FORMER ERRORS AVOIDED.

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FORMER ERRORS AVOIDED.

OPENING SUCCESS BEYOND EX-

PECTATION

ESTABLISHED IN THIRD GER-

MAN LINE,

((UtniteiS iSemracaj) •{Rieoeived Aprilll, 0.5 a.m.)1 " LONDON, April I®. Correspondents at British Hea<s--ijiyuarters state %feai; the generals comTitamding fawoiJoS tl«e errors <of 3STeuiv«s •Ckapele and JLoos. Owing to the splendid artillery (preparation the ■casualties m ifee opening stages were ■unexpectedly/ Eght. 'The majority <o£ the British casualties were wounded by shrapael durirtg tlie German bomb&iuUment fxriar to the actual at-

If is too early to sneaTs of a great victory, but i3ie opening sticcess was beyond expectations. The British are ■generally established in the third German line.^ The day's fighting represents a minimum gain of thirty square' miles. The Harp Redoubt; ■would Irave 'feeen -a'd'inrcnlt problem but for the tanks. : 'These ':%even tfvlveks!"' isahn% TWtlfarwed "through the rand anfl <eSheTl -craters to Telegraph SKII, Vbenee they exerted a powerful moral Influence on the Harp gamflfciu ■'•; •' ' ■•;■ ' . -■■''';: *" •' ' / / There was very Irard fighting at Arras,, between tifie angle of the Taflsray lines to Douai and Lens.