The official communigué issued this afternoon states:
Intermittent artillery engagements occurred in Belgium.
We made progress in the region of Vermelles.
We seized part of the village of Bois Selle, north-east of Albert.
We also' made progress in the Lihons district. These attacks were carried out in a very dashing manner. Everywhere we retained the ground we had won.
Our artillery, southward of the Oise, wrecked positions at Bailly and the Plateau of Nouvron.
There have been artillery duels and several infantry attacks along the Aisne and in Champagne, which we repulsed, especially near Berry-an-Bac, where we advanced slightly and completely defeated a strong counter-attack.
Our previous progress at Porthos and Mesnil was followed up and consolidated. North of Mesnil, we took a strongly fortified wood. We are now masters of the whole of the enemy's front line of defence in these regions.
From the North Sea to the Lys we advanced, by sapping, in the dunes. We repulsed an attack be-
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