ENEMY CQMPLETELY SURPRISED
SEENDi RESULTS OF BKILLIANT STROKE LARGE CAPTURES OF " MEN AND GUNS
Detailed accounts aro given to-day of the brilliant success won by tho Franoo-Americans in tlic'ir counter-stroko between, -the Aisno and tho Mitme. Stejissons and tho vital railways passing through it are completely dominated by the .French guns, and much ground has been gained further south, Tho Germans admit a retirement from tho south bank of tho Alarm?. j French official returns of men and material captured, as yet incomplete, speak ol twenty thousand prisoners and four hundred guns. Stories of tllw battle, which was fought in brilliant summer weather amongst fioMs oE ripening grain, show that a complete surprise was B Piung upon, the enemy. ,Ihc British have made successful local attacks iii the Ij ys salient and south of Hebuterno. Somo observers point out that the o neiny still holds great reserves, and predict an earlv onslaught on tho British front. It is reported that Japan has reached an understanding -with America regarding intervention in Siberia.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 260, 22 July 1918, Page 5
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171ENEMY CQMPLETELY SURPRISED Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 260, 22 July 1918, Page 5
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