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Show I T ; BEHfcRAL HA! G ; - nAXbSjjIi UKIft B , llrltish Tront In Franco and Bel- BH , . slum, Oct. -1. (Hy The Associated B VretiH.) Field Marshal Halg's forces BH is the offensive began to tho cant H ni Ypres this morning In some places B ) lavu penetrated the Gennau lines to H I a depth of ono miles mid have over- H ! iun tho crust of tho Pusschcudaele- H I (Ihcluvelt rldgo. M A t an early hour tho Germans B Trp.ro surrcndorlng by hundreds. B i Tho British already hao penetrat- B I d well beyond tho hamlet of Broad- B jiclndo In which Ho tho cross roads B loruad by thu highways between B Zonuobeko and Aloorslcdand l'ass- H chcndaclo and llcclalro. fl Further to south, Cameron Covert, B where there had boon much hard B lighting, was loft well In tho roar. B Toduy's battle was along stroug- B IoUIh which comprised tho crucially H J Important system of German de- BBJ JciLHOH along tho I'asschendaelo-Ghe- B Juvelt rldgo, B Tho northern wing of the onrush- fl lng llrltish troops battling forward B this afternoon within a short dls- B lance of l'oolcapple, It had a footing B en tho famous Oravenstafel ridge, B ' hich Juts out from tho Passchonda- B le rldgo to tho west, and had B crushed through tho Zonneboke- B Xroodselndo rldgo, which Is an Integ- M al part of tho I'asschendaele-Ghol- B -iTclt chain. |