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Show I OFF ALLATTACKS Overwhelming Weight of Massed Guns and Hand-to Hand Fighting Wins. GERMAN ASSAULTS FAIL Prussian and Bavarian Troops Suffer Frightfully Under Storm of Fire. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS "iN FRANCE, Juno 9, via London, 2:35 p. m. With their overwhelming weight of massed guns and in hand-to'hand hand-to'hand fighting at some points, the British have beaten off all German counter attacks upon their newly won positions beyond tho Messines ridge. Prussian. and Bavarian troops, driven forward under a storm of fire poured upon them from advanced British batteries bat-teries positions, suffered frightfully. As this dispatch Is written they had succeeded in recapturing and holding only one British post, at Klein Zllle-beke, Zllle-beke, which had been pushed well forward for-ward off the consolidated main British line. Beaten back In the center, the Germans Ger-mans apparently have massed towards the flanks of the front on which tie British advanced. They attempted several times to organize heavy counter coun-ter attacks In the direction ot Warne-ton, Warne-ton, but the British guns upset their plans. King Is Pleased. LONDON, Juno 9, 2 p. m. It was offclnlly announced today that King George haB sent to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg, commander-in-chief of tho British forces in France and Belgium, Bel-gium, the following message: "Wo rejoice that, thanks to tho thorough thor-ough preparation and splendid co-operation of all arms, the important Messines Mes-sines ridge, which has been the scene of so many memorable struggles, again Is In our hands. "Toll General Plumraer and the Second Sec-ond army how proud we are of this achievement by which in a few hours the enemy was driven out of strongly intrenched positions which had been held by him for two and a half years. (Signed) "GEORGE, R. L" -nn |