AUSTRALIANS RECAPTURE PERONNE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 296, 3 September 1918, Page 5

AUSTRALIANS RECAPTURE PERONNE

AND COMMANDING POSITIONS, IN THE VICINITY FRENCH- TAKE CRECY-LE-M^NT By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. h,, t, ... , , , , „ London, September 1, S p.m. liio British havo captured Peronue, Morval, and Bullecourl. and have reached the suburbs of Lens.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PERONNE A HEAP OF RUINS. ~ „ , _.. ( London, September 1. _ Mr. Oordon Gilniour, 'Australian Press Association correspondent, writing on Saturday, says that Peronne is merely a broken ruin after the- demolition wrought by the Germans last year. Hardly a habitable house remains. -. German prisoners from various regiments give dismal accounts of the state of affairs on their side of the line. They admit that the retirement is disorderly in many places. The officers havo apparently lost control. Some prisoners say the Germans will ultimately stand on the old Cambrai-St Quentin line.—Aus.-N.Z. Ca*ble Assn. . ■.. .' i ( ' ' . ■■ THE'ADVANCE ON THE LYS ( . ( BRITISH CROSS THE LAWE. " i _,_.,.,, , , New York. September 1. The Britieh have crowed the Lavfe.—Aus.-N,Z. Cable Assn. MANGIN REACHES CRECY-LE-MONT , *> AFTER A GREAT FIGHT. , , ~ , London, September 1. ueneral Mangin, after a great fight, has reached Crocy-10-Mont, a small t f Tμ u h n so " th m? f S° Ai,etto River > nolUl o£ Soissons, overlooking the Ailette valley."—The Times." , I v , i LEURY STORMED., Ti,e it u i ilt / , New York| September 1.. prisoners. They also captured Fouy-le-Petit.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE TOLL OF PRISONERS AND BOOTY BRITISH THIRD ARMY'S GREAT RECORD. ■n i i , ' London, September 1. Router s correspondsnt states that the British Third Army, since August 21, has captured 0 100 guns and 18,000 prisoners. The First Army since August 26 captured 26 guns and 4000 prisoners. The New Zealanders took among other booty, some 5.9-inch howitzers at Bapaume.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' . LATEST NEWS MOST ENCOURAGING ■_ (Rec. September 3, 1.40 a.m.) : mi, i , , .■'■■■■' . London, September 2. lite. latest news is .most, encouraging. Peronne has been captured, and We are pressing the enemy's rearguards. Fires eastward of Lens indicate that the destroying stores preparatory' to evacuating the town Ihere are also fires eastward of Armentiercs, indicating that the. onemv is contemplating a retirement on a largo scale on this sector. Our patrols f °T ard "1 tlls % d rectin , n of Lens - SoutH of the Scarpe we havo reached the western edge of Hamblain, capturing Bullecourt and Morval. » B j4W-,i l^ O v i,ret n Army , h ,"r ßtakeu and also Campagne. «St AikL 'w eneral W n 'f «"«;'» "Plating between tlmAkno end the Ailette. We havo captured tho v ages of Lcury Couchv and Th la rny and reached the western q d ge of Crecy. prisone s K^fvT 1 ° n SUnday i° n the , W,,01e fro,lt -' SR,a " lwal tot only strong rearguards are holding tho Ge-man lines.-Aus.-N.Z Cable

OFFICIAL REPORTS FIGHTING IN THE PERONNE REGION v p.' t, , T , . , , London, September 1,1 a.m. Sir. Douglasi Hug reports: "The Australians' great, dash and enterprise end coring and brilliandy-exeeucd mp-ht operations, in seizing the hill and village of Mont St. Quentm, north ofTeronne; gives us possession of an important tactical feature command.ng Pcronne and the angle of the Sommo Rwer The Australians captured Fudllancourt and over 500 prisoners. Our casualties were light. Tho English on tlio Australians' left attacked in the morning with complete success, and captured Marrieres Wood (~rd the high ground cast and north of the wood, besides taking a considerable number of prisoners. During the whole day we repulsed strong hostile attacks astride the Bapaume-Cambrai.Boad. Wo completed tho capture of Reiucourt-lez-Bapaume and slightly unproved our positions at certain points betwen VaulxStrong hostile counter-attacks in tho Bullccourt sector led to hand-to-hand lighting, but the station has not changed materially, further north the Canadians, in successful operations immediately south of the Arras-Cam vni Road, inflicted many casualties and captured fifteen machine-guns. Between the Sensee EiVer and the Scarpe we advanced our line fifteen hundred yards towards tho Trinqujs River "—Aus NZ Cable Assn.-Reuter. •.•"•• , GERMAN RETIREMENT FROM THE LYS SALIENT . ~.,„ ... , tondpn, Soptombor 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "Ihe increasing demand upon, the enemy's reserves, dud first to the enormous casualties incurred by his massed attacks during the earlier part of. the year,_ and second to ; tho heavy casualties in killed, wounded, and prisoners inflicted on his armies since August 18 by tho Allies in their series of successful attacks, has compelled the enemy to withdraw from the Lys salient and yield without a blow positions of high, tactical importance which he won at great cost ; We have taken possession of Kemniol Hill and reached the general line of •Voormezeelo, Lindenhoek, La Creclio, and Doulieu, and aro apjroaching Estaircs. We are closely pressing the enemy in his retirement, and have taken a number of prisoners." . • ■ A later inessage states: ''In the Lys sector our advanco continues. Wo crossed the Lawo River, and are near to tho La Bassee-Estaires Road."— 'Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter.