Furious Fighting.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 July 1918, Page 3

Furious Fighting.

BUT STILL GOING FORWARD [ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH--COPYItIGHT.I ' Cr«R PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Received this day, 9.45 a.m. ■London, July 24. A French communique reports: Our attacks on both banks of the Ourcq x produced satisfactory results notwithstanding the stub, born resistance by the enemy who brought up fresh reserves. North of the river we captured imd passed Plessier Huleu and ren,_ died the western outskirts of Onlchy le ville. captured the village of Mont Gtu. The Franco-Americans south of the Ourcq crossed the Chateau inad and alvanced tlieir line over a kilometre eastward of the village of Roconrt. The greater part of. Chatelet "VVbod is in our hands. On the right of the Marne wo progressed-afresh north of the Mont St. .Pere and Charteves which is ours. We extended our bridgehead at Jaulgonne. Between the Marne and Rheims the fighting is furious. The Bri_ tish and French between the Ardre and Yiony, attacking strong positions advanced over a kilo_ metre, inflicting heavy losses. The British captured prisoners and guns. Our local ■ operation north of Montdidier, whereby this morning we captured Mailly, Raineval, Sanvillers and Aubvillers, gave us 1500 prisoners.