In Flanders, Sir Douglas Haig reports, the Germans repeatedly attacked
the now positions which we gained in the groat advance from the Ypres Salient on July 31st. They had regained St. Julien the next day, but were expelled from it onFriday week ; on Sunday last they got a footing in Hollebekc, but could not hold it spinet our counter-attack. So far, the new line has been successfully held, despite the heavy rain which turned the battlefield into a quagmire and prevented supplies from reaching the advanced posts in flooded shell-holes or the ruins of German forts. Nothing more can be done till the ground dries. Around Lens our lines have been pushed still closer to the town. South-east of Arras, on Thursday week, the enemy made a fresh attempt to regain Infantry Hill, an important little ridge east of Monelty.le.Preux. He occupied some of our front trenches, but was completely expelled from them by last Saturday morning. The bad weather has not deterred our airmen from flying. On Tuesday they bombed the enemy's communications forty miles behind his lines.
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