THE WESTERN FRONT

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1918, Page 2

THE WESTERN FRONT

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GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS.

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A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

LONDON, Juno 29,

Sir Dougins Haig reports that English troops carried out successful minor operations on 3} mile, front eastward of Nieppc Forest, and advanced- the | line to an average depth of nearly a .tnilc. We took over three hundred prisoners. Twenty-two machine-guns wore captured and all objectives gained, i At the hamlets, of Le Pincett Vertia fu and La. Becque, we surprised the enemy and our casualties wore light. The Australians attacked and captured posts westward oh- Morris. They took forty-three prisoners and sis ma- , chine-guns were captured, j Our aeroplanes did a full day’s work on the 27th. | Rome increase in hostile activities ' are evident and more air fighting, i We destroyed twenty aeroplanes and drove down nine uncontrollable. Fourteen British are missing, j We vigorously bombed the enemy behind the lines dropping 21 tons of bombs on railway junctions and other . targets. | We took over four hundred prisoners | as a residt of Friday’s successful opj oration east of Nieppc Forest. This does not include those taken west of Morris, two field guns, a number of machine-guns and trench mortars were captured. Active hostile nrtillerying is going on opposite Viarei Wood, douth of the Somme, and west of Beuchy, also increased reciprocal artilleryiug on the Nieppe Forest Sector. GENERAL HAIG’S REPORT (Received This Dnv at 10.15. n.m.) LONDON, Juno 29. .General IJ.aig reports there was only the usual reciprocal artillerying.