The Australians have distinguished themselves in two more local attacks.
Near Morlaneourt last Sunday they captured two lines of trenches with one hundred and forty-three prisoners, thus advancing our lines once more between the Ancre and the Somme south of Albert and driving the enemy further away from Amiens. In Flanders on Tuesday they sent out strong patrols, which cleverly surrounded and captured the ruins of Merris, with one hundred and sixty-nine prisoners and much trench artillery. The capture of Merris, following that of Meteren, is distinctly useful, for there is none too much space between our Flanders lines and the coast. It is unofficially stated that reserve divisions from the army group of the Bavarian Crown Prince, who faces us in Flanders, have been identified on the Ourcq front. If this is true, the probability that he will attack again is lessened.
