16 MARCH 1918, Page 1
The British front in Flanders was subjected to two sharp
local attacks on Friday week. In the morning, south of Houthulst Forest, the enemy at first captured some advanced posts ; the Yorkshire Light Infantry in a counter-attack not only regained the posts but drove back the enemy beyond his old line. In the evening, south of the Menin road towards Polderhoek, the enemy took a short line of trenches; but here again he was promptly stopped and ejected by the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Royal Fusiliers. The daily trench raids continue. On the French and Italian fronts nothing of importance has happened.