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Show - TEUTONS '- ADVANCE ' IS WAVES v Ji: our Times in Succes-sion Succes-sion Within Three Hours the Bavarian Crown Prince Hurh His Best Troops at British in Effort to Re- take Lost Ground. HAIG RETAINS ALL HIS GAINS French Repulse Strong Attacks North of the Aisne and on the Ver- dun Front; Russo-Ru-manian Army Holding Its Own in the East. By International News Service. LONDON, Sept. 27. Kour times in succession suc-cession "within three hours the Bavarian , 1 crown prince's best troops rushed In ' dense waves against the British on the latter's new six-mile front established 'm"'-n yesterday's advance northeast of JT Ypres. Combats of the fiercest sort de-veloped, de-veloped, the fortune of battle swaying to and fro, but dusk saw the British in complete com-plete possession of all their gains. Relatively, Rela-tively, the success in the beating of the Teuton counter-thrusts was even bigger than that of the previous day's advance, for the Germans hurled themselves forward for-ward with a recklessness and In such ctronp effectives that the British admittedly admit-tedly had their hands full holding them at Uv. The front attacked stretches from Tower Hamlets, captured by the British yesterday, to St. Julien. Today's front dispatches disclosed that the British advance ad-vance yesterday gained a maximum depth of one mile, in the sector of Zonnebeke village. 6h Douglas Hatg's official bulletin bulle-tin describes the German losses as "extremely "ex-tremely heavy." , Berlin Statement. ! The Berlin statement asserts that at I least twolve British divisions were deployed de-ployed for yesterday's drive (240,000 men), --f "The firmness of the German front was not shaken," the German account asserts, adding that the village of GheluveK, described as one of the British objectives, remained firmly In Teuton hands. It is admitted, however, that the British broke through the German defense system to a depth of one kilometer (five-eighths of a ' mile) east of St. Julien to the Ypres- Menln road. British Take Zonnebeke. With all the objectives of their new of- fotusivo near Ypres securely in their hand?, the English, Scotch and Australian - units now ore tenaciously holding them. ; notwithstanding He roe German thrusts that have been launched in efforts to re--H j I" 1 1 io lost ground. V As had been expected by reason of the toniour of tlio territory over which the battle has rui;ed. the lighting throughout has been of a most violent character. Near the Polygon wood, north and north-past north-past of St. Julien and northwest of Zonnebeke the encounters have been of a. sanguinary character, the Germans losing heavily in their counter-attacks. Of all the points of vantage gained by Field Marshal Ilalg the village of Zonnebeke Zonne-beke probably whh the most importa nt. Tor six miles farther on lies the Ostend-l.ille Ostend-l.ille railway, the cutting of which by the British would seriously interfere with operations op-erations between Germany's naval bases at Ostend and Zeebrtifco. Only nt two points during the fighting - , wort! the Germans able to recapture lost ground. This was easl of St. J alien, where two redoubts again fell into the. t' hands of the enemy. One of these had ! to be relinnuished by the Urltlsh and still tf remains In German hands, but from Die ot her the Germans were soa ttered pell- inell by a fresh British onslaught. i Farls ofllclally announced the repulse of strong Teuton attacks north of the Aisne and on the Verdun front. HIGHLANDERS ARE HEROES OF LATEST BRITISH DRIVE By the Associated Press. ' tUUTISH FRONT IN ' RAN G K V X p BKLGU'M. Sept. ST. Hard lighting occurred oc-curred during the night at various points along t he Ypres battle from as a result of homy German counter-attacks on po- id I Ions wrested from the enemy yesier- 'lay. but this morning found t he" sltuat ton virtually urn !iangc!. Furious enemy as- faults, which continued t hrouj? hout" es-f. es-f. terdny and last night, were dealt with V 'Successfully and l ho Brit ish today wei e rTT--" tnauitaining their new lines. The main battle this morning was m tiie neighborhood of u position known a? t'aniTon house, whhdi hs just south of the eastern extreniitv of Pnlycon wood. A severe and con t i uncus struggle uas (Continued on Pago Two.) TEUTONS ADVANCE TO DEFEAT WAVES (Continued from Page One.) been proceeding here, and when last heard from the Australians were pressing the Oermins hard. Germans Forced Back. Counter-attacks against the Australian front east of Polygon wood during the night were hurled back, after hard fighting. Yesterday afternoon the Germans ! launched a pretentious counter-drive against the British line between Tower Hamlets and Polygon wood. A sanguinary sanguin-ary struggle ensued, especially north of Menin road, but the Germans were gradually grad-ually forced to withdraw, after suffering i heavy losses. Northwest of Zonnebeke heavy righting 1 still continues in the region of Rn elevation eleva-tion known as hill 40, which dominates a considerable amount of the surrounding ground. East, and a little northeast, of St. .Tulien the Germans made two heavy counter-attacks against redoubt positiona which the British had captured yesterday morning. One Gain by Teutons. A very determined assault in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of Boetleer farm, east of St. .Tulien, was driven off. North of this place the Germans succeeded in regaining regain-ing two redoubts. Subsequently, the British countered in turn and forced them from one of these, leaving the other still in enemy hands. From the British standpoint the situation situa-tion resulting from the new offensive is exceedingly satisfactory- Weather conditions condi-tions were ideal today and consolidations were proceeding rapidly. In a number of places the British improved their line eomewhat during the night by establishing establish-ing posts still further forward. Highlanders Heroes. The two companies of Argyll and Sutherland Suth-erland Highlanders, who made such a remarkable stand Tuesday and Tuesday niht in the face of overwhelming odds, against German attacks in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the Ypres-Meniri road, and who were mentioned in the official report for thei'- great gallantry, are the heroes of the hour along the front. They were finally relieved by the advancing troops from" their isolated position, where they hud been cut off by the Germans in the early operations. Their unit was Involved in furious Ger-j Ger-j man counter-attacks which were rn-gun Tu'sl-j.y morning, probably in an effort to j disrupt the British offensive. They were attacked about dawn by elements of four i German divisions. So bitter was the : enemy assault that the British troops I were bent back, but the two companies I of Highlanders refused to give ground I anil eUmg stubbornly to their posts In the fae of terrific blows from the enemy. The battle ragej all morning. About 2 oViock in the afternoon the British eotm- U'r-atttu-ked and fought their way for-;.;r.i for-;.;r.i unul ihey had rc-tbiauJiMH-d them selves in virtually all the ground lo.i But they were still some distance shor; of the two companies, who aiiantly held i their own. All afternoon and throughout ; the night lh Highlanders stJck to their 'positions, altnouf;a the enemy continued rn rush foryvard infantry in an attempt to 1 dislodae them. And here this handful of i intrepid Scots were found and rescued j when tne British advance swpt forward , at daynreak Wednesday morning. ' |