GREAT GAINS BY THE ALLIES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 294, 31 August 1918, Page 7

GREAT GAINS BY THE ALLIES

: ENEMY DRIVEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSS IMPORTANT ADVANCE NORTH OF THE AISNE I By Telefraph-Pre!i ABSooktion-Copyriffht. -...-.-.'• ,' New York, August 29. ■'. •Bapaume has been captured; Ginchy (two miles north-west. of Combles) '~ is .reported-to-have, been captured.' The British, are within a thousand yards . . of the Drocourt-Queant "line. ' . Noyon has been captured.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MORLINCOURT AND QUESxYOY WOOD CAITUEED. ' j (Rec. August 30, 9.15 p.m.) London, August 29, 8 p.m. • Renter's correspondent at Fren?.li Headquarters states: "Three Trench armies, sweeping on in close co-ordination with General Humbert's, at 10: o'clock'this morning captured Noyon. General Mangin's army crossed the Oise for the first time, and occupied Morlincourt. On the left bank General . t/ebeney's army captured Qucsnoy AVood"—Reuter BRITISH MOVEMENT OUTFLANKING PERONNE London, August 29. . South of Bapaume the British live reached Morval and Lesboeufs, and: are nearing Le Transloy, and the movement is outflanking Peronne. The . French have captured Breuil,.on the Canal du Nord, three miles-south-east of .•'■ Nesle. • They.nave also approached Ham, and threaten to outflank the (Jer- • ■ mans between* the Somme and Cb.auuy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH ADVANCE ON THE SCARPE THREATENS THE . ENEMY'S- LINE. . (Rec. August 30, 8.10 p.m.) . / London, August, 29. It remains to.be seen whether the Germans will be allowed to carry out a retirement according to plan in gradual stages. The British advance on both sides of the Scarpe is a serious threat to this line, as we are .'JreaJy i almost in contact with Hindenburg's Diocourt-Queant switch. It is r!eßr that the enemy cannot allow-us to rdvanco much further in this quarter i without endangering his whole plan, hence his determined resistance there. The German.resistance has varied gieatly in different parts of the battlefield. -Although some divisions have fought with their old determination, others are surrendering very freely—Aus.-NZ. Cable Assn. LE TRANSLOY NEARLY REACHED. '. '.."',..'■' (Rec. August 31, 0.25 a.m.) • '-..'"' London, August 29. The British have reached Maurepas and Losbouefs, and have . nearly reached Le Transloy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -' HINDENBURG LINE ENDANGERED. ' r nr i\ , ,v. ~,-n ", , Washington, August 28. General March states, that the l'rench advance near Nesle indicates the further opening of the Fooh pincers. Tho British gains in the 'north are en- • dangering the Hindenburg line, which has : now been penetrated. for one mile on a front-of three mileß—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENEMY FIGHTING SPIRITED REARGUARD-ACTIONS. „"■.,' ' London, August zQ. Keuter s correspondent at British Headquarters wrote on Thursday morning: "The enemy is fighting spirited rearguard actions in places, 'but it , ' seems clear that his great desire is to get back to a settled line of'retreat as rapidly as possible. The Germans are burning and.blowing up such supplies as are too heavy to be hastily removed. We are still within two thousand yards of the Drocourt-Queant line, but have cleared the tortuous intermediate zone of machine-gun nests, and have established an excellent defensive flank north of the Scarpe. A feature of the battle is the exceptionally largo number of enemy scouting aeroplanes, which are 'fighting in "big formations. . Twenty-two Fokkers were counted in one flight, and several others number between fifteen and twenty.—Reuter.

GERMANS RETIRING TO A SHORTER LINE xNTEND TO MAKE A STAND WEST OF THE HINDENBURG LINE. (Rec. August 30, 7.40 p.m.) „,,,,,•,, ," , . London, August 29. the latest, developments make it sufficiently clear that the Germans intend to retire to a shorter line, inhere they will obtain a better defensive position and economise the troops, a necessity which their man-power situation makes urgent. It is not improbable that the enemy will retire to the Hindenburg line, but there is reason to think that he will try to postpone this as long as possible. He may hope to defer it until the weather makes active operations impracticable. The moral effect of such a retirement,.'both m Germany and on the German Army, would bo very great. The enemy's present intention, therefore, is to make a stand on some Tine west of the Hindenburg me There is a very favourable line along the Ailette, Oise, Somme, and Tortille Rivers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIANS ADVANCING ASTRIDE THE SOMME -n . x r r xi t, -.i tt , Lom,on ' August 29. the Australians have taken Feuilleres, Herbecourt, Assevillers and Bel.oy, and are now within three miles of the Brie Bridge. They are advancing on the northern bank towards Hem. General Byng has taken Ginchy.' The Canadians are bombing and clearing out the famous concrete tunnel running westward of Bullecourt to the Senseo River. Many Germans were killed and more have been taken prisoner.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ' HEM CAPTURED BY THE AUSTRALIANS. (Rec. August 31,' 0.25 a.m.) ■ , London, August 30. The Australians have captured Hem.—United Service. AMERICANS GAIN GROUND ON THE VESLE . FISMETTE CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. Washington, August 29. The United States troops gained ground at Bazoches, on the Vesle, west ,i Fismes. The Germans captured Fistuette, on the north bank of the Vesle (opposite Fismes), after all-night fighting. Thero were many hand-to-hand encounters. The' Americans are now counter-attacking around Fisinette.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aaen. - - - .