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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 7

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r« r-r- . . FRENCH NEARING NOYON FRESH ENEMY DIVISIONS j THROWN IN. ' FURTHER HEAVY FIGHTING ; ANTICIPATED ; (Re. Aug. 17, 2.15 a.m.) ! London, Aug. 15. Mr. G. Campbell states that the j French are a. long slop nearer Noyon as • a result of the capture of Eibeconrt, but '] the appearance of fresh enemy divisions ', supporting the machine-gunners means i that there is difficult fighting , ' ialiead.— * ■ "Tho Times." ~.,;... ■(;- :,., I FOCH'S ATTACK .] ENEMY MENACED BY ENVELOP. , i MENT. I - (Eec. August 17, 2,5 a,m.) i London, August 15. i Eeuter's correspondent at French Head- : quarters states that General Humbert re- ! ceived the correspondents and summed'up \ Marshal Foch's manoeuvre as follows:— I Tho Fourth British and. First- French , Annies were to attack eimiiltaneously'in i the general direction'of the' Boad. At the right moment the Third French Army ■would intervene, pushing .'; in the direction of Eoye, -when the Ger- ! mans, menaced by envelopment, would be , j forced to retreat, our general objective ibeing to drivo them back between, Amiens ! and the Oise. General Humbert was al- > lotted the attack. After the Germans were, reeling under the blow of General ' de BenyVand General RaAvlinsoii'a arm. j ies, he moved reinforcements into the / : sector between Montdidier and the j Somme. Tho operation resulted as Mat- ; ehal Foch liad foreseen. . j General Humbert attacked at dawn, on 1 August 10* The tliinly-held- German i line was incapable of resistance. The j Germans had taken the precaution of ; evacuating the Jlonldidier-Assainvillers { salient. General Humbert, finding the i resistance weaker than expected, pressed j on in the direction of Eoye. . ! Tho , situation', developing rapidly, a i change of plan was feasible. It, was no . j longer necessary for General Humbert j to. advance in the direction of Eoye, ; therefore, on August 11, he swung round '. so that the whole line fronted east in- ; stead of north-east, and began a battle j which resulted in tho capture of the key i points of the Thiescoiirt massif. On I August 12 the enemy received reinforce- \ ments, and began to offer an. obstinate ' - resistance. " Further German divisions ' j had been brought into the line on the Thiescoiirt hills, which' will not sur* i render without hard fighting.—Eeuter. \