THE GREATEST BUTTLE.
OF WESTERN FRONT. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT ] (Received This Day at 9.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The British have reached Gomecourt, Boyelles and Mearte. The battle is described as the greatest on .the western front.
SiC BRITISH ATTACK, ON 25 MILE FRONT. THIRD ARMY SUCCESS. FOURTH ARMY ALSO SUCCESSFUL. (Received This Day at 9.2-5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Tho British. between Lilions and Cojeul river ftro fighting a heavy battlo on a twenty-five mile front. The Germans are reported to he flinging in masses of men against the British, in ail endeavour to stave off a disaster. The British Third Army has gained a. mile on a front of seven miles. The British Fourth Army has gained two miles on a front of seven miles and have taken two thousand prisoners already.
FURTHER SUCCESS. LONDON, Aug. 23. A United Press correspondent reports the British to-day prisonered a thousand and reached Boiry-hecquerelle Hamilin court, and Gomecourt, while Bray is practically surrounded. FRENCH EAST OF NOYON. (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. French troops are across the Oise, j eight miles east of Noyon. The British are nearing Bapaume.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1918, Page 2
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196THE GREATEST BUTTLE. Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1918, Page 2
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