Already Over 20,000 and 200 Guns.
»J:>llliaßit Sai©G@ss ©f HaSg's ' Drive* 3a - airy Spreads S©aifassi©i^ Hssi©ii§§ ©©pinasissi Received This Day at 9 a.m. NEW YQRK, August 9. A London ravage states that the Germans are retreating on the Flanders front and are evaluating their positions in the Lys valley. . . Tk» British have taken 14,000 prisoners, the majority whereof v/ere captured by the Australians and Canadians. The British have reached the Framervilie-Lihons line. The French have taken Fresncy. The Allies have tcken 200 guns. It is reported that a German divisional general has bean The Germans on the Ameins front are blowing up their ammuiiition damps. The British casualties were only 8009. Allied Airmen have blown up the bridges over the Somrae. French troops northwest of Montdidier advanced four miles and captured 3000 prisoners. The Anglo-French advance has reached a maximum depth of eleven miles. British cavalry are within a mile of Chaulnes. . Canadian cavalry have surrounded a large force of Germans.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 August 1918, Page 3
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161Already Over 20,000 and 200 Guns. Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 August 1918, Page 3
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