THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL.
Affected by Snow. London, March 6 ° Reuter’s correspondent at Headquarters states that several inches of bqow has fallen on the battlefields, delaying the German withdrawal and our forward movement, though the former is worse affected.
It appears that the G3rman line between Puieieu and Mont Le Transloy accomplished the first stage of the withdrawal and is restiug along a spur of Bapaume ridge temporarily. North-west hereof the Germans are still withdrawing and our troops are everywhere following up, Reports of the advance parties show that tbe enemy movament north east of Gommecourt extended very considerably for tv/6nty-four hours preceding ihe snow fail. Later. A heavy thaw has aot in.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1917, Page 2
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