WESTERN ALLIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1918, Page 3

WESTERN ALLIES.

(AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION; armies junction. PARIS, Nov. 4. French HAnchiuartcrs reports: On Sunday evening the French and American armies junctioned near Authe, five miles north-cast of Buzancy. The enemy’s position on the Meuse, "which is the main line of retreat of his armies between the Meuse and Ooise rivers, is beginning to crumble. AMERICAN ATTACK. (Received This Pay at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON November 4. American official —Attacking further into enemy territory to-day, wc traversed Bolshal Wood and Portgerache Wood and reached the heights southward of Beaumont, approaching Verrieres. Further westward, we hold all the towns on the westbank of the Meuse- ; southward of Halles.. Our attack was extended to-day to the banks of the Meuse and is progressing favourably. . FRENCH REPORT. Australian & n.z. cable association j &. REUTER.] i (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) 1 LONDON, Nov. 4. V 4 p.m. French communique states. North of Sorrc. the French reconnaisanco penetrated Pargny-les-Bois nnd brought back one hundred prisoners. , Enemy artillerying and macliine-guri- ; niinr was maintained" at night time on the whole Aisne front between Bethel and Semuy. I During October there was incessant j fighting wherein our First Armj’, engag- j cd on the Oise front took 10,337, v pn- j soners including 204 officers, 43 guns find over 1500 machine guns, also considerable material’. ON BELGIAN FRONTIER, j Received this day at. 2.3(5 p.m ' •' ( LONDON November 4. ; The Franco-British attack on a forty j mile front has reached the Franco-]lei- , ginn frontier.