REUTER'S REPORT.
A COMPLETE SURPRISE
THE WEALTH OF PRISONERS [PER ritEHS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] f •‘RECTETt’s” TELEGRAM.] (Received this dny at 1 30 p.m.) LONDON, August 8. Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters reports that rhe British delivered a heavy attack at dawn this morning south of the Ancre. Hie French shortly afterwards took up the . battle. The main weight of the effort was directed against von Hutin’s Eighteenth Army. The battle opened with a three minutes’ bombardment, then barrages crept forward, the heavy guns concentrating on the obtinate points of resistance. Some hundreds of tanks advanced asi the infantry went forward. The, enemy was mostly taken by surprise. Our tanks crossed the Avi e working towards more. difficult ground in the Luct Valley. The French also report good progress . Their prisoners admit a complete surprise. We are prisonering more than we know heuv to deal with. The smartness and secrecy of our concentration was the, main cause of our initial success.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1918, Page 3
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