Evening star., 1917-10-05
Night Passes Without Counter.
Attacks, While British Con-
soIidate New Positions.
TEUTONS NOW IN BAD ;
STRATEGICAL POSITION
Stories From Battlefront in Elan.
ders Emphasize Gruesome Casual
ties Suffered by Kaiser's
Forces in Latest Battle.

British soldiers now are entrenched
on the crest of most Of the high ground
in the famous Ypres salient as results
of tremendous blow given the Germans
yesterday on an eight-mile front east
and northeast Of Ypres. Driven froT
the high ground the Germans now will
be forced to go up hill against tbs Brit
ish, while the British artillery throws
shell after shell upon the German <.
fenses and lines of communication.
Field Marshal Haigs latest stroke
surprised and stunned his adversaries
as they were about to renew their at
tacks against him. The British bar
rage moved the massed Germans down.
and those remaining were annihilated
in the rush of the British troops. AT
no point along the attacking front was
the German resistance very great, al
though the British had difficulty in
overcoming the concrete redoubts bris-
Ting with machine guns. -
Several Villages Taken. Z
The villages OF Reutel. Noordenhoaks
Polderhoek, Molenaarelsthoek. DRSod.
seinde and Gravenstafel were captured
in their entirety and the greater part
of the Poelcapelle was taken.
BY the capture of BroodSeinde 6ln
British established themselves well ove~
the crest Of the ridge Ave miles east Of
Ypres. From here they can lombard
the Roulers-M -Menin railroad. the prin-
cipal German line Of communication In,
the Ypres sector.
In, 70 tta NJ
of great Importance the Germans sus-
tanned very heavy casualties as re.
suit Of the British barrage. More than
5000 German prisoners were takens
half of them being wounded.
Germans Are Stunned. '
The course Of events during the nf9A1
gave further evidence Of the severity
OF the shock given the Germans in yes
terday's thrust. They kept up q heavy
artillery fire during the night. but did
not deliver a single counter attack.
solidating their new positions.
On the French front Gen. Petain's
troops had to cope with several sur
prise attacks by the Germans last
in upper Alsace. The German efforts,
however. met with no success. North.
east of Verdun, where the Germans re-
Gently regained a bit Of territory from
is continuing.
Consolidating Ground. n
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. October 5.-The Germans
have undertaken no further counter at
tacks against the positions east OF
Ypres gained by the British in yestsf.
them under a heavy fire during the
night. The British are consolidating
their newly won ground. The ofhcaa1
statement given out today follows:
Our new positions east OF Yproo
were heavily shelled by the enemy dur
ing the night. but no further counto1
attacks were made. Our troops have
been engaged with organizing the cap.
tured positions.
"A hostile raiding party endeavored
to enter our trenches last night north
of Gouzeaucourt, but was driven on
with loss by rifle and machine gun nre4
Three other raids were attempted by
the enemy in the neighborhood of Lens
All three were repulsed. in one case
after stiff fighting"
Official Story Of Battle.
The text of the report from British
in France last night reads:
'Our attack this morning was launch
ed on a front of more than eight miles.
from south of Tower Hamlets to tho
Ypres-Staden railway. north OF Lange-
marck, and has been completely sue
cessful. All our objectives have been
gained; positions of great importanco
have been won and more than 5000 Ger
man prisoners have already reached the
stations.
I'VE are now in possession of the
main ridge up to point 1000 yards
north of Broodseinde.
South of the Menin road. where only
a short advance was intended. our OBJ
jectives were reached at an early hour.
North of the road the English battalionS
carried the hamlet of Polderhoek and
Polderhoek chateau. where sharp fight
ing occurred, and drove the enemy from
numerous farms and small woods south
and east of Polygon wood. Australian
troops captured Molenaarelsthoek and
cleared the houses on the Zonnebeks-
road.