BRILLIANT ATTACK BY THE CANADIANS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 297, 4 September 1918, Page 5

BRILLIANT ATTACK BY THE CANADIANS

BIG HAUL OF PRISONERS ; NEW ZEALANpRS ;.?:":S-JtTv . STORY OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT "-. Another German bogey has been destroyed-tho famous Dro- ■ ■ .'■ eourt-Queant "switch" lino, part of the Hindenburg system of defen- ' ' ; «ve positions, and very strongly,held) has been smashed by a brilliant advance by Canadians and troops from- tho English county : -battalions on a'twentj'-five-mile front. Several villages were cap■tured, thousands of. prisoners takon, and the spirit of the German ■defence utterly broken. , Further, south tho Allies' pressure is being maintained everywhere, with fresh advances and fresh captures. On the Lys front the British patrols am in closo contact with the re- "'' treating enemy, wljose movements here- as elsewhere are being continually harassed by the airmen. On the French front, our Allies . ■'■■'; Fave crossed the'"Canal, du Nord, near Nesle, and gained a footing ...'on tho heights to the eastward. . 'The Americans have captured the ■' / Jieights of. Terny Sbrny. There is very little news from Russia. A ■report from Salonika'indicates a revival of activity on the British' '.-■■ front. A salient position west of the Vardar has been captured. .