GERMANS NOT ROUTED.
BUT FIGHTING SPIRIT REDUCED
HOLDING STRONG POSITION
(Received September 29, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, September 28."
Experts point out that it is a mistake to regard tho Germans as routed. Nevertheless, each step forward means a diminution of the Germans' tenacity and fighting value and brings the day nearer when General Foch and' Sir Douglas Haig will consider it possible to break tho German line. •
A paußeHn the operations is inevitable. The Germans are , frantically digging-in on the new line, and tho position is still doubtful. ;
Cavalry I: patrols pushing beyond Combles and Gueudecourt discovered in tho next trench lines the enemy hold two considerable hills, marked 148 and 153 on tho French Staff's map—one lying west of Combles and in front of tho extensive Bois jiJaint Pierre Vaast, and the other opposite Mormalj- being part of a winding ridge upon which are the twin villages of Sailly and Saillisei. The Bapaume Road crosses the ridge before it dips to lo Trarisloy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3567, 29 September 1916, Page 5
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164GERMANS NOT ROUTED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3567, 29 September 1916, Page 5
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