A BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
GENERAL BYNG’S SUCCESS. ON NTXU MILE FRONT. [run PRESS ASSOCIATION-.—copyright.] (Received, This Day at 8.50. a.m.) LONDON, August 21. The Third Army commanded by General Byng made a surprise attack on a nine mile front and captured Courcclles, Achiet le Petit, and Ablainzeville and many hundreds of prisoners. A local British attack in Lvs salient ‘threatens the German hold on Dranoubro. THE BRITISH ATTACIv. MANY CAPTURES. Received, this day at 8 45 a.m. NEW YORK, August 21. The British attacked on a wide front north of the river Ancro and have captured Courcelles and have reached Moyennville and Beaumont sur Ancre. They have captured many guns.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1918, Page 2
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109A BRITISH OFFENSIVE. Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1918, Page 2
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