SIDELIGHTS ON THE BATTLE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 281, 16 August 1918, Page 5

SIDELIGHTS ON THE BATTLE

HOW THE CAVALRY TOOK HARBONNIERES A DASHING FEAT London, August 14. Tho first detailed accounts of the participation of tho cavalry in the early stage of tho battle stato that the capture of Hairbonnieres was'a notably dashing feat. _ Tho village was strongly. defended with machine-guns, and a direct attack was useless, Tho cavalry was ordered to make a wide detour with a view to reaching Vauvillers, behind Harbonnieres. ' The plan succseded almost without a casualty. Vauvilhrs was seized with 700 prisoners, and Harbonnieres, thus taken in tho rear, tras-' easily cap-tured—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assi. a canamTexplqit Ottawa, August 11. A Canadian official message states that five Canadians captured a hundred Germans and an entire trench:during the recont advance.—Aus.-N.Zv- Cable Assn. THE AMERICANJIRST ARMY New York, August 14. The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says tho formation of an American field army in France is understood in military circles to mean that a portion of the front is completely under tho control of tho American Army, with American supply lines of railways, 'bases, and debarkation ports.— Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn.