PERCIVAL PHILLIP’S STORY.
TILE ADVANCE CONTINUES. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT. I (Received This Da- at in 10. -i.m i LONDON, Sep 3. Mr Percival Phillips says we broko the Droeourt line to-day. The British and Canadians are driving a considerable distance into the open country beyond the line. The troops were assisted by a force of tanks, which the latest reports say are far ahead of the infantry. Thousands of prisoners were taken. The German Seventeenth Army matte a supreme effort to hold General Horne’s Army. Every scrap of available material was thrown into the battle, and divisions were bunched together indiscriminately, including tired infantry, dismounted cavalry, Pioneers, and headquarters’ clerks, all fighting with the energy of despair.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1918, Page 3
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