Show ALLIES LAUNCH A ATTACK GERMAN THIRD DEFENSE LINE IN FLANDERS CAPTURED BY BRITONS AND FRENCH in a terrific smashing drive along twenty mile front allied forces hurl germans germane back taking many prisoners london one of the biggest offen of the war almed aimed apparently to drive the germans aroln the belgian Belf flan coast was launched by the allied french and british forces on the flanders I front on july 31 in terrific smashes the troops of if field marshal haig hurled back crown prince torce force on a wide front or of apparently iwen ty miles the lie were forced back the british captured three lines of defenses defens Ls in ili some places the alic offensive was launched with clock like regularity the british captured la Bass eeville in ili the hie first dash diioli the french crossed tin the cypres ypres lille canal and took the germans first find and second line defenses objectives gained was the terse report of 0 the british war office the germans wore were not forced back without a gallant fight time and again the hurled themselves at the oncoming foes but their counter attacks were in vain the british and french came on thousands of prisoners were taken the infantry attacks were made under one of the most violent of barrage fires for a week the allies biad ad shelled the german lines just before down dawn tuesday under cover of a heavy fog the allies pressed on tile the attack by the french and british was simultaneous the british tool took the first german line in the cypres ypres region the troops are consolidating their ground preparatory to a new dash artillery Is being moved forward rapidly to aid the infantry the british tanks are doing their part counterattack counter attack after counterattack counter attack was launched each was repulsed with heavy losses to the Teu tons according to the 1 latest messages from the I 1 front the germans poured a deadly machine gun fire on the hordes ordes li at first it was feeble ana and erratic then it became more accurate |