The British have made a further advance in Belgian Flanders. Attacking upon a nine-mile front north from the Menin road[?] east of Ypres, to the junction with the French, they have advanced about fifteen hundred yards, captured Langemarck, and advanced half a mile beyond. The heaviest ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 18 Aug 1917, Page 7
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