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STRONG ENEMY POSITION TAKEN…

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STRONG ENEMY POSITION TAKEN BY LONDON REGIMENT. SIR D. HAIG'S REPORTS. The following dispatches from Sir Douglas Haig have been issued by the Press Bureau:— Saturday, 10.12 a.m. We improved our position slightly during the night east of Westhoek. Yesterday evening a strong party of the enemy attacked the. ground gained by us during the day north-east of St. Julien. The German infantry were caught in our artil- lery barrage as they advanced to the attack, and were dispersed. Hostile artillery continues to show con- siderable activity north of Langemarck. Saturday, 9.25 p.m. A successful local operation was carried out this afternoon by a London regiment north of Inverness Copse. A German strong point was captured, with thirty-six pri- soners and a machine-gun, at little cost to our own troops. This afternoon Durham troops successfully raided the enemy's trenches East of Cherisy and captured twenty-two prisoners. Our casualties were slight. Early this morning a Taid attempted by the enemy in the neighbourhood of Neuve Chapelle was repulsed by Portuguese troops, leaving a number of dead and wounded Ger- mans in our hands. Another hostile raiding party, which endeavoured to enter our lines south of Armentieres, was forced to with- draw, without loss to our troops. On the 14th inst. the cloudy weather con- tinued, with a strong west wind, making artillery observation difficult, and greatly favouring the enemy's machines in combats. Eleven heavy bombs were dropped by us on the railway station north of Charleroi, and eeventy-five bombs on railway stations, billets, and encampments nearer the lines. Three enemy machines were brought down, one falling behind our lines, and six driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing. RAID ON GERMAN TRENCHES. Sunday, 10.35 a.m. Following on their successful raid yester- day afternoon west 01 Cherisy, our troops raided the enemy's trenches in this neigh- bourhood a second time last night, and pene- trated the German positions as far as the western outskirts of Cherisy. We captured a few more prisoners, with two machine- guns, and our casualties were again slight. In addition to the prisoners taken by us and the enemy's casualties in wounded, over seventy Germans were killed in the course of these two raids, and his dug-outs and de- fences were completely wrecked During the night a hostile party attacked one of our posts north of Lens, but was driven off. Earlv this morning the enemy counter- attacked north of Inverness Copse, and en- deavoured to retake the strong point cap- tured by us yesterday in this area. This attack was also repulsed. Hostile artillery showed increased activity last night east of Ypies. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Sunday, 9.9. p.m. During the night the enemy raided our trenches in the neighbourhood of the Ypres- Comines Canal and east of^Messines. A few of our men are missing. This looming the enemy heavily bom- barded our trenches north of Langemarck, and his infantry attempted to advance. Our ,Gounter-barra,e was opened immediately, and no hostile attack developed. There has -been considerable artillery ac- tivity during the day on both sides in the Ypres sector. On the 15th instant there was no improve- ment in the weather, and a strong west wind still rendered difficult the return of our machines from bombing raids and from fighting behind the enemy's lines. Artillery and photographic work was continued, and three tons of bombs were dropped on two hostile aerodromes east of Courtrai, on an aerodrome and an ammunition dump north- east of Cambrai, and on hostile billets and hutments. Six German machines were brought down in air fighting, and two driven down out of control Four of our machines are missing. AIRMAN v. INFANTRY. 9.19 p.m. On the 16th inst. visibility improved, and » good deal of successful artillery work and photography was accomplished. Dur-ing the fine intervals enemy aircraft were active, and were again greatly favoured by the strong west wind. In the course of the morning hostile machines dropped fifty bombs behind 'our lines. Very little damage was done. Our aeroplanes dropped1143 bombs on a German aerodrome and on -» hostile billets, and fired many thousand rounds from their machine-guns at various targets on the ground. In'particular, a body of 2,000 German in- fantry was engaged with machine-gun fire from a height of 100 feet, and scattered. Six German aeroplanes were brought down in combat, and four others were driven down out of control. In addition, one hostile machine was shot down in our lines by anti-aircraft gun fire. Eight of our aeroplanes are missing. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. Monday, 9.40 a.m. Successful raids were carried out during the night by English and Scottish regiments against the German positions east of Epehy, in the neighbourhood of the Arras-Douai railway, and south-east of Gavrelle. Several prisoners and two machine-guns were cap- tured by us. Many of the enemy were killed, and his dug-outs, trench mortar emplace- ments, and dumps were destroyed with explosives. Hostile artillery showed some activity during the night east of Ypres. Monday, 9.19 p.m. This morning the enemy attempted to raid our trenches south of Lombartzyde under a eovering bombardment. The hostile party was received with heavy fire by our troops, and repulsed with loss before reaching our trenches. Our artillery has been active during the day in the Ypres sector. The enemy's artillery activity has beea somewhat less marked, except in the' aroa south of Less and in the neighbourhood of Nieaport.

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