German Attack Disrupted by British Artillery-Fire and Air Attacks

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  • German machine-gunners and artillery pinned down the British around Grote Molen spur and Frezenburg ridge, preventing a planned British attack.
  • British aircraft warned of German infantry advancing towards the front, and British artillery disrupted the German deployment.
  • A German attack from Tower Hamlets was annihilated by the British infantry.
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By mid-morning the mist had cleared, allowing German machine-gunners and artillery to pin the British down around Grote Molen spur and Frezenburg ridge, forestalling a British attack intended for 10:00 a.m.. Around noon, British aircraft on counter-attack patrols, began to send wireless messages warning of German infantry advancing towards all of the front attacked. Similar reports from the ground began in the early afternoon. In the centre German infantry from the 236th Division, 234th Division and 4th Bavarian Division were advancing north of Becelaere–Broodseinde–Passchendaele Ridge, while the 17th Division advanced south of Polygon wood. British artillery immediately bombarded these areas, disrupting the German deployment and causing the German attacks to be disjointed. A German officer later wrote of severe delays and disorganisation caused to German Eingreif units by British artillery-fire and air attacks. A counter-attack either side of Molenaarelsthoek was stopped dead at 3:25 p.m. At 4:00 p.m. German troops advancing around Reutel to the south were heavily bombarded, as were German artillery positions in Holle Bosch, ending the German advance. A German attack then developed near Polderhoek, whose survivors managed to reach the British infantry and were seen off in bayonet fighting. Observation aircraft found German troops massing against Tower Hamlets, on the Bassevillebeek spur and artillery and machine-gun barrages stopped the attack before it reached the British infantry. At 6:50 p.m. the Germans managed to organise an attack from Tower Hamlets to north of Polygon Wood; such German infantry as got through the barrages were "annihilated" by the British infantry. German counter-attacks were only able to reach the new front line and reinforce the remnants of the front divisions. The 236th Division (Eingreif) attacked south of the Ypres–Roulers railway and 4th Bavarian Division (Eingreif) for 2,000 yd (1,800 m) to the north, with field artillery and twelve aircraft attached to each division and the 234th Division in support.

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>By mid-morning the mist had cleared, allowing German machine-gunners and artillery to pin the British down around Grote Molen spur and Frezenburg ridge, forestalling a British attack intended for 10:00 a.m.. ⇒朝の中ごろまでに霧が晴れ上がって、ドイツ軍の機関銃砲手や砲兵隊が英国軍をグロート・モレン山脚とフレゼンブルク尾根の周辺にくぎ付けにすることを可能にして、午前10時に意図されていた英国軍の攻撃を妨げた。 >Around noon, British aircraft on counter-attack patrols, began to send wireless messages warning of German infantry advancing towards all of the front attacked. Similar reports from the ground began in the early afternoon. In the centre German infantry from the 236th Division, 234th Division and 4th Bavarian Division were advancing north of Becelaere–Broodseinde–Passchendaele Ridge, while the 17th Division advanced south of Polygon wood. British artillery immediately bombarded these areas, disrupting the German deployment and causing the German attacks to be disjointed. ⇒正午ごろに、反撃パトロール中の英国軍の航空隊が、無線通信で、攻撃された前線のうちのすべてにドイツ軍の歩兵が進軍している、と警告する報告をし始めた。地面からの同様な報告も、午後早くに始まった。中央部では、第236師団、第234師団および第4バヴァリア師団から来たドイツ歩兵隊がベセレーレ-ブロードサインデ-パッシェンデール・リッジの北に進む一方、第17師団はポリゴン・ウッドの南に進んだ。英国軍の砲兵隊は直ちにこれらの地域を砲撃し、ドイツ軍の布陣を混乱させて、ドイツ軍の攻撃を解体した。 >A German officer later wrote of severe delays and disorganisation caused to German Eingreif units by British artillery-fire and air attacks. A counter-attack either side of Molenaarelsthoek was stopped dead at 3:25 p.m. At 4:00 p.m. German troops advancing around Reutel to the south were heavily bombarded, as were German artillery positions in Holle Bosch, ending the German advance. A German attack then developed near Polderhoek, whose survivors managed to reach the British infantry and were seen off in bayonet fighting. ⇒ドイツ軍の一将校が後に、英国軍の砲火と空襲によってドイツ軍のアイングリーフ部隊に厳しい遅延と秩序の崩壊が引き起こされた、と書いた。モレナーレルシュトークの両側での反撃は午後3時25分に止められて、消滅した。午後4時、リューテル周辺を南に進んでいたドイツ軍隊が、ホレ・ボッシュのドイツ軍砲兵隊の陣地同様、激しく砲撃されてドイツ軍の進軍が終った。そのころポルダーホークの近くでドイツ軍の攻撃が展開され、そこでの生存兵がどうにかして英国軍の歩兵隊に接触したが、銃剣戦で追い払われた。 >Observation aircraft found German troops massing against Tower Hamlets, on the Bassevillebeek spur and artillery and machine-gun barrages stopped the attack before it reached the British infantry. At 6:50 p.m. the Germans managed to organise an attack from Tower Hamlets to north of Polygon Wood; such German infantry as got through the barrages were "annihilated" by the British infantry. German counter-attacks were only able to reach the new front line and reinforce the remnants of the front divisions. ⇒観察航空隊が、バセヴィレベーク山脚でドイツ軍隊がタワー・ハムレッツに対してひと塊になっているのを発見したので、その攻撃が英国軍の歩兵隊に達する前に、大砲と機関銃の集中砲火で食い止めた。午後6時50分、ドイツ軍はどうにかしてタワー・ハムレッツからポリゴン・ウッド北にかけての攻撃を準備した。そんな集中砲火をくぐってきたドイツ軍の歩兵隊も、(結局)英国軍の歩兵によって「完敗した」。ドイツ軍の反撃は、辛うじて新しい前線に到着し、前線の師団の生き残り兵を補強することができた。 >The 236th Division (Eingreif) attacked south of the Ypres–Roulers railway and 4th Bavarian Division (Eingreif) for 2,000 yd (1,800 m) to the north, with field artillery and twelve aircraft attached to each division and the 234th Division in support. ⇒第236師団(アイングリーフ)はイープル-ルレルス鉄道の南を攻撃した。そして、第4バヴァリア師団(アイングリーフ)は2,000ヤード(1,800m)北へ向かった。各師団は、それぞれに配属された野戦砲および12機の航空機を擁し、第234師団の支援を得ていた。

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