LATE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 299, 6 September 1918, Page 5

LATE NEWS

THE FRENCH CROSSING OF THE VESLE

ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT

(R'cc. September 6, 2.20 a.m.) London, September 5. An American official report states: "Yielding to the continued pressure of the Allied forces, tho enemy is in retreat northward of the Vesle. We are in closo pursuit, and have taken Bazoches, Perles, Fismet, and Batlie'ix, capturing prisoners and machine-guns, and liavo reached the Vausclere,,Blanzyand Hameau line. Yesterday onr aviators successfully- lwnibtd, the railroad and yards at Longyon,..Dom-. Mary, Baroncourt, and Conflans."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. THE ENEMY'S CHOICE IN FLANDERS (Rec. Septemlier fi. 2.10 a.m.) London, September 5. '• General Maurico writes: "The shortest line the enemy can hold in Flrmders runs from Ypres to Wytschaete, Messines Ridge, Hill' 63, Neuve Cliapel'.e, and La Bassee. He is nearly oil this i line now, and will probably try to hold it, though he may prefer to relinquish the Lys Valley ana take a stand on the Aubers Ridge. This is a shorter front by 13 miles.' "We have not yet turned the main north to south sector of tho Hindenburg line, which begins east of ' Moenvres. To do this we must take Douai. Presumably the enemy's im-' mediate plan is to hold the Senses . Canal, covering Douai, and go back' to tho Hindenburg line on the front from Cambrai to St. Quentin i.nd the Chemin des Dames. There are still several Allied armies which have not yet had their say, so Marshal Foch has an opportunity of further improving the situation."—Aus.-N.Z. Cabla Assn. ' .