GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1918, Page 2

GENERAL HAIG’S REPORTS

(per press association.— copyright.; ABOVE ST. QUENTIN. LONDON, September 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports: In a successful minor operation early in the morning we captured Maissemy, northward of St Quentin. We also took a trench system south-eastward of the village. There is considerable hostile artillery! ng at a number of points on the battle front to the southward of the Arras-Oambrai road. Sir Douglas Haig further reports: Enemy aircraft were active on the i September. We destroyed four. We also destroyed two two-seaters on the ground, during a successful attack at a low height on an aerodrome southward of Lille. Two British machines aro missing. We dropped in the past 21 hours eight tons of bombs. In a supplementary report, General Haig states: There were gallant exploits at the Somme. Twenty decisions are mentioned, including the Fourth s which broke enemy 'attacks on the north bank of the Searpe, on the 28th August and in the face of strong resistance on 2nd. September, carried the defences of the Drocourt-Queant line. The Thirty-Second Division after heavy fighting at Dammery on the 10th and 11 of August, captured Ilerlesville on 23rd August, then Vermnndo Villers and Mandovillebs on 27h August and successful participated with the Autralinns in the advance across Hie Somme.

Sir Douglas Haig states that his account of the doings of these different Anglo-Scottisli-Welsh Divisions is necessarily brief and incomplete. On the same- battlefields whereon they withstood the heaviest assault the British Army has ever faced, all have fought side by side with the splendid divisions from Australia, Canada and New Zealand, with a courage, gallantry and enterprise only equalled by their success.

A BRITISH CAPTURE, LONDON, September 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"he have taken Maissemy, north-west of St Quentin.”

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. A I'STKALf AN A N.Z. OAIJI.E ASSOCIATION} > KEUTI.a.] /Received Ibis Duv at 9.50. a.m.) LONDON, Sep. 16. General Haig reports a successful minor operation at night, astride of the Ypres—Conmiincs canal. Me advanced our line oil a front of over two miles, and captured a number of prisoners and machine-guns. There were raiding and patrol encounters in the neighbourhood of Aloeuvres and Gavrell. M e established new posts in the vicinity of Saucliy Conchy and Oppy.