The enemy made his first attempt to push beyond Kemmel
on Friday week. He attacked with great determination on a six-mile front from Locre, at the foot of Mont Rouge, past the Scherpcnberg and La Clytte, to the canal. He was firmly held in the centre throughout the day. On the flanks he made some progress at first, taking Locre on his left at the fourth attack, and pressing hard on Voormezeele, close to St. Eloi, on his right. But in the evening the French by a dashing counter-attack flung the Germans out of Locre, while our men held firm in Voormezeele and in Ridge Wood to the south-west, where they took hundreds of prisoners. The whole line remained intact at the end of a terrible day. Last Saturday the Germans by a local attack captured Voormezeele, but were promptly driven out, and they failed again last Sunday.
