LAST NIGHT'S NEWS.
THE WESTERN THEATRE.
FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCE.
GAIN NEAR BAPAUME
LONDON, October 2. «
Sir Douglas Haig reports: — South o^" the Ancre we advanced over 3000 yards from east of Eaucourt l'Abbayc to the Albert-Bapaume lload, northreast of the Destremont Farm. It is reported that the village oi Eaucourt J'Abbaye is in our hands. We took over 300 prisoners. Oar cst.siialtios were small.
We. blew up ' an<> ammunition dump in the village of lc Trarisloy. , ..■ i Our aeroplanes bombed two enemy iHM'odromes , and brought ;.-.•. v ' i'our machines. ■ Since. September 18, between the Ancro and the Somme, we have tapf tured L'-i gilns and six howitzers. From July 1 to September 30 we have taken prisoner GGB ofEcors and 26,147 men.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3570, 3 October 1916, Page 5
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121LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. THE WESTERN THEATRE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3570, 3 October 1916, Page 5
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