GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1918, Page 2

GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] BRITISH CAPTURES. LONDON, September 2. Sir Douglas Haig, in a report states: During August we took prisoners 57,318 men, of whom, 1,238 were officers. Wo took 657 guns, including 157 heavy guns, 5750 machine guns and a thousand trench mortars. Our other captures included three trains, nine locomotives, numerous complete ammunition and engineer dumps, containing many hundred thousand rounds of guns and small-arms ammunition. We also took immense quantities of other war material. BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES. LONDON, ( Sept. 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We liavd carried out successful minor operations at a number of points south of the Arras-Cambra'i Road. Wo have driven the enemy out of tlie high ground at Marval. We have captured Beauleneourt, and are pressing the enemy hard in Letransloy. We have completed the capture of Bullecourt and Court le Cagnicourt, taking hundreds of prisoners in these operations. The Oanadiansc repulsed a counterattack!. against new positions gained this morning nortward of Hendeeourt. Our progress has been continued in the Lens and Lys sector, and we have reached Doulieu, Leverrier, and Steenwerck, and are engaging the enemy at Neuveiglse and Wulvergheni.

ADVANCE PROGRESSING. STRONG COUNTER, ATTACKS. REPULSED. LONDON, September 3. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Anglo-Canadians accompanied by tanks attacked astride of the Arras-Cambrai road and carried on a wide front that portion of the powerful Drocourt Queant line, which lies .southward of the Scarpe. The enemy strongly held the trenches and determinedly resisted our advance. This resistance was broken on the whole front, with great enemy loss. The Canadians captured Durv, Vil-lers-les-Cagnicourt, and Cagnicourt and are progressing beyond those places. On the. Canadians left, the English, fought their way forward, north-east of Eterpignv. The English and Scottish on the right advanced beyond Reincourt and les-Cag-nicourt-in the direction of Queant. They captured many strongly positions, including Moreuil. Southwards we progressed and early in the afternoon we repulsed a heavy counter attack launched in great strength Eastward of Vaux Vraucourt, tlio English reached the outskirts of Benginy and captured Viler Sianfos. All day long there was sharp fighting the neighbourhood of Le Transloy where we repulsed counter attacks ana the English* captured villages between Saillisel and Peronne. The English and Australians drove the enemy from St Pierre Vaastwood and captured Allaines and Haut-Al-laines. The Australians beat off the enemy with heavy losses pi repeated counterattacks. East, and south cast of Peronne wo prisonered several thousand. During the day our patrols progressed in the western outskirts of Lons. We continue to gain ground and keeping in close contact with the enemy on the Lys front .