After artillery preparation extending over many days, the long-expected British offensive was begun yesterday in Belgium. On a broad front, extending north and south of Ypres, with French troops cooperating on our left, our armies broke the German line and effected an advance to a depth of between three and four thousand yards. The British attack, which was delivered about dawn, extended from Boesinghe, at the northern end of the old Ypres salient, to a point on the south near Warneton, on the River Lys. Our more distant objectives were to the north and north-east of Ypres, and all of them, and in the case of the French, more than all, were attained. The new Allied line now includes the villages of Steenstraate and Bixchoote…

Source: The Times August 16, 2017 15:11 UTC