LATE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 18 September 1918, Page 5

LATE NEWS

GOOD NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN FRONT ADVANCED TROOPS NEAR GERMAN FRONTIER (R-ec. September 18, 1.55 a.m.) Paris, September 17. News from tho Woevre front is excellent. The Americans havo gone beyond Villers Sosremy and reached Vandiers, one mile and a half from tho frontier station, east-north-east of Julny. The Americans, following the valley of the lluruptdomad, earned a series of strongly fortified positions in tho direction of Corze Chamblay. To- 1 wards Fresnes the French advanced two miles on a front of over ten miles, and reached a line from east of Watronville to west of' Hautecourt,, Dieppe, and. Orgevillo.—Reutor. ON THE BRITISH FRONT '. (Rec. September 18, 1.55 a.m.) London, September 16.' Sir Douglas Haig reports: "On ths southern portion of tho front .our patrols brought in a few; prisoners. Wo siightly advanood our line in the neighbourhood of Ploegsteert, and eastwards of Ypres."—Aus.-N.Z. Cahle .Asbd..Reuter. THE WAr¥tHE AIR (Rec. September 18, 1.55 a.ra.y London, September 16. Sir Douglas Haig's aviation report states: "With the improving weather there was marked increased activity on September 15. We encountered many hostile machines on the German sido of the lines, and there were many combats. • Wo destroyed twenty-one' machines' and drove down seven others out of control. We" brought down a largß enemy bomber after dark. Sixteen British machines are missing, includme two night flyers. We successfully end hea-vily bombed four of the enemy? aerodromes, one during tho daytime and three at night. During the past twentyfour hours we dropped thirty tons of bombs."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-R-euter. w ' : I