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Show BRITISH DRIVE A SUCCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BRITISH FRONT TV BKLGTUM, Nov. 10. (By the Associated 'less.) The British troops which attacked this morning in the I'a?schendae!o area were reported at an early hour to havo battled bat-tled their way forward as much as S00 yards at some points. The British passed many strongly fortified farms north and northwest of Goeberg. At this point the:' were fighting fight-ing nearlv half a mile from their jump-ing-off place. The line was piif-hed northward along 1 the Pa hcndael ride almost to the ! point nl whi'h the highest creM start? .lufin dow nward. To.ih - 's or-THt ion? w-rf en rrir 1 out on a "J.'ii'M ard front for limited objectives. objec-tives. h!i h h;d been virtuully all nined b I'i o eloeK. The attn'k wni heun at ti;C. n'f'nrk in 1 h rai n, w h i h iiad been falling nrarly .ill nikjlit. The ground nlon thi crtit of the nde was in o:npnrati ely j pood eundttion for th adavre. but to the westward, in the allt-v of the Bad--i'r.eek, it wrj? er'e.Iinl- marshv. , I spit' t lie ilo coin if on t he lower cronn.l, the troops ht-re appear to h kept up with the prores (1f the m.nre-fortnnate m.nre-fortnnate men on t ho higher c'wi.n-i. As r:: rly a." 7 : it' n 'clock t hev wrro bat tli n at a for, i fled fa rm oj ards bfvond their startinty point and shortlv aiterwards were reo.irted some distance Levoiid this place. Tlie (lennan artillery put down & heay barrage ail a!ca: the front involved in-volved as t ho aflvlt was bo pin- The BritUh alo encountore-i a heavy machine ma-chine j:uii fire I'roTi luirnerous strong points. If the British i' main in the j j- i -tion" t hey reai'hed this nuirninc it will mean that the .ili''ut about Passehen-daelo Passehen-daelo and (iosber has bet-n crcatly wi b-ncd and therefore made more at-iffa'.'tory. |