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Show HEAVOATfLE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Sept. 27. Another heavy-attack heavy-attack was delivered by the British at daybreak yesterday against the positions posi-tions east of Ypres and early reports showed that tho assaulting troops had pushed the enemy out of many important impor-tant positions. The offensive was started along the greater part of tho line. Tho British reached In -last Thursday's battle, extending from east of St. Jullen to southwest of Ghelu-velt. Ghelu-velt. Along tho northwestern half of the line of attack the British success was marked but meager details have been received from the sector of Polygon wood and south of that place. On the north an advance of from a thousand to twelve hundred yards was made quickly at numerous places and It was reported that strong British troops were engaged in fierce fighting only a few hundred yards west of Zonnebeke. The Germans aro resisting desperately, desper-ately, and along a front of about a thousand yards astride Ypres-Menln road a terrific struggle has been proceeding. pro-ceeding. The most important points Involved In the new offensive, as was the case six days ago, lay directly east of the city of Ypres between the Ypres-Roulers Ypres-Roulers railway and tho Ypres-Menin highway Hero arc situated those strongly-held elevations that still remain re-main to the Germans out of the numerous nu-merous ridges and forests which formed a vital part of their defense in this section of Belgium. Last Thursday they suffered a crushing crush-ing blow 'in the loss of such strongholds strong-holds as Anzac, Nun's Wood, Glen-corse Glen-corse wood and Inverness copse and now an ever-rising tide is reaching out for still more. Australian, Scotch and English troops this morning were pushing out into a difficult country, over ground still sodden from rains and floods, among concrete and steel redoubts .heavily armed with machine guns, over elevations and through bits of wood choked with rapid firers. They might fail in their object and still have covered themselves with glory. The Germans undoubtedly knew that the attack was pending and it is probable prob-able that their heavy counter-attacks Monday and Tuesday night against the j British positions on the ridge cast of Ypres between Polygon wood and Tow-1 er Hamlets were carried out in an at-1 tempt to frustrate the British plan. I The battle started here Tuesday continued con-tinued with great fury all night and it was along this bit of front that the bitterest work was being done. |