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NEW FRENCH ATTACK ■ j LAUNCHED ; SAMBRE-OISE CANAL LINE i FORCED Y x i (Rec. Novomber 6, 1.30 a.m.) i London, November 5. Beuter's correspondent at French Head- ] quarters states: "General Dobeney's -j army attacked this morning oa the lino' ■■■j of the Snmbre and Oise Canal. The ;i troops crossed the canal on a front of | eight miles, from Grand Verly north- ■ wards, and secured the eastern bank by: j midday, in spite of desperate resistance, advancing the lino to the north,of Guise; j which is now menaced. Fifteen hundred \ prisoners hnve been taken \ip &> the j present, including, some from the beet . German divisions, proving that the enemy is despevately endeavouring, .to I hold, his fj^unl."— Eeuter. BEL6IANS_OUTSipE GHENT . (Bee. November. .6;j1.30 a.m.). j London, November 5. | A Belgian official communique states: "Our troops have completed the task of driving the enemy beyond the Ghent- ! T ornouaen Canal. The Germans now hold .! only a few machine-gun nests on the west' ,! bank of the canal. We have reached the ! western, northern, and southern outskirts j of Ghent. Our lino follows the western i bunk of the Scheldt from Zwynaerdo j nortliwards."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.- .j Router. , j AIISTRO-HUNGARIAIURMY DESTROYED j 300,000 PBISONERS AND 5000 GUNS. j (Hoc. November G, 1.30 a.m.) j / ' London, November 5. j An Italian official report states :-"The ! 4ustro-Hungarian Army has been . de-. j stroved. It suffered ihe heaviest losses j and" left in our hands threo hundred J thousaud prisoners and five thousand } guns."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Renter. ( THE ENTRY INTO TRIESTE. . .-j (Eec. November G, 1.30 a.m.) . j . Rome, November 5. j Three'battalions of Bersajjlicri have ■ j disembarked at Trieste. The Italian | Fleet entered with all. flags flying. : There was no resistance to the landing.} , Italian vessels are unloading foodstuffs 1 for the benefit of the population. The - ; Austrian nuthoritics fled 6ome days ago. : —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , ! . ' . . i
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 36, 6 November 1918, Page 5
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313LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 36, 6 November 1918, Page 5
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