FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORTS
iPEU Pit ESS ASSOCIATION. —COl’TUlGn’f 1
FRFACT! OPKRATIONS. LONDON. Sept. 15
A 4.10 p.m. French communique states in the region of Vauxa.illon during the night we stopped three enemy counter-attacks on our new positions. Wo repulsed several raids in Champagne and Lorraine.
FRENCH CENTRAL PUSH. LONDON, September 16. The latest from French Headquarters is that the fiercest fightiug occurred on the Sunday in Tiger Wood, near Vaielley, wlicro the French overcame a stubborn resistance, and advanced their line. General Alangin has captured the enemy line from Hill 154 to A auxaillon and Mounegan. East is a height dominating the Soissons-Maubeuge road for two kilometres pud the "Chemin-des-Dames. The French have also occupied Hill
189, dominating a valley at the head of the Saucy and Jouy valleys. Judged by the corpses of the enemy losses must have been exceptionally heavy. The Germans are still holding the plateau of Jouy, but the French overlook their positions.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1918, Page 2
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