest. -