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Tho Main Results Of Tuesday's Battle Were The Advance Of

Lan- cashire Territorials for a mile along the ridge nearly up to Pas.eben- daele, the capture of the remaining enemy positions in Poelcappelle, and, on the left or northern......

The Paper Shortage.—we Trust That Readers Of The...

give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator " to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.......

Two Whole Days Passed Without Any Attempt On The Enemy's

part to challenge our success. By Sunday last he had collected enough reinforcements to make two resolute attacks to the north of the Menlo road, round Reutel and Polygon Wood,......

General Smuts Made An Important Speech On Thursday Week,...

he dealt largely with air policy. The German practice of striking at Great Britain through its non-combatants, he said, would prove a terrible bootherang. " It is not the people......

Thirteen Merchant Vessel's Of More Than 1,603 Tons, One...

vessel, and three fishing-boats were sunk last week by mine or submarine. In the previous week we had lost ten largo and three small vessels. Only two ships are known to have......

While The Attacks Of September 20th And 26th Gave Us

a firm hold of the southern part of the ridge, where it is crossed by the Menin road, the two recent attacks were designed to extend our hold of the ridge northward towards......

News Of The Week.

Fr MS has been a great week for the Allies in Flanders. They _L have dealt two more hammer-strokes at the German positions in the Ypres region, and in each ease have shattered......

Besides Taking A Brilliant Part In Tuesday's Victory...

Ypres, the Frenoh have had to deal with several German attacks on their positions to the north of Verdun, where the enemy fire has been heavy and incessant all the week. On......

In Reply To The Suggestion Of German Propagandists That The

Dominion troops are being made to do more than their share of fighting, the War Office has stated that since July 31st 84 per cent. of the men engaged in active operations wore......

As We Read General Smuts's Speech, He Bases The Necessity

of bombing Gorman towns on military grounds. And on those grounds we cannot dispute the decision. Several correspondents who have written to us seem to think that General Smuts......