10 JUNE 1916, Page 3

On Thursday comes the news from British Headquarters that fierce

fighting has taken place in the Salient The German attacks, -which were fiercest on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, appear to have failed everywhere, except in the case of our front-line trenches which run through the ruins to the village of Hooge. These seem to have been captured. This loss is annoying, but not of any military importance.