Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 3 | St. Quentin Drive East of Epehy Launched by Haig

ST. QUENTIN DRIVE EAST OF EPEHY LAUNCHED BY HAIG LONDON, Sept 21. The British attack against the Hindenburg line northwest of St Quentin was resumed this morning east of Epehy, says the official report from Field Marshal Haig today. Further steps forward have been taken by the British on the Flanders front. Field Marshal Haig's statement today announces the improvement of the British Brit-ish position west of Messines to the south of Ypres, where a strong point was captured. Northwest of St. Quentin the British continued their progress through the main Hindenburg line, advancing their front northwest of Bellenglise, North of Gauche wood, west of Villers-Guislain, Villers-Guislain, one of the British advance posts was pressed bank slightly. A British detachment of seven men was surrounded and was believed to have been captured when the Germans took Moeuvres. Teir post was in the northern north-ern part of the village and they held it for two days during the German occupation, occupa-tion, Inflicting losses on the enemy. When the vllage was retaken the entire party rejoined its unit without loss. The text of the statement reads: "On the occasion of the hostile attack on Moeuvres on Tuesday, a corporal and six men of the Highland light infantry, forming the garrison of one of our outposts out-posts north of the village, were surrounded surround-ed and believed to have been captured. During the ..two days in which the Germans Ger-mans were in occupation of Moeuvres, this party maintained its positions with great gallantry and inflicted many casualties. casu-alties. On the night of Thursday-Friday, when Moeuvres was retaken by us, the whole party regained its unit without loss. "Yesterday fresh attacks against our posts north of Moeuvres were repulsed. "In the evening the enemy heavily bombarded our positions in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of Gauche wood, and. under cover of this bombardment, pressed back slightly one of our advanced posts north ol the wood. "Throughout the night the German infantry in-fantry made repeated and determined attempts, at-tempts, with flame-throwers and bombs, to drive in our positions in this locality. All the attacks were repulsed after hard fiehting. "In the night our line was advanced sllerhtlv northwest of Bellenglise. "This mornng fighting recommenced in the sector east of Epehy. "We improved our position slightly during dur-ing the night west of Mpstnes. capturing a German strong point and several prisoners. pris-oners. Progress was made by us southeast south-east of ypres."