Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 3 | Activity Reported on Flanders Front by Berlin Office

ACTIVITY REPORTED ON FLANDERS FRONT BY BERLIN OFFICE BERLIN", via London, Sept. 21. Considerable Con-siderable activity on the Flanders front is reported in today's army headquarters statement. The text reads: 'Eastward of Merckem, a Belgian partial par-tial attack was repulsed. "There has been lively reconnoitering" activity between the Lys and the Scarpe. During- the repulse of British battalions which thrust forward north of La Bassee we took fifty prisoners." "Between Gouzeaucourt and the Sorame there was strong artillery activity at times. A British partial attack northwest of Bellicourt failed. "South of the Somrae we withdrew our advanced troops, which had been left far in front of the position, back to our position, thus evacuating Essigny-le-Grand." "Between Vauxaillon and Jouy (northeast (north-east of Soissons) enemy attacks in the evening were preceded by vigorous artillery artil-lery fire. The enemy gained a footing on the high ridg-es west of Jouy. Elsewhere he was repulsed." K French troops occupied Essigny-le-Grand Thursday night. Since then the French have advanced east of Essigny and also have taken Benay, to the southeast. south-east. -