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THE WESTERN THEATRE.

AN "IMPORTANT" GAIN

NUMEROUS PRJSONERS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Service.) LONDON, September 19. Sir Douglas Haig reports-— ' ■'■ 10-duy'jj advance was important, and we took numerous prisoners as the lesulc of the highly successhiJ operations against the Quadrilateral Counter-attacks northward of Flers were repulsed with loss, and we made further progrees* Hostile,, ti oops who wore massed for a counter-attack at Leabauifs and Morval were caught by ou,r artillery fire and dispersed. - '

Five heavy howitzers.' two fields guns, three heavy and three light trencli .mortars thrive been captured in addition to thbse already reported. .Several' onemy aeroplanes have been brought down. -Four of ours' are miss incy •' ■• i -■ •

We captured the strongly-fortified work called the Quadrilateral' between Bouleaux Wood -and Ginchy\ and advanced our lines to" a depth of 1000 yards on a front of one mile.. Wo took prisoner in .the: last 24 hours 500 men. - . . ■

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5

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THE WESTERN THEATRE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5

THE WESTERN THEATRE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5

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