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Show m t BRITISH MAKE FURIHER GAINS I HI Capture Two Villages and Heights and Progress All Along Line. : CONSOLIDATE GAINS Splendid Success of Offensive I Is Fraught With Tremendous Tremen-dous Possibilities. LONDON, April 11, 12:35 p. m . The British captured the village and V heights of Monchy le Preux early this ' 1 morning, according to British official - ' I statement The village of La Bergere t . I was also captured and satisfactory IH 1 progress Is reported being made on 'S f other parts of the battle front. mi Consolidating Gains. LONDON, April 11, 2:15 p. m -British troops yesterday advanced north of the village of Louveral, in the direction di-rection of Cambrni, to the extent of a quarter of a milo along a front of 2,000 yards and consolidated this gain during dur-ing the night, telegraphs Router's correspondent cor-respondent from the British army headquarters in France. ; The message of the correspondent reads: "North of the village of Louveral we jushed forward toward Camhrai to tho extent of a quarter of a mile along a front of 2,000 yards and consolidated this gain during the night , "Northwards our patrols are advancing ad-vancing to the bolt of forest which runs along the whole of the steep east-i east-i ern slope of Vimy ridge. ,1 "Tho splendid success of our offen- slve has created a most Interesting slt- uation and one which is fraught with ! tremendous possibilities. The enemy I has been forced back upon the pivot of his previous retreat in a manner which creates a dangerously sharp salient sal-ient at this spot "Indeed, a glanco at the map sug-rt sug-rt ni gosts that there Is a distinct outflank-( outflank-( " ing of the German northern pivot as -j it existed before the present fighting." j Berlin War Report. 1 BERLIN, April 11, via London, 5:16 j p. m. -Since early morning today, says I the German official statement, fighting 1 between tho British and German forc-I forc-I es developed on both sides of the Ar-: Ar-: -" ras-Cambrai road and between Bulls-court Bulls-court and Queant. , The German statement adds that fighting activity in a limited area north of the River Scarpe yesterday at Gi-' ; venchy-en-Gohelle, Farbus and Fam-poux Fam-poux effected no change in the situ-1 ; , atlon. ! Yesterday afternoon, the German announcement an-nouncement declares, the British, after af-ter violent artillery firing, brought : forward strong forces on both sides of j the Arras-Cambral road for fresh at- tacks, but they were repulsed with ' heavy losses. |