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Show GERMAN OFFICERS ADMIT SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS BRITISH FRONT IX FRANCE AND BKRGll'M. Sept. 17. (By the Associated i Press.) The British are maintaining their new line strongly. The main bat- ; tie today was in the neighborhood ot j Cameron House, south of the eastern ex- I tremity of Polygon wood, where the Aus- ! tra liana are pressing the Germans hard. The situation as a whole is virtually tin-changed. tin-changed. ! Northwest of Zonnebeke heavy fighting continues in the region of the elevations which dominate a considerable extent ot territory. From the British standpoint, the situation situa-tion regarding the offensive is exceedingly exceeding-ly successful. The ridge over which the fighting is now in progress Is virtually all that separates the allies from the plains of Flanders. Although t he official German communications lately have been claiming claim-ing British defeats or discounting the advances made, the desperate resistance of the Germans Is an indication of the vital significance of the recent allied gains. German officers taken prisoner admit the seriousness of the situation for their country. |